Please Support Applebee's and Dunkin Donuts
I'm joining Michelle Malkin in asking people to support Applebee's and Dunkin Donuts (and not just because my beautiful niece Casey works for Applebee's). As Michelle explains on her blog (Link), an immigrant "rights" group is calling for a boycott of both of these businesses because they are making it more difficult for illegal immigrants to work for the companies. For details, visit Michelle's blog.
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My Hometown Mentioned in the Washington Post!
I always get excited when my little hometown, Sierra Vista, AZ, (or Sorry Vista as we used to call it in high school) gets mentioned in the papers. Sierra Vista is the town that grew around Fort Huachuca, the Army's headquarters for military intelligence (where Andrew Sullivan's Torturers are trained).
It's been in the news often lately because of the border issue. Hannity did several shows for FNC on location there. More on the immigration issue showed up in WaPo this morning:
Last week, House Republican field hearings in San Diego explored the societal and governmental costs of illegal immigrants' use of health-care facilities and welfare. Another in Houston looked at "the criminal consequences of illegal immigration." One near here, in Sierra Vista, examined the nation's strained technical capacity to monitor "the efforts of terrorists and drug cartels" trying to "infiltrate American soil."
I miss my hometown a lot living in DC. I really miss how quiet and unconcerned the living was there. May I give you a quick tour?
To get you situated, here is where Sierra Vista/Fort Huachuca is located.
Here is one of the state HWYs leading into SV.
Here is Raymond W. Bliss hospital, the site of my birth on Friday, May 27, 1977.
First, the area was famed for the Buffalo Soldiers that were stationed at Fort Huachuca, the Chinese in the copper mines of Bisbee (think of the series Kung Fu) and the wild west violence that plagued Cochise County (think Tombstone, Wyatt Earp and the OK Corral). Here is a map to show you how close all these things are. The width of this map is probably about 60 miles.
Then the white man came.
Sierra Vista would become a haven for white boys with tricked out cars.
Now for some scenery. You will note that Sierra Vista translates to Mountain View. And boy did we have some awesome views! Imagine seeing this every day:
Here's some random person at dusk.
Here is Parker Canyon Lake (PCL) were the youth would go to drink and swim. My mother (who was also an army brat, who's father was stationed at Fort Huchuca, where she met my father, who was also and army brat, who's father was stationed at Fort Huachuca) had a friend in high school that drowned here. But who can resist?
Here is the roadrunner on the lamb hiding from the coyotes.
Here are some people who arrived using coyotes and need to be deported.
And here is a picture that is the closest one google could find of my old house near the parade field (I lived about three blocks away).
Here is a picture of our "municipal airport".
Carr Canyon and its waterfall.
I am getting tired, but here is another shot of Fort Huachuca. Hope you enjoyed the tour!
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The Cahones on these people
Can you believe that people are suing the government and DEMANDING citizenship?
Ten Middle Eastern and Asian immigrants sued the government Tuesday for allegedly letting their U.S. citizenship applications linger indefinitely by delaying background checks.
Filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, the suit asks that a federal judge review the files and administer the oath of citizenship.
It also seeks class-action status to include all immigrants who have been waiting at least six months for naturalization after filing applications at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service in Los Angeles.
This is insane.
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Identity Theft
I am so sick and tired of this argument about illegals paying into the Social Security system, therefore the money is theirs. First, this is identity theft. Bush just proposed task force into combating identity theft, but then wants to provide amnesty to the millions of illegal immigrants that have done it. Second, the analogies thrown around by supporters of amnesty are silly. Here's a good analogy:- I steal someone's credit card.
- I go to Vegas.
- I use the card I stole to bet $1000.
- I win $1million.
- I get busted and demanded to keep the $999,000.
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It could have been a lot worse
The president's presentation was a little meek in delivery, but it was well presented.
I think the point that struck me the most and might have swayed me a little is how he pegged the temporary worker program (along with tamperproof ID) as a disincentive to illegal immigration. I think he might be right.
Employers will then have no excuse--no claims of ignorance when hiring illegals.
But the enforcement is a must.
What will work in the president's favor is that he did not slam the House bill as demanded by Democrats and how the Amnesty liberals will smear him still and ask for immediate citizenship.
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Republicans Better Take Notice!
