 Gangs; Importing Criminals: Left of Center View It's crazy to even consider letting criminals into the country, never mind letting them apply for citizenship. Political prisoner, right, we've all seen Scarface and we're not falling for that one. If we could we'd deport all of our own criminals to other countries, so why then would we ever let other countries criminals come here, even for a visit. No way, not a chance! Finally an easy one, you have a criminal record, you’re not a citizen, then you're not coming in. Except... It seemed like a good solid, can't argue with it policy, that is until the Canadians started doing it to the U.S. We’re keeping our border safe from terrorists. They’re overreacting. We’re still fighting the war on drugs. They’re… well actually one of the reasons they don't want us to keep coming into their country is that we keep buying all the drugs they have. See they have national health care, and common sense. So all these American seniors whose medications cost more than Medicare and Social Security will pay for, sneak across the boarder and have their prescriptions filled in Canada. Damn sneaky elderly people! Cheating hard working American pharmaceutical companies out of their profits. Damn Canadian affordable health care, drug providers! Got us all addicted to their cheap drugs and quality beer. Now they have the audacity, just because their dollar is now worth more than ours, to shut the gates and not let us in any more. Ingrates! So obviously you don't want to invite the Jeffrey Dahmer's of the world to sit at our table. Career criminals, even those just getting their start, should not be allowed into the country. Folks affiliated with various gangs and criminal enterprises should also not be allowed into the country, sorry don't mean to get all Dunkin’ Donuts on you, but we do have the right to refuse service to anyone. We have more than enough gang problems already, and don't really need anymore. Once this whole international information sharing thing gets up and running, border checkpoints will be where the real criminals are finally caught. Hopefully by the time we get the system working on any level of efficiency we'll have also fixed the current minor league baseball style of international prisoner exchange. "I'll trade you two arsonists and a pervert for one embezzler." The border will and should get tighter. Criminals should be detained, restricted, rehabilitated. We should agree upon an international standard of who can and can not travel due to their criminal convictions and we should stick to it. Really, isn't it time we did something about those damn Canadian drug pushers? Kyle Pesonen - Staff Writer | E-mail Comments on this column. Got a liberal viewpoint? We want to know what you think. Next week's subject: Using Diplomacy To Address Illegal Immigration Send in your view from the Left to be our featured Left of Center View for the week. Click here to submit your article. Last Week's View from the Left: Cultural Migration Previous Weeks Views from the Left: Tariffs and Fair Trade Open Borders and the American Worker ICE Raids Detain Thousands of Innocent People Political Activism and Illegal Immigration Integrating Other Cultures Into the American Dream Employing Undocumented Workers Bilingual Education The Minutemen Driver's Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants Open Borders Sanctuary Cities Common Sense Laws Rise & Fall Outsourcing & Insourcing English Amnesty vs. Reality Defining Immigration  Have You Been Downsized Due to Outsourcing? For several years now we have listened to some within the business community tell us that America can't compete on a global scale unless they send our jobs overseas where they can be done cheaper. The question becomes, if we don't have good paying jobs here, how can we sustain our own economy? We want to hear from you. Have you lost your job? Have you been forced into a lower wage job due to outsourcing? Has outsourcing been a success for you? Did you end up in a better job? Tell us your story so we can make sure the politicians see how outsourcing really impacts the workers who are backbone of America. Send your story to stories@reform-america.net |
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