Why Don’t the Candidates Have a Solution for the Illegal Alien Problem?

With regard to immigration, most pundits inside the blogosphere suggest little difference between the Presidential candidates. Both support the construction of a wall at the U.S. southern border. Both want to deal humanely with the twelve million (I think it is closer to twenty million) illegal aliens already in the U.S., insisting on a path to citizenship (amnesty).

Senator Obama has no problem with illegal aliens having driver’s licenses issued to them, would include them in universal health care, and fully supports the Dream Act giving benefits to illegal alien students. He also wants to increase the legal immigration quotas and speed up background checks for naturalization applicants. Senator McCain opposes the Dream Act, does not want illegal aliens to get driver’s licenses, and prefers tax credits supported with federal aid to make health insurance affordable. These appear to be differences, yet both candidates seem to be moving toward moderate positions and at this time not really discussing the issues at all.

....Continuing to confuse the issue by confusing the terms immigrant and illegal alien (undocumented immigrant) does little to solve the problem, yet alien advocates continue to do so. You can not solve a problem by simply redefining the terms. That is not change; it is only the illusion of change. One of the main arguments that advocates of illegal aliens purport is at the center of it all is compassion for the poor. Realize that compassion has nothing to do with what drives illegal immigration, which is greed and desperation.

When sending countries begin to take care of their own citizens and receiving countries come to grips with the fact that an entire class of individuals is being held in a slave caste, then perhaps the world community, let alone our presidential cadidates, will solve the illegal alien problem. rca