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Enforce Our Immigration Laws

April 26, 2010
E-Newsletters

It is important to remember that almost all of us are the children of immigrants. Our parents or grandparents or great- great-great grandparents came to America because it was and still is a land of opportunity. America as a nation is great because of immigration, not in spite of it.

Even today, America continues to welcome immigrants who come here legally. It is not legal immigration that upsets Americans, it is illegal immigration. Our country has become far too tolerant to those who have broken the law.

This month, I've been discussing solutions to our illegal immigration problem; including securing the border and implementing a better procedure for employers to verify that job applicants are legal citizens.

Another solution is to enforce the laws we already have and to make sure that illegal immigrants do not receive taxpayer-funded benefits. According to Numbers USA, for every $1 that illegal immigrants contribute to Social Security, they receive $10 in government-funded benefits. We have to make sure that we are not rewarding people who have broken our laws.

The crowd in Washington wants to do nothing about illegal immigrants because they think it's impossible to find the millions that are already here illegally. That is like saying that we cannot stop everyone who speeds so we should just stop trying.

This is a nation that was founded on the rule of law. We have to send the message that we are serious about illegal immigration by enforcing our laws. Otherwise, we will never solve the problem.

Sincerely,

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Sam Graves