Conservatives have piled on the demands for more border
security to defeat any type of immigration reform. The idea was to demand so
many outrageously expensive ‘security’ demands that there would be no hope of
any immigration reform. Now it seems that it has all backfired. We may again
double the size of the Border Patrol, add 700 more miles of a fence and
add/upgrade millions of dollars of electronic equipment and pretend that the cost
will come from some fantasy about the amount of money we will see increase
because of immigration reform.
First, if the politicians believe they are spending money
that will actually come as a result of immigration reform, limit any dollars
spent to that money. In other words, everything must be paid with the money
that this immigration reform saves or generates. The one study that predicts
this new tax money/savings explains where and how this magic money will appear.
The politicians say they believe it. Simply include the ‘source’ of this money
as the only source to fund everything in this bill. Why not? If the politicians
truly believe the money will come from the sources in this study (taxes from
the ‘new’ legal workers, savings in emergency room visits, etc.) then write it
all into the law.
The truth is that many are so afraid of the cultural changes
(not jobs, not crime, not welfare expenses) that the conservatives added so
many repugnant requirements that they were certain the bill would fail. Now
they are really in trouble.
However, all my worry is for nothing. All of the bills
require that a plan to secure the
border include certain items.
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