Question for our esteemed presidential candidates

As it stands right now, we're going to have a Senator in the White House as President of the United States since the last senator to hold that office, Richard Nixon, back in '74. Personally, I don't like that too much. Senators are basically paper-pushers; they've never had any real administrative office. I don't care if they are part of high profile committees and have very high security clearances. To me, having balanced a city's or a state's budget prepares you better to be the president (which governors and mayors do). Anyway, that's not what I want to talk about today.

I have a question that actually applies to either of the 3 Senators currently in the run for Presidency, Senators Obama, Clinton and McCain. Sadly, this question applies to all 3 of them. It revolves around one of the biggest problem the nation faces, illegal immigration, second only to our security (or lack there of) problems. The question is as follows:

“Hello Senators. My name is Fred and I’m from India. I came here to pursue higher education and I’ve been working in the IT sector for the past 8 years. I’m on a H1-B VISA and I’ve been in line for my green card for the past 6 years. I’ve paid more than $10,000 in legal fees for this procedure and I’m still waiting indefinitely to get my GC. I pay my taxes (almost 25% in Federal and State taxes), pay for Medicare and Social Security, something that I’m not eligible for under my current status, but still have to pay for, own a house in GA and pay property tax, own an American car and I also volunteer with pet shelters. I can speak/read/write English as well as, if not better than, some Americans that I know and I’ve never broken the law.

My question is: under my current VISA status, if I get fired tomorrow, I’m legally supposed to pack up my bags and leave the country and try from my home country for another job. But then I heard of your comprehensive immigration plan… it sounds wonderful. A chance for everyone to have a shot at the American dream. Since my illegal immigrant brothers can stay indefinitely in this country and get a working VISA which will eventually lead to a citizenship and have to pay much less in terms of a penalty for breaking the law, I was wondering if you could give me a list of federal crimes that I can commit after I lose my job that will guarantee me the same status as these “undocumented workers” from our southern border? I don’t want to leave this wonderful country if I lose my job as I legally should and after careful research, I’ve realized that the comprehensive immigration plan is the best way for me to cheat the system and get a citizenship. I can’t seem to do it if I follow the law, so please give me a list of federal crimes that I can commit in order to be eligible for this wonderful status. Thank you”.

For the sad few who couldn't smell the sarcasm reeking off that e-mail, let me assure you that I'm not looking to commit any crime here. The point was that, no matter how well you sugar coat it, no matter what excuses you give or what name you give for "amnesty", at the end of the day you're rewarding illegal behavior. Some might even say that you're "aiding and abetting"! These people are criminals for the simple reason that they broke at least 1 Federal crime by crossing the border without proper authorization. The politically correct police are not even allowing people like me to use the work "crime" and "illegal immigrants" in the same sentence. Well, when the father of a sick and hungry child steals a loaf of bread out of sheer desperation, but gets caught doing so, he's still branded as a "criminal" for doing so and is sent to jail for his "crime", right? Then why are we so afraid to admit that these people have in fact broken the law and thereby become "criminals"? Are we afraid, or maybe even guilty, because we hired one of these criminals to mow our lawn for half the cost of the other legit company? How long as we going to act that we're doing the humane thing by letting them stay? Would you feel the same way if your son or daughter was killed in a hit and run accident by an illegal immigrant behind the wheel?

Trying to stay true to the very essence of this blog, the common sense question then that we have to ask ourselves is, "why is it so hard for people to call these law-breakers as illegal immigrants?"