Showing posts with label amnesty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label amnesty. Show all posts

Monday, May 24, 2010

Terrorists Also Cross Arizona/Mexico Border

Terrorists from Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, etc., are learning Spanish and crossing the Arizona/Mexican border. Muslim prayer rugs, jihadist uniform patches are being found on the ground in Arizona. It is not just an illegal immigration issue, but a national security issue as well. Watch this video.

http://www.wsbtv.com/video/23438021/index.html

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Mexico is the Problem, Not Arizona

Corruption in Mexico is the problem, not SB1070.  Back in 1994, the Clinton administration started Operation Gatekeeper, using fences and patrols to stop illegals crossing the border.  This caused illegals to shift their focus towards crossing in Arizona. Since then, the federal government has refused to help Arizona with the problem.

The Tulsa Beacon reports, the percentage of illegal crossing had now risen to 45 percent from 8 percent in 1992 reported Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. What this has brought along with individuals wanting a better life is drug smuggling, organized crime and filth. Not only has the federal government not helped Arizona, it has ignored requests for help from some of the major Indian tribes that share their borders with Mexico.

The Tohono O’odham Nation’s reservation stretches for 150 mile along the Mexican border. I personally visited the site and was told that the tribe regularly picks up tons of trash left behind by illegals, as well as finding lost persons who have died in the Sonora Desert.

The Bush administration would not pay for tribal policing, trash collection or help stem the influx. The Obama administration, desperate for political help this November from the Mexican community, too has done nothing to stop illegal immigration. The Bloomberg story concluded by saying after a prominent rancher was killed by unknown assailants as he patrolled his property, Arizonans felt things had gotten far out of control.

The story’s author Peter Coy said, “For years, the United States has behaved hypocritically on immigration. Legal immigration of low-skilled workers is far below the amount demanded by American businesses.” Only 5,000 green cards are issued yearly when the “demand many times exceeds 400,000 immigrants on permanent or temporary visas.” “One obvious but imperfect way to relieve the pressure is to increase the number of low-skilled immigrants who are admitted yearly,” said the author.

Most observers agree since Mexican workers are not replacing less-educated native-born Americans. Our less educated native-born are also many times unmotivated to work. You will not see them repairing a roof or working on a street. That work is left to the Mexicans. These are the voters Obama covers for and who he caters to. It doesn’t matter about their unemployment or incarceration rates. Their votes are all that is really desired.

The Business Week article went on to say, “Investing in employees to upgrade their skills and put them on a path to promotions and higher pay is good for employers as well as workers.” Like this is not happening? People in their 60s every day participate in continuing education classes and learn new skills. All it takes is a desire to step out and take a chance.

In the article, John Schmidt of the Center for Economic and Policy Research is quoted as saying, “It’s not the border that’s broken, it’s our low-wage labor market.” Rutgers University economist argued, “When employers say they need 400,000 visas a year, they’re saying ‘We need indentured servants.’” Really, the problem of illegal immigration does not lie on the Arizona side of the border or with a desire for low wage employees. It is far easier to “scoff” at Arizona for wanting to address the problem than to talk about the source. Mexico is a beautiful country with abundant natural resources and a population of hardworking people.

It’s too bad those of Spanish ancestry leading Mexico don’t look like the native population or have their interest in mind. If they did we wouldn’t have illegal immigration regardless of what Professor Appelbaum thinks.

As the World Bank wrote in their May 21, 2007 report “Diagnoses of Mexican Economic Problems,” there are 11 reasons why Mexico doesn’t work economically. First is the competitive environment or lack of it. There are special interest groups that act as bottlenecks and limit economic competition. These “untouchable” interest groups impede any economic growth.

Another area is in education where “teachers unions are more concerned with protecting their own privileges than truly reforming education.”

Mexico’s labor law is “rigid and counterproductive.” The law “discourages employment and encourages employers to come up with ingenious tricks to save money.”

What Mexico lacks in innovation and commerce it makes up for with corruption. “Corruption is a part of Mexican society.”. Corruption is part of the way government works. It influences investment, commerce and transportation and Mexican tax law.

Until Mexican bureaucracy changes, the only hope for many citizens will be illegal immigration to the United States. Mexican elite “encourage never-ending emigration to the United States” so that they do not have to address their problems.

