On a Friday afternoon when Americans were reeling from a terrorist massacre in Fort Hood, learning the mastermind of 9/11 will be tried in federal court like any other common criminal, the Obama Administration dusted off the 2007 immigration reform plan to resuscitate amnesty.
The Obama team can’t seem to get past the campaign trail. The speech hit the usual topics; “we’ve brought the economy back from the brink by passing the Recovery Act, tackled health care reform, planted seeds of growth for a new clean energy economy, made serious national commitment to education, which means college for every young person…”
Seriously, the Obama Administration needs to put down the kool-aid and get back to reality.
With unemployment in the double digits, Americans losing their homes and borders that remain unsecured, Janet Napolitano, Department of Homeland Security Secretary has decided to resurrect the 2007 McCain/Kennedy/Bush immigration reform failure to pay off Obama’s political debts to certain special interest groups.
As a result, on Saturday there were more than 50 anti-amnesty rallies held around the nation protesting the Obama’s Administration’s attempt to shove another unwanted program onto Americans who are struggling to stay afloat.
The number one issue on American’s mind is “it’s the economy stupid.” A lagging economy coupled with a withering job market hardly seems like the ideal time to dump an estimated 20 million illegal aliens into the U.S. job market.
At the Friday speech, Napolitano described the Administration’s “three-legged stool formula as a way to solve the nation’s out-of-control immigration problem. “One that must include commitment to effective enforcement, improved legal flows for families and workers and a firm, but fair way to deal with those who are already here,” Napolitano said.
One would think that the DHS head would know how to deal with the immigration issues as Napolitano was once Governor of Arizona. However, under her tutelage, Arizona garnered the auspicious title of kidnapping capital of the U.S. and it also ranked second in the world behind Mexico City.
Arizona saw an increase in illegal crimes each year she was in office. Hardly a stellar record for someone who announced the country has solved our border security issues.
Napolitano points to the 600-miles of secure border fence that have been constructed. However, the fence was constructed under the Bush Administration- not Obama. And it is worth pointing out that the 600-miles of southern border fence built only covers about one-third of the 2,000+ mile fence the U.S. shares with Mexico. (The border we share with Mexico is not a straight line)
The so-called three-legged stool example has now lost a leg.
The Secure Communities program is another agenda DHS touts as a success. However, many look to the program as another reason amnesty is doomed to fail. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) nabbed more than 111,000 criminal aliens in one year. Great. But the new program has only deported 9,500 criminal illegal aliens. This leaves more than 100,000 criminal aliens in America.
The statistics in the state of California are even more staggering. The illegal inmates residing in California prisons tally 30 percent, one-third of all births are to illegal immigrants and the FBI reports most of the Latino MS13 gang members are here illegally. Los Angeles’ sanctuary city status forbids Los Angeles police officers to question the legal status of the most violent gang members in the country.
Napolitano claims the Obama Administration is dedicated to fighting the drug cartels, money they collect and guns returning to Mexico. She produces the $34 million confiscated in smuggling attempts. Again seems like a tidy sum of money.
However, the fact is the drug cartels pay much more than that on a monthly basis in bribes. In Mexico, drug cartels earn upwards of $10 billion per year - per cartel. Suddenly that $24 million doesn’t seem like much.
As far as the violence; this year alone there have been more murders in Mexico than the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combine eight years. Again, seems like we are fighting the wrong war.
Under the Obama Administration the violence south of the border continues to escalate, not only does Mexico lay claim to record breaking murder numbers, approximately 13,500 murders since 2006. But the violence is not only endemic to Mexico, Guatemala (3,286 murders per year), Honduras (4,214 murders per year) and San Salvador (3,673 murders per year) this all follows directly in Mexico’s footpaths and the carnage continues to unfold throughout Latin America.
This path of murder and corruption will slowly make its way into the United States.
Many claim the borders can never be fully secure and the thirst for U.S. drug consumption is impossible to overcome. Yet former U.S. Attorney Pete Nunez thinks differently. His first hand knowledge of the topic dates back to ‘Operation Intercept’ in 1969.
The program was directed by President Richard Nixon’s vow to fight drugs and it took aim at the 2,500-mile border we share with Mexico from San Diego, California to Brownsville, Texas.
President Nixon virtually shut down all the border crossings when Mexico refused to help with the war on drugs, says Nunez. “The point was to inspect 100 percent of vehicles crossing into America, there were no exceptions.”
