The Illegal Immigration Issue And Unemployment

Illegals becoming citizens; vexing a stranger

There appears to be a parallel track of morality among Christians when it comes to illegal immigration. On one hand there are those who believe that these people have come to America for a better way of life and that they should be welcome. They often cite Exodus 22:21, “Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him.” Others will welcome the immigrant if he comes legally, citing Numbers 9:14, “You shall have one ordinance (statute), both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.” While we seek to treat others as we would like to be treated, there is this matter of the law. If someone enters this country illegally, they are breaking the law. Their first act here is as a criminal, but it doesn’t stop there.

The Washington Post reported in August 2013 that Justice Department statistics indicate the cost of incarceration in the US was $80 billion in 2010. The US population increased by about a third since 1980, but the federal prison population has grown by about 800 percent. Interesting that these statistics track with 2009 criminal illegal aliens in federal prisons increasing 7 percent since 2005 and a 35 percent increase in state and local jails since 2003. GAO estimates that illegal aliens had an average of 7 arrests, primarily for immigration and drug offenses, costing $1.6 billion a year from 2005 through 2009 (latest statistics available).

Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, mocked his fellow Republicans for not wanting to take up illegal immigration. In a speech before the Middletown Rotary Club in his district, he said, “I’ve had every brick and bat and arrow shot at me over this issue just because I wanted to deal with it. I didn’t say it was going to be easy.” It’s not easy, Mr Boehner because you are going to side with the socialists to allow people to become citizens whose first act in coming to this country was to break the law. And the statistics are overwhelming that this people group continues to break the law with not only petty crimes, but with major crimes such as robbery, drug dealing and murder.

The question is why allow this? The politicians say American business needs the labor force. The total available labor force is 246.8 million. Only 155 million are participating. Over 91.8 million have given up on having a job. Some 10.2 million of the 155 million are unemployed. Total unemployment, therefore, is 43.7% or approximately 108 million people, roughly a third of the US population. We don’t need more workers. We need jobs for the ones we have. The reason for not enforcing immigration laws and wanting to allow citizenship for illegal aliens is votes. Politicians like Boehner (closet socialist) and Harry Reid (communist) and the occupant of the Oval Office (Islamic Marxist) want to control you. The way they do that is by staying in office. By making law abiding citizens a minority, it’s easier to do that. Forget vexing a stranger, they vex us.