Issue Position: Immigration

Issue Position

We have approximately 12 million illegal immigrants in this country, this is a problem that can not be ignored. Where to start? First of all we must better protect our borders by putting more border patrol agents and improving our screening at the time of granting visas to prevent the entry of unwanted criminals and terrorists. Every immigrant should be treated equally, since most of those who come here today are not political exile but economic exiles. Congress should revise some laws that are currently in use that bring a large economic burden to the taxpayer. These laws provide benefits and privileges to certain groups based on situations that no longer exist. The Wet Foot Dry Foot law, that benefits Cuban citizens, is an example of a law that Congress should do away with. Look at the cruelty of this law: if the person manages to escape from Cuba's revolutionary guards, jumps, swims, rides a raft or overcrowded boat into the sea, escapes from sharks and bad weather in the Straits of Florida and then escapes from our Coast Guard officers, touching their feet on solid ground they earn legal status. This law should not exist based on our strong humanitarian principles. If we want to help the suffering people of Cuba, we should increase the number of visas granted. Our nation has a strong root in immigration, but we are talking about immigrants who came to work, fight and move forward with their own sweat. Every immigrant who proves to have a job, pay taxes, obey our laws, not have a criminal record either here or in their country of origin, speak our language (at least the basics), should be given a chance to have their case analyzed by immigration authorities, of course upon payment of a reasonable fee for service of process. . Amnesty would not be the solution, many criminals and terrorists could take advantage of that process. Each case must be treated separately. I do not see granting the Dream Act as a solution to illegal students. Who will pay for their school? Where will they live? Would it not be easier to resolve the parent's situation? If the parents are deported, the taxpayer will still be responsible for the student they left behind. We all know the necessity of a student to have parents around for a good education. If that student has high degree of qualification it is a sign they came from a decent family, working and struggling to reach their American Dream. That family deserves to have their case considered for legal immigrant status.

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