Nunez reports during that period, large drug cases in San Diego decreased by 75 percent. “That is something that has never been repeated,” he said. “The notion that we can’t stop illegal drug trafficking into this country is false and ‘Operation Intercept’ proved the war on drugs could be fought successfully.”
Looking to other successful programs like E-Verify, the Obama Administration has continued to weaken its effectiveness by not mandating the program for every business. The restricted usage allows more illegal aliens to take jobs in an ailing U.S. economy.
However, once employees are deemed to be here illegally, they are not deported. This is mind boggling since in many cases the illegals have either used stolen or bogus Social Security numbers to gain employment, breaking another American law.
Also, another factor to keep in mind is assimilation into the American way of life. In the past second generation immigrants were more likely to succeed. The first generation parents would work hard and make sure their children received a good education, learn the language and successfully assimilate into society.
However, according to studies from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), almost two-thirds of adult Mexican immigrants have not completed high school. This unskilled work force has a much tougher time assimilating in the U.S. compared to their other immigrant counterparts.
The dubious cycle plays out when you see second generation Latino immigrants accepting food stamps, welfare payments and straining the already burdened health care systems.
But Napolitano refuses to focus on the real numbers. She states her administration wishes to get tougher on “anti-smuggling laws and dealing with the aggravated crimes smugglers commit- including assaulting law enforcement officers, endangering children and threatening relatives and abandoning people in the desert.”
This problem could be solved without U.S. taxpayer money. It is sad to see these illegal aliens succumb to the coyotes (human smugglers) as they try to break into our country illegally. A simple solution- come through the front door, wait in line with the millions of immigrants before you.
American’s do not force Latino’s to pay coyotes to enter into this country illegally. Why should it be our responsibility? There would be no deaths in the desert if those seeking a better life played by the rules, end of story.
Next the Obama Administration claims they have met with labor union leaders and “immigration reform will be a boon to American workers.”
Really? Are those here illegally multi-millionaires? Are they going to open large manufacturing plants and employ millions of Americans who remain unemployed?
Not likely. The union would love to see the millions of illegal aliens legalized because it means the unions could recruit them to join unions and extol money in dues from an already struggling group of people. Nothing more.
Napolitano states, “Think about it; unions will never achieve the best terms for workers when a large part of the workforce is illegal and operates in a shadow economy.”
The Secretary is admitting there are millions here working illegally. Why is nothing being done to stop illegals from gaining employment and once they are discovered working illegally why aren’t they returned to their home country?
One last point, in the speech given at the American Center of Progress, Napolitano stresses that “no one should have to wait in line for years in order to reunite with a spouse or young child.”
This is code for allowing all family members of those who broke the law sneaking into America, to reunite in the U.S. The number of immigrants rushing across the borders would swell to the 30-40 million people. This is something America could not sustain.
This is why American’s don’t support amnesty. It is not even on the top five list of priorities that need attention in this country.
This reckless behavior by the Obama Administration prompted 53 anti-amnesty rallies across the nation.
The San Diego Minutemen joined the tea party movement and sponsored the rally in Southern California.
“It is not fair for those in power to give our country away to illegal immigrants,” said Diane Carols who attended the rally in San Diego. “This is my first rally and it looks like I’ll have to attend many more to make sure this travesty doesn’t come true.”
This sentiment was echoed throughout rally attendees. Especially ardent opponents of anti-amnesty come from those who immigrated to America legally. Francisca Galvan, a recent legal immigrant from Mexico, spoke at the rally and explained amnesty would kill America.
With the USS Midway as a backdrop roughly 200 concerned citizens came out to support local activists in their efforts to fight amnesty and encourage political leaders to secure the country’s borders.
Looking to recent polls from Rasmussen, 66 percent of Americans want a reduction in immigration not an increase.
San Diego is a border city and rally attendees made one thing absolutely clear, amnesty is not okay and the White House can expect a big fight.
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Comments
well if you really wanna fix the immagration system why dont you ask the obama administration to decrease the years to come here legally becasue its a shameful system. no wonder people lose their patience. another point i want to make clear your article sounds, ok let me rephrase it is ignorant.
You are no doubt a real blond.
It is un-beleivable to me that people can not make the connection between E-verify, and the I.C.E Deportaion Program, Crashing America's E-conomy!
This the worst Re-cession in U.S. History started at the Exact same time!
The States that are the Hardest hit E-conomically are the ones that had the largest mass Exodus of hard working Human's, thier homes or vacated apartments went into Forclosure and their Excess hit the "Real Estate Bubble" literally overnight!
