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| Many illegal aliens and people with interests in trafficking drugs, sex slaves and contraband are pouring in to our country daily causing property damage, theft, rapes, kidnapping and murder, not to mention frequent intrusion by the military of the country of Mexico, reported as far as thirty miles in to U.S. Territory! Many of our National and State parks along the border are so heavily occupied by drug cartel members and bandits that they are considered unsafe. |
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| Illegals: The Imminent Threat Posed by Our Unsecured U.S.-Mexico Border Hardcover – 256 pages A focused examination of the problems posed by illegal immigration from the unique perspective of those who deal with the U.S.-Mexico border every day. In years past, immigration into the United States was treated as a privilege, not a right to be granted automatically just by being able to make it to America's shoreline or borders. Today, however, the entire process of immigration has been drastically politicized by both major parties in Washington, D.C.; one party sees votes – the other, cheap labor. This is investigative journalist Jon Dougherty’s probing look into how this indiscriminate immigration is tearing at the fabric of our culture and society. Interviewing Border Patrol agents, local residents, citizen-enforcement groups and even the immigrants themselves, Dougherty examines the implicit dangers of our reckless attitude toward admittance, showing how all American citizens, native-born and otherwise, are consequently threatened by welfare fraud, drug lords, and terrorism. This is the untold, unnerving true story about the social and political turmoil on the U.S.-Mexico border Author Jon E. Dougherty |
| Monday, July 4, 2005 5:44 p.m. EDT Hillary Clinton Blasts President Bush on Border Security 2008 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is blasting President Bush for lax enforcement of the nation's immigration laws, saying the White House has dropped the ball on border security and put the country at risk for another major terrorist attack. In a statement posted to her newly revamped official Senate Web site, Clinton charges: "The Bush administration is failing to meet what should be the basic requirements of immigration policy: continuing our American tradition of welcoming immigrants who follow the rules and are trying to build a better life for their families, while strengthening national security in a post 9-11 world." In a potentially potent bid to win Red State support in 2008, the former first lady is playing the role of tough cop: "Our current immigration laws need to be reformed," she urges. "We need a better solution to the question of illegal immigration which recognizes the conflict between the need to enforce the law, and the reality that too many employers are using undocumented workers today." Clinton says that while "this administration has failed to provide the resources to protect our borders, or a better system to keep track of entrants to this country ... I welcome the addition of more border security." She pins blame for the failure directly on the Oval Office, saying, "President Bush refused to provide the necessary funding in his Fiscal Year 2006 proposed budget sufficient to hire all of the border patrol agents that had been authorized." "Fortunately," Clinton adds, "during the Senate’s debate on the budget in March of 2005, we passed an amendment to provide increased funding for border patrol agents." Then, in a none-too-subtle dig at GOP foot-dragging on the immigration issue, Clinton says: "I hope the Republican leadership will support the maintenance of this funding, to provide the resources necessary to properly protect our borders." |
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| Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - The Orange County Register Night with Minutemen borders on dangerous - By GORDON DILLOW Even before the shooting started, it was a wild night on the border. I had gone down to the U.S.-Mexico border last weekend to take a look at the California Minutemen, the volunteer, civilian border watchers who have been in the news recently. An offshoot of the Minuteman Project in Arizona this past spring, the California Minutemen have spent the past 10 days strung out along a 30-mile stretch of border in San Diego County, their mission to observe and report illegal immigration and other illegal border activities. Of course, their critics, including the ACLU and various Latino activist groups, call the Minutemen "vigilantes," "racists" and even "terrorists," and organized demonstrators have repeatedly accosted them during their border-watch activities. Meanwhile, the news media make a big deal out of the fact that many of the Minutemen volunteers carry firearms while they're on the border - as if packing a pistol in desolate and dangerous country somehow makes you a nut. But the 50 or so Minutemen volunteers who gathered Saturday at their temporary headquarters in a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in the tiny border hamlet of Campo, 40 miles east of San Diego, didn't seem like nuts to me. The vast majority of them were retirees, or former military men, or working people with some time off who simply believe that illegal immigration - emphasis on the "illegal" - is a serious threat to our nation. And if the federal government won't do anything about it, they say, then they'll do what they can as citizens