Questions galore in immigration issue
As I understand it, in the 1980s America poured in billions of dollars to bolster the Mexican currency. The rationale was that the Mexican financial system was about to go insolvent and there would be the possibility of a civil war, a communist takeover, or something worse … on our border. Shades of the Monroe Doctrine.
It appears to me that this threat is not over and is the cornerstone for why our elected body in Washington is unable to arrive at federal legislation to deal with the illegal immigration problem. Note that:
1) Most of the solutions to the illegal immigration problem include the Social Security system adding the 13 million illegal residents (mostly from Mexico) to its rolls, even though that system is being declared almost bankrupt and there is evidence questioning whether the Social Security cards issued to them are forged.
2) The fact that the U.S. government entered into an agreement with Mexico and Canada to allow a highway to go through the U.S. (some land taken by right of eminent domain), connecting these two countries, and allowing trucks from Mexico variances in U.S. standards, to roll along our highways (didn't we just send a governor to jail based on a variation of this theme?) appears to me, to underscore our attempts at saving Mexico.
3) The education system and health systems are allowing free service to illegal immigrants. The countries of the illegal immigrants do not seem to be billed for these services, so who makes up the cost to keep these institutions solvent? The taxpayers get the tab.
4) We are not allowed to have the U.S. declare that English is the official language of the U.S.
It would seem to me that a clearer option for our country, in the spirit of A Modest Proposal, would be to annex Mexico and then, in time, integrate her into the U.S. by making it our 51st state. We did it to Alaska and Hawaii, why not Mexico?
Barring the acceptance of this proposal, it would seem that we should find out why the other countries are not paying for education and health services rendered in the U.S., to their citizens. At the very least, we need to know where our presidential hopefuls stand on the issue of illegal immigration.
Michael Klestinski
Libertyville