Posted on 04/08/2006 8:30:32 AM PDT by Mikey
Growing Anger Among Blacks As Latinos ‘Take Over’
Posted by The Watchdog - April 7th, 2006
On one end, Oscar Bautista of El Salvador said he had been waiting more than three hours for a job. Across the lot, Art Jackson loaded potting soil into his Dodge Durango. He complained that immigrants are making it harder for Americans to keep good jobs, especially blacks.
‘’You need to take care of home first,'’ said Jackson, an African-American phone salesman from northern New Jersey.
Blacks and Latinos are often united on social and political issues. But they often differ when it comes to immigration.
Newcomers make black progress harder, said Wesley Crawford, who works at Source of Knowledge, a bookstore in Newark. ‘’It’s a misconception that they’re taking jobs we don’t want. If you give people a good job, they will work.'’
While Hispanic immigrants have protested a proposed crackdown on illegal immigration, the nation’s most prominent black leaders have all been to New Orleans to try to stop the upcoming local election. Shortly after the storm, Jesse Jackson and others complained that Latino workers seemed to have more access than blacks to rebuilding jobs.
Bruce S. Gordon, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said that African-American and Latino bonds are strong and that his ‘’spirit was there'’ at the immigration marches.
Most of the immigration protests have focused on a bill passed by the U.S. House that would make illegal immigration a felony, and all but one black voting member of Congress, Rep. Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee, was against it, according to the Congressional Black Caucus.
Still, many blacks feel threatened, said Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a black writer in Los Angeles.
‘’The civil rights leaders say we’re all united, but the average person on the street is taking great offense at this group coming in and essentially taking over,'’ he said.
Trading Sovereignty for Globalism
Posted by The Watchdog - April 7th, 2006
It was during a 2005 North American Summit with Fox and Paul Martin, then prime minister of Canada, at his Crawford ranch that Bush signed on for a brave new borderless world. According to a Council on Foreign Relations document, a five-year plan involved the “establishment by 2010 of a North American economic and security community” with a common “outer security perimeter.” As reported at the time by Phyllis Schlafly, “the CFR document lays ‘the groundwork for the freer flow of people within North America,’” or rather, “a space in which trade, capital, and people flow freely.” Last weekend’s meeting of the Trilateral Summitin Cancun likely furthered this goal.
While this might sound a bit conspiratorial, it’s hard to deny that everything is leading inexorably in that direction. The disregard for border security, the influx of illegal immigrants in numbers unprecedented in history, free trade agreements and increasing foreign ownership are fast producing a transnational hub where once a country stood.
Today, we find ourselves facing a future unlike any previous generation’s. It’s a future in which America as a sovereign nation could cease to exist.
Posted in Globalism
Texas Sheriffs Tell Congress of War at Border
Posted by The Watchdog - April 6th, 2006
Illegal immigrants trying to get across the border ‘are getting so bold as to try to run over officers, assaulting officers,’ said Sheriff Arvin West of Hudspeth County. ‘They’re definitely out gunning us, out manning us and the sophistication that they’re using is beyond our capabilities at this point.’
West, along with four other sheriffs and a representative of the Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition, came to Washington, D.C., to discuss the situation with Congress today. Rep. Michael McCaul (R.-Tex.), who represents their district, actively participated in the discussions. Following the presentation of a video clip documenting the terror along the border, McCaul said he couldn’t believe what he had seen.
‘Rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine gun fire, many bodies lying in the street — you’d think you’re looking at the streets of Baghdad and yet it’s right across from our border in Texas,’ he said. ‘This bleeds over into our country and that’s why it’s so critical to secure our border.’
Posted in Drugs, Law enforcement, Homeland Security, Crime, Mexico
Costa Mesa Police Chief Quits
Posted by The Watchdog - April 6th, 2006
Yippee!!! Maybe he can find a new job in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
Although the immigration debate has dominated city politics and drawn national attention, some officials said personal reasons and internal dissension over his leadership style might also have been factors.
In an e-mail to police officers, Hensley wrote that he and his wife, Jody, made the decision ‘after much consideration and most importantly prayer,’ but he offered no additional insight. He said he would stay until a successor was named.
Posted in Law enforcement
Mr. President, I’m Heading To Mexico
Posted by The Watchdog - April 6th, 2006
David M. Bresnahan
April 1, 2006
Dear President Bush:
I’m about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I’m going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrangements. I know you can help with this.
I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I’m sure they handle those things the same way you do here.
So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox, that I’m on my way over? Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:
1. Free medical care for my entire family.
2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.
3. All government forms need to be printed in English.
4. I want my kids to be taught by English-speaking teachers.
5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and history.
6. I want my kids to see the American flag flying on the top of the flag pole at their school with the Mexican flag flying lower down.
7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and lunch.
8. I will need a local Mexican driver’s license so I can get easy access to government services.
9. I do not plan to have any car insurance, and I won’t make any effort to learn local traffic laws.
10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from Pres. Fox to leave me alone, please be sure that all police officers speak English.
