Voice For Voters

An impressive demonstration of why the United States cannot be the charitable caretaker and safety valve — and why we must help poverty-stricken people in Third World countries in their own land if we really care for them –  can be seen in this GUMBALL YouTube presentation at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7WJeqxuOfQ 

It is a must see to understand the impacts of immigration on our country and future generations. 

It also explains why the argument that the U.S. must be compassionate and admit all immigrants from Mexico who want to come to the U.S. because of poverty is not the answer.  Yes, poor Mexicans are worthy of our compassion.  But if the goal is to rescue impoverished people in the world — there are over four billion (4,600,000,000) people in the world who are more impoverished than the average Mexican.

This GUMBALL presentation shows why accepting one million immigrants a year WILL NOT solve the problem. 

There will never be any hope for Third World poverty-stricken people except by helping them WHERE THEY LIVE.  If we care about helping people in poverty in other countries, we must help them in their country.  The answer does not lie in importing them.  Doing so will destroy the American Dream for everyone.

Please watch this video.

There is a direct link between the taxes you pay and illegal immigration.  To set the stage:  There are two economic magnets that attract illegal aliens to the U.S. — jobs and free benefits.  You hear much about jobs but you hear little about free benefits.  This is unfortunate since taxpayers pay untold billions of dollars every year to support illegal aliens. 

$90 billion is spent every year just on welfare for illegal aliens.  These are hidden taxes.  A report by the Center for Immigration Studies reveals that government today spends over $300 billion every year on welfare for Mexican households — both legal and illegal.  If we round out the $90 billion each year to ILLEGAL immigrants, taxpayers pay about $200 billion more on LEGAL Mexican households.  Undoubtedly, many if not most of the legal Mexican households are a result of anchor babies and amnesty 20 years ago.  If Congress passes amnesty again (politicians now call it a path-to-citizenship), we’re told this $300 billion per year cost for welfare on Mexican households could go out of sight, skyrocketing into nearly a trillion dollars every year.

I single out welfare because social spending is the largest item in our federal budget.  And immigration is a huge part of this.  We pay more for welfare than we pay for our military.  The third  largest expense in the federal budget is interest paid on the national debt.  The national debt recently exploded to a historic $9.2 trillion.  In 2007, interest on the national debt was a whopping $430 billion of tax money.  Whoosh!  Like vapor!  $430 billion disappeared from our economy. The U.S. has dug a hole so deep in debt that foreign investors hold more than half of U.S. government debt securities.  China is one of our biggest creditors.

Do you remember when we were kids, we were told that if we dug a hole deep enough, we’d end up in China?  Well, it was true after all.  Taxpayers get nothing for the $430 billion in interest payments.  Instead of building jobs and helping our economy, our poor, our seniors, our veterans, our schools, and shoring up Medicare, Medicaid, our military, Social Security and roads and bridges, $430 billion a year is pushed through the hole of debt. 

Billions end up in China.  China then uses our tax dollars to build a stronger military to compete against ours, to engage in space warfare, and to buy U.S. businesses.  Economics is complex but common sense is not.  Is it in our best interest to make China (or any foreign government) Uncle Sam’s banker?  Consider some of the problems that China forces upon the U.S.:  Unsafe products such as toxic toothpaste and toys, contaminated meat, unfair trade dealings, and threatening military maneuvers.  Should the U.S. get tough with China to stop this?  Yes.  But do we?  No.  How can you get tough with your banker?

In 20 years our public debt has more than tripled.  Interest on this debt has increased from $195 billion to $430 billion.  How long has it been since the U.S. passed amnesty — and American taxpayers started paying to support illegal aliens?  Illegal immigration contributes mightily to our national debt.  It is one of the biggest contributors to the crises in education, entitlement programs, healthcare, and the federal deficit.  Yet two acts would solve so many problems — without tax increases.

If the U.S. would stop giving automatic citizenship to children born to illegal aliens, the U.S. would get rid of a powerful magnet for illegal immigration and, at the same time, solve funding crises in all the programs without tax increases!  A bill was introduced in Congress to do just that on April 19, 2007.  It is House Bill 1940.  If you have not signed this petition, please do so.  If your U.S. Representatives have not co-sponsored this bill, please request they do so.  (These are discussed elsewhere on this website.)  The second way to stop giving scarce tax dollars to illegal aliens is for the federal or state governments to mandate that business verify the legal status of workers.  This is so simple.  It is free and fast through E-Verify.  There is no excuse for the federal or state government not to do this.  Together, H.R. 1940 and E-Verify would stop taking tax dollars from needy programs and poor citizens and giving them to illegal households.  It has been proven that illegal immigrants leave states that verify the legal status of workers.  If illegal aliens who come to the U.S. for employment can’t find jobs, they won’t stay.  If illegal aliens who come to the U. S. for welfare can’t get free benefits by having anchor babies, they won’t stay. 

