Obama's Aunt lives in America as an illegal immigrant

http://wbztv.com/local/obama.aunt.Zeituni.2.1924422.html

New 'Gumballs' Video Refutes Moral Claims That U.S. Must Double Immigration To Show Compassion to Rest of World

Global humanitarian reasons for current U.S. immigration are tested in this updated version of Roy Beck's colorful presentation of data from the World Bank and U.S. Census Bureau. The 1996 version has been one of the most viewed policy presentations on the internet.

Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA
Thursday 30SEP2010 3 p.m. EDT



Numbers USA
For Lower Immigration Levels

United Nations states we should allow immigrants in the USA?

Did I understand this right?

LET ME SEE IF I GOT THIS RIGHT

IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR

IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.

IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.

IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.

IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.

IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.

IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.

BUT,

IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET

1 - A JOB,
2 - A DRIVERS LICENSE,
3 - SOCIAL SECURITY CARD,
4 - WELFARE,
5 - FOOD STAMPS,
6 - CREDIT CARDS,
7 - SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE,
8 - FREE EDUCATION,
9 - FREE HEALTH CARE,
10 - A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON
11 - BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR LANGUAGE
12 - AND THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY'S FLAG WHILE YOU PROTEST THAT YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH RESPECT

More immigrants getting licenses

By TIM KORTE and MANUEL VALDES • Associated Press Writers • August 13, 2010


BURIEN, Wash. — Carlos Hernandez packed up his family and left Arizona after the state passed its sweeping immigration crackdown. The illegal immigrant’s new home outside Seattle offered something Arizona could not: a driver’s license.
Three states — Washington, New Mexico and Utah — allow illegal immigrants to get licenses because their laws do not require proof of citizenship or legal residency. An Associated Press analysis found that those states have seen a surge in immigrants seeking IDs in recent months, a trend experts attribute to crackdowns on illegal immigration in Arizona and elsewhere.



Carlos Hernandez, 31, watches his 2-year-old daughter play near his apartment building in Burien, Wash. Hernandez, an undocumented immigrant, moved from Arizona to Washington state after a new strict new immigration law was approved. Many illegal immigrants have left Arizona for New Mexico and Washington state because those states provide driver's licenses and identification without proof of citizenship or residency. (Manuel Valdes | The Associated Press)


“It’s difficult being undocumented and not having an identification,” said Hernandez, of Puebla, Mexico. “You can use the Mexican ID, but people look down on it.” An American driver’s license is also a requirement for many jobs.
The immigration debate has thrown a spotlight on the license programs, which supporters say make financial sense because unlicensed drivers typically do not carry car insurance. Opponents insist the laws attract illegal immigrants and criminals.
“Washington state and New Mexico have been magnet states for the fraudulent document brokers, human traffickers and alien smugglers for years,” said Brian Zimmer, president of the Coalition for a Secure Driver’s License, a nonprofit research group in Washington, D.C.
State officials in New Mexico dispute that claim.
He said there is mounting evidence that the spike in license applications is a result of pressure on immigrants in states such as Arizona and Oklahoma, where police have been authorized to help enforce federal immigration laws.
Republican lawmakers in New Mexico and Washington state have pushed to tighten the laws in recent years, only to be thwarted by Democrats. The issue is less heated in Utah, where illegal immigrant licenses carry only driving privileges. People cannot use the IDs to board a plane, get a job or buy alcohol, for example.
Candidates in New Mexico’s governor’s race have made the licenses a campaign theme, with the Republican saying she would revoke IDs granted to illegal and legal immigrants since the state enacted the law in 2003. The Democratic candidate opposes illegal immigrant licenses but prefers a softer approach.
The AP analysis of data in the three states revealed some striking numbers: The rate of licenses issued to immigrants during the 10 weeks that followed approval of the Arizona law reflected a 60 percent increase over the annual average for last year.
By comparison, the rate of licenses issued to non-immigrants during the same period increased only modestly.
Among the other findings:
— New Mexico issued 10,257 licenses to immigrants through the first six months of 2010, compared with 13,481 for all of 2009. The pace has intensified since April, when neighboring Arizona passed its immigration law. The figures include both illegal immigrants and legal residents from outside the U.S.
— New Mexico issued about 417 licenses a week to immigrants from the day after Arizona passed its law through July 1. That is a big jump from the 323 per week it was issuing from Jan. 1 to the day before the law passed.
— Utah handed out 41,000 illegal immigrant licenses for 2010 through June 7, compared with 43,429 for all of 2008.
— Washington granted 3,200 licenses to people from outside the U.S. through June, exceeding the pace of 5,992 for all of 2009.
Hernandez said he and his family moved to Washington because he and his wife were spooked by the Arizona law that requires officers to check a person’s immigration status when enforcing other laws. A federal judge has put most of the law on hold, saying it may be unconstitutional.
Hernandez said he knows other illegal immigrants who considered New Mexico because of the ease of getting a license without documents. But he and others thought Washington would be safer.
“I know that it’s not OK for people who come here to cross the border, but there’s people that come here that want to contribute ... that want to follow the rules,” said Hernandez, 31, who has a 2-year-old daughter.
Recent fraud cases in New Mexico and Washington show some people are trying to exploit the rules.
An Illinois man is accused of driving two Polish immigrants from Chicago to Albuquerque last month in a scheme to charge them $1,000 each for help getting driver’s licenses, according to a criminal complaint.
Jaroslaw Kowalczyk of Des Plaines, Ill., allegedly ran an advertisement in a Polish newspaper boasting, “Social security not necessary. 100 percent guarantee.”
In Washington, the FBI was tipped that people from across the country were coming to the state because of its license law. Three people, including one current and one former state Licensing Department employee, were arrested in June in a case dealing with the sale of identification documents to illegal immigrants.
“We don’t think we’re asking for much,” said Rep. Tom Campbell, sponsor of a bill last year in Washington seeking to require proof of citizenship to get a license. “We have to have a handle of who’s in our state.”
In New Mexico, Motor Vehicle Division Director Michael Sandoval cautioned that it’s impossible to identify any specific cause-and-effect linking the Arizona law to illegal immigrants relocating in New Mexico because of the way the licenses are issued.
The state does not require clerks to document where immigrants moved from. And clerks cannot ask if someone is in the country illegally.
As a result, there’s no way to distinguish between a license issued to a Swiss chemist employed with a visa at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a license assigned to a Mexican laborer in the U.S. illegally.
Washington state immigrant advocate David Ayala said it’s better for drivers to have licenses, especially from a public safety standpoint.
“The people who are driving in the streets need to be tested that they have the knowledge and ability to be on the highway,” said Ayala, organizing director of a group called OneAmerica.
People with licenses, he added, “have a more normal life. They can cash a check. They can rent an apartment. They can have insurance for the car.”
———
Associated Press writers Barry Massey in Santa Fe, Rachel La Corte in Olympia, Wash., and Brock Vergakis in Salt Lake City contributed to this report; Korte contributed from Albuquerque.