Our E-conomy needs their HARD LABOR!
The U.S. Census Bureau counted them as Citizens for nearly thirty years to basse the size of our Government on!
Phoenix now has approx: 30% smaller Tax Base, yet we still have the same size Government?
(This will not work!)
To the people yelling "NO AMNESTY" I hope your maker shows you some.
These Hard working people supported our jobs, running them away has completly stalled our E-conomy, Construction, and Growth, which caused our massive job loss!
To: Liberty
the war on the citizen continues
thaks for the alert
All legal immigrants share several things in common. They are honest(they have to pass extensive criminal background checks), they are self supporting(they have to prove financial independence and agree to not be a financial burden on our country), they are in good health(medical exams), they look forward to learning our language or already speak it, they desire to become part of our culture and society to fulfill their dreams of becoming Americans and they are willing to pledge allegiance to America.
Illegal aliens share only one thing in common. They are all lawbreakers.
The 1986 amnesty was a total failure! Never again! All illegal aliens must be deported, all greedy criminal employers should be jailed, all elected officials that have failed to enforce our laws must be voted out of office.
Good to see the Americans are finally waking up. The backlash against amnesty will be twice as big as summer of 2007 when we killed it. This is just an Obamanation to even mention amnesty with our economy in shambles. Illegal aliens should be deported by the millions - they are criminals, period.
Time for another Operation Wetback like we did back in the 50's.
Hey Julio, get the Hell out of my country! And take your wife and 6 kids with you!
Translation: angry old white males, blaming their failures in life on "the other" have decided that since it is no longer ok to be a KKK member and hate on black people, the new target are hardworking immigrants...how sad.
Funny thing is that Billby Bob doesn't even know that he is on the wrong side of both history and demographics :-)
I personally favor amnesty for all of those in prison today if there first offense was a drug possession only conviction.
“The number one issue on American’s mind is ‘it’s the economy stupid.’”
To me the number one issue continues to be the staggering number of people whose lives are destroyed each year by incarceration for pursuing happiness by using a weed.
“However, the fact is the drug cartels pay much more than that on a monthly basis in bribes. In Mexico, drug cartels earn upwards of $10 billion per year - per cartel.”
None of this money would be available to these cartels if the drugs Americans purchased from American companies through legal distribution methods.
“This path of murder and corruption will slowly make its way into the United States.”
It has been here since the war on drugs began.
Continued
Enlarge the discussion: ALL immigration must be reduced. All talk of a sustainable future is out the window in the face of our exploding population. We are heading toward ONE BILLION people here by 2090 based on last census. Next one will likely be more pessimistic.
REDUCE ALL IMMIGRATION
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“Many claim the borders can never be fully secure and the thirst for U.S. drug consumption is impossible to overcome.”
“The notion that we can’t stop illegal drug trafficking into this country is false and ‘Operation Intercept’ proved the war on drugs could be fought successfully.” Only in the war on drug would one month of a multi year war be a success.
Napolitano stresses that “no one should have to wait in line for years in order to reunite with a spouse or young child.” On this I could not agree with Napolitano more. End prohibition, Amnesty for Americans in jail for drug charges, use those empty beds to hold those in our country illegally until they can be reunited with there loved ones in their own country.
The reason our society demands the use of illegal aliens in its work force is because so many of our own citizens have criminal records for pursuing their own happiness. Amnesty for all convicted of possession only drug offenses and enforcing
What a blonde!
Per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Unemployment Report released November 6, 2009:
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations – Unemployment Rate = 13.3%
Construction and extraction occupations – Unemployment Rate = 19.1%
Production occupations – Unemployment Rate = 14.5%
Transportation, material moving occupations – Unemployment Rate = 11.6%
Service occupations – Unemployment Rate = 10.0%
Total Unemployed Citizens and Legal Residents of the USA = 15,700,000
In Addition, Persons who currently want a job but are not included in the unemployment figures because they have not looked for a job in the last month = 5,995,000
Therefore, Total Number of Americans Looking For Work = 21,695,000
Pew Study estimate of the number of Illegal Immigrants working in the USA = 7,500,000
Meanwhile:
Management, professional, and related occupations – Unemployment Rate = 4.7%
The truth is that Illegal Immigrants compete directly with US Citizens and Legal Residents for jobs.
Wake up People Running off these hard working Common Law Citizens, and tearing apart their Families, is what has Stalled and Crashed our E-conomy causing the very un-employment you are whining about!
