No more sanctuary for Elvira Arellano? Update: Deported back to Mexico Update: Arellano supporters push Obama to sponsor humanitarian visa; new illegal alien protest planned in D.C
Update 11:15pm Eastern 8/20. The open-borders movement carries on. Planning for a new massive, pro-amnesty demonstration in Washington on Sept. 12 is underway–and Arellano’s supporters are pushing Sen. Barack Obama to sponsor a private bill to give a humanitarian visa to the deportation evader:
In Chicago this morning, more than 50 Arellano supporters demonstrated outside immigration offices at 536 S. Clark St., carrying signs reading “Stop the Raids” and “Stop Enforcing Racist Laws.”
Via speakerphone, Chicago activist Emma Lozano, who was with Arellano in Los Angeles, spoke to the demonstrators.
“Her spirits are high,” Lozano told the crowd, adding that federal officials sought “to silence her and clip her wings.”
Planning continued for a major demonstration Sept. 12 on the Mall in Washington to highlight the plight of illegal immigrants, Lozano said. Calling it “A Day Without Immigrants,” Lozano said the protest would revolve around a national boycott in which immigrants would be called on to stay away from their jobs and classrooms and refrain from making any purchases.
After demonstrating outside the Chicago immigration offices, the protesters moved on to the Kluczynski Federal Building, 230 S. Dearborn St., where five of them went up to the local office of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to urge him to introduce a private bill to provide a humanitarian visa for Arellano.
Update 3:02pm Eastern 8/20. Protests in Chicago. WCBS2:
Hundreds gathered in Chicago Monday morning to protest the arrest and deportation of illegal immigrant and immigration activist Elvira Arellano.
She was whisked away to Mexico Sunday after her arrest in Los Angeles. Now immigration activists say they’re fight is even stronger.
CBS 2’s Kristyn Hartman was at the rally near the immigration offices here in Chicago. She reports that the demonstration was peaceful - yet forceful.
Dozens and dozens of people came to the corner of Congress and Clark to protest the deportation of Elvira Arellano. They support the 32-year-old woman who admittedly re-entered the country illegally to be with her son. Eight-year-old Saul Arellano is a U.S. citizen.
More: “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are slated to have a news conference at noon in Chicago to discuss Arellano’s arrest and deportation.”
Update 2:15pm Eastern 8/20. Pro-amnesty forces set to hold a news conference in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, a blogger bashes the LA Times for failing to cover the Arellano story quickly enough (and throws in a swipe at the blogs, including this one, who have been covering it.) Here’s the LATimes story published this a.m.
Update 10:15am Eastern 8/20. Tune in to the Laura Ingraham show. In just a few minutes, she’s scheduled to debate immigration and border security with open-borders hystericist Geraldo Rivera. Nuclear. Audio added at HA. My favorite Geraldo-ism. He claims he “invented” covering MS-13 gangs. He “invented” it!
Update 9:15am Eastern 8/20. The feds make a choice: Sovereign Nation over Sanctuary Nation. Arellano has been sent back to Mexico.…
An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from her U.S.-born son has been deported to Mexico, the church’s pastor said.
Elvira Arellano became an activist and a national symbol for illegal immigrant parents as she defied her deportation order and spoke out from her religious sanctuary. She held a news conference last week to announce that she would finally leave the church to try to lobby U.S. lawmakers for change.
She had just spoken at rally Los Angeles rally when she was arrested Sunday outside Our Lady Queen of Angels church and deported, said the Rev. Walter Coleman, pastor of Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago, where Arellano had been living.
“She has been deported. She is free and in Tijuana,” said Coleman, who said he spoke to her on the phone. “She is in good spirits. She is ready to continue the struggle against the separation of families from the other side of the border.”
You’ve probably heard by now: Elvira Arellano, the illegal alien activist and deportation evader who left her Chicago church sanctuary to attend a pro-amnesty march in Los Angeles, was arrested.
Elvira Arrellano, a Mexican woman who sought sanctuary from deportation in a Chicago church was arrested Sunday in Los Angeles.
A spokesperson from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency would not confirm Arrellano was taken in by ICE agents on Olvera Street, near La Placita Church, in the Los Angeles Civic Center area at about 3 p.m.
Arellano and her son Saul, 8, who is a U.S. citizen, were in Los Angeles seeking immigration reform and were staying at La Placita Church.
