|
   
|
Looking for an insider’s view of the “Hispanicization” of the United States? Pick up the recently-released Translation Nation, by journalist Hector Tobar. Tobar’s celebratory account of what the Hispanic influx means for the U.S. is more troubling than the most xenophobic ravings that a close-the-border extremist could ever come up with. Tobar leaves no doubt that immigrants are having a greater impact on American culture than American culture is having on them. The ubiquitous Che Guevara graffiti stenciled throughout Los Angeles symbolizes the new “anti-WASP republic,” he says, a republic which values “the dissembling force of rebellion and the idea of strength in collectivity.” Tobar’s revelations about the 1992 Los Angeles riots are worth the price of the book alone. The riots are celebrated in the city’s Mexican enclaves as the quemazones, “the great burning,” revenge for the U.S. conquest of California. The 1992 riots, though triggered by the acquittal of the LAPD officers in the Rodney King beating, did not follow the usual black-white script, Tobar says: they “evolved into a parallel immigrant looting festival that would in a matter of hours become much bigger in breadth and scope than its African-American twin.” The “frenzied spectacles of running crowds and exploding glass” were the first “Latin-American-style class uprising in United States history, the same kind of visceral expression of rage that over the centuries had led peons to burn down the hacendado’s home.” Tobar has no doubt that such rage is merited. Readers, however, may wonder how people who have snuck into a country against its laws, are working against its laws, collecting welfare in accordance with its laws, committing crime against its laws, and earning so much as to rebuild whole towns in their corrupt and mismanaged patrias can have a gripe so great against this country as to justify trying to burn it down. Tobar notes without regret that Los Angeles’s parks are “beginning to resemble the exhausted public spaces of Mexico City.” If his diagnosis of the cultural force of Hispanic immigration is correct, much more of America may start to resemble that troubled, divided capital than just L.A.’s barren parks. 
CAFTA might be voted on tonight. Tom DeLay predicts it will pass, Reuters reports. The agreement is 2400 pages long, and Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) discussed just one part of it in "CAFTA undermines immigration laws": ...What those provisions mean is that a foreign company would be empowered under CAFTA to challenge the validity of our immigration laws. If an international tribunal rules against us, Congress would then be forced to change our immigration laws or face international trade sanctions. These tribunals have the authority to rule that U.S. immigration limits, visa requirements, or even licensing requirements and zoning rules are "unnecessary burdens to trade" that act as "restrictions on the supply of a service." Please send a free FAX to your representatives and urge them to vote no. Less effectively, you can send an email here. See also FAIR's Statement Regarding Proposed CAFTA Treaty, CAFTA: More Bureaucracy, Less Free Trade, CAFTA Should Be Rejected Just Like The EU Constitution, CAFTA Guts All "Buy American" Laws: A New Green Light for Outsourcing, and "Hidden in the 2,400 pages of CAFTA". More links here.
The study "Deporting the Undocumented: A Cost Assessment" from the Center for American Progress says that it would cost $206 billion over five years to (mostly forcibly) deport 10 million illegal aliens (press release). That's a lot of money, and my first question is: "Who got us into this mess?" The answer: those administrations that looked the other way on illegal immigration, including presidents Bush and Clinton. In fact, the CAP is closely allied with the Clintons, so no doubt some at that center are partially responsible for the current situation. My second questions is: "How do we prevent those same people from running up an even greater tab?" And, my third question: "Should we trust the 'solution' offered by those who helped get us into this mess?" The CAP offers the McCain-Kennedy mass amnesty as a solution to the problem that they, their affiliates, and their "opponents" in the cheap labor lobby helped get us into. But, don't oppose McCain-Kennedy just because it's supported by those whose policies have been proven to have failed. There are many, many other reasons to oppose it as well. (See, for instance, John Fonte's Open Letter to Tamar Jacoby.) The study also calls into question Hillary Clinton's supposed support for border security and control over illegal immigration.