to stop it. "There's a lot of wonderful, brilliant people here who hate what's happening to America," volunteer Barry Ames, a Lake Forest heavy-equipment operator, told me outside the Campo VFW. As for being a gun-toting vigilante, Barry added: "I'm not here to shoot anybody. I'm not even armed." So as evening approached, the Minutemen volunteers, most dressed in T- shirts and jeans, crammed into a room in the VFW hall to get their nightly marching orders from California Minuteman organizer Jim Chase. The rules were simple: You are observers, not cops. If you spot illegal activity, call the Border Patrol. Do not physically touch or impede anyone in any way. If you have a weapon, keep it in your holster unless your life is in direct and immediate danger. With that, the volunteers headed out to take up their stations on the border. I tagged along with a group of 15 volunteers led by Bob Shuff, 65, of Fullerton, a burly, gravel-voiced former Marine and a veteran of the Minuteman Project in Arizona. Bob led a caravan of volunteers' vehicles 20 miles east, to the tiny border town of Jacumba. The border there is marked by a metal fence, 12 feet tall in some places, only 4 feet high in others, flanked by a dirt road on the U.S. side that snakes over steep hills and into rugged canyons. The fence isn't much of a barrier; where you can't just climb over or under it, it is riddled with gaps and holes. The area is notorious for people and drug smuggling. Just the night before, the Minutemen observers had alerted the Border Patrol to a car stopping by the fence to pick up half a dozen illegal immigrants and reportedly some drugs; the Border Patrol caught them up the road. This night, as the sun goes down, Bob Shuff positions small groups of volunteers at intervals along a half-mile stretch of border, each with a walkie-talkie. "This is not a game," Bob tells them. "Stay alert and be careful." It's good advice. Border Patrol agents had already warned the volunteers to watch out for rocks being thrown over the fence; getting rocked is a common occurrence for Border Patrol agents here. "We're here because we think we can help," Minuteman volunteer Susan Espinoza of Delta, Utah, tells me as she stands watch with her husband, Manny, a big-rig truck driver. "But it is kind of scary." It gets scarier. On the Mexico side of the border two men in a pickup drive up and glare at the volunteers over a low section of the border fence, then pepper them with dirt and gravel as they spin the truck around. From a dark hillside on the Mexico side voices shout out in English, "We'll kill you, you -- ----s!" and "That's a Mexican road!" At one point, a rock sails over the 12-foot fence in the darkness and hits a female volunteer's car. Then at about 9 p.m. some volunteers are driving their SUV on the dirt road when - bam! bam! - two gunshot rounds fired from the Mexico side hit the metal fence. (I heard two; others say there were three.) Shortly thereafter Bob Shuff and I are driving along the same stretch in his pickup when - bam! - another round hits the fence. "This is no joke," Bob growls. I'm certainly not laughing. The gunfire has some of the Minutemen spooked. "Uh, isn't this getting a little dangerous?" I hear one nervously say. Others say they don't care, they want to stay. But finally good sense prevails. At about 9:40 p.m. Bob orders the volunteers to safely regroup about a hundred yards back from the border. Ironically, while they're standing there, some San Diego County sheriff's deputies, one armed with an M-16, drive up and make the Minutemen volunteers line up by the road for questioning. Apparently a nearby resident on the U.S. side had seen the Minutemen and called the cops. The police told them they couldn't carry loaded guns or they'd be arrested. As you might expect, this causes some grumbling. "We get shot at, and the cops are hassling us?" one says. Finally, just after 10 p.m., Bob Shuff calls it a night and the Minutemen head back to the VFW post in Campo. "We did what we could," Bob tells me. But despite the violence, and the continued threat of it, the Minuteman organizers say they won't stop their border watching. "We're holding the line," Minuteman co-founder Jim Gilchrist, a Marine Vietnam veteran from Aliso Viejo, told me later. "We're going to win, we're going to bring this to the attention of the American people." Well, I respect the Minutemen volunteers' commitment and dedication to an important cause. But as you can see, the border is a dangerous place, and really no place for civilians, however well-intentioned. I fear that sooner or later one of them is going to get hurt or even killed. Yes, maybe many of the Minutemen are willing to take that risk. But it's a shame that, until the federal government and the politicians live up to their responsibilities to protect and secure our borders, some of them will feel that they have to. |
| MEXICAN COMIC BOOKS The Mexican government recently distributed a free comic book, entitled, "Guide for Mexican Migrants," which tells Mexican nationals how to successfully enter the United States illegally and how to avoid detection once there. The comic book states that illegal aliens have the same "rights" as U.S. citizens and to insist on those "rights"... and if 'caught - try again' |
| The crime wave on the Mexican-U.S. border, whether on the interstate in Arizona or the U.S. Border Patrol's Laredo sector, is intertwined with drug smuggling and people smuggling, with U.S. citizens caught in the middle. This violence is being spread throughout the United States by Mexican, Salvadorian, Brazilian, Chinese, and Caribbean crime cartels. |
