Proponents of illegal immigration must be overjoyed. Given the overblown coverage of the Don Imus situation, attention was shifted away from Virginia Beach, site of tragedy two weeks ago when two 17-year-old girls were killed by an illegal immigrant driving drunk, an illegal with THREE prior DUI convictions.
In the immediate aftermath, there was virtually no national media coverage of the event, which in and of itself is a tragedy. It wasn't until talk show hosts Bill O'Reilly and Geraldo Rivera almost came to blows on the subject that the story began to garner national attention.
Imus notwithstanding, this story is far too important on so many levels to let slip into oblivion. Politicians need to be held accountable for their inaction, and the federal government needs to explain how and why it failed these girls and their families. For once, advocates for illegal immigrants need to be genuine. The untimely deaths of these girls should not be in vain, and this type of situation should never happen again.
Let's be very clear about what "illegal immigrants" actually are. By definition, they are criminals. They deserve no rights, except to be deported. Period.
Americans should demand that Washington stop the charades and do something meaningful. Accordingly:
1) The wall on the entire southern border should be constructed, not just funded.
2) Border Patrol agents should be allowed to do their job without fear of being prosecuted by their own government.
3) ALL taxpayer funded assistance to illegal aliens should immediately cease, including education, welfare, driver licenses, and medical benefits.
4) Above all, illegal immigrants should not be given any form of amnesty, regardless of whatever flowery name the president gives to such proposals. The passage of any such legislation would strike at the very heart of what America ostensibly stands for, and would be a devastating body blow to every immigrant who became a citizen the legal and honorable way. National security would be paralyzed (more so than it already is), and, at the risk of sounding overly dramatic, it would serve as a large nail in the Republic's coffin.
However, because this is the modern-day Politically Correct America, what "should" happen often times does not.
Rivera and company will continue making this a drunk driving issue, not an immigration issue. As a result, those who utilize common sense and logic in labeling illegals "criminals" will be venomously slandered as "racists," "bigots" "Mexico-haters" and "fascists"- the typical ad hominem attacks designed to get away from an issue that cannot be defended. An issue, by the way, that brings more Americans together in agreement than any other.
The biggest irony, however, is the spectacle of bedfellows who support illegal immigration, because it's one of the few times that the Right and the Left are in agreement. The Left, of course, exposes its "bleeding heart" mentality due to its desire to allow anyone and everyone into America, with no restrictions, a seemingly apologetic gesture aimed at erasing America's "racist" past. Perhaps even more sinister, the Right seeks the cheap labor that Big Business wants, and which results in large contributions to Washington Republicans.
Sorry Geraldo, you're wrong. Virginia Beach, more than anything, is about illegal immigration. Obviously, while no one can tell if those girls would have been killed for some other reason that night, one thing remains abundantly clear: If the government hadn't failed, that criminal - and that's what illegal immigrants and drunk drivers are - would not have been in America, let alone Virginia. And those girls, unequivocally, would not have died from his drunk driving.
Sanctuary cities, which do not require their police to report illegal aliens to the INS, even when they are arrested or convicted of crimes, should be eliminated. States should be forbidden to issue drivers licenses to illegals. And a mammoth deportation effort should begin immediately, across the board and without exception. Of course, none of those measures does any good if the way to get back into America is smooth and paved.
Given that we need a comprehensive "zero tolerance" crackdown on illegal immigration, we should look at how other countries effectively deal with the issue.
You want a good starting place?
Try Mexico.
