I kicked off my weekend by sleeping until 11am on Saturday morning and it felt great.  Outside of doing a little cleanup around the house, I was a bum for most of the day.  I did spend some time learning a new software program for my photography but didn't do a whole lot more.

On Sunday, I decided to clean out the garage and get it better organized.  Jodi wound up joining the effort and when we finished, we pulled all three cars into the garage, which was a first. 

Here's some thoughts on how to resolve the illegal immigration problem we have here:

1. Declare that there will never again be illegal immigration amnesty. The first one was a mistake that lead to 4 to 5 times the number of illegals. Give them six months to get out, no questions asked.


2. After that six month period expires, anyone caught here, regardless of their age, will be banned forever. No future citizenship, no legal immigration, not even a vacation visa. The exception to this would be those here committing other crimes, including identity theft.

3. Those caught again that are 18+ will be given at least 5 years in prison. Those under 18 will be sent back to the parents’ country of origin for state foster care.

4. Add up how much the U.S. tax payer gave each illegal deported or incarcerated and bill the country of origin. The countries that do not want to pay, no more foreign aid, even when faced with catastrophe.

5. CORRECTLY interpret the 14th Amendment. Illegal immigration was not a problem in 1868. What was a problem were the newly freed American slaves brought here or born to other American slaves because slavery was once legal here. This amendment was to give the slaves their legal rights, not to grant citizens to an illegal border jumper who just stuck the American people with their birthing bill.

6. Enforce laws against hiring illegals. Once it is shown that business owners are going to jail for that, you can be sure that most will not take a chance on hiring illegals. If there are fewer jobs for illegals, they are less likely to be here.