| In March 2005, President Fox stated that the Minutemen project showed a disdain for the rule of law north of the border. Senator John Kyl (R-AZ) suggested that President Fox respect the right of the United States to defend its borders and refrain from interfering with U.S. sovereignty. |
| Fox knows well that most U.S. citizens, by choosing to ignore border problems, fail to comprehend the impact of the nearly 30 million illegal aliens – most of them Mexican citizens – now in the United States. |
| "We are protecting the rights and liberties of American citizens," said June Pirotin, a founding member of Warminster-based Pennsylvanians Against Illegal Immigration. "If you come here legally, that's wonderful. But if you don't, you don't deserve the benefits owed to American citizens." |
| MINUTEMEN "I'm gonna do what Martin Luther King did. We're gonna use his philosophy," said Mr. Gilchrist. "We will observe. We will report. We will support law enforcement. we will not interfere with them. We will do no harm…..and….. we will be victorious." |
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| Recent Al Qaeda Warnings Should be Border Security Wake-Up Call By Bobby Eberle March 14, 2005 Al Qaeda is plotting to attack the U.S. again. More precisely, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, al Qaeda has likely not taken one day off from planning to attack America with a strike even more lethal than the previous one. Recent reports indicate that the terror network has identified, and plans to exploit, the porous borders to America's North and South as entry points into the country. In particular, the border between the U.S. and Mexico stands ready as a huge "welcome mat" for terrorists, weapons, and equipment. It's time that someone puts two and two together and sees that a real war on terror includes stopping terrorists before they actually enter the country. The Washington Times recently noted the testimony of a Homeland Security Department official who testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding al Qaeda and America's southern border. The official told the committee, "Several al Qaeda leaders believe operatives can pay their way into the country through Mexico, and also believe illegal entry is more advantageous than legal entry for operational security reasons." En route to Mexico last week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said there's "no secret" that al Qaeda will try to get into America "by any means that they possibly can." Secretary Rice added, "That's how they managed to do it before and they will do everything that they can to cross borders." She noted that Americans should not be "alarmist" or "surprised" by this news, but should react to it. I agree, and the best way to react to this information is to get serious about border security and put politics aside. On Saturday, a truck carrying twenty-one illegal aliens crashed in Colorado after having crossed the border between Mexico and Arizona. Five people were injured and one was killed. This type of activity occurs multiple times per day, every day of the year. In response to this particular incident, border security advocate Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) said that America refuses to secure the border in order to keep "the supply of cheap labor coming." Tancredo added, "We also cannot ignore the fact that when individuals undertake to come into this country illegally, they put themselves at risk. Remember that no one has ever been killed or injured by coming to America the right way -- through a Port of Entry." If a truck filled with migrant workers can pass undetected across the border between Mexico, who's to say that al Qaeda can't easily sneak in terrorists and weapons. The fact is, they can, and to date, America has not been serious about stopping them. The intelligence reform bill passed late last year calls for the hiring of an additional 2,000 border patrol agents per year for the next five years, but Congress recently voiced bipartisan anger that the jobs are not being filled. In a recent Newsday article, Rep. John Hostettler (R-IN) was quoted as saying he was "deeply disappointed" that Bush's spending plan did not include enough funds for all the agents, leaving the borders vulnerable to the "unwavering will of terrorists." According to the Newsday story, rather that 2,000 new agents, next year's budget includes funds for only 210 In an Agape News report, T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, said in reaction to these numbers that there seems to be an inability to "connect the dots to see that there's a direct relationship between border security and homeland security." Bonner added that it can be "quite discouraging for those involved in protecting U.S. borders when government leaders and decision-makers fail to demonstrate commitment to resolving their issues." It's past time for the federal government to get serious about border security -- waging a real war on terror depends on it. However, one of the primary problems in addressing border security is that it is immersed in the politically-charged, overall issue of illegal immigration. This predicament leads to many problems in dealing with border security because there are so many other questions involved: What does America do with the millions of illegal immigrants already in the country? What does America do to the employers who hire illegal workers? Why does America promote a "guest worker" program on one hand, while fighting a war on terror on the other? More roadblocks to a serious discussion about border security have been set up by traditional conservative publications like the Wall Street Journal and leaders such as Jack Kemp who have labeled those who support stricter controls on the border as "anti-immigrant" and racist. |
