base, immigration from a libertarian political ethics point of view
is a property rights issue and a individual rights issue. If Mr.
Badnarirk wants to come on someones property and tell them who they
can not have on their property, the property owner has a right to
defended himself against Mr. Badnarik and his gang if he will not
leave out of self defense unless Mr. Badnarirk gets a proper warrant
and then allows the case due process with a jury trial if the
property owner and the owners guest request a
jury.
One of The Arizona County Sheriffs who happens to be a law and
order Sheriff to much for my taste has formed a local citizens posse
and says the national guard or the US miltary has no place in this
law enforcement issue. This Sheriff may not be right about every
thing but unlike Mr. Badnarik at least he is barking up the right
tree. ( the immigrant request--- In [email protected],
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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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