Walsh Announces Five-Point Plan on Illegal Immigration

Posted by Team Walsh - Tue, June 08, 2010 at 05:00 PM

San Francisco, CA - Today Dana Walsh, candidate for U.S. Congress in California’s Eighth District, announced her five-point plan for tackling the illegal immigration problem that has been especially hard hitting in California. 

Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said that enforcing immigration law was “un-American.” San Francisco, the city she represents, touts its “sanctuary city” status. City leadership goes even further; it offers illegal aliens an ID card that allows them to access city services. Our district attorney’s office has gone from defying immigration law to aiding and abetting illegal criminals, as exposed when one of the coddled thugs murdered Anthony Bologna and his sons, Mathew and Michael, on our city streets.

Walsh is adamant in her opposition to any form of amnesty for those who have entered the country illegally. Instead, she suggests, fast-track those who respect our immigration laws and are waiting, often for years, to LEGALLY enter the country. “Send a clear message to our leaders – Enforce Existing Immigration Laws.  Period,” said Walsh.

The costs of illegal immigration are bankrupting cities and counties. Providing “social services” is just the tip of the iceberg. Law enforcement and incarceration costs are surging and 25% of our jail population is made up of illegals; many more criminals brutalize the neighborhoods of law-abiding immigrants. The cost in jobs is at a time when the unemployment rate in our state is over 12 %.

The country’s easily penetrable border is also an issue of homeland security. 

Walsh’s Five-Point Plan includes:

• Ending the “Catch and Release” policy, making expedited removal of illegal aliens mandatory
• Mandatory employer verification of worker eligibility to work in the United States and stiff punitive penalties for knowingly hiring illegal workers.
• Prohibiting illegal aliens from any access to Social Security benefits.
• Limiting birthright citizenship to the children of United States citizens and legal permanent residents.
• Ending all loopholes in federal laws that benefit illegal aliens and those who profit from their illegal presence in the United States.

Walsh believes that by limiting access to jobs and social services, people will be encouraged to return home and enter the United States legally.

Walsh also took the opportunity to criticize the incumbent, Nancy Pelosi, for failing to support measures to strengthen our borders. She is rated Zero by the U.S. Border Control. Pelosi has also voted for measures that encourage people to illegally enter the U.S., including in-state tuition for illegal immigrants, and increased educational, welfare and health care benefits.

“During her tenure as Speaker, Pelosi has done absolutely nothing about dealing with this growing problem. At a time of record unemployment we must make sure our citizens are getting the available jobs instead of those in our country illegally.” added Walsh.

Responding to the YouTube speech, “I disagree with Speaker Pelosi. Enforcement of our laws is not un-American. It is the sworn duty of elected officials,” said Walsh.