A NEW ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION LAW and POLICY

     I believe that before we can tackle the illegal immigration issue we must raise the minimum wage to $12.00 instead of the $9.00 an hour as it was stated in the CRC Report for Congress -- Minimum Wage in the 110th Congress page CRS-3 as updated June 11, 2007, the following is a quote from the first paragraph of that page:

“THE MINIMUM WAGE REACHED ITS PEAK VALUE IN 1968 AT $1.60 AN HOUR AND, THEN, GENERALLY, HAS DECLINED IN TERMS OF CONSTANT DOLLARS. TO EQUAL ITS 1968 PEAK IN PURCHASING POWER, IT WOULD CURRENTLY NEED TO BE OVER $9.00 AN HOUR. THUS, THE MINIMUM WAGE IS NOW NEARLY $4.00 BEHIND ITS CONSTANT DOLLAR VALUE FROM 1968 (ROUGHLY, $5.15 TO IN EXCESS OF $9.00). WHEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 (PUBLIC LAW 110-28 (ENACTED ON MAY 25, 2007) RATE BEING JULY-2007-$5.85, JULY-2008-$6.55, JULY-2009-$7.25), THE MINIMUM WAGE (IN 1968 TERMS) WILL BE ALMOST $2.00 BEHIND ITS 1968 VALUE -- WITHOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT INTERVENING ECONOMIC CHANGE.”

     The next thing that needs to be taken care of, before we can tackle the illegal immigrant issue, is border security. There was a time back in the late 1800's and early 1900's that the US Calvary patrolled the border between the USA and Mexico and Canada to some extent, now what I am about to propose may seem a little drastic but it is the best way because of all the drug smugglers and other criminals that come across our borders everyday. The following is my proposal:

        1) We need to spend 3 times what we are spending on border enforcement and detention.

        2) The Congress should pass a military appropriation bill specifically for buying up all the land along the border, except in certain cities such as El Paso from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, this strip of land should be at least 25 miles wide, this will entail buying land from individuals also buying or replacing in kind land owned by Native American Tribes and Federal parks and/or sanctuaries so in order to keep people from jacking the price up the land bought should be bought at the fair market price as of the time this measure is first introduced. The military would be responsible for enforcing this area with what ever means are necessary, since they will be using this land as one giant live fire training area. This will make it a military reservation and therefore a felony for anyone to cross it without permission. If fired on the US MILITARY should be authorized to return fire even if it comes from across the border from within Mexico. Also since terrorist could try and cross the border we should consider anybody crossing the border illegally to be a possible terrorist.

        3) The states along the border should be encouraged to use their national guard units to help patrol the border until the 2nd item can be implemented.

     Next we need to tell all government agencies that they are to crack down on the companies that hire illegals and allow the social security department to notify a company that they have sent invalid ssn's in and that they will be investigated.

     Next notify all businesses both big and small that hiring a illegal is a violation of the law and that they will be prosecuted for hiring illegals.

     Next pass a law authorizing all Federal agency's, State agency's and Company's such as hospitals, insurance company's and others that incur debt due to the actions of illegals to sue the country from which they come from.

     Next pass a law authorizing the Social Security Administration to design a new card to be used as a National ID, SSN, Commercial Drivers License and State Driver License card which will be administered by the states just as they administer the Commercial Driver licensing these card will only have the following information on them: photo, fingerprints, their DNA, Birth date, Place of Birth such as Baltimore Maryland but if born outside of the United States then their immigration number and citizenship status encrypted within the card and no other information shall be required of any person to have on this card. This new ID card should be renewed every 6 years in the same way most states renew drivers license today. 

     Next pass a law setting up a nation wide DNA database accessible only by the Justice Department and the Social Security Administration.  

     Since it would be impractical to round up 11 million people, make a one time offer for them to get on the path to legal status in the following method:

        1) Through national broadcast that if anyone who is illegally here in the USA, has had a tax payer ID number before January 1st 2000 then they can make application to get a green card pending a background check both here and in the country that they came from allowing them six months to accept the offer.  Those with a tax payer ID dating after that date will have to follow item 2 below.

        2) If any illegal that does not have a tax payer ID number comes forward and makes application as in #1 from above their applications will be considered after the ones from #1, plus they will have to return to their home country after six months from the first announcement and await their applications acceptance or rejection.

        3) Any illegal can go back to Mexico or the country that they came from by way of any of the official border crossings ports of entry and at that time pick up the papers needed to apply for temporary work permits. These permits would only be good for six months at a time but can be renewed once without having to go back to their country of origin.

        4) The rest that do not come forward in the six months given will be tracked down and eventually deported, to never be able to come back to the USA ever.

     All the illegal immigrant's would have to answer questions as to how, where and who brought them over the border and all would have to be biometrically finger printed and have a DNA sample taken.

     The President should be directed by congress to inform the Mexican government that by allowing its residents or its governmental officials to help illegals to cross into the USA will result in the suspension of any aid being provided to them and that if they do not try to stop it on their side of the border it could end up being considered an act of War.

     Next the congress needs to pass legislation requiring the State Department to suspend the issuing of any work visa's until our unemployment rate drops to 2%, and that when the visa's that are in use today expires that they will not be renewed. 

     All of these provisions should be passed in a group of bills that when all have been passed will be known as the New Immigration and Naturalization Act.