If we must have immigration to Australia, keep it for people who apply through legal channels and who have the job and language skills to slot immediately into our society without us having to pour money into teaching them English, training them for employment, and supplying them with their day to day needs in the meantime.
Anyone who is caught trying to get in illegally, send them straight back to where they came from. Put out the message loud and clear that if they don't go through the legal channels, we don't accept them.
We need to get rid of the bleeding heart mentality that dictates our immigration policy.
Sure, there are people around the world who are doing it tough because of poverty, civil war, dictatorial governments and a host of other reasons.
But that's not our fault, nor is it our responsibility to play nursemaid to them.
There are people right here in our own country who are doing it tough too. And we help them up to a point through our welfare system and through volunteer organizations etc.
But how far do you take your help. If you see a homeless person, do you, as a decent person yourself, invite them to live in the spare room in your home, feed them and look after them?
Well, some of you might, but most of us have the sense to realise that it's just not practical to do so, and in fact could be quite dangerous.
Well, it's no different with illegal immigrants. It's not practical to allow them to flock into our country, strain our budget, and put pressure on our health system, education system, and social welfare system which are already inadequate to meet the needs of our own people.
Nor is it particularly safe, given that many of them are from religions and cultures that have contempt for the religions and culture and values of mainstream Australia.
That bunch of Muslim extremist mongrels who were recently arrested on charges of plotting a terrorist attack against our military bases, are living proof of the risks we take in laying out the welcome mat to anyone who wants to come here, regardless of their religion or their background.
It's utterly ludicrous to keep out Zimbabweans and others who speak English as their first language, are educated and have job skills, and whose culture and values are similar to our own, while at the same time we accept some other Africans and various other people who don't speak English, are uneducated and have no job skills, and whose cultures and values are totally different to ours.
We need to harden up, take in only people who are not going to be a burden to us long before they start making any contribution to our society. Australia is not a damned charity organization, and we need to stop behaving like one.