30% of all illegal farm workers in Mex-occupied California end up on welfare.
THE
MEXICAN INVASION of AMERICA’S OPEN and UNDEFENDED BORDERS
One
in every eleven persons born
in Mexico has gone to the U.S. The National Review reported
that in 2014 $1.87
billion was spent on incarcerating illegal immigrant criminals….Now add
hundreds of billions for welfare and remittances! MICHAEL BARGO, Jr…… for the AMERICAN
THINKER.COM
OPEN BORDERS:
IT'S ALL ABOUT KEEPING WAGES DEPRESSED AND
PASSING ALONG THE ILLEGALS' WELFARE AND CRIME COSTS TO THE AMERICAN MIDDLE
CLASS!
“That Washington-imposed policy of
mass-immigration floods the
market with foreign labor, spikes profits and Wall Street values by cutting salaries for manual and skilled labor offered by
blue-collar and white-collar employees. It also drives up real estate prices, widens wealth-gaps, reduces high-tech investment, increases state and local tax burdens, hurts kids’ schools and college education, pushes Americans away from high-tech careers, and sidelines at least 5 million
marginalized Americans and
their families, including many who are now struggling with opioid addictions.” ---- NEIL MUNRO
ICE rounds up farmworkers applying for work in Michigan
By Eric London and Niles Niemuth
26 September 2017
All of the immigrants interviewed for this story requested pseudonyms for fear of deportation.
On the evening of Tuesday, September 19, a group of farmworkers sat outside on a used couch after a long day working in the orchards of Western Michigan. With blueberry season coming to an end, the men and women, mostly from Mexico, gathered to fill out applications for the upcoming apple harvest. Their children kicked up dirt with a soccer ball in the driveway of their temporary home.
ICE arresting farmworkers in New Era, Michigan on September 19
Similar scenes play out each evening across the hundreds of migrant labor camps that dot Western and Central Michigan. But as the workers relaxed at the Bakery Agricultural Labor Camp in New Era, a convoy of immigration agents was speeding down the tree-lined country roads to launch a planned operation at the camp. Minutes later, nine men and one woman were being sped in the opposite direction, some as far as Youngstown Ohio, for processing and deportation.
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“Dad, mom, the police are here,” yelled a 10-year-old boy as he ran into the plywood apartment his family had been living in since June. Five unmarked cars and SUVs had just sped into the camp parking lot one-by-one. Out of uniform immigration officers began ordering the workers to line up against the wall.
When a World Socialist Web Site reporting team arrived days later, the inhabitants of the Bakery migrant camp were still in shock. Some had fled, fearing a second raid. The ground was littered with baseball caps, water bottles, work gloves, and kneepads left over from the roundup.
Migrant housing in New Era, Michigan
The boy’s mother, Juana, recalls the panic: “The police came and my husband went to the door. They told him, ‘come outside’ and forced him outside the door and arrested him.”
“When they came, they told me to stay inside,” she said. “They wouldn’t let me talk to my husband. Our boys were watching, and they were crying. So was I. Immigration came with their very ugly character. They were very aggressive.”
She fought back tears when she said she had only spoken to her husband once since he was taken to the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center. He told her on the phone how immigration officers had mocked them. “The racist officers started to make fun of him,” Juana said. “They told him he was a criminal and that our sons are criminals because we cut our boys’ hair ourselves, because they have buzz cuts.”
One migrant living in a nearby labor camp was present when the raid took place.
“Immigration didn’t have a warrant,” he said, “they just had a photo of some guy who used to live there, but they ended up arresting 10 people. They were waiting around the corner for them to come home from work. People were just relaxing out front after a long day.”
Migrant housing at Bakery Agricultural Labor Camp
The raids produced shock and outrage among the neighbors of this rural town of 451 people, home to hillside orchards and a picturesque country bike trail that stretches to the shores of Lake Michigan a few miles away.
One neighbor, Elaina, grew up in New Era and has never seen a raid like this before. She saw immigration officials rush the migrant labor camp and watched the raid unfold from her yard.
“It’s pretty messed up that they come and do that. The people were just sitting there and cooperating. They’re calm, they just go to work and they’re hard workers. They get out really late and come home to relax.”
Another neighbor, Tammy, explained that her family spends their free time with the migrant workers, even though they are often only living in New Era for three to four months. “Everybody here, so far, we all get along, we’ve never had problems. If we have birthday parties for the kids, they’ll all come over and we have fun.”
Juana was grateful that her white and mixed-race neighbors gave her support. “The people who live around here are not racist to us,” Juana said, pointing at the surrounding country homes. “They are workers, too.”