Funding crises cannot be solved if the U.S. continues to gamble our fortunes on illegal immigration.  If they do, they will tax the Middle Class into oblivion.  And I don’t have to tell you the fate of our beloved rich Uncle Sam.  Uncle Sam is on life support.  We still have time to save Uncle Sam, but for how long?  Decisions regarding illegal immigration will guide and could change our country forever. 

The National Academy of Sciences told us 10 years ago that a high school dropout immigrant imposes a net cost on taxpayers of about $100,000 over the immigrant’s lifetime.  “In the last 20 years through both legal and illegal immigration, we’ve imported about 11 million high school dropouts.  The net costs of those individuals over their lifetimes to the taxpayer will be about $2 trillion.  We simply cannot afford as a nation to bring in millions and millions of low-skill individuals who will eat up government services but pay virtually nothing in taxes.”

This price tag of $2 trillion is for the current 11 million immigrants who are high school dropouts — who came to the U.S. over the past 20 years since the 1986 amnesty.  Now let’s fast-forward to a forecast for the next 10 years by the 2006 Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. James Sensenbrenner.  He stated that demographic studies show that in the next 10 years, 20 million more illegal aliens will come to the U.S. if the status quo continues.  “They’ll flood our schools, our healthcare system will collapse … our social services sytem will end up being overtaxed … and we’ll see our economy collapse.”

So what are we to do?  Throw up our hands?  When I look at the three presidential candidates anad see that red phone ad at 3:00 a.m., I see something different.  Who’s calling?  Voters.  Voters are warning the president not to push that amnesty button which will explode our way of life and blow up the Middle Class. 

No politician can truthfully say he or she cares about low taxes, welfare reform, improving education, reducing the federal deficit, and solving problems of healthcare and Social Security if he or she supports illegal immigration or amnesty in any form.

 The taxes you pay is tied directly to the costs of illegal immigration.  Unless politicians running for the presidency and for Congress understand that we the voters are no longer fooled by their rhetoric and that we expect them to stop spending our taxdollars to support illegal aliens, we could reach that point of crisis that the red phone symbolizes.  Voters must place that urgent call. 

Sources: Robert Rector, Heritage Foundation; PEW Hispanic Center, “Unauthorized Migrants, Numbers and Characteristics”; CIS “Immigration’s Impact on Public Coffers”;Bureau of Public Debt, U.S. Dept of the Treasury; The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2008; “National Debt load is a fiscal time bomb” by David Lazarus, SFGate.com.

Consider this scenario:   

Put yourself in the shoes of a Mexican citizen still living in Mexico.  One day you get a phone call from friends and family in the U.S.  They’re having a party and invite you to join them in the U.S.  They tell you that you can make more in one hour than you can make in one day in Mexico.   

Then amidst all the party clatter at the other end of the phone, your callers drop the piñata of all surprises.  They tell you that not only can you make more in an hour than in a day in Mexico – but that the U.S. will pay you richly to come to the U.S. as an illegal alien and have a baby. 

At this point, you don’t know whether the loud party at the other end of the phone is out of control and your friends are weaving fantasy, or to put on your running shoes and become the latest illegal alien. 

Still holding the phone, you ask in disbelief, “The U.S. does what?” 

“Yes,” the answer comes back, “it’s true.  The U.S. makes it easy to cross the border, easy to find jobs, and the U.S. pays us to have babies.” 

Your friends at the other end of the phone drop another surprise:  When your anchor baby turns 18, you become a U.S. citizen – unless you get amnesty first!  If you were that Mexican, what would you do?  Is birthright citizenship not an irresistible magnet?

If I’ve gotten your attention, please read the articles below and learn about (1) the problem of birthright citizenship which is one of the most urgent issues of illegal immigration that needs to be addressed,  (2) the simple solution, and (3) what you can do.

