An effective employer verification program would ensure that only legal workers were hired.
The government would make a concerted effort to control the borders.
One-time amnesty would be granted for people illegally in the United States.
All three promises were broken.
The employer issue was really the only viable option to stop these crossings. Of course that didn't happen, so Mexican people would cross the border and work as "Wet Backs" for next to no dollars per day. The argument E-verify wasn't possible then, BUT, what was possible was for employers to actually follow the law. That didn't happen. Why stop coming to the USA?
This is 2013. This was 27 years ago. The statement about 'make a concerted effort' was never provided by the way.The status of the Border Patrol did not change in 1986 and the border crossings were not criminalized. They became criminalized in 1996 by California. Hence, the development of the three lines of border fence over the years. It became a political issue in California because of social program enrollment.
So, there are currently estimated to be 11 million immigrants here in the USA. A fair amount of people not really pledged to the sovereign USA. A reason to move to make them whole is important.
11 million Mexican human beings crossing the USA southern border is about 407,407 per year. Yep.
Death rate in the USA per year, including immigrants from the past 27 years: 2,468,435
About 2 and a half million human beings die in the USA per year. 407,407 human being crossing the US Southern Border per year.
Birth rate in the USA per year, including children of immigrants from the past 27 year: 3,999,386
About 4 million births in the USA per year. We all know the GOP defines economic growth as babies, so the immigrants crossing the Southern Border of the USA increased the USA Economy by GOP standards. Indeed. 407,407 human beings per year cross the USA Southern Border per year. Not even a half million.
Ronald Reagan was from California, the first state to make border crossing illegal. It was after his Presidency in 1996.
The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) stated the Immigration Reform Bill would save the USA about $900 billion per year. Nearly $1 trillion per year. Making people citizens means they contribute to the nation, don't seek to hide, don't require deportations and add to the value of the nation. That $900 billion was not dependent upon the Corker-Hoeven amendment, however, the CBO stated even with the added expense we would still be saving $900 billion.
June 25, 2013, Washington, D.C.Rights Working Group (click here) is deeply disappointed that the Senate decided to adopt the Corker-Hoeven amendment to the Senate immigration bill. The amendment essentially militarizes the United States-Mexico border by doubling the number of border patrol agents, increasing border fencing and the use of drones in border communities, and spending $46 billion to the benefit of private contractors....
Indeed. Four states with contractors receiving $46 billion. California already has their fence completed. New Mexico has a very small foot print. So, basically, the $46 billion for private contractors is for Arizona and Texas. Yep.
That is not maintenance, by the way. That $46 billion does not include the new Border Patrol officers and the drones and all that mess. That is just $46 billion for one time contractors.
That figure of $900 billion has been whittled down since June 18th. $900 billion is for ten years. Some estimates are as low as $175 over ten years. But, hey it is a savings right?
See there is going to be a lot of initial costs, like instituting E-Verify on a larger scale and there is the additional cost of all those temporary visas for the private contractors.
Oh, yeah. There is a interesting part of the bill folks don't know about, it goes like this.
H-2B Temporary Worker Issues (click here)
Under current law, the only way U.S. employers can lawfully obtain foreign temporary workers to fill construction jobs is the H-2B temporary worker program, subject to an annual quota of 66,000. In general, employers work with foreign labor contractors (FLC’s) to locate and recruit qualified workers outside the United States for temporary and seasonal jobs in the U.S. Further, three federal agencies are involved in the H-2B approval process: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), The Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), and The U.S. State Department Foreign Consular Office.
The USA has more construction workers out of work and re-learning new skills, but, the private contractors are going to hire Foreign Construction Workers. Okay then. Hooked on "Wet Backs" I guess. Oh, give me a break does anyone believe all those foreign workers are going to be here legally on Visas? How are you going to know? All these private contractors aren't going to care if they are legal or illegal because the E-Verify system won't be up and running well enough to process them fast enough to build the VITAL fence.
So, considering the fence at the border will be built in about one year. Right? I would think. That means the 407,407 human beings crossing in one year is costing the USA about $112,909 EACH.
Yet.
Now that they are becoming citizens, the CBO and all it's critics are stating the national debt is reduced because they are here that legally.
Does anyone really understand why we are doing this? Let them come and become legal. They improve the national debt.
Ah, politics. How hideous it insults reality.
