When the constitution was writen, this country was barren wilderness, well as long as you dont count those pesky red people. A country simply could not be viable without population. The exsisting 'american' population of colinists and their descendants did not have the numbers to expand west in any reasonable time frame. So they simply saw the need to expand our population via immigration. So for the next hundred years we imported men, women, and children by the boatloads. The only criteria needed was that you could afford the trip and not have typhus. "Give us your meek and huddled masses"... yadda yadda.
So a couple hundred years later we have gone as far west as possible with the land we had at hand. And populations are getting a little 'thick'. So somone decides, ok we should stop the mass importation and they make it a little more difficult to gain entry (*). But it isnt that much more difficult. Yet people still sneak across. The vast majority that do so are just ignorant. They simply dont know what else to do. But there are also those that know exactly what they are doing. Those that are importing drugs or other people. It's those people that cause the real problems. And it's those that truelly need to be stopped.
* Cubans dont need to do anything but make the swim to gain asylum.
Now mexico originated roughly the same time we did. Their population for the most part grew right along with ours. Now they have people a plenty as we do, and a large number of them would rather live among the better governed and wealthier than continue scratching out an exsistance raising chickens or selling tacos for a nickel a piece. I cant say I blame them, and I wont say they shouldn't. I welcome them with open arms. Even the ignorant ones who snuck across without realizing they are making it more difficult on themselves. They are people, and in general people are bastard coated bastards with a bastard filling no matter where they come from. Instead of deportation, we should simply educate them on what they need to do to be here legally and put them on that track. Then perhaps we could focus on the real problems.
As far as the discusion on anchor babies. Yes it is widespread. There is no way to put a number on it as you know, undocumented aliens dont leave behind countable documents (duh). I live here in bordertown USA (aka San Diego CA) and a large number of my personal friends have come here in variose ways. Anchor baby is the most common. One of wich was born here but grew up back home as his parents simply snuck in to pop him out. Good for him, smart parents. He came here as a citizen and didnt speak a word of english at 19 or so. He's a great person and works hard raising a family. The country is a better place for him beeing here. One of my HOTTEST girlfriends came here legally but stayed beyond her visa allowed for whattever reason. She's been recently working on rectifying that situation but for a while there could have been considered Illegal. And any man in his right mind could not look at this girl and even think deportation for a second. That kinda tasty needs to stay here.
Now what it boils down to is the question of wether or not new population is bad. It isnt in the economic sense. It's not like the country is overpopulated. We still have huge areas of underpupulated land. Even our most populus areas in this country dont even come close to those in other areas in the world. LA is the largest city in area and New York the largest in populace. Yet in asia and europe they may as well be considered minor cities.
So the way I see it. There is no problem other than how we are handling it. We deport and they just come back... Instead simply document them, hand em an ID and say welcome to america. Not neccesarily as a citizen without the exsisting hurdles but as a legal resident.
By the way I consider myself a far right winger for those that dont know me.
