Immigration reform

This is a touchy subject, but we need to talk about it. Not everyone agrees what should be done about illegal immigration, but I think we can all agree that something has to be done. Now I realize the hard-liners on both sides will start to scream, but we need to secure the border, and we can not deport all the illegals.

Here's how I see it going down;

1) Secure the borders, without that the rest is meaningless.
2) Start a guest worker program for the people who are already here, and have been here for more than a year.
3) Have a $1000 fee for getting the visa and a reasonable time period for them to comply in.
4) Upon application for the Visa you must declare whether or not you intend to become a U.S. Citizen.
5) Every person who applied would be issued a LEGAL temporary worker's permit.
6) If you were pulled over, or otherwise detained after the drop dead date, and didn't have proper a permit, you would be deported.

That's a good start. I would also want required citizenship classes for anyone who wants to come here and work if only temporarily. Our nation is a melting pot, it's one of the things that makes this country great. This notion of Multiculturalism is what is dividing us. More later.

Mike (one man melting-pot) Skembo