Posted on 01/07/2004 2:45:15 AM PST by ovrtaxt
WND BOOKS
America's fate in hands
of illegal aliens?
New WND book shows immgration issue could determine future of U.S.
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
With the U.S. government poised to make sweeping changes to immigration laws critics say amount to de facto mass amnesty, WorldNetDaily's publishing division, WND Books, announces a powerful new book destined to supercharge the debate over illegal immigration.
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In "Illegals: The Imminent Threat Posed by Our Unsecured U.S.-Mexico Border," veteran journalist Jon E. Dougherty documents the hard truth that both major political parties have missed – namely, that sustained high immigration levels from south of the border will continue to pose economic, labor, security and criminal threats to the United States, unless American and Mexican leaders find ways to limit it.
Taking readers right to the front lines of the "border wars," "Illegals" includes interviews with citizens living along the most traveled border corridors in the American Southwest, as well as Border Patrol agents and other immigration officials who are charged with guarding and protecting America's nearly 2,000-mile-long border with Mexico.
Dougherty also brings readers along on actual "missions" involving local citizens' groups who are trying desperately to stem the tide of the illegal incursions. And he takes readers into the lives of men and women who have been victimized by hordes of illegal immigrants who cross their property by the thousands every year.
While acknowledging that most immigrants come to America to work and others come because they truly want to become U.S. citizens, "Invasion" shows that an increasing number come "merely to clamor for opportunities and benefits not available to them in their home countries."
"Worse," writes Dougherty, "there is a growing faction in America assisting them – knowing all along these immigrants aren't interested in enriching American society, but rather to take what they can from it."
"There is also a change in mindset among elements of the political establishment and among the U.S. population, in terms of immigration," writes Dougherty. "In years past, gaining access to America so one could share in its promise was treated as a privilege, not a right to be granted automatically just because you could make it over the border. Today, however, the process of immigration – indeed, the requirement our immigrants assimilate into our society – has changed dramatically."
"Illegals" is especially timely now, coming on the heels of an announcement by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge at a town hall-style meeting in Miami Dec. 10. Ridge said Americans need to "come to grips" with an estimated 8 million to 12 million illegal immigrants and "determine how you can legalize their presence."
Though President Bush said Ridge's comments were not akin to granting illegal immigrants amnesty – a policy Bush said he doesn't support because it rewards lawbreaking – immigration-reform advocates and opponents in Congress say such a plan, were it to be adopted, would in practice be nothing less.
"Illegals" provides a gripping and profoundly disturbing dose of truth – the kind most politicians, whether Democrat or Republican, can't seem to confront – about immigration in modern America. As politicians now attempt to deal with this crucial national issue, the book couldn't have come at a more important moment.
Indeed, writes Dougherty in "Illegals": "How the problem is solved – or not solved – ultimately may decide the fate of this nation."
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Too many of those have no work ethic and do drugs. Employers don't want to mess with them because they just cause problems. That's part of the reason why they like the illegals.
So, conjurer--guess you'd better *scoot*--
Wouldn't want you to feel cornered into explaining why you're here to taunt the embittered.
I don't know if that is true or not, but bringing more in here, legally or not, is going to push things faster to critical mass. Don't tell me they don't know that because I think they do.
People are really fed up in my part of the country, and I think that includes a lot of liberals, too.
OTHERWISE lawful?
What a cute characterization. I hope OJ is listening.
I can think of heaps of OTHERWISE lawful people. Poor OJ was otherwise lawful, except for one, well, two murders. Other than that, a swell guy.
Which law can ***I*** break, otherwise wise?
Curious about the OTHERWISE lawful. Somehow, when they break one OTHERWISE, they break other OTHERWISES.
They rearend your car with their uninsured one, and you're left to charge your own insurance. And pay the higher premium.
And they just melt into the scenery. EL PADRON helps them skip my town, to re-emerge in your town, driving his uninsured heap and under the padron-age of another coyote-jefe.
Bush didn't spell out a lot of things ---- he didn't say if he was going to start deporting the 25 to 35% on welfare programs, or those committing felony document fraud and identity theft. I hope he does and these undesireable types would be easy enough to find and deport. I don't know if he intends to deport those committing other crimes like shoplifting, DWI, driving without insurance, failing to pay their bills. I don't know if he said he was legalizing all 8 million if that number just was made up --- certainly all the millions of illegals here are not hard working and not totally honest.
I actually know there is at least ONE illegal who drives with auto liability insurance. Also has no fake documents and is probably one of the more honest guys you could find around. It might be okay if this is the only kind that Bush would be legalizing. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be the majority of illegals who bother with insurance.
More and more are insuring themselves not just against accident, but against the uninsured.
Same deal, with vastly higher cost, in medicine.
Oh I'm shocked. Corruption by the Mexican government, who would have thought.
How many times have we bailed out the peso?
This whole illegals/amnesty/guest worker cluster______ sounds like one big welfare program for Mexico.
Like the IRS.
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