I’ve been reading some editorials about the immigration bill now before the Senate, and I’m beginning to think about it more than I have in the past.

What happens if we don’t pass an immigration bill this year? I guess everything would remain the same, but will Congress and the president finally realize we want border security before we will consider anything else?

Our economy cannot continue to absorb millions of people who are here illegally and counting on us to sustain them.

I feel sorrow for the majority of these people, who just want a better life for themselves and their families, but then there are the ones who want to be able to get in and out of the country at will to deliver drugs and whatever else will bring them a quick buck.

On the other hand I feel if we don’t do something this year we won’t do anything for a long time to come and the flow of illegal immigrants will just continue to surge.

I haven’t read the bill because I’m not the type of person who can sit down and read legalize and actually have it sink in as I get bored with it almost from the beginning. What I have heard about it tends to show there are some good things in there if we secure the borders first.

It’s called by its detractors an amnesty bill because so many illegals already here will be given a free pass to stay here at least for a period of time.

It is being pushed by big business, which makes me wonder why they would be so interested in seeing it pass. The answer is money of course. Cheap workers mean cheap overhead. Then that lowers the standard of living of the entire country and soon we could be a third-world country.

I saw a video on YouTube the other day where a consulting company was telling its clients how to hire illegals legally. It has since been removed from YouTube.

The gist was when they advertise for a job the Dept. of Labor says they have to do certain things such as post an opening at the workplace and put in a newspaper etc. Since most newspapers are online they post to the print version and the online version, which takes care of two of the three requirements. They also make plain they publish in little-known newspapers where no regular Americans would think to look for an ad.

The objective is to not get American workers but to get a green card for a foreign or illegal worker. This was actually stated in the video. No wonder it was taken down by the user, which was the consulting company.

I may not be one who would bend over all day picking lettuce, but I’ll bet we have high school students who would do it for a summer job. I may not want to sling hamburgers at McDonald’s but I know we have high school students who will do it. I may not be able to maintain my yard but I know for a fact there are American companies that do it. I may not be able to do brick work but I know plenty of Americans know how and would do it if they could only get the job.

Yes, it costs a bit more because we pay our people more, but in the end it’s worth it.

I can’t think of many jobs an American will not do, except his price is higher. So we pay a little more for lettuce and our brick home.

I have seen the work of some of the illegals and it is good work. I couldn’t complain about the quality of the work, but it needs to be offered to our people first.

I am in the group of people who say we secure our borders first before we do anything else. Let the government prove they can do that and we’ll talk about the rest.

It’s been an evolving process for me but I think it’s the best solution.