Mexico’s problems will not be solved in Arizona. They will be solved by the U.S. government insisting that Mexico City finally act in their people’s best interest.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Obama May Use ICE to Thwart Arizona Immigration Law

Now it looks likes Obama and the DHS may use or not ICE to thwart the Arizona immigration law by refusing to process detainees turned over by Arizona law enforcement.


John Morton, assistant secretary of homeland security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, made the comment during a meeting on Wednesday with the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune, the newspaper reports.

"I don't think the Arizona law, or laws like it, are the solution," Morton told the newspaper.
The best way to reduce illegal immigration is through a comprehensive federal approach, he said, and not a patchwork of state laws.

The law, which criminalizes being in the state illegally and requires authorities to check suspects for immigration status, is not "good government," Morton said.

Meanwhile, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said ICE is not obligated to process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.

"ICE has the legal discretion to accept or not to accept persons delivered to it by non-federal personnel," Napolitano said. "It also has the discretion to deport or not to deport persons delivered to it by any government agents, even its own."

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Let's Destroy America

A great speech on what liberals are doing to the United States:

I have a plan to destroy America
by Richard D. Lamm

I have a secret plan to destroy America. If you believe, as many do, that America is too smug, too white bread, too self-satisfied, too rich, let’s destroy America. It is not that hard to do. History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and they all fall, and that “an autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.” Here is my plan:

1. We must first make America a bilingual-bicultural country. History shows, in my opinion, that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. One scholar, Seymour Martin Lipset, put it this way: “The histories of bilingual and bicultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension and tragedy. Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with its Basques, Bretons and Corsicans.”

2. I would then invent “multiculturalism” and encourage immigrants to maintain their own culture. I would make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal: that there are no cultural differences that are important. I would declare it an article of faith that the black and Hispanic dropout rate is only due to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out-of-bounds.

3. We can make the United States a “Hispanic Quebec” without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently, “The apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved, not by tolerance, but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentrically, and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.” I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with a salad bowl metaphor. It is important to insure that we have various cultural sub-groups living in America reinforcing their differences, rather than Americans emphasizing their similarities.

4. Having done all this, I would make our fastest-growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50 percent dropout rate from school.

5. I would then get the big foundations and big business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of victimology. I would get all minorities to think their lack of success was all the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population.

6. I would establish dual citizenship and promote divided loyalties. I would “celebrate diversity.” “Diversity” is a wonderfully seductive word. It stresses differences rather than commonalities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other–that is, when they are not killing each other. A “diverse,” peaceful or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together, and we can take advantage of this myopia.

Look at the ancient Greeks. Dorf’s “World History” tells us: “The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshiped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic Games in honor of Zeus, and all Greeks venerated the shrine of Apollo at Delphi. A common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty. Yet, all of these bonds together were not strong enough to overcome two factors … (local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions …)” If we can put the emphasis on the “pluribus,” instead of the “unum,” we can balkanize America as surely as Kosovo.

7. Then I would place all these subjects off-limits–make it taboo to talk about. I would find a word similar to “heretic” in the 16th century that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like “racist”, “xenophobe” halt argument and conversation. Having made America a bilingual-bicultural country, having established multiculturalism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of “victimology,” I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra –”because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good.” I would make every individual immigrant sympatric and ignore the cumulative impact.

8. Lastly, I would censor Victor Davis Hanson’s book “Mexifornia” –this book is dangerous; it exposes my plan to destroy America. So please, please–if you feel that America deserves to be destroyed–please, please–don’t buy this book! This guy is on to my plan.

“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.” –Noam Chomsky, American linguist and U.S. media and foreign policy critic.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Who is the Real Human Rights Violator

Gulags. Rouge organ harvesting. One child per family. Male baby favoritism. Etc. Etc.  Yet another Obama administration apologist was talking to the Chinese, apologizing for the Arizona immigration law.  This administration is filled with some of the biggest losers in world history.

