True, but it's also true for any attribute of government. We don't really need any restrictions on government power because the government is inherently virtuous and impossible to corrupt.
On a thread this past week relating to immigration issues, I had provided a link to a copy of the Department of Labor's LCA (Labor Condition Application) database. It holds all of the applications for alien work visas dating back to 1991.
I'll provide a link to it again for the purposes of this discussion;
Labor Condition Application Database
During the discussion on the thread in question, a poster had attempted to claim that he had found invalid data. He had noticed that there was a company that had 104 records with 30 workers on each. This resulted in a total of 3120 H1-B visas. The assertion was that this could not be possible and indicated faulty data, but upon much analysis and debate, it became apparent that not only was this possible, but that it was highly likely that it was in fact correct.
It became apparent that MANY foreign owned companies had filed multiple applications for visas using the same job title and start date. This was not what we saw in relation to US OWNED companies, but chiefly from FOREIGN owned companies. Now, to get back to the FIRST company we looked at.
The company describes themselves as having a software development center in India and in Austin, TX, with sales offices scattered throughout the United States. They mention that they have 300+ engineers between India and Austin, yet they applied for 3120 visas for "Programmer/Analysts" for ALL of their locations in the US, even though offices other than Austin were supposedly "sales" offices.
A link to that info is provided below..
Take A Stand: Vote against H1B, Boycott H1B Companies
It was later shown that there was ANOTHER Indian company with an even shadier pattern, and that although they were listed as a gift and advertising company, they were bringing people into the US as "Programmer/Analysts".
One would have to wonder what those "extra" visas might be utilized for. It might not be too hard for a terrorist to purchase a work visa on the blackmarket in order to enter the United States unnoticed and unchallenged. It boggles the mind as to the number of them that might already be here...
A GAO investigation has uncovered MASSIVE fraud in the immigration system, and has reported that it is RAMPANT and "out of control". Yet NO enforcement action apparently has been taken.
From Immigration fraud 'out of control' - General Accounting Office slams INS for rampant problems
"The General Accounting Office has concluded that immigration fraud is rampant, even helping to open the door for terrorism, and that the Immigration and Naturalization Service has no idea how to get it under control."
In the Goverment Executive Magazine article, INS, GAO say immigration benefit fraud is pervasive , it is said that;
"The agency does not know the extent of the fraud, and has failed to provide its field offices with guidance in two key areas: how to conduct investigations of fraud and how to use technology to manage and share information about ongoing cases, the January report said. The INS, which has four service centers and 33 district offices that process applications and petitions for benefits, also hasn’t developed performance measures to use in offices responsible for investigating fraud, GAO said."
Now if WE can find a few questionable cases simply by looking at the LCA data and analyzing what we see here on Free Republic, I can't see why those whose job it is to look into these matters can't do a bit better.
I'd certainly say that there is NO reason WHATSOVER for the government to get expanded powers with the stated result of prying deeper into our personal lives if they can't manage and utilize the tools that they already have.
Yup. With Hillary pulling the levers we'd have nothing to worry about.
Ah, THAT Admiral Poindexter. I wonder how things are in Mena these days?
The only people that make me nervous are panty-waist cowards willing to give the government unlimited power so they can can feel safe.
Actually, this sort of initiative might be a good thing in the long run. Eventually it will be abused and people will fear it. People hate that which they fear. The monster we're creating for ourselves in the name of 3,000 dead New Yorkers (one of whom was a personal friend) should be hated and feared.
Right now it's being embraced by power/freedom grabbing bureaucrats encouraged by a spoiled, easily frightened populace.
Those that give up liberty for percieved security deserve neither liberty or secutity. I see a dictatorship comming.
Some day soon, all you folks who believe this crap,...like this poor soul, are gonna' wake up and smell the coffee, and by then, it will be too late.
This is not a war on terror. That's just the distraction. This is really a war on the American People. There's no other way to look at the rediculous combination of the concepts of "homeland security" and "open borders". The two don't mix. But they're not supposed to. ...Yes, let's all remember. WE'RE THE ENEMY IN THE EYES OF UNCLE SAMMY-RAY.
I would be shocked if "preliminary discussions" were not held. But this is just the Democrat's tying to turn the public against us. The motives of this publication needs to be publicly attacked and fast or they may succeed.
Actually, it should make everyone nervous since the more information the government gets the less time it seems to spend actually looking for real criminals.
In the D.C. area, federal government agents harassed people who bought .223 rifles in that area who also happened to own white vans. This, despite the fact that not only had the perps not bought a rifle in that area, and not only were they not driving a white van, but there were other obvious leads (such as a blue Caprice whose plate was recorded at 10 of the post-shooting roadblocks) the police were ignoring.
Perhaps if there was some evidence that new intelligence-gathering abilities would actually be used to solve crimes, there might be at least some merit to supporting them. As it is, though, it seems the government so mis-uses its intelligence-gathering facilities that adding more would likely just further impede effective law enforcement.
The same was said about the RICO - that only the members of Mafia should be nervous. And now it is being applied against pro-life activists and many others. The only thing common between a nun praying before the abortion clinic and John Giotti might be Roman Catholic background, but RICO is being applied to non-Catholics as well.