The voters have spoken in NoVA:
Herndon voters yesterday unseated the mayor and two Town Council members who supported a bitterly debated day-labor center for immigrant workers in a contest that emerged as a mini-referendum on the turbulent national issue of illegal immigration.
Residents replaced the incumbents with challengers who immediately called for significant changes at the center. Some want to bar public funds from being spent on the facility or restrict it to workers living in the country legally. Others want it moved to an industrial site away from the residential neighborhood where it is located.
The labor center forced the western Fairfax County town into the national spotlight last summer as the immigration debate grew deeply contentious. Even though fewer than 3,000 people voted yesterday, advocates on both sides of the issue looked at the Herndon election as a test of public sentiment. Outside groups such as the Minuteman Project, which opposes illegal immigration, intervened in the debate, and Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, is suing the town over the establishment of the center.
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the anthem
You don't sing Puccini in English.
You don't sing the American National Anthem in Spanish.
Period.
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Illegal Pity Party
More fodder for the pro-illegal immigration lobby:
The number of Mexican migrants who died attempting to come work in the United States climbed to a record high of 516 last year, almost 40 percent more than in 2004, according to figures compiled by the Mexican government.
Record heat last summer and an American border control strategy that induced people to trek across more remote areas were largely to blame, Border Patrol officials and immigration analysts have said.
An immigration bill now stalled in the U.S. Senate could, if passed, drastically reduce the death toll by creating a legal way for Mexicans and other foreigners to enter the country on temporary work visas, some analysts said.
"We're trying to take a deadly, chaotic and disorderly system and turn it into a safe, legal and orderly system," said Doug Rivlin, a spokesman for the National Immigration Forum, a Washington, D.C., organization that supports proposals under consideration in the Senate to create a temporary guest-worker program.
No one forced these people to go wondering aimlessly in the desert. I say we should call their bluff: if you want to make illegal immigration safer--build a bridge to Cuba! How many Cuban's have fled facism only to die on make shift boats of tires and popsicle sticks?
Democrats don't want more Cuban immigrants because they know that after living under communism in Cuba, they would not be likely to vote for communism-lite (the Democratic Party) here.
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Idiocy
How is it that people who speak Spanish lay claim to this continent?
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GWA
Learn this term just coined on Rush: the Democratic Plan for immigrants is the GVA.
GVA: the Guest Voter Act of 2006.
The Dems cannot win elections so they need to import voters in order to regain power.
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Blaming the Victim
Oh, nice:
PORTLAND, Maine --Dozens of people pressing for rights for illegal immigrants gathered for a peaceful demonstration on Monday just minutes after a counter-protestor was bloodied by a teenager who hid his face with a bandanna.
The attacker, described as a Hispanic teenager, went after one of three white people carrying signs arguing that illegals have no rights, police said.
As the teen fled, the victim dropped to the pavement after being hit with something heavy that the teen had carried, possibly in a sock or a bandanna, said Portland Police Sgt. Robin Gauvin. There were no arrests as of late afternoon.
The victim, identified as Robert Gorman, 23, of Portland, was hauled away in an ambulance minutes before 200 people gathered. He was treated and released from Maine Medical Center.
"When you promote violence, you get violence," said the Rev. Virginia Maria Rincon, one of the organizers. "Our rally is about promoting a peaceful dialogue."
By showing up with signs that opposed those of the majority of the group, Gorman was promoting violence? Had he struck the first blow, or if his sign had said all illegals should be killed, then perhaps Rev. Rincon would be right. However, according to the article, this doesn't seem to be the case. So much for citizens' freedom of speech and the right of dissent.
Not to mention that any illegals in this demonstration were demonstrating for citizens' rights they do not have.
This kind of behavior doesn't exactly make me want to embrace the illegal alien cause.
This quote is laden with irony:
One of the organizers, Portland attorney Rafael Galvez, said people won't forget how members of Congress vote. "They will be remembered for how they vote on this sensitive issue. They can be compassionate, or cruel," Galvez said.
I'll bet Galvez isn't worried about the cruelty of the attacker against his victim. But then, it's just some racist getting his just desserts, eh?
