Hold Their Feet to the Fire
I’ve had the privilege of attending the annual “Hold Their Feet To the Fire” immigration enforcement event in Washington, D.C., in the past. Couldn’t make it this year, but plenty of conservative talk show hosts from across the country were there to put border security back on the front burner.
This year, talk hosts from across the country led by Roger Hedgecock of KOGO-AM in San Diego and Lou Dobbs of United Stations Radio Network and CNN, will broadcast live for two days on Capitol Hill to counteract the special interests attempting to set an amnesty agenda for the new Congress and the next Administration. “Talk radio will represent American interests in our Nation’s Capital at a critical time and provide people all across the country an opportunity to make their voices heard on immigration. And as immigration is a critical national security issue, Hold Their Feet to the Fire will coincide with the seventh anniversary of 9/11,” said Roger Hedgecock of KOGO- AM radio.
“Powerful special interests are now in full force pushing for amnesty and foreign guest workers with no regard to the plight of the American worker, wages, or a deteriorating economy,” said Dan Stein, President of the FCTF. “The politicians aren’t talking about it. Radio talk hosts representing millions of listeners will, and their collective voice is a voice that roars.”
Read more here. The family of teenager Jamiel Shaw, murdered by an illegal alien sanctuary beneficiary in Los Angeles, spoke out as part of the event.
Barack Obama and John McCain, meet the Shaw family.
And the Bologna family.
And the parents of 3-year-old Marten Kudlis, who buried the toddler killed by an illegal alien revolving door beneficiary yesterday:
About 150 people packed the Fairmount Cemetery Chapel this morning to pay respects to 3-year-old Marten Kudlis, who died tragically last week while at an ice-cream store in Aurora.
“Oh, my God, Marten, this is the last thing I ever wanted to do with you,” shouted his father, Marat, as the tiny wooden casket was lowered into the ground. “I love you so much.”
Rabbi David Zucker of Shalom Park told the gathering: “This is a parent’s worst nightmare, but we will wake up and realize this is not a dream,” he said.
Marten had gone with a 10-year-old friend and his mother to play at Lowry Park on Thursday evening. Then the group stopped at the Baskin-Robbins store at South Havana Street and East Mississippi Avenue for a treat.
A high-speed collision in the intersection sent a vehicle crashing into a transformer. A jagged piece of metal flew through the ice-cream shop, killing Marten…After the burial, Marat Kudlis told the gathering, “I have no words. I am depressed out of my mind. Hopefully, none of us will ever have to go through something like this again. Ever.”
Hold their feet to the fire. They knew:
Aurora authorities alerted U.S. immigration officials in April that Francis Hernandez might be an illegal immigrant, Aurora police spokesman Bob Friel said Monday.
But the feds didn’t detain Hernandez. He remained free, despite 16 prior brushes with the law. And on Thursday, Hernandez, 23, allegedly broadsided a truck in Aurora, killing three people, including a toddler.
The tragedy has many in the community demanding answers.
Why wasn’t Hernandez – who immigration officials said Monday they believe is a Guatemalan national here illegally – deported long ago?
Why, after 16 arrests, wasn’t he behind bars?
…Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said they have no record of Aurora contacting them April 25, when Hernandez was arrested in Aurora for speeding and driving without a valid license.
“He’s never been referred to ICE before (the Thursday triple fatality),” said ICE spokesman Carl Rusnok. “He has routinely been giving various aliases and places of birth,” Rusnok added. Given that he provided bogus information, “it’s understandable why (local law enforcement agencies) may not have suspected that he was an illegal alien and therefore did not refer him to us.”
But Friel disputes that. In fact, Aurora police made more than 2,500 referrals to ICE last year, but ICE responded only “a fraction of the time,” Friel said.
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We will secure any and all borders around the world except our own. Get used to it.
We are screwed.
This country WILL be a spanish speaking country in 50 years. I won’t be here so I don’t care anymore.
Give Sarah her scattergun and a helicopter, problem solved.
Wrong to just give up because you “won’t be here anymore”…All of our children and grandchildren will be here and with many other problems that “we” have dumped on them…Close the border first!!
Why are Americans not more up in arms about it? When you look at polls on the issues, illegal immigration is at the very bottom. People are more terrified that they won’t get their free health care and college education, among many freebies, then they are that we have porous borders and millions of illegal aliens in our midst.