There are two petitions on this site.  One is for all voters.  This one is for Alabama voters only.  I urge Alabama voters to sign both.  This petition is to urge all seven of our Alabama Congressmen to co-sponsor H.R. 1940, the bill introduced in the House of Representatives on April 19, 2007, to end automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens and other non-citizens born in the United States.  Currently, five of our Alabama Congressmen are co-signers of this bill.

SEND YOUR ALABAMA CONGRESSMEN A MESSAGE:

If you think Alabama taxpayers should NOT pay to support illegal aliens — when we have to sacrifice urgent needs of our own children, our elderly, and our needy citizens, please sign this petition.  The U.S. admits more than one million immigrants yearly.  The problem is with nearly a million new ILLEGAL immigrants each year.

By law, illegal aliens cannot receive public benefits; however, they use their children born in the United States to evade this law and get free public benefits.

* Alabama taxpayers alone spend over $112 million every year on families of illegal aliens for education, emergency medical care, and incarceration.  But there’s much, much more.  Illegal families with children born in the U.S. also get public housing and rent assistance, food stamps, Medicaid, Supplementary Security Insurance (SSI), unemployment benefits and other public assistance — also at a cost of many millions of dollars each year paid by taxpayers.

*About 16% of Alabama’s 4.4 million residents live in poverty, according to U.S. Census figures, and State officials say we must find additional money to deal with this issue.  A new state panel was formed recently.  Also, State officials are worried that poor and disabled Alabama residents who rely on Medicaid for health care may see service cut in 2008.  Every million dollars our state spends on illegal aliens is a million dollars we cannot spend on our needy citizens.

* The problem has gotten so out of control that illegal alien households in the U.S. receive a higher percentage of welfare than our own citizen households!

* 45% of anchor babies are born to unwed Mexican teenagers.  65% of these lack a high school education.

* Costs for illegal families are tied directly to, and are probably the biggest contributor to, shortfalls in entitlement programs and the federal deficit.  These costs result in higher taxes and higher insurance costs for U.S. citizens.

*  At a time when baby-boomer Social Security is underfunded, when college graduates have fewer higher-paying job opportunities because more jobs are going to foreigners,  when more lower-paid jobs are going to illegals, and when deficit spending is weakening the dollar, we can ill afford to pay for free benefits for people in this country illegally. 

Who’s in control:  Congress or bureaucrats?  Bureaucrats, not Congress, made the decision that taxpayers should pay to support illegal aliens.  Federal law requires that illegal aliens receive free emergency medical care and free education.  But federal law prohibits illegal aliens from receiving other free public benefits.  Yet bureaucrats made the decision to give illegal families free benefits without the knowledge or consent or citizens and without a vote of Congress.  Our citizens are shortchanged and taxpayers are overburdened to support illegal aliens based on decisions by federal officials.  H.R. 1940 will overturn the expanded definition of  “citizen” in the 14th Amendment by bureaucrats and will close this loophole.

What was the intent of the 14th Amendment?  The 14th Amendment was adopted in 1868 to ensure that newly freed slaves and their children could not be denied U.S. citizenship.  They added the “jurisdiction clause” to make sure that children must qualify through their parents to become a U.S. citizen at birth, and that their parents must be lawful residents.  The authors emphasized that the definition of “citizen” would not apply to foreigners or aliens.  The 14th Amendment was NOT intended to be an economic magnet for illegal aliens to use their children born in the U.S. to get free benefits, but that’s what’s happening.

If the U.S. would ban automatic citizenship for children born to illegal aliens, the U.S. would get rid of a powerful magnet for illegal immigration and, at the same time, solve funding crises — without tax increases. 

No politician can truthfully say he/she cares about family values, low taxes, welfare reform, improving education, reducing the federal deficit, and solving problems of healthcare and Social Security if he/she does not support banning automatic citizenship to children of illegal aliens.

Voters can send a message to our Congressmen:  Correct the misinterpretation and abuse of the 14th Amendment and end automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens and other non-citizens.  Congress can do this by co-sponsoring H.R. 1940 and voting “yes” on this bill when it comes to the floor for a vote. 

Passage of H.R. 1940, The Birthright Citizenship Act, will be a giant step to rein in runaway bureaucracy and stop out-of-control spending.  Everything associated with illegal immigration including birthright citizenship goes against conservative values of being tough on crime, fiscally responsible, protecting America’s sovereignty, keeping taxes low and the bureaucracy in tow.

