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WHO BENEFITS FROM THE MEXICAN INVASION?
PROMOTERS
OF OPEN BORDERS ARE:
BARACK
OBAMA: HIS ADMIN IS INFESTED WITH LA RAZA SUPREMACIST, STARTING WITH HIS SEC.
OF (illegal) LABOR, HILDA SOLIS!
ALL
DEMS including LA RAZA endorsed FEINSTEIN, BOXER, WAXMAN, BECERRA, FARR, BACA,
SANCHEZ , FONG, HONDA, LOFGREN, ESHOO and HARMAN. All of these clowns receive
huge special interest bribes to make sure wages are DEPRESSED.
U.S.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE fronting for the corporate interests to depress wages.
LA
RAZA, the racist Mexican supremacist fascist party funded by BIG BUSINESS,
MEXICO and your TAX DOLLAR.
FORTUNE
500 which is a major funder of LA RAZA
“A major economic drawback, though,
to allowing thousands...probably millions...of US businesses to pay
under-market wages and benefits to undocumented workers is that it depresses
wages for all workers in the US. All Americans workers, then have decreased
incomes, lower benefits and higher rates of poverty and hunger. “
Illegal
Immigration Explained - Profits & Poverty, Social Security & Starvation
Why
the Federal Government Can't End Illegal Immigration
By Deborah White, About.com
Illegal immigration into the United States is a highly
profitable proposition for both employers and the U.S. government, and it also
benefits Mexico, which is the largest source country of undocumented immigrants
into the US.
The US and Mexican governments actively entice illegal
immigrants to enter this country and to work illegally for profit-hungry U.S.
employers. Poverty-stricken immigrants , who are often desperate to house and
feed their families, respond to the financial enticements...and then are blamed
by U.S. citizenry for illegally being in the US.
The purpose of this 4-part article is to explain why the US
federal government can't afford and doesn't soon plan to to end illegal
immigration.
Part 1 - United States Borders Are Barely Enforced
Ten million illegal immigrants live in the US, according to
estimates by academic and government agencies, although Bear-Stearns investment
firm analysts claim that the US illegal immigrant population "may be as
high as 20 million people."
About 75% of undocumented immigrants arrive across the US
southern border with Mexico, and hail from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Colombia and other Central and South American countries. The bulk...about 50%
of all illegals....are Mexican-born people.
ONE-THIRD OF ILLEGALS LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.
Time magazine stated in 2004 that illegal immigration
accelerated under the Bush Administration, with the US gaining 3 million
additional illegal immigrant residents in 2004. A third of all illegal
immigrants in the US live in California. Other states with large illegal
populations are, in descending order, Texas, New York, Illinois, Florida and
Arizona.
After more than 100 years in existence, President Bush
dissolved the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)in March 2003 and
absorbed it into the new Homeland Security Department, along with FEMA and
dozens of other federal agencies created to help citizens and residents.
Until its dissolution, the INS had been part of the Justice
Department since 1940, and before that, part of the US Labor Department. After
the September 11, 2001 tragedy, the Bush Administration complained that the INS
was insufficiently focused on deporting and expelling illegal immigrants, and
thus asked that it be transferred to Homeland Security.
The US Border Patrol is charged with the responsibility of
enforcing illegal immigration across US borders. Until 2003, the Border Patrol
was part of the INS, but was also folded into Homeland Security (as a separate
agency from INS).
The massive US intelligence agencies overhaul passed by
Congress and signed by President Bush in January 2005 required Homeland
Security to hire 10,000 more Border Patrol agents, 2,000 per year starting
immediately. The Border Patrol currently employs 9,500 agents who patrol 8,000
miles of border.
THERE HAVE BEEN 2,000 CALIFORNIANS MURDERED BY ILLEGAL
MEXICANS THAT FLED BACK OVER OUR BORDERS.
THERE ARE DAILY 12 AMERICAN MURDERED BY ILLEGALS.
THERE ARE 500-1,000 MEXICAN GANG RELATED MURDERS IN LOS
ANGELES ALONE, THAT COST THE STUPID GRINGOS NEARLY ONE MILLION EACH TO
PROSECUTE.
MEXICAN GANGS HAVE NOW SPREAD TO CITIES ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY. THE FBI REPORTS THAT THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL OPERATES OUT OF 233
AMERICAN CITIES.
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE HEADS LOPPED OFF ALONG OUR OWN
UNDEFENDED BORDERS WITH NARCOMEX THAN IN IRAQ!
But Bush Administration ignored the law mandating the hiring
of new agents. Said Congressman John Culberson (R-TX) to CNN's Lou Dobbs,
"Unfortunately, the White House ignored the law, and only asked us for 200
more agents. That's unacceptable." Culberson was referring to the federal
budget for 2006 in which President Bush provided funds for only 210 new agents,
not 2,000 additional agents.
Both houses of Congress worked together twice in 2005 to
bypass the White House, and hire 1,500 new Border Patrol agents......500 shy of
that required by law, but far surpassing the mere 210 planned by President
Bush.
The US-Mexico border remains significantly under-patrolled.
On October 7, 2005, 80 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to
the President, calling on him to enforce immigration laws, and deferring
consideration of the White House's proposed guest-worker immigration program.
"History has shown that enforcement provisions are ignored and underfunded..."
said the Congressional letter.
Meanwhile, Congressman Culberson told CNN's Lou Dobbs on
October 7, 2005, "We've got a full-scale war going on our southern border.
You don't need to go to Iraq to see a war. We've got widespread
lawlessness...We need boots on the ground...ASAP."
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THERE ARE MORE BILLIONAIRES IN MEXICO THAN IN SWITZERLAND
AND SAUDI ARABIA.
“Mexico's massive privatizations in 1994-95 also created a
new privileged class of home-grown millionaires and billionaires. As of 2002,
Mexico ranked fourth in the world in billionaires, behind the US, Japan and
Germany.”
ONE BILLIONAIRE, CARLOS SLIM HAS 80 BILLION FROM HIS PHONE
MONOPOLY. HE NOW OWNS A SIZABLE INTEREST IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, WHICH IS WHY
THAT PAPER VIRTUALLY NEVER REPORTS ON THE
MEXICAN INVASION, AND ABSOLUTELY NEVER REPORTS ON THE STAGGERING COST OF ALL
THIS “CHEAP” LABOR.
Part 2 - Widespread Poverty and Hunger in Mexico
According to the World Bank, 53% of Mexico' population of
104 million residents live in poverty, which is defined as living on less than
$2 a day. Close to 24% of Mexico's population live in extreme poverty, which
means they live on less than $1 a day.
The bottom 40% of Mexican households share less than 11% of
the country's wealth. Millions live in extreme poverty, and children are
compelled to work on the streets in order to help provide food for their
families.
Unemployment in Mexico is realistically estimated near 40%,
and there are no government
Poverty wasn't always as pervasive as it is today in Mexico.
A bit of economic history is in order.....
