Honest. I swear. I had another post envisioned for Saturday but, when I came across this article at Breitbart.com, it got kicked to the curb because — in concert with my Thursday post — Republicans seem to be displaying the intelligence contained within the pot of an average houseplant this week.
On Thursday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said one reason illegal immigrants must be legalized as soon as possible is so they can help fund border security measures by paying taxes and fines.
During an interview on “The Andrea Tantaros Show,” Rubio, as Byron York points out, first said there was no choice but to legalize at least 11 million illegal immigrants because he said the country “cannot wait another four years” to enact immigration reform.
He then said illegal immigrants needed to be registered “as soon as possible” so the fines they pay into the system help fund border security programs.
“We need to register them as soon as possible, not just to keep the problem from getting worse, but we’re going to require them to pay a fine, and that’s the money that we are going to use to pay for the border security,” Rubio, said, according to York. “If we don’t get that fine money from the people that have violated our immigration laws, then the American taxpayer is going to have to pay for border security.”
Does anyone besides the ol’ BZ see any kind of a problem with this urgent registration?
For those amongst us who need a bit of a nudge and a prompt, let me suggest this:
Illegal immigrants are, by their very nature, law breakers. It’s why they fall under the category of, uh, “illegal.” Hello? Definitions? Words? Actual meanings?
So what it is about the nature of Illegal immigrants that Mr Rubio thinks will somehow suddenly yield lawful activity?
As in, magically willing to be “fined”?
Because here’s the alternative to “fined:” they can simply continue to do what they currently do best. Exist as illegals under the radar and still stay in the country to work or conduct illegal activities or stick their proboscis into the vital and nutrient-rich streams of social welfare.
In conclusion, allow me to refine the words Mr Rubio leaves unrefined: illegal Mexicans. Mexicans are from Mexico, a nation conquered by Spain, which is why they speak Spanish and not Urdu or Swahili. The United States is not suffering from an illegal tide of French or, say, those from Eritrea or Luxembourg or Vatican City. Mexicans. Illegal Mexicans.
So let’s just do what I call the Logical Extension, Mr Rubio. Illegal Mexicans have no real motivation to “pay fines” if the status quo does not change. And where will you get these fines, pray tell, when lawbreakers decide it’s not in their best fiscal interest to “obey” said laws?
With finality: yes. The American Taxpayer.
BZ