She visited three area churches to speak about immigration, but was arrested before she could go to a fourth church.
Arellano defied a deportation order to report to the Department of Homeland Security on Aug. 15, 2006. Instead, she sought refuge in the Adalberto United Methodist Church in the Humboldt Park area of Chicago.
According to the New Sanctuary Movement, more than 600,000 families in the United States have at least one member facing deportation because they are illegal residents.
Chicago Tribune has more. Keep an eye on ICE.
Allah ponders the timing.
Update: More from Associated Press…
Arellano was “being processed for removal to Mexico based upon a deportation order originally issued by a federal immigration judge in 1997,” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a news release.
Immigration activists promised protests and vigils to support her.
“We are sad, but at the same time we are angry,” said Javier Rodriguez, a Chicago immigration activist who worked with her. “How dare they arrest this woman?”
“How dare they?”
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Related must-read: Mark Steyn has a powerful column on the Newark murders and sanctuary nation.
One could, I suppose, regard this as one of those unforeseen incremental consequences that happens in the darkest shadows of society. But that doesn’t extend to Newark’s official status as an illegal-immigrant “sanctuary city.” Like Los Angeles, New York and untold others, Newark has formally erased the distinction between U.S. citizens and the armies of the undocumented. This is the active collusion by multiple cities and states in the subversion of U.S. sovereignty. In Newark, N.J., it means an illegal-immigrant child rapist is free to murder on a Saturday night. In Somerville, Mass., it means two deaf girls are raped by MS-13 members. And in Falls Church, Va., it means Saudi Wahhabists figuring out that, if the “sanctuary nation” (in Michelle Malkin’s phrases) offers such rich pickings to imported killers and imported gangs, why not to jihadists?
“Tell Me Why They Had To Die”? Hard to answer. But tell me why, no matter how many Jose Carranzas it spawns, the nationwide undocumented-immigration protection program erected by this country’s political class remains untouchable and ever-expanding.
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Good. Now deport her. If she would like to come back, she can get in line and fill out the paper work. It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.
Wouldn’t her name be on the no-fly list or did she drive here(LA)???
As I mentioned earlier, she and her child will be safe in Old Mexico…
Wern’t they watching, I’m lost.
It’ll be interesting to see how it’s spun in the MSM.
You’ll hear all the bleeding hearts say that she will be separated from her child.
No she won’t….take him/her with you.
When you want to come back to the U.S.A.,
no problem, fill out the appropriate paperwork, wait your turn like you are suppose to and come on across.
Most American’s welcome LEGAL immigration.
It’s the sneak across the border, work under the table, cut wages crowd we have a dislike for.
Let’s just hope they don’t give her a “talking to” and then release her and say, “Now remember, you have to leave the country!”
Good. Deport her. After all the publicity last week and her bold comments, I was afraid our government would allow her to get away with it, just like they have in the past.
I am sure she will be portrayed as a victim, but she has knowingly flouted our laws with no remorse. We have laws for a reason. It is not up to her and those like her to tell the US how we may protect our borders and limit immigration.
If she doesn’t like how the US does things, she shouldn’t have come here in the first place.
I am under the impression that she has already been deported once before … and came back illegally again … and that is when she had her child … I think that we shuld find out how she got from Chicago to LA … like ajmontana I am questioning that she should not have been able to fly there … so who transported her to LA? … isn’t that called “aiding and abetting” … ?
I’m out for the day…catch you all tomorrow, we may know more by then.
night aj
I never thought they’d have the guts to arrest her.
Question is, now what? The Church will probably scream bloody murder, claiming somehow that she was still under “sanctuary.” Activists will agitate for a pardon or something.
It will almost be as grotesque as having her in the damn church for year.
AJMONTANA: Actually, it’s a well known fact that the vast vast majority of criminally deported aliens are not on any sort of no-fly list…Even your regular ole EWI (plain old Entry without Inspection illegal alien) can get on a plane with little problem, so long as you have a valid ID and no more than …what is it ? 3 ounces of liquids… LOL
From the news article -
“Arellano arrived in the U.S. in 1997 and was soon deported back to Mexico. In 2000, she returned and moved to Illinois, working at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport cleaning planes.”
She probably got an employee discount on flights!