In 1983, the devaluation of the Mexican peso triggered an
explosion of US-owned factories, called maquiladoras, along the Mexican side of
the US-Mexico border. Corporations closed thousands of factories within US
borders, and relocated them to Mexico to take advantage of cheaper labor costs,
few required benefits and legally-acceptable poorer working conditions.
Hundreds of thousands of poor Mexican workers and their
families moved to northernmost Mexico to labor in the maquiladoras.
Within ten years, though, those same US corporations closed
the maquiladoras, and again relocated factories, this time to Asia, which
proffered even cheaper labor costs, no benefits and often abject working
conditions acceptable to local governments.
Those hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers in the
maquiladoras, and their families, were left with nothing. No benefits, no
severance. Nothing.
To complicate economic matters more, Mexico's 1994-95
privatization of its banking and telecommunications industries thrust millions
more into poverty with increased consumer prices, rising unemployment and wage
and benefit cuts.
Mexico's massive privatizations in 1994-95 also created a
new privileged class of home-grown millionaires and billionaires. As of 2002,
Mexico ranked fourth in the world in billionaires, behind the US, Japan and
Germany.
To summarize thus far, millions of Mexican families live in
soul-stripping poverty...unemployed, hungry, without healthcare...and the US
border with Mexico is significantly under-enforced.
Part 3 - US Employers Routinely Hire Illegal Immigrants,
With Little Penalty
In March 2005, Wal-Mart, a company with $285 billion in
annual sales. was fined $11 million for having untold hundreds of illegal
immigrants nationwide clean its stores.
"The federal government boasts it's the largest of its
kind. But for Wal-Mart, it amounts to a rounding error---and no admittance of
wrongdoing since it claims it didn't know its contractors hired the
illegals" wrote the Christian Science Monitor on March 28, 2005.
"If it weren't so easy for illegals and employers to
skirt worker ID verification, the settlement's requirement that Wal-Mart also
improve hiring controls might have a ripple effect in corporate America. but
the piddling fine will hardly deter businesses from hiring cheap labor from a
pool of illegals that's surged by 23 percent since 2000....But enforcement is
pathetically inadequate, especially since 9/11."
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 provides for
sanctions against businesses that hire undocumented workers, which means
workers without proper identification. The legislation was enacted once
Mexico-US border maquiladoras run by US corporations began closing, and those workers
streamed across the border, searching for jobs of any kind.
But here's the rub. In 1999, under President Bill Clinton,
the US government collected $3.69 million in fines from 890 companies for
employing undocumented workers. In 2004, under President George Bush, the
federal government collected $188,500 from 64 companies for such illegal
employment practices. And in 2004, the Bush Administration levied NO fines for
US companies employing undocumented workers.
In 21st-century America, it's an unspoken agreement between
employer, the undocumented employee and the federal government: the employee
provides acceptable ID that appears authentic, the employer asks no questions,
and the US government looks the other way. Fake ID...Social Security cards, US permanent
residency cards (i.e. "green cards"), US temporary employment
authorization cards....are readily available for about $100 to $200 in every
major American city,and plenty of smaller ones, too.
Wrote reporter Eduardo Porter in an April 5, 2005 New York
Times article, "Currently available for about $150 on street corners in
just about any immigrant neighborhood in California, a typical fake ID package
includes a green card and a Social Security card. It provides cover for
employers, who, if asked, can plausibly assert that they believe all their
workers are legal."
Why would employers hire undocumented workers?
According to Catholic priest Dr. Daniel Groody, Associate
Professor at University of Notre Dame and a director of the university's Center
for Latino Studies, "If they make it across the border, most immigrants
will work at low-paying jobs that no one except the most desperate wants. They
will de-bone chicken in poultry plants, pick crops in fields and build houses
in construction.
As one person in Arizona noted, 'It looks like entering the
US through the desert as undocumented immigrants is some kind of employment
screening test administered by the US government for the hospitality,
construction and recreation industries.'
Willing to work at the most dangerous jobs, an immigrant a
day will also die in the work place, even while for others the work place has
become safer over the last decade."
And undocumented workers, grateful for any job, will work
for lower wages and minimal or no benefits, therefore enabling employers to
make higher business profits. Cheaper labor costs and lesser working conditions
equal greater profits for business owners.
In a January 2005 World
Net Daily article, a report by investment firm Bear Stearns was cited that clearly
illustrates that millions of US jobs have shifted from the legal workforce
"as employers have systematically replaced American workers with lower
wage illegal aliens."
For illegal immigrants, it's about finding any work to feed,
clothe and shelter their families. For employers, it's about profits.
But why would the US government look the other way, allowing
employers to replace American workers with undocumented workers from other
countries?
"...experts blame the twin pressures of ethnic advocacy
and business interests" reports the Christian Science Monitor.
Translation...."ethnic advocacy" means buying
favor...and votes....within the illegal immigrant community. If an immigrant
doesn't vote, he/she has relatives who do. In the 21st century, Hispanics
surpassed African-Americans as the largest ethnic group in the United States.
Many believe that the Bush Administration's lack of immigration enforcement in
2004 was directly connected to the Republican Party's goal to court the
Hispanic vote, and to entice Hispanics to join Republican ranks.
Translation..."business
interests" means profits. When labor costs are lower, business profits are
higher. When thousands of businesses have higher profits, then the US business
community is stronger (and happier). More votes and more voter perception of success.
A major economic
drawback, though, to allowing thousands...probably millions...of US businesses
to pay under-market wages and benefits to undocumented workers is that it
depresses wages for all workers in the US. All Americans workers, then have decreased
incomes, lower benefits and higher rates of poverty and hunger.
An obvious moral drawback to allowing US businesses to pay
under-market, lower than even minimum wage rates, is that it's wrong. Minimum
wage and standard minimal working conditions are established to humanely
provide for the safety and welfare of all workers...not just American-born
workers. It's a matter of decency and human rights, rooted in the United
States' Christian-Judeo heritage. It's wrong and exploitative, and it's immoral.
It's an updated form of economic slavery.
Writes Dr. Groody, "Immigrants die cutting North
Carolina tobacco and Nebraska beef, chopping down trees in Colorado, welding a
balcony in Florida , trimming grass at a Las Vegas golf course, and falling
from scaffolding in Georgia....
With an economic gun at their backs, they leave their homes
because hunger and poverty pushes them across the border....Every day,
immigrants dehydrate in deserts, drown in canals, freeze in mountains and
suffocate in tractor trailers. As a result, the death toll has increased 1,000
percent in some places."
And there's one more reason why would the US government
would look the other way, thus allowing US employers to replace American
workers with undocumented workers from other countries. A huge, seemingly
insurmountable reason. A $7 billion a year problem: Social Security.
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Part 4 - Undocumented Workers Give $7 Billion Annually to
Social Security
According to a New York Times article on April 5, 2005,
"...the estimated seven million or so illegal immigrant workers in the
United States are now providing the system with a subsidy of as much as $7
billion a year....Moreover, the money paid by illegal immigrants and their
employers is factored into all the Social Security Administration's
projections."