From the AP:

The United States and China reported no major breakthroughs Friday after only their second round of talks about human rights since 2002…

Michael Posner, the assistant secretary of state, told reporters that another round will happen some time next year in Beijing…

Posner said in addition to talks on freedom of religion and expression, labor rights and rule of law, officials also discussed Chinese complaints about problems with U.S. human rights, which have included crime, poverty, homelessness and racial discrimination.

He said U.S. officials did not whitewash the American record and in fact raised on its own a new immigration law in Arizona that requires police to ask about a person’s immigration status if there is suspicion the person is in the country illegally.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Do What's Right, Stand with Arizona

Stand with Arizona.

http://standwitharizona.org/

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Strikes Back at Obama

Our loser of a President, Barack Obama, gets schooled on what real leadership looks like by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. Perhaps Barack can borrow some balls from Michelle.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Los Suns son estúpidos

Turns out Los Suns are in fact showing support for illegals.

 The National Basketball Players Association said in a statement yesterday that the Arizona immigration law is “disappointing and disturbing” and called for its repeal or modification. The players’ union also praised the Suns.

“We applaud the actions of Phoenix Suns players and management and join them in taking a stand against the misguided efforts of Arizona lawmakers,” said the statement by NBPA Executive Director Billy Hunter.

Los Suns point guard Steve Nash (a Canadian), "I'm against it. I think that this is a bill that really damages our civil liberties. I think it opens up the potential for racial profiling and racism. I think it's a bad precedent to set for our young people. I think it represents our state poorly in the eyes of the nation and the world... Hopefully it will change a lot in the coming weeks."

Says a man from a country that censors speech.  Roll Eyes   Isn't sweet that a rich athlete who probably lives in a gated community with security can feel the pain of illegals, but not the need to protect the citizens who pay his salary. Dope.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Obama Spends Week Race Bating Arizona Immigration Law While Oil Spill Reaches Shore

Obama fiddled while Rome burned. He wasted time rabble rousing and race bating Arizonans who just want the law to protect them. Unfortunately, it appears that our community organizing President is only good at community organizing. At a time when we need a President to be Presidential, we are stuck with one who lacks the capability.

Turns out the administration was unaware that the defense department has oil spill fighting equipment. Whole administration is a bunch of novices. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

From the NY Times H/T to Gateway Pundit:
As oil edged toward the Louisiana coast and fears continued to grow that the leak from a seabed oil well could spiral out of control, officials in the Obama administration publicly chastised BP America for its handling of the spreading oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, where Obama is expected to travel this weekend.
Yet a review of the response suggests it may be too simplistic to place all the blame for the unfolding environmental catastrophe on the oil company. The federal government also had opportunities to move more quickly, but did not do so while it waited for a resolution to the spreading spill from BP.
The Department of Homeland Security waited until Thursday to declare that the incident was “a spill of national significance,” and then set up a second command center in Mobile, Ala. The actions came only after the estimate of the size of the spill was increased fivefold to 5,000 barrels a day.
The delay meant that the Homeland Security Department waited until late this week to formally request a more robust response from the Department of Defense, with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano acknowledging even as late as Thursday afternoon that she did not know if the Defense Department even had equipment that might be helpful.
By Friday afternoon, she said, the Defense Department had agreed to send two large military transport planes to spray chemicals that can disperse the oil while it is still in the Gulf.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Race Bating Obama Lies About Arizona's Immigration Law

Its clear the Obama did not read Arizona's immigration law.  Where is this post racial era of Obama?  Probably won't be coming as long as Obama keeps race bating.

Right now Arizona is overrun with illegals.  Arizona citizens are subject to kidnapping and murder.  If you live close to the border in Arizona, it is likely that you will find your house occupied when you go on vacation or leave your property unattended for any length of time.

OTTUMWA, IA — Asked about his plan for undocumented workers at a town hall this evening in Ottumwa, IA, President Obama referred to “this law that just passed in Arizona which I think is a poorly conceived law.”

The president said, “you can try to make it really tough on people who look like they, quote, unquote look like illegal immigrants. One of the things that the law says is that local officials are allow to ask somebody who they have a suspicion might be an illegal immigrant for their papers — but you can imagine if you are a Hispanic American in Arizona, your great, great grandparents may have been there before Arizona was even a state. But now suddenly if you don’t have your papers and you took your kid out to get ice cream, you’re going to be harassed, that’s something that could potentially happen.”