This arrest is a good symbolic start, but only if she is prosecuted and deported.
I hope the Church will do what it does best, preach the Gospel, and leave issues of law and order to those in charge of law and order.
I saw a news piece on WGN Chicago and the bleeding heart activist vowed that it’s not over. Exactly my sentiments….it’s not over until all the deportable ones are deported!
I love her sob-story about how her son needs treatment for the very exotic, and mysterious disease of……attention-deficit disorder.
By the way…the Church that’s haboring all these illegal aliens ought to have their tax-free status revoked. IMHO
If the Govt has enough courage to deport her, any guess as to how long before she is back illegially?
“By the way…the Church that’s haboring all these illegal aliens ought to have their tax-free status revoked. IMHO”
I agree and I also think that sanctuary cities should not get any federal funding until they start obeying federal laws.
Her arrest was no accident, you can bet this was a top down action and for that reason, watch out!
Congress may not convene a special session to make Americans safe from predatory aliens but they might just come back early to ‘free’ and citizenize Elvira.
I know a ton of people who will disagree with that statement arguing that the two are forever linked (abortion, gay marriage, civil rights, etc.).
Just my observation.
This is what is supposed to happen. But in America we are embarrassed about arresting law breakers…oh, not us…I mean Bush and that moron Chertoff. What an arrogant, incompetent jackass this man is. WOW In a class by himself.
So far, Tom Tancredo, R-CO. http://www.congress.org/congressorg/webreturn/?url=http://www.house.gov%2Ftancredo
is the only public servent with a firm and a consistent stand against illegal immigration. Tom Tancredo cares for America, more than the current administration does. http://www.teamtancredo.com/
I’m not sure that’s true. We’re on the cusp of overpopulation, and businessmen and their lackeys in Congress are going for quantity, not quality.
Elvira Arellano if she ever leaves is one alien; probably 9,000 more entered today.
What a lovely slap to the face for Los Angeles….a so-called sanctuary city.
“Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s. Render unto God, that which is God’s.” Some churches need to reread the Bible again. Stay out of politics and harboring criminals. Stick with the Gospel. Lots of work there.
By PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES(AP) An immigration activist who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from her son has been deported to Mexico, the church’s pastor said.
Here’s a link, roadrunner home page where I read this. If it’s not there click next under top headlines.
http://www.rr.com/flash/index.cfm
There’s one question I am burning to ask:
What happened to the person whose SSN Elvira was using?
The MSM seems to be concentrating on the “terrible treatment” we gave this illegal, but what about the faceless victims that are violated day in and day out because persons are falsifying SSNs to get employment, benefits, credit, homes and all the other things that have been tied to having a valid SSN.
Did the airline/airport have to contact the victim and inform them of the misuse? Did the IRS, Social Security Administration, or ICE make any contact with the victim?
There’s a story here with some big legs that I would love to help some journalist grab a hold of.
Crash, Exactly. This creats a living nightmare for the person whose identity was “stolen” The amount of red tape is monumental not to mention time envolved to clear the mess up if indeed you ever do.
You are right Knight, there are plenty of priest and Christians who will and can lobby for change from our political leaders. Those activities are good and all citizens have a right to speak their mind to our elected officials. However, some priest and Bishops, as they did in the 70’s, cross the line when they break the law or, as in this case, make up law like “sanctuary”. That was wrong.
#30 *creates* opps
crashemt and ajmontana
I totally agree … what about the stolen identity of an American citizen that she used to get that airport job in the first place? …
I have been fighting with the IRS and other agencies for almost 6 years now over something that came about as the result of someone using my SSN for an ID, a job, welfare benefits, and taking out loans that were never repaid …
Believe me … that individual is the one that needs the help …
Well Elvira is in TJ now where she can probably get another SSN for a few Peso’s.
and….Good Morning fellow desert dweller.
mornig back atcha ajmontana
Still confused as to how in the heck she got from Chi town to La La Land????
arghhhh … finger checks … mornig = morning … More Caffeine Please …
Fox News reporting she has been deported.
I wonder if ICE deported her now in order to avoid her heading up the immigration demonstration she was intending to lead in Washington. If so, smart move.
aj … I read in the write up on her arrest on FoxNews.com that she went by car … so I want to know who drove her to LA … they should be arrested for “aiding and abetting” and also for “obstruction of justice” …
Crazy, I thought they were watching?