However, since illegal immigrant workers are here illegally,
and ostensibly presented fake ID to the US employer, they will never collect
Social Security benefits. "For illegal immigrants, Social Security numbers
are simply a tool needed to work on this side of the border. Retirement does
not enter the picture," reports the New York Times.
The Social Security Administration remains solvent in large
part due to deductions taken from the paychecks of illegal immigrant workers,
yet Social Security will never pay benefits to those workers. The workers pay
in, but they never receive back.
Wouldn't the federal government detect fake Social Security
numbers? According to that April 6, 2005 New York Times article, "Starting
in the late 1980s, the social Security Administration received a flood of W-2
earnings reports with incorrect---sometimes simply fictitious---Social Security
numbers. It stashed them in what it calls the 'earnings suspense file' in the
hope that someday it would figure out whom they belonged to. The file has been
mushrooming ever since: $189 billion worth of wages ended up recorded in the
suspense file over the 1990s, two and a half times the amount of the 1980s.
In the current decade, the file is growing, on average, by
more than $50 billion a year, generating $6 billion to $7 billion in Social
Security tax revenue and about $1.5 billion in Medicare taxes.
...the mismatched W-2's fit like a glove on illegal
immigrants' known geographic distribution and the patchwork of jobs they
typically hold. An audit found that more than half of the 100 employers filing
the most earnings reports with false social Security numbers from 1997 through
2001 came from just three states: California, Texas and Illinois."
As shown by this information, the federal bureaucracy
clearly knows which companies employ probable illegal immigrant workers, and it
even knows which workers are likely illegals.
And the government does nothing about it. Not one penalty
was levied by the federal government against an employer in 2004 for hiring
undocumented workers.
SUMMARY
The equation to explain the whys of illegal immigration into
the US is simple:
Add: Widespread abject poverty and starvation in Mexico
after US corporations relocated their cheap-labor plants from the US-Mexico
border to Asia, and after Mexican banks and telecommunications were privatized,
creating dozens of instant billionaires and plunging millions into poverty.
Add: An extremely porous, under-enforced US-Mexico border.
Add: US employers anxious for more profits, and willing to
exploit the poverty and fears of illegal immigrants to do so.
Add: The federal government anxious to curry favor with ,
and garner votes from, business owners and the Hispanic community...thus,
willing to under-enforce borders and immigrations laws, and ignore illegal
hiring by employers.
Add: The Social Security Administration dependent on taking
in $7 billion annually of contributions from illegal immigrant workers who will
never receive benefits from the system.
THE RESULT: Millions of illegal immigrants working for low
wages and in poor working conditions, grateful for "scraps to fall from
the US table of prosperity," per Dr. Groody.
Wealthier US businesses, and a much-richer Social Security
Administration, neither which reimburse local and state authorities and
taxpayers for the costs (education, health care, law enforcement and more)
associated with illegal immigrants.
And a very angry US citizenry, who vilify immigrants for
being here, rather than blaming the business owners who hire and exploit them,
the US government which lets them enter the US and profits greatly from them,
and the Mexican government which is happy to see them immigrate out of their
country.
"Our nation virtually posts two sign on its southern
border: 'Help Wanted: Inquire Within' and 'Do Not Trespass," says Pastor
Robin Hoover of Humane Borders.
"Without the help of
immigrant labor, the US economy would virtually collapse. We want and need
cheap immigrant labor, but we do not want the immigrants
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The Obama administration has also cut worksite enforcement efforts by 70%, allowing illegal immigrants to continue working in jobs that rightfully belong to citizens and legal workers.
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THE ENTIRE REASON THE BORDERS ARE LEFT OPEN IS TO CUT WAGES!
"We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers," said Representative Lamar Smith of Texas, co-chairman of the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus. "President Obama is on the wrong side of the American people on immigration. The president should support policies that help citizens and legal immigrants find the jobs they need and deserve rather than fail to enforce immigration laws."
VIVA LA RAZA! THE INVASION AND OCCUPATION IS NOW EXPANDING TO ALL OTHER 49 STATES!
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“A major economic
drawback, though, to allowing thousands...probably millions...of US businesses
to pay under-market wages and benefits to undocumented workers is that it
depresses wages for all workers in the US. All Americans workers, then have
decreased incomes, lower benefits and higher rates of poverty and hunger. “
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HERE’S HOW NO E-VERIFY BREAKS DOWN:
Joe Legal vs. Jose Illegal
CA MAKES
E-VERIFY ILLEGAL! COURTESY THE MEXICAN FASCIST PARTY of LA RAZA!
Joe Legal vs. Jose Illegal
Here is an example of why hiring illegal aliens is not economically productive for the State of California...
You have 2 families..."Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families have 2 parents, 2 children and live in California.
"Joe Legal" works in construction, has a Social Security Number, and makes $25.00 per hour with payroll taxes deducted...."Jose Illegal" also works in construction, has "NO" Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table".
Joe Legal...$25.00 per hour x 40 hours $1000.00 per week, $52,000 per year
Now take 30% away for state and federal tax
Joe Legal now has $31,231.00
Jose Illegal...$15.00 per hour x 40 hours $600.00 per week, $31,200.00 per year
Jose Illegal pays no taxes...
Jose Illegal now has $31,200.00
Joe Legal pays Medical and Dental Insurance with limited coverage
$1000.00 per month
$12,000.00 per year
Joe Legal now has $19,231.00
Jose Illegal has full Medical and Dental coverage through the state and local clinics at a cost of $0.00 per year
Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00
Joe Legal makes too much money is not eligible for Food Stamps or welfare
Joe Legal pays for food
$1,000.00 per month
$12,000.00 per year
Joe Legal now has $ 7,231.00
Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for Food Stamps and Welfare
Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00
Joe Legal pays rent of
$1,000.00 per month
$12,000.00 per year
Joe Legal is now in the hole... minus (-) $4,769.00
Jose Illegal receives a $500 per month Federal rent subsidy
Jose Illegal pays rent
$500.00 per month
$6,000.00 per year
Jose Illegal still has $25,200.00
Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after work.
Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family.
Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same school. Joe Legal pays for his children's lunches while Jose Illegal's children get a government sponsored lunch.
Jose Illegal's children have an after school ESL program. Joe Legal's children go home.
Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same Police and Fire Services, but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.
Don't vote/support any politician that supports illegal aliens...
Its WAY PAST time to take a stand for America and Americans!
Joe Legal pays Medical and Dental Insurance with limited coverage
$1000.00 per month
$12,000.00 per year
Joe Legal now has $19,231.00
Jose Illegal has full Medical and Dental coverage through the state and local clinics at a cost of $0.00 per year
Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00
Joe Legal makes too much money is not eligible for Food Stamps or welfare
Joe Legal pays for food
$1,000.00 per month
$12,000.00 per year
Joe Legal now has $ 7,231.00
Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for Food Stamps and Welfare
Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00
Joe Legal pays rent of
$1,000.00 per month
$12,000.00 per year
Joe Legal is now in the hole... minus (-) $4,769.00
Jose Illegal receives a $500 per month Federal rent subsidy
Jose Illegal pays rent
$500.00 per month
$6,000.00 per year
Jose Illegal still has $25,200.00
Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after work.
Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family.
Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same school. Joe Legal pays for his children's lunches while Jose Illegal's children get a government sponsored lunch.
Jose Illegal's children have an after school ESL program. Joe Legal's children go home.
Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same Police and Fire Services, but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.
Don't vote/support any politician that supports illegal aliens...
Its WAY PAST time to take a stand for America and Americans!
DATED FIGURES FROM 2004 – CURRENTLY AMERICANS (LEGALS) ARE
FORCED TO PAY OUT $20 BILLION PER YEAR IN SOCIAL SERVICES IN CA AGAINST
DEFICITS OF $28 BILLION.
ON TOP OF THIS COUNTIES HAND OUT MORE. LOS ANGELES COUNTY
PAYS OUT $600 MILLION PER YEAR IN WELFARE TO ILLEGALS, AND 90% OF ALL SERVICE
SECTOR AND CONSTRUCTION JOBS IN THIS
COUNTY GO TO ILLEGALS
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION COSTS CALIFORNIA OVER TEN BILLION
ANNUALLY
State's "cheap labor" costs average household
$1,183 a year
By Robert Longley, About.com
Dateline: December, 2004
In hosting America's largest population of illegal
immigrants, California bears a huge cost to provide basic human services for
this fast growing, low-income segment of its population. A new study from the
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) examines the costs of
education, health care and incarceration of illegal aliens, and concludes that
the costs to Californians is $10.5 billion per year.
"California's addiction to 'cheap' illegal alien labor
is bankrupting the state and posing enormous burdens on the state's shrinking
middle class tax base," stated Dan Stein, President of FAIR. "Most
Californians, who have seen their taxes increase while public services
deteriorate, already know the impact that mass illegal immigration is having on
their communities, but even they may be shocked when they learn just how much
of a drain illegal immigration has become."
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HOW
CHEAP IS THAT STAGGERINGLY EXPENSIVE “CHEAP” MEXICAN LABOR?
FACTOR IN THE CRIME TIDAL WAVE THAT COMES WITH IT, THE LA
RAZA CONTEMPT FOR OUR LANGUAGE, FLAG AND CULTURE, AND WE ARE SIMPLY FORCED TO
PAY FOR OUR OWN INVASION BY MEXICO!
A 2004 Heritage
Fund study found the average lifetime cost of low-skilled immigrant households
was about $1.2 million to taxpayers - about the net benefit to taxpayers of a
college-educated family.
CA – A STATE IN FINANCIAL MELTDOWN, PUTS OUT $20
BILLION PER YEAR IN SOCIAL SERVICES TO ILLEGALS AGAINST DEFICITS OF $28 BILLION
PER YEAR.. ACCORDING TO ATTORNEY GEN KAMALA HARRIS, NEARLY HALF OF ALL MURDERS
ARE BY MEXICAN GANGS!
ON TOP OF THE ABOVE FIGURES, COUNTIES ALL OVER
CA HAND OUT EVEN MORE TO ILLEGALS, WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY PAYING OUT $600
MILLION PER YEAR IN WELFARE TO LA RAZA!
AMERICA CANNOT AFFORD MORE
IMMIGRANTS
By
Frosty Wooldridge
January 30, 2012
NewsWithViews.com
January 30, 2012
NewsWithViews.com
Let’s
face it—the entire third world, which comprises much of Africa, Asia, Mexico,
Central America and South America would love to migrate to the United States of
America. Three to four billion human beings subsist on less than $2 daily.
Millions line up to immigrate legally each year. Millions more line up to
immigrate illegally. They move to America for a better life.
That’s
four billion wanna-be immigrants. As it is, America takes more immigrants than
all other countries combined. It cannot continue on its current path if it
expects to survive the 21st century with any sense of ecological, economical
and standard of living viability.
In a
five minute astoundingly simple yet brilliant video, “Immigration, Poverty, and
Gum Balls”, Roy Beck, director of www.numbersusa.ORG, graphically illustrates
the impact of overpopulation. Take five
minutes to see for yourself.
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At
our current rate of legal immigration, our kids will have to deal with 75
million immigrants within 24 years and 100 million more immigrants landing in
this country within the next 38 years. That’s a numerical fact. If Americans continue
to be apathetic, lethargic and just plain stupid, their kids will reap
horrendous consequences.
As
you can see below, our Congress continues dallying, delaying and obfuscating
any meaningful action. But it continues mass immigration without pause.
As
chairman of the Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Subcommittee of the
House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Hostettler held a hearing on July 18, 2006:
“Should we embrace the Senate’s grant of amnesty to millions of illegal aliens
and repeat the mistakes of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?”
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11 MILLION ILLEGALS? THEY’VE
BEEN USING THAT PHONY NUMBER FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES AS MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS
HOPPED OUR BORDERS, JOBS AND BREED LIKE BUNNIES FOR ANCHOR BABY WELFARE!
“Today
there are approximately 11 million illegal aliens in the United States, making
illegal immigration one of the most serious issues facing our nation,” said
Hostettler. “In May, the Senate passed legislation that would provide amnesty
for most of the illegal aliens currently in the U.S., in a way that is eerily
similar to the amnesty Congress granted in 1986.
“At
this hearing we have the opportunity to examine how the U.S. dealt with illegal
immigration 20 years ago, why that approach did not work, and the direction we
should take in light of our past failure. In 1986, there were approximately
3-million illegal aliens in the U.S. Congress responded by passing the
Immigration Reform and Control Act, or IRCA. There are several key features to
IRCA. First, it provided amnesty to 2.7-million illegal aliens in several different
categories.
“Aliens
who had been illegally present since 1982 were granted a general amnesty, while
agricultural workers who arrived more recently were granted amnesty under the
Special Agricultural Worker Program. The amnesty was accompanied by a plan
designed to stop employment of illegal aliens in the U.S. IRCA created an
employer sanctions scheme for employers who knowingly hired illegal aliens, and
required employers to check the identity and work eligibility documents of all
employees, to ensure lawful immigration status.
“At
the time, policy makers truly believed that it would be a one-time amnesty, and
the problem of illegal immigration would be solved. Congress rejected
recommendations made by the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy
in 1981, which stated, in part:
The Commission believes that
a legalization program is a necessary part of enforcement, but it does not
believe that the U.S. should begin the process of legalization until new
enforcement measures have been instituted to make it clear that the U.S. is
determined to curtail new flows of undocumented illegal aliens. Without more
effective enforcement than the U.S. has had in the past, legalization could
serve as a stimulus to further illegal entry. The Select Commission is opposed
to any program that could precipitate such movement.
