Arizona, when did you decide that the 4th Amendment didn't apply to your state? Come on, now, I am all for harder immigration laws and getting illegals out of our country. But, where would something like this end? Jose, the guy who crossed the Rio at 3 am in the back of a van is a lot different than Hector who crossed Elm Street in Phoenix, the city he was born in, on his way to 7-11 for a Slurpee and Slim Jim. But, can you tell the difference?
We gotta think long term-- today it's Mexicans, then maybe it's Cubans, then Haitians, then??? My plan?
I’m glad you asked.
Well, for starters we fine employers of illegals $50,000 per person. But, what if the illegal had a fake ID, you ask? Ah, then maybe a little better vetting is needed. How about for starters, we make English the official language of the US? Then, if you don't speak it, well, you're shit out of luck until you do. Want a job and earn money and you were born in the US? You good and damn well should be able to speak our language. Makes it a lot harder for Jose to get a job handing over a fake ID when he can even say ID.
Next, each time an illegal is picked up, we don't ship them right across the border to Mexico where they just kinda hang around till nightfall to cross again. Put their asses to work on a labor farm building whatever we need to pay for their trip back to Mexico. Not in some fun little place, but right in a hot-as-balls hellhole right within eyesight of the border. Have em crank out a couple hundred parking meters or stop signs and then calmly walk them across the border and wave goodbye. If they become repeat offenders, I bet there's some farm land we could use them on for a couple weeks of back-breaking labor they earn nothing except their return ticket to home.
3. Illegal and you commit a crime in the US? Jail time, labor camp then you get shipped to, hmmm, how about somewhere way the hell into Central or South America. You're not going home. Nope, you're gonna walk, hitch or run your ass a couple thousand miles back to where you live. Bottom line, drop them in a place far from home and far from the US.
4. Catch an American who is making fake ID's? Guess what, they automatically lose their citizenship. I don't give two tinkers' shits if they were born in Cleveland and their last name is Johnson-- you're gone. Buy them a one-way ticket to wherever (they probably paid some taxes, so we owe them that) and tell them if they ever step foot into the US again, they will stand trial for treason. Know what the punishment is for treason? Look it up.
5. Anchor babies are made illegal. Momma and Poppa have two choices-- take little papoose back home or they leave and the kid becomes the property of the US. People wait years to adopt a baby and guess what, everyone wins. The kid becomes a US citizen, a loving couple gets a child and we don't suddenly have two or more new drains on the economy. Amazing.
What we do is create an environment that is so anti-appealing to illegal immigration that people are way too scared to risk it. What we don’t do is create an environment where people who legally immigrate, or are first generation immigrants are now scared.
Feel free to add anything I missed or try to explain why I'm wrong. And, if you think I'm being too Draconian, feel free to complain loudly to the brick wall behind me.