This is quite possibly the silliest study on immigration I've ever seen: A new study by a liberal Washington think tank puts the cost of forcibly removing most of the nation's estimated 10 million illegal immigrants at $41 billion a year, a sum that exceeds the annual budget of the Department of Homeland Security. According to the Washington Post, the study assumes "that tougher enforcement [of immigration laws] would induce 10 percent to 20 percent of undocumented residents in the United States to leave voluntarily." Come on. Businesspeople are not stupid. They employ illegal aliens because they know employer sanctions are a joke. If the feds started enforcing employer sanctions with any kind of seriousness, virtually every employer in the country would immediately fire any employee who does not have a valid social security number. If that happened, it seems obvious that the vast majority of illegal aliens, not just 10 or 20 percent, would quickly self-deport. If fines on noncompliant employers were increased (as they should be), the net cost to the feds of beefed-up enforcement would be negligible.
For all of us out there who believe that it’s about damn time that our federal government actually provides some physical security for our borders—and summarily deports illegal aliens and criminal alien residents too—at least we have a little good news these days.
L.A. Times reporters Peter Wallsten and Nicole Gaouette discuss president Bush's new plan to sell immigration "reform" in "Immigration Rising on Bush's To-Do List". The White House is backing a new coalition called "Americans for Border and Economic Security": The effort is designed to help Bush take control of an increasingly contentious debate that has threatened to split the Republican Party and undermine its outreach to Latino voters... The LAT article is so full of canards and misleading statements both from the reporters and the Bush administration and their supporters that it's difficult to know where to start. Here are some facts:
Obviously, the way to "reach out" to Hispanics who are not in the far left ethnic lobby doesn't involve open borders. And, just above everyone else except the far left and the libertarians oppose open borders. Further, what if Bush wanted to "reach out" to the "white vote" by encouraging millions of Europeans to come to the U.S.? Most people would view that as not just racist, but un-American as well. There is no difference between that and Bush's supposed outreach. One wonders why the LAT reporters couldn't have covered some of the above; please send an email to readers.rep *at* latimes.com and suggest they do better. That said, what is probably the real reason for this new scheme is a bit more basic: money and what those "major GOP donors" want. As pointed out in the article, the coalition will be buying advertising and the like. That will most likely involve smears, strawman arguments, and false choices such as the following from Dick Armey: "There's two voices right now, and the noisy one is what I call the slam-the-borders crowd... The voice we want to speak with - and the one that will be in unison with President Bush - is the voice that echoes those marvelous words on the Statue of Liberty." Obviously, there are more than two voices, and very few people want to completely stop immigration. And, I doubt whether Emma Lazarus had the current situation in mind. Keep a very close eye on what they're trying to sell you.
Wells Fargo Bank has made a $25,000 contribution to the "One LA-IAF (Industrial Areas Foundation)" to help them "continue to have mobile matriculas events". I don't have additional information on those events, but they would presumably be events where consuls from Mexico or other countries pass out their "Matricula Consular" identification cards, aka "IDs for illegals". At least one Mexican consul has admitted that they pass out those cards to both legal and illegal residents. The donation was given at a community meeting in Southeast L.A. on July 17. From "Community leaders demand better schools, immigration rights":
For more information, see "IDs for Illegals: The 'Matricula Consular' Advances Mexico's Immigration Agenda" and "FBI Official Says Matricula Consular Card Is Security Threat".