Now we will have to Fire approx: 30% of the Government to match our new Smaller Tax Base!
Yes you "NO AMNESTY" Hatefull people this could be you!
Enjoy your Re-cession, which started at the Exact time we started Deporting our Hard Working Tax BASE!
To: Cutting off your nose, to smite your face!
You might be interested in this Examiner article:
Phoenix-Law-Enforcement-Examiner
There is No Such Thing as a "Common Law Citizens". The term is trying to legitimize illegal entry and squatting. Some states do not even recognize Common Law Spouse as legitimate.
Also....WHAT Hard Labor. The mortgage industry is down, the housing industry is in trouble because of HUGE financial problems. It has nothing to do with LACK of illegal laborers.
Besides has anyone noticed a LACK of illegal aliens all of a sudden????
People who want the Law to prevail are NOT racist, they are doing their duty by the Constitution. Illegal entry into country is breaking the law. You don't REWARD lawbreakers with citizenship!
To Davy Nicoles,
You have to be joking, if you really think that illegals are the ones paying for America. If your kind was so sure of this then they wouldn't stop us everytime we try to get the actual facts i.e. those coming in to the ER uninsured, going to public schools. And the reason for the housing bubble was allowing everyone that wanted a house, a house that they couldn't afford, not the two bedroom house down the street with the 20 people living in it suddenly becoming vacant. I started to write this post angry at you know I only feel sad that you haven't a clue and probably will continue to drink the kool-aide with out doing any real research. Bottoms-up Nicky.
Napolitano is gutting immigration enforcement, not increasing it as she deceptively claims. And with our effective unemployment rate of nearly 18% now is the worst time to be pushing mass amnesty for millions of illegal foreign workers!
Furthermore, Napolitano's "three-legged stool" of "comprehensive reform" sounds very similar to the failed "comprehensive" reform of the 1986 IRCA amnesty -- which amounts to amnesty now with promises of future enforcement. Well, We're NOT buying this, and will NOT be fooled again! NO FORM OF ANY AMNESTY!! ENFORCE OUR LAWS as was promised 23 years ago!!
Columnists like you should stop backlashing amnesty and do more research on the good it could do for a country. It's selfish Americans who're already settled down here that don't understand, or more like it, forget that their ancestors were as 'Foreign' as these 20 million 'illegals' if you have to call it, living in the shadows. 20 million people who'll be paying taxes if amnesty is ruled. Just think about how much America will get from that one point alone.
There are 38 million illegals and counting in the US. They have broken the law and we certainly do not want them here. They are going to be asked to leave. We can not support them any longer. If you respected our country and Americans then maybe we would feel differently. But you don't. You just take, take, take, It is a mess, our schools have become a joke, all the Mexicans get Fs, they use all our social services, they think everything is free and then they get jobs that they are not qualified for because they are bi-lingual. Go back to where you came from and build your own country. We have enough problems already...And don't let the door hit you on the Way Out!
The illegals are taking jobs away for US citizen (who vote and pay taxes). Moreover, they use health care services free in the emergency room that all of the rest of us end up paying for one way or another. In addition, there are good (law abiding) people that have been waiting to enter the country legally. They too are victims of the illegals. Let the legals in and throw the law breaker out !!!!
ADD AMENDMENTS TO THE 1986 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACT. E-VERIFY WILL REMOVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OVERTIME BY "ATTRITION."
I know quite a few Democrats who signed onto the Obama Presidency that will fight against any travesty called Comprehensive Immigration Reform? The one in 1986 was a complete disaster and unable to handle the sudden in surge of millions of more destitute people, thinking they were going to collect welfare? The doors to America are wide open, but nobody in their right mind is going to accept the first surge of 2-3 million coming from the South when they hear Lady Napolitano proclaiming a new AMNESTY? Those who believe in America’s survival, without OVERPOPULATION as stated by the US Census bureau better read facts, not the lies at NUMBERSUSA. Those who want details of corruption in WASHINGTON and state government go to JUDICIAL WATCH. Overpopulation, traffic hell should go to CAPSWEB. Other sites of interest on Immigration enforcement is ALIPAC and AMERICAN PATROL
Either stand up for the laws or forever hold your peace.