Read more: http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201008131329/UPDATE/100813024#ixzz0wuB43ZAP

Ray Stevens - God Save Arizona

Secure The Border Arizona.

June 25, 2010

Brewer to Obama: Warning Signs Are Not Enough!
Earlier this month, Governor Jan Brewer sat in the Oval Office with President Barack Obama to discuss the critical issue of border security. The Governor personally related to the President the concerns of millions of Arizonans over the lack of security on Arizona's southern border. During their visit, President Obama committed to present details, within two weeks of their meeting, regarding his plans to commit National Guard troops to the Arizona border and commit to spend $500 million in additional funds on border security.

Governor Brewer remains eager to receive the specific details of President Obama's border security plans. She continues to extend an invitation to the President to visit with families living along the southwestern border and see the situation firsthand.

Go Arizona

Gaming the Border: a Report from Cochise County, Arizona

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRof_dizXH4
WASHINGTON (August 10, 2010) -- Federal officials routinely assure the public that they are gaining control over the Arizona border. Despite these assurances, "Gaming the Border: a Report from Cochise County, Arizona," shows why the border there remains porous, as illegal immigrants avoid the Border Patrol and walk around checkpoints on highways north of the border.

The video opens at the Cochise County ranch of John Ladd, whose family homesteaded the land in 1896. Ladd describes repeated sightings of illegal immigrants from his kitchen window. The report shows video of illegal immigrants running across his property to rendezvous with smugglers driving on nearby Highway 92.

The video also includes multiple scenes recorded by cameras hidden alongside trails through the 14,000-acre ranch. It shows not only dozens of illegal immigrants hiking northward, but also a group of three drug smugglers carrying bundles wrapped in burlap. That is the method smugglers commonly use to move marijuana to points where they rendezvous with vehicles that carry the load northward.

The illegal activity continues despite the fence that marks the border at the southern edge of the Ladd ranch. The report makes the point that the fence isn't much of an obstacle, especially when the Border Patrol is not around.

The video shows that one of the most active smuggling corridors lies just west of the Ladd Ranch, through the Huachuca Mountains. It features excerpts from an interview with an illegal immigrant from Mexico who was part of a group of 11 persons that hiked over the Huachucas in November. After descending into the outskirts of Sierra Vista, the group was met by two vehicles that took them a short distance before dropping them off south of a Border Patrol checkpoint. They then walked around the checkpoint, meeting vehicles farther north that took them to Tucson. The illegal immigrant paid $2,800 to be smuggled from the border to Maryland, where he is now working in two fast food restaurants.

Brandon Judd, president of the union that represents non-supervisory Border Patrol agents in the Tucson sector, also appears in the video. He talks about the Border Patrol's lack of manpower to control the trails through the Huachucas and the flanks of the highway checkpoints.

Hidden Cameras on the Mexican Border

"Hidden Cameras on the Arizona Border 2: Drugs, Guns, and 850 Illegal Aliens" is the Center for Immigration Studies' second web-based film on the impact of illegal alien activity in Arizona. The Center's first video on the subject, "Hidden Cameras on the Arizona Border: Coyotes, Bears, and Trails," has received over 50,000 views to date. This new 10-minute mini-documentary raises the bar, featuring footage of both illegal-alien entry as well as gun- and drug-smuggling. At minimum, the inescapable conclusion is that hidden cameras reveal a reality that illegal-alien activity is escalating.

The hidden camera footage, acquired from a variety of sources, indicates that there is an unfortunate lack of federal law enforcement presence on Arizona's federal land on the border in Nogales, in the Coronado National Forest (15 miles inside the border), and the Casa Grande Sector (80 miles inside the border). Also significant to the story are responses received as part of Freedom of Information Act requests made by Janice Kephart, the Center's Director of National Security Studies, in August 2009. Featured in the film is a 2004 federal government PowerPoint showing the near-complete devastation of a borderland national park due to illegal-alien activity, highlighting the disconnect between the situation on the ground in Arizona and Washington rhetoric
http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2010/07/hidden-cameras-on-mexican-border.html

Thomas Paine on Amnesty

Governor Jan Brewer is getting the job done for Arizona

Governor Jan Brewer is getting the job done for Arizona – reducing spending, balancing the budget, fighting Obamacare and illegal immigration, demanding border security, protecting education, attracting jobs, and leading Arizona’s comeback. Brewer took over during the... largest financial crisis in Arizona’s history. She didn’t create the problem, but she took the lead and solved it. Governor Brewer has reduced state spending by more than $2 billion – the most in state history. Brewer also fought to maintain education and public safety spending at critical levels, recognizing them as key components to job creation. Proposition 100 resoundingly passed statewide with over 64% of the vote. Brewer’s leadership in creating a stable financial environment in Arizona has also attracted over $1 billion in new private investment, creating thousands of new jobs Today, Governor Brewer is a national leader on illegal immigration and border security. She stood up and demanded a secure border and signed into law the toughest immigration policy in the country giving Arizona the power to do the job that the federal government refuses to do. While others stand by with no plans, Governor Jan Brewer gets the job done.
For more information, visit www.JanBrewer.com and www.SecuretheBorder.org.

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On Immigration, the President Speaks Softly

Feature Article:

cato.org/Immigration Reform Bulletin/ July 2010

On Immigration, the President Speaks Softly
By Stuart Anderson, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and executive director, National Foundation for American Policy.