Hiring hall at a factory farm in Shelby, Michigan
Juana’s next-door neighbor at the labor camp, Cristobal, invited the WSWS into his apartment where a smiling toddler played with a basket of apples. Upstairs, several of the arrestees had been living in hot, bare rooms, sleeping on slabs of wood covered with thin mattresses. These men, most in their early twenties, left behind belongings familiar to all young people: headphones, photos, energy drinks, cell phone chargers.
The physical strain of farm work is well-known. “We work up to 12 to 14 hours a day,” Juana said. “If there’s work, which is irregular, we make $700 a month. We follow the fruit.”
Cristobal walked out to his 20-year-old minivan and explained that his family is always on the move. Migrant children may spend a school year in five states. “We’ve been in Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, Georgia, and now Michigan,” he said, “for blueberries and apples.” Miguel also spoke to the WSWS and said he makes $70 to $80 in a nine- or 10-hour day. “It costs about $500 each time we move to the next crop,” he added. Miguel also sends $400 per month to his family in central Mexico.
Neighbors Stephany, Tammy, and Elaine
Those living near the migrant camp sympathized with the difficulty of the farmworkers. Stephany, who lives in a nearby home, referred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement when she said, “I have so much anger with these people. It’s ridiculous what they’re doing to the Mexicans. These poor people come here to work to send money back to their homes in Mexico where it is poor.”
She saw images of the earthquakes that hit Mexico City and Oaxaca, where some of the workers she knows are from. “Look at what’s happening to them now,” she said. “All it is, is a border. It’s just a line. The border is stupid, I don’t agree with it.”
Juana’s family comes from the impoverished south of Mexico that has been racked by multiple earthquakes in recent weeks. She hopes to save enough money to help her family. “The government here and the government in Mexico are the same,” she says, upset over the Mexican government’s failure to provide relief or adequate preparation from earthquakes. “They don’t do anything for us. They don’t help the poor. That’s why we came to the US in the first place.”
Stephany made a similar point referring to the American government.
Fruit crates to be filled by immigrant farmworkers
Instead of “deporting, detaining or arresting the immigrants, you could do the roads, better hospitals, you could even do medication that people don’t qualify for insurance at a cheaper price. This is a very big problem around here. There’s a bunch of people that are sick and can’t afford to go to the hospital, or if they go they’re going to have bad credit and can’t afford to pay it. In my case, one of my medicines—insurance doesn’t cover it, it is $491. I can’t take it.”
“I think the money being spent ruining peoples’ lives could so help out the states like Texas, Florida—all the ones that just had a bad hurricane.”
According to figures from the US government and the American Action Fund, the government spends between $13,729 and $36,028 deporting each immigrant. Arresting a single immigrant costs between $4,856 and $27,155, depending on whether local police help. Detaining an immigrant costs an average of $5,400, while legal prosecution costs $1,495. The average cost of physical removal is $1,978 per immigrant.
The WSWS spoke with a third neighbor, Tammy, who said, “How the hell is Trump going to make America great again? If he would stop spending money sending all these Mexicans back … and actually take care of what he needs to take care of.”
Tammy explained that the billions of dollars used on deportation could be used to meet the needs of the working class.
She called for more spending on education, because “some schools don’t have the stuff that other schools do because they can’t afford it.” She said money was needed for social programs since there are many people “that really do need help with certain things.” She said young people should be able to go to college. “You got kids that would like to have that backup plan from the state helping them go to college, but there’s basically not enough money there because he’s spending all this money trying to send the Mexicans back.”
A migrant worker's room after deportation
Stephany said she wanted to explain why Americans must sympathize with immigrants. “We all have kids, we all have family,” she said, expressing anger with social media users who make racist comments against immigrants. “We do not choose to be born Hispanic, white, black, Chinese, Asian or anything. We are born because of our parents, we all have red blood. If we get cut our blood is red.”
And besides, she asked, “Why can’t we send immigration after Donald Trump?” Her friends broke out in laughter.
At the time of this writing, the migrants in New Era have received no word from their arrested coworkers and family. They cannot afford to pay attorneys and are relying on volunteer assistance from the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center. If Juana’s husband is lucky, a judge will find him eligible for bail, around $5,000, more than her family has saved after years working in the US. His sons are worried if he is deported it might be years until they see him again.
BOOK:
…………………..TRAGIC!
THE DEATH GAP: INEQUALITY IS KILLING AMERICA!
CALL IT OBAMA-CLINTONOMICS OR TRUMPERNOMICS FOR THE
SUPER RICH!