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| ACLU aiding illegal entry into U.S.? Minuteman spokesman charges group with criminal activity Posted: April 15, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com American Civil Liberties Union activists shadowing the Minuteman Project at the U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona are actively aiding and abetting aliens attempting to enter the country illegally, said a spokesman for the volunteer civilian force. Grey Deacon told Joseph Farah's nationally syndicated "WorldNetDaily RadioActive" audience yesterday that ACLU monitors sent to the border to watch Minuteman activity and report civil-liberties abuses to authorities have begun flashing lights, sounding horns and warning off illegals and their "coyote" human smugglers from entering territory patrolled by the volunteers. "They are actively engaging in criminal activity," said Deacon. Deacon said the ACLU activists are resorting to new tactics because of the success the Minuteman Project is having in assisting the Border Patrol in spotting illegal aliens and in generating publicity about the insecure U.S.-Mexico border. The ACLU dispatched its representatives to the 23-mile section of the Arizona border patrolled by the Minutemen after predicting the group would abuse the rights of illegal aliens. No such abuses have materialized to date. "The ACLU's position is that illegal aliens have a right to enter our border and stay in this country as long as they want," said Deacon. "That's what one of the leaders of the group told me personally." Deacon said the ACLU representatives make noises and flash lights as a signal to the illegals and their human smugglers that the area is being patrolled. Thus, he said, those intent on entering understand they should move on to other areas of the border that are wide open for illegal entry. The Minuteman Project has attracted hundreds of volunteers, many legally carrying guns and waving flags, from across the country. They plan to keep watch around the clock until the end of the month, intimidating illegal aliens with their presence and alerting the Border Patrol via cell phones or radios when they see people crossing. Just as important, they want to send a message to the White House and the rest of the country that something must be done about the country's border policies. President Bush has referred to the Minutemen as "vigilantes." And some Border Patrol officials have suggested members of the group are interfering with the government's work. The ACLU has claimed the group is creating a "powder-keg situation" on the border that could lead to violence. Since the volunteers began arriving March 30, the number of illegal immigrant apprehensions along the stretch of border has dropped significantly. "It's worked," said Chris Simcox, one of two primary organizers. "The news is going across the border, and we've virtually shut down this whole area." In addition to assistance from the ACLU, illegals – including drug-runners – are getting assistance from the Mexican army, say Border Patrol sources and other officials including a U.S. congressman. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, has denounced the Mexican military for escorting illegals, their "coyote" human smugglers and drug-runners to other parts of the border unpatrolled by the Minutemen. "President Bush should publicly denounce Mexico's latest act to curb U.S. law," said Tancredo. "The president of Mexico is threatening to sue any member of the Minutemen who have contact with a Mexican national, threatening to take the U.S. into the International Court of Justice at The Hague over the passage of Prop 200 in Arizona, and is providing transportation to Mexican nationals trying to sneak into the U.S. One could say he is acting in the best interest of his nation. Isn't it unfortunate we cannot say the same thing about President Bush?" Border Patrol sources say the Mexican army recently moved about 1,000 troops to the Agua Prieta region, just south of where the Minutemen are. These troops, the sources say, are diverting all of the illegal alien and drug-smuggling traffic away from the Minutemen. The volunteers focused on the border area near Naco, Ariz., because it had become one of the highest traffic corridors for border-crossing illegal aliens. Last year, more than 40 percent of the 1.15 million illegal aliens caught by the Border Patrol were taken into custody in the southern Arizona region. -------------------------------------- Monday, August 08, 2005 3:47 PM Subject: News Alert - Lou Dobbs Tonight In case you just missed the great story on the California Minutemen at Campo and other related border stories on Lou Dobbs (CNN) this afternoon, be sure to catch the repeat tonight. The pro-illegal immigration protesters have opened a whole new can of worms by calling Lou Dobbs a racist. He paid them back pretty good with his hard hitting story of who they really are. Also showed how their little protest Saturday afternoon was thwarted by Jim Chase's decision to move us from the VFW to Richard's ranch and out watching the borders. Unfortunately CNN's Kasey Wynan got caught in the mob of thugs during their empty protest. Enrique Morones may want to fire his PR director. Rule #1: Don't beat up the CNN reporter and his cameraman. Other great stories of how Tom Delay is now going against the President and supporting Tom Tancredo's tough legislation for immigration reform. There must be some nervous folks over at the White House these days. Update - Tom Delay has now been indicted. See Charges. |