Heartland Perspective
I had a similar question on another thread here last night when the news broke about the arrest … I asked what happened to going to DC and questioned her sense of direction when she left Chicago … as I see it … she should have never managed to get out of Chicago … so I say we need to find those that helped her get out of town
Answer: Coyotes
aj … I suspect it will turn out to be one of those radical open borders groups like Reconquista or La Raza … maybe the whole DC thing was meant to be a diversion so ICE was focusing on that while they snuck her to LA to another SSN and another name and another job under the radar …
Where’s all the demonstrations in Mexico? Plenty here demanding OUR Government for “rights” ugh, choking on my coffee.
You’re probly right, she has someone or group “assisting” her. I’m sure more details will follow soon. Hopefully.
aj … all the demonstrations for “rights” are here because there are “no rights” to demonstrate for in Mexico …
Erm…Depends how far south you go in the country…. less so in the “throwing sticks at the moon” southern states.
Overpopulation? Now living in England… that was overpopulated - America? Plenty of room to go round
Mind you, I would say that being an legal USA resident alien…
Good point, but they could be up in arms for a better way of life there and if they wish to come here do so legally.
Adios!
lol, fox reporting on 50 bucks to become a tribe member. I wonder if you pay the 50 you get a chunk of money each month from their casino’s???? some of those folks get at least 20k a month …I’m in!!!!
Vegas odds are only at 2-1 Geraldo will be on O’Reilly whinning about this story tonight.
To true.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church makes it explicitly clear that, while nations should allow immigrants if they are able to, those immigrants have a moral obligation to uphold the laws of said nation and be a productive member of society…neither of which gel with BREAKING THE LAW to enter this country:
Cardinal Mahoney seems to forget that part of the CCC, as do other open-borders, pro-illegal immigrant Churches.
And, apologies, that should read “TOO true.”
The kid is illegal too! The 14th amendment doesn’t make a citizen of a foreign national unless 1 parent is a US citizen.
1997-2007 Ten years. It should have taken 10 days!
Deport the criminal illegal aliens first and fast.
I also don’t understand they deported her to Tijuana in 24 hours why can’t they deport the other 600,000 they have in custody that quickley. HHHMMMM!
I suppose if my mother were pimping me for open borders photo ops, making me sleep in a church for a year, and then chose to abandon me in another country when she got deported, I would have some sort of “attention deficit disorder” too. Unfortunately, in the case of this woman’s son, whatever “learning disabilities” he has are purely of his mother’s making.
This must be the new illegal alien rallying cry:
–get here illegally
–have a kid
–have little to no regard for your responsibility to raise him properly
–screw him up completely
–and then complain that you need to stay here for the government benefits to aid the kid you are completely responsible for screwing up.
–Yup, sounds like a plan.
On the other hand, perhaps his “attention deficit” is owing to the fact that no one in his life thought that learning English in an English-speaking country would be a good idea.
I suppose it would be bad form to ask where the child’s daddy is…
Yeah… How dare they follow the law. What assholes…
Remind me to go to Chicago, find that douchebag, and slap him.
No worries. Most of use probably wouldn’t have noticed. Of those that did, most probably wouldn’t care.
Regarding the CCC, I really, really wish I could hear John Paul II’s view of this.
But then again, I’m Catholic Lite…
I don’t recall where it’s found, but I recall hearing that being born on US soil (including Military Bases abroad, and US Embasies) makes the born one a Citizen, regardless of the parents.
#57 “This must be the new illegal alien rallying cry:”
This isn’t new this is what they’ve been doing for a long time. Brownsville TX is the busiest Post Office in the country. Because they come over illegally have an anchor baby then go back and come over the border to collect their government check for the kid.
As with #30 and others…
Her “theft” of a SSN was a crime, and a serious one to boot.
Yet the MSM doesn’t care. Because deporting her breaks her family up! Fine - put her in jail and the child to CPS. Using a SSN carries a 5 year jail term as a felony! Who would take care of the child then?????
14th amendment reads: Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
Don’t see where it says that someone born here has to have at least 1 citizen parent to become a citizen.
Wrong. If you’re born here, you’re a citizen. Period.
