STOPPING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THE RIGHT WAY

STOPPING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ONE IMMIGRANT AT A TIME

By: Derek Varsalona

Maybe it is an election-year ploy?  Or maybe it is that Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden finally know the seriousness of illegal immigration.  Yesterday, President Biden trolled out Vice President Kamala Harris to release an immigration proposal that this might actually work, minus the Trump Wall.  

On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed President Bernardo Arevalo of Guatemala to talk about illegal immigration into the United States. This is great for international relations.

The best way to stop illegal immigration is for the migrant countries to create good-paying jobs in their own country.  With Vice President Kamala Harris's help, these countries receive much-needed help.  The United States will invest $50 million in a Guatemala Transformation Initiative.  This will try and stop the illegal drug flow in Guatemala stopping illegal drugs from crossing into the United States and poisoning our youth.  This might work but it will not stop all drugs from crossing into the United States.  The better approach is to legalize all drugs and let the government control the drug trade opening it up as competitive commerce.  With the competition of all drugs into the market the government will be able to tax and create revenue for the country.  The drug trade could become an investment in America and we could use those dollars to build detox facilities that would be managed by private industry creating business and jobs. 

America will work with Guatemala to include job training for people in their home country.  This should be led by private industry in Guatemala and be spearheaded through private and public grants by US Corporations in cooperation and partnership with the US Embassy to Guatemala and US Ambassador Tobin Bradley.

Another way to stop illegal immigration is to have private corporations invest in job training and private apprenticeships in the country of Guatemala.  This will lead people to learn a trade to produce products for their home country's people.  These products can come into the American supply chain by free trade.

The best way to stop illegal immigration is to make Guatemala a trading partner or at least a better trading partner with the American people.  If people have job opportunities in their home countries they will be less likely to migrate to the United States illegally.  As always comments accepted.

We can stop illegal immigration the right way

Source: Vice President Kamala Harris. “ Fact Sheet: Vice President Harris Announces New Initiative to Strengthen the U.S.- Guatemala Relationship and Address the Root Causes of Migration from Guatemala.” WhiteHouse.gov Washington, DC: Monday, March 25, 2024.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/25/fact-sheet-vice-president-harris-announces-new-initiatives-to-strengthen-the-u-s-guatemala-relationship-and-address-the-root-causes-of-migration-from-guatemala/