candycorn
Diamond Member
They won't even do that for us. Why? Because identity theft protection is a racket.Papers! Papers, please!I'm in favor of first building the wall as a national security measure. Secondly, when it is built, you issue a nationwide ID card that allows you to buy utilities, get a PO box, credit, etc.... You issue these to any and all who apply and pass an exhaustive background check. This itself will take years. Finally, as a third step, you get rid of sanctuary cities and other havens. they are by definition illegal.
Well, in fairness; I never said that. The Idea of the ID card is to expose patterns. For example, if John Doe lives in Missouri and the NSA on a sweep sees that his ID# is used to rent a house in San Diego, CA but another card # that belongs to Jane Doe who lives in Montana is used to buy utilities for that address....you send an investigator by.
Another example. If John Doe lives in Missouri and the NSA on a sweep sees that his ID# is used to rent a house in San Diego, CA and the same number or the number of his wife is used to pay for utilities...you don't send an investigator by.
Other examples; If you see a number of someone who never had permanent residency in the US one day show up at a flight school in Florida and the guy was born in Yemen...perhaps you send a few investigators by.
I see what you're saying and abuse can (and will) happen. Its a given. I happen to think the positives outweigh the negatives.
Yeah...this is what I'm talking about.
Immigration polls at 3% normally. National Security is the "prize" for building a wall and cracking down on those who should not be here. I'm not worried about your gardener being illegal. I'm not worried about your nanny being illegal. I'm not worried about my dry cleaner having 50 illegals as long as my clothes come back clean. If they were not there, there would be 50 legal citizens; the price would skyrocket, and I'd probably go somewhere else cheaper. If there were no other place cheaper, I'd stick with who was closest (much like I do now).
I'm worried about guys shooting up malls, theaters, blowing up dams, hotels, etc...
Make National Security a priority. The wall (on both borders) is part of it. Simply because it limits the payload one brings with them from across the border. Then the ID card helps weed out internal threats. You then get rid of blatantly stupid policies such as sanctuary cities and officials who "look the other way". If you break the law, you need to be punished. Illegal immigration is against the law. If you don't break the law and are here illegally, I don't see the benefit of raiding someone's house and getting rid of a nanny who has "only" broken immigration laws. Hell, if anything, if they have been here X number of years, lived peacefully, and not done anything other than been here illegally....this is the type of person I think should be moved to the front of the line as a citizen. Likely there is just as good a chance she'll be a positive to the society as the person who is taking the oath today.