George Hutchins is a Republican who wants to be the next congressional representative for the people who reside in the 4th District of North Carolina. He’s a veteran and former US Marine who served in the first Gulf War. He’s persistent (he ran in 2010, 2012 and is running again in 2016). And, unlike many of his fellow travelers, his plan to solve the “illegal immigration” issue isn’t solely based on building a giant fence all along the US border and/or deporting millions of people.
No, George Hutchins has a better idea. An idea so obvious its hard to believe the current Republican Presidential candidates haven’t promoted it themselves. I could tell you what he is proposing, but I’ll let this image from his own campaign webpage lay it all out for you, instead.
That’s right. Mr. Hutchin’s solution is prison labor, or if you prefer, slave labor. And guess who just happens to be the single largest group in the US Prison system? Non-Hispanic African Americans at roughly 37 to 38 percent! And guess who comes in second place? White people not considered Hispanic represent between 32 and 33 percent of all prison inmates (sorry, I have no breakdown based on those ethnic groups other than “Hispanic” who fall within the “White category). Hispanics who are also “white” represent around 22 percent, and all other races and ethnic groups account for roughly 8 percent.
Now, I know some of you are going to ask would anyone really go for this idea? Would anyone actually vote to reinstitute legalized slavery in the United States? To which I say, have you seen what’s happening at the Donald’s political rallies lately? Or what happened at Sarah Palin’s rallies in 2008? Of course Republican voters will flock to any candidate who proposes this idea like flies drawn to fresh dog shit!
And if you think the 13th Amendment prohibits this “solution” to the immigration issue, well think again.
Ratified at the end of the Civil War, the amendment abolished slavery, with one critical exception: Slavery and involuntary servitude actually remain lawful “as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.” In other words, according to this so-called punishment clause, if you get pulled over with the wrong controlled substance in your trunk, there’s nothing in the 13th Amendment to ensure you can’t be considered a slave of the state.
So, which Republican presidential candidate will be the first to support legalized slave labor to eliminate incentives for “illegal immigrants” to some to America? My money is on Trump, but you never know what the wild and crazy Ben Carson might say next. Stay tuned!
