The Welcome Mat is Out

We are a land of immigrants. Millions have flocked to this land for a better way of life, a better life that they helped create. We should continue to allow people from around the world, who recognize and love the greatness of this nation and who want to contribute, to come. That does not mean, however, that we should have open borders through which anyone can enter and exit as they please.

The welcome mat is out, but we should still keep the doors locked, so that we can control who is coming in. We need to secure the borders for this reason, so that we can defend our country from those who try to enter and do us harm. It is such a simple principle that so many in Congress have shown no motivation to do anything effective in securing this nation. They are too caught up in the overall immigration issue that they fail to take the most important and necessary step. Once we secure all our borders, we can then take steps to address what to do with those who have come illegally.

As mentioned above, this is a land of immigrants and a land that should welcome immigrants, however, it is also a land of laws. As such, we should not reward those who have come here illegally. Some will say that they do the jobs that others will not, and that our economy is too dependent on the illegal immigrant workforce. Immigrants can still do these jobs, they just need come through proper legal channels, but this does not mean amnesty. Those here illegally need to go back to their home countries and come back through legally.

So how do we get the illegals out? Many have said that we cannot deport them all, and for the most part this is true. We can, however, clamp down on those who employ illegals and make it so they will no longer find it in their best economic interests to do so (i.e. heavy fines). If the illegals cannot get work they will be forced to leave and they and others would be encouraged to go through the proper channels.


Let's keep the welcome mat out and our doors locked. How many of us would accept coming home to see that someone had broken in to our house? How many of us would then let the intruder stay because they were doing house work that we dislike and may not even do? How many of us would then say to the intruder that we gave them all the same benefits of all the other family members? Perhaps some of you can answer that you wouldn't mind, but I'm sure you would feel differently if the same intruder killed one of your family members. Let's keep safety first!