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Posted on 04/08/2006 9:32:07 PM PDT by JustPiper
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Mr. President, I thank Senator Leahy, ranking member on the Judiciary Committee. I have received just this afternoon in my office some disturbing news in the form of correspondence from the Congressional Budget Office. It suggests a number of areas where the amendment we are talking about here today, No. 3424, the immigration so-called compromise, violates our budget and the rules of the Senate. Let me read from the correspondence we have received. This is something, as you know, Mr. President, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, that we never discussed at all. It is not a matter we spent any time at all discussing as we moved forward with legislation which ultimately cleared that committee and came to the floor legislation which I thought was not good legislation and which I opposed, and so did the Senator from Texas, who just relinquished the Chair. We didn't discuss the financial impact of the legislation before us. Stand Up For America ! |
We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
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(Excerpt) Read more at levin.nationalreview.com ...
(GREENSBORO) - A national group that organizes armed citizen patrols of the US-Mexico border staged a rally in Greensboro Wednesday night. The Minuteman group and its supporters were met by protesters who were members of the International Socialist Organization.
I just pinged you to this article, it looks like a good one - why guest worker programs are crap.
A lesson in immigration: Guest worker experiments transformed Europe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1631668/posts?page=1
Bttt
Thanks Lil J!
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Biography:
Donald H. Rumsfeld
"Brokebutt Border" banner
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My pet peeve LOL:)
Anchorbrats
There are some in the U.S. Congress who have tried repeatedly to pass a simple amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1102).
That same bill, has been re-introduced in the 109th Congress as H. R. 698. The express purpose of the bill is "to deny automatic citizenship at birth to children born in the United States to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens."(29)
Not only do the anchorkids get everything paid for for most of their lives BUT they collect SSI.
Also, articles about the anchor baby scam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1631764/posts
Watched the first half of the MM Rally on Real Player and I am so pissed!
America needs to hear them screaming in Spanish God only knows what they are saying? I hear Fascist- USA-KKK but what astounds me is they are Illegal, as John Clark of the American Immigration Foundation, They are NOT Immigrants They are NOT UNDOCUMENTED- They ARE ILLEGALS!!! What right do they have to disrupt, defile and badger American Citizens?!
What grace those speaker's had! What must those cops on the front line be feeling?!
Clark also stated that the ACLU did in fact not only jeopardize MM in April they had flashlights they kept on them to point them out to coyote's and illegals crossing!
He finished with saying:
They are occupying this country, a Foreign country has invaded and not even one shot fired from our side!
I am Spitting Mad!!! Steve Eichler gave an inspiring speech despite they were drowned out by the criminals. And I would like us to adopt his mantra:
If you did not see the rally , you owe yourslef to do so and most importantly to make sure hundreds see it!
You must keep in mind, that most, if not all illegals are being intentionally organized by to name a few, the "Communist Party U.S.A., La Raza, and MecHa! All have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. Fault, must lie, with a listless "Homeland Security." An agency that can't find the lunchroom, but knows how to eat taxpayer money up!
You must keep in mind, that most, if not all illegals are being intentionally organized by to name a few, the "Communist Party U.S.A., La Raza, and MecHa! All have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. Fault, must lie, with a listless "Homeland Security." An agency that can't find the lunchroom, but knows how to eat taxpayer money up!
All illegal alien organizers leaders, can be charged with conspiracy, tried and convicted, to defraud the U.S. Constitution and existing immigration laws. WHERE is the USDOJ? WHY are they remaining so silent?
You must keep in mind, that most, if not all illegals are being intentionally organized by to name a few, the "Communist Party U.S.A., La Raza, and MecHa! All have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. Fault, must lie, with a listless "Homeland Security." An agency that can't find the lunchroom, but knows how to eat taxpayer money up!
All illegal alien organizers leaders, can be charged with conspiracy, tried and convicted, to defraud the U.S. Constitution and existing immigration laws. WHERE is the USDOJ? WHY are they remaining so silent?