Hopefully, he’ll grow up pissed off at his scuzzy Mom, become a conservative, write a book about the child abuse of having an illegal alien parent intentionally put her baby at great risk of separation by bearing him on welfare in a foreign country without a father, make a lot of money off the book, go on Oprah, and then run for office on a border control platform and become a Senator.
Heh.
swj No if you read the 14th a foreign national must submit for naturalization under the law. If a foreign diplomat has a kid why in this country he must apply for naturalization. This was for the emancipation of the slaves. It is said; that many southern states didn’t even ratify the law in 1866. The framers left much interpretation for “Subject To Jurisdiction Thereof”
The phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” was intended to exclude from automatic citizenship American-born persons whose allegiance to the United States was not complete. In the case of illegal aliens who are temporarily or unlawfully in the United States, because their native country has a claim of allegiance on the child, the completeness of the allegiance to the United States is impaired and logically precludes automatic citizenship.
# 62 Wrong read the constitution.
#61 read the whole 14th amendment.
For those with the Identity Theft issues, I’m living it with you. My illegal is still in Chicago, and Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald (yep, same one!) refuses to even look at the case. Chicago PD won’t do anything, unless he commits a crime. WTF?!? Since when is falsely using an SSN not a crime?
Social Security and IRS won’t do anything, because he is protected under the Privacy Act of 1974 (even though that act CLEARLY states that it protects only Citizen’s of the United States) But the IRS has had more than enough time to audit me for his earning.
My credit is now clean of his activities, but still rides below 500. I just leaned a new word: “Sub-file“. As in, a sub-file to your credit report, which you are not allowed to see. Seems that is protected by the Privacy Act, also. And it impacts your score. Such joy!
The only good news is that he used my birthday for his documentation, because he got his identity (uses a false name, I’m sure) from a corrupt clerk in the Illinois DMV. That at least prevents him from stealing my Social Security before I have a chance to make a claim.
Not that I’ll see a cent of that money. The ladies at the SSA office here said basically that I’ll have years of investigation with all the Earnings Suspense Fund monies he’s put away, before my claim will be honored. Basically, I’ll have to prove a negative, which any good lawyer will tell you is close to impossible.
I’ve been fighting since 2000. Until he leaves, or really screws up, I’ll keep on fighting. It’s all I can do.
Crash,
Similar story since 1997, pretty much to the point of screw it.
Wow Crash. Wish any of the folks in the Chicago area could help ya, but I don’t think any are law enforcement or anything.
That’s just BS on every level. Maybe a Freedom of Information Act would get you access to the Sub-File?
Crash so sorry I can’t imagine your frustration and anger that they get away with because our politicians won’t do anything.
I friend and they found out 40 illegals were using there 5 yr old daughter SS#
Instead of doing sob stories on illegal immigrants deported, there should be a focus on the stories of people who are victims of illegal immigrants (murders, drunk driving, stolen identity, lost job).
Ed, here’s just one such story.
There are 13 others at Patterico’s Pontifications, and Hot Air has several of them from him as well…
Granted, it’s not MSM attention, but it’s attention none the less.
xler8bmw
I agree with you on the “jurisdiction” portion of that amendment …
Also, a few years ago in a border town in Southern AZ they uncovered the same scam you mentioned in Brownsville … they noticed that there were tons of welfare checks and food stamps and WIC vouchers being mailed to the same street address.
Investigators found that it was a small house that was not being lived in but was being used as the address of record for all kinds of benefits.
All of the recipients were not even trying to stay in the USA … they would cross on “day passes” and go file for stuff and then return to Mexico … then come back the same way to pick things up later on.
crashemt
I feel for you as I mentioned earlier I am still fighting a similar situation … they have seen me so many times at the various agencies that they cringe when they see me walk in the door …
There is no basis for this in the Constitution and the policy is easily reversed. Surely nobody seriously believes the 14th amendment was meant to reward border sneaks?
A good read on jackpot babies
Whats the bet Elvira is back in US within a week?
DL #72 The problem is Congress not doing their job abiding by the constitution. The 14th amendment is their jurisdiction to mandate and secure.
