The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[scaeagles]

Secure the border.....seems like such a simple concept. Political forces from Reagan to Clinton to Bush to Obama refuse to do it for whatever reason. My beloved Reagan gave amnesty to millions of illegals. Clinton did nothing. Bush could have had something done but did nothing.

With the agreement that most illegals are not evil lawbreakers who deserve harsh punishment, what then should be done? When amnesty was granted during the Reagan admin, the thought was "well, now that these people are legal we will REALLY control the border". All it did was encourage more to come. I cannot support amnesty.

Deportation is ridiculous. Fines? If they are here because they are poor and want to earn a living, how can they do that? Imprisonment? No. So what does one do to discourage illegals from coming here when there is no punishment that seems appropriate or effective?

I suppose those are meant as half way rhetorical. I have no answer except to stop them from coming in, but we still need to do something about the millions upon millions of people here illegally.