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Rep. Tom Tancredo’s Four-Point Plan for Immigration Control*
1. Secure our Nation’s Borders
2. Establish a Genuine Guest Worker Program
3. Improve “Interior Enforcement” of Immigration Laws
4. Remove Incentives for Illegal Immigration
The United States has lost control over its
immigration policy. Over one million persons enter our nation illegally each
year and we have antiquated and error-prone systems for knowing who our legal
visitors are and for enforcing their visa time limits. Every poll shows that
over 75% of citizens support border security and strict enforcement of our
immigration laws. They want our immigration policies fixed. Here is my
four-point plan for achieving control of our borders and enforcing sensible
immigration policies.
1. Secure our Nation’s Borders
- Increase Border Patrol manpower from the present 11,500 to 20,000 (HR
3534).
- Use the U.S. Military until the Border Patrol reaches that manpower level
(HR 277).
- Accelerate the use of new technology and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to
identify and help apprehend smugglers and trespassers.
- Double the capacity of the detention centers for apprehended trespassers.
- End the “catch and release” policy by instituting fines and jail time for
repeat offenders.
- Require stiff prison sentences for convicted “coyotes” and felons who
return to the U.S. after deportation.
- Accelerate the implementation of the “USVISIT” biometric identifier
program for all foreign nationals entering the country through our ports of
entry.
2. Establish a Genuine Guest Worker Program
- Enact a genuine Guest Worker Bill (HR 3534) to allow any foreign national
to enter the US legally to work for up to one year in a job that cannot be
filled by a citizen.
- Require employers to advertise all jobs on an internet bulletin board and
for two weeks before hiring a Guest Worker.
- Require illegal aliens already in the U.S. to first return home and apply
for jobs through the legal processes.
3. Improve “Interior Enforcement” of Immigration Laws
- Provide adequate resources to the “Detention and Removal” branch of the
Bureau of Customs and Immigration Enforcement (BICE) to allow apprehension and
removal of all criminal aliens.
- Enact the “CLEAR” Act (HR 2671) to give local law enforcement incentives
and reimbursements for participating in immigration law enforcement.
- Establish stiff fines and tax penalties for employers who violate the law
by hiring illegal aliens, and devote adequate resources to identify and
prosecute those employers.
4. Remove Incentives for Illegal Immigration
- Employers who hire illegal aliens should face stiff fines and tax
penalties (see#2 above).
- Federal and State agencies should be prohibited from recognizing the
Mexican Government’s “Matricula Consular” ID card.
- States that grant driver’s licenses to illegal aliens should suffer loss
of federal highway funds.
- Children born to illegal aliens should not be given citizenship status (HR
1567).
- Federal court rulings and other policies that require health and
educational services to illegal aliens should be overturned.
- Amend Social Security Act to deny credits for wages earned in illegal
employment or to self-employed engaged in illegal activities (HR 1631).
- Insist that the Government of Mexico extradite felony criminals who
retreat into Mexico.
- Encourage the Government of Mexico to repeal its Dual Citizenship law.
MFS note: Congressman Tancredo has
written a book, "Open Borders, Open
Wounds: What America
Needs to Know about Illegal Immigration". A book report is available
here.
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* See original at Rep. Tancredo's website < http://www.house.gov/tancredo/Immigration/
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