The 11 million

11 million happens to be the standard number used to estimate how many illegal immigrants are in the United States. Currently, there are several bills being drafted in the US Senate that are supposed to deal with the 11 million in some way. Media Pundits, Hispanic activist groups, liberals, and too many gullible Republicans have claimed that we can't get 11 million people out of this country, that removing them would collapse the US economy, and that pandering to illegals is the only way to gain the “Hispanic Vote”. These are the reasons that some senators want to attach an "amnesty lite" to the House bill that is supposed to boost enforcement along the Mexican Border. Sadly, many conservatives have no response to these accusations by the pro-illegal agenda.

In almost every time immigration is talked about, liberal pundits ask “how do you deport 11 million people”? They appear proud to state that it is impossible to find, arrest, and move 11 million illegals back to their countries. The reason for this arrogant stance to make sure that America never tries. These are same people who said we couldn’t change the USSR, that the welfare system should never be changed, and other wrong predictions. Millions of Americans have demanded that we cut the welfare and go after the businesses that hire illegals. In Arizona, an overwhelming number of citizens voted yes for Proposition 200, including 40% of the Hispanics who care more about America than Mexico. Pro-illegal groups are trying to overturn the will of Arizona citizens in the courts. Proposition 187, voted by 25% of Hispanic in the blue state of California, was overturn by an activist federal judge. It’s pretty clear that a lot of the 11 million need the American taxpayer’s money in order to stay in the USA and that pro-illegal agenda will use the courts to keep the troughs full.

On the website http://www.wehirealiens.com/results.asp, the following companies are listed as hiring illegals in my state; Electrolux, Landsape Specialist, Flying Fish Restaurant, Great Dane Trailers, Jean Petit Poultry, The Country Club of Little Rock, OK Ind., and Shipley’s of Little Rock(where’s a cop when you need one?). Ken Lay is in jail for stealing thousands of dollars from Enron workers. The CEO’s of these companies steal millions from the US taxpayers, threaten American culture by encouraging illegal immigration, and threaten America’s security. Will cutting welfare and shutting down illegal immigrant companies force many illegals back home? The American people demand that their leaders at least try.

“They’re doing the jobs Americans won’t do”. This has been yet another lie repeated by the pro-illegal agenda and their friends in the media. This statement is used to support the idea that if we did enforce immigration laws, several industries would be completely destroyed and the economy as a whole would be damaged. Illegal workers make less than 5 percent of the U.S. labor force. Illegal immigrants are concentrated in construction, agriculture and cleaning jobs. 79 percent of the 23 million workers in service jobs are native-born Americans.81 percent of the 6 million workers in construction jobs are native-born Americans, and 77 percent of the 10 million workers in production jobs are native-born Americans. The US has a capitalist system, not a sweatshop system. When Enron was prosecuted, the energy industry did not collapse nor did we enter a second Great Depression. Other legitimate companies didn’t have to compete with Enron, making their business better. Speaking of large corrupt companies, the Arkansas based company Tyson Foods, one of the companies that funds illegal immigrant groups had a gross profit 1.74 billion dollars as of 31-Dec-05! Tyson’s CEO Mr. John Tyson makes 6.44 million dollars. I’m sure if he tries hard enough, John Tyson could get some Americans to pluck his chickens. Perhaps he can help pay for the 10 billion dollars the federal government pays a year (not including state costs). There were times when changing America’s workforce did affect the economy. When the new Republican Party abolished slavery in 1863, it ended the plantation system that had existed in the South for decades. The Slave Power warned the American people that ending slavery would cause harm to the agricultural industry and the American economy as a whole. The Slave Power was the term used in the Northern United States in the period 1840-1865 to describe the political power of the slaveholding class in the South. Here’s a partial quote about the Slave Power from historian Henry Adams. “Whenever a question arose of extending or protecting slavery, the slaveholders became friends of centralized power, and used that dangerous weapon with a kind of frenzy. Slavery in fact required centralization in order to maintain and protect itself, but it required to control the centralized machine; it needed despotic principles of government, but it needed them exclusively for its own use.” The Civil War and Reconstruction destroyed the Slave Power that had existed since the founding this country. What will the Party of Lincoln do to destroy the Illegal Immigrant Power that exist today?

The 2006 election is only a few months away, and some Republicans want the imfamous “Hispanic” vote to help them win. Pandering to the illegal agenda will never worked for the Republicans and has rarely worked for the democrats. Grey Davis only received 54 % of the Hispanic vote against his recall after he promised to allow illegals drivers’ licenses. Bustamante, Hispanic and former MECHA member, only received 52 % of the Hispanic vote. Both candidates found out that dominating the “Hispanic Vote” is mainly useless due to the fact that they are only 6% of the voting population. Both candidates lost the governor's seat to Arnold Swarzenegger after his opposition to illegal driver’s licenses. Supporters of immigration reform such as Tom Tancredo have won elections all across the country despite being attacked by Hispanic activist groups, liberal foundations, corrupt businesses, the liberal media, and other branches of the illegal agenda. Contrary to pro-illegal propaganda, the Republican Majority in California was lost by the Reagan Amnesty. Consider that between 1952 and 1988, California voted Republican in every election except 1964. Beginning in 1992, which is 2 years before Prop 187; California became a blue state and has not voted for a Republican President since. Besides the significant percent who are opposed to illegal immigration, many Hispanics do care about the rights of the unborn, Christian values, the war on terror, lower taxes, and other conservative issues.

Excellent.

Glad you addressed the Prop 187 issue, which received 59% of the vote.

Immigration in the 1980s (both legal and illegal) changed California from the state that elected Reagan twice to one of the most liberal/democratic states in the union.

Has anyone considered trying a different tactic???? Like holding those who EMPLOY the illegals accountable? Good ole' Tyson here in Arkansas is likely one of the top (if not the top) Illegal employer in the state. It use to be a joke when the INS use to have more than ONE - yes ONE officer in the whole state - the state with the 2nd highest growth rate of hispanics (what percent illegal....???) in the country and would conduct a raid at either a tyson plant, or one of the housing areas used by employees.....sometimes several hundred illegals would be rounded up in a single night.

Now, with only one officer for the whole state - zero is begin done.

But if the laws on the books would be enforced or even strengthend with some real teeth... like say a MINIMUM fine of $10k PER OFFENSE (in other words, it wouldn't take long to add up: 200 illegals being employed, times $10K =$2 MILLION fine.) How long would it take for Tyson to quite hiring illegals?

Of course, the Republicans would call that "anti-business".... ugh. I'm going to bed now.

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?

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