From the Mind of Abouna: FREAKY DEAKY FRIDAY:

Thank goodness my problems with Blog Spot have been rectified and I don’t have to say adios to my blogger friends

Here is a little something called “Dial One for English”

Illegal Immigrants

After almost a century, the words of Theodore Roosevelt still address the problems facing our nation today in the area of illegal immigrants. We would do well to heed his advice!

"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt, 1907

Until the U.S. Federal government finds a way in which to make illegal immigration UNATTRACTIVE, both the individual AND the appropriate foreign governments will continue to encourage illegal entry into the U.S. Presently the potential REWARDS greatly exceed the known penalties! (Especially for the foreign government! The illegal immigrant is usually rewarded with eventual legal status or even citizenship.)

Therefore, it is suggest that the citizens of the U.S. both urge and demand that The Federal Congress of these United States consider AT LEAST the following proposals in an attempt to put a stop to this criminal and illegal behavior:

1) Clarify our citizenship laws to bring them into conformity with our Federal Constitution. The 14^th Amendment to the Constitution clearly states: "All persons born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States" (emphasis added). Thus there are two criteria which must be met before a child born in the U.S.A. can be considered a citizen: (a) Birth in the United States and (b) Subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Illegal entrants are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States, and consequently neither are their children. To eliminate the present problem of granting citizenship to infants NOT subject to the jurisdiction of the United States (since the parents are illegal), Congress needs to go on record as legally declaring that the child of an illegal alien inherits the status of his parent; thus, the child, like his parent, should be deemed to be an illegal alien. Our Constitution does not presently declare that everyone born in the U.S.A. is a citizen, to be a citizen the infant must legally be "subject to the jurisdiction" of the U.S.A. Thus ONE of the infant's parents (and if it is the father, this must by PROVED by DNA testing!) must be a U.S. citizen at the time of the child's birth. By automatically granting citizenship to the child of an illegal entrant, we presently reward illegal entrants for violating American law. Congress needs to discourage, not encourage, illegal aliens from violating the laws of the United States.

2) All individuals and businesses which employ illegal entrants to the U.S.A. must be substantially penalized for encouraging and supporting illegal immigration. At a minimum the Fine should equal: (a) DOUBLE the legal hourly minimum wage for all the time the illegal "worked" for the individual/business PLUS (b) an additional amount equal to DOUBLE what should have been paid to FICA. After ONE (two or at most three) "offenses," the individual or business employing an illegal entrant MUST lose any license/permit they hold allowing them to engage in the activity for which they hired the illegal entrants.

3) All illegal immigrants will be treated by the arresting authority as felons and considered to have "contracted" with whomever "assisted" them to enter the U.S.A. If they engaged in illegal entry on their own, then they are solely responsible for their offense. Thus, alone or assisted, they are treated as smugglers and felons themselves.

4) All illegal entrants captured by any Federal, State or local police authority will be jailed as felons and must serve a minimum period of time in jail as specified by Federal law. Such felons can only be released, after serving the required period of time in jail, to the national government where they hold citizenship, after that government has had all expenses incurred due to the illegal entrants entry into the U.S.A., capture and imprisonment deducted from any and all forms of financial assistance given that government by the U.S. Federal government or added to any loan(s) issued by the U.S. Federal government to that foreign government. U.S. Federal assistance and/or loans to other nations may not be increased by the U.S. Federal government to include or take into consideration the fees required due to that foreign government's encouragement or support (active or passive) of illegal immigration into the U.S.A. Such loans may not be forgiven by the U.S. Federal Government.

5) All illegal immigrants captured within the territory of the United States will have their finger prints and photographs taken for future identification purposes. Said felons will be classified as "undesirable" and not allowed to legally enter the United States for a minimum of TEN years.

The foreign government may directly pay to the appropriate U.S. governmental jurisdiction all expenses incurred in the capture and imprisonment of an illegal immigrant to the U.S.A.