The American people just don’t care except for the numbers of us who see the threat for what it is. What the problem is is that Americans have deliberately turned their backs on this problem because a) it doesn’t affect them why should they care b) oh, they’re not really harming anybody, or c) there’s more “important” stuff to worry about (like their freebies).
What’s even more digusting is that we have two presidential candidates who won’t do a damn thing. Obummer wants to secure their “human rights” and not be “mean” to them and McCain wants to enforce the borders but not much else. Whoever we get, no much will change.
There’s just general apathy in the American population. Until the Mexican drug war spreads throughout the country and wakes people up, there’s nothing that will be done. Americans will keep pretending that there’s nothing wrong, they can’t do anything about it, and the problem will work itself out.
Yeah, right.
lgm claiming he’s just misunderstood and we’re all racists in 5,4,3,2..
Heh. We can either sit around and give depressive, or cutsy answers to this post, OR we can each do what we can to work to help bring the needed changes. I know what I’m going to do, what are YOU doing???
If we have no determination to secure our own borders, what credibility do we have in arguing for the territorial integrity of other nations, e.g. Georgia, Taiwan? From China to Mexico, from Russia to Venezuela we are being watched and conclusions are being drawn. The world is indeed interconnected, though not quite in the way the Leftists and other goofies imagine.
We the People of the United States of America have the right to have our borders and our laws respected and enforced.
Citizens of other countries illegally in our country have no right to demand anything from our government. They most certainly have the right to petition the governments of their home countries for change if they are unhappy with their home country. If they want to be Americans, we have a path to citizenship, more generous than any other nation, and it starts in their home country.
We need to insist on the equal protection, application and enforcement of the law or devolve into anarchy. Our Republic only functions if everyone follows the same rules. We should not change the laws to accomodate those breaking them.
If America annouces to the world “We can’t stop you, so come on in” with another amnesty, the deluge will be overwhelming. If 3,000 a day didn’t get your attention, then wait until it’s 10,000 a day. We cannot sustain this influx and survive as a nation. We must speak up and speak to each other about this and not let false claims of racism or bigotry be used to intimidate us into silent assent. America is not Congress’ to give away. America belongs to We the People. Speak to your neighbors, speak to your coworkers, but please speak up to your Congressmen and Senators. It’s O.K. for us to enforce our laws, no really, it is.
Someone please tell Sen. McCain.
Disgusting government bureaucrats, McCain needs to clean house with all of these unamerican blood suckers on the government payroll.
What does it take to get it through the heads of these elected government officials, they take an oath to protect American citizens from outside and from within this great country? Rhetorical question, of course.
President Bush, his Attorney General, and his (lettuce) head of DHS should be forced to listen to a recording of this father’s lament 24 hours a day – until they start enforcing the 1996 federal law against sanctuary policies.
Illegal immigration is a huge problem for America, as well as for the immigrants themselves. They may be bringing the very same problems to the U.S. that they are fleeing from at home. They are also abandoning their home country, leaving it to decay. Illegal immigration is a lose-lose situation.
Illegal immigration is harmful on the following levels:
it leads to anarchy and corruption
it promotes a “two class” system in America
it keeps a downward pressure on wages
it puts a strain on limited US services
it gives criminals from foreign countries a safe haven in the US
it allows disease to go unchecked
it dilutes and changes American language and culture
Illegal Immigration is Harmful on Many Levels.
He’s BEEN told. Repeatedly. Just doesn’t give a flying da**.
Everytime I read another one of these heart-wrenching stories, I get angry. We do need to keep their feet to the fire, especially McCain, and make sure
comprehensive immigration reformamnesty doesn’t survive.Go to “NumbersUSA.com” …join and take part…they apply a lot of pressure to congress with our input and help.
Looks like Piglousy and her band are backing down on their attempt to add more green card holders on a yearly basis. Let ‘em know what you think.
I am really touched by this one.
It happened in my town, or near me anyway.
Ice Cream.
I hope no one ever eats ice cream again without thinking about this child and all the deaths caused by illegal aliens/illegal immigrants in this country.
12 per day!
Illegals kill 12 innocent people every day in America.
