Hidden costs
The immigration bill passed by the House of Representatives made it a felony for an illegal alien to be in the United States and for others to aid or abet that illegality.
Even many people who want to see serious immigration restrictions and the securing of our borders thought it was going too far to turn people who operate soup kitchens or day care centers into felons if illegal immigrants used their services.
It is wrong to try to make private citizens become enforcers of our immigration laws, whether they are church groups or employers. We don't demand that private citizens do the work of firemen or policemen. Why should they have to do the work that the immigration and border control agencies don't do?
A felony provision for people who provide incidental humanitarian aid that is available to citizens and non-citizens alike never had a chance to survive in immigration legislation that has to pass both the Senate and the House, so a lot of the hysteria about this particular provision was overplayed.
Thomas Sowell on immigration again.
Even many people who want to see serious immigration restrictions and the securing of our borders thought it was going too far to turn people who operate soup kitchens or day care centers into felons if illegal immigrants used their services.
It is wrong to try to make private citizens become enforcers of our immigration laws, whether they are church groups or employers. We don't demand that private citizens do the work of firemen or policemen. Why should they have to do the work that the immigration and border control agencies don't do?
A felony provision for people who provide incidental humanitarian aid that is available to citizens and non-citizens alike never had a chance to survive in immigration legislation that has to pass both the Senate and the House, so a lot of the hysteria about this particular provision was overplayed.
Thomas Sowell on immigration again.
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