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Illegal Aliens are not immigrants!
About 60% of the illegal alien
population are "undocumented aliens," who are commonly known as
"unlawful border crossers," or more properly known as "illegal
aliens."
About 40% of the U.S. illegal alien
population are "documented aliens," who are commonly known as
"visa overstayers."
The visa overstayers hold
non-immigrant
visas such as the H-1B skilled foreign worker visa.
Therefore, it is not possible for the
holder of an expired non-immigrant visa
to become an "immigrant" as a result of staying beyond the visa
duration.
If you don't believe that visa
overstayers were issued "non-immigrant
visas"
see this USCIS page.
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This anarchist sign
opposes the existence of our nation's boarders and
states. Luckily, these anarchists seemed to be
more interested in dancing and drawing attention to
themselves rather than inciting violence during
this rally. |
Illegal Aliens Rally in our capital: Demand that
the Obama Administration pay them off for
supporting his campaign
March 21,
2010 By Steve Salvi
Washington,
D.C.---Tens of thousands of illegal aliens, the
vast majority from Mexico, and Latin America,
converged on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Sunday to demand that the U.S. government grant
them amnesty and legalization.
More specifically, many of the
participants held signs and chanted messages
directly to President Obama to fulfill his promise
of amnesty--for which many seem to believe was part
of a quid pro quo---election support for Obama by
the so-called Hispanic-Latino vote for Obama's
support for "comprehensive immigration reform," a
misnomer for a general amnesty for millions of
illegal aliens.
The Campaign to Reform Immigration for America
(RIA), a self-descried "part" project of the
infamous Tides Advocacy Fund, organized the march.
Dozens of pro-amnesty groups from around the
country participated.
Lending support to the illegal alien marchers
were Methodist and Catholic church groups,
anarchists, the Service Employees International
Union, and individual citizens. Many of the
participants were bussed into the nation's capitol
for the rally. Reportedly at least 6 busses alone
were charted just from Northeastern Ohio.
The legislation the illegal aliens want passed
is
H.R. 4321, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform
for America's Security and Prosperity Act, also
known as the CIR ASAP act.
Currently 94 members of congress has
co-sponsored the CIR ASAP. To see which members
have co-sponsored the bill, click
co-sponsors. |
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Demonstrating
disrespect for the U.S. flag by overprinting it
with the Mexican coat-of-arms. |
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Proud Mexicans
display the Mexican Flag in front of the U.S.
capitol. They seek amnesty today so that in the
future they will have the power to make it their
capitol. |
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One of the many
foreign flags that illegal aliens displayed on the
National Mall. |
Stop the raids and
deportations? The citizens of the United States
have the sole right to determine the nation's
laws--not lawless illegal foreign agents who
choose to illegally enter the U.S. and make
demands upon our sovereign government.
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National Council of La Raza
("The Race") activists make the claim that their
race is America and are responsible for building
the United States. Unfortunately they seem to
believe their own propaganda.
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The group National Alliance For
Filipino Concerns evidently expects the U.S. to
allow everyone to become legal residents of the
United States? Does that include Osama Bin
Laden? I guess American citizens are expected to
accept the loss of their rights to
self-determination and sovereignty.
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The Pro-Illegal Alien Forces are Disgusting!!
Barney
Frank Smears Pro-Enforcement Immigration Advocates (Video, WMV,
3 MB) |
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Why does the White House call them 'Trespassers' and
not 'Undocumented White House Guests?'
Trespassers or 'Undocumented' White House Guests? (Video, WMV,
3 MB) |
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A Joke with Lots of Truth
A Harley rider is passing
the zoo, when he sees a little girl leaning
into the lion's cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs
her by the cuff of her jacket and tries to pull
her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of
her screaming parents. The biker jumps off his
bike, runs to the cage and hits the lion square
on the nose with a powerful punch. Whimpering
from the pain, the lion jumps back letting go
of the girl, and the biker brings her to her
terrified parents, who thank him endlessly.
A reporter has watched the
whole event. The reporter says, "Sir, this was
the most brave and gallant thing I saw a man do
in my whole life." The biker replies, "Why, it
was nothing, really, the lion was behind bars.
I just saw this little kid in danger, and acted
as I felt right." The reporter says, "Well, I'm
a journalist from The New York Times, and
tomorrow's paper will have this story on the
front page ... So, what do you do for a living
and what political affiliation do you have?"
The biker replies, "I'm a
U.S. Marine and a Republican."
