Sour Economy Can't Stop Tide of Immigrants (California Illegal Immigration Alert)

Sacramento Bee ^ | November 27, 2002 | Michael Doyle, Wash. DC Reporter for the Bee

[Saundra Duffy]

Sour economy can't stop tide of immigrants 673,000 entered the state in 27 months, a new study finds.

By Michael Doyle -- Bee Washington Bureau Published 2:15 a.m. PST Wednesday, November 27, 2002 WASHINGTON -- An economic slowdown and stringent anti-terrorism measures have not slowed the flow of legal and illegal immigrants into California, a new study concludes.

[Frohickey]

"When people settle in a foreign country with little or no intention of abandoning their native culture, or, increasingly, no intention of abandoning their native language and native political allegiance, the correct word for the process isn't "reverse assimilation." And it isn't immigration. The correct word in the English language is "colonization." Because that's exactly what it is."

---unknown

[Saundra Duffy]

Thanks for the input. And yes I do think we should DRILL ALASKA!! In fact, maybe I should move to Alaska. Too cold and inhospitable for illegals, right?

[Saundra Duffy]

What is "unknown"?

[FITZ]

And it isn't immigration. The correct word in the English language is "colonization." Because that's exactly what it is."

President Fox did refer to his citizens coming here as the "new pilgrims to America". That makes us the new Indians about to see our culture and economy replaced.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Though politically unaffiliated, the center backs more rigorous immigration control steps. Showcasing immigrants' relative poverty and the demands placed on social services is designed to be evidence supporting such measures.

Sounds good to me. According to this article, 57 percent of the state's uninsured are immigrants or their American born children.

[scholar]

"The fact is that even if it's harder to get into the United States, legally or illegally, life is still better here,"

Well of course it is! The illegals can enter this country and immediately become eligible for free health care and other forms of government handouts while many hardworking American taxpayers, going through hard straights, aren't eligible for any assistance at all.

I don't hate these folks for trying to come here and better their lives, but they need to do it legally and pay their dues just like the rest of us.

[Frohickey]

What is "unknown"?

unknown is because I do not know who wrote it, and the Project USA website where I found the quote, doesn't say.

[junta]

Earn your money and yes lose alot to taxes, but avoid conspicous consumption on consumer junk that generates sales tax revenue for our destroyers.

[Sabertooth]

According to this article, 57 percent of the state's uninsured are immigrants or their American born children.

And they are high users of public medical services to boot.

[God is good]

Sounds like a HUD scenario.

[God is good]

Two words: Taxpayer Revolt!

That would be too sweet for words. But we would need Americans for that. I'm not too sure many of the kind are left.

[God is good]

Haven't you noticed? Bush is a centrist. His "base" is much broader than right wing Republicans.

Power to him means more than the future of our boarders. He has enough pragmatic temporal sense and sense of reality in general to fight those who attack us in battle on a large scale, which puts him one up on the spaced-out Democrats, but does not concern himself with the long-term war of alien warfare we have only begun to fight.

He is only human and sometimes fails to resist the temptation, with only the here and now in mind, to pander at will.

Bush is not entirely to blame for the apathetic spirit toward the country's future. Considering the times, he is a relatively good man, but still has points of weakness, as all men do. Early Americans recognized this propensity of weakness in humanity and sought a governmental system to put in check the resulting tyranny from ignorance and foolhardiness of a chosen ruling few over the ruled majority.

"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports....The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them.... Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education... reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."
--George Washington

Many Americans(using the term loosely) now believe man to be basically good. This attitude does not mesh with the original intent of Constitutional law, and thus helps to destroy it, and in effect promotes socialist and tyranny.

In the old days, our founding fathers gave their lives for the future of many whom they would never know, but men of that caliber grow rarer with every session of Congress. Bush often puts politics over Constitution, but what elected or appointed official doesn't? What choice do we have?

[God is good]

The government is less public property as we are government property. The government is to listen, serve and protect and, in all, maintain liberty, not to educate, subjugate, and endanger.

Forcing those under 16 to attend school is an instance of tyranny not intended by our founding fathers, as is forcing citizens to pay for the health and welfare of as well as give up our property, not to our own citizens, but to citizens of other nations.

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
- Patrick Henry

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
- Thomas Jefferson

"What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure." --Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 1787. ME 6:373, Papers 12:356

[janetgreen]

In Dimwit Davis' speech yesterday he made NO MENTION of the fact that illegal immigration costs California taxpayers BILLIONS of dollars each year. This state is forty billion bucks in the hole now. Instead of facing this problem, he chooses to raise fees and taxes on citizens. Not a word about illegal aliens. WHATAGUY!