On Monday evening, my “Inbox” was hit with a number of email from various organizations trying to kill the immigration bill. I am providing a sample for you. For months I have been telling you these people are extremely well organized. They claim to be Republican, but have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GOP. They are using their claims of “Reagan Conservative” to manipulate and dupe anyone who will listen. We’re talking Ron Paul people here, people who think we are evil, George W. Bush is the tool of the devil, and Giuliani is Satan’s Candidate!
GIULIANI IS A FAKE
Giuliani a Fake
by Charley Reese
“I judge from the applause at the most recent Republican presidential debate that the people in the audience at least still equate patriotism with supporting the war of the day.
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, the only intellectually honest candidate in the bunch, correctly pointed out that it was our policy of interventionism that caused the attack on 9/11.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, intensely uncomfortable at having been forced to talk about his liberal positions on abortion, gun control and gay rights, leaped at the opportunity to reprimand Paul for suggesting that we had invited the attack. “I’ve never heard that,” Giuliani snapped, showing that he is ignorant even on matters of security, and demanded that Paul retract it. He didn’t, of course. But Giuliani got a big round of applause, as if he had come to the defense of America rather than just cleverly change the subject.
Osama bin Laden, the author of those attacks, has said quite plainly, publicly and explicitly that the attack was prompted by our intervention in the Muslim world. It is outrageous that Giuliani claims not to know that, given that his whole campaign is based on his claim of being the best-qualified leader in matters of security and the so-called war on terror.
Actually, Giuliani isn’t an expert on security. He’s a lawyer and a political hack. The attack on 9/11 was a political gift of the gods to him. He walked up and down the street in front of the television cameras, gave speeches and went to funerals, and for that he received the accolades of the press.
Giuliani is not a leader. He is a cynical exploiter. He exploited the attack the day it happened, and he’s exploited it since to make a fortune posing as an expert security consultant. Now he hopes to exploit the tragedy, which, like the president, he had done nothing to prevent, to get the Republican nomination for the presidency.
By demonstrating his ignorance of the cause of the attack, he has disqualified himself from consideration.
Sad to say, Sen. John McCain of Arizona is not the man he was seven years ago. He’s gotten old, and in his old age has become an evader and an equivocator. He makes the same tired prediction of terrible consequences if we get out of Iraq, but he has no solutions except to do more of the same.
As for al-Qaida taking root in Iraq, he is apparently unaware of how the tribal sheiks in the western part of the country have annihilated al-Qaida in their region. One of the sheiks boasted recently, “We did in three months what the Americans haven’t been able to do in four years.” Trust me, al-Qaida will not survive our departure from Iraq, which is why al-Qaida, above all, wants us to stay.
The only ones who impressed me were Paul, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Rep. Duncan Hunter of California. Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado came up with the best line of the night. Remarking on the liberals trying to become conservatives, he quipped, “There have been a lot of conversions tonight, but the only conversion I trust was the conversion on the road to Damascus, not the conversions on the road to Des Moines.” It got a good laugh. our presidential election system is broken. By front-loading the primaries, only multimillionaires can raise the money necessary to get well known. The lesser-known – and this year the more-qualified – men have an uphill struggle.
After you read this by Charlie Reese, if you consider voting for Giuliani as the “lesser of two weevils” in 2008, then you are part of the problem in this country. Giuliani doesn’t get my vote, if the opponent is Satan himself, or Hillary, which may be worse. When do we quit being frightened into voting for Socialist Party B? Using the “good cop – bad cop” tactics, for many decades, the now completely phony “two party system” (which manages to act in concert to protect each other from the real alternative of third parties) has brought about the destruction of this country.
Jimmy Carter provided the first amnesty for illegal aliens, and promised it would never happen again. It has happened one or twice since then, but this one, about to perpetrated by George W. Bush is of such a criminal magnitude that he should be tried for treason.
NB: My criticism of the two major political parties in no way disparages the more-or-less honest citizens (however deluded) who work at the grass-roots levels to attempt to save this country through political activity. They may be dupes, but there are many good people among them, in BOTH parties!”
From Brent Bozell and the Media Research Council – sign the petition to save America. http://www.mrcaction.org/503/petition.asp?PID=11398482&NID=1
“…A prime example is the recent PEW Research Survey that showed that 77 percent of the American people did not want an increase in legal immigration—yet the media refused to report it, or they manipulate the numbers. The fact is, if left unchecked, the media’s biased reporting, or non-reporting will undoubtedly sway the outcome of the immigration debate.
As the nation’s foremost media watchdog, The Media Research Center is committing our resources to neutralize the media’s overt attempt to mislead the nation and corrupt immigration reform. Additionally, the MRC is launching our EMERGENCY PETITION so tens of thousands of grassroots citizens can pressure the media into reporting and disclosing the real truth about the immigration debate. We must expose and hold the media accountable on this most vital issue, or the immigration battle will be lost!
Over the next 30 days, we expect to mobilize 250,000 citizens who share our passion for the truth—especially as it relates to the immigration debate. The MRC is using all of its resources in the coming days to shine the light on the immigration issue—exposing the bias, and naming names….”