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Selling out your country for your party
I hear a lot of whining about how Republicans wills sell out for votes. They are totally pandering with this illegal immigration thing, but this Democratic flier pisses me off:
(Thanks for mentioning it, Rush)
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LA Times Faces its readers
Opinion LA's online discussion really demonstrates the mood in this country against Mexican nationalists/reconquistas and illegal immigrants. Here are some choice comments:
- If the US Selective Service law states that all males between 18 and 26 must register for the draft within 30 days of turning 18 or being in this country illegal or not,punishable by a $250,000 fine and 5 years in jail and they haven't so done, then that is another violation of the US LAW and that man should not be eligible for US Citizenship and should go home!
- Big deal, a bunch of children immigrants skip another day of school. Go home.
- Mexico is the biggest coyote. It does nothing to improve the living conditions of it's people. The US needs to stop sending aid and start billing them for the services we provide for their citizens.
- I canceled my gardener this week.I'll do it myself from now on or find a kid in the neighborhood.I will make a consious effort from now on to pay money for sevices to LEGAL residents and I suggest that eveyone does the same.I also suggest to close all accounts with banks that encourage illigal immigration such as wells fargo and B of A.WE NEED TO BE HEARD! Get off your couches and turn off the video games and let's save OUR country!
- if it was not for the mexican i bet half of you would nhot work what we work plus i don't think you would work for low wage and are people do you guys don't understand why is it only the mexican that bush want out of the united state and plus why is it on the bill its said united we stand that mean everyone that live here that even mean for our people
Notice how wrong the last person is (I give him credit for knowing some English)...Bush does NOT want to throw anyone out and that's why we are upset with Bush. Bush wants to condone illegal behavior because of business interests and because he wants the Republicans to get latino votes. But his mistake is typical; he assumes its all Bush's fault whether it is true or not.
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Noonan on Immigration: Brilliant
Every so often, her prose just soars and gives such clarity to an issue:
What this all got me thinking about, the next day, was . . . immigration. I know that seems a lurch, but there's a part of the debate that isn't sufficiently noted. There are a variety of things driving American anxiety about illegal immigration and we all know them--economic arguments, the danger of porous borders in the age of terrorism, with anyone able to come in.
But there's another thing. And it's not fear about "them." It's anxiety about us.
It's the broad public knowledge, or intuition, in America, that we are not assimilating our immigrants patriotically. And if you don't do that, you'll lose it all.
We used to do it. We loved our country with full-throated love, we had no ambivalence. We had pride and appreciation. We were a free country. We communicated our pride and delight in this in a million ways--in our schools, our movies, our popular songs, our newspapers. It was just there, in the air. Immigrants breathed it in. That's how the last great wave of immigrants, the European wave of 1880-1920, was turned into a great wave of Americans.
We are not assimilating our immigrants patriotically now. We are assimilating them culturally. Within a generation their children speak Valley Girl on cell phones. "So I'm like 'no," and he's all 'yeah,' and I'm like, 'In your dreams.' " Whether their parents are from Trinidad, Bosnia, Lebanon or Chile, their children, once Americans, know the same music, the same references, watch the same shows. And to a degree and in a way it will hold them together. But not forever and not in a crunch.
So far we are assimilating our immigrants economically, too. They come here and work. Good.
But we are not communicating love of country. We are not giving them the great legend of our country. We are losing that great legend.
What is the legend, the myth? That God made this a special place. That they're joining something special. That the streets are paved with more than gold--they're paved with the greatest thoughts man ever had, the greatest decisions he ever made, about how to live. We have free thought, free speech, freedom of worship. Look at the literature of the Republic: the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Federalist papers. Look at the great rich history, the courage and sacrifice, the house-raisings, the stubbornness. The Puritans, the Indians, the City on a Hill.
The genius cluster--Jefferson, Hamilton, Adams, Madison, Franklin, all the rest--that came along at the exact same moment to lead us. And then Washington, a great man in the greatest way, not in unearned gifts well used (i.e., a high IQ followed by high attainment) but in character, in moral nature effortfully developed. How did that happen? How did we get so lucky? (I once asked a great historian if he had thoughts on this, and he nodded. He said he had come to believe it was "providential.")
We fought a war to free slaves. We sent millions of white men to battle and destroyed a portion of our nation to free millions of black men. What kind of nation does this? We went to Europe, fought, died and won, and then taxed ourselves to save our enemies with the Marshall Plan. What kind of nation does this? Soviet communism stalked the world and we were the ones who steeled ourselves and taxed ourselves to stop it. Again: What kind of nation does this?
