Posted on 08/09/2005 11:45:06 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Young America’s Foundation Conference
-Illegal immigration is putting our national security at risk, according to nationally syndicated columnist and author Michelle Malkin, who spoke last week at a Young America’s Foundation conference in Washington, D.C.
Malkin said the U.S. was nowhere near where it should be in addressing the issue, especially with regard to the war on terrorism.
“There are upwards of 10 million illegal aliens in the United States,” Malkin said, “400,000 of who have already been ordered deported, but are on the loose in the U.S., after having been released by the federal immigration authorities.”
The Department of Homeland Security has determined that 78,000 illegal aliens are from terror-supporting or terror-friendly countries, and are in this country right now. After having been apprehended and then subsequently released, 94% have never been found again and never deported.
With approximately 2,000 agents available to track them down, the Department of Homeland Security remains at a distinct disadvantage.
“Since 9/11 we have lots of new laws and a lot of new agencies, lots of new acronyms,” said Malkin, “and a lot of new spending to fight off foreign invaders, but our immigration policy continues to leave the doors of our nation open wide.”
“Catch-and-release,” she added, “remains the standard operating procedure for illegal aliens by our federal immigration authorities.”
According to a 2004 Time magazine article, illegal immigration causes substantial harm to American citizens. The costs to the public include: medical care facilities driven out of business by illegal aliens requiring free care; communities across the nation being overrun with crime perpetrated by illegals as well as the heightened risk of terrorism.
To make matters worse, Malkin said, “legislation such as California’s 1994 passage of Proposition 187, which restricts taxpayer funds for such goods as free education and free hospital treatment to illegal aliens is often characterized by the elite media as racist.”
“Political correctness is the hand-maiden to terrorism,” Malkin warned.
Her solutions to the problem include: increased funding for border enforcement, no more amnesties, and to “start enforcing the law, now!”
Title 8, Section 1325 of the U.S. Code, titled Improper Entry by Alien,” states: Any citizen of any country who has entered the U.S. illegally has committed a federal crime. Violations are punishable by fines and imprisonment for up to six months. Repeat offenses can bring up to two years in prison.
“Everyday somebody suffers from illegal immigration,” Malkin said. “We are all minutemen now.”
Mr. Evans is a former graduate student at the University of Colorado who is currently an intern for HUMAN EVENTS in Washington D.C.
Give them hell Michelle!
Gee, I miss the days when militia types were against drivers licences. Impractical perhaps but still a wonderfully refreshing example of the good old American distrust of big government. Now....all militia types want to do is be Junior G Men for the likes of Tom Ridge.
Illegals should be rounded up and deported and our military should protect our borders, not have our soldiers die protecting the borders of other countries.
BTTT
Where are the pictures ? We have rules !
"Junior G Men "
well you do get a cool decoder ring
Tom is working over at Home Depot now, Austin.
"Gee, I miss the days when militia types were against drivers licences."
I think those days were mostly a media and left wing creation creation anyway. After all it was the Michigan militia who were the first to report McVeigh to the FBI.
HAHHAHAHAaa...but not as a "sales associate."
Reading is fundamental. I said the "likes of Tom Ridge."
I wasn't arguing that all the militia types who were against drivers licenses were mass murderers a la McVeigh just that they didn't trust the feds. Now, they want to join the feds!
Ping. BTW, I owe you a freep mail.
Yeah, I'm sure if they got decoder rings they would recruit even more Junior G-Men.
I understand. I wasn't arguing I just sought clarification.
Okie doke. Actually, it would be interesting to know if there is much overlap between the militia types and minute-men. There may not be.
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