Barack Obama's July 1, 2010, speech at American University revealed the president's current thinking on immigration and the prospects for comprehensive immigration reform. With the controversy over Arizona's new immigration law as a backdrop, much of the president's language could be described as forceful and realistic. However, the elements left out of the speech were perhaps as important as the words he spoke.

PRO-IMMIGRATION PRESIDENTS

Even during backlashes against immigrants, U.S. presidents throughout history have tended to be moderating influences, even vetoing restrictive legislation in the early 1900s, such as President William Howard Taft's veto of legislation to impose a literacy test on new immigrants. Given the country's diversity today, we do not know whether a presidential candidate espousing anti-immigrant views could win a general election or how such an individual would govern once in office. In 1995, in the wake of Prop 187 in California, President Bill Clinton at first endorsed the recommendations of the Jordan Commission to reduce legal immigration, yet later he backed off that endorsement.

American presidents in contemporary times have used proimmigration rhetoric in speeches and the July 1 speech by President Obama was no exception. In the speech, the president declared, "Of course, the tensions around immigration are not new ... we've always defined ourselves as a nation of immigrants— a nation that welcomes those willing to embrace America's precepts. Indeed, it is this constant flow of immigrants that helped to make America what it is."¹

The president placed current fears about immigration in historical context: "Now, we can't forget that this process of immigration and eventual inclusion has often been painful. Each new wave of immigrants has generated fear and resentments towards newcomers, particularly in times of economic upheaval. Our founding was rooted in the notion that America was unique as a place of refuge and freedom for, in Thomas Jefferson's words, ‘oppressed humanity.' But the ink on our Constitution was barely dry when, amidst conflict, Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts, which placed harsh restrictions on those suspected of having foreign allegiances. A century ago, immigrants from Ireland, Italy, Poland, other European countries were routinely subjected to rank discrimination and ugly stereotypes ... So the politics of who is and who is not allowed to enter this country, and on what terms, has always been contentious."

THE ECONOMIC CASE FOR IMMIGRATION

President Obama tied America's prosperity to immigration. He stated, "The scientific breakthroughs of Albert Einstein, the inventions of Nikola Tesla, the great ventures of Andrew Carnegie's U.S. Steel and Sergey Brin's Google, Inc.—all this was possible because of immigrants." And he cited the broader benefits of immigration to the U.S. economy. "So this steady stream of hardworking and talented people has made America the engine of the global economy and a beacon of hope around the world. And it's allowed us to adapt and thrive in the face of technological and societal change."

He cited the case of an immigrant entrepreneur to connect, at least indirectly, immigration to job creation, rather than job displacement. "Just a few weeks ago, we had an event of small business owners at the White House. And one business owner was a woman named Prachee Devadas who came to this country, became a citizen, and opened up a successful technology services company. When she started, she had just one employee. Today, she employs more than a hundred people."

ELEMENTS OF IMMIGRATION REFORM

Despite its pro-immigration stance, the Obama administration has not been specific on what elements should (or should not) be part of a broad immigration bill. Nor has it suggested what should be in a scaled-down package, should Congress seek to move a smaller bill. The president responded to this criticism, in part, by stating what he viewed as the "essential elements of comprehensive immigration reform." The elements include:

• granting legal status to those in the country illegally after such individuals "register, pay their taxes, pay a fine, and learn English";
• providing "farms a legal way to hire the workers they rely on, and a path for those workers to earn legal status"; and
• passing the DREAM Act, which would provide legal status for illegal immigrants who came here as minors and completed high school.

WHERE ARE THE VISAS?

While President Obama made a case for comprehensive immigration reform, he stopped short of endorsing the wider use of temporary visas for lower skilled foreign workers. This is unfortunate because research has shown that opening legal avenues to work would be the most effective way to reduce illegal immigration, eliminate migrant border deaths, and prevent criminal gangs from engaging in human smuggling.

Support for visas in agriculture is considered to be on safe political grounds, since growers and the farm worker's union both support legislation called AgJobs. That bill would streamline the temporary visa process for agricultural workers while also granting legal status to those who have been working in U.S. agriculture unlawfully. The DREAM Act has gained a degree of bipartisan support as well.

The president appeared to allude to the need for more legal avenues to work without making any specific recommendation. At one point in the speech he said, "But our borders are just too vast for us to be able to solve the problem only with fences and border patrols. It won't work. Our borders will not be secure as long as our limited resources are devoted to not only stopping gangs and potential terrorists, but also the hundreds of thousands who attempt to cross each year simply to find work." However, rather than using this correct observation to argue for temporary visas, he then asserted the need for more sanctions against employers: "That's why businesses must be held accountable if they break the law by deliberately hiring and exploiting undocumented workers. We've already begun to step up enforcement against the worst workplace offenders."

The opposition to wider use of temporary visas comes primarily from the AFL-CIO and a number of Democrats on Capitol Hill. (Republican opposition to immigration reform has focused on providing legal status to those illegally in the United States.) In this regard, the president missed an opportunity to make the case that comprehensive immigration reform must include a wide use of temporary visas. That not only would be good policy but is the type of signal that Republicans like Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) have sought from the president.

REACTION TO THE SPEECH

Rep. Flake attended President Obama's speech on the same day the Congressman spoke at a Cato event on Capitol Hill to argue for the use of temporary visas to "control" the border through market-based mechanisms. In a press release, Rep. Flake said, "The President needs to understand that states like Arizona are moving ahead with immigration reform measures of their own because the federal government has failed to act. The best thing he can do to head off state laws he disapproves of is to push Congress to act on comprehensive reform. Yet, the President's speech today seemed more like a nod to his base rather than a genuine effort to move comprehensive immigration reform."²

In the Miami Herald, columnist Andres Oppenheimer wrote, "My opinion: Obama's speech was an effort to maintain the support of U.S. Hispanics, who are increasingly frustrated by the president's failure to take action on immigration reform despite his campaign promises to do so. The Hispanic vote will be crucial for Obama's Democratic Party to avoid a defeat in November's congressional elections. But Obama did not offer any carrots to Republicans, nor any new ideas to sway public opinion toward much-needed immigration reform."³

To date, no effort has been made to endorse or advocate for smaller elements of an immigration reform agenda that might gain political support, even though the president's speech identified measures that had already gained some degree of bipartisan support, such as AgJobs. The Economist opined, "Good speech. Good plan. So why the cynicism? Because making a speech, and having a plan, are not the same as doing something. And Mr. Obama does not intend to do anything right now. He is not proposing a particular piece of legislation."⁴

The president ended his July 1 speech on a high note, reading from the Emma Lazarus poem that appears at the base of the Statue of Liberty. "Give me your tired, and your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to be free ... Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" These are fine words. Both supporters and critics will continue to look for concrete actions and serious proposals to accompany the words.

