Back door amnesty, Chicago-style

With the help of unions, partisan politicians and pro-amnesty groups, the White House intends to push for back-door amnesty and bypass Congress altogether.

“It makes sense to do now what the administration can do… it doesn’t have to go through Congress. It (amnesty) doesn’t have to go through the toxic political process,” said Ana Avendano of the AFL-CIO at a recent press conference.

The AFL-CIO is one of the largest union representatives which include all the radio/broadcasters as well as the Hollywood crowd.

The Obama Administration is making a three pronged effort to gain amnesty without bringing the always hot-button immigration issue into the U.S. House of Representatives.

The first prong the Administration is attacking is the 287(g) rule which some Democrats in Congress called “misguided.” This provision states local law enforcement can arrest those here illegally in the country who have not committed any major crimes.

“That fact you have to commit a major crime to be arrested is a joke,” says Jena Baker McNeill of the Heritage Foundation. “Coming into this country illegally is against the law.”

The 287(g) provision has been most notably used by Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona. His office currently uses 287(g) to curtail an explosive invasion of illegals in to his U.S./Mexico border state.

However, pro-amnesty groups like National Immigration Forum see things differently.

In a press release from the group; “Any enforcement regime that targets that population is a waste of time and money and a band-aid on an open wound, at best,” said Ali Noorani, executive director for National Immigration Forum.

Since Janet Napolitano’s place as the head of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was lamented during the Administration change, many policies have seen a certain softening.

“Today’s 287(g) announcement by DHS is a stark departure from the current practice and I fear will only hinder our law enforcement agencies’ ability to apprehend and detain illegal aliens,” said Hal Rodgers-R Ky. in a statement. “The current 287(g) program enables state and local law enforcement to effectively enforce federal immigration law and is key to keeping our country safe.”

A spokesperson from DHS, Matt Chandler, sounded cheery when asked if this would hinder Sheriff Joe. “Yes.”

However, at a recent meeting with Sheriff Joe, Jay LaSuer, candidate for San Diego Sheriff, said, “Sheriff Joe doesn’t think this new ruling will slow him down too much.”

The next area where the Obama administration plans on softening is the E-Verify program.

The Obama Administration has pushed for workplace raids and arrests to be stopped and informed law enforcement to steer clear of the illegal immigrants caught working illegally.

Many of those caught at workplaces are using false documents and have now committed two crimes, one of which is a felony, says Congressman Brian Bilbray-R, CA.

“We need all these laws, including all aspects of E-Verify, in order to tackle illegal immigration. All of this is piecemeal work, but it’s all the little things that mean a lot when put together,” McNeill said.

By taking the no-match rule in E-Verify away many feel it will only make it easier and a no brainer for those in this country illegally to stay. “This only works when all parties involved are penalized, including employers and illegal alien offenders,” McNeill finished.

“The fact that DHS wants to overlook the rule of law will only lead illegals to expand their footprints in this country,” Bilbray said. “These new rules will encourage those to come here illegally and this welcome mat mentality means amnesty.”

This leads to the third prong of the back door amnesty. The health care reform package includes a provision that Republican’s tried and failed to strip from the House health care package.

The plan known as the Heller amendment and was written by Rep. Dean Heller, R-NV, and was to include clauses that mandated checks similar to E-Verify in order for applicants to qualify for government subsidized health insurance.

The Heller amendment said, “It would better screen applicants for subsidized health care to ensure they are actually citizens or otherwise entitled to it.”

The two identification processes the Heller amendment would use are programs the federal government already employ; The Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) and the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE).

In an interview with Janice Kephart of the Centers for Immigration Studies regarding the inclusion of illegals in the health care bill she came to a similar conclusion.

“If amnesty forgives illegality, then this is just another element of a multi-faceted approach to a red carpet for illegals, “Kephart said. “Who cares if our current health care system can’t provide adequate coverage for those born here?”

Another point to keep in mind is the real cost of amnesty. In a 2007 report, The Heritage Foundation estimated that amnesty would cost the American public more than $2.6 Trillion, yes TRILLION.

While counter pro-amnesty groups insist those here illegally will pay into the Internal Revenue Service raising capital, The Heritage Foundation claims the cost of retirement benefits from amnesty would be unsustainable and fall well short of any revenue collected.

Heritage also contends that the rush to social services (such as Food Stamps, public housing and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) would overwhelm the already over-burdened system.

All these issues combined can create a back door amnesty, according to Lawmakers like Bilbray and other watch dog groups like CIS.

“When you throw big business and big labor together, the power and profit creates an unholy alliance,” the Congressman said.

For all these reasons, like them (politicians) or not, American’s need their lawmakers involved when it comes to immigration reform.

Other immigration news today:

Illegal alien arrested for raping girl in Tennessee

http://www.examiner.com/x-5919-Norfolk-Crime-Examiner~y2009m8d2-Illegal-alien-arrested-for-raping-girl-in-Tennessee

Guatemalan national Ever Ricardo Morales, 22, was arrested on Wednesday in Murfreesboro, TN and charged with five counts of statutory rape. The victim is a 13-year-old girl.

