the blood of citizens killed, brutalized and raped by de facto invaders is on the hands of our elected leaders.
--- spot on! On Jul 13, 10:18 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: *Travis* > Date: Sun, Jul 12, 2009 > Subject: OBAMA'S IMMIGRATION PLAN A THREAT TO AMERICANS' SAFETY > > http://www.newswithviews.com/NWV-News/news153.htm > > *OBAMA'S IMMIGRATION PLAN A THREAT TO AMERICANS' SAFETY* > > By NWV News writer Jim Kouri > Posted 1:00 AM Eastern > July 13, 2009 > © 2009 NewsWithViews.com > > While the news media feverishly covered the untimely death of music icon > Michael Jackson and the sex scandal involving a Republican governor in South > Carolina, President Barack Obama on the same day revealed his plans to > reform US immigration policy. During the course of his televised > announcement, Obama used the term "undocumented > workers<http://www.newswithviews.com/NWV-News/www.latimes.com/.../la-na-obama...>" > and avoided using the terms "illegal aliens" and "illegal workers." > > "While watching President Obama, I kept thinking how we've been talking and > talking and talking about this issue for years and yet illegal aliens -- > many of whom are violent criminals, gang members and terrorists -- continue > to pour across the border. When will Americans rise up and demand action > instead of words and slogans?" asks New Jersey political strategist Mike > Baker > > "To be sure, Obama and several powerful lawmakers are on the same page. For > example, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi called Immigration & Customs > Enforcement operations "Un-American," while fellow Democrat Congressman Luis > Guttierez called Border Patrol and ICE agents "the Gestapo," said Baker. > > Many critics noted that unfortunately for an America chock full of potential > crime victims, not once did the President mention "undocumented criminals" > or "criminal aliens" or even any mention of crime committed by thousands and > thousands of non-citizen criminals who commit the murders, rapes, robberies > and other offenses that American citizens don't commit. > [Read<http://www.cis.org/articles/2001/crime/toc.html> > ] > > It's been widely reported that illegal aliens comprise upwards of 27 percent > of the US prison and jail population. Immigration and Customs Enforcement > and Customs and Border Protection -- two agencies within the Department of > Homeland Security -- claim in several reports that they've apprehended over > 100,000 criminal aliens whose offenses go far beyond violation of > immigration laws and regulations. > > Sadly, only about 25 percent of expenses for imprisoning criminal aliens is > reimbursed by the federal government to state and local governments. This > creates a hardship for taxpayers in states with high incarceration rates for > criminal aliens. In some states, there's even talk of releasing criminal > aliens without notifying the federal authorities. > > In Los Angeles, according to police reports, 95 percent of the arrest > warrants for homicides are for illegal aliens. Sixty-five percent of overall > warrants are for "undocumented criminals." > > The proponents of open borders or lax immigration enforcement always point > to the benefits derived from illegal immigration such as the amount of taxes > they pay into the government system. > Evidence, however, exists that refutes those claims. For instance, there is > an abundance of anecdotal evidence that suggests a large number of illegal > aliens are paid "off-the-books" therefore those wages are not taxed. > > The National Research Council has estimated that the net fiscal cost of > immigration ranges from $11 billion to $22 billion per year, with most > government expenditures on immigrants coming from state and local coffers, > while most taxes paid by immigrants who actually do pay taxes go to the > federal treasury. [Read <http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer>] > > The net deficit is caused by a low level of tax payments by immigrants, > because they are disproportionately low-skilled and thus earn low wages, and > a higher rate of consumption of government services, both because of their > relative poverty and their higher fertility. > > This is especially true of illegal immigration. Even though illegal aliens > make little use of welfare, from which they are generally barred, the costs > of illegal immigration in terms of government expenditures for education, > criminal justice, and emergency medical care are significant. And those who > managed to steal the identities of American citizens do in fact apply for > welfare including food stamps. > > Californian officials have estimated that the net cost to taxpayers in order > to provide government services to illegal immigrants approached $3 billion > during a single fiscal year. And even that figure is suspected of being > low-balled for political purposes. The fact that states must bear the cost > of federal failure turns illegal immigration, in effect, into one of the > largest unfunded federal mandates existing today. > > In addition, according to the Center for Immigration Studies, even with free > trade, the United States continues to enjoy a higher real wage than other > nations, due to the superiority of US technology. If taken to an extreme and > the US removed all barriers to migration, most foreign workers would move to > the United States, lured by the higher wages available here; Foreign labor > would essentially cease to exist. > > However, with all labor now in the United States, the prices of goods would > return to their level of self-sufficiency, prior to the opening of trade. > That is, perfectly free migration entirely eliminates the gains from trade > that US natives had enjoyed. World income rose with the migration, but the > natives of foreign countries in this case received more than all of this > rise, since the income of US natives declined. With the world's majority of > low-wage workers in the US, there would be tremendous damage to free trade > and its benefits, with US middle and upper-middle class workers suffering > the brunt of declining wages. > > The urge for a utopian state of existence and a desire to make all things > equal by the American Left has given way to a desire simply to make all > things equal sans utopia. In their passion for a neo-Marxist level for the > masses, they've decided consciously or subconsciously that if they could not > bring the World's population up to the American level of prosperity and > wealth, then they will bring US citizens down to the World's level of > poverty and misery. For this is a result of seeing free trade as a zero-sum > entity, and self-alienation of the American Left from their own country, the > USA. > > "The problem isn't about the need for new laws; the problem is about the > lack of enforcement of existing laws. The US Constitution provides the > executive branch with a number of inherent powers such as the enforcement of > immigration laws," said former NYPD Detective Ben Cardozo. > > "The Constitution also mandates that the President protect American > sovereignty and the American people. That is the number one priority for our > government -- of it should be. And congress is mandated to provide domestic > tranquility for Americans. Criminal alien gangbangers do not add to our > domestic tranquility," said the decorated police officer. > > "Why is it suddenly necessary for congress to pass laws on illegal > immigration when we haven't been enforcing the laws that already exist. The > executive branch has the power to add border agents, equipment and other > resources. The President has the power to use the military if necessary to > enhance border protection. Passing laws is an easy, painless process. The > trick is to enforce those laws," adds Mike Baker. > > The University of Texas at El Paso recently conducted a study that found the > following: Treating illegal immigrants in hospitals accounts for nearly one > quarter of the uncompensated costs at border county hospitals in Cochise > County. That county in Arizona spends tens of thousands of dollars just > picking up trash left at campsites by these illegals. Prosecuting and > jailing illegals costs this county an additional $5 million a year. And 25 > percent of Cochise County's budget is paid for health care for the > uninsured, the majority of whom are illegally in the country. > > In another study of a sample group of 55,000 criminal aliens, it was > discovered they accounted for over 400,000 arrests and more than 700,000 > criminal acts including felonies. Americans are being hoodwinked by > politicians who are squandering the legacy of future American citizens in > the name of charity. And the blood of citizens killed, brutalized and raped > by de facto invaders is on the hands of our elected leaders. > > __,_._,___ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
