Bounty: The Quicker Picker-Upper

Another false argument is that it is impractical to deport the 12 million Criminal Aliens within our borders today. The argument goes something like this:

• Assuming we can pack 40 CAs in a bus at one time and assuming a bus is 40' long, the line of buses would extend from Tijuana, Mexico to Vancouver, BC...and back again...and then some. This is simply too many people to process!
• Assume it takes $1k to process each CA. This would require $12B. At a more likely $5k-$10k/CA, this is $60B-$120B. This is too costly!
  
• We can't go about breaking up families. Breaking up families in order to deport CAs is too cruel to contemplate.
  

Of course, these arguments are simply excuses for inaction and reflect a lack of imagination. Utilizing the free market system and the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, we can deport all 12M CAs without bearing any net tax burden. In fact, this deportation would spur a mini-industry whose taxes would yield a net influx of tax money to the Federal Government.

The text of the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution is as follows:

Amendment XIII
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

The "except as a punishment for a crime" is of particular interest. CAs (Criminal Aliens) are inherently guilty of a crime. Conviction should not be terribly difficult to secure given the alien's presence in the country should be evidence enough. The legality of forcing a CA into involuntary servitude as a punishment for his crime is guaranteed by the Thirteenth Amendment. His labor during his servitude can be sold to pay for his bounty, his incarceration and ultimately his deportation.

If the CA (or anybody else) pays his fees directly, he needn't work off his expenses. However, it is imperative that the CA be screened for other criminal activity before being deported.

If a CA chooses, he may work off the expenses of his immediate family so they may be deported after his family member passes the criminal background check.

A bounty hunter should be licensed, regulated and held to a high standard of conduct. Much like any officer, breach of conduct can lead to a fine or even prison time if severe enough. Bounty hunters must not be seen as some sort of "brown shirt" organization breaking down doors, brutalizing CAs, etc.