¹ Quotations and excerpts of the speech are taken from "Remarks by the President on Comprehensive Immigration Reform," American University School of International Service, Washington, D.C., July 1, 2010, as appeared on the website of the Wall Street Journal.
² Statement of Rep. Jeff Flake, July 1, 2010.
³ Andres Oppenheimer, "Immigration speech all words, no action," The Miami Herald, July 4, 2010.
⁴ Lexington, "Not good enough," The Economist, July 10, 2010, p. 33.

Click here to download the July 2010 Immigration Reform Bulletin (PDF).

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Bank of America Credit Cards For Illegal Aliens

Bank of Illegal Aliens in America
By Michelle Malkin • February 13, 2007 09:21 AM

http://michellemalkin.com/2007/02/13/bank-of-illegal-aliens-in-america/
Higher standards…except for illegal aliens

Bank of America has introduced a new credit especially and exclusively for law-breaking immigrants. Really. The story is on the front page of the Wall Street Journal today. It’s subscription-only. Here are the details:

Bank of America defends the program, saying it complies with U.S. banking and antiterrorism laws. Company executives say that the initiative isn’t about politics, but rather about meeting the needs of an untapped group of potential customers.

“These people are coming here for quality of life, and they deserve somebody to give them a chance to achieve that quality of life,” says Brian Tuite, the bank’s director of Latin America card operations and one of the architects of the program.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/bankofamerica.asp

Look at Missouri's Illegal Immigrants

SO WHY IS EVERYBODY SO UPSET ABOUT ARIZONA ???
AND
WHY ISN'T CALIFORNIA BOYCOTTING MISSOURI ?????

Simple solutions to not so complex problems!

The "Show Me" state has once again showed us how it should be done. They
need more publication and exposure on this. Let's pass it around.

In 2007, Missouri placed on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment
designating English as the Official language of Missouri . Nearly 90% voting
in favor!

English became the official language for ALL governmental proceeding in
Missouri . It also means no individual has the right to demand government
services in a language OTHER than English.

In 2008 a measure was passed that requires the Missouri Highway Patrol and
other law
enforcement officials to verify the immigration status of any person
arrested, and inform federal authorities if the person is found to be here
illegally.

It allows Missouri law enforcement offices to receive training to enforce
federal immigration laws . The bill makes it clear that illegal immigrants
will NOT have access to taxpayers benefits such as food stamps and health
care through Missouri HealthNET.

In 2009 a measure was passed that ensures Missouri 's public institutions of
higher
education do NOT award financial aid to individuals who are here illegally.

The law also requires all post-secondary institutions of higher education to
annually certify to the Missouri Dept. of Higher Education that they have
NOT knowingly awarded financial aid to students who are unlawfully present
in the United States .

So while Arizona has made national news for its new law, it is important to
remember
Missouri has been proactive in addressing this growing problem.

Missouri has sent a clear message that illegal immigrants are NOT welcome in
our state and they are certainly NOT welcome to receive public benefits at
the cost of Missouri taxpayers!

Article in "The Ozarks Sentinel" Editorial Opinion - Nita Jane Ayre s, May
13, 2010.

Missouri Ahead of the Game in Dealing with Illegal Immigrants

Editor's Note: The following appeared in our May 13 issue and is written by State Representative Nita Jane Ayres.

Nita Jane Ayres has agreed to write a follow-up editorial which will appear in our print edition on June 24. The follow-up will take a close look at the state's legislation and how it deals with illegal immigrants.

We’re down to one week to go in the legislative session and bills are moving through the process at a remarkable pace. My goal is to keep you updated on all the pieces of legislation that may be of interest to you and your family. In the coming weeks, I hope to do that. However, this week I want to talk about an issue that Missouri has already addressed in a variety of ways – the issue of illegal immigration. I’m sure you’ve seen the headlines about Arizona’s new law aimed at dealing with those who enter our country illegally. It has been called the strictest immigration law in generations. While Missouri hasn’t gone to the same lengths as Arizona, our state has made significant policy changes that effectively deal with illegal immigrants who enter our state. Because of those changes, Missouri is ahead of the game when compared to many other states that are now dealing with this issue.

In 2007, the Missouri General Assembly approved HJR 7 to place on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment designating English as the official language of Missouri. Voters then went to the polls and approved the measure with nearly 90 percent voting in favor. With that, English became the official language for all governmental proceedings in Missouri. It also means no individual has the right to demand government services in a language other than English. A common language is the cornerstone of a cohesive and united state and country. Ensuring that English is our official language is simply common sense.

Another measure that directly addresses the issue of illegal immigration was passed in 2008. HB 1549 requires our Highway Patrol and other law enforcement officials to verify the immigration status of any person arrested, and inform federal authorities if the person is found to be here illegally. It also allows Missouri law enforcement officers to receive training to enforce federal immigration laws. Furthermore, the bill makes it clear that illegal immigrants will not have access to taxpayer benefits such as food stamps and health care through MO HealthNet. With the passage of this legislation, Missouri sent a clear message that illegal immigrants are not welcome in our state, and that they are certainly not welcome to receive public benefits at the cost of Missouri taxpayers.

2009 saw another significant piece of legislation passed dealing with illegal immigration. HB 390 ensures Missouri’s public institutions of higher education do not award financial aid to individuals who are here illegally. The law also requires all postsecondary institutions of higher education to annually certify to the Missouri Department of Higher Education that they have not knowingly awarded financial aid to students who are unlawfully present in the United States. The bill represents another common sense approach to the issue as it ensures taxpayer dollars are not used to subsidize the education of someone who is in our country illegally.