My rational is:
If when caught, human being flesh smugglers do long jail time, so then, shouldn't the leaders of La Raza, MecHa, Aztlan, the Communist Party U.S.A., and any U.S. officials like Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villagrosa etc., that spoke to, and gave aid/comfort, also get equal treatment under the law. Or is there a double standard once illegals are a few miles in our Southern Borders?
If there is in fact a double standard, then all jailed "Mexican Coyotes," should be set free to ply their trade, otherwise, there should be some high profile public hangings? I would like to see the latter!
HOUSTON U. S. Border Watch calls on all media covering the Presidents speech Monday to give equal time to Congressman Tom Tancredo.
Curtis Collier, President of U.S. Border Watch says, All we are asking for is an open and honest debate about an issue that affects the lives of all Americans. We know the President supports amnesty for the majority of illegal immigrants in this country. We feel an issue of this importance should be covered from both sides of the debate.
U.S. Border Watch recently participated in the Crawford Rally, and will continue to speak out on this issue.
Curtis states, Amnesty by any other name is still amnesty, and amnesty only encourages more illegal immigration.
Curtis goes on to say, We have been promised enforcement for 20 years and all weve got is lip service.
U.S. Border Watch takes the position that our Government should enforce the laws we have, including seriously going after the employers who hire illegal, and securing our borders before they consider any new immigration reforms.
For more information on U.S. Border Watch call 1-800-759-0948 or log onto http://www.usborderwatch.com
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A little-known spy agency that analyzes imagery taken from the skies has been spending significantly more time watching U.S. soil.
In an era when other intelligence agencies try to hide those operations, the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper, is proud of that domestic mission.
He said the work the agency did after hurricanes Rita and Katrina was the best he'd seen an intelligence agency do in his 42 years in the spy business.
"This was kind of a direct payback to the taxpayers for the investment made in this agency over the years, even though in its original design it was intended for foreign intelligence purposes," Clapper said in a Thursday interview with The Associated Press.
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After last year's hurricanes, the agency had an unusually public face. It set up mobile command centers that sprung out of the backs of Humvees and provided imagery for rescuers and hurricane victims who wanted to know the condition of their homes. Victims would provide their street address and the NGA would provide a satellite photo of their property. In one way or another, some 900 agency officials were involved.
Spy agencies historically avoided domestic operations out of concern for Pentagon regulations and Reagan-era executive order, known as 12333, that restricted intelligence collection on American citizens and companies. Its budget, like all intelligence agencies, is classified.
On Clapper's watch of the last five years, his agency has found ways to expand its mission to help prepare security at Super Bowls and political conventions or deal with natural disasters, such as hurricanes and forest fires.
With help, the agency can also zoom in. Its officials cooperate with private groups, such as hotel security, to get access to footage of a lobby or ballroom. That video can then be linked with mapping and graphical data to help secure events or take action, if a hostage situation or other catastrophe happens.
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Among the government's most closely guarded secrets, the quality of pictures NGA receives from classified satellites is believed to far exceed the one-meter resolution available commercially. That means they can take a satellite "snapshot" from high above the atmosphere that is crisply detailed down to one meter level, which is 3.3 feet.
Clapper says his agency only does big pictures, so concerns about using the NGA's foreign intelligence apparatus at home doesn't apply.
"We are not trying to examine an individual dwelling, for example, because what our mission is normally going to be is looking at large areas," he said. "It doesn't really affect or threaten anyone's privacy or civil liberties when you are looking at a large collective area."
When asked what additional powers he'd ask Congress for, he said, "I wouldn't."
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He considers his brand of intelligence a chess match. "There are sophisticated nation states that have a good understanding of our surveillance capabilities," including Iran, he said. "What we have to do is counter that" by taking advantage of anomalies or sending spy planes and satellites over more frequently.