Only a very great one. Maybe the greatest of all.
Do we teach our immigrants that this is what they're joining? That this is the tradition they will now continue, and uphold?
Do we, today, act as if this is such a special place? No, not always, not even often. American exceptionalism is so yesterday. We don't want to be impolite. We don't want to offend. We don't want to seem narrow. In the age of globalism, honest patriotism seems like a faux pas.
And yet what is true of people is probably true of nations: if you don't have a well-grounded respect for yourself, you won't long sustain a well-grounded respect for others.
Amen!
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Immigration Filibuster
Polipundit seems to think there are only two options to defeat the amnesty bill:
We have two chances to stop this bill:
1. In the full Senate
2. In the House-Senate reconciliation process.
I'd like to also point out that if we get 40 republicans together, we can filibuster this bill. I think this could also be a winner politically going into the 2006 elections if a strong republican front prevents a bill of amnesty from going to a vote.
Defeating it would be best--but the filibuster will also smoke out the democrats.
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Mexico Demands the US Permit More Immigration
Diplomats from Mexico and Central America on Monday demanded guest worker programs and the legalization of undocumented migrants in the United States, while criticizing a U.S. proposal for tougher border enforcement.
Meeting in Mexico's capital, the regional officials pledged to do more to fight migrant trafficking, but indirectly condemned a U.S. bill that would make illegal entry a felony and extend border walls.
"Migrants, regardless of their migratory status, should not be treated like criminals," they said.
The countries represented at the meeting _ including Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Belize and Panama _ created a working group to design a regional policy to avoid migrant abuse and to follow the course of the legislation.
"There has to be an integrated reform that includes a temporary worker program, but also the regularization of those people who are already living in receptor countries," Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said.
Derbez has called the measure _ which passed the U.S. House of Representatives last month but still must go before the Senate _ "stupid and underhanded," but was somewhat more restrained on Monday, saying "it's not the Mexican government's position to tell the U.S. Senate what to do."
What our response should be:
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Mexican Government Opposed to the Sovereignty of the USA
A story reported by FOX News states, “The Mexican government slammed the U.S. Congress for approving an immigration bill that would tighten border controls and make it harder for undocumented immigrants to get jobs.” In other words, the Mexican government doesn’t want the U.S. government to have sovereignty when it comes to controlling who gets into the USA.
The story goes on to state the following:
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission described the U.S. measure as "part of a tendency to criminalize migration with a wall that calls to mind the Berlin Wall."
Such a claim coming out of Mexico couldn’t be further from the truth. The purpose of the Berlin Wall was to keep people from escaping the oppression of Communism. A wall along the U.S. - Mexican border would have the purpose of regulating entrance into the USA.
Also, migration isn’t being criminalized, as evident by the fact that legal immigrants are constantly becoming naturalized U.S. citizens.
If Mexicans wish to migrate to the USA, then they still can do so through legal means.
So why is the Mexican government opposed to the USA exercising its sovereignty?
Answer: Illegal Mexican immigrants tend to send U.S. dollars back to Mexico.
In short, the Mexican government wants its nation to be a de facto U.S. welfare recipient.
It seems that the Mexican government is incapable of taking care of its citizens.
Perhaps the Mexican government should appeal for help from the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Michelle Malkin has more to say on the recent congressional action pertaining to illegal immigration.
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I Smell some Hypocrisy from Republicans
Question: Is there a moral relation to Elian Gonzales and "anchor babies?"
Republicans were appalled (rightfully so) that the Clinton administration would send a child, whose mother died trying to get to Florida, back to the communist dictatorship in Cuba.
However, in dealing with the illegal immigration problem, some republicans are suggesting we no longer grant automatic citizenship to people born in America to illegal immigrants.
Should we deport these babies to conditions that could be as horrible as those in Cuba (or the Sudan or China or NoKo)?
Elian and "anchor babies" are two very different things both in number and impact, but I feel there might be a common principle in that if you flee oppression and make it to our shores, that we should embrace these people:
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door
Should we send away children born to people escaping all those things listed in the inscription at the Statue of Liberty?
Thanksgiving is a good time to think about such things.