So while Arizona has made national news for its new law, it’s important to remember Missouri has been proactive in addressing this growing problem. The laws we have on the books help ensure the rights and benefits of Missourians are preserved for actual Missouri citizens. It’s also important to remember that this country has always opened its arms to immigrants, which is why our nation is often referred to as the great melting pot. Immigrants from all parts of the world have helped make our country what it is today. However, our doors are not open to those who try to live in our country illegally. I believe Missouri’s laws make that very clear and give our law enforcement officials the authority they need to deal with the problem.

Thanks again for allowing me to represent you in the state capitol. Feel free to contact me with your concerns, suggestions and ideas. My office phone is 573-751-2492. Email address: nitajane.ayres@house.mo.gov Or write to: State Representative Nita Jane Ayres, House Post Office, State Capitol, Room 233-A, Jefferson City, MO 65101.

Which Country Do You Live In? Sanctuary, or Safe Zone?

Published on 07/14/10 By Scott W. Winchell,

SUA National Editor-in-Chief

Sanctuaries make us all less safe! How ironic!Sanctuary is a term for cities, counties, or states that are defying a federal law relative to the various government agencies being required to assist the federal government with their illegal immigrants. In 1996 a federal law was passed called the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIR) that requires local governments to cooperate with Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Contrary to this law, many of these governments are officially or unofficially defying the law and have passed various local policies to ignore the federal law and not question the status of suspected illegal immigrants. Those in defiance of the law prefer to call them undocumented workers and help protect the illegal immigrants from being deported.

IIRIA 1996 – On September 30, 1996, President Clinton signed the Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRIRA 96”). The new law represents the completion of a legislative process which began shortly after the Republican Party assumed majority party status in the House and Senate after the 1994 mid-term elections.

Okay, so we now know the law. (Does not matter apparently to some) So, what part of the law do these sanctuary cities and states not understand:

...requires local governments to cooperate with Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Also then, why is the current administration, through the DOJ, not enforcing the laws, and why are they suing Arizona? Because it does not fit their individual liberal policies so they just ignore it. Then when a state decides to enforce it and cooperate with the DHS through ICE, why are they being pilloried and embargoed? Laws are made to keep honest people honest as the old saying goes. It must be nice to only obey the laws they like. Congresses pass laws, and they get to pick and choose which ones they like and dislike. That is diametrically opposed to our foundations as a society based on representative republicanism.

Up is down, black is white, in is out…etc. Why are the law breakers the “good guys” and the law abiding citizens are the “bad guys?” Aren’t we a “rule-of-law” nation? The Obama administration, instead of enforcing the laws, seeks to battle a sovereign state. Then he blames Congress for not “fixing” or creating “comprehensive reform” of the immigration laws. Because they do not like the law, and are finding excuses to ignore it, blaming others, and patronizing us with lofty speeches.

The number of arrests made by Border Patrol agents is one of the few reliable measurements of the rising influx. That number dropped right after 9/11, but it has since been climbing. In fact, the cost of protecting the nation’s borders has increased 58 percent since 9/11, but in three of the four years since the attacks, the number of people nabbed by the Border Patrol still increased. In the fiscal year that ended in September, the Border Patrol reported 1.19 million arrests, compared with 932,000 in fiscal year 2003. The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that the number of illegal immigrants in the United States has grown from 8.4 million in 2000 to 15 million today.

The political ferment over ‘illegals’ has never been greater. 78 percent of Americans think and know that the government is not doing enough to control our borders talk shows bristle with demands for action. Additionally, Global jihad and jihadis are a major threat as they eye the southern border as a path of least resistance to strike inside the United States. Announced last week was a specific intelligent report of Iran proxy, Hezbollah, is now setting up bases of operation in Mexico near the border and are now crossing our Southern Border.

So which country do you live in?

The one that ignores laws, follows all the politically correct rhetoric? Or the one that defends the State of Arizona? Of course we know that the sanctuaries are largely the major population centers, even in Arizona, but there are huge areas where you are safer, or are you? There is a map you can look at that interactively shows you which areas are sanctuaries for the illegals, and by omission where you are safer?

We have to remember one great fact: once they have entered the USA illegally, they can go anywhere. Is your backyard safe? Are your children safe? Did your neighbor get his head chopped off by a drug cartel hitman? Are islamo-facists planning your demise in your own community? The question is actually moot, because we are all unsafe when these sanctuaryists rule, where the “rule-of-law” does not matter anymore.

Now that Arizona has acted, the illegals are fleeing to a location likely near you.

Obama Blows Smoke While People Die Near Border

By Bobby Eberle July 2, 2010 7:13 AM

Dr. Robert (Bobby) Eberle is President and CEO of Endeavor Media Group, LLC, the parent company of GOPUSA, a web site dedicated to promoting the grassroots ...
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What a contrast! On the same day that Barack Obama decided to speak on "immigration reform," twenty-one people were killed near the Arizona border as a result of a gun battle involving rival Mexican drug and illegal alien trafficking gangs. Obama talks about a need to reform the system, while ignoring the immediate problem at hand: violence on the America border. States like Arizona are being forced to take matters into their own hands because the federal government won't do it's job. And what's the response of Obama's government? Law suits. Obama is serious... just not serious about protecting the American people.

Obama's speech on Thursday was so outrageous... I don't even know where to start. First, there is the whole notion of "immigration reform." People are dying in Arizona and other border states. Parts of Arizona, as I've written recently, are being occupied by Mexican drug gangs. Our borders are not secure, and American citizens are fearful for their safety. But rather than step forward and say, "The federal government has been lacking, and the states should not have to step forward and do our job," Obama instead uses the border security crisis to push for an overall plan that will grant citizenship to illegal aliens. Geez! Focus on the problem at hand! The fact that people dying because of drug violence or illegal alien trafficking is beyond politics! Protecting the American people should be Obama's number one priority.