Yesterday the NYT offered "Border Patrol Considering Use of Volunteers, Official Says". The official was Robert C. Bonner, commissioner of United States Customs and Border Protection, who was considering creating "something akin to a Border Patrol auxiliary." Then, later yesterday word came that the idea had been smacked down. From "Civilian border patrol scuttled": "We are aware of Customs and Border Protection Commissioner (Robert) Bonner's comments yesterday; however, the Department of Homeland Security has not received any specific details of the idea that the Commissioner raised," the agency said in a statement. Whatever the exact political machinations, clearly the Bush administration is playing politics with our safety. There are several government programs involving volunteers, including at least two involving homeland security. In his 2002 State of the Union address, Bush proposed the Citizen Corps (official; also former home to the creepy TIPS program) saying: My call tonight is for every American to commit at least two years -- four thousand hours over the rest of your lifetime -- to the service of your neighbors and your nation... America needs retired doctors and nurses who can be mobilized in major emergencies, volunteers to help police and fire departments, transportation and utility workers well-trained in spotting danger... (In January 2003 came "Bush's volunteer plan takes a hit" about funding problems). And, there's the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary: It includes more than 30,000 members.... from all walks of life who receive special training so that they may be a functional part of Coast Guard Forces. Auxiliarists assist the Coast Guard in non-law enforcement programs such as public education, vessel safety checks, safety patrols, search and rescue, maritime security and environmental protection and Coast Guard Academy introduction programs for youth. Auxiliarists volunteer more than 2 million hours annually to benefit other boaters and their families. And, there's this: If you are a tow boat operator, a recreational boater, a fisherman, a marina operator, or otherwise live, work or engage in recreational activities around America's waterways, the United States Coast Guard wants your help in keeping these areas safe and secure. You can do this by participating in its America's Waterway Watch (AWW) program, a nationwide initiative similar to the well known and successful Neighborhood Watch program that asks community members to report suspicious activities to local law enforcement agencies. (That may be the same thing as Operation On Guard) I'll leave it to the reader to speculate why volunteers are encouraged to protect our coastlines and ports but volunteers are discouraged from protecting our land borders.
Last Saturday a pro-illegal immigration group reportedly "stormed" a VFW post in Campo, CA where the California Minutemen were obtaining food and water. The San Diego County Sheriffs eventually arrived but no arrests were made. Details, photos, and their request for volunteers here. Note that this is a separate group from the Minuteman Project, but that the report is from Jim Gilchrist who was visiting there with a congressman when the attacks occured. The group was apparently composed of Brown Berets, a self-described militant group. And, those on the left side of things might want to consider the similarities between the anti-MMP groups and scabs. UPDATE: Originally this post said that Armando Navarro was involved in this protest, based on the information at the American Patrol page. Now, there's a note at the AP page saying that they're not sure he was involved. I removed the bit referring to Navarro pending clarification. UPDATE 2: The SDUT offers "Border-watch fans, foes raise a ruckus". It describes a video made by the other side as well as local Sheriff Sgt. Radovich saying: I think Mr. Chase [leader of the California Minutemen] does not want the protesters to protest, but he does not understand that he is a protester also... You have two groups of protesters, and they are all exercising their First Amendment rights." Chase vehemently disagrees. The SDUT article mentions, but doesn't give a link to, a website of a local resident who claims he was "accosted, assaulted, threatened, and the victim of theft" by the other side. He says that he tried to file a police report but they refused. He also says that the incident was witnessed by "two members of the Channel 10 TV News team of San Diego who chose not to film the event". I hope the California Minutemen are rolling tape in order to help show who's telling the truth.
Anyone who harbored the illusion that police-“community” relations would be saner in majority Hispanic, rather than in black, neighborhoods must now put that illusion aside. Unfolding in Hispanic Los Angeles is one of the most outrageous libels against the police in recent memory, driven by the illegal El Salvadoran “community.” On July 10, Jose Raul Pena, an illegal Salvadoran previously deported for cocaine possession, engaged in an hours-long shooting attack on Los Angeles police officers, during which he used his abducted 19-month-old daughter as a shield against the return fire. Finally, after unloading endless fusillades at the police and wounding one officer, Pena was fatally shot by a SWAT officer. Not surprisingly, his toddler-shield was killed, too. And who is the villain in this tragic bloodbath, according to Pena’s family and the vicious protesters who have filled the streets daily since the shooting? Not the father who would sacrifice his daughter to gain a clear shot at the police, but the Los Angeles Police