Immigration Policy
Bruce Boyer, Candidate for Congress CA #26
Position paper. November 2023
Illegal entry of the United States:
The entry of persons illegally into the U.S. is exactly that: illegal. We have laws passed by Congress that must be enforced.
I shall not go into the many problems and costs we incur as a result of the millions of persons who have crossed into the U.S. illegally. We know them.
Persons here illegally are not “immigrantsâ€. Immigrants are people who follow the law to become U.S. citizens. Persons here illegally are criminals.
#1 The first step to restoring the rule of law is that people stop breaking it. Build the wall. Not literally, but figuratively. We must prevent illegal entry to the U.S. Nothing is 100%, it needs to be a functional barrier.
#2. Persons who have already broken the law must cease doing so. Breaking the law must stop. That means they need to voluntarily deport themselves and we can give them a receipt that they are here illegally and leaving the country and they show they did so. Doing so would show their willingness to obey our laws. I would give them consideration so they could then apply to enter legally. Persons who choose to continue to break the law need to pay the consequences and be deported.
#3. Persons entering our country illegally cost the U.S. taxpayer money. The U.S. taxpayer needs to be made whole. We should make an accounting of that cost and it should be repaid. If it is not, then we will not grant visas of any kind to the citizens of that nation until it is. We can also deduct it from any payments the U.S. Government makes to them and even add on a tariff to repay us. That will get us paid.
Build the wall, deport them all, make them pay for their stay.
Once we have this done, then we can discuss changes to the law. I’m open.
Bruce Boyer, your candidate for Congress
BruceBoyerforcongress.com
