Reasons that AMNESTY is wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong:

1.    Rule of law must prevail.  USA is a democracy based on laws.  When laws are blatantly not enforced over a long term, the ultimate result is anarchy.  Although US has not yet reached the chaos of anarchy, the non-enforcement of immigration laws has created much internal tension because citizens often and rightfully feel that illegal aliens are above the law.

2.    Incentive for more illegal immigration.  History has shown that AMNESTY causes more legal and illegal immigration. According to the Heritage Foundation, the 2006 AMNESTY bill would allow an estimated 103 million persons to legally immigrate to the U.S. over the next 20 years.  This mass of humanity would exert considerable stress to any society.

3.    Displacement of American workers.  Illegal aliens hold 7 million jobs while more than 11 million citizens are unemployed and millions more underemployed.

4.    High Costs.  Immigration has high costs including an estimated $3.8b annually just for Florida. 

5.    Reduction of Services.  Illegal immigration degrades citizen's services such as K-12 public school overcrowding.

Quick Summary of Illegal Immigration:

Approximately 40% of the illegal alien population have expired visas (visa overstayers) and approximately 60% have crossed the border illegally (undocumented aliens).  Illegal aliens buy false documents for $150.  Illegal aliens with fraudulent IDs are almost never prosecuted.  Most federal, state, and local governmental agencies claim enforcement of immigration laws is not their responsibility.  Enforcement of immigration laws is lacking because the will of the government to enforce the laws is lacking. The biggest problem facing immigration reform is the effective but bogus 'racializing' (linking something to race) of immigration enforcement.  This is demonstrated when open borders advocates wrongly accuse enforcement advocates of being racist, Klu Klux Klan, etc. The media is significantly to blame for the illegal immigration crisis because of their prolific use of euphemisms, lies and omissions.  Democrat's liberal guilt and Republican's pandering for cheap labor are to blame as well.  Borders are porous and must be secured. Interior enforcement could be easy - just penalize employers with SSN mismatches.  The law and procedures are already in place --- all that is missing is our government's will to enforce and that must and will change.

There has been much debate on border security but little on document security.  If and when the borders are finally secure, little will be achieved unless document security is addressed and solved as law breakers will merely present counterfeit documents to gain entry.

http://cis.org/Transcripts/IDTheftPanel

The Three Supremacist Groups:

Illegal Immigration and AMNESTY is an extraordinarily difficult issue to address because the pro-AMNESTY anti-enforcement arguments come from three different groups, each with unique arguments.  Each group has a perceived benefit which they believe trump the rule of law.  Nonetheless, the overwhelming majority of citizens oppose illegal immigration and AMNESTY.

1.    Moral Supremacists.  Often religious groups such as the Catholic Church claim morality as a reason to ignore the rule of law.  While human rights and morality advocates may vociferously claim that it is not wrong to cross a border illegally such a right is not provided in the widely accepted United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states in Article 13, line 2:

"Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country."

Article 13 does not provide the right for any global citizen to illegally enter any host nation they so choose. 

2.    Economic Supremacists. Often economic interests claim that their interests supersede the rule of law in order to profit from lower wage foreign labor.  For example, the Chamber of Commerce has a massive lobby to insure the flow of illegal foreign labor to a subset of Chamber members who want to hire foreign workers rather than American workers.  The downside is that the social costs of supporting masses of foreign laborers accrue to tax payers and local governments in addition to making an uneven playing field for the businesses who abide by the law.

3.    Racial/Ethnic Supremacists.  Groups like National Council of La Raza (The Race) loudly and actively espouse that Hispanics should not be subject to the rule of law.  While Hispanics are widely represented, there are many other ethno-centric groups as well with each group seeking special treatment for their racial, cultural, or ethnic preferences. 

The Seven Amnesties Passed by Congress:

The most important aspect of the history of amnesties is that the 1986 was promoted as the last amnesty.  The enforcement provisions of the 1986 amnesty were never enforced and led to today’s current crisis.  They were described as “amnesty” in the past but now is touted as “Comprehensive Immigration Reform.”

http://www.numbersusa.com/content/learn/illegal-immigration/seven-amnesties-passed-congress.html

http://www.cis.org/irca-amnesty

http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=16701&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1007

Inaccurate Language:

The “debate” on immigration has been more of a name-calling contest than a real discussion of the cost/benefits of legal and illegal immigration.  It has been difficult to rationally discuss the problem because of skewed definitions, euphemisms, oxymorons and other word games. 

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Democrats-play-word-games-on-immigration-7900449-49456097.html?popup=false

Amnesty and Joblessness:

American workers real wages and benefits have been stagnant or decreased over the past few decades.  Unemployment is currently over 10%.  Underemployment is significant but generally not an issue because of overemphasis on the very narrow short-term unemployment statistic.  Almost forgotten in the jobs debate is the old trusted law of supply and demand.  With the mass inflow of foreign labor over several decades, supply is up and should be no surprise that wages and benefits are stagnant or down.  Because of the oversupply of low skill workers, newly arrived immigrants (legal by definition) are disproportionally affected.

http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=20919&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1007

http://www.numbersusa.com/content/learn/illegal-immigration/with-jobless-rates-like-these-how-can-anybody-consider-more-foreign-worker

http://cis.org/UnemploymentAmongNativeWorkers

USCIS

There has been very little discussion on how persons given amnesty would be processed.  USCIS does not have the capability to process applicants in a secure manner.

http://www.cis.org/uscis-backlog

Costs:

With our dire financial crisis and mounting job losses facing US citizens and immigrants (legal by definition), we can no longer afford the huge costs of illegal invasion and AMNESTY.

http://www.flimen.org/illegal_immigration-FL_Facts.htm

http://www.flimen.org/impacts.htm

http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

http://www.cis.org/immigrants_profile_2007 (pg. 32, tables 21-26)

http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_focus3cd6_sup%20

Benefits of preventing illegal immigration & saying no to AMNESTY:

 http://www.flimen.org/articles/BENEFITS_OF_PREVENTING_ILLEGAL_IMMIGRATION_&_SAYING_NO_TO_AMNESTY.pdf

Additional  AMNESTY Information:

National sites:

www.cis.org
www.fairus.org
www.numbersusa.org

State sites:

www.flimen.org
www.cairco.us