If You Really Loved Me You'd Let Me Eat Your Brain

The Minuteman Project plans on patrolling a 40-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona this April. Read more about it here.

The libertarian in me likes the idea of people guarding their property but I'd rather have a sensible immigration policy that makes illegal border crossings unnecessary. A guest worker program that allows for free travel to and from Mexico would eliminate the need for all the sneaking out and back in. Documenting the workers helps us keep track of who is coming and going. Maybe we'll even stop a few terrorists in the process, since the only people crossing into the country would be the ones who can't get in legally or want to enter undetected.

Documenting workers would also reduce the exploitation of illegal labor. And once someone is documented as a guest worker we can keep them out of our debilitating and soul-crushing welfare system. I like the idea of having documented guest workers pay into Medicare and social security as well as pay state and federal taxes. If they later become US citizens their time worked could count for them in the method used to determine eligibility and benefits under social security.