While talking about the issue of illegal immigration in US and the illegal war in Iraq, the first thing that needs to be addressed is, illegal aliens are killing more Americans than the Iraq war says a report from Family Security Matters. The second thing in this regard that needs address is, White House plan that would grant illegal immigrants work visas but require them to return home to apply for U.S. residency and pay a $10,000 fine.
Now, two things comes to mind - first, the cost of work permits and the green card application - which could total more than $20,000 - are prohibitive for low-wage earners. Secondly, this proposal gives a impression that there is a connection between Iraq war. This is what Francisco Gomez, say, who along with his wife is in US illegally-
For my wife and I it would cost about $30,000. Multiply that by all the illegal immigrants here ... It’s obvious Bush just wants to fund his Iraq war with our money.
Moreover, this proposal is contradictory in nature when American leaders say that our neighbors are our allies. Then why kick your allies out of this country? What do US risk by giving them a path to citizenship?
While thousands of people marched through downtown on Saturday, demanding a way for the country’s estimated 12 million illegal immigrants to become citizens and condemning President Bush’s latest proposal, these rallies offer more proof that that the punitive measures that some in Congress propose are completely out of touch with the reality of why US have 12 million undocumented people living within their borders and how they live in their midst.
The controversy surrounding this and other policies has made immigration one of the most divisive public policy issues of the decade in US. However, connecting immigration with the Iraq war in the beginning of this post was intentional and in part to offer a solution to immigration problem in US.
This solution is inspired from Nashville Soapbox who writes -
The solution for these two problems is an all-in-one-shot solution. Send the illegal aliens to fight in Iraq. Liberals are happy because the aliens will have jobs and are doing the jobs (fighting) liberal Americans don’t want Americans doing. Conservatives are happy because the illegals are being deported, and we’re not just leaving Iraq with a cut and run policy.
It might sound strange but this to me looks like a good idea as these immigrants are the ones who provide America with a cheap labor in the fields where most of the Americans don’t even like to step. Building a Berlin-like wall between the United States and Mexico is not the solution but taking these people together will help to achieve the ‘American dream.’
