The politically correct people object to the use of the term “illegal immigrant.” They are correct. Those who are in the United States illegally are not immigrants at all and should never be thought of as such. When you think about it, they are really thieves. They have stolen something intangible but very valuable — the chance to live in the United States.

By viewing illegal aliens as thieves and not as immigrants, the issue of amnesty becomes much clearer. Charging those in this country illegally a $2,000 fine but allowing them to stay is like allowing someone who has stolen $100,000 from a bank to keep the money and just pay a $2,000 fine. Why would we ever agree to reward thieves by allowing them to keep what they have stolen? Charging them $2,000 is in no way comparable in value to what they have taken.

The kind of people who should be granted the right to live here and have a path to citizenship are the kind of people who would never think of stealing something of great value and then demanding to keep it. Justice is not done until thieves are forced to give back what they have taken. This could be accomplished with no profiling of any kind by any employee caught using a fake Social Security card. This would free up at least 8 million jobs for Americans, 23 million of who are unemployed, underemployed or have dropped out of the workforce because they can’t find work. Why do illegal aliens have jobs in the United States when so many Americans are out of work?

 

Mike Gordon
Albert Lea