*Reporter’s note: Until the federal government actually defends our border with Mexico and begins mass deportations of all illegal aliens within this country, our children will continue to be victimized by these foreign invaders. It is an abomination that our political leaders have sold-out the American people in the name of cheap labor and potential votes, with the price being the innocence and even the lives of our children.

Every public official who enables this invasion from south of the border is just as guilty as those who are actually charged with the crimes. Neither has any respect for our laws, nor for our citizens.

How many children’s lives will be destroyed before we send men and women to Washington who take seriously their oath to defend this nation?[snip]

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The Cosmic Race By Mark Krikorian CIS Blog, July 29, 2009 http://cis.org/Krikorian/MeaningOfLaRaza

Excerpt: The National Council of La Raza has just wrapped up its annual conference in Chicago. While I think Tom Tancredo was engaging in hyperbole when he described La Raza as 'a Latino KKK without the hoods or the nooses' (that describes instead MEChA and the Brown Berets), there's more to the comparison than people might realize.

_______________ Where else but US: an illegal immigrant Harvard grad

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2009/08/03/where_else_but_us_an_illegal_immigrant_harvard_grad/ [snip]"It’s unfortunate that he and his parents didn’t apply for legal residency some time in the 19 years he has been here."

__________ 'If Mexico had had an avalanche of foreigners so large' By Jerry Kammer CIS Blog, July 24, 2009 http://cis.org/kammer/sarmiento

Excerpt: Sergio Sarmiento, a renowned Mexican journalist whose column is syndicated throughout that country, has some interesting observations about the immigration controversy north of the border.

______________ Illegal immigrant sentenced for insurance fraud

http://www.syracuse.com/today/index.ssf/2009/08/post_6.html

An asbestos removal contractor who did work at Bristol-Myers Squibb in Syracuse has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.65 million in restitution for failing to have workers' compensation insurance.

He also will be deported to South Korea at the end of his prison sentence because he is an illegal immigrant, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Benedict. Chong Mun Chae, 71, of Queens, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy in federal court in Binghamton last week.[snip]

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New look at law could help immigrant's case(another backdoor amnesty!) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/02/BAIJ191UJ2.DTL

But last week Sanchez got a reprieve. An immigration board, which had previously ordered him deported, agreed to reopen his case, based on its own reinterpretation of the law. He will be allowed to remain, the board said, if he can prove "good moral character," with a clean record for at least 10 years, and can show that deportation would cause severe hardship to his family.

Federal law allows an illegal immigrant to apply for permission to stay in the United States if he or she has been in the country for at least 10 years and has shown good moral character during that period, and if deportation would cause "exceptional and unusual hardship" to a spouse, parent or child who lives in the country legally.[snip] _____________

'The Basic Goal Is to Promote the Free Flow of Labor into the USA' By Mark Krikorian CIS Blog, July 28, 2009 http://cis.org/Krikorian/OpenBordersMeeting-GrovreNorquist

Excerpt: Jim Robb of Numbers USA has some fun with the notes (taken by a participant who grew a conscience) of a closed-door meeting of open-borders lobbyists. It was organized by amnesty czarina Tamar Jacoby, who's the source of the title of this post. None of it's all that surprising — rope-selling businessmen complaining that even in this econony they need more cheap labor. One thing that was notable was that right after lefty wonk Simon Rosenberg said 'Passing CIR [amnesty and increased immigration] will help Democrats lock in the Hispanic vote,' Grover Norquist chimed in to agree that we need amnesty and more immigration. Who's side is he on? (NOT THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE!)

The Cosmic Race
By Mark Krikorian, July 29, 2009

The National Council of La Raza has just wrapped up its annual conference in Chicago. While I think Tom Tancredo was engaging in hyperbole when he described La Raza as “a Latino KKK without the hoods or the nooses” (that describes instead MEChA and the Brown Berets), there’s more to the comparison than people might realize.

La Raza’s attempt to explain away their name as meaning “the people” or “the community” instead of “the race” notes correctly, and approvingly, that the phrase was coined by former Mexican secretary of education Jose Vasconcelos in the 1920s as “La Raza Cosmica.” But maybe they didn’t look closely enough at the theoretical underpinnings of the concept. Here’s what Guillermo Lux and Maurilio Vigil wrote about it in Aztlan: Essays on the Chicano Homeland:

The concept of La Raza can be traced to the ideas and writings of Jose Vasconcelos, the Mexican theorist who developed the theory of la raza cosmica (the cosmic or super race) at least partially as a minority reaction to the Nordic notions of racial superiority. Vasconelos developed a systematic theory which argued that climatic and geographic conditions and mixture of Spanish and Indian races created a superior race. The concept of La Raza connotes that the mestizo is a distinct race and not Caucasian, as is technically the case.

In other words, La Raza really is the Master Race, but rather than based on notions of racial purity, La Raza’s inherent, biological superiority is based on its hybridity, on the mixing in Latin America of, in Vasconcelos’s words, “the black, the Indian, the Mongol, and the white.” La Raza tries to whitewash (you should pardon the expression) this by writing that “this is an inclusive concept, meaning that Hispanics share with all other peoples of the world a common heritage and destiny.” Not really; what it really means is that Hispanics, and specifically Mestizos, are superior to those of us unfortunate enough not to be part of the cosmic race.

So, “der Nationalrat des Volkes” is not so far off after all.

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