| From: Az Border Watch Sent: Aug 17, 2005 12:27 AM To: AzBorderWatch Subject: Illegals from terrorist nations are crossing the border into Arizona Illegals from terrorist nations are crossing the border into Arizona. Tom McNamara and the Eyewitness News 4 Investigators have spent the last three months talking to experts and eyewitnesses. The stories are compelling and the evidence is frightening, and just this week, Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo released a report showing that the problem is worse than anyone thought. Here's what the Eyewitness News 4 Investigators uncovered. "It's a Muslim prayer blanket. It was found about a mile and a half west from the Douglas port of entry in 2001." Larry Vance is a rancher who lives near the U.S.-Mexico border in Douglas, Arizona. For years, he says he's watched - and documented - thousands of illegals crossing the border and running away to eventual arrest... or freedom and anonymity somewhere in this country. And in just one hour, during this stake-out along the border between Douglas and b\Bisbee, The Investigators count 198 illegals in five different groups crossing into the U.S. with no resistance. Watch as they huddle in the bushes, then climb thru a few strands of barbed wire and run for freedom. We called Border Patrol and waited another full hour, but no one ever came. Later, we checked Border Patrol logs which note agents being dispatched following our call, but also note those agents found no signs of activity in the area. In recent years, Vance says, the evidence some illegals leave behind is alarming. Vance says, "Other log books, diary-type things, other bits and pieces of paper with Arabic written on them found in the area over the last few years We've all heard of the U.S. government's Terror Watch List: countries flagged because Americans are endangered by their citizens, yet regularly, illegals from those countries are crossing the Arizona border, blending in with groups of Mexican and South American illegal immigrants. If apprehended, they are brought to this federal detention center in Florence, Arizona. The investigators found that on this day, several individuals of this kind were being detained here, including some from Sudan, Iran, and even Iraq. These are just the ones who were caught. These detainees are called 'other than Mexicans' or OTM's. Most will eventually be sent back to their home country. But some disappear very quickly, usually before they even reach this center or other holding facilities. They're taken away by tight-lipped federal agents to who-knows-where. Who are they? They're called 'Special Interest Aliens" or "SIA." According to Ben Anderson, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, The SIA that they don't want to talk about. That's special interest alien. These are people from those countries that we consider terrorist threats." Anderson is a retired U.S. Army Colonel who tracks illegal immigration from his home in Sierra Vista, Arizona. He has a website sharing his research into Special Interest Aliens. "You will not read about that. You will not hear about that. They will not talk about that. They will not provide that info to the press Colonel Anderson says these Special Interest Aliens originate in the Middle East or Northeast Asia. They travel through Spain to what's called the tri-border area of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, then, to Mexico City. They pay to learn Spanish language skills, and by the time they reach the U.S., they're acting and talking like Mexicans to fool border agents. And, Anderson says, they're entering the United States right through our backyard. "This is the main alley. It's called "Cocaine Alley" or "Terrorist Alley." Whatever you want to call it, Arizona is the prime place." Cochise County is the center. It's the point of gravitus, center of gravity for all illegals," says Anderson. Anderson says some Special Interest Aliens are well-funded. paying tens of thousands of dollars to be smuggled into this country. They manage to get passports from non-terrorist nations. And here's the shocking part: if they are caught, they are often released on their own recognizance, never to be seen again. According to Retired Border Patrol Agent David Stoddard, "There are Middle Easterners coming across the border as we speak." Stoddard agrees with Anderson. Stoddard spent 17 years as a Border Patrol agent and supervisor in the Tucson Sector before retiring. "What's scary is that I can show you places out here on the line right now where 18-wheelers can be driven across." "These 18-wheelers can be loaded with anything -- illegal aliens, atomic weapons, whatever." Stoddard says Americans would be shocked if they knew just how many people from all over the world are getting into this country across the Arizona border. And he says we're even less safe from terrorism today than we were before 9/11. Take for example, the capture of terrorist suspect Jose Padilla. The Justice Department says Padilla and an accomplice planned to enter the U.S. thru