The following morning the
biker buys The New York Times to see if it
indeed brings news of his actions, and reads,
on the front page:
U.S. MARINE ASSAULTS
AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND STEALS HIS LUNCH!
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Sins of the Pulp
Peddlers
(Newspaper's immigration articles):
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Factual errors,
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Heavy use of euphemisms to avoid reality and law,
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Constant illegal alien sob stories but rarely a citizen sob
story,
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Racially-oriented content greatly outweighing the negative
impacts and rule of law views, and
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General refusal to disclose immigration status of criminals
charged with crimes.
Some have stated that
an issue is unlikely to progress if the newspapers were not
in favor. Fortunately those days are gone. The
vast majority of newspapers were in favor of the recent
AMNESTY proposals not only in editorials but in news content
as well. Newspapers spun the recent AMNESTY defeat as
"Senate drops the ball on immigration."
Now for the rest of the
story, from the internet. The defeat of the recent AMNESTY was a populist
revolt by citizens against a bumbling, dysfunctional,
corporate-owned government that has failed to accede to
citizen demands for immigration enforcement. The
populist revolt was brought about by many grass roots
organizations successfully utilizing the internet and talk
radio.
It should be clear that
newspapers, or Pulp Peddlers as this site likes to refer to
them, have not and will not adequately report the views of
the vast majority of citizens who demand immigration
enforcement. Yes, we can and should criticize
newspapers for their writing failures but a more expedient
and effective approach is to transition citizens in search
of immigration information away from newspapers and toward
the internet and talk radio.
Some alternative
sources of immigration are in the column to the right.
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Alternative Sources of
Immigration News







Talk Radio National List
The Terry Anderson Show - Weekly radio show focusing
on illegal immigration
Frosty Wooldridge Talk Radio Show (Tu & Th: 8-9 PM
EST)
Lou
Dobbs Tonight
(This list will be greatly
expanded soon.)
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Local Immigration Enforcement: 287(g) and Model
Ordinances
Due to federal
inaction local governments are being forced to respond
to citizen demands for immigration enforcement.
Despite open border advocates claims to the contrary,
local enforcement is a very viable approach to our
illegal immigration crisis. The proper
models are available below.
Another viable
approach for local governments is enactment of
"Delegation of Immigration Authority, Section 287(g)."
This federal program trains local law enforcement
agents on the intricacies of immigration law. The
mere fact that this program exists blows away the open
borders' argument that immigration enforcement is
exclusively a federal power. It is regulation,
not enforcement, of immigration laws that is
exclusively a federal power. For more details see
http://www.ice.gov/partners/287g/Section287_g.htm.
Citizens are urged to
organize, petition and demand their local government
enact 287(g) and/or the ordinances below. Let's Roll!
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Model Ordinances |
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IRLIModelOrd_LocalEnf0707.pdf
(7/24/07)
IRLIModelOrd_July2007.pdf
(7/24/07) |
These model ordinances establish penalties for the
employment of unlawful workers and the harboring of
illegal aliens, and provides for cooperative
enforcement of federal immigration laws by the city
police department.
These IRLI model
ordinances were drafted by
Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), the public
interest law affiliate of Federation for
Immigration Reform (FAIR).
The FAIR web site is
www.fairus.org.
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Pro-English Model OEO.pdf |
This model
ordinance establishes English as the official
language of the city. This ProEnglish
model ordinance was drafted by
ProEnglish. The ProEnglish web site is
www.proenglish.org.
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Caveat
It is extremely
important that the ordinances consist of the proper
legally defensible language.
The model
ordinances are intended to be generic models,
potentially adaptable by local governments anywhere
in the United States. As such they still require
important modifications to conform to the
requirements of local and state laws, which can
vary greatly from one jurisdiction to another. For
a local government that is considering adopting one
or both of these models, it is
essential
that a local government representative, ideally a
local attorney representing that government,
contact IRLI at
info@irli.org
and Pro-English at
mail@proenglish.org as far in advance as
possible, to discuss critical technical issues in
confidence. Improper implementation of a
local immigration relief ordinance could expose a
local government to legal liability, including
civil rights claims. |
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Who does your Senator
represent, citizens or illegal aliens?
Stop 'Guest Worker' AMNESTY for
illegal aliens,
enforcement NOW!
