Illegal Immigrants aka Invading Army

On February 4th, 2014 USA Today published an editorial titled, "GOP immigration plan makes sense: Our view". The article covers House Speaker, John Boehner's, new immigration plan. Boehner's plan "would improve the nation's legal immigration system, strengthen efforts to thwart illegal immigration, and allow many of the 11 million or so undocumented workers to remain in this country lawfully." The House Republican leaders are willing to do their part, they just need President Obama and the immigrants to do theirs. The main points made by the Republicans were: that the immigrants were to pass a background test, pay fines and taxes, learn English and studies of citizenship, and prove they can support themselves without any help from the government before being eligible to legally work and live in the country.

I completely disagree with Boehner's plan. We are going to have immigration in this country, regardless how hard we try to control the situation. As a country, we could always improve on our security around the border. Developments that could be made are: the Border Patrol could have more security personnel and be deployed more effectively, and more fences and protective walls could be put up. Since these problems are not being resolved, illegal immigration is a problem in this country. It's a given. Boehner's plan is trying to find a way for these undocumented immigrants to remain in this country legally. WHY? The role of the government is to protect the sovereignty of society and enforce those laws. Boehner's  proposal ignores those responsibilities because they fail to secure the border and they grant rights and privileges to those who have broken the law to come here. The United States government should commit to securing borders. 9/11 is a perfect example of what could happen if we don't. Securing borders means regulating both legal immigration and stopping illegal immigration. There should be consequences for people who break the law by moving here illegally.

Failing on these two issues means the government is failing its citizens on two of its most basic responsibilities: protecting the country from foreign invasion and maintaing society based on rule of law.