The reasons that US borders need to be closed NOW!

Let’s pretend that you live in another country. It doesn't matter which one. Just not in the USA. You really want to come to America for all the obvious reasons. They have better jobs, their schools are better and you want to have a better quality of life for your family. So you get a passport and you come to America. You can stay here legally for from 90 days to 6 months depending on type of visa you got.

You know you want to stay in America so you apply for “permanent residence status” and a Green Card. They do a background check on you to make sure you are not a criminal trying to hide from the law in your own country. You then agree to abide by all of the laws of the USA. You now have some of the same freedoms and legal rights as U.S. citizens, but you cannot vote in elections.

To become an actual US citizen, you apply for citizenship through the Department of Justice of the United States. This is a long and grievous process.

First of all, you must be a resident for five years. After five years you can apply for naturalization. There are six steps in applying for naturalization. First you must swear on an oath:

"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that; I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the armed forces of; the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God”

Then you must take a test of the US government and history. You must take a proficiency test to prove you can read, write, and speak English. You must fill out an application, be fingerprinted, and have your photo taken. Finally you must appear in front of a judge. The judge will then determine if you deserve citizenship. If so, you become a citizen.

This process is not easy but is a lot easier then most other country’s citizenship rules including Mexico. This process has been used for many, many years and literally thousands of people have gone through it to become US citizens including relatives of yours, mine and everybody else that lives here. Our Great Grandparents all came through this system. That is why they call us a nation of immigrants. Not of illegal aliens.

So tell me now, is it really fair to allow people to become citizens of the USA just because they managed to illegally sneak over the border? Is it fair to all of the immigrants that have gone through the waiting period, the interviews, the schooling to learn English as well as American history and then took the oath to become US citizens? No it’s not fair to them at all.

The reason we don’t have open borders not just in America but anywhere in the world is because every criminal that is running from the law in his own country will come here to hide and what do you think they do once they get here? That’s right. They continue being criminals only now you and I are the victims and there is no accountability for them. And if we allow them to go to our schools and use all of our resources then you have the problems we have today.The main reasons that our schools are failing is because we have to spend so much money on teaching English to kids and serving them free lunches that we can’t afford better or more teachers, book, computers, sports uniforms, etc. Non-resident aliens are receiving grants and scholarships to colleges. Grants and Scholarships that should be going to you.

We also spend our tax dollars on illegal’s getting sick or having babies without any insurance or money. Most illegals don’t have insurance or much money because it is illegal to hire them in the USA without a SS card and Drivers license. So they become day-laborers like you see in front of Home Depot. They are paid cash for a days work. Of course this cash is non-taxed. Some must get phony SS Cards and Drivers Licenses to be able to work which creates a market for these stolen items which leads to more crime in our streets. Do you have any idea how much of our tax dollars go to support illegal aliens that are incarcerated in the USA? Money that could be going to our citizens and children.The USA is a rich and prosperous nation. So why is it in such financial straights? We are closing down libraries and laying off police and firemen. That is a damn shame. Just read the following statistics. You will be shocked.

Money spent dealing with illegal aliens.

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year.
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare and Social Services by the American taxpayers.
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two-and-a-half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US.
11. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.

Total cost is a whooping... $338.3 BILLION A YEAR!!!

But the biggest problem I have with the people that are protesting our existing but never enforced laws is that they feel that the USA owes them. They are under the mistaken impression that somehow California was stolen from Mexico. Check your history books. California was purchased from Mexico on June 24, 1853, for 10 million dollars. It was called the Gadsden Purchase.

So when I see the protesters carrying signs like this, it just kills me. We don’t owe them a damn thing. In fact it should be the other way around. We have done so much for the country of Mexico and its citizens and never get any respect or appreciation for it.

Here is small lesson for you protesters out there, if you were seen on TV protesting because you love America so much that you want to live here and become citizens and carried American flags when you marched, you may have gained some sympathy. But all you do is show pride for the country that you ran away from and demand that our tax dollars go to you for doing absolutely nothing. In fact, it is a proven fact that most of the immigrants that have managed to get jobs here don’t even spend or save their money here in the USA where it would help our economy. No, they send their money back to whatever country they really have allegiance to. They are just using us.

People love to use the race trump card to try to win their argument. Just because we want the existing immigration laws to be enforced, we are racist? Wrong. The only reason that our illegal alien problem consists mostly of Mexicans is because Mexico is at our border. If we lived next to Germany and they we sneaking over the borders, we would want the Germans to obey our immigration laws too. It has nothing to do with race and everything to do with obeying and enforcing existing immigration laws. Pure and simple.

One thing I do want to say is that this entire mess concerning immigration is not the fault of Mexico or Mexican citizens. It is not the fault of the INS or ICE. It is the fault of the United States Government. They have allowed this problem to worsen over the years. They have chosen not to enforce the immigration laws. They have chosen to overlook the problems with illegal immigration for many years. Now it is coming to a head and the finger of blames is being pointed directly at them.

Arizona is a border state that has seen Mexican drug cartels come across their border to commit murders. They have seen shoot-outs in the streets of Nogales. They have seen U.S. citizens disappear never to be seen again. They are sick of it continuing without any help from the U.S. Government so they decided to take matters into their own hands and secure their borders and their citizens.

Don’t you think that people that live in border towns in America have a right to be safe? I do.
Protesters think that by enforcing existing immigration laws in Arizona it will lead to racial profiling and harassment of Mexican Americans.These are lies put out by un-educated, un-American people that need to be deported immediately. Just like every other state in America, there must be "probable cause" for someone to be questioned by the police and then and only then can they be questioned about their citizenship status.

These are not new laws. These are the same laws that have been in existence for many years. No one is out to get anyone. There are just too many people here that do not have any loyalty to this country thus they feel that they need to take and take and take and not give anything back.

Take a look at the states that border Mexico.Those are the states that are going to be pushing their laws into effect just like Arizona. Texas, New Mexico and the state that I’m ashamed to say that I live in, California. Those are the states where the illegal’s land first and the majority stay in those states because it is close to their home. Therefore, those states are the ones paying the majority of the cost of having no immigration policy.

So I after reading this you should know how I stand on this issue and the reasons for my stance. I hope this helps you to understand that this is not a race issue as many people would have you think. It is all about survival. Survival of our families, our country and our way of life.