FITTON: Don’t be fooled by
‘bipartisan’ approach to amnesty
Illegal immigration bad
for U.S. and rule of law
By Tom Fitton
2-17, 2013
More than a few Republicans in the
United States Senate seem to have contracted a severe case of what Harry Truman
called “Potomac Fever” (wanting to go along to get along in Washington).
Apparently still trembling from the recent election debacle, they have cobbled
together a deceptive and destructive “bipartisan” compromise on illegal alien
amnesty.
Now, of course, the Senate
Republicans aren’t calling their legislative legerdemain “instant legalization”
as conservative journalist Charles Krauthammer properly characterized it. They know (as Judicial Watch demonstrated in its Election Day poll) that
most Americans, including a good number of Hispanics, want the immigration laws
enforced. So instead, in typical politispeak, you’ll hear senators
use words like “pathway to citizenship” and “doing it for the children.”
Unfortunately, Florida Republican Sen. Marco
Rubio, clearly casting an eye to the 2016 Republican presidential nomination,
has bought into the amnesty lie and is being used by the left to provide cover
for their open borders proposal. As the Florida Sun-Sentinel reported:
“Rubio's mission is to reassure tea party
conservatives that these proposals don't amount to a blanket 'amnesty,' while
rallying reluctant Republicans and helping their party gain the trust of
Hispanic voters. In a sense, the rising Republican star is working in tandem
with President Barack Obama, who flies to Las Vegas today to pitch similar
changes in immigration law.”
Therein lays a large part of the
problem: As Mr. Rubio should know, if you’re on the same page with Mr. Obama on
so-called immigration reform, you’re on the wrong page. Still, instead of
persuading the president to change his ways, Mr. Rubio is now on a “charm
offensive” to sell a bill of goods to conservatives, from Mark Levin to Rush
Limbaugh to Sean Hannity, with varying degrees of success.
Before he polishes too
many apples, though, he should understand that not all Americans are buying
what the “Gang of 8” is selling.
As news spread of the proposals,
Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions made clear where he stands: “No comprehensive plan can pass Congress as long as this administration
continues to defy existing federal law. What good are promises of future
enforcement when the Administration covertly undermines those laws now in
place?”
There is no question that the
Senate plan is unjust. Illegal aliens have broken our laws, and they shouldn’t
be rewarded with amnesty and immediate legalization. Here’s something else:
Simply talking about providing a “pathway to citizenship” is only going to
worsen the already out-of-control illegal immigration crisis by inducing
greater numbers of illegal aliens to flood across the border to take advantage
of the program. How do we know this?
Back in 2005, Judicial Watch
uncovered a Border Patrol survey conducted by the Bush administration in 2004
to determine what impact amnesty would have on illegal immigration. Want to
take a guess at the outcome? Even the rumor of Mr. Bush’s amnesty program led
to a sharp spike in illegal immigration.
So what do you think is going to
happen when illegal alien amnesty becomes the actual law of the land?
Amnesty is unworkable, unjust,
undermines the rule of law and will harm the public safety. That is why amnesty
was rejected in the Bush administration, was rejected in Mr. Obama’s first term
(the Dream Act), and why it should be rejected today.
Tom Fitton is president of Judicial
Watch and author of “The Corruption Chronicles” (Simon & Schuster, 2012).
Read more:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/17/fitton-dont-be-fooled-bipartisan-approach-amnesty/#ixzz2LGvaU0Hi
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Judicial Watch
Mexicans Say
Amnesty Will Boost Illegal Immigration
If
President Obama keeps his promise of giving the nation’s 12
million illegal aliens amnesty it will encourage more Mexicans to enter the
United States, according to residents of the struggling Latin American country
who are undoubtedly rooting for the commander-in-chief’s plan.
The
majority of illegal immigrants in the U.S. are from Mexico therefore the
president’s reprieve project will greatly affect that nation. Two-thirds of
Mexicans say they know someone living in the United States and around one-third
have an immediate member of their household or close relative living in the
U.S.
A
majority of those residing south of the border say legalizing their undocumented
countrymen will inspire more Mexicans to head north, according to a recent
survey conducted by an internationally known polling and market research company. A vast majority of Mexicans
with a relative in the United States said a legalization program would make
people they know more likely to go to America illegally.
The
results of the survey were made public this week by a research organization dedicated to studying the
economic, social, fiscal and demographic impacts of immigration in the U.S. It
reveals that nearly one-third of Mexican residents (nearly 40 million people)
would like to live in the U.S. and if there was an amnesty a large number would
come illegally with the hope of qualifying for a future exoneration.
An
amnesty, therefore, would stimulate more illegal immigration which is the last
thing this country needs. Furthermore, rewarding those who have violated our
nation’s laws with coveted U.S. residency and possibly citizenship demeans the
system, especially for those who follow the appropriate steps to come
lawfully.
It’s
bad enough that U.S. taxpayers annually dish out billions of dollars to
educate, medically treat and incarcerate illegal aliens who are, in many cases,
depleting local governments. Los Angeles County alone spends more than $1 billion a year, including $48 million a
month in welfare costs, to provide services for illegal aliens. The crisis is
hardly limited to border states, which have traditionally been the most
impacted. Georgia’s skyrocketing illegal population costs taxpayers nearly $2 billion a year.
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ILLEGAL ALIEN
POPULATION MAY BE AS HIGH AS 38 MILLION
Study: Illegal
alien population may be as high as 38 million A new report finds the Homeland
Security Department "grossly underestimates" the number of illegal
aliens living in the U.S. Homeland Security's Office of Immigration Studies
released a report August 31 that estimates the number of illegal aliens
residing in the U.S. is between 8 and 12 million. But the group Californians
for Population Stabilization, or CAPS, has unveiled a report estimating the
illegal population is actually between 20 and 38 million. Four experts, all of
whom contributed to the study prepared by CAPS, discussed their findings at a
news conference at the National Press Club in Washington Wednesday. James
Walsh, a former associate general counsel of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service, said he is "appalled" that the Bush administration, lawyers
on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and every Democratic presidential candidate,
with the exception of Joe Biden, have no problem with sanctuary cities for
illegal aliens. "Ladies and gentlemen, the sanctuary cities and the people
that support them are violating the laws of the United States of America.
They're violating 8 USC section 1324 and 1325, which is a felony -- [it's] a
felony to aid, support, transport, shield, harbor illegal aliens," Walsh
stated. Walsh said his analysis indicating there are 38 million illegal aliens
in the U.S. was calculated using the conservative estimate of three illegal
immigrants entering the U.S. for each one apprehended. According to Walsh,
"In the United States, immigration is in a state of anarchy -- not chaos,
but anarchy."
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THE DEMS’,
LIBERAL PRESS (THE NEW YORK TIMES IS OWNED BY MEXICAN BILLIONAIRE CARLOS SLIM),
AND MEXICO’S PROPAGANDA MACHINE:
1/
Illegals only climb the American borders to do the jobs Americans will not do
for poverty wages.
2/
Illegals and all their looting is a benefit to the American people.
3/
There are only 11 million illegals in the country, and not 40 million heavy
breeders as the facts suggest.
4/
Illegals break every law; they drive illegally, contract illegally, steal
American jobs illegally, BUT DO NOT VOTE ILLEGALLY because that’s against the
gringo law! hehehe
HERITAGE
FOUNDATION: OBAMA’S AMNESTY WOULD ADD 100 MORE ILLEGALS AND COST AMERICANS
(Legals) BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
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Pat Buchanan
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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.
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.
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