An Immodest Proposal

There has been a lot of furor of late about immigration especially illegal immigration. Should we prepare a path to citizenship? Should we have guest-worker programs? Should we arrest them and send them packing? I have a question and an Immodest Proposal.

First the question. What should we do with those who change allegiance from the U.S. to another place? In other words, are those who choose citizenship in another country traitors? Do they retain the rights of citizenship they gave up?

Now a few points and a brief proposal.

Corporations are, legally, "persons."

Many corporations have re-incorporated in other places like the Cayman Islands or the Bahamas.

That re-incorporation would seem to make the corporate "persons" citizens of those places and no longer citizens of the U.S.

The illegal immigrants at the center of the current sturm und drang largely have jobs and pay taxes.

The corporate expatriates do so to avoid taxes and other obligations but want all the benefits of U.S. "citizenship" and more.

The Proposal? Let's treat everyone the same. I want foreign corporate green cards or they're illegal immigrants, too.

Those with jobs who pay taxes should have, and take, a path to citizenship after appropriate penalties for the broken law(s). Those who don't want the obligations, taxes included, are deadbeats and we should show all such "persons" the gate.

Perhaps the one in that proposed fence?