Posted on 03/03/2008 12:08:40 PM PST by Delacon
Four children including two brothers were killed, and 12 others were hospitalized with injuries, in Minnesota last week when a van reportedly ignored a stop sign and barreled into a school bus. The driver of the van, who did not speak English or have a valid drivers license, was charged with homicide.
Authorities described the driver as an illegal immigrant using a phony name. She had pled guilty in 2006 for driving without a license.
For years, courts and lawyers have intimidated towns from protecting themselves against the invasion of illegal immigrants. In 2006, Escondido, Calif., backed away from its housing ordinance to curtail leases to illegal immigrants and even agreed to pay $90,000 in legal fees to plaintiffs challenging the law.
Last summer, a federal court slapped down an attempt by Hazleton, Pa., to penalize employers and landlords who hire and lease to illegal immigrants. Hazleton had been hit by an influx of illegal immigrants and victimized by some of their shocking crimes.
But in August, Newark, N.J., no stranger to violence, was shaken by the brutal murder of several college-bound teenagers who were harmlessly enjoying music at a playground. The victims were black, and the perpetrator was an illegal immigrant from Peru who had been previously charged with raping a 5-year-old girl but had been released despite his obvious illegal presence in this country.
Another imported crime is driving the wrong way on highways, with headlights turned off, in order to escape detection while smuggling drugs or people. Several deadly crashes resulting from this practice have been reported.
The American people's outrage at violations of the law by illegal immigrants was heard loud and clear by the U.S. Senate when it defeated the amnesty bill last year. Now, even judges may be getting the message.
In December, a federal judge in Oklahoma upheld an Oklahoma law requiring state contractors to determine and verify the immigration status of new hires. U.S. District Judge James H. Payne threw out a legal challenge to the law.
In January, U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber emphatically ruled against illegal immigrants who had sued to overturn a similar ordinance enacted by Valley Park, Mo., a town near St. Louis. The court upheld the ordinance, which was directed at employers who were hiring illegal immigrants.
The third strike against illegal immigrants came in February when U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake rejected each and every argument challenging a new Arizona law that imposes penalties on businesses that knowingly hire illegal immigrants. He dismissed the claim that federal law somehow ties the hands of state and local governments seeking to protect their own citizens.
These three decisions in three different parts of the country included both Republican- and Democratic-appointed judges. In the term loved by the mainstream media, there is now bipartisan judicial support for state and local legislation against illegal immigrants.
University of Missouri at Kansas City Law professor Kris Kobach says these decisions give "a green light to other communities" seeking to pass similar ordinances.
Hazleton, Pa., Mayor Lou Barletta vigorously supported his city's ordinance cracking down on illegal immigrants. Despite being vilified by liberal Pennsylvania newspapers, he won nearly 95 percent of the vote in his Republican primary for re-election last year.
But that wasn't all. In the same election, Barletta also won the Democratic nomination on a write-in vote, defeating the leading candidate in the Democratic primary by a stunning 2-to-1 margin.
In the Arizona case, the court noted the research of George Borjas, an economist at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, who concluded that hiring illegal immigrants depresses wages for legal workers because illegals accept lower pay without benefits. Those hardest hit are uneducated legal workers, who in Arizona alone lost $1.4 billion in 2006 in the form of lower wages.
The nine months between now and the November election give states, cities and towns ample time to do what Congress has failed to do: protect U.S. citizens against the lawless entry of illegal immigrants. That means penalizing employers who hire illegal immigrants and landlords who lease to them.
It is long overdue for public officials to rid the United States of imported crimes and to stand up for legal workers, especially the poorly educated ones who need an entry-level job to start building their lives. Now that a green light has been provided by the courts, states and cities should proceed full steam ahead to protect their citizens from illegal immigrants.
Phyllis Schlafly is a national leader of the pro-family movement, a nationally syndicated columnist and author of Feminist Fantasies.
I don't know the exact date and time, but it is well recognized that President Reagan admitted the 1986 IRCA was a mistake and a failure. For McCain or Obama or Hillary to repeat the same mistake would be a failure to learn from history, much more egregious than a first time mistake.
McCain (&Bush)won't even admit his amnesty is an amnesty.
Who broke what law? http://www.otisgraham.com/otis_graham_writings/art_failing_the_test_immigration_reform.html http://www.otisgraham.com/otis_graham_writings/art_big_opportunity_ronald_reagan_missed.html http://www.otisgraham.com/otis_graham_writings/art_ronald_reagans_big_mistake.html
The Escondido ordinance was struck down by a Bush appointee who Barbara Boxer described as a ‘true example of bipartisanship’.
You claimed Bush did by allowing illegals over our borders. Reagan did the same and, in fact, granted amnesty to illegals. So. . .what law did Bush break that you believe Reagan did not?