Tancredo said all of the state, city, and county officials that had dealt with this illegal immigrant previously had BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS as much as the murdering illegal alien does. He’s right.
We should put the faces of the innocent murdered people on Ice Cream containers.
3 years old. THREE. YEARS. OLD. – INNOCENT!
Ice Cream, he went out for ICE CREAM.
I can remember going out for ice cream when I was little.
How come 3-year-old Marten Kudlis will never go again? Will never be able to take one of his own kids out for ICE CREAM, ever.
God Bless the Kudlis Family.
Fingerprint machine broken? Can’t take a DNA swap upon arrest? GMAFB!
Things will change when elected officials and government employees start going to jail. Until then no progress will be made. They’re thumbing their noses at the American people. Break their noses and the sanctuaries will end.
We must demand E-Verify!
We must demand Real ID!
We must demand a Fence!
We must demand secure ports!
Every member of the House and 1/3 of the Senate come up for re-election on Nov. 4th. Vote!
AGREED, thanks to Bush’s incompetent DOJ, have they investigated anyone that abuses government? NO!
In my county, our sheriff is under fire from the ACLU for commenting that illegals breed like rabbits and are nasty ( how they live).
He is 100% accurate. Our citizens are outraged that the ACLU is getting their noses in OUR business! The ACLU is “supposed” to be on the side of citizens, but I guess not.
They want him fired. WE do NOT!
Read about it on WRAL website if you’re interested. You’ll have to find it since they removed it from the front page.
I am fed up as well. We really have to take action and save our country!
It seems like lgm and most of the rest of his fellow travelers have been in hiding for the past few days. Wonder why?
Just called my Congressman and two Senators and asked for a specific answer to this question (no form letters, please):
“Listen to this:
Now, what are you going to do to get our president to enforce the 1996 federal law against sanctuary policies?”
Go ahead, ask yours.
Toll free Capitol switchboard:
1 (866) 220-0044
1…. Build the damn fence!
2…. Require incarceration until a deportation hearing. No “come back in 30 days” option.
3…. Punish businesses that hire illegals.
4…. Remove the “Anchor Baby” loophole. If your parents are illegal.. so are you.
I am half in tears, half on the ceiling in rage at our government:
Tears for Marat Kudlis and his family, and rage at our government because it WILL happen again. And again. And again.
Make that call to your elected representatives: Toll free Capitol switchboard: 1 (866) 220-0044
I just got back from my Rotary Club meeting.
One of the members missed the first half of the meeting because she got into a car accident. The other driver took off, but the member chased the other driver down.
Come to find out that the person has no drivers license.
I can’t help but wonder about this person’s legal status.
I knew a lady with a beautifully keep house and yard.
For several years she would let the neighbor kid come over and play after school. The parents of these children obviously didn’t care about there children because they weren’t there and the kids didn’t respect the kind ladies personal things. After several years of cleaning up and replacing broken things she closed her doors.
I think her personal experience applies here.
“When you break the big laws, you do not get liberty; you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws.”
As the immigration laws get smaller and unenforceable we as a nation will have a free for all and anarchy will ensue.
…Agree with just about all the above, and…
Also, it may be particularly poignant and timely to recall that of the 19 terrorist hijackers on 9-11-01, that (IIRC) 15 had committed some form of visa fraud or abuse.
It is way past time to get control of our borders/ports and the movements of persons into and out of the US.
Bottomline: Unless we do something to change the makeup of Congress and vote for someone besides Obama or McCain, we’re getting amnesty. The power to vote is really our only power, which we so flippantly give it away to candidates who are found wanting. (Conservatives are most guilty of this. Juan McCain? No. He has Palin now, so he’s ok.) We deserve whatever happens.
Don’t be so quick to give POTUS a pass of “incompetence”. Daddy and son Bush are deeply complicit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXk0LFVAgHE
Remember, the same Bush pushed for the Amnesty, shoving more criminals down America’s throats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbRVZsBS7LM
12 per day!
Illegals kill 12 innocent people every day in America.
Tancredo said all of the state, city, and county officials that had dealt with this illegal immigrant previously had BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS as much as the murdering illegal alien does. He’s right.
You are sooooo right.
Need to put Tancredo in charge of homeland security.
