Immigration Reform: Not a joke, sorry.

People that know me well know that I lived in Guatemala for about two years from 2003-2005. I enjoyed my time there and grew to love the people and the country. To tell the truth I even looked into what it would take to get Guatemalan citizenship to make traveling to and from Guatemala easier/more realistic. My plans stopped as soon as I found out that I would have to renounce my US citizenship. Guatemala, I love ya but there is no way I am going to give up my status as a citizen of the United States for you or any country on this green earth. Any way, for those that know me may also be aware that I have some very strict views on immigration that might be surprising for those that believe, due to my love of Guatemala and the people there, that I am morally bound to stand up against illegal immigration. Now before someone jumps off the handle on this let me explain that I am not against immigrants and believe that they offer our country a huge benefit and we in turn can offer them a better future, I just don't believe that sneaking into the country is the right way to go. A while back when the state of AZ passed SB1070 the President of Mexico came to Washington D.C. and openly, to congress, denounced the state of Arizona, and the country, calling us racist and bigots. I can't say that I agree with him but I can see how the view of having a nation's borders secured by guarded fences and laws deporting immigrants back to Mexico may seem harsh to some yet Mexico's stance on this is hypocritical and ridiculous. I have been to the Mexico Guatemala border and seen the fences, walls, armed guards, and patrols that they have there. I have also spoken to people who have been shot at and seen people shot by the Mexican military that guard their border. So why is it okay for them to guard their southern border but racist for us to guard ours? I received another fun email the other days and found the information to be very interesting. Check it you as these seem a little racist to me:

New Immigration Laws: Read to the bottom or you will miss the message...

1. There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools.
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2. All ballots will be in this nation's language.
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3.. All government business will be conducted in our language.
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4. Nonresidents will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here.
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5. Non citizens will NEVER be able to hold political office.
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6 Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs. Any burden will be deported.
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 7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount at least equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage.
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8. If foreigners come here and buy land... options will be restricted. Certain parcels including waterfront property are reserved for citizens naturally born into this country.
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9. Foreigners may have no protests; no demonstrations, no waving of a foreign flag, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our president or his policies. These will lead to deportation.
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10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be actively hunted &, when caught, sent to jail until your deportation can be arranged. All assets will be taken from you.
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Too strict ?

The above laws are current immigration laws of MEXICO!

These sound fine to me.

NOW, how can we get these laws to be America 's Immigration Laws?