The Immigration Problem

July 10, 2018 at 5:30 p.m.

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Editor, Times-Union:

ICE and the IRS are similar in many ways. They are both hated and were established by Congress to enforce the law. The IRS has opposed Republican groups like the Tea Party while ICE has been attacked by Democrats because it has been trying to en­force immigration laws. If the IRS followed the 16th Amendment as it is written, billions of dollars more would go to the Trea­sury because Congress can collect income tax from whatever source it is derived. Gang members, prostitutes and those paid under the table or in cash could be locked up for tax evasion. Much of the gang violence might be eliminated since killers are bailed out with money that hasn't been taxed as income.

ICE is trying to do its job and the Democrats are complain­ing when criminals are treated like criminals. Those who want ICE disbanded should be forced to allow MS-13 members to live near them. Illegal aliens are not citizens of the United States and don't have more rights than citizens. If Democrats would call the police to arrest someone trying to break into their homes, why would they oppose a national police force arresting people who try to break into America? If they oppose ICE, maybe the police should avoid protecting them from intruders.

An effective border wall must be built despite what Democrats think.     They've wasted trillions of dollars on things that don't work. If $10 billion spent on a wall can save more than that which is now being spent due to illegal immigration and crime associated with criminal access to America, it would be foolish to oppose a wall.

Democrats used to complain about America being the world's policeman. But they want us to be a police force in countries where illegal aliens come from. I'm afraid with the election in Mexico of someone who hates Trump, we might have more people fleeing the country to try and gain access to America. I just hope the new president can go after the major criminals and take them down before they take him down. If he hates Trump, the worst thing he could do is send poor and criminal individuals to America to destroy this nation.

Abortion has deprived the labor market of tens of millions of workers and made Social Security more vulnerable to extinction. The extermination of the unborn has produced a need for immigra­tion. We need e-verify, stricter vetting, immediate deportation of alien criminals even if they are so-called dreamers, and a better guest-worker system. It is not un-American to say certain people can't stay in America or to come here. It was accepted over a century ago on Ellis Island. Immigrants were rejected and sent back to where they came from.

Rick Badman

Warsaw

Editor, Times-Union:

ICE and the IRS are similar in many ways. They are both hated and were established by Congress to enforce the law. The IRS has opposed Republican groups like the Tea Party while ICE has been attacked by Democrats because it has been trying to en­force immigration laws. If the IRS followed the 16th Amendment as it is written, billions of dollars more would go to the Trea­sury because Congress can collect income tax from whatever source it is derived. Gang members, prostitutes and those paid under the table or in cash could be locked up for tax evasion. Much of the gang violence might be eliminated since killers are bailed out with money that hasn't been taxed as income.

ICE is trying to do its job and the Democrats are complain­ing when criminals are treated like criminals. Those who want ICE disbanded should be forced to allow MS-13 members to live near them. Illegal aliens are not citizens of the United States and don't have more rights than citizens. If Democrats would call the police to arrest someone trying to break into their homes, why would they oppose a national police force arresting people who try to break into America? If they oppose ICE, maybe the police should avoid protecting them from intruders.

An effective border wall must be built despite what Democrats think.     They've wasted trillions of dollars on things that don't work. If $10 billion spent on a wall can save more than that which is now being spent due to illegal immigration and crime associated with criminal access to America, it would be foolish to oppose a wall.

Democrats used to complain about America being the world's policeman. But they want us to be a police force in countries where illegal aliens come from. I'm afraid with the election in Mexico of someone who hates Trump, we might have more people fleeing the country to try and gain access to America. I just hope the new president can go after the major criminals and take them down before they take him down. If he hates Trump, the worst thing he could do is send poor and criminal individuals to America to destroy this nation.

Abortion has deprived the labor market of tens of millions of workers and made Social Security more vulnerable to extinction. The extermination of the unborn has produced a need for immigra­tion. We need e-verify, stricter vetting, immediate deportation of alien criminals even if they are so-called dreamers, and a better guest-worker system. It is not un-American to say certain people can't stay in America or to come here. It was accepted over a century ago on Ellis Island. Immigrants were rejected and sent back to where they came from.

Rick Badman

Warsaw
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