Here's an example of what we're up against. Escondido, CA last week conducted a sweep to arrest those who'd committed crimes, been convicted, deported, had reentered, and then committed new crimes.
Here's how the local paper reacted: http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/03/02/news/inland/21_15_973_1_08.txt
Until we can put an end to that kind of 'reporting', most of the sheeple won't even get a chance to learn what's really going on.
Its great to see the Judiciary has finally seen the light.
......how is she supposed to know what the sign said.....
Believe it or don’t the Octagonal “stop” sign in red is prevalent internationally, even Moscow
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We live near Bellingham, WA, in the far NW corner of the country, where you wouldn’t expect to see a lot of illegal immigration from Mexico, but they are here, coming across the northern border, too. Yesterday, a woman jogger was sexually assaulted by two men who put a bag (probably a pillowcase) over head, threw her in an old car with a loud muffler, assaulted her(probably raped) and then shoved her out of the car, further down the road. All she could tell authorities is that they were speaking what she thought was Spanish. Chances are if they don’t speak English, they are not here legally.
Here in Los Angeles, even if a cop see a gangbanger he knows has been deported, the cop has to wait for the gangbanger to commit another crime before arresting him.
We have an Austrian socialist movie star who ran for governor with a conservative mask and has pretty much broken every promise he made about cutting the size and cost of state government. Another excellent prospect for a lamp post.
Hey, quisling. Granting amnesty is NOT breaking the law. It's not the same as Bush letting millions of invader come here. Even encouraging it.
What did you expect from an author named "EDWARD SIFUENTES"?
Good news! About time eh?
More likely because of his illegal presence.
Sanctuary cities are welcome to all the illegals they can get.
“The states are doing the jobs the feds refuse to do. They are also proving that if you take away the magnet the illegals will move on. Let them go to Canada or Cuba or Venezuela or back home.”
But let them go to every sanctuary city and town within this country first. Flood them with illegals. Let them reap the maximum “benefits” of a liberal illegal immigration policy. They’ll change their tune.
marked to read later
Amnesty Proponents Launch Campaign to Shut Down Debate!
Please Act Now to Ensure Our Voices are Heard!
Having lost last year’s epic legislative battle over the Bush-Kennedy amnesty bill, pro-amnesty forces are regrouping and launching an all-out campaign to censor the media and stop the debate over true immigration reform. This attack on the media should not come as a surprise. Having failed at every turn to win the immigration debate on the merits, pro-amnesty groups now have little choice but to try to shut it down. WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ENSURE THAT OUR VOICES ARE HEARD AND THAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS PRESERVED!
As part of this campaign, La Raza and other amnesty proponents are specifically targeting corporate executives at CNN, MSNBC, and FOX and are asking them to ban representatives from pro-enforcement organizations such as FAIR and NumbersUSA from the airwaves. This amounts to nothing more than an attempt to censor the media and control what points of view the American public can hear. To read more about these attacks on the media, see this Associated Press article.
FAIR is urging all members, activists, and friends to take action immediately to counter this attack on the media!!!! Please contact the media executives listed below and tell them how important it is that both sides of the immigration debate are presented on the airwaves. Tell them organizations like FAIR and NumbersUSA represent millions of Americans who want our immigration laws enforced. Please use the email, fax, or phone numbers below to respectfully share your opinions. To send a fax, click here. To see a sample email, click here.
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Sample Email:
Dear Mr. (name of executive),
You have probably heard from amnesty proponents and special interest organizations asking your network to not allow groups such as the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and Numbers USA to be allowed on air as guests. As a viewer and as a concerned American wanting to here both sides of the immigration debate, I strongly object to these McCarthy-like tactics designed to silence the voices of longstanding, credible organizations fighting for meaningful immigration reform.
Immigration reform is one of the most important issues of our time. It deserves broad media attention and a vigorous, robust national debate. And, while disagreement is a perfectly acceptable part of this public policy process, shutting down debate through censorship, intimidation, and baseless allegations is not and never will be acceptable to me, nor should it be acceptable to media organizations that pride themselves on being independent. I cherish living in a nation where our First Amendment rights allow Americans to hear all sides of all issues.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform is the largest and oldest immigration reform group in America. Over the course of 30 years, FAIR has testified before Congress over a hundred times, and has appeared on your network and others on a weekly basis offering fair, practical and effective solutions to our immigration problems.
By attempting to dictate who may and may not appear as guests on your network, pro-amnesty special interest organizations are doing nothing less than attempting to silence their largest threat - groups that they disagree with and who represent the vast majority of Americans. I urge you to resist this coordinated campaign to stop the debate.
Sincerely,
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I think I’d correct the spelling of the word “hear” in the second sentence before I mailed it, though....
Shrub still thinks gas is a buck sixty five a gallon.
Probably bought his coming grandchild a hula hoop!
it certainly *excuses* some illegals from serving their US jail time....we read about many who *opt* for self deportation, rather than serving US jail time.
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