New Wave of Illegal Immigration

Apparently the value of the Chinese currency, the Yuan, is quite good.  Chinese wishing to enter the US illegally are spending tens of thousands of dollars, at least according to this report in the Government Security News website.

The U.S. Border Patrol has noticed a "huge increase" in the number of Chinese nationals who are paying top dollar to be smuggled across the border from Mexico into the U.S. in recent months.

This seems to be the result of tightening up the security at ports, per the article.

In the mean time, the US Government does not know how to secure the border with Mexico and is now considering alternatives to the building of a fence.

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), along with at least 18 House co-sponsors, has introduced what he calls the Border Security and Responsibility Act of 2009, intended to give greater priority to the use of remote cameras, sensors, unmanned aerial vehicles and other “low impact border enforcement techniques,” rather than the continued construction of a physical fence along the southwest border.

What we don't have is an overall plan to:

• deal with those who are here and are illegal (or undocumented, if you prefer),
• deal with the needs of US firms, small and large, for workers in several categories of labor,
• deal with families (with some members US citizens and some members illegal immigrants) that have been or are afraid of being separated, and
• deal with the continuing influx of people into the country who are not going through the established procedures.

One of the big problems with illegal immigration is that it is unfair to those who have or are trying to immigrate to this country the regular way—following the rules as laid out by the US Congress.

We have a mess and we need the leadership in DC to fix it pretty soon.

Regards  —  Cliff