CSN News is telling us that over 45,000 illegals from “terror nations” are living here, pretending to be Mexican, learning Spanish to “Pass” as Hispanic. http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=/SpecialReports/archive/200608/SPE20060808a.html
“…The so-called “catch and release” policies have allowed more than 45,000 illegal aliens from countries that are well known for their anti-American views or considered “hotbeds of Islamic fundamentalism” to be freed. U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), in conversations with sheriffs operating along the Texas-Mexico border, learned that illegal aliens of Middle Eastern descent have been able to blend into the culture south of the U.S. border and pass themselves off as Mexicans. “They learn Spanish and assimilate into the population,” Poe said. “Coming across the Canadian border they would be more conspicuous.”…” (ABJECT FEAR & RACISM)
Now I don’t know about you, but any idiot can tell the difference between someone of Hispanic background and someone from other countries and nationalities. What a racist – they all look alike!
Then “Pastor” Chuck Baldwin is warning us in a News With Views Alert…http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin371.htm
I trust by now you can count the lies! I am not even going to mark them. Most of the information is coming out of Tanton based mis-information groups.
“…Hopefully, readers are aware that the Bush/Kennedy amnesty bill is being debated in the U.S. Senate this week with both the White House and senate leaders hopeful of quick passage. If it passes, the proposed immigration bill would immediately give all 12-20 million illegal aliens already in the United States “probationary” citizenship. It would also put an estimated 60 million immigrants on the path to citizenship over the next 20 years. In exchange for granting U.S. citizenship to tens of millions of illegals, (LIE) the bill promises to better protect America’s borders.
The plain truth is, President George W. Bush, Senators Ted Kennedy, John McCain, et al., are simply hell-bent to provide amnesty to tens of millions of illegal aliens, and this bill will give them the power to do it. (LIE)
Do I need to convince readers that any kind of amnesty will put America on the fast track to ruin? The United States simply cannot absorb upwards of 60 million, mostly unskilled, non-English-speaking, migrants in the next few years. It just is not possible. (LIE)
Already, America is reaping the consequences of unbridled illegal immigration. Americans are being squeezed out of work by illegal immigrants who will work at significantly reduced wages. Of course our unemployment is low: Americans are working two or three jobs just to make ends meet. (LIE)
Add to the strain of the loss of good paying jobs the strain of an ever-growing financial burden to taxpayers. For example, Heritage Foundation scholar Robert Rector recently released a new study entitled, “The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Households to the U.S. Taxpayer.” In the report, Rector notes that two-thirds of the millions of illegal aliens in this country fall into the category of “low-skill” households. Contrast that with just 10% of native-born Americans falling into that category. Writing for National Review Online, Byron York states, “Rector found that in 2004, the most recent year for which figures are available, low-skill households received an average of $32,138 per household–the great majority in the form of means-tested aid and direct benefits…. Against that, Rector found that low-skill households paid an average of $9,689 in taxes…. In the final calculation, he found, the average low-skill household received $22,449 more in benefits than it paid in taxes…” (MANIPULATION OF FACTS)
According to World Net Daily, “If the lower figure of 12 million illegal aliens is used for estimation purposes, the [current] total tax burden translates to $2.2 trillion.” (MANIPULATION OF FACTS)
It doesn’t take a mathematical genius to calculate that with an added 60 million mostly unskilled immigrants moving into the country, the financial cost would be more than taxpayers could possibly pay for. (LIE)
Consider also the toll upon America’s safety and security. Already, law enforcement agencies are very much cognizant of a surge of Latin American “ultra-violent” gangs (MANIPULATION OF FACTS)that have sprung up in more than 40 U.S. states. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), one gang called MS-13 has been identified in 42 states. Another group called the 18th Street Gang is in 37 states. According to FBI MS-13 National Gang Task Force director Brian Truchon, “When the gang migrates throughout the U.S., there is always a road back to L.A. From L.A., there is always a road back to Central America.”
Retired lawman Jim Kouri recently wrote, “According to Lt. Steve Rogers, a decorated cop and award-winning writer, there are tens of thousands of murderers, rapists, child predators, robbers and drug dealers who are illegally in the United States. One study shows over 200,000 criminal aliens are preying on U.S. citizens.”
As I have previously noted in this column, illegal aliens already murder at least 12 Americans every day. (LIE) Think of the potential violence that another 60 million aliens will bring. (ABJECT FEAR & RACISM) Not to mention the threat of potential terrorism.
America’s law enforcement communities are keenly aware of the probability that international terrorists have already infiltrated the United States due to our lack of border control.
For example, William Gheen, President of Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee (ALIPAC), recently said, “MS-13 and other illegal immigrant gangs are bringing in the illegals, drugs, heavy weapons, and possibly terrorists. (LIE) The biggest threat from their members is contained in the multiple intelligence reports provided to Congress indicating that Al-Qaeda and MS-13 are now working together (LIE) to smuggle terrorist operatives and materials into the U.S.” (LIE)
This is the text of an email that came to me. I also want you to note that every one of these things I am referring to came from THE VERY SAME SOURCE. And – that source is a very conservative Ron Paul supporter.
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“…Learning About Immigration Policy From Mexico
May 16, 2007
Memo from Mexico: By Allan Wall allan39@prodigy.net.mx
VDARE.com
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To submit a Letter to the Editor: joeguzzardi@vdareedit.com
Almost everybody believes that the U.S.A. needs immigration reform. I’d like to propose that we study immigration systems in other countries, to see what we can learn from them.
It’s arrogant to assume that we Americans have all the answers, and that no other country can do anything better than we can.
Some of the biggest critics of our immigration policy are Mexicans. So let’s examine Mexico’s immigration policy and see what we can learn from it.