“Then-Senator
Alan Simpson (R-WY), co-author of IRCA, affirmed his commitment to amnesty in
exchange by stating, “I firmly believe that a one-time only legalization
program is not only good public policy, it is good sense, and it is fully in
the best interests of this country.” Time showed us that IRCA has utterly and
completely failed, mainly due to the fact that Congress did not heed the
warning of the Select Commission regarding the need for real enforcement prior
to any discussion of such legislation.
“Illegal
immigration has not been controlled, but has increased significantly in the
past two decades. Employer sanctions have been enforced in a farcical manner.
Furthermore, the I-9 [Employment Eligibility Verification Form] system has
proved to be a failure, because an illegal alien can cheaply and easily obtain
counterfeit documents to show his or her employer. Employers, in a Catch 22
situation, cannot require additional proof that the documents presented are
legitimate for fear of running afoul of discrimination laws.
“In
May [2006], the Senate passed the Reid-Kennedy Amnesty, which is remarkably
similar to the 1986 amnesty. The Reid-Kennedy bill also provides several
categories of amnesty, including a general amnesty for anyone who can show that
he has been in the country for more than five years, and including an
agriculture amnesty. Again, proponents of the current proposals believe that
this amnesty will solve the problem once and for all. But Congress and the
administration have no credibility with the American people.
“Why
should Americans have any reason to believe that the supposed enhanced
enforcement provisions in Reid-Kennedy will be effectively enforced by the
administration any more than successive administrations have enforced IRCA? The
administration will probably implement amnesty for millions of illegal aliens
quite quickly. Enforcement will likely lag behind, if it occurs at all.
“We
will find ourselves in exactly the same place we found ourselves 20 years ago.
Amnesty sends out the message that the U.S. is not serious about enforcing our
laws. It is an affront to the millions of immigrants...who wait their turn and
use the legal immigration system. When the U.S. grants amnesty and forgives law
breaking, it encourages more illegal immigration in the future. The grant of
amnesty in 1986 did nothing to resolve the illegal immigration problem; it made
the problem worse, as increased numbers of illegal aliens pour across the border
waiting for their turn.
“With
an amnesty, a new wave of illegal aliens will come to wait for theirs. I
believe that Benjamin Franklin once said that “The definition of insanity is
doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.” We cannot
expect to solve the problem of illegal aliens by encouraging law breaking
through amnesty. It didn’t work in 1986, and it will certainly not work in
2006.”
It
won’t work in 2012. Our U.S Congress continues to dither while millions flood
into our country. We face ominous consequences as to numbers, languages,
cultures and poverty. It is not possible to continue on our current immigration
path.
This
is why:
“Immigration
by the numbers—off the chart” by Roy Beck
This 10 minute demonstration shows Americans the results
of unending mass immigration on the quality of life and sustainability for
future generations: in a word “Mind boggling!” www.NumbersUSA.org
I
don’t know why Americans aren’t marching in the streets, screaming at every
mayor, governor, U.S. senator, House rep and media outlet. I am beyond
understanding why our citizens choose this accelerating death spiral of our
country. But because of our apathy, the immigrants keep pouring into this
country at over 100,000 per month (legally), they birth children at 900,000
annually and the illegals never stop their onslaught. Folks, we face incredible
consequences, but we continue our apathy that will lead to our demise. I have
been writing these warnings weekly for 20 years and still, no action by
Americans or our leaders. We must want to destroy our civilization and way of
life. We will get our wish if we continue on this path.
For
further information, you may visit www.TheSocialContract.com to read about the devastating effects of mass immigration.
Listen to Frosty Wooldridge on Wednesdays as he interviews top
national leaders on his radio show "Connecting the Dots" at www.themicroeffect.com at 6:00 PM Mountain Time. Adjust tuning in to your time
zone.
Frosty Wooldridge possesses a unique view of the world,
cultures and families in that he has bicycled around the globe 100,000 miles,
on six continents and six times across the United States in the past 30 years.
His published books include: "HANDBOOK FOR TOURING BICYCLISTS";
“STRIKE THREE! TAKE YOUR BASE”; “IMMIGRATION’S UNARMED INVASION: DEADLY
CONSEQUENCES”; “MOTORCYCLE ADVENTURE TO ALASKA: INTO THE WIND—A TEEN NOVEL”;
“BICYCLING AROUND THE WORLD: TIRE TRACKS FOR YOUR IMAGINATION”; “AN EXTREME ENCOUNTER:
ANTARCTICA.” His next book: “TILTING THE STATUE OF LIBERTY INTO A SWAMP.” He
lives in Denver, Colorado.
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The
New Case Against Immigration: Both Legal and Illegal
By
MARK KRIKORIAN Review
“When it comes to our immigration mess, no one
has a deeper understanding of the facts than Mark Krikorian. Pay attention:
America's future is at stake.”
-- Michelle Malkin
“Mark Krikorian steps back from today’s debates and examines the big picture, questioning the place of immigration in a modern society. Agree or disagree with his proposals, this is an important book— not just for conservatives, but for all Americans.”
-- William J. Bennett, host of Bill Bennett’s Morning in America
“Superbly researched and brilliantly argued, The New Case Against Immigration should settle the debate once and for all. Civilized, compassionate, and wise, this short book may save a great nation.”
-- David Frum, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute
“Mark Krikorian has waged an often lonely war to restore some sanity to immigration policy. His latest book will be caricatured by many as insensitive—especially his calls to select legal immigrants carefully only on the basis of skills and merit. Yet The New Case Against Immigration is a classically liberal call for assimilation and integration in the best past traditions of a multiracial America. The onus is on his critics to show where his economic, cultural, and social arguments are flawed or inexact—and that will be difficult indeed, given such a carefully researched and argued book.”
-- Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; author of Mexifornia
“This is a radical book, clearly and forcefully written, with the potential to change the immigration debate forevermore. No matter where you stand on immigration policy, you better be ready to confront The New Case Against Immigration.”
-- Heather MacDonald, John M. Olin Fellow, Manhattan Institute; coauthor of The Immigration Solution
“Mark Krikorian concisely marshals the arguments on one side of the immigration debate. I am sure that many will disagree with his inferences and conclusions—but I am also sure that anyone wishing to seriously argue the other side will have to address the many questions and doubts presented here. In short, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the most volatile social policy issue of the new century.”
-- George Borgas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
“Mark Krikorian has been the go-to guy for those of us skeptical of the Bush- McCain approach to immigration. He combines deep knowledge, political savvy, calm and compassion with something that’s rare in this field: common sense. In this ambitious book he takes the immigration debate a step further, placing it in an overarching framework that will be as controversial as it is powerful. If you want to find all the best anti-amnesty arguments in one place, The New Case Against Immigration is the place to look. It is to the immigration debate what Losing Ground was to the poverty debate. My copy is already dog-eared.”
-- Mickey Kraus, author of The End of Equality
-- Michelle Malkin
“Mark Krikorian steps back from today’s debates and examines the big picture, questioning the place of immigration in a modern society. Agree or disagree with his proposals, this is an important book— not just for conservatives, but for all Americans.”