You can make a difference!  Sign the petition now and ask your family members and friends to also sign.  Every signature counts!  I will make sure that every Alabama U.S. Representative gets the message that you expect ALL SEVEN of them to be fiscally responsible and represent the best interests of Alabama residents.

THANK YOU for taking action. 

Click http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ekz123jz?e/  to make your voice count. Then, click http://www.birthrightpetition.com/ to add your signature to the petition that goes to the full Congress.

SEND CONGRESS A MESSAGE:  Sign the petition today to end automatic Birthright Citizenship!  

Taxpayers Should NOT Pay to Support Illegal Aliens – when we have to sacrifice urgent needs of our own children, our elderly, and our needy citizens!  The U. S. admits more than one million legal immigrants yearly.  The problem is with nearly a million new ILLEGAL immigrants each year.  By law, illegal aliens cannot receive public benefits; however, they use their children born in the United States to evade this law and get free public benefits.    

* Illegal families with children born in the U.S. get free education and school lunches, public housing and rent assistance, food stamps, Medicaid, Supplementary Security Insurance (SSI), unemployment benefits and other public assistance.       

* The problem is so out of control that illegal alien households receive a higher percentage of welfare than our own citizen households!     

* 45% of anchor babies are born to unwed Mexican teenagers.  (See “What is an anchor baby?” on this website.)   

* Costs for illegal families are tied directly to, and are probably the biggest contributor to, shortfalls in entitlement programs and the federal deficit.  These costs result in higher taxes and higher insurance costs for U.S. citizens.     

* Every million dollars taxpayers spend on non-citizen families is a million dollars taken from the urgent needs of our children, our elderly, and our poor.  It is estimated that taxpayers pay up to $100 billion for illegal families every year.     

* Costs to support illegal families contribute significantly to the federal deficit and the weakening of the dollar.   

* At a time when baby-boomer Social Security is under-funded, college graduates have fewer job opportunities because more jobs are going to foreigners, lower-paid jobs are going to illegals, and deficit spending is weakening the dollar, we can ill afford to pay for free benefits for people in this country illegally.  

* Automatic birthright citizenship for children born to illegal parents and the cash benefits that go with it are as much an economic magnet for illegal immigration as are jobs. 

Federal law requires that illegal aliens receive free emergency health care and free education.  But federal law prohibits illegal aliens from receiving other free public benefits.  Yet bureaucrats made the decision without the knowledge or consent of citizens and without a vote of Congress to give illegal aliens a loophole to evade this law. H.R. 1940 will overturn the expanded definition of “citizen” by bureaucrats and close this loophole.  

Americans are caring, charitable people.  We not only support programs to help needy citizens in our own country, we send trillions of dollars every year to help poor people in other countries, including Mexico.  But American taxpayers cannot continue to afford the escalating costs to support illegal aliens and continue to support our own poor children and other needy citizens.  Our federal, state, and local budgets show this.       

The 14th Amendment was adopted in 1868 to ensure that newly freed slaves could not be denied U.S. citizenship.  They added the “jurisdiction clause” to make sure that children must qualify through their parents, and that their parents must be lawful residents.  The 14th Amendment was NOT intended to be a magnet for illegal aliens to use their children born in the U.S. to get free benefits, but that’s what’s happening.  Most countries banned automatic birthright citizenship for children of non-citizens years ago because of the new economic realities of immigration and the unbearable costs to taxpayers and our institutions.  (See “What Countries Ban Automatic Birthright Citizenship” posted on this website.)  It’s past time the U.S. Congress act responsibly and also end automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens. 

Urge your U.S. Representative to end automatic birthright citizenship by co-sponsoring H.R. 1940, introduced in the House of Representatives on April 19, 2007 — and then to vote to reinstate the original intent of the 14th Amendment. Passage of H.R. 1940 will be a giant step to: 

* rein in runaway bureaucracy and stop out-of-control spending,

* overturn the expanded definition of “citizen” by bureaucrats,

* get rid of a magnet for illegal immigration,

* stop the abuse of the 14th Amendment, and

* save billions of dollars every year.