We might even decide that Mexico has some approaches to the issue that we could copy. Surely they wouldn’t object to that.
Would they?
How can we summarize Mexican immigration/nationality policies? Here’s how:
Mexico has an immigration system tailored to fit the interests of Mexico.
And what’s wrong with that?
The legal basis for Mexico’s immigration law is found in the Ley General de Población [the General Population Law]. PDF.
The cabinet-level department responsible for immigration is the Secretaria de Gobernación, loosely translated as the Interior Department.
According to Article 3, section VII of the General Population Law, the responsibility of this department is to
“Subject the immigration of foreigners to the methods it deems relevant, and to achieve the best assimilation of these [immigrants] to the national environment and their adequate distribution in [Mexican] territory.” [Sujetar la inmigración de extranjeros a las modalidades que juzgue pertinentes, y procurar la mejor asimilación de éstos al medio nacional y su adecuada distribución en el territorio.]
So the goals of Mexican immigration policy are assimilation and the distribution of immigrants throughout Mexican territory.
Mexico has had immigrants from many countries, from Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and even the U.S.A. And Mexico has done a good job in assimilating these immigrants. Part of it is because the immigration levels are so much lower than in the U.S., and partly because the Mexican system does indeed encourage assimilation.
According to Article 32 of the General Population Law,
“The Interior Department will establish, subject to the corresponding demographic studies, the number of foreigners whose entrance to the country may be permitted, whether by activities or zone of residence, and will subject to the methods that it deems relevant the immigration of foreigners, according to their possibilities of contributing to the national progress.” [Artículo 32.- La Secretaría de Gobernación fijará, previos los estudios demográficos correspondientes, el número de extranjeros cuya internación podrá permitirse al país, ya sea por actividades o por zonas de residencia, y sujetará a las modalidades que juzgue pertinentes, la inmigración de extranjeros, según sean sus posibilidades de contribuir al progreso nacional.]
So the Interior Department establishes immigration quotas based on the demographic situation of the country, and wants immigrants who will contribute to the development of the nation.
Article 34 even explains what kinds of immigrants Mexico is looking for:
“The Department of the Interior may establish for the foreigners who enter Mexico the conditions that it deems appropriate with respect to the activities to which they will engage in and the place or places of their residence. It will take care thusly that the immigrants shall be useful elements for the country and that they will have the necessary income levels for their subsistence… and of the persons who are under their economic dependence.” [Artículo 34.- La Secretaría de Gobernación podrá fijar a los extranjeros que se internen en el país las condiciones que estime convenientes respecto a las actividades a que habrán de dedicarse y al lugar o lugares de su residencia. Cuidará asimismo de que los inmigrantes sean elementos útiles para el país y de que cuenten con los ingresos necesarios para su subsistencia y en su caso, la de las personas que estén bajo su dependencia económica.]
“Useful elements”?” Necessary income levels?” It sounds as though Mexico is being rather choosy. Mexico wants immigrants who are (1) useful to Mexico and (2) who have enough income to take care of themselves and their families. How discriminatory!
OK, so what kinds of immigrants does Mexico not want? Well, that’s spelled out in the General Population Law, Article 37. It states that
“The Department of the Interior may deny to foreigners the entrance into the country or a change in immigration status for any of the following reasons:
(What if we did that? What if we conditioned our immigration policy on how other countries took in our people—starting with Mexico?)
| | “II. When the national demographic equilibrium demands it.” |
(When it doesn’t upset Mexico’s demographic equilibrium).
| | “III. When the quotas referred to in Article 32 of this law don’t permit it.” |
(See Article 32 above).
| | IV. “When it is considered harmful to the economic interests of Mexicans.” |
(Shouldn’t we also limit immigration if it’s harmful to the economic interests of ordinary Americans?)
(Mexico doesn’t want criminal immigrants).
| | VI. When they have broken this [immigration] law, its regulations or other applicable administrative orders in the matter, or if they don’t comply with the established requirements. |
(What if we did that — instead of repeatedly amnestying illegals?)
And, just to make sure everything’s covered, Article 38 stipulates that
“The Department of the Interior is authorized to suspend or forbid the admission of foreigners, when it is determined to be in the national interest.”
That pretty much covers everything, does it not?
There are several myths and misunderstandings about Mexican immigration policy.
Many Mexicans think that Mexico has no immigration policy, that anybody can come into the country without any kind of visa.
I’ve been asked why the U.S. demands visas and Mexico doesn’t!
Reason: Few Mexicans have any contact with the Mexican immigration bureaucracy, the INM [Instituto Nacional de Migracion] and they’ve believed the rhetoric of the Open Door Mexico.
Some Americans think Mexico has a lax immigration system because it’s so easy for American tourists to enter Mexico.
Yes, it is easy. But the tourist only sees the tip of the iceberg.
Mexico has a whole range of immigration options. The tourist visa is just the easiest level.
The system is carefully designed to keep out paupers, to discriminate between citizens and non-citizens, and even to discriminate between native-born Mexicans and naturalized Mexicans.
Mexican immigration law recognizes several levels of immigration status. The most temporary status is that of no-inmigrante, which includes, tourists, transmigrants, visitors, religious workers, political asylees, refugees, students, distinguished visitors, local visitors, provisional visitors and journalists. All these individuals have the right to bring a spouse or children. But they are responsible for them.