Department. And yet, amazingly, Los Angeles officers are still patrolling the Watts neighborhood where Pena tried to kill them and which is now slandering them. Here are the lies that the “community” is telling about Jose Raul Pena and the police: “The police killed my daughter. I want justice,” said Lorena Lopez, the unmarried mother of Pena’s 18-month-old daughter, Susie Lopez. “It’s cruel what happened to my brother,” said German Pena. “He was a good person.” Oh really? Here’s how the attempted cop massacre began. At 2 pm on July 10, Lorena Lopez called the police and filed a domestic threats report against Pena. Pena then abducted his 18-month-old daughter Susie from the mother’s home and took her to his car lot. Next, Pena’s 16-year-old stepdaughter called the police from the car lot, saying that Pena was physically threatening her. The police arrive, and Pena starts firing at them while holding his toddler in front of him. The police help the stepdaughter escape the line of fire. Pena continues to shoot, even as the SWAT team is trying to negotiate over the phone with Pena to peacefully surrender. Shooting continues for the next hour and a half, with the toddler always used by the coward as a make-shift bullet-proof vest. After hitting an officer, Pena goes down, his daughter with him. During the incident, Pena used a 9-millimeter Beretta pistol which had been stolen last year in a burglary in Oregon. His office at the car dealership contained a bag of cocaine and a half-drunk bottle of Tequila—consistent with the illegal Pena’s previous deportation for cocaine possession. Videotape captured images of Pena shooting at the police while holding his daughter, yet his relatives are questioning not only whether he used his daughter as a shield, but whether he was even armed at all, according to the Los Angeles Times. Nightly anti-cop protests at the shooting site have grown so violent that community activists have asked the public to stay away. On July 14, protesters surrounded an officer making a routine traffic stop and began threatening him. He escaped, but the police needed to call a tactical alert for the second night in a row, reports the Times. The New York Times has been covering the story, too—completely agnostically about where the fault lies. Naturally, they cannot be bothered to share with the public the fact that Pena was illegal—not just illegal, in fact, but, as a returned deportee, an alien felon. Los Angeles’s newly elected Hispanic mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, has been assiduously careful not to assign blame, even though there can not be a shadow of a doubt about who was the malefactor here. “We’re going to get to the bottom of this,” he said on July 14. “We’re going to examine every fact, [and] there will be transparency throughout. That’s important.” No, more important is to back up your officers who every day put their lives on the line to try to protect people who are happy to see them verbally and physically attacked. Pena’s abused girlfriend, Lorena Lopez, immediately hired a lawyer. Expect a million-dollar lawsuit against the LAPD and the Los Angeles taxpayers for a murder committed by a man who should not have even been in the country.
Jorge Castaneda - Vicente Fox' former foreign minister - spoke before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday and said the following: "There can be no future cooperation [on border security and anti-terrorism measures] beyond what already exists without some form of immigration package" In other words, give us a massive amnesty for all of our citizens in your country, or else. Bear in mind that Castaneda was not speaking for the Mexican government, although there can be little doubt that what he said reflects their opinion to a great degree. According to Ira Mehlman of FAIR, several of the members of the committee nodded in agreement to that and his other remarks. Please use this link to contact those Senators and suggest they sharply renounce Castaneda's statements. There are some additional details in "Mexican candidate says U.S. must liberalize immigration" which starts out: While Mexico has enhanced security since the Sept. 11 attacks, future cooperation hinges on U.S. willingness to liberalize its immigration policies, former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda warned Congress on Tuesday... In 2002 when he was still working for Fox, Castaneda said the following: "What's important is that American society sees a possible migratory agreement in a positive light," Castaneda said. "We are already giving instructions to our consulates that they begin propagating militant activities -- if you will -- in their communities." If you don't particularly like the idea of our "friends" to the South making threats, please contact the Senators and suggest that perhaps all that "cheap" labor just isn't worth it. UPDATE: FAIR has issued a strongly-worded press release: "When anyone, much less a former foreign minister of a supposedly friendly nation, comes before a committee of the United States Senate, and issues ultimatums and thinly veiled threats against the United States, one would expect outrage and condemnation from members of Congress. Instead, we got meek acquiescence or deafening silence from the members who were present," said Stein. "If the government of Mexico is not prepared to join us in this struggle, without conditions, then they cannot claim to be an ally and our government must view them as such. Allies do not engage in extortion." I'd be very surprised if the Bush administration or the Senators do anything about this, but maybe if they get enough phone calls they might.
