This is an old Zoltar Speaks! blog post.

Is A Zero Tolerance Policy For Illegal Border Crossings Necessary?

YES!

It is the RESPONSIBILITY of the United States government to maintain the physical security of the United States of America and that includes the security of our international territorial borders and the control of those that cross those borders. To accomplish this task; Congress passes bills regarding immigration, those bills are signed into law by the President of the United States and we have federal agencies to oversee the implementation and enforcement of those laws.  The responsibility of those agencies includes putting in place physical and non-physical barriers to impede persons attempting to either legally or illegally cross our international territorial borders and the responsibility to apprehend, prosecute and deport those that illegally cross our international territorial borders using all available law enforcement agencies whether they are federal, state, local, and if necessary our military.

Other than military personnel actively engaged in a war; there is no acceptable reason for persons to illegally cross the international border of a sovereign nation unless those persons are actively fleeing from immediate threat of physical harm and even then there are reasonable limits and there is the responsibility of the person illegally crossing the border to immediately contact authorities within the country they illegally entered to apply for asylum.  Remember when the person is literally thousands of miles away from the perceived physical danger the person is no longer fleeing from an immediate threat of physical harm warranting them to illegally jump the border; use the legal immigration system. Also; when a person illegally crosses the border and is caught days, weeks, months, or even years later half way across the USA, applying for asylum at that point in time is likely a bogus claim, yes, a lie. There are legal ways of crossing all international borders including applying for asylum when not actively fleeing from an immediate threat of physical danger but we all must keep in mind that a sovereign nation is not required to accept all persons that apply to enter their country and a sovereign nation is certainly not required to accept those that intentionally violate their laws and illegally enter their country.

Illegal immigrants are knowingly breaking the immigration laws of the United States of America and violating the international territorial sovereignty of the United States of America.  Those that are illegally entering the USA, those that are actively supporting illegal entry into the USA and those that are undermining the power and authority of existing system of immigration laws are committing subversion. As it relates to immigration our laws, the definition of subversion is: the undermining of the power and authority of an established system.

Legal immigration into the United States of America is perfectly acceptable, illegal immigration is not. What do we do about the illegal immigration problem that has plagued the United States for many years?  First we have to really understand the problem.

1. Illegally crossing the international territorial borders of  a sovereign country, including the United states of America, they are intentionally violating the sovereignty of the country and that has consequences; the act of illegally crossing the border is criminal.

2. Just because a child is brought illegally across the border by an adult does not make the child’s presence in the country legal, the age of the person is irrelevant, they are still an illegal immigrant.

3. The very presence of an illegal immigrant in the territory of the United States of America is a crime and it’s a crime that’s continuously committed by the illegal immigrant every hour of every day.  There is no statute of limitations based on the length of time an illegal immigrant is illegally in the USA, this is a permanent life of crime.

4. Releasing known illegal immigrants into the general population of the United States of America at the very least…

• Is bastardizing the law.
• Is a dereliction of duty.
• Is detrimental to the rule of law.
• Actively enables illegal immigration.

5. It has been statistically proven (the numbers seem to drastically vary depending on the preconceived bias of the study) that a good portion to a very large portion of illegal immigrants are a statistical flight risk, in that (statistically speaking) they won’t show up for any legal proceedings regarding their illegal immigration status and those are just the ones that we caught and released, there are many millions more illegal immigrants that were never caught and never reported their presence in the United States.

6. The presence of large quantities of illegal immigrants in the United States inflicts an incalculable cost upon the citizens of the United States of America and our economy and this cost directly and/or indirectly affects everyone in nearly every aspect of their life.

7. The presence of large quantities of illegal immigrants within the United States inflicts an undue burden upon that society as a whole.

8. Illegal immigrants are literally invading the United States of America in that they are entering the country in large numbers, with intrusive effect, for the purpose of literally occupying the country.

A permanent zero tolerance policy towards persons that illegally cross our international territorial  borders is absolutely necessary to the security of the United States of America, the well being of its population, the well begin of its economy, and the stability of our society as a whole.

What should we do now?

It’s a fact that the very presence if an illegal immigrant is continuously breaking the law as long as they are illegally in the United States and that alone is a lot, lot more than a mere misdemeanor. I think any adult that illegally crosses the United States border that is not in imminent physical danger should be charged with a felony, they should be identified and photographed, and immediately deported with no chance of ever legally entering the United States. This isn’t stealing a piece of gum, it’s an intentional act of violating the international territorial sovereignty of a sovereign nation that makes the very presence of the person in the United States of America illegal from that moment in time on.

It is my opinion that an adult illegally crossing the international territorial border of the United States that brings a minor children with them is knowingly forcing the children they bring with them into the same permanent life of crime that the adult has chosen for themself.  By all reasonable standards of morality, it is immoral to force a child into a life of crime i.e. a continuous permanent life of illegal activity.  Don’t rationalize this away, what should happen to a family where the adults in the family literally force their children into a permanent life of illegal activity?

I think a new law should be enacted that states that any adult that illegally crosses the United States border and brings children with them and they are not all in imminent physical danger should be charged, in addition to the felony for crossing the border illegally, with some kind of crime against children (child trafficking across international borders?) for forcing the child into a permanent life of crime i.e. a permanent life of illegal activity. The adult should be thrown in prison for not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years and after their sentence is complete they should be immediately deported with absolutely no chance of ever legally entering the United States again. The children should be immediately put into child protective custody, make every possible effort to reunite the children with other family members in their country of origin, if no family exists  in their country of origin, give them a status that allows them to legally be in the United States and gives them a choice of becoming a naturalized United States citizen or remain a citizen of the country of their origin with the option of having a “green card”.

Minor children that illegally cross the United States border without their legal parents should be immediately considered runaway children and repatriated to their country of origin immediately.  No exceptions. Revolving door.

As for illegal immigrants already residing in the United States; prove you were a minor child when your parents brought to the United States (use the date that DACA used) and you will be given the opportunity to apply to become a naturalized citizen but you must stand in line behind all the current legal applicants and follow all the rules of the application process, you will not get special treatment to jump the legal immigration line. You must become a naturalized United States citizen within 5 years or you will be deported.  Oh by the way, the only way for you to prove that you were a minor is to prove the length of time that you’ve been in the United States and your parents must swear to the fact that you were a minor to authorities, at which point they will be deported for illegally being in the United States.  Your parents wanted to give you a better life, then they need to step up and deliver and suffer the consequences of their choices.

All other illegal immigrants, you will be deported when you are identified.

Use the legal system in place to immigrate to the United States of America or suffer the consequences, your ignorance is not our problem.

Also; the anchor baby law needs to be permanently abolished. Only babies born of a United States citizen should automatically be United States citizens.  If you want your children to be United States citizens then you must become a United States citizen first, no exceptions.