Next, there were paragraphs and paragraphs in his speech about the value of immigrants... how immigrants like Albert Einstein helped build this country. So what?!?! All of that is feel-good filler. It's completely irrelevant. No one disagrees that this is a country filled with immigrants. We all know immigrants built America, and as long as America is the shining example of freedom and opportunity, immigrants will want to come. However, that is not the point at all. The point is that we have a federal system of laws that get ignored. We have a system that no longer encourages people to BE American. What ever happened to being proud to be an American? Now, the liberals put more emphasis on being proud to be something else. Immigration is good... if the goal is to be an American and embrace the American way.

Also, in his speech Obama again uses the ridiculous notion that we have to grant people amnesty because we surely can't round up and deport all the illegal aliens already in the country. Basically he's saying that since we've ignored our laws for so long, we need to give everyone a pass. Don't fall for this argument! If we have secure borders and if we enforce our immigration laws, there will be no need for mass deportation. Obama talks about the costs of such a measure, but that's just so he can get people to support his amnesty plan. If illegal aliens know that companies will not hire them because of fines and penalties, they will go home! Not a single one would need to be "rounded up" and deported if they knew we were serious about the issue. They would leave on their own.

The pressing issue is border security. As FoxNews.com reports, on Thursday a "massive gun battle between rival drug and migrant trafficking gangs near the U.S. border Thursday left 21 people dead and at least six others wounded, prosecutors said."

Gangs often fight for control of trafficking routes and sometimes steal "shipments" of undocumented migrants from each other, but seldom have they staged such mass gun battles.

Gang violence near the Arizona border has led to calls from officials in the U.S. state for greater control of the border and is one reason given for a controversial law passed in April requiring Arizona police to ask people about their immigration status in certain situations.

Also this week, while Obama talks politics, the City Hall building in El Paso, Texas took gun fire from across the border. The gunfire was the result of more gang violence that is getting closer and closer to American soil.

Several gunshots apparently fired from Juarez hit El Paso City Hall on Tuesday afternoon.

No one was hurt, but nerves were rattled at City Hall in what is thought to be the first cross-border gunfire during a drug war that has engulfed Juarez since 2008.

El Paso police spokesman Darrel Petry said investigators do not think City Hall was intentionally targeted but rather was struck by stray shots.

"It does appear the rounds may have come from an incident in Juarez," Petry said.

Oh, in another bit of ridiculous news, since we are doing a round-up of all things insane with Obama, border security, and illegal immigration, a federal judge has rulled that "Mexico gets a say in one of the lawsuits challenging Arizona's immigration enforcement law." FoxNews.com reports that Mexico's request was granted "to be allowed to file a legal brief supporting the challenge."

Mexico says it wants to defend its citizens' rights and that the law would lead to racial profiling and hinder trade and tourism. It also says the law would hinder work against drug trafficking and related violence.

Unbelievable! The law would hinder work against the gang violence? The gang violence is out of control and the law hasn't even gone into effect yet! Mexico is protesting the law because it's bad for business. Period.

All in all, it's been a crazy week for the border security issue. People are killed near Arizona. Shots are fired in El Paso. And Obama talks about a nation of immigrants and how we can't deport people. Get a clue! Secure the borders and protect the American people!

Read more: http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/2010/07/obama-blows-smoke-while-people-die-near-border.php#ixzz0sYDfCu4H

A Good Analogy on Immigration

This was written by a Mexican who is now a naturalized US Citizen, and I think it's a great explanation of the illegal immigration issue.

Here is the quote:

"If you had tickets to a sports event, concert, Disneyland, or for an airline flight, and when you got to your assigned seat you found someone else was in that seat, what would you do? You would call for a person in charge of ticket checking and have the person in your seat removed. You would properly be asked to show your ticket, and you would gladly and proudly do so, for you have bought and paid for that seat. The person in your seat would also be asked for a ticket, which they would not be able to produce. They would be called "gate crashers" and they would properly be removed.

Now in this huge stadium called the USA we have had millions of gate crashers. We have been asking security to check for tickets and remove the gate crashers. We have been asking security to have better controls in checking at the door. We have asked security to lock the back doors. Security has failed us. They are still looking the other way. They are afraid to ask to see the tickets. Many people say there is unlimited seating, and whether there is or not, no one should be allowed in for free while the rest of us pay full price!

In "section AZ", of "Stadium USA", we have had enough of the failures of Security. We have decided to do our own ticket checking, and properly remove those who do not have tickets. Now it seems very strange to me that so many people in the other 49 "sections", and even many in our own "section" do not want tickets checked, or even to be asked to show their ticket! Even the head of Security is chastising us, while not doing his own job which he has sworn to do.

My own ticket has been bought and paid for, so I am proudly going to show it when asked to do so. I have a right to my seat, and I want the gate crashers to be asked to show their tickets too. The only reason that I can imagine anyone objecting to being asked for their ticket is that they are in favor of gate crashing, and all of the illegal activities that go with it, such as drug smuggling, gang wars, murder, human smuggling for profit, and many more illegal and inhumane acts that we are trying to prevent with our new legislation. Is that what I am hearing from all of the protestors such as Phoenix Mayor Gordon, US Rep. Grijalva, even President Obama? If you are not in favor of showing tickets, (proof of citizenship, passport, green card, or other legal document) when asked, as I would do proudly, then you must be condoning those illegal activities."

Written by a US Citizen, Globe, Arizona.

This makes perfect sense to me. What do you think?

Letter sent to Tennessee Senator Bill Frist from a retired border

This letter sent to Tennessee Senator Bill Frist from a retired border
patrol agent has more common sense than all the bull being spewed from
the Senate, with the exception of a few sensible representatives.


Dear Senator Frist:

There is a huge amount of propaganda and myths circulating about illegal
aliens, particularly illegal Mexican, Salvadorian, Guatemalan and
Honduran aliens.

#1. Illegal aliens generally do NOT want US citizenship. Americans are
very vain thinking that everybody in the world wants to be a US citizen.

Mexicans, and other nationalities want to remain citizens of their home
countries while obtaining the benefits offered by the United States such
as employment, medical care, instate tuition, government subsidized housing and free education for their offspring. Their main attraction is
employment and their loyalty usually remains at home. They want benefits
earned and subsidized by middle class Americans. What illegal aliens
want are benefits of American residence without paying the price.

