California Conservative

1. Pass the Immigration Reform Act, but don’t let this be an end, only the beginning to border security.

2. Treat ALL immigrants fairly, with respect and dignity.

3. Continue coming up with useful amendments to the Immigration Reform Act, in order to “fine-tune” it and make it work.

4. Eliminate as many incentives as possible, that individuals currently have to enter this country illegally.

5. Create as many deterrents as possible, for individuals who enter this country illegally.

6. Create an incentive not to come over the border illegally, by enforcing a substantial fine, much like our no-bail warrant arrests, where the person is not released until the full amount of the fine is paid or the equivalent in community service is performed.

7. Enforce immigration laws on employers.

8. Discourage employers from offering jobs to illegal immigrants.

9. Offer employers tax incentives to encourage them to hire only documented workers.

10. Contract with a major credit card company(s) to create a National ID Card and data base. Make the data base easily accessible to all Law Enforcement and related government agencies.

11. Require those illegal aliens seeking social services from our government to first obtain a National ID Card. As Americans, we have to produce ID in order to receive any social service from the government.

12. Require those illegal aliens who wish to utilize financial services from lenders to banks or other financial institutions to first produce their National ID Card.

13. Investigate and prosecute workers and employers for tax evasion. If they are not documenting their work, then they are not documenting their pay and are not paying taxes, and that is a crime.

14. Tax all wire and other transfers of money from illegal aliens to Mexico.

15. Use all illegal immigration related fines to pay for border security and explain this to the American people, who don�t want to pay for it.

16. Enact temporary, emergency legislation as a deterrent (with a “Sunset Date”) so that any child born to a person in this country illegally does not automatically become an American citizen.

17. Do a comprehensive engineering survey to determine the strengths and weakness in our border. Identify the problem areas and the natural barriers.

18. Educate both Americans and Mexicans and ask for their help.

19. Research border security problems and migrant workers, historically and in other countries and explain the possible consequences, good and bad to the American people. Why is it that there are many here who don’t have a problem with Americans abroad working in foreign countries but have a problem with aliens working in our country? How many Americans are there currently working in Kuwait and the rest of the Middle East? American’s have to obey the laws and play by other countries rules in order to work in foreign countries.

20. Ask Americans what is more important to them, securing the border between North and South Korea, the Iran/Iraq border or our border? They are all necessary. Explain how much we spend protecting the borders of other countries.

21. Construct physical barriers where needed.

22. Reduce the long-term cost in man-power, money and resources by investing in monitoring devises for the border, like those used at the DMZ, White House and secure military complexes.

23. Let those who want to enter this country illegally know that we have monitoring devises and advise them of the penalty for entering illegally

24. Contract much of the work to civilian companies.

25. Use the Army’s Corps of Engineers, low bid contractors and supplement with civilian volunteers and those in need of community service hours.

26. Remove legal restrictions to facilitate this process and save money.

27. Use prisoner/convicts who want to volunteer in the construction work at the border. Create a prisoner incentive, i.e. time off their sentence.

28. Solicit private, tax exempt donations to help secure the borders. Make it a cause, and work with private organizations who want to help to secure our border.

29. Utilize helicopters and fix wing air craft as dedicated border security.

30. Pass a law requiring ALL Law Enforcement to enforce immigration laws. If it lawful to use the INS or National Guard, then it is lawful to use Law Enforcement.

31. Explain how using Law Enforcement resources we already have will save money and relieve the Citizen Soldiers (the National Guard and Reserve) from possibly spending six months to a year on our border.

32. However, don’t hesitate to use the U.S. Military, National Guard and Reserves units, on a temporary, short term bases, if you absolutely have to, as a last resort.

33. Require border cities and counties, Mayors, Sheriffs and police Chiefs to get involved and help protect the border.

34. Actively recruit people leaving the Military to join the INS.

35. Create an incentives and signing bonuses for people leaving the Military to join the INS.

36. Contract with private security companies to help supplement law enforcement and immigration

37. Support volunteers who want to help.

38. Appoint a full-time person to deal directly with the Mexican government, not the Ambassador or Secretary of Homeland Security, A person who is solely responsible for the Mexican American border and relationship with Mexico, limited to mutual border security.

39. Enlist Mexico’s assistance and create incentives and deterrents.

40. Put me in charge of border security and give me the resources that I need and I’ll fix the problem.

Submitted by Jimmy Brousseau, LAPD-Retired

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