Posted on 03/26/2006 11:10:01 AM PST by Icelander
This weekend, thousands of activists and illegal aliens have been rallying in Los Angeles to protest against plans to further criminalize so-called undocumented workers. The protest's main organizer Javier Rodriguez has ties to the radical left group MEchA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan), which believes Mexicans have a right to repopulate lands stolen from them by the United States.
The mainstream news media put a happy-face on the protest, which is part of a series of such events throughout the nation. While the news reporters talked about illegal workers who perform jobs Americans refuse to perform, they continue to avoid mentioning the tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who prey on men, women and children -- U.S. citizens. It is these innocent Americans who are murdered, raped and robbed because of an insane immigration policy. Criminal aliens are entering the U.S. in the tens of thousands and remaining here as they join violent gangs such as MS-13, or they choose to commit their mayhem solo.
Meanwhile, a number of Americans are being intentionally confused by U.S. lawmakers who are debating legislation that would reform immigration. The news media help in creating this confusion. Did you ever read about the fact that in the past 5 months the U.S. Border Patrol has detained 42,000 illegals who were convicted criminals or persons wanted for crimes committed at our borders? Last year, the Homeland Security Department reported that 140,000 detainees apprehended at the border had criminal records at the time of their arrest. These are the illegal being intercepted, what about the ones who get through?
One bill would set up a Guest Worker Program. Wow, now that will help to protect Americans. Another would make violation of immigration law a felony instead of a misdemeanor; and yet another would allow the government to build a security fence on our southern border. In addition, we have politicians and immigration advocates lying about what's contained in these bills or using vitriolic language in their opposition to cracking down on illegal immigration.
One politician accused her opponents of trying to create a police state. Another threatened to filibuster tough illegal immigration laws. And the immigration activists fabricate what's actually contained in these bills, creating illusions of police officers dragging innocent immigrants from their homes and crowding them into jail cells. And that's mild compared to the rhetoric of leftist groups such as MEchA, who call anyone desiring tougher border security and immigration enforcement "Right-wing racists."
The problem isn't about the need for new laws; the problem is about the lack of enforcement of existing laws. The U.S. Constitution provides the executive branch with a number of inherent powers such as the enforcement of immigration laws.
The Constitution also mandates that the President protect American sovereignty and the American people. That is the number one priority for our government -- of it should be. And congress is mandated to provide domestic tranquility for Americans. Criminal alien gangbangers do not add to our domestic tranquility.
Why is it suddenly necessary for congress to pass laws on illegal immigration when we haven't been enforcing the laws that already exist. The executive branch has the power to add border agents, equipment and other resources. The President has the power to use the military if necessary to enhance border protection. Passing laws is an easy, painless process. The trick is to enforce those laws.
And why isn't the U.S. government arresting illegal aliens while they are protesting in our city's streets all across the country? The protest organizers, are said to be sponsored by left-wing groups including Open Borders and MEChA, are protesting the border security bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives in December and is still awaiting passage by the U.S. Senate.
The University of Texas at El Paso recently conducted a study that found the following: Treating illegal immigrants in hospitals accounts for nearly one quarter of the uncompensated costs at border county hospitals in Cochise County. That county in Arizona spends tens of thousands of dollars just picking up trash left at campsites by these illegals. Prosecuting and jailing illegals costs this county an additional $5 million a year. And 25 percent of Cochise County's budget is paid for health care for the uninsured, the majority of whom are illegally in the country.
In another study of a sample group of 55,000 criminal aliens, it was discovered they accounted for over 400,000 arrests and more than 700,000 criminal acts including felonies. In Los Angeles, the city that's hosting the protest -- which was whole-heartedly endorsed by its mayor -- 95 percent of the outstanding arrest warrants for homicides are for illegal aliens and 65 percent of all felony warrants are for so-called undocumented immigrants. Are they committing the crimes Americans won't commit?
Hear! Hear! Thanks for the post. Why, indeed, yet more laws to be broken.
Please call them INVADERS and don't compare them to people who are legal aliens!
President Bush has been great on most things except for our border.
He has been great on the war on terrorists.
But on the border he is a gross failure.
He acted fast and correct on the 3,000+ people murdered at the world trade center.
He ignores the many rapes, murders and robberies which might be larger than the murders and money loss at the world trade center.
More Americans are abducted on the border of Mexico than in Iraq!
Start building the fence.
It should be made a felony for Criminals who overstay their visas and Invaders.
I believe we should give amnesty to these poor CRIMINALS or INVADERS.
This should be a 2 week amnesty to get the heck out of our Country.
The ones who ignore this amnesty should be buried in a tent city jail and fined $10,000 or buried elsewhere.
All aiders and abettors of these CRIMINALS or INVADERS should get 1 year in a tent city jail and a $10,000 fine for each CRIMINAL aided.
Those in government should be the first ones charged.
"further criminalize", so they admit it was illegal in the first place.
Disgusted BTTTT
No, they aren't: The FIRST crime they commit is coming here illegally in the first place. Americans don't swarm into Mexico or Canada or other nations. They don't commit that crime. (Although some commie Dems have been traveling to Cuba and Venezuela for visits)
America is reaping what our lazy self absorbed politicians have ignored for years.
We are overwhelmed by illegals who in turn, tell us " how they have the right to be here".
Pity for our grandkids and future generations.
Get rid of those and businesses can hire Americans without going broke.
You actually think we have that long. It's looking like things are going to go down in a few years, not a few decades.
Isn't it nothing less than an existential crisis for our form of government when we have a large scale "de facto" policy which directly contradicts what is written as law? What is this situation telegraphing to us? We may have crossed a critical point without realizing it.
Any solution coming from the congress would be coming very late indeed. If no real solution is forthcoming, will it be unreasonable for Americans to suspect that their system of governance (as it is commonly understood)has become a fraud?
You MUST see this photo from the "rally" in Phoenix. I don't know how to post it here...anyone??
http://americanpatrol.com/06-FEATURES/060325-MEXIS-TROMP-FLAG/MexisTrompFlag060324TUS_.html
"Photo at left shows what a group of Mexicans did with American flags after they used them during a demonstration outside Senator Kyle's office in Tucson. "The disrespect these people show for our flag is consistent with the disrespect they show for our laws and our culture," said Glenn Spencer of American Patrol.
As he approached to take the photo at left, a group of Mexicans and others thought he wanted to take their picture, so they posed for him, totally oblivious to the significance of the flags lying on the ground in front of them (see photo).
Spencer also reported that rally organizers walked on the flags as they loaded their signs after the rally."
Support our Minutemen Patriots!
Be Ever Vigilant!
Because the President, both Houses, and state and local governments are ALL complicit in sanctioning chaos, and anarchy, while spitting on the Constitution.
Heil, New World Order!
This is non other than MOB rule. I am demanding an answer from my 2 senators regarding this invasion and the mob mentality. Will mob rule be this congress's and president's legacy?????
Our "representatives" have reached that crossroads, haven't they?
Will it be "by the people, for the people," OR NOT?
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