A more permanent status is that of “inmigrante,” which includes rentistas (people with independent means), investors, professionals, certain administrators, scientists, technicians, artists, athletes, spouses and parents of Mexicans, and family members of such persons (once again, at the responsibility of the head of family).
After 5 years of being an “inmigrante”, one may pass to the level of “inmigrado” which is more permanent still.
There are restrictions on land ownership for foreigners, as I have pointed out before. There are ways to get around this, but when a foreigner buys or gets effective control of Mexican property, he waives his rights to the intervention of his country of citizenship in case of a land dispute. And I have never seen the U.S. government take any effective action to defend an American in Mexico in a land dispute.
As far as illegal immigration, the government of Mexico detains and deports over a quarter of a million illegals annually, most of them from Central American countries, which are poorer than Mexico. All Mexican police are required to enforce Mexican immigration law, and so does the Army, which has already militarized the northern border. [Vdare.com note: Mexico's northern border is, of course, American's southern border. Mexico has a southern border of its own, of course, and it faces pressure from further south.]
Mexican immigration officials don’t hesitate to use racial profiling. In a previous article, I reported how officials in the north of Mexico tried to deport Mexican Indians thinking they were Central Americans. And, in a recent case, Mexican police used tear gas to get some illegal aliens out of a trailer. What if our immigration officials did that?
Not only that, according to Article 67, any Mexican official who deals with a foreigner is responsible to verify the foreigner’s legal status as part of the transaction. The “sanctuary policy” practiced in so many U.S. cities would not get very far in Mexico.
When Lilia and I were married, here in Mexico, I had to ask permission of the Mexican government to marry her, and I had to prove I was here legally. Of course, I love my wife and so it was worth it. But just imagine, once again, what if the U.S. did that?
Legal foreigners living here in Mexico can pretty much do anything we want. We’re free to travel throughout Mexico to our heart’s content.
However, there are limits. It is strictly verboten for us to get mixed up in Mexican politics, even to march in a protest demonstration.
The Mexican constitution has a particular and well-known article which deals very clearly with the status and expectations of non-Mexicans in Mexico. It’s the famous Article 33:
Article 33—Foreigners are those who do not possess the qualities determined in Article 30. They have the right to the guarantees of Chapter I of the first title of this Constitution, but the Executive of the Union has the exclusive right to expel from the national territory, immediately and without necessity of judicial proceedings, all foreigners whose stay it judges inconvenient. Foreigners may not, in any manner, involve themselves in the political affairs of the country.
Articulo 33. Son extranjeros los que no posean las calidades determinadas en el articulo 30. Tienen derecho a las garantias que otorga el capitulo i, titulo primero, de la presente constitucion ; pero el ejecutivo de la union tendra la facultad exclusiva de hacer abandonar el territorio nacional, inmediatamente y sin necesidad de juicio previo, a todo extranjero cuya permanencia juzgue inconveniente.
Los extranjeros no podran de ninguna manera inmiscuirse en los asuntos politicos del pais.
Contrast that with the U.S.’s impossible deportation procedures, as chronicled by Juan Mann!
Article 43 of the General Law of Population (Ley General de Población) states that:
“The admission to the country of a foreigner obliges him to strictly comply with the conditions established for him in the immigration permit and the dispositions established by the respective laws.”
Americans and other foreigners are regularly expelled for overstepping these bounds. In 2002, 18 gringos were expelled for participating in May Day marches. Later in the same year, five American citizens were expelled for participating in a demonstration demanding the release of some campesinos.
In contrast, the U.S. allows even illegal aliens to march openly in the streets demanding their “rights.”
Does the U.S. need an Article 33?
Mexico’s citizenship laws are spelled out in the legal corpus known as the Ley de Nacionalidad. PDF
In order to become a citizen, the applicant must renounce his home country citizenship, demonstrate that he speaks Spanish, knows Mexican history and has assimilated to Mexican life.
[VDARE.COM note: A previous Mexican Government had a very bad experience with some Texans who failed to assimilate. Remember the Alamo?]
And he must have lived in Mexico for 5 years.
Certain classes of people, however, can get citizenship in less than 5 years. For example, an immigrant married to a Mexican, or parent of a Mexican child, can get it in 2 years. An adoptee can get it in 1 year.
And note this: Other preferences are based upon ancestry or country of origin. An immigrant of Mexican ancestry gets a preference and only has to wait two years. Immigrants from Latin America or the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) only have to wait 2 years for citizenship.
All other things being equal, this would give an immigrant from Spain a preference over an immigrant from Germany, an immigrant from Argentina preference over an American, and a Mexican-American would have preference over an Anglo-American.
Hmmm! What would happen if the U.S. gave preference to immigrants from the British Isles, Canada, and Australia? I imagine they’d call us racists. But it’s a fact: Mexico gives preference to persons of Mexican ancestry, other Latin Americans and Spaniards.
In the U.S.A., a naturalized citizen can do almost anything that a natural-born citizen can do, except be president (and some people even want to change that).
But in Mexico, naturalized citizens are limited from many positions government positions, which are spelled out in the Mexican Constitution. A naturalized Mexican citizen can never serve in the military during peacetime, can never be a policeman, and can never be a pilot, captain or crew member on any vessel or aircraft bearing a Mexican insignia. (Article 32) And a naturalized Mexican can never be in charge of a port or airport.
A naturalized Mexican can never be president (Article 82), just as in the U.S.