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What Took Them So Long?
Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff made a startling announcement:
"Our goal at DHS (Homeland Security) is to completely eliminate the 'catch and release' enforcement problem, and return every single illegal entrant, no exceptions.
"It should be possible to achieve significant and measurable progress to this end in less than a year," Chertoff told a Senate hearing.
I can't believe it took this long for a statement like this to come from the government. Of course, there will be those who howl about civil rights and other such nonsense. But please remember that those who are here illegally have no rights that citizens do. They are lawbreakers simply by being here.
The definition of illegal is "prohibited by law." And unless all of our immigration laws are tossed out and things become an official free-for-all, these people ought to be thrown out on their ears.
And before some of you jump on me for being anti-immigrant, let me be clear: I have no problem with those who want to come to our country through legal channels and either stay on with green cards, or go on to become citizens. We are a country of immigrants.
It'll be interesting to see how quickly the civil rights whiners are on the case on this one.
A point to ponder: for every Mexican who sneaks over, not to harm, but simply to make money, how many al Qaeda thugs are sneaking over too?
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Bush Should Close Border
President Bush deserves extreme ridicule for his indifference to illegal immigration. Now with 1 million plus people displaced and in need of ANY work they can get--it's time to tell Mexico and Mexicans that enforcing our borders isn't racism. We cannot afford this recovery and continue to clog our emergency rooms will illegal immigrants and have illegal immigants receiving benefits from the Federal and local governments. We don't need to send anyone back right now, we just need to stop people coming in.
Then, if there is a boom and need of day laborers once serious rebuilding begins, that would be the perfect opportunity for Bush to ask for the guest worker program he desires; Americans will find it logical and needed. But the people who get first cracks at a track of legalization are peope already here.
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Fences are Anti-Immigrant?
Sometimes it's difficult to understand what some people are thinking:
Gov. Bill Richardson, who won plaudits this week from foes of illegal immigration after he declared a state of emergency along New Mexico's southern border, said Sunday that plans to construct a border fence are anti-immigrant.
"A fence at the border is not going to work because, first of all, they're easily porous, and that sends a message that America is a nation that is not valuing immigrants," Richardson told ABC's "This Week."
He thinks more border guards are the answer.
I'm all for more border patrol. But to say that a fence is more anti-immigrant than men brandishing firearms is simply ridiculous.
America is a nation of immigrants, and only the most isolationist wackos would want to keep everyone out. We simply cannot absorb the volume of people pouring over the border, which is why we have immigration laws and must have the resources to enforce those laws. A fence, while not the entire answer, certainly couldn't hurt. It would aid the border patrol by slowing illegals down, making it easier to catch them in the act.
Of course, we could all take the attitude of the Herndon, VA town council and throw in the towel.
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Illegals Welcome in Herndon, VA
It seems the town of Herndon, Virginia has a soft spot for illegal aliens. After getting complaints about the illegals who lined up outside of a convience store each day with the hope of getting work, the town council proposed moving them to the police station. Last night, they voted 5-2 to build an official gathering place for illegals.
So, not only is taxpayer money going toward social services for these people, but in Herndon, it is now going toward a gathering place for illegals looking for work.
According to the article from CNS News, employers don't "feel comfortable" finding workers in front of the 7-11. They're not supposed to even hire these people, and the town is supposed to worry about how comfortable they feel about the location? Pass the barf bag, please.
Herndon Planning Commissioner Robert Burk is blaming the federal government for this fiasco, saying, "The federal government has left Herndon on its own. Since the borders are not being enforced, there are a minimal number of INS agents, and they need to make a decision that is best for the town of Herndon utilizing their own resources."
While it's true the federal government is letting us down in this area, does that mean Herndon is going to roll over and accept illegals in their community without question? Sad to say, it sure looks that way.
In New London, Connecticut, legal residents and taxpayers are being forced out of their homes with the blessing of the Supreme Court to make way for a fancy-schmancy complex being built to accommodate Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and its employees (and greedy tax collectors). In Herndon, illegal immigrants are getting a gathering place built for them. Welcome to the other side of the looking glass.
*Cross-posted on Blogmeister USA*
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Finally...Some Sense Regarding Illegal Immigrants
Illegal immigration is a hot topic everywhere in the U.S., but especially in those states on the front lines--namely those bordering Mexico.
