Sometimes when I sit in my rocking chair, this long after dark when my mind can wander, I think of ways our country can be its best. I am convinced the greatest moral wrestling match I have within my own self is the horror story that confronts us each and every one with illegal aliens. I try hard to be a Christian, espousing and honoring – in my heart alone – what Jesus would do in many situations (and, no, this isn’t an invitation for anyone to try to convince me ‘their’ Jesus knows more than ‘my’ Jesus, may the Lord help us all, because the only Jesus I laugh and talk and cry with is ‘my’ Jesus and nobody to date has ever been invited to our conversation. Please respect that.)

But we have reached a point where no one has any clue – not one elected or appointed human being in the entire United States – what we should do when a reporter’s camera shows a man and a child, both with bodies created in the likeness of Christ, drowned dead on the banks of a border river. That is just one of thousands of views that Jesus makes sure our eyes see as our hearts weep. This must stop. And after hours of soul searching, of reading the daily police blotter swollen with the names of desperate immigrants who cannot find medicine for their sick children or food for those who are well, and the horrifying costs that these people have uncaringly thrust upon our country, this time has come – right now – to deport every illegal alien immediately.

That’s right; President Trump’s resolve to deport every person who is illegally in this country should start today. There must be no exceptions, loopholes, age limits or any other way to escape a tightly-guarded and enforced departure line to the country of each passenger’s choosing. I don’t care when they go, or the sorry hand they were dealt at birth, or why there are bums in charge where they live, or anything else. I would have our C-40 cargo planes leaving on the hour and any country who refuses to allow the planes to land will be immediately denied any further foreign aid, and we can leverage up the bargaining subject to military strikes within 12 hours of refusal, to accept their citizens, not ours.

You say, the kind-hearted liberals will never allow it. Under my plan not one politician or bleeding heart would have a choice. This is past argument, this is an emergency that threatens our nation and its liberty. I must interject some outside reading and, before you throw this plea to our President in the garbage, make sure you understand that any illegal deported from our country will have the very same opportunity to properly apply for sanctuary/citizenship as his fellow law-abiding countryman may want to follow:

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This from the Federation of American Immigration Reform (wwww.fairus.org) 25 Massachusetts Ave. NW Ste. 330, Washington, DC 20001 – Phone: 1 (877) 627-3247

* -- In 2017, the total cost of illegal immigration for the United States – at the federal, state, and local levels – was approximately $116 billion. (Divided by each of the 50 states, that’s $2.62 billion per state per year. A step further: If we take what is estimated to be 6,833,793 citizens in the State of Tennessee, and ask each one to pay their “fair share” of this one-year cost (per state) of illegal immigration, my hip-pocket pad says roughly $270 per man, woman and child. That’s just one year. Are you beginning to get the picture?)

* -- FAIR arrived at this number by subtracting the tax revenue paid by illegal aliens – about $19 billion – from the total economic impact of illegal migration, $134.9 billion.

* -- In 2013, the estimated total cost of illegal migration was approximately $113 billion. So, in under four years, the cost has risen nearly $3 billion ($3,300,000,000) to $116 billion and, mind you, these figures are two years old

* -- Evidence shows that the tax payments made by illegal aliens fail to cover the costs of the many services they consume.

* -- A large percentage of illegal aliens who work in the underground economy frequently avoid paying any income tax at all.

* -- Many illegal aliens actually receive a net cash profit through refundable tax credit programs.

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THIS IS PURPORTED TO BE FROM THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE:

* -- Understand this: If your parents break the law to get you into college, you should be expelled from school, they should be indicted, charged and convicted of a felony and may serve some time in jail.

* -- If your parents break the law to get you into this country: You should be given a free education, free housing, healthcare courtesy of the American taxpayers and everyone will be granted a complete amnesty.

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THIS FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF PRISONS

U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) statistics show that 20 percent of prisoners in the U.S. are criminal aliens. The total U.S. prison population is 183,220 inmates, and Mexicans comprise the largest number of illegal alien criminal inmates with 23,532 prisoners, or 12.8 percent of the U.S. prison population.