Mexico to blow up apartment buildings in major cities, like New York. Or the case of suspected al-Qaeda sleeper agent Mohammed Junaid Babar. Babar has told investigators of a scheme to smuggle terrorists across the Mexican border. He's tied to a terror plot to carry out bombings and assassinations in London. And the Tombstone Tumbleweed newspaper reports that in June, 53 Middle Eastern men were apprehended by Border Patrol agents near Willcox. It's believed they were from Iran or Syria. Stoddard says, "It's the ones who are sneaking into our country under cover of darkness between our ports of entry that concern me and should concern every American. Border Patrol Council President T.J. Bonner says, "You don't know what is getting by you unless you come across, as you said, small pieces of evidence, remnants of things that give you clues, that not everybody is coming across from mexico looking for a job." Bonner knows exactly who and what current agents are uncovering along our border and he has a dire warning: "It's only a matter of time before another terrorist attack occurs, unfortunately. Some in Congress are starting to take notice of the threat. Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo released a report that revealed a 50% increase in OTMs, illegals Other Than Mexicans, crossing the border. Tancredo says some illegals from terrorist nations are paying as much as $50,000 to be smuggled in. He says they're not paying that kind of money simply to work at a 7/11. David Heppler Arizona Border Watch Host Border Watch Radio Southwest Protection and Invest. www.azborderwatch.us www.borderwatchradio.com www.southwestprotection.com David Heppler P.O. Box 47097 Phoenix, AZ 85068 602-486-8284 |
| The Great American Boycott Mary Sutherland burlingtonnews.net May 3, 2006 "No work, no school, no selling, no buying" was the call to action Monday -- which was being billed by 'pro-illegal immigration' organizers as "The Great American Boycott" and "a day without an immigrant." The illegals' goal was to show the American public the great impact they have on our economy.- of which there is no doubt they have. As I viewed the large crowds that came together around the nation I didn't know whether to laugh at the illegals or the American public for buying into thinking that there was any economic losses for that day - If anything the economy flourished more this week than the week prior to or after the 'no buy - no sell' boycott Common Sense Thinking Instead of listening to what main stream media has to tell you - think for yourself and use common sense. Consider this: Approximately 1 million people participated in the boycott - even more came out to watch the boycott - All these people had to get to their appointed locations - thus gas was purchased . And all these people had to eat and drink . If they had not purchased the food and drinks that day you can be assured they stocked up the day before! And lets not forget - Those protesting the illegal immigrants boycott were calling for all to 'shop 'til they dropped' - thus the stores were making out like bandits from those protesting the boycott! Jobs Americans Won't Do Their demand for increase of wages is beneficial to all. If the illegals demanded equal pay then maybe the legals and citizens of this country would stand a better chance at getting these jobs that our politicians and media insist we 'don't want' or won't do. After all - it isn't a matter of not 'wanting' the job - its a matter of not being able to 'support' a family on what the illegals have been working for If the illegals come to America and then later refuse to work these jobs at the wages they are now accepting- maybe our older teenagers and college students can get back what used to help fund their schooling and extras. . This would take a great burden off the working parents that have been sacrificing so much lately. There are many Americans now, without a high school education , that are being replaced by the illegals . Because they are citizens, by law they have to be paid minimum wage...thus they lose the jobs to those that are willing to get paid with , ' as they say 'cash under the table'. To say that illegal immigrants do the work that the Americans refuse to do implies that we are lazy. This is an insult to every American who prides themselves on the hard work and sacrifices that we have all went through to make America what it is today. America is a Safe Harbor There is a large flood of immigrants now coming to America because it is a place where they 'can' feel safe . Here they feel the freedom to protest and demand equal rights. As I watched all these people rallying together in our country -making demands for a better life, I couldn't help but ask myself , 'Why didn't they unite like this in their own country? Why didn't they use their force of a million to demand for their country to provide them with a better standard of living for themselves and their children?' Take Your Country Back The problem does not lie here in the United States nor with its people..The problem does not lie in the immigrants . The problem lies within the corruption brought on and allowed by their own country's politicians. It is from this corruption that they feel the desperation to flee . It is in their 'own' countries they need to rally their millions and demand their rights for a better standard of living. And our politicians in the United States needs to support them by taking a 'Get Tough' Stand against their corrupted politicians. Rocking the Boat