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
“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. From Brent Bozell and the Media Research Council – sign the petition to save “…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. 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 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 Already, 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 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 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 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. 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 “FAX AND EMAIL NO AMNESTY" TAKE ON THE Millions of Grassroots Citizens Tell Congress to Ensure Border Security Should we reward illegal aliens with citizenship? Will citizens speak up or shall URGENT ALERT TO EVERY RED BLOODED AMERICAN NO AMNESTY!! NO AMNESTY!! NO AMNESTY!! STOP The Illegal Alien Invasion Of Make Your Voice Heard! Millions of Illegal Aliens Already Here And More On The Way! Be a proud patriot, send this Alert to EVERYONE you know. DO NOT BE SILENCED - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! Send a HOT fax blast to ALL Congressman and Senators NOW, from the comfort of your office or home! 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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 Would they? How can we summarize Mexican immigration/nationality policies? Here’s how: And what’s wrong with that? The legal basis for 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 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 "The Department of the Interior may establish for the foreigners who enter "Useful elements"?" Necessary income levels?" It sounds as though OK, so what kinds of immigrants does "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:
I. When there is no international reciprocity."
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
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
As for al-Qaida taking root in
The only ones who impressed me were Paul, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Rep. Duncan Hunter of
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!”
As the nation’s foremost media watchdog, The
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….”
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.
May 16, 2007
Memo from
(What if we did that? What if we conditioned our immigration policy on how other countries took in our people—starting with
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"II. When the national demographic equilibrium demands it." |
(When it doesn’t upset
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"III. When the quotas referred to in Article 32 of this law don’t permit it." |
(See Article 32 above).
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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?)
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V. When they (the immigrants) have broken the laws of |
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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?)
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VII. If they are not physically or mentally healthy in the judgment of the health authority, or are prevented by other legal orders. |
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
I’ve been asked why the
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
Some Americans think
Yes, it is easy. But the tourist only sees the tip of the iceberg.
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
As far as illegal immigration, the government of
Mexican immigration officials don't hesitate to use racial profiling. In a previous article, I reported how officials in the north of
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
When Lilia and I were married, here in
Legal foreigners living here in
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
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
Contrast that with the
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
Does the
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
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 (
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:
In the
But in
A naturalized Mexican can never be president (Article 82), just as in the
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
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
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
American citizen Allan Wall (email him) resides in