11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my house top, put flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.
12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, and don’t enforce any labor laws or tax laws.
13. Please tell all the people in the country to be extremely nice and never say a critical word about me, or about the strain I might place on the economy.
I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all the people who come to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that Pres. Fox won’t mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely.
Thank you so much for your kind help.
Sincerely,
David M. Bresnahan
Posted in Border crossing, Pro-Illegal Groups, Mexico
Iraq Spy Suspect Oversaw U.S. Asylums
Posted by The Watchdog - April 6th, 2006
This is the same government bureaucracy that will rubber stamp the 20-30 million “guest worker’s.” They can’t even do background checks on their own staff!!!
Michael J. Maxwell, the former head of the Office of Security and Investigations at USCIS, is expected to testify about the Iraqi case and other breakdowns at the agency to a House subcommittee today.
Mr. Maxwell now works as an independent consultant on security matters, and a client is Numbers USA, which lobbies for stricter immigration controls and against a guest-worker program. He said this week that the Iraq case was not an isolated case.
“We know the asylum process is in shambles. We know fraud is rampant,” he said, adding that documents show top officials know this and refuse to do anything about it.
In the case of the suspected agent, whose name was blacked out in the documents The Times obtained, Mr. Maxwell said there were many red flags.
“There are indicators throughout this entire case that I saw, professionals within the FBI and the intelligence community saw, that all pointed one way — we were dealing with an individual who was a member of a foreign intelligence agency that had been working within CIS,” Mr. Maxwell said.
“The danger was that he was granting asylum to anybody that he wanted to, with impunity, at a time of his choosing. Who was he letting into this country?”
The man was in demand at USCIS because of his language skills. He was able to do interviews without the need for a translator. At the time, that seemed to be a big benefit to the speed of the process, but in retrospect, Mr. Maxwell said, it posed a security risk.
Mr. Maxwell said they first became suspicious of the man when, while on a yearlong assignment to the Defense Department in Iraq, he walked outside the Green Zone in Baghdad and disappeared. According to documents, authorities first thought he had been taken hostage but concluded he had left of his own accord.
Mr. Maxwell began an investigation that found that the man had been hired by USCIS even though negative “national security information” in his background check caused other federal agencies to pass on him.
A national security polygraph showed repeated deception on his part, and in interviews with Mr. Maxwell, he denied having traveled to Iran, Syria and Jordan while he worked for USCIS, even though electronic databases showed he had made the trips.
The man also made “persistent requests” that Mr. Maxwell help him achieve secret or top-secret clearance so he could go back to work for the Defense Department. Mr. Maxwell said that request was weird because Defense would have had to do its own background check anyway.
The man has since left USCIS and the United States so Mr. Maxwell closed his investigation. But Mr. Maxwell said that despite his findings, USCIS doesn’t even have the ability to go back and see whether any of the 180 cases the former employee approved should be revoked.
“With no internal audit function at CIS, we don’t know who he let into this country,” Mr. Maxwell said.
Posted in Homeland Security, Amnesty
What’s Happening NOW
Posted by The Watchdog - April 6th, 2006
There are so many things going that it’s hard to stay on top of things. NumbersUSA has a Web page that is constantly updated so you can see how your Senators are voting. Pay attention to these bastards and remember their actions at election time.
Keep calling the fence sitters! Even though their loyalty is to multi-national corporations, they are feeling the pressure of the American people.
You are making a difference!
Posted in Amnesty
Yes, you are wrong. My point is that aliens from the planet Frobnab are conspiring to take our women. You should have figured that out from my first post to this thread.
Righteous!
I knew that America would miss Black people. At least when we protested for our rights, we WANTED to full-fledged AMERICANS!
Not exactly what this latest bunch of nitwits want:
A smart GOP would take 30% of the black vote on this issue, simply by openly taking a stand on illegals and thereby making the Democrats do the same.
I tell one thing I notice a lot. I have properties in predominately black neighborhoods and I NEVER see Democratic stickers on ANY cars there. NEVER. That is significant. The black community is poised to split up their vote, if only the GOP would ask for it on logical grounds.
You said it!
Just wait until the soldiers start getting back in bigger numbers from Iraq, and find themselves beat out of an entry-level job in the US by illegal aliens. Not every soldier comes out of the service a well-compensated technician.
I no longer vote for ANY Republicrat.
When all else fails, stop wasting your vote on the lesser of two evils. Evil is still evil no matter how you look at it.
VOTE Constitution Party
Constitution Party of Virginia
Contact: Howard Phillips
Email: info@constitutionpartyva.com
450 Maple Avenue East
Vienna,, Virginia 22180
Phone: 540-675-3308
Website: http://www.constitutionpartyva.com/
That sounds constructive. When you build your perfect party to over 30% of the congress let me know, so I can start voting for them.
Perhaps you would prefer the Italian system of hundreds of parties, where you can vote for the perfect candidate every time, pick up 3 seats in the House and watch while they are able to do absolutely nothing.