“That’s not the right way to go,” the president said to the crowd at Indian Hills Community College.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Memo to Liberals: Arizona Immigration Law Just Enforces Federal Law

Well the race baters like Obama, Al Sharpton and others in the Democrat party are at it again. Arizona was forced to do what the Federal government refuses to do... SECURE THE BORDER.  The Mexican boarder is rife with murder, kidnappings, and beheadings.  Arizona schools and hospitals are overwhelmed.

What is American citizenship worth if the open borders crowd gets their way?

The first job of the Federal government is to protect its citizens.  We Americans aren't anti-immigration, we are anti-illegal immigration.  Sovereignty means something.  Other countries protect their sovereignty, and no one complains.  Mexico in fact has some of the most oppressive and racist immigration laws against Central and South Americans.

Here are some specifics in the law:

Prohibits law enforcement officials and law enforcement agencies of this state or counties, municipalities and political subdivisions from restricting or limiting the enforcement of the federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.


·          Requires officials and agencies to reasonably attempt to determine the immigration status of a person involved in a lawful contact where reasonable suspicion exists regarding the immigration status of the person, except if the determination may hinder or obstruct an investigation.
·          Stipulates that if the person is arrested, the person’s immigration status must be determined before the person is released and must be verified with the federal government.
·          Stipulates that a law enforcement official or agency cannot solely consider race, color or national origin when implementing these provisions, except as permitted by the U.S. or Arizona Constitution.
·          Specifies that a person is presumed to be lawfully present if the person provides any of the following:
Ø     A valid Arizona driver license.
Ø     A valid Arizona nonoperating identification license.
Ø     A valid tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification.
Ø A valid federal, state or local government issued identification, if the issuing entity requires proof of legal presence before issuance.
·          Requires that if a person is convicted of any state or local law, on discharge from imprisonment or on the assessment of any monetary obligation imposed, ICE or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must be immediately notified. 
·          Authorizes a law enforcement agency to securely transport an unlawfully present alien to a federal facility.
·          Requires a law enforcement agency to obtain judicial authorization before securely transporting an unlawfully present alien to a point of transfer that is outside of Arizona.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Arizona Does for Immigration What Obama Refuses to Do

After the death of rancher Robert Krantz, Arizona brought forth legislation to combat border problems of immigrants shooting at American citizens.

From the AP:

Gov. Jan Brewer ignored criticism from President Barack Obama on Friday and signed into law a bill supporters said would take handcuffs off police in dealing with illegal immigration in Arizona, the nation's busiest gateway for human and drug smuggling from Mexico.


With hundreds of protesters outside the state Capitol shouting that the bill would lead to civil rights abuses, Brewer said critics were "overreacting" and that she wouldn't tolerate racial profiling.

"We in Arizona have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act," Brewer said after signing the law. "But decades of inaction and misguided policy have created a dangerous and unacceptable situation."

Earlier Friday, Obama called the Arizona bill "misguided" and instructed the Justice Department to examine it to see if it's legal. He also said the federal government must enact immigration reform at the national level — or leave the door open to "irresponsibility by others."

Yet again our clueless President doesn't get or care about the safety of its citizens, just cramming through more one party Democrat voters via amnesty.  And the "irresponsibility by others" comment is just precious, giving that it defines his Presidency to a T.

Earlier Friday, Obama called the Arizona bill "misguided" and instructed the Justice Department to examine it to see if it's legal. He also said the federal government must enact immigration reform at the national level — or leave the door open to "irresponsibility by others."
"That includes, for example, the recent efforts in Arizona, which threaten to undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans, as well as the trust between police and their communities that is so crucial to keeping us safe," Obama said

And you still have fools that think immigration laws are racist, but the truth is succinctly explained:

The bill's Republican sponsor, state Rep. Russell Pearce of Mesa, said Obama and other critics of the bill were "against law enforcement, our citizens and the rule of law." 


"Illegal is illegal," said Pearce, a driving force on the issue in Arizona. "We'll have less crime. We'll have lower taxes. We'll have safer neighborhoods. We'll have shorter lines in the emergency rooms. We'll have smaller classrooms."