Immigration Debate Sours for Illegal Aliens

Washington, DC (TLS). As Congress and the White House struggle to reach agreement on a bill that can be passed in the next few weeks on immigration reform, the nature and tone of the debate has turned sour for illegal aliens.

This is long overdue.

Key players on both sides of the issue concede that if an acceptable bill is to be passed that will reform the nation's current process of immigration, such a bill must contain measures that tighten restrictions of those who cross the border illegally.

One strategy is to place heavy fines on businesses that hire illegal aliens. Another is to levy hefty increases in fees and fines for those who seek a path to citizenship that involves entering the country illegally.

These are encouraging measures, but they fail to address one glaring fact--aiding and abetting illegal aliens is a felony according to the U.S. Code. Until the nation's lawmakers are willing to prosecute illegal aliens and those who hire them as felons, everything else is but a band-aid approach.

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