IMMIGRATION ISSUES
By Kevin George
I am very strongly opposed to illegal immigration. This land is our land, this land is not their land. If we truly believe that, we must enforce it seriously. Here is what I propose to help with this issue of illegal immigration: 1. Let’s build a fence! The Federal government won’t do it because it is filled with cowardly leaders who are seeking to exalt their own power base and bureaucracies. We the people can build a fence on the private land of any land owner who will consent to that fence being built. We can build it faster, and we can build it without a single dollar of taxpayer money. This land is our land, the people’s land, and we the people have a right and a duty to protect it. So, let’s build a fence, with or without the government’s help. 2. We the people of the State of Texas have our own State sovereignty to uphold. Our borders are not only borders of the USA, they are also Texas borders. If the Federal government will not protect us, then we Texans retain the right and duty to protect ourselves. This is a States rights issue too, not just a Federal issue. We must not let our State be a puppet of the Federal government, and we must not consent to becoming dependent upon them, living like animals off of the crumbs that they drop from their table. We are not only Americans, we are Texans, too. And they need to get that message. If the Federal government won’t do its duty to protect us, then we the people of Texas must do our duty to protect what is first of all our land. As a State, we can build our own fences, we can man them with our own volunteers or paid security, we can arrest and deport illegals. We can even decide who gets to use our State roads. Remember, we are not a subdivision of Washington DC. The Constitution of the State of Texas, in Article 1, Section 1 clearly says, “Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States.” Now, the Constitution of the United States does delegate border responsibility to the Federal government. But this does not preclude the States from also protecting themselves. In fact, in Article 1, Section 9, the US Constitution specifically says that a State may actually engage in war if invaded or if in imminent danger. Texas can, and must, defend its territory. So, my point number 2 about immigration is that we the people of Texas have the authority, and must use it to take our own borders seriously and not wait on an unwilling Federal government to help us. 3. We must recognize that we have brought some of the immigration problems upon ourselves. Our Federal government passed (unconstitutionally) the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that has created a major shift in the Mexican economy. It has displaced people from farms and has disrupted and destabilized the established Mexican economy. One of the things we must do to reduce the illegal immigration problem is to end NAFTA, so the Mexicans can live in their own independent economy once again. NAFTA has damaged Mexico and it has hurt the USA. We must have more leaders in Washington DC who are bold enough to take a stand against NAFTA. 4. We must end all subsidies and benefits to illegals. They are benefiting from our hospitals, our schools our courts, and our laws. We can and must legislate an end to all of this nonsense. We must make English the official language of Texas and of the USA. If someone immigrates to the USA, they must understand up front that they are expected to proactively adopt themselves to our language, our customs, and our culture. It is not for us to adopt to them. We must also stop the foolishness of chain migration that allows multiple extended family members to enter based on one immigrant. In short, we must cut any chords that sustain or benefit illegals with gains that are not rightfully theirs. 5. Repeal the 14th amendment in the Constitution . This is a punitive Constitutional amendment that was enacted at the close of the Civil War of 1860 to 1865. It makes anyone born in the USA an automatic citizen, and it has also been misinterpreted to be destructive of States rights. It is part of the cause of the Federal government becoming a monster. Until the 14th is repealed, any pregnant foreigner can cross the border the day she goes into labor, and give birth to a baby that is automatically blessed with US citizenship. That child will eventually have the legal right to import all its family members, and give them citizenship as well. This is total foolishness and we should stop it. I know that it sounds far-out to say it, but we must send people to Washington who are willing to repeal the 14th amendment. The 14th is coming back to haunt us. We must do something about it. There is security in borders and national patriotism. There is security in a unified culture and language. Illegal immigration is destructive to America and it must be dealt with aggressively if we are to sustain and maintain the America that we have known. Paid for by Kevin George for Congress Committee http://kevingeorge.org