This news is about 20 years too late.
Illegal immigration, more than any other single factor, is crippling major segments of California's economy, from health care to higher education to jobs.
And it isn't just California anymore. All the Western states are having problems now. Our politicians are ignoring this problem at their peril. These people are responsible for a large chunk of the tax increases we're undergoing. I'm furious that I'm forced to subsidize someone's "cheap labor."
As California goes, the nation follows....
We have good friends in South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. All are being swamped with illegals.....
Who is running the federal government, and why do they continue to demand my income when they refuse to do their job?
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(#12 is new)
(COPY AND DISTRIBUTE WIDELY. Revise and extend as you see fit. Start a movement, print a petition, start a political party, confront your legislators, write letters, post posters, drop leaflets. Demand, demand, demand…)
19 POINT ACTION PLAN: Border Violators
1) Close all US borders to illegal entry forthwith by any and all means possible, including military presence.
2) Maintain legitimate immigration levels at modest annual level with requirements that immigrants be employable or sufficiently wealthy for self-support if they do not intend to work, proficient in basic English and willing to be assimilated into American culture and language. All applicants shall provide prints, photos and DNA samples.
3) Legal immigration shall be awarded to individuals on a lottery basis, wherein all countries are given equal status in the immigration lottery, without regards to color or economic plight of originating nation.
4) Individuals of Islamic faith (muslims) from any country shall be denied immigration privileges or entry into the US. Christians and Jews from muslim countries fleeing religious persecution shall receive preferential and accelerated immigration privileges.
5) Detain all border violators, taking photos, prints and DNA samples of said violator while at the same time, checking for out standing warrants. If no warrants are outstanding, return border violators to home country within 20 days via commercial airline and submit cost of such action, including processing and housing costs for said violator, to country of origin. If costs are not paid within 30 days, reduce any and all aid to said country by a like amount.
6) Should any country from which a border violator originates not currently receive any aid from the US, the Justice Department shall be authorized to seize or secure liens on assets owned, managed or registered to that country to the full extent of the obligation.
7) Establish new Guest Worker Visa (GWV) category, renewable every six (6) months, for unskilled labor positions wherein all applicants shall provide prints, photos and DNA samples. Work permitted of such applicants shall be limited to one of several categories, including childcare, lawn/gardening, restaurant staff, cleaning, and the like. Families of GWV workers are not permitted to enter US, nor will the birth of a child in the U.S. to one of GWV status confer citizenship to either parent or child.
8) Any violation of civil or criminal laws shall result in the forfeiture of the GWV and immediate return to originating country.
9) GWV holders shall be prohibited from claiming unemployment benefits, welfare support or free medical service.
10) The originating country of all GWV holders shall be responsible for any loss caused by their citizens, including emergency medical claims and claims resulting from illegal acts committed while in the US.
11) Companies that hire GWV holders shall submit to the Immigration Dept the name and GWV number of that individual, along with a description of employment tasks. Companies that fail to report employment of GWV workers, or hire border violators, shall be subject to fines and penalties.
12) GWV workers shall not receive unemployment compensation but shall be subject to an alternate tax equivalent to the current unemployment tax rate, which shall be withheld and be applied to border patrol activities. GWV workers shall be paid with check, having income tax withheld.
13) Border violators, or any non-citizen not possessing a valid visa, detained by local police for any reason shall be turned over to border control officials for immediate deportation action, except if they face criminal charges in other jurisdictions.
14) Border violators and GWV workers shall be prohibited from voting in local, state and federal elections.
15) Border Violators shall NOT be afforded the rights enjoyed by American citizens, as guaranteed under the constitution.
16) Public education (at institutions supported by taxpayer dollars) at any level (pre-school, kindergarten through the university level,) shall NOT be available to Border Violators (or children of Border Violators) and schools that enroll such individuals shall be subject to penalties.
17) Foreign Students (F/S) (individuals admitted to the U.S. for the purpose of attending any educational facility,) private institution or public (i.e. supported by taxpayer dollars,) must have valid student visas, such visas being in force only if the F/S attends school full-time. F/S shall be required to pay tuition, housing and related costs such that all their educational costs are fully reimbursed to the institution attended. The originating country shall pay for any and all loss caused by students while on U.S. soil.
18) Border Violators seeking emergency medical treatment shall provide pictures, fingerprints and DNA samples along with country of origin, and shall be treated then incarcerated until information provided can be verified. Originating country shall bear the costs of medical treatment and confinement.
19) Children born in the U.S. to border violators, illegal aliens or of foreign nationals in the U.S. for any reason (including temporary visitor, school or work visas,) shall not be eligible for citizenship as circumstances of birth, nor shall the parents or parent’s family members (relatives) be conferred U.S. citizenship as a result of such births.
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That's the grim reality. NM has close to 46% Mexicans now. I'm sure the rest of the states have comparable figures.
Call Nativo Lopez 1-888-437-6114 and tell him to stop protesting the Border Patrol ! His email address is hmnsa@yahoo.com.
Border Patrol Sweep Contact List:
Call Gloria Chavez at Public Information Office at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection 202-927-1422 or gloria.chavez@cbp.gov
Call Department of Homeland Security 202-282-8000 or homeland@mail.house.gov
If you want to thanks the San Diego Border Patrol for taking care of business, you can e-mail them at sdc.pio@dhs.gov
Contact Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary for Border & Transportation Security and tell him that you want the Border Partol to do their job! Call at 202-282-8355 or e-mail him at asa.hutchinson@dhs.gov.
Also, contact Robert Bonner, Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection who sent out a memo for the Border Patrol to stop the sweeps at homeland@mail.house.gov or robert.bonner@dhs.gov
Here is the number that Homeland Security wants you to call: 1-877-287-8667 but don’t call after 3pm because it doesn’t work!
Freep Them !
Yes, but they work so cheap. Disposable employees. Use 'em up. Spit 'em out. Throw 'em away. Let the taxpayers bite the bullet for their well-being, as long as the companies who hire them make a fast buck, pay them no benefits, and incur no work comp costs on their behalf.
Nothing is more important than cheap immigrant labor. Unless it's cheap offshore labor.
I ask you, is this a great country or what?
/sarcasm
A voice of reason! Great piece. Hopefully someone will listen.
This is not a Republican vs. Democrat issue. No it's a Republican/Democrat vs. the U.S. citizen issue.
As I'm told by the propagandists we are a "High Tech" economy that happens to need vast numbers of low wage workers or we are all doomed. I for one am skeptical of these claims, and the Bots hate me.
We be colonized.
Thanks for posting this. I agree with Congressman Gallegly, and I am so glad he represents us and doesn't back down on his convictions.