But he can also never be in the Mexican Congress (unlike ours) (Articles 55 and 58), can never be on the Supreme Court (article 95), and never be a governor of a Mexican state (Article 116) nor serve in the legislature or as mayor of Mexico City (Article 122) .
The truth of the matter is, no matter how well-assimilated a naturalized Mexican is, he will always be a sort of second-class citizen.
And, while a natural-born Mexican can never be stripped of his citizenship, a naturalized Mexican can be (Constitution Article 37).
A naturalized Mexican citizen could lose his citizenship by acquiring another nationality, working for a foreign government without permission, accepting titles or decorations from a foreign government or helping a foreigner or foreign nation in a diplomatic dispute or before an international tribunal.
Hmmm again. In other words, the kind of thing a lot of our Latino officials do all the time. But Mexican law flatly prohibits that sort of thing.
If it’s good for the goose, isn’t it good for the gander?
Bottom line: Although the Mexican elite constantly attacks U.S. immigration policy, Mexico’s own system is stricter, and explicitly focused on the interests of Mexico.
There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s their country. But our officials should not be intimidated one whit when scolded by Mexicans about immigration.
In fact, we ought to turn the tables and ask Mexico about its own immigration policy. And, frankly, we would be wise to import many aspects of Mexican immigration policy ourselves!
American citizen Allan Wall (email him) resides in Mexico, with a legal permit issued him by the Mexican government. Allan recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq with the Texas Army National Guard. His VDARE.COM articles are archived here; his FRONTPAGEMAG.COM articles are archived here his “Dispatches from Iraq” are archived here his website is here.
Allan Wall Article Index/Archive: http://www.vdare.com/awall/index.htm Copyright 2007, VDARE.com. http://www.vdare.com/awall/070516_memo.htm
This one came from the Jim Gilchrist band of minutemen, et. al.
From: “Linda Muller” <linda@jimgilchrist.com>
Dear Minutemen,
Visit our site. We have the full text of the Senate’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform Package.
http://minutemanproject.com/mmp/
What’s in the bill? Just about everything the enemies of our Constitutional Republic could ask for including the Fast Tracking of the North American Union — Just think, no more stinkin’ borders! And the Dream Act — And you thought it was a dead bill Ha !
Jim Gilchrist is on his way to do the Larry King show [CNN] – it will be broadcast live from the border tonight. Make sure you tune in. I’ll try to get the video uploaded in case you miss the show.
FTC-Linda
PS — Need contact info for the diabolical double-crossers on Capitol Hill? Go to: http://www.congress.org
PPS — Here’s more on another gem the bastards buried in the bill – fyi
Immigration Bill To Collect American Info
By Elliott West, Raleigh Chronicle News Editor
WASHINGTON DC – Although a new immigration bill that was passed by the United State Senate last year chiefly addresses illegal immigration, some components of the bill will definitely benefit the Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies by tracking all sources of wages and compensation by American workers, even those who are legally American citizens.
The Immigration Bill Status
The controversial Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 was already passed by the Senate in late April of 2006 and another version of the bill could soon be voted on by the full Congress if a deal is reached among legislators.
Senators Ted Kennedy (D-Mass) and John McCain (R-Ariz) announced on May 17th that a Senate agreement to push the bill again had been reached, after efforts last year failed. Both NC Senator Richard Burr (R) and Elizabeth Dole (R) voted against the much-debated bill last year.
The then-Republican controlled House did not follow up on the Senate version passed last year, since many opposed the illegal immigrant amnesty provisions of the bill. Some political pundits say the immigration reform act will be hard pressed to gain passage in the House again this year despite a change in party control.
It should be noted that if members of the House and Senate modify the bill through a compromise, some text of the final bill passed by both houses may change.
Mandatory Registration
However, as it stands, the bill would make it illegal to hire anyone for any work in the US for paid wages, unless both the worker and employer complete the new registration requirements, including providing the employee’s work history for the past five years even if they are American citizens each time they apply for a job.
“It is unlawful for an employer…to hire, or to recruit or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an individual unless such employer meets the requirements of subsections (c) and (d),” says the bill referring to the new document rules and “electronic verification”
systems.
The new $400 million “employment verification” component of the extensive bill would add new electronic registration requirements for all American citizens who do work for compensation and even American employers as well.
As it stands, the new bill would require all employers to “register”
with the federal government and report the data for new employees to the government within three days of hiring them.
As such, the bill would fill in one of the last gaps in the government’s tracking of wages, by making it a potential criminal or civil offense not to inform the government that a worker is receiving compensation of some sort, under the rubric of national security.
According to Section 274A of the version of the bill passed by the Senate in 2006, no employer would be exempt from having to register with the government and also having to verify the status of each of their new employees. The new requirements would go into effect 18 months after the electronic verification system has been created.
“The Secretary shall require all employers in the United States to participate in the System,” says the text of the bill.
Collecting Data On US Workers
Although future details may change, even hiring your neighbor’s kid Johnny to mow your lawn could become a long and detailed process and if you didn’t follow the rules, you could get a knock at your door from Homeland Security.
First, you would have to register as a employer under the program and then call a 1-800 number with several items of information about the potential new employee (even if they have proper ID or an American passport).
Each time an employer hires someone, they would have to phone in (1) their own EIN or social security number if they are an individual (2) the social security number of the new employee (3) the state of birth of the new employee (4) the EIN number or social security number of every single place the new employee has worked in the last five years (5) and the date of birth and address for the potential new employee.