-- William J. Bennett, host of Bill Bennett’s Morning in America
“Superbly researched and brilliantly argued, The New Case Against Immigration should settle the debate once and for all. Civilized, compassionate, and wise, this short book may save a great nation.”
-- David Frum, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute
“Mark Krikorian has waged an often lonely war to restore some sanity to immigration policy. His latest book will be caricatured by many as insensitive—especially his calls to select legal immigrants carefully only on the basis of skills and merit. Yet The New Case Against Immigration is a classically liberal call for assimilation and integration in the best past traditions of a multiracial America. The onus is on his critics to show where his economic, cultural, and social arguments are flawed or inexact—and that will be difficult indeed, given such a carefully researched and argued book.”
-- Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; author of Mexifornia
“This is a radical book, clearly and forcefully written, with the potential to change the immigration debate forevermore. No matter where you stand on immigration policy, you better be ready to confront The New Case Against Immigration.”
-- Heather MacDonald, John M. Olin Fellow, Manhattan Institute; coauthor of The Immigration Solution
“Mark Krikorian concisely marshals the arguments on one side of the immigration debate. I am sure that many will disagree with his inferences and conclusions—but I am also sure that anyone wishing to seriously argue the other side will have to address the many questions and doubts presented here. In short, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the most volatile social policy issue of the new century.”
-- George Borgas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
“Mark Krikorian has been the go-to guy for those of us skeptical of the Bush- McCain approach to immigration. He combines deep knowledge, political savvy, calm and compassion with something that’s rare in this field: common sense. In this ambitious book he takes the immigration debate a step further, placing it in an overarching framework that will be as controversial as it is powerful. If you want to find all the best anti-amnesty arguments in one place, The New Case Against Immigration is the place to look. It is to the immigration debate what Losing Ground was to the poverty debate. My copy is already dog-eared.”
-- Mickey Kraus, author of The End of Equality
Product Description
New research reveals why America can no longer
afford mass immigration
Mark Krikorian has studied the trends and concluded that America must permanently reduce immigration— both legal and illegal—or face enormous problems in the near future.
His argument is based on facts, not fear. Wherever they come from, today’s immigrants are actually very similar to those who arrived a century ago. But they are coming to a very different America—one where changes in the economy, society, and government create different incentives for newcomers.
Before the upheavals of the 1960s, the U.S. expected its immigrants—from Italy to India—to earn a living, learn English, and become patriotic Americans. But the rise of identity politics, political correctness, and Great Society programs means we no longer make these demands. In short, the problem isn’t them, it’s us. Even positive developments such as technological progress hinder the assimilation of immigrants. It’s easy now for newcomers to live “transnational” lives.
Immigration will be in the headlines through Election Day and beyond, and this controversial book will help drive the debate.
Mark Krikorian has studied the trends and concluded that America must permanently reduce immigration— both legal and illegal—or face enormous problems in the near future.
His argument is based on facts, not fear. Wherever they come from, today’s immigrants are actually very similar to those who arrived a century ago. But they are coming to a very different America—one where changes in the economy, society, and government create different incentives for newcomers.
Before the upheavals of the 1960s, the U.S. expected its immigrants—from Italy to India—to earn a living, learn English, and become patriotic Americans. But the rise of identity politics, political correctness, and Great Society programs means we no longer make these demands. In short, the problem isn’t them, it’s us. Even positive developments such as technological progress hinder the assimilation of immigrants. It’s easy now for newcomers to live “transnational” lives.
Immigration will be in the headlines through Election Day and beyond, and this controversial book will help drive the debate.
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BOOK: Mexifornia: SHATTERING OF AN
AMERICAN DREAM (illegals call it their DREAM ACT)
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THESE FIGURES ON WELFARE FOR ILLEGALS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARE DATED. IT NOT EXCEEDS $600 MILLION PER YEAR!!! (source: Los Angeles County & JUDICIAL WATCH)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949085/posts
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LOS ANGELES – A MEXICAN WELFARE AND CRIME STATE WHERE THE JOBS ALSO GO TO ILLEGALS
THESE FIGURES ON WELFARE FOR ILLEGALS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARE DATED. IT NOT EXCEEDS $600 MILLION PER YEAR!!! (source: Los Angeles County & JUDICIAL WATCH)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949085/posts
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LOS ANGELES – A MEXICAN WELFARE AND CRIME STATE WHERE THE JOBS ALSO GO TO ILLEGALS
http://mexicanoccupa¬tion.blogs¬pot.com/20¬11/04/mexican-welfar¬e-state-in¬-los-angel¬es.html
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One tragic thing about this book is that it was written in 2003. Since then the Mexican occupation has doubled. Welfare to illegals is up to $20 BILLION in California. Welfare to illegals in sanctuary city Los Angeles is past $600 million per year, while Mexican gangs murder all over the state. Yet the lifer-politicians continue to fight for open borders, more perks for illegals, and their illegal votes!
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BOOK:
MEXIFORNIA – THE SHATTERING
OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
WITH THE MEXICAN INVASION AND
OCCUPATION
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"Victor Davis Hanson brings a lifetime of experience in California's Central Valley to this indictment of multiculturalism and mass immigration." -- Mark Krikorian, Center for Immigration Studies
NOTE: MOST NON-GOVERNMENT AND LA
RAZA PROPAGANDA SOURCES PUT THE REAL NUMBER OF ILLEGALS IN OUR NATION AT 40
MILLION, AND NOT 12 MILLION, AND THEY’RE BREEDING FAST.
VISIT CALIFORNIA! DRIVE FROM THE
MEXICAN BORDER TO SAN FRANCISCO AND SEE FOR YOURSELF! YOU MAY NOT HEAR ENGLISH
THE ENTIRE JOURNEY!
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By
"The New Case Against Immigration"
cuts through distortions and P.C. positions on the topic with convincing and
shocking data.
The 12 million illegal Mexican immigrants, along with the 17 million Americans of Mexican origin and another 16 million Cubans and other Hispanics total more than those of the next ten most common immigrant nations. Hispanics total about 50% of our total immigrants, posing major implications for assimilation. This is further acerbated by cheaper calls, easier access to Mexico, support from American businesses, and considerable legal support from the Mexican government and elites within the U.S.
Massive Mexican immigration into the U.S. is a relatively new problem - in 1970 less than 800,000 Mexicans were in the U.S. Once in the U.S., Mexican women's fertility rises from 2.4 (in Mexico) to 3.5 in the U.S. - considerably greater than native-born American women. (2002 data)
Mexican immigrants have the lowest citizenship rate - 19%, vs. 42% for Canadians, 54% for Chinese. They are also the least-educated major immigration group - 62% without a high-school education, while their children and grandchildren have a dropout rate of 25%. About 43% of illegal Mexican households use at least one major welfare program, and 50% are eligible for EITC. Even third generation Mexican-Americans use welfare at a level 3X that of American natives.
Over half of Mexicans believe the American S.W. belongs to them. Their consulates in the U.S. lobby for acceptance of matricula cards (opposed by the FBI as inadequate) for ID, in-state tuition, drivers licenses, sanctuary city status, etc.