* -- The report finds that more than one-in-five of all persons in Bureau of Prisons custody were known or suspected aliens, a shocking misuse of our prison systems and a major burden on the taxpayers of this country. It is believed by some this could be avoided if a border wall were funded immediately.

Even more interesting is that 93 percent of all confirmed aliens that are in DOJ custody are in the United States unlawfully, meaning that the ICE agency is accurately making arrests of those who shouldn't be in the United States of America in the first place.

Fact: Whittier, California -- A criminal illegal alien, Alejandro Alvarez Villegas, who had been deported 11 times from the US, attacked his wife with a chainsaw in front of their children, ages 5, 8, and 10. Villegas’ wife is suffering from serious injuries to her chest, and their children have been placed in protective custody. Villegas has a criminal history in the U.S. that includes possession of a controlled substance and drunk driving. Villegas was apprehended the day after the attack in a stolen vehicle that he tried to ram into a police car when they were chasing him.

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THIS IS WRITTEN BY A SINGLE FEMALE RANCH OWNER

“Where is the fire?” -- The urgency to have a wall built at the border may not seem like a crisis for some, but for those living close to the border, the crisis is all too real. One such person is Kari Wade, who, with her family, owns a ranch just 50 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. The border rancher recently responded to a Facebook comment when someone asked, "Where's the fire?" in regards to the urgency of President Trump to build the wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Let me tell you where the fire is: The "fire" is finding dead bodies on your ranch, the "fire" is finding domestic pig ears in your drinks when there isn't a domestic pig for 25 miles, the "fire" is waking up to unknown people talking in your attic, the "fire" is dogs barking all night when your closest neighbor is 7-25 miles depending on the direction to just realize there are people outside your barn, the "fire" is having to come home after dark and have to carry a rifle to go feed your livestock after (Border Patrol) tells you that they only caught nine of the 15 they are looking for.

“The "fire" is making a choice...do I take my child with me to a dark barn to feed and hold the flashlight or lock him in the house, so you lock him in the house and call a friend to let them know he's home alone and if they don't hear back from me to come check on us.

The "fire" is you don't feel comfortable letting your child play outside without being in eyeshot of them. The "fire" is having large drug busts on your ranch. The "fire" is feeling sick to your stomach every time the helicopter swirls your house because you know they are chasing people because you can hear them on the speaker talking to them.

The "fire" is seeing the BP camera set-up 1/2 mile from your house. The "fire" is coming home after dark...your children are driving in front of you as one is of age to drive, and there are officers on your road watching illegals 1/4-1/2 mile from your house and you have to call your children and tell them to keep driving, don't stop at the house.

The "fire" is coming home to your backdoor wide open. The "fire" is real for me, my family, and my community.

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TWO ‘LOOKS’ AT WHAT THE MEXICAN BORDER IS LIKE TODAY

* -- Near the U.S.-Mexico border, federal agents in Edinburg, Texas, allowed CBS News' David Begnaud inside a home during a raid of smuggled, undocumented immigrants. Inside were 62 people mostly from Central America. Click here.

* -- In Brooks County, Texas, a Sheriff's Office deputy conducted a traffic stop on a White Ford F-250 that came back stolen. After a brief pursuit the vehicle bailout in Encino, TX., yielded 20 illegal aliens. Click here.

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America no longer has a choice. We must put out the fire now. And if that demands deporting 12.5 million uninvited guests and starting all over, so be it. But what we are subjecting illegal aliens to, because committing crimes is the only way they have to exist, is not as bad as deporting every one of them and insisting our rules be obeyed. Unless it is a capital crime, deport those in our prisons among the first to go.

It has been documented that approximately 16,233 aliens in the United States Marshal’s Service custody required housing in state, local, and private facilities, which cost $1,458,372.72 a day.

And you want to get on your high horse over a 34-cent tax increase? Why not instead try to help make America better?

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