Isn't there a better way to help the poor, illegal alien people streaming into this country ?

Question

There are millions of these people here, and I understand that they want a better life, but shouldn't we really protect ourselves better against possible terrorists who could pretend to simply be illegal aliens? What a disaster if terrorists sneak in a nuclear bomb & kill a city with it. Besides, the alien workers don't really want to leave their homes, I suppose : they just want help. Why not help make jobs in their own countries, instead? If they have a safe place for tourists and the help to make resorts, etc., wouldn't lots of people from the US & Canada go there and make for many more jobs in their own homelands? I don't think they really want US citizenship or to be so far from their families, and lots of foreign immigrants seem so loyal to the countries they came from. This bothers me that my children may have their birthrights and the land in this country taken over by millions of foreigners who don't really love us or have any great feeling of loyalty to this nation.

Answer 1

Awesome! Someone who looks at the whole of the problem!

I'd like to see some more foreign aid with strings attached (like requiring programs that create new jobs).

Before everyone jumps on me about the foreign aid, remember we are paying billions of dollars already having them in our country. And by using the money to teach them how to survive at home, they won't come here. Biggest problem I see is jobs getting outsourced to nations that actually use the money to build themselves up.

I also think pulling aid from countries that do nothing to control illegal immigration is warranted as well.

We should also look at our immigration quotas and evaluate if they meet the country's needs. If we need a few million extra workers, let them in and don't "force" them to work in a black market.

Just a couple of ideas off the top of my head.

Great question!