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Eddie C. Quinn - Jacksonville

To the editor:

Gravy Train term used to refer to a situation in which someone can make a lot of money for very little effort.

E-Verify is an internet-based system that allows employers to determine whether a job applicant is entitled to work in the United States.

The blame for illegal aliens coming into, and remaining within, this country rests more with our own government than it does with the illegal aliens. Can you really blame illegal aliens for wanting to get on the government gravy train? The liberal government has been handing out so-called free benefits for decades. Hopefully, that will soon change. There is more incentive for the illegal alien to come to and remain within this country, than for illegal aliens to go back to, or remain within, their own country.

For decades, Congress has had, and continues to have, a problem figuring out how to end the mass illegal alien situation. To me, and many others, it is not only simple, but logical: Remove all the incentives for individuals to enter or remain within this country illegally! Reward those who abide by our laws, punish those that dont!

Why do the vast majority of illegal aliens come to this country? Jobs and government handouts. Remove these two incentives and illegal aliens will have less incentive to come to or remain within this country. Fewer illegal aliens would mean fewer government employees to distribute handouts, lower taxes and Border Patrol and ICE agents could focus on those intent upon doing this country and its citizens harm: terrorists, drug dealers and other criminal elements.

How to reduce illegal aliens? First, hold all employers (individuals and companies) legally and fiscally responsible for ensuring that prospective employees are legally eligible to work in this country before they hire the individual. The government developed E-Verify to assist employers in this process. If a prospective employer fails to make adequate job eligibility verification efforts, punish the employer and deport the illegal alien as both are breaking the law.

Second, the various levels of government provide numerous benefits to illegal aliens: shelter, food, clothing, medical care, education, disposable income and a host of other benefits. Where is it written that we should take better care of illegal aliens than our own citizens? Nowhere! Why are illegal aliens entitled to benefits often not even available to our own citizens particularly veterans? Answer: Leftists see illegal aliens as potential Democrat Party voters.

Conservatives see illegal aliens for what many of them are: an increased tax burden and job destroyer. Our various government entities should immediately terminate all benefits for illegal aliens. Without these benefits provided by our welfare state, illegal aliens would be far less inclined to illegally enter or remain within this country.

The upside for those legally in this country: lower taxes and the billions of dollars that are dispensed to support illegal aliens could then be shifted to help our own needy citizens.

Charity should begin at home. If there is a surplus, then spread outwards!

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