Politicians are using the media to promote dissention among the populas. Putting brothers and sisters against each other in an attempt to veil the real problem at hand. The immigrants coming here are good people.. The Americans are good people. We have always gotten along until now - the question we must ask ourselves is what is the underlying reason as to why we have stooped so low as to quarrel among ourselves. The answer may lie in the complacency of our politicians and media. Not wanting to 'rock the boat' they do nothing at all except come together and talk behind 'closed' doors. Information is then given to the press based on what they want or do 'not' want us to know. Again , fearful of rocking the boat - the press goes along with this, grabbing the meager crumbs of information that are tossed their way - with the favorite 'pet' getting the better crumbs. And before I stop pointing a finger - let me remind myself and you - that we have accepted the information given to us for the same reason.. Everyone is afraid to 'rock that boat'. Question is ..do you really think it is going to get better for any of us by allowing corruption and complacency to rule. Maybe it is time for each of us to cease being dependent on others to think for us . Maybe its time for us to start thinking for ourselves Maybe its time that each of us to start working for the betterment of the All. Maybe its time to start 'Rocking that Boat'. ------------------------------ |
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| Wisconsin Illegal Immigration Costs Dave Magnum May 25, 2006 The social and economic costs of our lax border security and failure to address illegal immigration are staggering. Madison’s WMTV TV-15 recently reported that illegal immigrants use billions of dollars of public education, incarceration and emergency room care. For example, Wisconsin imprisoned 1,100 illegal aliens at some time last year, at costs in the tens of millions. Illegal Immigration Facts Wisconsin has as many as 115,000 of the nation’s illegal immigrants, representing up to 2.1 percent of the state's 5.5 million residents. The new estimate used the Census Bureau's March 2005 Current Population Survey, and ranks Wisconsin as No. 21 in terms of total number of illegal immigrants. (Sources: Green Bay Press Gazette, Pew Hispanic Center --------------- |
| Illegal Immigrants in Wisconsin So Who is Counting? By Chris Schultz Gazette Staff May 26, 2006 Looking for illegal immigrants is like staring at a pixilated photo on a computer screen. At first, the picture seems clear. But when magnified, details blur. From news magazines to official government Web sites, there seems to be agreement that 11 million, or maybe 12 million, people are in this country illegally. That's more than 3 percent of the U.S. population. But try to zero in on Wisconsin, and there's little hard information. Focus on Walworth County, and the picture becomes a soft blur. "One of the problems of being an undocumented alien is that you don't show up anywhere," said David Bretl, Walworth County Administrator. Step back and refocus. According to the nonprofit, nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center in Washington, D.C., about 56 percent of those here illegally are from Mexico, and another 22 percent are from the rest of Latin America. It might be profiling, but national numbers seem to indicate that Hispanics make up most of the illegal immigrants. And in Walworth County, the Hispanic population is among the fastest growing in the state. Between 2000 and 2004, Walworth County's Hispanic population grew from 6,136 to 7,949, an increase of 29.5 percent, according to census figures. That's faster than the state as a whole, where the Hispanic population increased 23 percent from 192,291 to 237,200. Hispanics account for about 7 percent of Walworth County's population of 98,334, compared to 4.3 percent statewide. But that doesn't mean any of those counted by the census are here illegally. The former Immigration and Naturalization Service (now taken over by the Department of Homeland Security) estimated in February 2003 that Wisconsin's population of illegal immigrants was about 41,000. That was five times more than the October 1996 estimate of 8,000 and about seven times higher than the October 1992 estimate of 6,000. A more recent estimate puts the number at 115,000 among a total Wisconsin population of a little more than 5.5 million. The closest handle Wisconsin may have on illegal residents is the number of tax returns filed with an Individual Tax Identification Number, which is issued to people who don't qualify for a Social Security number. According to the state Department of Revenue, 21,200 tax returns were received with tax ID numbers in 2004, which is the last year with complete statistics. The use of tax ID numbers has quadrupled since 2000, when 5,500 were issued to people living in Wisconsin, said Meredith Helgerson, Department of Revenue spokeswoman. Employers who use illegal labor don't like to talk. Those who knowingly hire illegal immigrants are breaking the law and face anything from a $100 fine to prison time, said Tim Counts, public affairs officer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the new federal bureau charged with enforcing immigration laws. According to Counts, however, there's "easy availability" to fraudulent documents. Counts agreed that finding reliable numbers on illegal immigrants is hard. "We don't know," he said. "They're trying to avoid us." ---------------------------- |