Then you’ll need to wait up to 10 days to receive an answer about whether or not Johnny is approved for work in the US.
Be sure to save the authorization codes given to you by the government if he is approved and also save all of the paperwork for three years or you could have to pay a large fine.
Even if you hired him for only one day’s worth of work, you’ll need to save his application forms and approval codes for at least one year, says the bill.
And don’t forget, under the new proposals, be prepared to give Johnny your own social security number so that he can use it the next time he applies for a job — he’ll need it under the new law for the next five years each time he applies for a job.
That provision will certainly help the government in making sure that they know not only where he worked this year, but everywhere else he has worked too.
Hopefully, no one that you hire will steal your identity in the process even though they have your social security number.
All of the information is to be housed in a database created by the Social Security Administration that will be shared with the Department of Homeland Security, which has the authority to initiate investigations into all employers who don’t participate in the system, including those who pay Johnny to mow their lawn.
The Department of Homeland Security can receive “taxpayer identity information of each person [from a report which]…contains evidence of such person’s failure to register and participate in the Electronic Employment Verification System.”
As such, they can initiate an investigation into any person who doesn’t comply with the mandatory electronic reporting system whether they are an employer or employee.
In a similar version of the bill seen in 2005, Homeland Security would have been able to investigate any employee unlucky enough to have two different companies call in with the same social security number.
However, it seems that in the new version, it was realized that some people actually have more than one job as that text has been eliminated.
Of course, the government will only use the information for its intended purpose — to stop illegal workers from getting jobs.
“The System shall collect and maintain only the minimum data necessary to facilitate the successful operation of the System,” says the bill’s text.
However, as stated earlier, a provision in the bill indicates that other branches of the government may benefit from the new database as well.
“Nothing…may be construed to limit the collection, maintenance, or use of data by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or the Commissioner of Social Security as provided by law,” says the proposed law.
As seen before in Washington DC, there may be collection of data for a stated purpose — in this case to fight illegal immigration — but it seems evident that the opportunity to collect of data on US citizens is not going to be passed up.
If the bill passes, the most basic and private personal information about where American citizens work, their past work history, their birthdays and social security numbers will be called in to the government every time they apply for a job.
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FROM THE FIRE COALITION
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“…From: FIRE Coalition
This is a Patriot Power Communication. If you agree with the contents of this email, please forward it on to your email lists.
Hello deleted name
Last week, I asked you to call on your state’s senators and as many other senators as you had time to call. The purpose was to urge them not to vote for any sort of amnesty. So far so good, any action on the senate bill was delayed until today sometime.
What we need now is another deluge of calls to reinforce that Americans do NOT want any form of amnesty. So below is the same set of priorities that we sent out in our last email to this effect.
In this email, we are asking that you make as many phone calls as you possibly can. As a reminder, this is our primary focus right now until we have defeated any and all amnesty proposals this year.
1) We ask that you begin with your two U.S. Senators. Usually they have many offices around the state. Call every office of each of your two senators. Find the senators’ local offices from their home pages which can be found from www.Senate.gov.
2) Then call the senators on the list below until you run out of time.
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX)
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Trent Lott (R-MS)
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Craig Thomas (R-WY)
3) Continue with any other Republican Senators
4) Followed up by any other Democratic Senators
You can contact any of these Senators’ D.C. offices by calling the toll-free switchboard at 1-866-340-9281.
You should review the following article by Michelle Malkin to get all your pistons firing first: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjY0YjAyYzU0MDU3Y2IzMjVkZGM4YWRkMTE5ODRmN2M
Good luck, team! This is a critical time. Make your calls count.
Keep up the fight!
Jason Mrochek
Co-founder & National Director
FIRE Coalition www.FIRECoalition.com
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There may be some article dups today. ~ Barb
Someone is Sleeping in My Bed and Eating My Porridge
These uninvited guests want us to feed them, but they are unwilling to pay for anything. One of them is having a baby soon and would like us to pay the costs because they do not have insurance. They told us that they are entitled to healthcare simply because they are living in our house. They said that because they are in our house we are responsible for their well-being and their children’s education, and they require us to communicate with them in their native language…….http://www.newswithviews.com/Bresnahan/david11.htm
by David Bresnahan
Media Back Amnesty Bill
Andy Selepak In order to counteract Big Media support for the amnesty-for-illegals bill, Congress needs to hear from the American people. The Washington Post, in an editorial, calls the Bush-Kennedy bill a “breakthrough.” Yet, by the admission of the White House, it commits the U.S. to finishing only 370 miles of the border fence.
North Carolina: Illegal aliens are costing us jobs
Stanley Staton We hear over and over that the illegal aliens (immigrants) only take those jobs which no one in America wants or will do. Yes, even President Bush has said it. Anyone who lives in Henderson County knows better.
Tens of Thousands of Criminal Aliens Invade US; The Senate Lie of Immigration Reform
Jim Kouri It’s old news that Presidente Vicente Fox exported Mexico’s poorest citizens into the United States for a number of reasons: It relieved him of the responsibility of providing social and healthcare services for them; it provides his country’s economy with an influx of US cash when these illegal workers send money the earn in the US back home; and it defuses problems with far-left groups who are usually successful in using the poor to advance their political agenda.
