Bachmann's Borders

I’ve been looking up a lot of information on Bachmann right now, specifically on her views on Immigration. It’s funny that we consider Immigration an issue, despite our nation’s history with immigration. Let’s face it, majority of our families cannot be traced back prior to the 1800s. And if yours can, then that’s awesome! My family came from Puglia, Italy. I also had some family come from Austria.

But historically speaking, our country grew out of immigrants. For New York specifically, New York City comprised of Dutch, German, Irish, English, and African American in the early 1700s! Only until recently in the last couple decades has Immigration been a serious problem in the American eye.

Though we’ve progressed and found dignified ways to discuss the issue, the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions “immigration” is building a fence. How primal. In fact, Michele Bachmann has outspokenly committed to building a fence along the entire southern border of the country. In doing so, she believes this will prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country from Mexico via land. The sense is this action would be done on a national level, or making it a nation action of sovereignty and control. However, she also begs for the government to support State’s action in the fight against illegal immigration, to such degrees as Arizona’s state immigration enforcement.

But yes she knows that stopping illegal immigration takes more than a fence. She has taken a stance on denying benefits that attract aliens to America in the first place. In a GOP debate, she mentions student discounts and commercial job opportunities as a main attraction, or magnetism, is a main drive for people to come to this country illegally. As far as pathway to citizenship, she opposes the process of granting citizenship to those who’ve worked and lived in here illegally and rewarding them with citizenship.

What boggles my mind over the whole question of immigration is that they AUTOMATICALLY think of Mexico as the problem. Though there are more illegal people coming from there, don’t you think it’s unfair to put up a border on ONE land border, and not the other one? I think there’s something really messed up about that. Think of our northern border, is there a problem up there with illegal immigration? There are roughly 70,000 illegal Canadian immigrants here, working jobs and not paying taxes. Am I sickened to say think that no one thinks of this as part of the problem because Canadian immigrants white? ….

That statement may seem horrible to assume or even publish here, but I find it to be an interesting topic of discussion. What if millions of people were coming from Canada? What if Canada was transporting illegal drugs through their border too? Would we build a wall up there? Would Bachmann grant them citizenship? I’m not entirely sure myself.