platform or to eliminate our pledge.
Libertarians support unlimited immigration from any nation on earth.
The U.S. government is given no authority over immigration by the
Constitution.
--- In [email protected], "David Macko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I plan to attend the National Convention in Portland, Oregon.
> Does anyone wish to support me in trying to change our National
> Platform so that it conforms to the sensible policies which are
> stated below?
>
> For life and liberty,
> David Macko
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Golden Triangle Libertarians"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Libertarian
Enterprise Main"
> <[email protected]>; "Libertarian Yahoo Group"
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:15 PM
> Subject: [Libertarian] Badnarik on Immigration
>
>
> > Immigration is among the most contentious issues facing America
today, and
> > the specters of terrorism and war have only added fuel to an
already fiery
> > debate. Let's take an objective look at immigration, borders and
> > legitimate national security concerns.
> >
> > Coupled with reasonable immigration for the peaceful, we must
maintain a
> > vigorous national defense against our enemies.
> >
> > Terrorists and criminals who attempt to enter the US via a Customs
and
> > Immigration station should be denied entry and, where applicable,
arrested
> > and detained or extradited.
> >
> > Terrorists and criminals who attempt to enter the US via other points
> > along its 95,000 miles of border and coastline should be treated
as what
> > they are: invaders against whom we must respond. As long as our
defense
> > forces restrain themselves to reasonable rules of engagement,
doing this
> > will much better guarantee our security with little risk of dire
> > consequences to the occasional innocent refugees.
> >
> > We must reject the foreign-adventurist concept of national defense
that
> > keeps American troops overseas covering for nationalist and corporate
> > meddling in the affairs of other nations. A better national
defense policy
> > would be one which, lacking any real attack which might require
> > retaliation elsewhere, focuses on the logical area: the nation's
borders.
> >
> > We must work to either replace or reclassify the Border Patrol and
treat
> > border issues as what they are: national defense issues coming
under the
> > mission and scope of our defense forces. In an age where the
equivalent of
> > a large invasion force can be packed into a suitcase-sized box
containing
> > nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, no lesser response will do.
> >
> > Immigration and border security are two separate issues.
> >
> > When immigration and border security are jumbled together, the
result is
> > both deadly to peaceful immigrants and subversive of the security
of the
> > United States.
> >
> > By any reasonable measure, properly-regulated immigration is not just
> > beneficial to the American economy but indispensable to the goal of a
> > nation of freedom and opportunity. This nation was built on
immigration.
> > Allowing peaceful people to enter our country appropriately is not
just an
> > option. It's a benchmark by which we measure whether or not we're
living
> > up to the American ideal. Coupled with a benign foreign policy, it
is what
> > makes America the beacon of Liberty in what was once and would be
again an
> > otherwise dark world for most people.
> >
> > This does not mean, however, that the national defense must be
sacrificed
> > to some naive conception of "open borders."
> >
> > The privilege of entering the United States is not the right to
invade the
> > United States in contest with its legitimate interest in securing
itself
> > against those who would do it harm.
> >
> > Peaceful immigrants should be allowed to enter the US at conveniently
> > located Customs and Immigration stations, subject only to brief
vetting to
> > ensure that they are not terrorists or criminals, and reasonable
> > consideration of the nation's ability to assimilate them.
Unreasonable
> > restrictions and quotas should not leave potential productive
citizens
> > with no options other than to remain destitute elsewhere or to
place their
> > lives at risk by attempting to cross the border at remote and
dangerous
> > locations; this, often under the guidance of ruthless "coyotes"
who are as
> > likely to leave them to die as to get them safely across, and then
only to
> > lead embarrassingly criminal lives of fear of detection, detention
and
> > deportation.
> >
> > Not only is the current border policy not working, it is making
national
> > defense a more difficult task. Foreign nationals crossing into the US
> > illegally, because they were denied legal entry without good reason,
> > provide cover, by their sheer numbers, for terrorists and
criminals. The
> > black market in smuggling people constitutes a vector for also
bringing
> > the nation's enemies into our homeland.
> >
> > The welfare state needs to be eliminated whether immigration is an
issue
> > or not.
> >
> > We should not have to worry about foreigners invading us just so
they can
> > eat out our substance on the dole. The possibility of "safety net"
abuse
> > is not a good excuse for excluding immigrants. The so-called
safety net is
> > not a solution for the plight of poor immigrants, it is one of the
worst
> > enticements to illegal trespass by foreign nationals.
>
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