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immigration

I would like to know Libertarians views on immigration.
Sun 30 Jul 2006 at 06:27 AM

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I am a registered Libertarian in Pinal County. I have lived in Arizona for five years now. Coming from Michigan I had no clue as to what was going on at the Mexico/U.S. border. People think that there is some great wall or a Border Patrol Agent stationed every hundred feet or just don't think about it at all. When it comes to immigration and the Immigration debate people always say we need these illegal aliens to do jobs that most Americans can't or won't do. Or, that a head of lettuce wil cost thirty dollars. The fact is this same debate arose over slavery. We need to keep our slaves or cotton will cost a fortune. The truth is you can go to CVS and buy a T-shirt (100% cotton) for a buck. Both Republicans and Democrats lose focus on what is at stake for the United States because they have interests vested in illegal immigration. Be it potential voters or "slave" labor. Disease, crime, socio-economic strife, undermineing of the Unions, Government dependancy, abuse of welfare/social security, etc... all revolve around illegal immigration. As a libertarian I believe that the United States thrives because of the diverse integration of people and ideas and legal migration is essential to the growth and prosperity of the United States. The current system makes it very difficult to legally migrate into the United States. The disparity between nations in who, and how many persons that are allowed to temporarily or permenantly migrate to the United States makes the legal migration a terrible ordeal to go through. I would like to see the nations that have their citizens returned to their country of origin charged per person at the cost the U.S. incurs for Deporting them. Hopefully, this would ensure that nations would make an effort to prevent their citizens from illegally entering the U.S.

The bottom line is a crime is a crime. Entering into the United States without inspection at a place other than an official port of entry is a crime 8 USC 1325 of the INA of 1952. (Immigration and Nationality Act as ammended in 2000)
-- Fri 26 Oct 2007 at 09:50 AM
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