You can sign a petition to Congress to ban birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens and other non-citizens by clicking here:  http://www.birthrightpetition.com/ 

If you are an Alabama resident, please go the post “Petition for Alabama Taxpayers” and also sign that petition — or go directly to the petition by clicking:  http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ekz123jz?3/

Most countries ban birthright citizenship because of security threats and because of unbearable costs which take invaluable resources and burden federal, state and local budgets and taxpayers. U.S. Representative Nathan Deal of Georgia, who introduced H.R. 1940 on April 19, 2007 to ban automatic birthright citizenship, stated that the United States is the largest of only 33 countries in the world that grant automatic birthright citizenship to children of illegal aliens and temporary visitors, while 122 countries do not.  A sampling of these countries follows: 

Countries that Grant Automatic Birthright Citizenship 

Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Spain, United States, and Venezuela. 

Countries that do NOT Grant Automatic Birthright Citizenship 

H.R. 1940 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on April 19, 2007 to clarify the language/intent of “citizen” in the 14th Amendment to join other countries and stop the abuse of immigrants (illegal aliens and visitors on visas) who come to the United States to have children to give their children dual citizenship; to prevent them from entering military service in their countries; and to get free education, welfare, healthcare and other benefits paid for by U.S. taxpayers.  

Click http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1940 to read the bill, who the sponsor and co-sponsors are, and what the status is.  If your U.S. Congressman has not co-sponsored this legislation, please call his/her office and request that he/she do so.  Please also sign the petition to Congress by clicking http://www.birthrightpetition.com/.

We can insist that Congress reinstate the intent of the 14^th Amendment and ban automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens and other non-citizens.  A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on April 19, 2007 to do just this.  It is. H.R. 1940.  Ask your U.S. Representative to co-sponsor H.R. 1940.  

What is H.R. 1940: Birthright Citizenship Act of 1940?

Click http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1940 to read the bill, who the sponsor and co-sponsors are, and what the status is.  If your U.S. Representative has not co-sponsored this legislation, please call his/her office and request that he/she do so.  Explain to your congressman that the lure of automatic birthright citizenship to children born to illegal aliens in the U.S. is a huge incentive for illegal immigration.  It is as strong an economic magnet as are jobs.  

Immigration today is far different from immigration during the time of our ancestors.  Historically, immigrants were LESS likely to receive welfare than native-born Americans, and LESS likely to stay on welfare for life.  But this pattern reversed about thirty years ago.[1]  Today, most illegal aliens are MORE likely to need welfare than American citizens and are MORE likely to stay on welfare for life, creating a net deficit for our economy. 

Let me shock you:  Today, 58.8% of legal Mexican households receive welfare.   And, today, a higher percentage of illegal Mexican households receive U.S. welfare than our own citizen households.[2]    The United States is not alone in suffering from the new economic realities of immigration.  Other countries have suffered the same problems.  The difference is, other countries banned automatic citizenship years ago. [3]   Isn’t it past time the U.S. did also?   You can find a list of countries which ban automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens and other non-citizens on this website. 

Act today:  (1) Check the website above to see if your Congressmembers have co-signed H.R. 1940 and contact them and urge them to do so, if they have not.  (2) Click http://www.birthrightpetition.com/ and sign the online petition to Congress. 
 

[1] “Immigration and the Welfare State,” by Mike Franc, May 12, 2006; The Heritage Foundation, “Amnesty and Continued Low-Skill Immigration Will Substantially Raise Welfare Costs and Poverty,” by Robert Rector, May 16, 2006

[2] Center for Immigration Studies, “Use of Means-Tested Programs”.  29.9% of illegal Hispanic households receive benefits versus 14.8% of native citizens.  58.8% of legal Mexican households receive public benefits.

[3] International Herald Tribune, The New York Times, May 6-7, 2006:  “Germany recognizes its face is changing.”

Babies born to illegal parents in the United States are called “anchor babies” because they automatically become U.S. citizens and immediately “anchor” their illegal families to free federal, state, and local benefits.  By law, illegal aliens cannot get free public benefits.  But illegal aliens can use their children born in the U.S. to evade our laws and get them anyway.  This is why “anchor babies” are also called “jackpot babies”.

These benefits include public housing and rent assistance, food stamps, free education and school lunches, Medicaid, SSI, unemployment benefits, Earned Income Tax Credit, and other public assistance.  And the prizes keep coming.  In addition to free benefits, illegal parents get U.S. citizenship when their anchor baby turns 18.  Not bad rewards for entering the U.S. illegally!