According to the National Research Council, illegal aliens cost taxpayers $346 billion dollars a year. That's a trillion dollars every three years and it hasn't even been voted on by Congress. The illegal aliens in this country ARE NOT the responsibility of the American citizens, yet this government has thrust this responsibility on us anyway. It's against the law to aid and abet illegal aliens in this country, yet this government has been doing it for years, and they're using your money to do it with. This government is breaking the very laws they passed themselves by not deporting illegal aliens, and we keep letting them get away with it. They insult the American people by saying we need to legalize upwards of 20 million illegal aliens to be able to secure our borders and enforce our laws. Who do they think they are kidding? They need to do the job we sent them to Washington D.C. to do and quit making excuses. If they don't, throw their butts out!
BLA BLA BLA IGNORANCE KNOWS NO SHAME.....THE MAJORITY OF ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE FROM ENGLAND, CANADA AND ELSE WHERE.
MEXICANS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS ARE NATURALS OF CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, TEXAS, ARIZONA AND OREGO SINCE 1492.
PREJUDICE HAS NAMES AND COLORS, LIKE THE COLORS IN A RAINBOW.....
BUT THE ONLY COLOR NOT FOUND IN THE RAINBOW IS ....CAN YOU GUESS?
Very good column. The nationwide anti-amnesty protests this past weekend went well. More and more citizens are becoming aware of the devastating impacts of illegal imigration, and we WILL make our voices heard and shout NO NO NO when Obama starts to insensitively peddle mass amnesty.
That we are in the mess we are in is our fault. If we allow all corporations to move manufacturing to China, we are getting degraded to consumers that will not know how to make things any more! Import tax on goods from China to balance the budget, legalize all not lawfully present so that they pay taxes - problem solved. And if you don't have job; I know a Mexican that has two!
I think obama and his thugs better learn that we DO NOT want amnesty for these illegal aliens! We want the immigration laws ENFORCED! This IS NOT going to be forced down out throats without a revolt! Maybe obama and his thugs better leasrn that.
To "Not a Hypocrite" - the joke is on you because 88% of those who call themselves "Mexicans and their descendents" are either partially or wholly descended from peoples who came from outside of the Americas, primarily from Europe. But I would also go further and ask those such as you who claim that people from modern day Mexico are really Native American heroes why it was that their ancestors played such a prominent role in the destruction and extinction of the Coahuiltecan and Karankawa. Both Native American Nations inhabited and thrived in south Texas until the rulers of what is now Mexico got involved with them. It is a sad irony that the descendants of those same rulers now claim those and others they made extinct as brothers and thus claim entitlement to their historic lands. I guess it is easy now that the Coahuiltecan, Karankawa, and others are no longer around to complain.
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Five times between 1850 and 1914 large waves of immigrants came to the USA. And each wave resulted in high unemployment and economic recession. Unemployment of 30% in California resulted in the ridiculous Chinese Exclusion Act. Ellis Island was opened against a backdrop of unemployment exceeding 50% in the states of Maine, Kansas, and Michigan. Unemployment reached 32% for unskilled labor in 1910 thanks to uncontrolled immigration. By comparison unemployment peaked at only 25% in the Great Depression. That is why we now control immigration. Since that control began we have not had a single immigration driven economic recession. Until now that is. Even at the lowest level of unemployment this decade we had 12 million mostly low income Americans looking for jobs, 20% youth unemployment, and increasing numbers of workers at below poverty level wages, all courtesy of a labor oversupply of 7 million working Illegal Immigrants.
Excellent Excellent post Norski!!! Thanks so much Kimberly for writing this article and giving vent for so many on this VITAL issue. I think many of the responses here are great. It gives me hope that America is waking up.
Heads up America Haters...Many Many Legal Hispanic immigrants as well as Latinos who've been here for Generations also DON'T want any illegals here and want our Laws upheld!! Because WE are all Americans and illegals entry persons ARE NOT!
Poster James Adams said below...Either stand up for the laws or forever hold your peace. Very True.Perhaps we couls also say;
Either we stand together holding our "piece" or we forever give up our laws.
The US Murder's were at a staggering 16,272 for 2008. So, maybe its is US who are exporting the concepts to our Latino Neighbors. Just my two cents.
Common sense tells that we have 15Million unemployed Americans how is it going to help to have criminals in the US ILLEGALLY!
I am beginnig to think that the Democratic leaders are on Mexico's payroll. They sre are not doing a thing to help the 18-20% of Americans that can not find full time employment. Not one of them are listening to the American public!! They are exporting jobs and importing poverty, sickness and more bums dependant on the Government too pay their way. Vote them out!
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