New Service: Roadmaps for Illegal Aliens

by Bobby Eberle , First Posted: January 24, 2006 at 7:47 am

There’s something quite mind-boggling about the ongoing debate over illegal immigration. Countless examples point to illegal aliens receiving tax-payer-funded health care, education, and other services. In some states, illegal aliens are receiving tuition discounts for colleges. In all their efforts to aid and abet these people, many left-wing groups apparently forget the “illegal” part of the equation. Now, an Arizona group is taking the illegal service industry one step further by providing roadmaps to illegals so that their travels will be easier.
According to Activists to provide migrants Ariz. maps in the Arizona Republic, a human rights agency in Mexico plans to “give out detailed maps of the Arizona desert, including rescue beacons and water stations” in order to guide “migrants” from Mexico through Arizona.

The maps were designed by a Tucson-based group, Humane Borders, which plans to hold a joint press conference today with the National Human Rights Commission in Mexico City to announce its strategy.
The maps are the latest effort by activists to aid undocumented immigrants as they trek across the border, helping to fuel a raging debate over illegal immigration in Arizona and other parts of the United States.
The problem with this plan, outside of the fact that it clearly aids in illegal activity, is that it also encourages illegal activity. It should be harder to get into the U.S. illegally, not easier. The Arizona Republic quoted Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) as saying that “maps and water jugs do nothing but give illegal crossers false hope.”
“Either we convince potential crossers not to make the journey or, failing that, we stop them from crossing the border,” Hayworth added.
If America is serious about security, then we must be serious about putting a stop to illegal immigration. We must enforce our existing laws; we must increase the number of border patrol agents; we must invest in new surveillance technology; and clearly, we must not encourage illegal activity with complementary roadmaps to go along with defacto promises of amnesty.