Adversaries who hide their most important facilities underground is a trend the agency has to work at, he said.
NGA was once a stepchild of the intelligence community. But Clapper said it has come into its own and become an equal partner with the other spy agencies, such as the CIA.
Experience-wise, the agency is among the youngest of the spy agencies. About 40 percent of the agency's analyst have been hired in the last five years.
"They are very inexperienced, and that's just fine. They don't have any baggage," said Clapper, who retires next month as the longest serving agency director. "The people that we are getting now are bright, computer literate. ... That is not something I lie awake and worry about."
National
A key component of this effort is the creation and dissemination of NMA Factsheets. NMA Factsheets are intended to provide a clear, easy to digest, objective presenation of verifiable facts and analysis that better inform todays debates. The first NMA Factsheet addresses the issue of illegal immigration; However a number of additional Factsheets will be forthcoming over the next few weeks and months. Claim: �Illegal immigrants do the jobs that Americans won�t.� False: Americans will perform any legal job necessary to support themselves and their families. As an illustration, recently 70 US citizens were dismissed from an Alabama construction site by a foreman who said the dismissal was �because the Mexicans had arrived�. Linda Swopes, who operates Complete Employment Services in Mobile AL said: �I assure you it is not true that Americans don't want to work. We had been told that 270 jobs might be available, and we could have filled every one of them with men from this area, most of whom lost their jobs because of the hurricane.� The identified Mexican illegal immigrant workers were simply willing to work for less money than were US citizens. www.washtimes.com/national/20060410-123506-1297r.htm Claim: �Illegal immigrants help the American economy.� False: Illegal immigrants to the US cost the country at least $10 billion more than they contribute to the economy. The CIS (Center for Immigration Studies) advises that if amnesty is put into place, these costs to the American economy (and the American taxpayer) will triple. The average illegal immigrant family uses $2,700/year more in services than it pays in taxes. In 2002, this amounted to a $10.4 billion drain on the federal budget. Some of the greatest federal costs included: Medicaid ($2.5 billion); treatment for the uninsured ($2.2 billion); food assistance programs ($1.9 billion); the federal prison and court systems ($1.6 billion); and federal aid to schools ($1.4 billion). www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalrelease.html Claim: �Illegal immigrants are just hard-working people who want jobs.� False: The US Justice Department reported that in 2003, alone, 270,000 illegal immigrants had served prison time. The Federation for American Immigration Reform reports: �In March 2000, Congress made public Department of Justice statistics showing that, over the previous five years, the INS had released over 35,000 criminal aliens instead of deporting them. Over 11,000 of those released went on to commit serious crimes, over 1,800 of which were violent ones; including 98 homicides, 142 sexual assaults, and 44 kidnappings. In 2001, thanks to a decision by the Supreme Court, the INS was forced to release into our society over 3,000 criminal aliens who collectively had been convicted of 125 homicides, 387 sex offenses, and 772 assault charges.� The Federal Bureau of Prisons estimates that fully one-third of current prison populations are comprised of non-citizen illegals. Islamic terrorists, including Mexicans with terrorist ties, have entered and are continuing to enter the US via our unsecured borders. The violent MS-13 Salvadoran gangs have illegally immigrated across the US-Mexico border. MS-13 has also vowed to kill local police, Border Patrol agents and US citizen-members of the Minutemen project, within the US. www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/3/27/114208.shtml?s=ic Claim: �Illegal aliens help keep cost of goods down� Misleading and false: Although marketplace agricultural products are estimated to be somewhat lower than they would be if US citizens were performing the jobs illegals carry out, the cost to US taxpayers in free services to illegals vastly outweighs any savings to the US consumer. And illegal immigrants are no longer solely operating in agriculture but, have expanded out into multiple industries. In Los Angeles, 49-year old construction worker Michael Williams (jobless for 3 months) said outside of a Home Depot: �You have a lot of illegal aliens here. It takes food off the table.