You assume she’s not back already…
xler8bmw
I agree entirely …
Anyone who hasn’t been to the top of the page lately, check this out. I’m makin popcorn for this!!!
http://www.lauraingraham.com/
The 14th Amendment Is NOT A Sacred Escape Hatch
Constitutional purist or not, we may well be forced to address and modify the 14th simply to preserve the cultural integrity and security of this country (is there any BETTER reason??), much as France — as “socially progressive and compassionate” of all people that they cluck they are — is almost frantically taking similar measures to keep their “Frenchness” from being diluted into thin soup. I hope we see the handwriting on the wall before OUR point of no return.
James Greenidge
Queens NY
LOL, swj….no kidding she made it from Chicago to LA no prob. A hop over to San Diego would be a breeze.
We need to follow by example:
On June 11, 2004 Irish voters voted in a national referendum to end automatic citizenship for any child born in Ireland regardless of the parents’ residence status. Ireland was the last member of the European Union to allow pregnant foreigners to gain residence and welfare benefits as a result of birth in the country. Seattle Post Intelligencer, June 13, 2004
Geraldo just suggested that we all ‘cool our jets’…says that he’s not on here for a fight…OMG
Can someone please explain to me why a church equals sanctuary??? Why would they be above the law and be able to knowingly aid and abed a criminal?
P.S. Hey Elvira, you don’t want to break up families? Then take your son back to Mexico with you.
wysl-am has this live out of rochchester.
Holy Moly!
Not in for a fight? What, did he think Laura was going to sling softball questions?
He can’t sing but boy can that boy dance! (around a question that is)
#83 The church violated the law by sanctuary. It is a federal violation in this country. It’s against the law! But, the feds didn’t want to arrest here and create another Elian Gonzalez debaucle.
Well, Geraldo wasn’t on national tv, so he basically just wanted to get along. When asked about Michelle, he said cattily ‘well, she’s your friend, that’s great’.
This guy is so beyond lame. He’s such an attention seeker, that’s all he is.
BEFORE her son was born?
And now:
Why didn’t she take her 8-year old son with her?
Is Geraldo on Crack?!!! illegals more law abiding? Say what????
The government is scared to death to do anything. Too many repercussions they do not want to deal with. WIMPS!
It’s this liberal PC stuff. You know, separation of church and state. The feds, with too many sanctuary cities, feels TOO uneasy about invading a churh for these immigration lawbreakers and the negative media law enforcement would get.
He will be a pawn for her LEGALLY returning to be able to return. Look for her in DC in September with the media fawning all over her as the poster girl for open borders and amnesty.
He will be a pawn for her LEGALLY returning to be able to return. Look for her in DC in September with the media fawning all over her as the poster girl for open borders and amnesty.
#91 he didn’t really say that did he? He is completely out of touch!
it was #90 and yes he did…lol
#91 also if they’re so law abiding does he not realize they broke the law crossing in illegally. Things that make you go HHHMMMMMM!
They are more law abiding? He’s insane!
Every illegal who’s been in this country long enough for tax time to roll around, and was working at all, has committed one of two federal crimes!
God Geraldo. Get a freaking CLUE!
He always breaks out that “more law abiding” crap …
what he really means is they keep as low a profile as possible to keep from getting picked up by ICQ and deported …
you know … the old “out of sight out of mind” …
I bet Geraldo would not be so “open-minded” if illegals were coming in and taking news anchor positions. He would be whining and complaining if some illegal took his job. As long as they are coming in and working low-skill, low wage jobs liberals like Geraldo don’t care.
I would love to see some illegal get his SSN and ruin his credit and create all the other associated problems. I bet he would be using his show to expose the lack of effort of our government to address this problem.
As long as it’s happening to the “little people”, it doesn’t matter to him and those like him.
DL, Laura is still talkin about this if you go to wysl-1040 (google it) you can listen live. makin my morning
you can also get her on KRLA 870
ok … and in my last I meant ICE … not ICQ … lol
lol didnt know ciao/caio was contagious.
must all be your fault aj … lol
Looks like the U.S. is going to be a Latino country in about 20 years, barring a civil war. Looks like it’s probably already too late. I went to the mall in Southern California this weekend and saw almost no white people. The political class really, really wants the U.S. to be like Mexico.