Here’s something we all can do. Join and use this service often:
http://www.numbersusa.com/content/
SIGH. When will they get it?
John Ansell,
When you stop voting for them.
Virginia Patriot: No dispute, I’m writing in Newt.
It makes me ill to think our elected and appointed critters placed two patriot border patrol agents in jail, yet where the system is broken and tragedies of a 3 yr. old being murdered is common – we cannot jail those that proclaimed their hometowns “sanctuary cities” – without benefit of a vote or changing of laws. For that matter, those that employ those that broke laws to gain employment in the U.S. haven’t been jailed either. Someone, somewhere has to make a start at fixing this fractured mess. If any candidate had promised to at least try – they would have won by a landslide.
24Klady,
Exactly why Hunter and Tancredo were marginalized from the start. They would have actually enforced the laws and secured the border and the RNC couldn’t have that. Too many people have paid them too much money for that to happen. Immigration was going to be taken off the table as an issue by running an amnesty candidate.
Flood the president and your congressmen with faxes and phone calls. Overwhelm them with your opposition to amnesty and more workers. We have to take care of this country and our children.
vote in 55 days for congressmen and women and senators who don’t wobble, and don’t wiggle, and don’t compromise on these issues.
Push for term limits (even if it just seems like wishful thinking) and volunteer to be a Repubican delegate. Write about your displeasure to any and all Congress people–Use their own website to voice your displeasure (they all have a link to where you can contact them). Don’t vote for ANY incumbent–they have been complicit in not enforcing our laws. We have had enough, and now we must be brave in telling them that!
Illegal immigration isn’t a non-issue to the millions of people who are effected by it daily–even if the MSM and the candidates wish it were so. Keep up the pressure. If you get the chance go to any and all candidate appearances and start asking the tough questions that the week-kneed press, including the Republican talking heads, don’t have the guts to ask. The public needs to make our voices heard at every opportunity especially when the candidates dont want to hear it!!
On September 11th, 2008 at 3:22 pm, malkin_fan said:
If you are not willing to stand up and fight for the Country you are correct to get the hell out.
On September 11th, 2008 at 7:05 pm, John Ansell said:
Who has endorsed Mccain.
Smart.
On September 11th, 2008 at 8:13 pm, Virginia Patriot said:
Well then, isn’t it the job of us citizens to put it back on the table? How are you going to defeat amnesty with an Obama presidency? Or is this not really about immigration…
Bill Grant,
No. It’s not about immigration at all. Immigrants get visas and comply with our laws.
It’s about illegal aliens and cheap labor importation.
If Bush had secured the border on September 12, 2001 like he should have and actually enforced employer sanctions vigorously and consistently since then, I might be a nose holder. It is the complete lack of enforcement that has doubled this problem in the last six years that exposes the deceitful attempt at forcing us into another amnesty by flooding the country with illegal aliens. The cynical way we were told we would not get border security until we gave them a guestworker program was sickening. Being called a bigot for wanting the laws enforced was the last straw.
Comprehensive Immigration Reform…I’ve got comprehensive immigration reform right here…it’s called enforce the laws we already have!! Title 8 USC Federal Laws and Regulations are well over 2,000 pages long. How many more pages do they want to add?
There needs to be an accounting for these illegal ba$tard$ running loose in our country and killing our citizens, whether the events happen during traffic ‘accidents’ or shootings. I question ‘accident’ as this guy, Hernandez probably has never had a license or insurance. Our law enforcement officers and officers of the courts are sworn to uphold the law and if they do not, it should be a serious violation. Can they be sued in federal court for ‘civil’rights’ violations? It may be costly to us as taxpayers, but if it brings about legal reform and enforcement of existing laws, then my tax dollars would be well spent. I believe that we have a right to equal application of the law and obviously it is not being considered in a lot of areas of this country in regard to illegals. There’s a seldom understood, instrument of our law that we call the U.S. Constitution that states:
Amendment 14 – Citizenship Rights.
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. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Seems to me that a recognized court of law would have a hard time not extending this right to a U.S. citizen. Where is the ACLU? Maybe we need to start our own organization. The ACUFLAWCS. The American Conservative Union for Liberty Applied with Common Sense.
What are we going to do about it is the question.