Thompson Releases His Immigration Solution

24 October 2007

Fred Thompson releases his immigration solutions and here are some of the highlights

No Amnesty
Enforce Existing Federal Laws …including:
End Sanctuary Cities
Deny discretionary Federal education grants
Deny discretionary Federal education grants asappropriate to public universities that violate federal law by offeringin-state tuition rates to illegal aliens without also offering identicalbenefits to United States citizens, regardless of whether or not theylive in the state
Increased Border Security:Doubling Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents handling interiorenforcement, increasing the Border Patrol to at least 25,000 agents, andincreasing detention space to incarcerate illegal aliens we arrest ratherthan letting them go with a promise to show up later for legal proceedingsagainst them.
Attrition through Enforcement
Maximize Legal Immigration ProgramEfficiency
Modernize Immigration Law/Policy
English as Official Language
Preference for American MilitaryService