On March 2, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano speaking before a gathering in El Paso, Texas said security on the southern U.S. border is better than ever and that violence from neighbor Mexico hasn’t spilled over in a serious way. Few in this country believe her. One of them is Republican Teri Newman, a candidate for Congress in the 12th District of Illinois.
By Teri Newman
Intelligent integrity for Illinois
Newman for Congress 2012
2012 Congressional nominee
On Illegal Immigration:
First, we have to understand that there is no such thing as
undocumented immigrants, whether they are known or not known, documented or undocumented, if they overstayed their welcome in America, or crept across our border, they are illegal.
Undocumented is nothing else but double talk for people who should not be in America.
As much as we would all like to roll back the clock, and throw the illegal immigrants out, that is not going to happen. Whether we like it or not, we are not going to deport between twelve million to twenty million people.
Americans are not going to destroy families where illegal parents will be separated from their legal children; or some illegal children separated from their legal siblings. We cannot throw out millions of people who have in their own way made a life for themselves in our country by adding to our lives. Also, we cannot deny that millions of illegal immigrants have contributed to our labor-force by doing jobs far too many Americans refuse to do.
Here is what I propose
1 – SEAL THE BORDERS LIKEFORTKNOX.
2 – Register all illegal immigrants.
3 – Deport all felons.
4 – Give all registered illegal immigrants a special Green Card.
5 – Make the English language the ONLY official language in the USA.
6 – Make it so, that no one given the special Green Card (or their children) will ever be able to become a citizen, or ever be able to vote unless they leave the USA and properly file from abroad for a “normal” Green Card leading to eventual citizenship.
7 – No government entitlement programs will ever be available to holders of the special green cards or their children including welfare, Medicaid, section 8 housing, et al.
To make this viable, so that America will not lose its cultural identity, it is critical that all official federal documents be available ONLY in the English language. Anyone wishing to become an American citizen must pass his or her citizenship test in the English language.
Encourage states, cities and corporations to do the same in terms of using English only in greetings, signs and instructions.
By opening up a path to becoming legal in America this way, it would give the special green card immigrants the Constitutional rights enjoyed by citizens, without having any say in how “we the people” choose our governments. Holders of the special green card can live here, work and pay taxes and that’s IT. No government assistance of any kind.
This policy will also provide America with a future generation of citizens who will be comfortable with the Secular Rule of Law that is prescribed in the Constitution based upon Judeo/Christian values.
12th District incumbent Democrat Jerry Costello announced in October he would not seek another term.
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