There's been a lot of hooplah in Washington and in major U.S. cities the last couple of weeks over pending legislation that is meant to deal with the illegal alien population that is in the country.
The U.S. doesn't need new laws to deal with the matter; it needs to enforce existing laws. It's a waste of time for Congress to revisit this issue, unless they are amending current laws. They should get with the President, budget the Border Patrol and the INS, and get on with it.
As a talking point, people also shouldn't be objecting to putting up a barricade that covers the entire border with Mexico either; only illegals and troublemakers avoid the established LEGAL border crossing checkpoints. So why shouldn't it be a felony from this day forward to cross the border without going through one of the border crossings? There are plenty to choose from.
Every nation on earth has a right to decline entry of people into it's territory; illegal border crossers deny our nation the right to say "no" or to find out WHO or WHAT is coming in. It's kind of like having a total stranger walk straight into your house without knocking and without giving the homeowner the right to deny entry. A person's house is his/her castle. Our country is the same way and these strangers are coming in without knocking (at best) or breaking in (at worst). Both are crimes.
As far as the illegals who are already here, the laws should be followed. Employers need to fill out the proper paperwork which establish American citizenship. Those arrested for minor crimes need to be turned over to the INS for processing. There are dozens of requirements that are not universally followed and they should be.
There's a ton of things that have to happen. The way things are going right now, they won't and we'll have a bigger mess than we have now.
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