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"One of the reasons Donald Trump won the presidency is that millions of Americans believe they are being conned on immigration. Hillary Clinton
and the Democratic Party had absolutely no interest in being responsible
on the issue of people traveling to the USA illegally or even protecting Americans from vicious foreign criminals already here. The far-left wing
of that party actually wants open borders and blanket amnesty. Hillary
Clinton put forth no vision on immigration other than the status quo,
which has been a colossal failure. So now the question becomes, what is a
fair policy? For that we turn to Australia, a nation of about 24-million
people but with a land mass almost exactly the same as America's.
Australia has a stone-cold policy on illegal entry. If you are caught,
you are forcibly taken by the Aussie military to remote locations in the
South Pacific, where you can either sit for years or be deported home. Australia accepts fewer than 15,000 migrants a year on a humanitarian
basis. Australians generally believe that undocumented migrants
destabilize the country and put themselves at grave physical risk by
crossing oceans to get Down Under. Also, Aussie politics have created a generous welfare state that works for a small population. That
entitlement culture would be overwhelmed and go broke if mass illegal immigration was accepted. Simply put, Australians do not want the
enormous disruption that immigration chaos causes. President Trump will
have his hands full trying to figure out how to get things under control
on the immigration front. Here is what Talking Points recommends: A
moratorium on refugees for one year until Trump's new Homeland Security Department can set up intense vetting procedures. All undocumented people already here must register with the feds at their local post offices
within six months. Once the government knows how many undocumented people
are here and their circumstances, a fair system of evaluating migrants
can take place. On the borders, all of those caught trying to enter
illegally will be bused back into Mexico or Canada after being
fingerprinted. Second offense - six months in jail and another bus ride.
A congressional mandate on how many foreign nationals should be allowed
into America each year should be agreed upon. That number should be
generous, but actual citizenship will have to be earned over a
substantial period of time. There should be a law that suspends all
federal transportation money to states that tolerate sanctuary cities. If California says no, finance your own infrastructure. Finally, build
effective barriers along the southern border using the Army Corps of
Engineers. Enough is enough. If I could, I'd help every poor and abused
person in the world. But I can't. So I do what I can without making
things worse by supporting policies that hurt the country at large.
Australia has figured this out. We can, too."

The Factor invited Charles Krauthammer to evaluate the Memo's
recommendations for immigration reform. "You have to divide the problem
in two," he began. "First, you have to secure the border and prevent
illegal immigrants from coming in with a serious barrier. Second, what
would you do with illegal immigrants who are already here? I would
postpone that because if you could secure the border there would be a
national consensus to be humane and generous and legalize the
overwhelming majority who are already here. You have to show the American people that this is the last time it will happen!" Krauthammer added that
his staunch opposition to Donald Trump's candidacy may be softening. "I
have a completely open mind, I will judge him by what he does. He's done
things since winning that I have actually encouraged."

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