The number of immigrants coming illegally to the United States has been declining for several years. Demographers have repeatedly said as much, and now a report by the Pew Hispanic Center confirms it — illegal migration from Mexico is virtually at a standstill. Last year, about 6.1 million Mexicans were illegally in the country, down from a high of 7 million in 2007.

What accounts for the change after decades of steady increases? A declining birth rate and solid economic growth in Mexico have led fewer people to leave home. On this side of the border, a weak economy has made the U.S. less appealing for job seekers; and tougher border security has made the treacherous journey too expensive and dangerous for most, according to the report. …

The more pressing question now is what to do with the 11 million illegal immigrants from Mexico and elsewhere who are already here. Some Republicans want to redouble efforts to deport them; Mitt Romney has said he hopes they will “self-deport.” But such fantasies of a mass exodus are as unrealistic as the demand for a vacuum-sealed border. The Obama administration is already detaining and deporting a record number of immigrants — nearly 400,000 annually. Besides, a real exodus would leave some sectors of the domestic economy struggling. Right now, more than half of all farmworkers in the U.S. are here illegally. Deporting them won’t push Americans into the fields. Just ask farmers in Alabama and other states that have enacted draconian measures who have found their crops rotting in the field because of labor shortages.

Fixing immigration requires more than an enforcement-only strategy. Lawmakers must undertake a comprehensive approach that includes a path to legalization for those who are here, an agricultural worker program to help growers and farmhands, and strict workplace enforcement to discourage people from coming illegally in the future.

Los Angeles Times (May 3)

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    We have one way in
    returning the power to the American people, is to retire the majority of
    Democrats, Liberals and Republican politicians, and give that influence to the
    Constitutional TEA PARTY leadership. Under Obama we have seen the U.S. deficit
    rising to an almost fanatical 16 trillion dollars. In Sen. Harry Reid’s party
    no move towards a balanced budget. Then both parties have deliberately ignored
    the astronomical $113 billion dollars a year, pander to the 20 plus million
    illegal migrants and immigrants already settled here. Our only real chance to
    stop the illegal invaders is adopting more Tea Party Senators and
    Representatives. Millions of demoralized Americans of different racial
    make-ups, religions and political parties have joined the Tea Party that represents
    all citizens, permanent residents whether of Hispanic, Latino, European, and
    Asian, Pacific Rim or any part of the world’s population who came here legally.

     

    Beginning with Arizona
    v. the justice Department who revolted against the high court’s unfunded mandates,
    that STATES must give health care, an education and welfare programs to anybody
    who can slither past our fences or just lie to an agent, when they alighting
    from a jet plane from another country. Other than Sanctuary states, the rest
    are waiting for the outcome in June by SCOTUS. Patiently waiting is Alabama, Georgia,
    Indiana, South Carolina and the majority of other states to at least have some
    confirmation, whether they can advance a policing policy to check a person’s eligibility
    to be in the United States?

     

    Senator Marco Rubio
    has his own plan for the Dream Act, other than the very incendiary law that
    Democrats have in mind. For any realistic chance of the Dream Act gaining
    passage in Congress, certain provisions must be in effect. The central
    government has to enact a nationwide mandatory E-Verify program, that Chain
    Migration must be rescinded from immigration law, that only children below the
    age of ten would be considered and that all recipients to obtain a path to
    citizenship, must depart the country and apply for a entry at an Embassy, as
    every other patient immigrant must do. A larger majority of the Tea Party
    members would also insist that the Birthright Citizenship law be amended, so no
    pregnant illegal alien mother or parents could take advantage any more with
    their child/children getting instant citizenship. That no baby/infant should become
    a taxpayer’s burden, unless one parent is a U.S. citizen. Over the years this
    law has become mutated, and should not be a foothold, for every illegal migrant
    or immigrant who smuggles themselves into America to gain admittance to welfare
    and public assistance. Our own pregnant females suffer a large disadvantage by
    the hospital clogged by illegal alien Mothers, whereas citizens and residents
    must pay maternity fees, while others get a free uncompensated ride. These
    programs should only be available to citizens, naturalized citizens and green
    card holders. 

     

    ALL WE ARE DOING BY
    GIVING ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGNERS, IS ACHIEVING MORE POVERTY FOR OUR PEOPLE; OUR
    SICK, MENTALLY ILL, OUR HOMELESS, OUR POOR AND EVEN OUR TROOPS COMING HOME SHOULD
    BE OUR TOP PRIORITY?

     

    That the farming and
    agricultural commerce have an obligation to pay the benefits for their labor
    and not the state’s taxpayers.  There
    will no importation of migrant poverty anymore, by cutting off access to
    welfare, food stamps, and section 8 housing programs. Taxpayer doesn’t need or
    should we accept any new low skilled workers, instead we must necessitate in supplying
    our own citizens with more occupational programs.  Further we must safeguard our voting system
    which has been compromised by the far left, its Liberal associates, Democrats
    and groups like ACORN that became a vital factor of a growing number of state
    requiring official ID to vote. Illegal aliens are voting and will again in
    local, state and federal elections and this dishonesty must be ended. Another
    set of regulations to amend, would be a careful examination of the current visa
    system allowing around a million legal immigrants annually into the U.S. No
    further violation can be tolerated from businesses and we should only permit
    the highest intelligence in engineering, the sciences, mathematicians and
    computer technology professionals to immigrate.

     

    Illegal immigration
    must become a thing of the past by securing our border fences. Business that
    intentionally ignores E-Verify should face harsh sanctions, including
    prison.  Elected officials, who allow
    such provisions as Sanctuary City ordinances, should be punished and government
    legislators should sever funds to these perpetrators. All federal and state
    legislators, governors, majors, police chiefs should be put on notice, that
    voters will unseat them, specially the Tea Party members. Any illegal alien
    invaders of this sovereign country, should be prosecuted as a Felony, not a
    civil infraction, with ID theft or Voter Fraud should be mandatory prison
    sentence, with no exceptions.

     

    America is bleeding
    badly from years of neglect by both political parties and pampering of foreign
    nationals cannot be accepted any more as the norm. Internal enforcement is more
    urgent than ever before, because of supporting illegal aliens is skyrocketing
    and taxpayers are on the hook. Illegal aliens have also found a way, to obtain
    $4.6 billion dollars annually by defrauding the IRS and the taxpayers, using
    non-existent children tax credits. Elections are no longer safe as Democrats
    and their less honest followers are participating in voter fraud. We either
    need a national ID card or that all voters must possess a government picture ID
    for proof of who they are?

     

    If you cherish your
    freedoms from the corruption in Washington that benefits all of us, we need a
    balanced tax system with no subsidies, a right to drill on the Peoples National
    land and sea for plentiful reservoirs of oil, natural gas to alleviate our
    out-of-control deficit. No more government bail outs for the friends of the
    White house. Throw out all the profiteering lawmakers and by cleaning house,
    put recognizable TEA PARTY leaders in their place. Voters need to demand from
    Congress, specifically from GOP House speaker, John Boehner of Ohio and Dave Camp of Michigan, as the Chairman
    of the powerful Ways and Means Committee to stop blocking the 50-state E-Verify
    bill.  Call the central switchboard at
    202-224-3121 Washington, DC. For further information on this crisis
    subject, check with NumbersUSA website, where even Congress consults on
    immigration matters. 

     

    Latest News:
    Governor of Oregon, a Democrat of course has allowed police to accept the
    Mexican Matricula Consular ID cards as proof of citizenship for driving. The
    FBI has stated that this Picture ID, is very unreliable document of
    representing the individual who they say they are?

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