Speech #1030042559

The crime lords have discovered that there are millions to be made in smuggling humans. and the danger and penalties are much less than those for smuggling drugs. Mr. President. these organized crime smugglers have discovered the same loophole in our immigration laws that was discovered several years ago by smugglers using our airports and ports of entry. The loophole is our generous asylum system. The aliens. and the people who smuggle them. have discovered that the magic words. "political asylum." will get you a work authorization card. and an opportunity to live and work in the United States for more than a year. in most cases. If the alien chooses to simply disappear into the community. we may never hear of him or her again. The illegal aliens have an additional advantage if they are from China. This is a true irony. I hope the people will pay close attention to this. The previous administration. and the current administration. give special enhanced consideration to Chinese asylum applicants who express a fear of persecution related to Chinas family planning policy. Thus. all the Chinese illegal alien need say is. birth control or family planning. and he or she will receive special consideration on their asylum claim. I say he or she. because most of the Chinese illegal aliens who successfully use this ploy are males. sometimes unmarried. What an extraordinary misuse of the compassion of a generous nation. It is hard to justify such a misinterpretation or distortion of something with regard to Chinas birth policies to have a single male using it as he is dropping from a ship off of our countrys shores. These shiploads of illegal aliens. most from Chinas Fujian Province. will continue until we take away the smugglers profitsuntil we address the loopholes in our asylum system. We must increase the penalties for alien smuggling. and we should give our immigration officials the same authority to seize the assets of alien smugglers as our drug enforcement authorities can use against drug suppliers. I am ready to do that. Many on both sides of the aisle are ready to do that.