If I ever had the opportunity to buy Michelle, Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham dinner it would be my pleasure. Have to invite KP also, we could just tease her a bit…
Dude, if you are intentionally leaving MKH off that list, I’m afraid I have to kick you outta the Guy Union…
I can answer Mr. Steyn’s question in one simple word. Profits. I have lived in Texas for 20 years, and I have watched good paying, working class jobs become essentially unavailable to citizens and naturalized Americans. Less than a generation ago, a man could make a decent middle class living as a plumber, welder, electrician, construction worker, or in a variety of other trades. Those jobs were hard work, but they provided decent wages and benefits for many millions. Most of those jobs now go to illegals at very low wages. Who benefits from this scheme?
The payroll savings simply rolls into the pockets of business owners, instead. I’m all for a free market economy, and I am pro-business. At what point do we halt the race to the bottom? They don’t want to stop the huge profits, so they lobby for open borders, and flaunt our existing laws. We wouldn’t stand for a drug company refusing to comply with the FDA and releasing drugs that were unsafe. We wouldn’t stand for a business that defied the EEOC, or bribed officials.
Why do you imagine that thousands of people show up to apply for a few hundred jobs when a WalMart opens? Nothing wrong with WalMart, but many of these same folks would have had real career options 15 years ago. Now, they have WalMart and Home Depot to choose from. Hoo-ray? Not everyone in America can be a neurosurgeon or a patent attorney. We need decent jobs for people who don’t want to or cannot make it through a Phd program in Engineering.
Excellent points. Savage had a caller last Wednesday from a Hispanic American citizen who mentioned that there is growing alarm in the legal Hispanic community (native or legal immigrant) over identity theft. Because of the greater commonality with Hispanic names, identity theft is all too easy when can find with ease a legal victim with the exact same name. I’m interested to see what comes about from the legal Hispanic community over illegals going on a identity theft spree against them…
It will be interesting to see how the media spin this. After all, we are returning to her home, not to a gulag. She faces no persecution whatsoever–she just prefers to live in the US even if it involves breaking the law. In the eyes of the media, Mexico is a wonderful country. Why wouldn’t she want to live there rather than big, bad America? As I say, it will be interesting.
Not just the politicos but business too. We are now receiving at home retail flyers with spanish as the primary, or larger print language. 10 years ago it used to be english only , then spanish began appearing in small print, then in equally sized print, now larger print.
Business in are bending over backwards to accomodate latinos and indoctrinating non-spanish speaking residents to spanish language.
Habla Espanol? If you plan on moving to or remaining in the Southwest USA you’d better.
swj, didn’t wanna be greedy…
Didn’t think I would agree with John Rocker (former MLB pitcher) on any issues but, his “Speak English” platform is one I can get behind.
I wasn’t optimistic that our law enforcement would actually do its job with this gal, but the notoriety seems to have been too much to let them ignore her.
So she finally gets drop-kicked between the goalposts on the way back to Mexico: “It’s up…she’s got the distance…it’s good! GOOOOAAAALLL!!!”
Anybody wanna start a betting pool on how long it’ll take her to find herself hiding in another church on this side of the border…?
“How dare they” dodo bird Javier Rodriguez needs to be in the slammer for aiding and abetting this fugative.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-taggers16aug16,0,6738708.story?coll=la-home-center
Doing the tagging and Killing AMerica won’t do
Regarding Geraldo, our new intrepid MS-13 whistleblower update Michelle, I forgot that he also mentioned he’s writing a book on MS-13…
This is going to become a big problem. Right now the language of business, science and technology around the world is English. I remember reading several years back that there were about 300 million Chinese learning English.
Why? They realize that to compete internationally they better know English. Those from India are learning the same lesson. The United States, Japan, China, India, and South Korea are going to be the big players in science and technology in this century.
So where am I going with this?
A) The rest of the world is lining up to learn English so they can compete in the international arena and yet we are not enforcing English here in the U.S. I think it was in “The World is Flat” where the author talks about a Korean businessman and a French businessman meeting, neither spoke the others language, but guess what, they both spoke English.
B) It would be better for a young person right now to learn, as a second language, one of the languages spoken in the above named counties. Unfortunately because of this influx of illegal immigration and our government and some businesses catering to them young people are being told that Spanish is the language they need to learn.
This is going to hurt us in the future. This is going to sound harsh but how many Spanish speaking countries really are working on cutting edge technology? Spanish is not going to be a dominant language in the international arena of science and technology. An arena that the U.S. currently leads in and must stay competitive in.