� The spread of illegals into other industries is increasing geometrically. www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2006-04-10-immigrants-economic-impact_x.htm Claim: �Illegal immigrants are being denied [their] civil rights� False: Civil rights pertain ONLY to citizens. The Merriam-Webster online Dictionary defines civil-rights as: �The nonpolitical rights of a citizen; especially: the rights of personal liberty guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress.� If one is not a citizen of the country, civil rights do not apply. www.m-w.com/dictionary/civil%20rights Claim: �Illegal immigrants are law-abiding citizens� False: First and foremost, by the very nature of illegal immigrants being in the country �illegally�, they are neither following nor abiding by US law. Also, illegal immigrants are increasingly using bogus or stolen Social Security numbers. The crime of Identity Fraud being affected by illegal immigrants has become a growing and sever problem. Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) commented: �If the government bothered to look, it could find abundant evidence of illegal aliens gaming our system and the unscrupulous employers who are aiding and abetting them.� www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/14411281.htm Claim: �Illegal immigrants only want to become US citizens� False: Although many illegals are demanding US citizenship, and to be given special consideration ahead of those who have applied legally, a marked number of Hispanics do not want it. But, they do demand the �same rights� as US citizens. Many Hispanic groups, including (but not limited to) MEChA, the Mexica Movement and LULAC, are supporting and working toward the re-conquest (�reconquista�) of the United States. These groups are, also, becoming increasingly militant. www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060416-122222-1672r.htm Claim: �Illegal aliens are honest and contribute little to crime� Misleading: Many are hard working. However, in Los Angeles, alone, 95 percent of all outstanding warrants for homicide (which total 1,200 to 1,500) target illegal aliens. Up to two-thirds of all fugitive felony warrants (17,000) are for illegal aliens. �A confidential California Department of Justice study reported in 1995 that 60 percent of the 20,000-strong 18th Street Gang in southern California is illegal.� www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html Claim: �The claim that illegal immigrants drain US services is a myth� False: From the L.A. Times and Rice University�s Professor Donald Huddle: �Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops but 29% are on welfare.� And as far back as 1997, according to Huddle, the cost of illegal immigration to the American taxpayer was a net (after subtracting taxes immigrants pay) $69 Billion. www.freedomalliance.org/view_article.php?a_id=642 Claim: �Illegals do not drive down US workers� wages� False: As already presented, illegal immigrants from Mexico are working for far less money than US citizen workers and on a regular basis. An 18 April 2006 article in WSJ by Professor of Economics and Social Policy at Harvard University George J. Borjas (�For a Few Dollars Less�) quotes Paul Samuelson: ��an increase in supply [of workers] will, other things being equal, tend to depress wage rates." Although Samuelson�s conclusions were, for years, disputed, recently they have been proving to be accurate. Borjas writes: �My Harvard colleague Lawrence Katz and I recently examined the impact of the 1980-2000 immigrant influx (and particularly Mexican-origin immigration) for U.S. wages. The results are that, in the short run -- holding all other things equal -- immigration lowered the wage of native workers, particularly of those workers with the least education. The wage fell by 3% for the average worker and by 8% for high school dropouts.� He further concludes: �These effects imply sizable reductions in annual earnings for low-skill workers. In 2000, the typical high school dropout earned $25,000, so that immigration reduced his earnings by $1,200, even after all capital adjustments take place. Mr. Katz and I also examined how much was due to Mexican immigration. We calculated what the wage effects would have been had there been no Mexican immigration between 1980 and 2000. We found that Mexican immigration, which is predominantly low-skill, accounts for all of the adverse impact of immigration on low-skill natives.� In NRO (National Review Online), Borjas continues with: �In fact, immigration may have depressed the wages of low-skilled workers by 5 to 8 percentage points.� Note: WSJ article is via �subscription only�. |
Was hard to tell what was being said between all that spanish stuff and the drums beating. Thanks for the video link. I'm so mad, too.
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