Studies have found Mexican immigrants somewhat less likely to be criminals than native-born Americans, but their children are much more likely to be. Second-generation males aged 18-39 from El Salvador and Guatemala are incarcerated nearly 6X as often as their parents, those from Mexico 8X, and Vietnamese 12X.
Mass immigration overwhelms our capacity to screen out enemies or locate and remove them. A sampling found a high volume of fraud (40-80%) in H-1B, P-3 (artists and entertainers), L-1 (intra-company transfers) applications. Meanwhile, U.S. agencies held competitions in 2006 for the fastest processing times - approvals are the easiest.
Studies find illegal immigrants pulling down wages, especially at the bottom - about 40% in California between 1969-1997, and undermine the incentives to automate production. (Japan has decided to automate rather than import foreign workers.)
The U.S. spent about $4.5 billion subsidizing the education of foreign college students in 2005-06. Immigrants created about 86% of the growth in uninsured in 1998-2003; 47% of immigrant families were either uninsured or on Medicaid. The number of E.D.s in the U.S. fell 9% from 1993-2003, while visits increased 26%.
A 2004 Heritage Fund study found the average lifetime cost of low-skilled immigrant households was about $1.2 million to taxpayers - about the net benefit to taxpayers of a college-educated family.
Bottom Line: "The New Case Against Immigration" demands a stronger stand against both legal and illegal immigration. Its recommended direction is to continue the effort to prevent their taking American jobs, getting drivers licenses and benefits.
The 12 million illegal Mexican immigrants, along with the 17 million Americans of Mexican origin and another 16 million Cubans and other Hispanics total more than those of the next ten most common immigrant nations. Hispanics total about 50% of our total immigrants, posing major implications for assimilation. This is further acerbated by cheaper calls, easier access to Mexico, support from American businesses, and considerable legal support from the Mexican government and elites within the U.S.
Massive Mexican immigration into the U.S. is a relatively new problem - in 1970 less than 800,000 Mexicans were in the U.S. Once in the U.S., Mexican women's fertility rises from 2.4 (in Mexico) to 3.5 in the U.S. - considerably greater than native-born American women. (2002 data)
Mexican immigrants have the lowest citizenship rate - 19%, vs. 42% for Canadians, 54% for Chinese. They are also the least-educated major immigration group - 62% without a high-school education, while their children and grandchildren have a dropout rate of 25%. About 43% of illegal Mexican households use at least one major welfare program, and 50% are eligible for EITC. Even third generation Mexican-Americans use welfare at a level 3X that of American natives.
Over half of Mexicans believe the American S.W. belongs to them. Their consulates in the U.S. lobby for acceptance of matricula cards (opposed by the FBI as inadequate) for ID, in-state tuition, drivers licenses, sanctuary city status, etc.
Studies have found Mexican immigrants somewhat less likely to be criminals than native-born Americans, but their children are much more likely to be. Second-generation males aged 18-39 from El Salvador and Guatemala are incarcerated nearly 6X as often as their parents, those from Mexico 8X, and Vietnamese 12X.
Mass immigration overwhelms our capacity to screen out enemies or locate and remove them. A sampling found a high volume of fraud (40-80%) in H-1B, P-3 (artists and entertainers), L-1 (intra-company transfers) applications. Meanwhile, U.S. agencies held competitions in 2006 for the fastest processing times - approvals are the easiest.
Studies find illegal immigrants pulling down wages, especially at the bottom - about 40% in California between 1969-1997, and undermine the incentives to automate production. (Japan has decided to automate rather than import foreign workers.)
The U.S. spent about $4.5 billion subsidizing the education of foreign college students in 2005-06. Immigrants created about 86% of the growth in uninsured in 1998-2003; 47% of immigrant families were either uninsured or on Medicaid. The number of E.D.s in the U.S. fell 9% from 1993-2003, while visits increased 26%.
A 2004 Heritage Fund study found the average lifetime cost of low-skilled immigrant households was about $1.2 million to taxpayers - about the net benefit to taxpayers of a college-educated family.
Bottom Line: "The New Case Against Immigration" demands a stronger stand against both legal and illegal immigration. Its recommended direction is to continue the effort to prevent their taking American jobs, getting drivers licenses and benefits.
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PAT BUCHANAN ON OBAMA’S HISPANDERING
FOR THE ILLEGALS’ VOTES:
What is the response of
Barack Obama, who took an oath to see to it that federal laws are faithfully
executed?
He is siding with the
law-breakers. He is pandering to the ethnic lobbies. He is not berating a
Mexican regime that aids and abets this invasion of the country of which he is
commander in chief. Instead, he attacks the government of Arizona for trying to
fill a gaping hole in law enforcement left by his own dereliction of duty.
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TOWNHALL.com
Whose
Country Is This?
Pat Buchanan
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
With
the support of 70 percent of its citizens, Arizona has ordered sheriffs and
police to secure the border and remove illegal aliens, half a million of whom
now reside there.
Arizona
acted because the U.S. government has abdicated its constitutional duty to
protect the states from invasion and refuses to enforce America's immigration
laws.
"We
in Arizona have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act,"
said Gov. Jan Brewer. "But decades of inaction and misguided policy have
created an unacceptable situation."
We
have a crisis in Arizona because we have a failed state in Washington.
What is the response of
Barack Obama, who took an oath to see to it that federal laws are faithfully
executed?
He is siding with the
law-breakers. He is pandering to the ethnic lobbies. He is not berating a
Mexican regime that aids and abets this invasion of the country of which he is
commander in chief. Instead, he attacks the government of Arizona for trying to
fill a gaping hole in law enforcement left by his own dereliction of duty.
From the Los Angeles
Times
Activists push ballot initiative to end
state benefits for illegal immigrants and their U.S.-born children
The measure would end
public benefits to illegal residents, challenge the citizenship of their
U.S.-born children, cut welfare payments to those children and impose new birth
certificate requirements.
By Teresa Watanabe
July 13, 2009
In a stretch of desert just north of the U.S.-Mexico border, men and women in khakis and the colors of the American flag recently gathered at a border watch post they call Camp Vigilance and discussed their next offensive in the nation's immigration wars.
The target: Illegal immigrants and their U.S.-born children who receive public benefits.
The plan: a California ballot initiative that would end public benefits for illegal immigrants, cut off welfare payments for their children and impose new rules for birth certificates.
"We will be out in full force to qualify this initiative," said Barbara Coe, who helped develop Proposition 187, the 1994 measure that would have ended benefits to illegal immigrants but was ruled unconstitutional. "Illegals and their children are costing the state billions of dollars. It's invasion by birth canal."
Supporters of the initiative, recently unveiled by San Diego political activist Ted Hilton, hope to challenge the citizenship of children born in the United States to parents who are here illegally.
The 14th Amendment states that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside." Backers of the initiative argue that illegal residents are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States and that, as a result, their U.S.-born children should not be citizens.
