Posted on 04/23/2006 5:58:39 AM PDT by Crackingham
About 100 people rallied against illegal immigration Saturday, waving U.S. flags and holding signs such as "Remember the Alamo" and "Texas Isn't A Mexican Colony." The protest outside the Mexican Consulate south of downtown came in response to massive demonstrations in Houston and nationally earlier this month in support of amnesty for illegal immigrants.
"It is a sad day in this nation when people here illegally can storm the streets of our cities and demand U.S. taxpayers continue to provide them welfare, social service programs, free health care and the education of their children," proclaimed Curtis Collier, president of U.S. Border Watch. "If elected officials cannot fulfill their oath of office to defend this country and the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic, I demand they resign."
The rally, staged to fall between San Jacinto Day Friday and the U.S. Senate's expected resumption on Monday of deliberations on immigration reform, brought no counter-protest. Some passing motorists honked their horns in seeming approval.
Immigration legislation in the Senate and the House of Representative has inflamed passions around the nation. The House bill calls for a crackdown on illegal immigration that focuses on tightening border security, while the current proposal in the Senate combines more enforcement with temporary worker visas and an "earned" path to legalization for illegal immigrants.
With Toby Keith and George Strait blaring from the sound system, speakers at the rally blamed Mexico for fueling the illegal immigration. One speaker referred to its "industry aiding people across our border."
"You know you have a problem when white-haired women show up for rallies," said Louise Whiteford, eliciting cheers and laughter. "We need to boycott the businesses that support illegal immigration."
The speakers called for Bush to issue an executive order to close the Texas-Mexico border and complained that more than 50 percent of U.S. immigrants are from Mexico, even though it is not as poor as many other underdeveloped countries and represents only 7 percent of the world's population.
Yup, what would the DC politicians do? They are playing a very dangerous game. They are promoting anarchy and don't even realize it.
I have no idea. All I know is the program is not in place to feed her handlers.
The one person who should have reported it should have been the store manager. He was privy to the particulars of what was being said en espagnol.
"No unpaid bills at the emergency rooms?"
So what, we live them on the street to die rather than give them medical treatment?
BTW, medical services aren't considered eligibility benefits.
You must be kidding?
Interesting paper RE: WIC http://www.wicworks.ca.gov/research/ExecutiveSummary2001.pdf
By calling it a supplemental nutrition program instead of a welfare program, I guess you don't consider it a benefit?
Just because you want to call an apple an orange it doesn't make it not an apple.
Haven't you read through the thread? Only the LEGAL kid or soon to be LEGAL kids gets the benefit.
I just want it on record in the thread that you want them to receive nothing, not even emergency medical services. That we are to just to leave them on the street to die.
Yes I have and your claim that illegals get no bennies from the govt. is incorrect.
Article has the quote of the month!
Um, no only LEGALs get the bennies. That's been established in the thread.
Where was that established? Just because you say it's so doesn't make it so in the REAL world.
They also qualify for preschool and childcare fully paid for so they can work, also easier for them to get than a legal citizen.
"Where was that established? Just because you say it's so doesn't make it so in the REAL world."
No, just the REAL law.
"They also qualify for preschool and childcare fully paid for so they can work, also easier for them to get than a legal citizen."
Only if... again, let me state for the tenth time, the child is legal.
How do you know he didn't?
Well stated.
What REAL law?
I guess you miss the point.. if you mean Federal law, the laws are not enforced. Cities and States have set in place a system of programs (benefits) for illegals in direct opposition to any laws you may be referring to.
Yes Virginia they ARE playing Santa Claus and giving away freebies to illegals.
" ... if you mean Federal law, the laws are not enforced."
Um I don't know who you are, but I remember being paid to take welfare fraud calls, like the ones you mentioned above, were made.
And... I actually worked for Welfare Fraud Investigations and they were referred to prosecutorial agencies for prosecution.
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