In 2002, an estimated 9.5 percent of all births in the United States were to illegal immigrant mothers, according to a new report by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). The study's author, Steven A. Camarota, notes that births to illegal aliens will complicate efforts to enforce a “temporary” worker program: [A]s U.S. citizens these children have a right to stay permanently, their citizenship can prevent a parent’s deportation, and once adults they can sponsor their parents for green cards. The large number of children born to illegals also shows that a “temporary” worker program is unrealistic. It would result in hundreds of thousands of permanent additions to the U.S. population each year, exactly what such a program is supposed to avoid. Births to illegal aliens remind us that illegals are not simply workers, but rather they are human beings who, like all people, will have children.
One of the most important illegal immigration-related articles you'll ever read is Business Week's cover story "Embracing Illegals". It discusses how several major U.S. corporations are profiting from illegal immigration. And, no, it's not an expose. In fact, it reads more like BW promoting a hot new market. While some of the corporations they discuss are circumspect, others freely admit that they're profiting off illegal immigration. And, BW makes the point that those companies are able to do that because the federal government refuses to do its job. No doubt companies that profit off illegal activity donate heavily to both major political parties, partly explaining why the government is looking the other way. BW would not have printed an article like this a decade or two ago: they would have feared being accused of promoting illegal activity. What's ahead in another decade or two, BW providing a list of good places to illegally dump toxic waste? Throughout the article, BW and corporations show a great deal of contempt for the concerns of American citizens, referring to "anti-immigrant" sentiments and the like. With this article, BW has made one major error in judgment: most Americans are opposed to illegal immigration, and attempting to smear three-quarters of the public as "anti-immigrant" may prove to have been quite an unwise move. While it might be disheartening to realize the powerful forces that those who are opposed to illegal immigration are up against, let this serve as a wakeup call to take immediate action. The following are just a few of the things you can do. And, whatever you do, you can have a much greater effect if you discuss this issue with others and encourage them to do the same:
All of those are fairly easy. And, if you don't do them now you will probably regret it later.
Well, if our president's insane border policy wasn't already a national joke, Houston's official welcome for the Minutemen might well be the laugh of the year. I'll let Rhymes with Right do the talking: The Minutemen, a group of American citizens opposed to immigration crime, are planning on monitoring the activities of immigration criminals and those who hire them this October here in Houston because local law enforcemnt have been ordered to do nothing that might frighten the border jumpers. There have already been the expected whining and threats against the Minutemen emanating from the supporters of border jumping. Naturally, the local law enforcement establishment is gearing up -- to harrass the patriotic Americans and aid and abet the immigration criminals and their Here's what he's talking about: Law enforcement officials in Houston began meeting today to discuss strategies for keeping the peace when the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps sends observers to the city in October to patrol for illegal immigrants. Now, the Minutemen haven't broken any laws and they're not planning to. They're planning to monitor illegals and their employers, photo and video them--all perfectly legal. And those who will be photoed and videotaped will be lawbreakers. So what we have, then, is a private group planning to "counteract" the legal actions of the Minutemen--who are themselves counteracting lawbreakers. And Houston officials are on the lawbreakers' side. Nice. Welcome to America--where lawbreaking non-citizens have more rights than law-abiding citizens. Where we treat al Qaeda terrorists better than we treat our own soldiers. And where we have officials deciding by fiat that our national sovereignty doesn't exist. It is enough to make one despair. But guess what. It gets worse. Again, Rhymes with Right has the details: The local Catholic archbishop and immigrant rights activists want to roll up the welcome mat before the Minutemen arrive to patrol for illegal immigrants in Houston. ADVERTISEMENT The Catholic Church is conspiring with the local lawbreaker-allied officials, the local lawbreaker-allied agitation groups, and the lawbreakers themselves. Why is the Catholic Church helping others violate US law? What right has the local Catholic Church to do this? None whatsoever. Yet they'll do it, and because our government at the highest levels doesn't give a fig for the security of our national borders, the archbishop and the agitators and the Houston city officials will get away with all of it. Result: More lawbreakers swarming into the US from Mexico and other points unknown, in the middle of a war. This is no way to run a city, a church, a country or a war. Period.
