Legal Immigration or Pain

Washington Post: President Bush called for a "compassionate" Republican Party and warned against the GOP becoming "anti-immigrant" in one of his last interviews as president, defending his vision of the party, which has become unpopular among some Republicans.

It is certainly unpopular with this Republican. Part of this nation’s handicap is its overabundance of “compassion” for people in general. Political Correctness has gotten so out of hand that anyone and everyone claims to be offended by anything and everything. Discrimination is being discriminated against, and it is limiting the freedom of U.S. citizens. This communitarian outcry for immigrants—namely illegal immigrants who’ve no respect or support for Americanism—is focused on destroying the principle of our country being an independent nation, and becoming a handout station for criminals who knowingly break the law upon entering our country, but know that they can get away with it, as well as obtain funding from American taxpayers (of which they, themselves, are not). Many of these criminals commit other crimes after entry.
Multiple languages are now printed on the products sold within the U.S., primarily Spanish. American English, despite the fact that we’ve no “official” language within our borders, is the language of the Founding Fathers, and should be preserved and maintained. How ironic, that people from all over Europe and much of Asia know American English, yet the immigrants that enter our country typically refuse to speak it if they know it at all.
Our borders don’t necessarily need to be closed to outsiders, but they do need to be built stronger; tougher for outsiders to get in. Weeding out the illegal immigrants should be a priority, and deportation should be expedited.
A 3-strike law could go into effect (which would be quite generous), where the illegal immigrant is punished by deportation and all goods obtained in the U.S., including currency, are seized. The immigrant is warned that their choice to come back into the country illegally will result in physical punishment before they are deported back into their country. If the immigrant returns despite this warning, and is caught, he/she will suffer lashes across the back. (Children under the age of 18 would not be punished for their actions under the presumption they did not act on their own.) The immigrant’s final warning would include the threat of capital punishment (preferably by entry of the gladiatorial games). Should they choose to reenter the country regardless of the threat, and they are caught, their execution will be vastly publicized to serve as fair warning to all others who wish to break our laws and enter our country illegally.
If illegal aliens wish to depart from our society as a means of righting their wrong-doing, they will be allowed to exit freely while giving up all goods and currency obtained while within our borders.
Likewise, if they wish to become legal citizens, they may do so, but will be placed on probation within the state they choose to reside, and pay restitution to that state (the likes of which may be hashed out by judicial authorities). While on probation, they will not be granted any government funding for any reason.