Washington, DC: Immigration will be political football
Ron Fournier One of the nation’s most vexing political and social issues — how to deal with millions of illegal immigrants — can be solved only if Congress and the White House embrace the same can-do spirit that marked last week’s tentative deal. Don’t count on it.
Utah: Points system a good start for nation’s immigration debate
Todd Seifert Liberals and conservatives in the Senate joined together last week to introduce a comprehensive immigration bill that is certain to throw gasoline on an already fiery debate. After years of talking about the nation’s growing illegal immigration problem, lawmakers finally got together and put something on paper that at least could give some structure to the debate.
72 Million Will Lose Benefits if Illegals are Not Deported Illegals have to be deported or they will bankrupt America
Andrew C. Wallace
The Real Immigration Threat If you think the true threat to our culture is illegal immigration, think again
Selwyn Duke
The Fed’s New Human Capital Why is Bush pushing amnesty for illegal’s when majority of American’s are against it?
Jon Christian Ryter
Criminal’s Invade US; The Senate lie of Immigration reform Law enforcement commanders are overwhelmed with criminal aliens
Jim Kouri
North America ‘partnership’ fast-tracked in border bill Calls for speedier regional economic integration between U.S., Mexico
–WND
Tax amnesty for illegals White House insisted pay-back provision be stripped from Senate bill
–WND
Taco vendor admits to green-card scam Driver’s licenses, Mexican voter registration cards available – hundreds sold
–Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot
Mexican bloodbath raises fears in U.S. Arizonans alarmed by attacks, rumors of convoy heading north
–WND
‘Joke’ report leads to alarm on border Widespread panic over pending 2nd attack based on false information
–Sierra Vista Herald-Review
Number of kidnappings among human smugglers on rise Some embed informant among aliens so group can be snatched for ransom
–KENS-TV, San Antonio
Parents of crash victims attend Minuteman event Group forming to fight illegal immigration in Virginia
–Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot
Migrants called weak link in facing bioterror Health officials say crackdown on illegals to make potential epidemics worse
–Arizona Republic
Seattle area sees doubling of tuberculosis cases Health officials say foreign-born hardest-hit as infection rate soars
–Seattle Times
Illegals: ‘Leaving America is not an option’ ‘I’d have to be crazy to go back to Mexico to apply for visa now’
–Agence France-Presse
Cabinet members defend immigration plan ‘It’s not amnesty. They’re going to have to pay a penalty’
–Associated Press
Few senators support illegals bill Less than 20 publicly committed to backing measure, nearly 40 already opposed
–Washington Times
Discord on immigration accord Groups on both sides plan to challenge Senate compromise
–Washington Post
Illegals get amnesty, Bush approval sinks President’s ratings have tumbled each time immigration reform dominates the news
–Washington Times
Graham booed for defending ‘amnesty’ bill ‘It’s the best bill I think we can get to President Bush’
–The State, South Carolina
Tax amnesty for illegals White House insisted pay-back provision be stripped from Senate bill
–WND
No amnesty for sellout politicians Exclusive: Doug Powers says leaders covet illegal votes
–WND
One job Americans just won’t do Doug Patton dissects the so-called ‘benefits’ of having illegals do our work
–Hernando Today
Making immigrants’ dreams come true Ricardo Sanchez: Immigration debate victimizes undocumented children
–Seattle Post-Intelligencer
‘Shadow Wolves’ Prowl the U.S.-Mexico Border In an era of unmanned drones, night-vision goggles and wireless sensors, Sloan Satepauhoodle scours the desert along the Mexican border for drug smugglers in the old ways. She is a tracker, a former Secret Service agent and customs inspector in Washington who traded in her desk and computer to work “intel” in the desert, employing sign-cutting — or tracking — skills once used by her Kiowa ancestors to hunt animals. Satepauhoodle (pronounced SAY-paw-who-dle) roams this vast Indian reservation in a four-wheel-drive pickup, armed with an M-4 rifle and a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol. Her job: to look for the tiniest sign that a smuggler has been around and then go after him. High-tech has arrived at the border, but low-tech is very much in use by a special group of federal agents whose sign-cutting skills are being used in the fight against drugs. They are called Shadow Wolves, a small all-Native American group of drug interdiction officers that includes three women, including Satepauhoodle, 40. Her Kiowa name means “Kill the Bear” or “Fuzzy Bear,” depending on the pronunciation and the context in which it is used….
An Advocate Rallies to Unify GOP on Immigration Immigration policy is one of the few issues that split conservatives and the business lobby. It’s the “shut the borders” pack vs. the “we need workers” crowd. Conservative activist Tamar Jacoby has dedicated herself to bringing the two together. The outcome could determine whether key conservative members of Congress stand back and allow an overhaul of immigration law this year. Jacoby has been busy. She has helped to light a fire under previously disengaged business owners in places such as Texas, Arizona and Colorado, where immigrants — legal and illegal — are a large part of the workforce. She has flown to those states to hold policy briefings and to encourage employers to tell their tales to conservative lawmakers in Washington. She talks daily to small-business owners. “The most important thing is the temporary-worker program,” Jacoby told them. Lawmakers “are going to go all out to cut it in half and unless business goes all out, like D-Day, they will surely win.” Ray Prewett, who lives in Mission, Tex., and runs a trade group for citrus farmers, leaned in. Without enough immigrant workers “all the farms will move to Mexico,” said Prewett, who was preparing to meet with Sen. John Cornyn (R). The senator has said that he has serious concerns about the immigration deal, and last year he voted against comprehensive restructuring. “We need to go into these offices and say we need this now. . . . We know they won’t vote for it, but we have to tell them not to stand in the way,” Prewett said. That is the kind of argument that could ultimately win the votes to revise the immigration law, lobbyists pushing to pass a bill say….