Mexico has 46 consulates in the U.S., more than any other country. Their latest is in St. Paul, MN, and they're building one in Little Rock, AR. Unlike other countries' consuls, Mexico's are quite activist and do not hesitate to attempt to meddle in our internal laws and policies. For example, attending city council meetings trying to get cities to accept Matricula Consular cards, aka IDs for illegals (examples from Napa, CA; Ventura County, CA; Richfield, MN; St. Clair County, MI). For other examples, see a description of the activities of Teodoro Maus. The latest example of their attempts to influence our policies is in "Mexican official: Farmingville among places for top anti-Mexican acts". Suffolk County (Long Island) Executive Steve Levy has been cracking down on illegal housing, in one case a house which contained dozens of illegal aliens. The Mexican consulate, the "Latino community" and "Latino leaders", and various far-left groups are not just up in arms, they appear to be working together in opposition to Levy. Note that the titular official, Arturo Sarukhan, spoke at the "Hempstead headquarters of the Workplace Project, a nonprofit pro-immigrant group." And: Sarukhan called on Levy to meet with day laborers and advocates the county executive has called "extremists," including Nadia Marin-Molina of the Workplace Project, the Rev. Allan Ramirez of the Brookville Reformed Church and Patrick Young of the Long Island Immigrant Alliance. Questions for those politicians who won't do anything about illegal immigration:
Great posts relating the attacks on London to the West's collective failure to assimilate immigrants here, here and here. The put it all simply, our policies regarding nearly unfettered immigration from cultural regions demonstrably hostile to our way of life are suicidal. Our failure to enfore immigration laws led directly to 9-11 and probably had a great deal to do with the Madrid and London attacks. Our elected leaders across the West still don't get it, even after years of war. They won't get it until we lose a city to terrorist attack, and maybe not even then. Political correctness is prolonging a war that probably could have been won by now and is getting people killed. Yet political correctness is just about the only unassailable and unstoppable political "virtue" left.
Check out the media bias against the Minutemen in this El Paso Times piece: Plans by vigilantes to patrol the border for undocumented immigrants in October are expanding to El Paso, Fabens and Fort Hancock, organization officials said. "Plans by vigilantes..." The editors couldn't keep from injecting commentary past the third word in the story! Anyway... A group called Texas Minutemen is trying to organize 150 to 200 civilian volunteers into two or three patrol shifts in the Lower Valley this fall. Sitting around in loung chairs with binoculars. These dangerous vigilantes are obviously trying to pass for a backyard astronomy club. Texas Minutemen organizers said they hoped locals would volunteer and said they have already gotten positive response from large landowners in the Lower Valley. Note well: no quotes from Minutemen supporters, who are legion throughout the border areas. The one guy the reporter does find to quote is probably the one guy in the whole area who doesn't want the Minutemen around. The reporter probably found him by going through the local chapter of the ACLU. (thanks to MR) MORE: The Minutemen are also moving into Houston, which isn't a border city per se but is a major port and hub for illegal immigration activity: The Minutemen are coming to Houston. ADVERTISEMENT The local officials' attitude is, as usual, priceless: News of the potential patrols in Houston drew a muted response from Mayor Bill White, who said he did not want to engage in a "pointless public relations battle." "Letting the law do its job" would work if cities such as Houston didn't actively undermine the law through sanctuary policies that forbid the local police from inquiring about anyone immigration's status. That is a policy put in place by the city. Such policies are why the Minutemen are needed--many of our elected officials are scofflaws themselves. (thanks to gg)
