illegal immigration

Dear ___________,

Illegal immigration is gaining more publicity, and many are demanding corrective action.  It is a sensitive debate, and needs to be dealt with care. 

My primary concern with illegal immigration is the market it has created for immigrant smugglers who often take advantage of those whom they help into the country.  Immigration, I feel, is good for the country, and if handled correctly, would have very few down sides.  I believe we could largely solve illegal immigration if we fix our immigration process, and aggressively enforce immigration law. We have a 3 year waiting period for anyone wanting to come into our country, leaving few options for people who are desperate to come here.  And so I suggest the following:

• Improve processing of green cards so all people with clean backgrounds are allowed in in  a timely manner
• More aggressively enforce laws preventing companies from hiring illegal immigrants
• More aggressively guard our borders
• Be extremely aggressive against all smugglers, especially those who enslave their victims once in the US
• Green card all illegal aliens who otherwise have a clean slate here in the US. 

I believe that if we allow the honest immigrants into our country in an honest way, we can get rid of many (not all, of course) of the negative side effects of illegal immigration without losing many of the positive ones. 

God bless you in your noble office,

BJ