And finally, there's some good news regarding illegal immigration.
No, neither the Bush administration nor Congress have put forth more stringent legislation regarding people sneaking over the border, but it's the next best thing:
A federal appeals court refused Tuesday to block part of an Arizona law that denies some public benefits to illegal immigrants, saying the plaintiffs had no right to sue.
Bring out the canapes and martinis and let's have a party! A federal court saying illegal immigrants have no right to sue?
Since they are not citizens or green-card holders, you bet they don't have the right to sue. What gets me is that they were suing in order to receive public benefits, something else they don't have the right to. In fact, they shouldn't be here at all! But, I digress.
The voter-approved law appeared on Arizona's November election ballot. The portion at issue bars illegal immigrants from getting certain public benefits and makes it a crime for public employees to fail to report undocumented immigrants who seek the benefits.
Voter-approved...better and better! Voter-approved initiatives are anathema to leftists, because voters have more sense than the left likes to admit--which is why they so often turn to the courts--only this time, the strategy backfired.
I'm sure there will be an appeal. However, this was a great victory because the court system did its job by interpreting the law, not making new law.
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Illegal Immigrants: The Hidden Costs
Many people worry that illegal immigrants take jobs away from Americans. Others worry that they're taking a huge toll on our health care system. Both assumptions are correct. However, there's another area in which they're costing you, the American taxpayer: education.
Columnist Lynn Woolley itemizes some sobering numbers:
An advocacy group called the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has done the math. If you look at the total national expenditure from grade K-12 for educating illegal immigrant children, you find that the states pay out about $12 billion per year. But if you add in the cost of educating the so-called "anchor children" (born in this country to illegal parents), the price tag comes to more than $28.6 billion.
That's right, boys and girls. Children who should not even be here are the beneficiaries of education at your expense. According to Woolley, states such as Texas, California and New York are among the worst hit...but political correctness stands in the way of doing something about it. Deporting the families and their children would save billions of dollars in these states that could go toward other areas in the education budget.
Unfortunately, feelings would be hurt by these proposals. And – if you know anything about the self-esteem movement in schools these days – feelings are everything. We're cautioned by the education establishment against being judgmental – and we're told that the word "illegal" is too harsh. So the term is now "undocumented immigrant" or simply "migrant." It would be insensitive to deny these kids an education. And, as the lecture goes, the children did not break the law – the parents did. What about our feelings? Did anyone ask me how I feel about it?
And no, the children didn't break the law. But, as Woolley asks, "How much of this non-judgmentalism can the American taxpayer afford?"
I'm sorry that Mexicans get a raw deal from their own government. I'm sorry Vicente Fox can't seem to get his act together for the betterment of the Mexican people. But should we feel guilty for the failings of the Mexican government?
I haven't even touched on the security issues connected with our porous borders. Not from Mexicans, who are usually just looking for a way out of poverty, but from Islamofascists who make it to Mexico and may make it over to the U.S.
Our politicians, our president included, need to take off the blinders where illegal immigrants are concerned. Stop worrying about votes that they can't cast anyway, and worry about both the fiscal and physical well-being of American citizens. Isn't that what you were elected to do?
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Mexican Prez Offends American Blacks
Apparently Vicente Fox has inserted his foot into his rather large mouth.
In a speech praising the diligence of Mexicans working in the United States, Fox said they're doing jobs that "even blacks" won't do.
Tacky, tacky, Senor Fox.
Of course, the usual suspects are demanding an apology, and while at first he said one wasn't necessary, Fox is now ready to grovel.
According to the article, comments that are considered racist here are not considered so in Mexico.
The real story though, in my humble opinion, is not the comment's racial overtones. Rather, it's the fact that Fox is encouraging his citizens to break our laws so that they can send home wads of untaxed money to cash-strapped relatives.
More money is sent to Mexico by migrant workers than tourists and foreign investors spend. And, as of 2003, Fox [had] generated less than half the number of jobs anticipated, and many of these are in the underground economy.
Fox's willingness to remove his country's financial burden from his own shoulders and place them on ours is a sadder commentary on his character than his comment about blacks. While we can't force him to do a better job in Mexico, we can exhort OUR leaders to do a better job enforcing our immigration laws.
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