English has become the de facto world language, or as I say it, English has become the world’s second language and yet we debase it here in the U.S.
When they do go to college, they don’t study science and engineering. They study sociology, political science, or chicano studies. It’s all Caucasians and Asians in the scientific majors. I’ll go ahead and be harsh: they can’t compete academically. They’ll also just continue to blame whites and demand affirmative action as long as they’re here.
The Border Patrol used to pick up illegals working the fields in Calif. and deport them via buses. By noon the next day they’d be back on the job. I’m betting Elvira is already back.
Speaking of identity theft, there is an e-mail floating around that innocently asks you to fill in the blanks with your full name, where you were born, where you live now, what’s your favorite movie/food, etc.. Sounds fun, a way to know your friends better? When I didn’t send it back to the sender, she sent another one. The idiot doesn’t realize that with that information, $30 for a SSN trace, you could lose everything. Once an e-mail leaves your hands it’s around the world before dark. Not everyone deletes the previous sender and simply forwards on to everyone in their address book.
I just listened to Laura and Geraldo and I can not believe how he will not answer any hard questions on this. I hope if you and him debate again you do not let him go off on tangents left and right like he always seems to do. I applaud Laura for calling him on doing this time and again and playing the poor victim card.
“Tell Me Why They Had To Die?” Because this is one political area where the globaloney of the globalizers and the anti-American smut of the loony left overlap and where the greedy business base of the Republicans and the equally greedy social services base of the Democrats have a common interest in ganging up on us law-abiding Americans. As for our two parties, the base comes first and the people last.
jah, very excellent points!
Buh and Bye. Buh-Bye!
I just went to read the NYPost like always do @ lunch and they didn’t even report she was deported Nothing!
This is what lack of border security and slow deportation are bringing to America:
“The violence that has hit Mexican border towns is spreading deeper into the United States.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-border19aug19,0,2502235.story?coll=la-home-center
Deport them now!
One big detainer does not equal the 12 million that need to be done.
Elvira? She’s not the Mistress of the Dark is she?
This deportation is part of the Bush snow job. They have no intention of enforcing our borders, but are making an example of one high-profile person to try and attenuate the criticism over this issue.
I’ve been waiting for an Oak Ridge Boys joke for ages now…
that’s one, keep ‘em going..,
Politicians pander for the latino vote and to attempt to keep them ignorant and divided,de-emphasise learning english.
Businesses don’t care about the place of english language in the world of science and industry, only spanish to more easily communicate to and profit from the expanding latino base who prefer to use the language they came with rather than making the effort to learn and be proud of using the language of the nation that allowed them to take up residence here.
Good point. As long as dubya and Teddy’s daughters are not raped, these are ‘poor people seeking a better life’ (killing and raping other Americans).
The Border Patrol is no longer tasked with catching illegals. Funny. Why did Washington not tell us earlier of this change? It is time to impeach Bush.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18710877&BRD=2290&PAG=461&dept_id=569392&rfi=6
and you base this opinion on what?
#136 if you read Hotair.com it has the BP’s oath they take for protecting the border. Carlos must have forgotten his oath.
http://www.hotair.com
Here in my corner of the world, there’s a case of a Police shooting that occurred several months ago. It happened during a traffic stop, and the driver exited the vehicle and made motions as if he had a weapon. He was shot and killed.
Also injured in the shooting was an innocent bystander. This bystander has now made his intentions known that he may sue the police department & city for this action, citing negligence by the police.
The story has been in and out of the news headlines…last week the notices of intent were filed, so it came up again. The TV news story I saw showed this bystander in his apartment home with his family, and spoke of how he hasn’t been able to work since the injury, and he worries about how he’ll support his family, etc….
Now, as you’ve probably guessed by the placement of my story, the bystander is, in fact, an illegal immigrant.
While I can see a purpose for filing claim against an accidental injury due to the actions of the police, regardless of his immigration status, the stories generated by this circumstance focus on his ‘inability to work’ and similar matters.
In fact, the reality that he is an illegal immigrant were totally absent from the reporting until just recently.
What part of ‘they’re not supposed to be here’ don’t people understand? He has no right to work here - he has no right to live here - he has no right to be here! And - if I can be so callous - if he wasn’t here, he wouldn’t have been caught up in all this.
I’ve yet to see anyone looking into who hired him before - who rents to h