I prefer to work on fixing the Repubilcan party. I've sent in the last six donation requests with "STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION! NO AMNESTY!" written with a red marker across them. Get 50,000 people to do that and you will get action. Get a political party of 50,000 and you'll get one House seat if you all share the same zip code.
Taking an active hand in the party, any party, has a lot more impact on its direction than staying home does.
No I don't believe there should be 10 million parties.
I believe the only political parties allowed to exist in these united states are one's that'll adhere to the Constitution for the United States. Any other(s) should never be allowed to exist at all.
The Republicans and the democrats all play lip service to the Constitution and that's it. One can only open ones ears and tell both major parties don't adhere to the Constitution when both parties claim to protect our DEMOCRACY.
WHERE in the Constitution does it state ANYTHING about a democracy?
Go to Article IV, section 4 and read what it says!!!
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. English, Inc., the nation's oldest and largest non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the unifying role of the English language in the United States, today announced its support for H.R. 997, the English Language Unity Act of 2005. Introduced by Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and 57 additional members of Congress, the bill would make English the official language of the United States government.
"We congratulate Rep. King and his colleagues in Congress for their efforts on behalf of our common language,” said Mauro E. Mujica, Chairman of U.S. English, Inc. “With 322 languages spoken in our nation of immigrants, it is time to recognize the bonds that unite us as Americans. Over the last 200 years, our nation has grown, our technology has improved, and our people have been diverse, but the one constant has been the unifying factor of the English language.
“More than 92 percent of the nations in the world have an official language policy to facilitate communication and assist assimilation. Yet the United States clings to a costly and divisive system of providing services in multiple languages, including Social Security information in 16 languages and ballots in 28 languages. By doing so, we have taken away some of the incentive for immigrants to learn English, and for English language learning assistance.”
Recognizing that English proficiency is necessary for integration into the American mainstream, The English Language Unity Act of 2005 would require the United States government to conduct official business in English. Specifically, H.R. 997 would limit routine government operations to English, while giving government agencies common sense flexibility to protect public health and safety, national security, and to provide for the needs of commerce and justice systems.
H.R. 997 looks to build on the success of a similar measure in the 108th Congress (also H.R. 997), that received the support of 109 members. This legislation is also comparable to the “Bill Emerson English Language Empowerment Act of 1996,” which passed the House by a bi-partisan vote of 259-169 that year.
“As an immigrant, I understand the importance of English proficiency in the United States,” continued Mujica. “Without English, newcomers struggle to succeed economically, educationally, and are slower to see themselves as part of the American family. It is easy to understand why 82 percent of the population, including a high percentage of immigrants, want to make English the official language of the United States. We will work enthusiastically with Rep. King toward a common language policy for the United States.”
U.S. English, Inc. is the nation's oldest and largest non-partisan citizens' action group dedicated to preserving the unifying role of the English language in the United States. Founded in 1983 by the late Sen. S.I. Hayakawa of California, U.S. English, Inc. (www.usenglish.org) now has more than 1.8 million members.
Contact
Rob Toonkel
rtoonkel@usenglish.org
(202) 833-0100
Do they really differ? Apparently 46% of CA hispanics voted FOR Prop 187. I don't think American hispanics are at all monolithic on this or any other issue.
The issue of a guest worker program is completely separate from the issue of illegal aliens.
We have a guest worker program. It may need to be reformed but illegal aliens are those who have not applied to be guest workers. There are 11 million of them. (or more) The only thing needing reform now concerns illegal aliens and border security. We need to enforce the existing laws respecting the presence and employment of illegal aliens and border security.
Border security is the number one problem in this debate. The flood of illegal aliens is a major factor in relation to our lack of border security but it is only one factor. There is also a matter of national security in a time of war and in an age when terrorists have set their sights on inflicting mass destruction on our society.
After the issues of border security and millions of illegal foreign nationals on our soil the matter of guest workers is very small. Until the first two problems are thoroughly and firmly addressed the guest worker issue should not even be discussed.
The President the Senate and the House need to get that message with unambiguous resolve.
Border security! No employment for illegal aliens!
Immigration and a guest worker program are separate issues from the above.
Now is the time to put the pressure on!
The more pressure we keep on Mexico, immigration-wise, the more reformers inside of Mexico can be emboldened and empowered to scale back monopolists' abuses down there which keep our own country flooded with economic refugees. Here's an interesting new thread on new legal progress that finally emerged in Mexico I think as a result of immigration reform's failure:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1611677/posts
We can make a difference for our sake, and their's as well. Isn't it the neighborly thing to do?
I'm way ahead of you on understanding your complaint, and I've read said Constitution enough to know what it says (without the bonus exclamations). My point to you was that you don't seem to have any workable plan of action for accomplishing your goal. Being happily indignant isn't a plan.
Sorry to say, but your throwing in the towel and refusing to vote or vowing to vote for a meaninglessly fringe party, won't have any effect on either party at all. (oops forgot !!!)
P.S. Albert Einstein was paraphrasing Edmund Burke, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
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