Before Hilton, Coe and their allies can argue that point in court, however, they have many hurdles to overcome. Whether the initiative will even make it to the ballot remains to be seen. Organizers have just begun to collect the 488,000 voter signatures required to qualify the measure for the June 2010 election. So far, Hilton said, they have raised about $350,000 -- far short of the $4 million generally needed to pay signature gatherers to get a statewide initiative over that hurdle.
But illegal immigration was a powerful political issue in the economic downturn of the early 1990s, and the initiative's backers hope it will be again. Hilton said the group is enlisting an "enormous volunteer base" for the signature gathering. His organization, Taxpayer Revolution, has gathered endorsements from elected officials, including Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach), the American Legion California chapter and immigration restrictionist groups such as NumbersUSA, Save Our State and Coe's California Coalition for Immigration Reform.
The drive coincides with decisions in several states -- including Oklahoma, Colorado Virginia, Arizona and Georgia -- to curtail medical care, mortgage loans, homeless shelter relief and other benefits for illegal immigrants amid the national economic downturn.
Officials estimate that California's 2.7 million illegal residents account for $4 billion to $6 billion of the state's roughly $105-billion budget. Most of those costs are associated with schools, prisons and emergency healthcare.
"Are we going to continue asking taxpayers to pay for these services when the state is completely out of money?" asked Hilton, who first rallied against illegal immigration two decades ago.
The nonpartisan state legislative analyst's office says the measure could reduce costs by more than $1 billion a year if it survives legal challenges.
Backers say, however, that they have carefully crafted the measure to avoid the legal pitfalls that doomed Proposition 187, which would have barred illegal immigrants from receiving any public social services, education and nonemergency medical care. Voters approved it, 59% to 41%, but a federal judge ruled that the measure unconstitutionally usurped federal jurisdiction over immigration.
This time, backers worked with attorneys who have helped craft successful efforts to curtail benefits in other states.
The new measure does not claim any state authority to regulate immigration, said Mike Hethmon, an attorney with the Washington-based Immigration Reform Law Institute who advised the initiative's authors. Instead, he said, it is based on federal authority delegated to the states to restrict access to benefits and verify applicants' eligibility.
Under the 1996 federal welfare reform law, illegal residents are barred from welfare, public housing, food assistance, unemployment aid and other federal benefits. California laws, however, allow illegal residents to receive some state and local benefits, including nonemergency medical care.
The measure's most controversial provisions would take aim at the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants. It would end state welfare to an estimated 48,000 households and 100,000 children, aid that now costs the state $640 million a year.
Currently, children of illegal immigrants can receive CalWorks benefits if their parents are poor enough to qualify for welfare. About 42% of child only" cases in the CalWorks program involve illegal-immigrant parents, state officials say.
The measure would also cut off CalWorks payments to the children of citizens or legal residents who fail to meet eligibility requirements for state aid because they are unwilling to work, addicted to drugs or absent, among other reasons.
The initiative would require that applicants for birth certificates verify their legal status.
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July 13, 2009
In a stretch of desert just north of the U.S.-Mexico border, men and women in khakis and the colors of the American flag recently gathered at a border watch post they call Camp Vigilance and discussed their next offensive in the nation's immigration wars.
The target: Illegal immigrants and their U.S.-born children who receive public benefits.
The plan: a California ballot initiative that would end public benefits for illegal immigrants, cut off welfare payments for their children and impose new rules for birth certificates.
"We will be out in full force to qualify this initiative," said Barbara Coe, who helped develop Proposition 187, the 1994 measure that would have ended benefits to illegal immigrants but was ruled unconstitutional. "Illegals and their children are costing the state billions of dollars. It's invasion by birth canal."
Supporters of the initiative, recently unveiled by San Diego political activist Ted Hilton, hope to challenge the citizenship of children born in the United States to parents who are here illegally.
The 14th Amendment states that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside." Backers of the initiative argue that illegal residents are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States and that, as a result, their U.S.-born children should not be citizens.
Before Hilton, Coe and their allies can argue that point in court, however, they have many hurdles to overcome. Whether the initiative will even make it to the ballot remains to be seen. Organizers have just begun to collect the 488,000 voter signatures required to qualify the measure for the June 2010 election. So far, Hilton said, they have raised about $350,000 -- far short of the $4 million generally needed to pay signature gatherers to get a statewide initiative over that hurdle.
But illegal immigration was a powerful political issue in the economic downturn of the early 1990s, and the initiative's backers hope it will be again. Hilton said the group is enlisting an "enormous volunteer base" for the signature gathering. His organization, Taxpayer Revolution, has gathered endorsements from elected officials, including Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach), the American Legion California chapter and immigration restrictionist groups such as NumbersUSA, Save Our State and Coe's California Coalition for Immigration Reform.
The drive coincides with decisions in several states -- including Oklahoma, Colorado Virginia, Arizona and Georgia -- to curtail medical care, mortgage loans, homeless shelter relief and other benefits for illegal immigrants amid the national economic downturn.
Officials estimate that California's 2.7 million illegal residents account for $4 billion to $6 billion of the state's roughly $105-billion budget. Most of those costs are associated with schools, prisons and emergency healthcare.
"Are we going to continue asking taxpayers to pay for these services when the state is completely out of money?" asked Hilton, who first rallied against illegal immigration two decades ago.
The nonpartisan state legislative analyst's office says the measure could reduce costs by more than $1 billion a year if it survives legal challenges.
Backers say, however, that they have carefully crafted the measure to avoid the legal pitfalls that doomed Proposition 187, which would have barred illegal immigrants from receiving any public social services, education and nonemergency medical care. Voters approved it, 59% to 41%, but a federal judge ruled that the measure unconstitutionally usurped federal jurisdiction over immigration.
This time, backers worked with attorneys who have helped craft successful efforts to curtail benefits in other states.
The new measure does not claim any state authority to regulate immigration, said Mike Hethmon, an attorney with the Washington-based Immigration Reform Law Institute who advised the initiative's authors. Instead, he said, it is based on federal authority delegated to the states to restrict access to benefits and verify applicants' eligibility.
Under the 1996 federal welfare reform law, illegal residents are barred from welfare, public housing, food assistance, unemployment aid and other federal benefits. California laws, however, allow illegal residents to receive some state and local benefits, including nonemergency medical care.
The measure's most controversial provisions would take aim at the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants. It would end state welfare to an estimated 48,000 households and 100,000 children, aid that now costs the state $640 million a year.
Currently, children of illegal immigrants can receive CalWorks benefits if their parents are poor enough to qualify for welfare. About 42% of child only" cases in the CalWorks program involve illegal-immigrant parents, state officials say.
The measure would also cut off CalWorks payments to the children of citizens or legal residents who fail to meet eligibility requirements for state aid because they are unwilling to work, addicted to drugs or absent, among other reasons.
The initiative would require that applicants for birth certificates verify their legal status.
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“What's
needed to discourage illegal immigration into the United States has been known
for years: Enforce existing law.” CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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