THE LA
RAZA PLAN: California’s final surrender to fly the Mexican flag within 4 years.
"The
American Southwest seems to be slowly returning to the jurisdiction
of Mexico without firing a single shot." -- - EXCELSIOR --- national
newspaper of Mexico
THE
UNIDIOSus MAP OF LA RAZA-OCCUPIED AMERICA
They claim all of North
America for Mexico!
(WARNING! THE BELOW LINK
IS GRAPHIC ON MEXICAN HATRED OF LEGALS)
70% OF
ILLEGALS GET WELFARE!
“According
to the Centers for Immigration Studies, April '11, at least 70% of Mexican
illegal alien families receive some type of welfare in the US!!! cis.org”
CIS
So when cities across the country declare that they will NOT be
sanctuary, guess where ALL the illegals, criminals, gang members fleeing ICE
will go???? straight to your welcoming city. So ironically the people fighting
for sanctuary city status, may have an unprecedented crime wave to deal with
along with the additional expense.
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$17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the
American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
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$12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary
school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word
of English.
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$22 billion is spent on (AFDC) welfare to illegal aliens each
year.
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$2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs
such as (SNAP) food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal
aliens.
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$3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. Does
not include local jails and State Prisons.
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2012 illegal aliens sent home $62 BILLION in remittances back to
their countries of origin. This is why Mexico is getting involved in
our politics.
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$200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are
caused by the illegal aliens.
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Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In
The United States.
Border Patrol Officers Seized More Than $3.2 Million in Crystal Meth Last Weekend
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Posted: Sep 29, 2017 6:00 PM
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Last weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized 158 pounds of alleged crystal methamphetamine during two separate routine vehicle searches at the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge.
On Saturday, September 23, CBP officers became suspicious of a 2009 GMC Sierra driven by a 29-year-old American citizen. After issuing a second examination of the car, a CBP canine unit alerted authorities to the presence of drugs inside the vehicle. A thorough search of the car found 32 packages of alleged crystal meth, totaling 122 pounds.
Then on Monday, September 25, CBP officers again suspected a driver of smuggling drugs into the United States. Here, the canine unit discovered 36 pounds of alleged meth. This alleged drug smuggler was a 40-year-old Mexican citizen.
Both drivers were arrested and the case was handed to Immigration Customs Enforcement. The drugs and vehicles were detained by authorities as well.
In total, the confiscated drugs are worth $3,247,816.
“These significant narcotic seizures are examples of the remarkable border security work our CBP officers undertake on a daily basis,” said Port Director Gregory Alvarez, Laredo Port of Entry. “Our officers remain vigilant and continue to be successful in keeping these narcotics off our streets and away from our youth.”
Earlier this month, CBP authorities confiscated nearly $4 million worth of alleged crystal methamphetamine hidden within a commercial trailer.
CBP authorities are in charge of protecting the nation primarily from terror threats crossing the border, but their rigorous inspection process often yields millions worth of illegal drugs as well.
On Wednesday alone, El Paso port authorities seized 450 pounds of marijuana in five different searches.
“The smuggling threat is consistent. Vigilant CBP officers are stepping up every day to stop drug loads,” said one CPB director. “The work we perform plays an important role in keeping our nation safe from all threats.”
Meth, in particular, is becoming increasingly popular on oil rigs in Texas. Texas has experienced a burst in expansion in the shale industry. Many workers take meth in order to stay on the job longer. The drug has the ability to "wire" people's brains so they can supposedly stay awake for 24 hours and work at a faster rate.
One oil rig worker told Reuters, “(On meth) I’d work 24 hours…I was just plagued with fatigue and needed something to improve my work ethic.”
According to the Albuquerque Journal, about 90 percent of meth consumed in the United States is manufactured in Mexico. This meth is often smuggled into the States in by various Mexican drug cartels. These cartels contribute to violence and murder in America due to the lucrative but dangerous black-market for drugs.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions noted earlier this year,
“Drug cartels bring death and destruction across our Southern border and sell drugs that take lives all across America. The work our ICE officers do every day to keep these criminals out of our country and secure our border is heroic and makes all of us safer."
But, as stated last year in a report by the New York Times, drug cartels have paid hundreds of Homeland Security officials nearly $15 million to “look the other way” to similar drug smuggling attempts over the last decade.
President Donald J. Trump has vowed to stop drugs coming in via the southern border. In August, he declareda national emergency to address the opioid epidemic plaguing various communities around the U.S. In 2016, there were roughly 50,000 deaths caused by drug overdoses.
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