From the WashTimes comes "Bush plan on illegals dims hopes for agenda": The Bush administration's stance on immigration, already the cause of a political split with some Republicans in Congress, is beginning to erode lawmakers' support for such presidential policy priorities as trade deals and extending the Patriot Act. Even in the unlikely event that that were true, just because there's a pressure to illegally immigrate doesn't mean we would need to accomodate it like we have by leaving the borders porous. In any case, an increase in illegal immigration is just one of the reasons to oppose CAFTA. See "FAIR's Statement Regarding Proposed CAFTA Treaty": ...The negative implications of the CAFTA provisions for illegal immigration to the United States are likely to be caused by the same effects that have generated increased illegal immigration from Mexico under the North American Free Trade Act. As the 2000 Census revealed, the number of illegal immigrants from Mexico has increased substantially since the adoption of NAFTA, with no end in sight. Illegal immigration from Central America is already too numerous without adopting trade policies that will likely displace and motivate more subsistence farmers from that region to find seek illegally in our country... And, see this from U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX): ...The quasi-judicial regime created under CAFTA will have the same power to coerce our cowardly legislature into changing American laws in the future... CAFTA will provide yet another avenue for globalists to impose the Kyoto Accord and similar agreements on the American people. CAFTA also imposes the International Labor Organization's manifesto, which could have been written by Karl Marx, on American business. I encourage every conservative and libertarian who supports CAFTA to read the ILO declaration and consider whether they still believe the treaty will make America more free. See also:
The 9/11 family members have expressed their overwhelming opposition to the so-called "International Freedom Center." They recognize this monstrosity for what it is: an effort to hijack the memories of our loved ones and exploit them for political purposes of the schemers behind the IFC. President and CEO Richard Tofel has admitted that the IFC will present controversial viewpoints. Yet the IFC, in its latest attempt at damage control asks, via its website, that the families trust the IFC promoters Given the records of those involved in promoting the scheme, there is absolutely no reason for us to place any trust in them. Family members recognize, along with the 9/11 Commissioners a very obvious fact: if the terrorists had not been able to enter the US, they could not have hijacked four aircraft and murdered our loved ones. Many 9/11 family members have turned their understanding of this simple concept by joining 9/11 Families for a Secure America to force the President and Congress to prevent further terrorism by securing our borders. Yet, the main promoters of the IFC are also major promoters of open borders. Tom Bernstein, Chairman of the IFC Board is founder of "Human Rights First" an outfit that consistently presses for virtually unhindered, unscreened access to the USA by people from other countries. George Soros, the convicted insider trader who has used a considerable portion of his extremely large fortune to oppose enforcement of US immigration law is among those funding Human Rights First. The head of the ACLU is also an adviser to the IFC and of course, ACLU is among the most important and dangerous members of the open borders combine, using its considerable resources in support of causes that will encourage illegal aliens to enter the US and facilitate their remaining here: granting them drivers' licenses to illegal aliens, granting instate tuition to illegals, welfare and free health care etc. The ACLU has even opposed rules to speed the deportation of illegals convicted of violent felonies. Thus, it’s clear that the people who created the open borders nightmare that allowed the 9/11 terrorists to enter the US are the very same ones who are behind the IFC. Soros, Bernstein, Tofel, et al., responsible in part for the attacks of 9/11 are unfit to exploit the memories of our loved ones for political purposes.
From the Arizona desert to the halls of Capitol Hill, there is a growing realization that something had better be done about the criminal alien invasion of these United States before it’s too late. Here’s the Hobson’s choice: summary deportation now — or counter-insurgency later.
“We will see battalion-sized military operations between English and Spanish speakers in the United States fighting within ten years. The level of hostility is huge,” Pope said. [“Citizen Action on the Border – Responsible Citizens Monitor the Border, ACLU Reportedly Smokes Pot and Provokes Violence,” By Dr. Martin Brass, Soldier of Fortune, August 2005; quoting “Lando Pope.”]
“[I]n 2005 the public violence and other barbaric behavior associated with the drug and human trafficking criminal enterprises operated by criminal street gangs has reached unprecedented levels, and has spread nationwide, far beyond its traditional “turf” in immigrant urban enclaves.” [Congressional testimony by Michael Hethmon, Staff Counsel for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, concerning the “Alien Gang Removal Act of 2005” (H.R. 2933) before the House Judiciary Committee.]
The AP assesses U.S.-Canadian border enforcement since 9/11. Update: Kate at Small Dead Animals has photographic evidence.
|