A few facts:  There are over 3 million anchor babies in the U.S. today.  Approximately 400,000 new anchor babies are born each year.  One of every 10 births in the U.S. is an anchor baby.  45% are born to unwed Mexican teenagers.  65% of these lack a high school education.  Anchor babies cost taxpayers up to an estimated $100 billion each year.

$100 billion a year is astronomical.  But if amnesty passes, this will sound like pennies.  Studies reveal that government today spends over $300 billion each  year on welfare for Mexican households – both legal and illegal.  Undoubtedly, many if not most of legal Mexican households are a result of amnesty 20 years ago.

Today, 58.8% of legal Mexican households receive welfare.  And today, a higher percentage of illegal aliens households receive U.S. welfare than our own citizen households.  The United States is not alone in suffering from the new economic realities of immigration.  Other countries have suffered the same problems.  The difference is, other countries banned automatic citizenship years ago.

RESOURCES:  (1) Center for Immigration Studies, “Use of Means-Tested Programs”.  (2) International Herald Tribune, The New York Times, May 6-7, 2006:  “Germany recognizes its face is changing.”  (3)  In 2005.  The number is higher now.  Pew Hispanic Center,  “Unauthorized Migrants, Numbers and Characteristics,” 6-14-05.  (4) CIS “Immigration’s Impact on Public Coffers,” Testimony Prepared for the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims on August 24, 2006 by Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research, Center for Immigration Studies.  (5)  1999  (6) “Use of Means-Tested Programs,” Immigration from Mexico:  Assessing the Impact on the United States, by Steven A. Camarota.

Some parents of anchor babies come from South Korea.  Women are told how to vacation to the U.S. when pregnant, how to get all their medical care free, how to stay permanently, and how to take advantage of the generous humanitarian aid we know as welfare.

Some parents of anchor babies are radical Muslims who live in the U.S. illegally.

In fact, anyone who is not a U.S. citizen and has a child born in the U.S., regardless of the reason they are in the U.S. or how long they have been in the U.S., is the parent of an anchor baby.  The only exception is children born to diplomats.

Most parents of anchor babies, however, come from Mexico.

ARGUMENT #1:  Our nation is a nation of immigrants, and we should welcome them. 

This is true.  And we do.  But those who support illegal immigration ignore not only the law, but the facts.   For example:  Today’s immigration is different from that during the time of our ancestors.[1]     Historically, immigrants were LESS likely to receive welfare than native-born Americans, and LESS likely to stay on welfare for life.  But this pattern reversed about thirty years ago.[2]  Today, most illegal aliens are MORE likely to need welfare than American citizens, and are MORE likely to stay on welfare for life, creating a net deficit for our economy.

ARGUMENT #2:  We should not get tough on children.     

The issue is not about getting “tough on children” —  but about removing the financial incentive for illegal aliens to use their newborns to get free public services.   The lure of getting free services by having children born in the U.S. is just as strong an incentive for illegal immigration as jobs.

ARGUMENT #3:  The U.S. must give a path to citizenship to 12 million illegal aliens because, after all, you can’t simply deport 12 million people. 

The truth is that neither amnesty nor deportation is necessary.  Four steps would go far to solve the problem through attrition:            

           1.  Stop allowing illegal aliens to use fraudulent Social Security Numbers.   Enforce the law.    The Social Security Administration has identified about 9.5 million cases of fraudulent Social Security accounts. They should notify employers of the names of these employees and enforce the law.   If illegal aliens who come to the U.S. to find employment can’t get jobs, they won’t stay.  

Supporters of a path-to-citizenship say amnesty is necessary because the U.S. seeks to know who the illegal aliens are and to get them to come out of the shadows.  If there are approximately 12 million illegal aliens in our country and the SSA knows where 9.5 million are (plus their families), then the U.S. can easily identify who the vast majority of illegal aliens are.   

         2.  Mandate that all employers must verify Social Security Numbers of employees through E-Verify.  This is free and fast.  Currently, the federal government offers this service but leaves it up to employers to use it on a voluntary basis.

     3. End automatic citizenship to children born to illegal aliens.  If illegal aliens who come to the U.S. for welfare can’t get free benefits, they won’t stay.      

     4.  End sanctuary cities through enforcement of existing federal law which makes it a crime to give sanctuary to illegal aliens.Individual states can also pass laws to curb illegal immigration.  Many are doing this.  It has been proven that illegal aliens leave states that pass and enforce laws to curb illegal immigration.  States that do not become a magnet for illegal immigrants who leave states that get tough.