I have some doubts if this will pass, but just the idea it was put on the table sounds absurd.
One of the last things Biden tried to pass before leaving for Europe, here’s the deal.
If you’re an illegal immigrant, and you had a child separated from you, the government will call mpensate you for half a million dollars each.
On its face, this sounds ridiculous. What other country on earth would reward you for breaking the law.
Try breaking illegally into Japan. You think the Japanese government is going to award you fifty billion yen? No, they’d deport you so fast your head would spin.
Back to this compensation plan. How are they going to find these people and pay them? I receive a disability check each month, but only because I’ve been registered with a social security number when I was five.
Second, how is the government going to fund this program? Easy! Print more money , watch inflation rise, watch your taxes go up, how are you liking this deal so far? What’s in it for you?
My grandfather is probably turning in his grave right now. He was an immigrant too, but he came here LEGALLY. Let me repeat LEGALLY.
In January 1927, he came to Ellis Island from Ireland. He got turned away. So he caught another boat for Canada. He went to Montreal and applied for a green card. He spent three months in Canada working in a factory. Then he got to Boston on a work visa. There he spent six months in the shipyards. THEN he was allowed to come to New York. He learned the language, assimilated, and was granted citizenship. No cutting lines, no government handouts.
In 1927 they really didn’t want illegal immigrants coming in. Does that mean President Coolidge was a racist too?