#2. There are no jobs that Americans won't do. Illegal aliens are doing
jobs that Americans can't take and still support their families. Illegal
aliens take low wage jobs, live dozens in a single residence home, share
expenses and send money to their home country. There are no jobs that
Americans won't do for a decent wage.

#3. Every person who illegally entered this nation left a home. They are

NOT homeless and they are NOT Americans. Some left jobs in their home
countries. They come to send money to their real home as evidenced by
the more than 20 billion dollars sent out of the country each year by
illegal aliens. These illegal aliens knowingly and willfully entered
this nation in violation of the law and therefore assumed the risk of
detection and deportation. Those who brought their alien children
assumed the responsibility and risk on behalf of their children.


#4. Illegal aliens are NOT critical to the economy. Illegal aliens
constitute less than 5% of the work force. However, they reduce wages
and benefits for lawful US residents.

#5. This is NOT an immigrant nation. There are 280 million native born

Americans. While it is true that this nation was settled and founded by
immigrants (legal immigrants), it is also true that there is not a
nation on this planet that was not settled by immigrants at one time or
another.

#6. The United States is welcoming to legal immigrants. Illegal aliens
are not immigrants by definition. The US accepts more lawful immigrants
every year than the rest of the world combined.


#7. There is no such thing as the "Hispanic vote." Hispanics are white,
brown, black and every shade in between. Hispanics are Republicans,
Democrats, Anarchists, Communists, Marxists and Independents. The
so-called "Hispanic vote" is a myth. Pandering to illegal aliens to get
the Hispanic vote is a dead end.

#8. Mexico is NOT a friend of the United States . Since 1848 Mexicans
have resented the United States . During World War I Mexico allowed
German Spies to operate freely in Mexico to spy on the US . During World
War II Mexico allowed the Axis powers to spy on the US from Mexico .
During the Cold War Mexico allowed spies hostile to the US to operate
freely. The attack on the Twin Towers in 2001 was cheered and applauded
all across Mexico . Today Mexican school children are taught that the US
stole California , Arizona , New Mexico and Texas . If you don't believe
it, check out some Mexican textbooks written for their school children.

#9. Although some illegal aliens enter this country for a better life,
there are 6 billion people on this planet. At least 1 billion of those
live on less than one dollar a day. If wanting a better life is a valid
excuse to break the law and sneak into America , then let's allow those
one billion to come to America and we'll turn the USA into a Third World
nation overnight. Besides, there are 280 million native born Americans
who want a better life. I'll bet Bill Gates and Donald Trump want a
better life. When will the USA lifeboat be full? Since when is wanting a
better life a good reason to trash another nation?

#10. There is a labor shortage in this country. This is a lie. There are
hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of American housewives, senior
citizens, students, unemployed and underemployed who would gladly take
jobs at a decent wage.

#11. It is racist to want secure borders. What is racist about wanting
secure borders and a secure America ? What is racist about not wanting
people to sneak into America and steal benefits we have set aside for
legal aliens, senior citizens, children and other legal residents? What
is it about race that entitles people to violate our laws, steal
identities, and take the American Dream without paying the price? For
about four decades American politicians have refused to secure our
borders and look after the welfare of middle class Americans. These
politicians have been of both parties. A huge debt to American society
has resulted. This debt will be satisfied and the interest will be high.

There has already been riots in the streets by illegal aliens and their
supporters. There will be more. You, as a politician, have a choice to
offend the illegal aliens who have stolen into this country and demanded
the rights afforded to US citizens or to offend those of us who are
stakeholders in this country. The interest will be steep either way.
There will be civil unrest. There will be a reckoning. Do you have the
courage to do what is right for America ? Or, will you bow to the wants
and needs of those who don't even have the right to remain here? There
will be a reckoning.

It will come in November of this year, again in 2012 and yet again in
2014. We will not allow America to be stolen by third world agitators
and thieves.

David J. Stoddard US Border Patrol (RET) Hereford , Arizona
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/borderpatrol.asp

Old vs New Immigrants

Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people like Mr. Lujan why today's American is not willing to accept this new kind of immigrant any longer. Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented.

Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new American households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home.

They had waved goodbye to their birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate into one culture. Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity.

Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. My father fought along side men whose parents had come straight over from Germany, Italy, France and Japan. None of these 1st generation Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from. They were Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan. They were defending the United States of America as one people.

When we liberated France, no one in those villages were looking for the French American, the German American or the Irish American. The people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that represented one country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American. They stirred the melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl.

And here we are with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry, that's not what being an American is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags.

And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue of Liberty, it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the United States just yet.

Richard Lamm on Multiculturalism

True! Here is the appropriate Snopes link:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/lamm.asp


I snopes.com this to make sure it was true before forwarding, and it is.

We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado.. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled to capacity by many of America's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the name of Victor Hansen Davis talked about his latest book, 'Mexifornia,' explaining how immigration - both legal and illegal was destroying the entire state of California. He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.

Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America.

The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States. He said, 'If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.''

'Here is how they do it,' Lamm said:

'First, to destroy America, turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country... History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way:
'The histories of bilingual and bicultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.' Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, Corsicans and Muslims.'

Lamm went on:
'Second, to destroy America, invent 'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal; that there are no cultural differences. Make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.

'Third, we could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec ' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: 'The apparent success of our own multi-ethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentricy and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.' Lamm said, 'I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities.'

'Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school.'

'My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of Victimology...' I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority exploitation.'

'My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precept. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games.. A common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. 'E. Pluribus Unum' -- From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'pluribus' instead of the 'Unum,' we will 'Balkanize' America as surely as Kosovo.'

'Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits. Make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multi-culturism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them.'

In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said, 'Lastly, I would censor Victor Hanson Davis's book 'Mexifornia.' His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America.. If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book.'

There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third World in America Take note of California and other states. To date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book '1984.' In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: 'War is peace,' 'Freedom is slavery,' and 'Ignorance is strength.'

Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the conference that our nation and the future of this great democracy is deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration monster stopped within three years, it will rage like a California wildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American Dream.

If you care for and love our country as I do, take the time to pass this on just as I did for you.

NOTHING is going to happen if you don't!

Note: Both governor Lamm and the writer of the e-mail misidentify the author of the book 'Mexifornia.'whose correct name is Victor Davis Hanson.