Colorado’s federal lawmakers on opposite sides of immigration bill
Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo is a vocal, and visible, opponent of any immigration reform that provides an avenue to citizenship to those who are in the U.S. illegally, while Sen. Ken Salazar helped craft the bill currently before the Senate that would provide illegal immigrants a chance to stay in the country legally. A column. Denver Post; May 21
Implementation of immigration reforms a ‘gigantic project’
Analysts said the details of implementing the reforms required under compromise immigration legislation currently before the U.S. Senate are complex, not only for the 12 million illegal immigrants currently in this country, but also for every U.S. employer, worker and new legal immigrant in coming years. Washington Post; May 20
U.S. employers say immigration bill won’t solve their problems
After lending their support to immigration reform, employers said the legislation that the U.S. Senate will begin debating today will do little to solve the labor shortages they see looming on the horizon. New York Times; May 21
Not all migrant workers like proposed immigration reform bill
The compromise immigration reform legislation worked out by a U.S. Senate committee represents a major shift from the system put in place in 1965 that focused primarily on family ties into one that will focus on one that favors high-skilled and highly educated workers who want to become permanent residents. New York Times; May 20
Crackdown on illegal immigration overwhelms detention centers
The United States is detaining illegal immigrants at a faster rate than ever, and while officials said the crackdown is having a noticeable effect on illegal immigration, critics said detention centers are overcrowded and such conditions often lead to children being detained in prison-like conditions. Santa Fe New Mexican; May 20
Western lawmakers have their say on immigration reform
Nevada senator says immigration bill faces changes
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the legislation created by a bipartisan committee to reform the nation’s immigration system will undergo considerable changes, including a reduction in the number of temporary workers allowed each year from 400,000 to 100,000.
Reno Gazette-Journal; May 21
Montana, Wyoming senators not wild about immigration bill
As the U.S. Senate prepares to take up debate on a bill meant to rework the nation’s immigration system, Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester, and Wyoming Sens. Craig Thomas and Mike Enzi were united in their opposition to any sort of amnesty afforded to illegal immigrants in the United States. Missoulian; May 21
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IMMIGRATION REFORM
Many were shocked and stunned by the footage showing pro-illegal alien demonstrators cheer and taunt as police grab a man who stuck his middle finger up at the marchers, before slamming his face into the concrete. But why should we be? Illegal aliens are a protected underclass and they are seemingly above the law.
The video shows pro-illegals screaming and cheering with glee as the cops manhandle someone who dare voice an opposing opinion, while other passers-by vandalize the man’s car and verbally taunt him.
In any other case, an individual interfering with an arrest would immediately be confronted and possibly arrested by police, but not in this instance, because illegal aliens are above the law.
Aliens have already broken the law by entering the country without permission – they are already criminals, but instead of being treated as such, they are exalted to a God-like status where they are outside of the laws that govern the rest of us.
Illegal aliens are not required to have insurance or a drivers license and when police pull them over and they can’t speak English the cops just let them go. This is commonly accepted and we have talked directly to police who have admitted the fact that they are ordered to release illegal aliens. It’s one law for American citizens and another for the precious illegals.
Illegal aliens can now cash checks, get credit cards and open bank accounts without a social security number or any other documentation besides an easily obtained card from the government of a different country, yet American citizens are shunned if they don’t have all their papers in order. Organizations like Bank of America reward criminals for entering the country illegally and give them a clear incentive to stay.
This isn’t an issue of race or affording leniency to minorities, it’s a matter of deciding if the law should apply to everyone who resides in the United States or whether certain segments of the population should be exempt from it and allowed to commit crime without punishment.
But don’t worry, because the Bush administration has a solution for dealing with criminals that have already broken the law by entering the country illegally – simply legalize them all with a mass amnesty program! This is akin to a city Mayor dealing with a rash of shootings by legalizing murder. Eradicate the crime by just taking it off the books!
Meanwhile, border agents who attempt to apprehend drug smugglers attempting to sneak into the United States are jailed and subsequently beaten for violating the illegal alien’s civil rights! This is the message the Bush administration sends to the border patrol – if you do your job then you’ll get punished for it.
Why are illegal aliens who have already broken the law and are criminals lavished and coddled by the government and large corporations, while American citizens – be they white, black, or hispanic, are pushed around, surveilled and lectured by Big Brother?
The plan is to piggy back the agenda to merge the U.S., Mexico and Canada into a North American Union onto the openly stated invasion – the Aztlan reconquista and the radical annexation of the American south-west.
Aztlan radicals subscribe to a bizarre liberation theology that the southern and western states are their ancestral homeland and that they are justified in launching a violent and bloody separatist war, including the ethnic cleansing of blacks and whites, to re-conquer this territory.
Their motives overlap with the global elite who steer and control them – the destruction of U.S. sovereignty and the excuse for a total lockdown police state once rioting and race war ensues.
This is why rampant illegal immigration and the protection of illegal criminals who have entered the U.S. is a deliberate policy of the criminal corporation that has hijacked the U.S. government.
This is why illegal aliens are above the law. “