Hall of Shame: Rudy Giuliani

Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani says illegal immigration is not a crime. Technically, he is correct. When you throw an immigrant out of the country, it's not a criminal proceeding. It's a civil proceeding. But, obviously, he is not taking the problem seriously.

"Illegal immigration shouldn't be a crime, either," Giuliani said,"... because the government wouldn't be able to prosecute it. We couldn't prosecute 12 million people. We have only 2 million people in jail right now for all the crimes that are committed in the country, 2.5 million. My solution is close the border to illegal immigration."

These statements are a curious way to win the nomination. How is it we can undertake civil proceedings against millions of illegals but not criminal proceedings. Maybe he should suggest a change in the law along the lines of Sensenbrenner, HR 4437. He doesn't explain why we are spending billions of dollars on the Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement if no crime is being committed by illegal aliens. Nor does he deal with the case of the repeat offender who returns to the U.S. after having been deported or removed. That person faces jail time -- a startling turn of events for something that is not a crime. Good luck, Rudy, with trying to close the border without criminal penalties.

Rudy missed the point altogether. You don't have to prosecute 12 million cases to send a message to illegal aliens that they are not welcome here and that we will prosecute as many as we can. All we need is a law that says illegal entry is a felony and visa overstays will be heavily fined and immediately deported. Sorry Rudy, no cigar!

Hall of Shame: W. Ralph Basham, Commissioner of U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Here's another joke. Why should we pay this guy if our borders remain porous and illegals spread throughout the country with impunity? Who else gets paid for doing such an ineffective job? The least he could do is remove the restrictions on the Border Patrol that prevent them from doing the best they can with the available resources.

Hall of Shame: Assistant Secretary, Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Another ineffective bureaucrat in the DHS. Customs and Immigration Enforcement -- that's the biggest laugh in the last 20 years. She now has told Congress that it would cost $94 billion to deport all of the 12 illegals in this country. She doesn't seem to be solution oriented, does she? Instead of trying to convince people it can't be done at a reasonable cost, she has taken opposite approach. No one is interested in why it can't be done. Put the job up for bids by private enterprise, lobby for any necessary enabling legislation or executive orders and then stand back and watch it happen. She is incompetent and should be fired.

Hall of Shame: Dr. Emilio Gonzalez, Director USCIS

This man is untrustworthy as the Director of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. He has failed miserably in his job. He should be replaced by Roy Beck.

Hall of Shame: Rep. Luis "Amnesty" Gutierrez

Rep. Gutierrez has consistently taken an ethnocentric view of immigration legislation, placing a higher priority on the interests of foreigners and illegals than he does on the national interest. Shame!

Hall of Shame: El Guapo

El Guapo is a Hall of Shame proxy for all the criminals and malcontents among the illegals and their supporters. In the past, Mexicans have often been portrayed as bandits and outlaws who preyed on their own people and others. This portrayal was sometimes humorous as in "The Three Amigos" although in that case it was the Gringos who were portrayed as bumbling idiots. On other occasions, the portrayal was somewhat more serious as in "The Magnificent Seven" and "How the West was Won". Modern portrayals could include the Latino street gangs, the welfare parasites, rapists, drug and human traffickers and other criminals who find their way to America among the vast numbers of illegals. All of these miscreants belong in the Hall of Shame but this does not justify a broad brush treatment of all illegals, lumping them together with hardened criminals.

Hall of Shame: Alfred E. Neuman

Alfred E. Neuman is a proxy for all of those Hispanic Americans and other Americans who support the interests of illegal aliens and foreign governments instead of the U.S. national interest. They don't worry about immigration's unarmed invasion and its deadly consequences. They don't worry about unneeded and unfettered population growth and what it will do to the standard of living and quality of life in the U.S.. They don't worry about climate change, pollution, traffic congestion, extinction of species and dwindling natural resources. They think this is still the 18th century when a vast unsettled continent lay before the founding fathers. They know not what they do.