THIS IS THE PIVITAL YEAR. IT MAY BE NOW OR NEVER.

(Frosty Wooldridge (born 1947) is a US journalist, writer, environmentalist, traveler)

By Frosty Wooldridge

For 15 years, from the mid 1970's to 1990, I worked in Detroit, Michigan. I watched it descend into the abyss of crime, debauchery, gun play, drugs, school truancy, car-jacking, gangs, and human depravity. I watched entire city blocks burned out. I watched graffiti explode on buildings, cars, trucks, buses, and school yards. Trash everywhere!

Detroiters walked through it, tossed more into it, and ignored it. Tens of thousands, and then hundreds of thousands today exist on federal welfare, free housing, and food stamps!

With Aid to Dependent Children, minority women birthed eight to 10, and in one case, one woman birthed 24 children as reported by the Detroit Free Press, all on American taxpayer dollars.

A new child meant a new car payment, new TV, and whatever mom wanted. I saw Lyndon Baines Johnson's "Great Society" flourish in Detroit. If you give money for doing nothing, you will get more hands out taking money for doing nothing.

Mayor Coleman Young, perhaps the most corrupt mayor in America, outside of Richard Daley in Chicago, rode Detroit down to its knees. He set the benchmark for cronyism, incompetence, and arrogance. As a black man, he said, "I am the MFIC." The IC meant "in charge".

You can figure out the rest. Detroit became a majority black city with 67 percent African-Americans.

As a United Van Lines truck driver for my summer job from teaching math and science, I loaded hundreds of American families into my van for a new life in another city or state.

Detroit plummeted from 1.8 million citizens to 912,000 today. At the same time, legal and illegal immigrants converged on the city, so much so, that Muslims number over 300,000. Mexicans number 400,000 throughout Michigan, but most work in Detroit. As the whites moved out, the Muslims moved in.

As the crimes became more violent, the whites fled. Finally, unlawful Mexicans moved in at a torrid pace. Detroit suffers so much shoplifting that grocery stores no longer operate in many inner city locations. You could cut the racial tension in the air with a knife!

Detroit may be one of our best examples of multiculturalism: pure dislike, and total separation from America.

Today, you hear Muslim calls to worship over the city like a new American Baghdad with hundreds of Islamic mosques in Michigan, paid for by Saudi Arabia oil money. High school flunk out rates reached 76 percent last June, according to NBC's Brian Williams. Classrooms resemble more foreign countries than America. English? Few speak it! The city features a 50 percent illiteracy rate and growing.

Unemployment hit 28.9 percent in 2009 as the auto industry vacated the city. In this week's Time Magazine October 4, 2009, "The Tragedy of Detroit: How a great city fell, and how it can rise again," I choked on the writer's description of what happened. "If Detroit had been ravaged by a hurricane, and submerged by a ravenous flood, we'd know a lot more about it," said Daniel Okrent. "If drought, and carelessness had spread brush fires across the city, we'd see it on the evening news every night.

Earthquake, tornadoes, you name it, if natural disaster had devastated the city that was once the living proof of American prosperity, the rest of the country might take notice.

But Detroit, once our fourth largest city, now 11th, and slipping rapidly, has had no such luck. Its disaster has long been a slow unwinding that seemed to remove it from the rest of the country. Even the death rattle that in the past year emanated from its signature industry brought more attention to the auto executives than to the people of the city, who had for so long been victimized by their dreadful decision making."

As Coleman Young's corruption brought the city to its knees, no amount of federal dollars could save the incredible payoffs, kick backs, and illegality permeating his administration. I witnessed the city's death from the seat of my 18-wheeler tractor trailer because I moved people out of every sector of decaying Detroit . "By any quantifiable standard, the city is on life support. Detroit 's treasury is $300 million short of the funds needed to provide the barest municipal services," Okrent said. "The school system, which six years ago was compelled by the teachers' union to reject a philanthropist's offer of $200 million to build 15 small, independent charter high schools, is in receivership. The murder rate is soaring, and 7 out of 10 remain unsolved. Three years after Katrina devastated New Orleans , unemployment in that city hit a peak of 11%. In Detroit , the unemployment rate is 28.9%.

That's worth spelling out: twenty-eight point nine percent." At the end of Okrent's report, and he will write a dozen more about Detroit, he said, "That's because the story of Detroit is not simply one of a great city's collapse, it's also about the erosion of the industries that helped build the country we know today. The ultimate fate of Detroit will reveal much about the character of America in the 21st century. If what was once the most prosperous manufacturing city in the nation has been brought to its knees, what does that say about our recent past? And if it can't find a way to get up, what does that say about our future?"

As you read in my book review of Chris Steiner's book, "$20 Per Gallon", the auto industry won't come back. Immigration will keep pouring more, and more uneducated third world immigrants from the Middle East into Detroit , thus creating a beachhead for Islamic hegemony in America. If 50 percent illiteracy continues, we will see more homegrown terrorists spawned out of the Muslim ghettos of Detroit . Illiteracy plus Islam equals walking human bombs.

You have already seen it in Madrid, Spain; London, England, and Paris, France with train bombings, subway bombings and riots. As their numbers grow, so will their power to enact their barbaric Sharia Law that negates republican forms of government, first amendment rights, and subjugates women to the lowest rungs on the human ladder. We will see more honor killings by upset husbands, fathers, and brothers that demand subjugation by their daughters, sisters and wives. Muslims prefer beheadings of women to scare the hell out of any other members of their sect from straying. Multiculturalism: what a perfect method to kill our language, culture, country, and way of life.

I PRAY EVERYONE THAT READS THIS REALIZES THAT IF WE DON'T STAND UP, AND SCREAM AT WASHINGTON, AND OUR STATE, CITY, AND LOCAL LEADERS THIS IS WHAT AWAITS THE REST OF AMERICA. IF YOU FOLLOW THE NEWS AT ALL YOU KNOW THIS HAS HAPPENED IN ENGLAND, AND FRANCE AND SPAIN.

IF YOU THINK THIS IS JUST A BUNCH OF HOOEY AND YOU FEEL NO DUTY TO FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY, THEN I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR YOU TO STAND AND FIGHT.