Our anti-citizen Senate is
attempting to pass an
amnesty
for up to 13 million illegal aliens despite
overwhelming citizen opposition. This may be the
most important strategic non-war US political issue
in the last 2-3 decades and for the next 2-3
decades. It's that critical. Citizen action is
urgently needed.
Because of existing chain
migration laws, amnestied illegal aliens have the
right to petition to bring in their mother, father,
brothers, sisters, and children. It is
estimated
that the amnesty could mean up to 200 million new
residents over the next 20 years. Yet how much have
you heard from the media about that ramification?
President Bush's and the Senate's
recent enforcement proposals, which are long on
promises and short on sincerity, are virtually
meaningless because amnesty and immigration
enforcement have opposing effects. Amnesty clearly
signals to the rest of the world wanting to come to
America that US immigration laws will not be
enforced. We would not be able to stop a heightened
migration invasion as historically shown by the
illegal invasion after the 1986 amnesty. Show us the
enforcement now!
The polarization of the
immigration debate is in large part due to the
euphemisms, slogans, and untruths perpetuated by the
medi-DAH (media), particularly from the Pulp Peddlers
(newspapers). The media view of immigration and the
internet view of immigration are two different
worlds. Consider accessing the vast reservoir of
internet information to further educate yourself on
illegal immigration. You can start at
News,
Blogs,
StateOrganizations,
NationalSites,
Voting Records
, and
Lou Dobbs,
the notable exception to the media deception.
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If not already on a national
immigration reform action list join for free at:
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Call in to talk radio shows.
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Visit your Senator and
Representatives office.
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Learn more about the crisis from
the internet.
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Inform 10
others.
Citizens must draw the line and
not accept amnesty in any way, shape or form as it is
widely recognized by anti-illegal immigration groups
that the subsequent migration invasion from an
amnesty far outweighs any more promises of
enforcement.
Talking points when
you call your Senator and Representative:
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Enforcement and attrition
are the solutions, not AMNESTY.
Pro-amnesty supporters claim the only solution to the
crisis is legalization because mass deportation is
not feasible. Actually enforcement of existing
laws is the only solution as rewarding illegal aliens
will trigger even more mass illegal migration. The
priority of elected officials must be citizens, not
corporations, not illegal aliens and not
organizations. The problem must be fixed first
and the problem of millions of illegal aliens can be
dealt with by Attrition.
Once laws are enforced most illegal aliens will
return to their homeland.
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Illegal migration is not a
human right.
Pro-amnesty supporters portray the plight of illegal
aliens as a human rights issue.
However, violating the borders of a sovereign nation
is not a right in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights which states: "Everyone
has the right to leave any country, including his
own, and to return to his country." Yet
human rights advocates vociferously
and erroneously claim such a right without justification
as such a right is not provided in the widely
accepted human rights declaration. See
Rights.
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Enforcement
and AMNESTY are incompatible. AMNESTY
is rewarding law breakers and enforcement is punitive
and are mutually exclusive. It is hypocritical
to claim one is for AMNESTY but against illegal
immigration. Amnesty signals to the rest of the world
that they too can move to the US, thus amnesty is an
incentive to illegal immigration which is an opposing
force to enforcement.
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It's an AMNESTY. The
open border elites claim the guest worker bills are not
amnesty because they do not require payment of a token fine
before eligibility for permanent residency (green
card) or because they do not offer a path to
citizenship. That is a flat-out lie. The laws governing
illegal immigration bar legal reentry into the United
States for several years before eligibility is
restored. A token fine is a thinly disguised waiver
of the penalty. Amnesty is defined as waiving of a
penalty. Illegal aliens are subject to deportation.
The various guest worker bills waives the
deportation penalty. Duh, it's an AMNESTY.
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Guest worker programs have been
world-wide failures. Many of the immigrant problems
in England such as the London bombings and French
Muslim riots are a lingering result of
non-assimilation from post-WWII guest worker
programs. The US Bracero program was a failure. Even
many pro-illegal immigration ethnic advocates admit
guest worker programs are failures. This aspect has
received little debate, yet the Senate is poised to
embark on a direction that promises huge future
problems of non-assimilation and radicalization of
third-class workers.
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Guest workers are permanent. Pro-illegal invasion supporters tout the program as
temporary, but that is another flat-out lie. Our
immigration programs are riff with facts proving that
foreign nationals, once here, do not return to their
homeland.
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Guest worker programs are a
threat to homeland security. Senators should know this, but apparently are
prepared to ignore this key problem with any guest
worker program. The one key question Senators are unwilling and unprepared to answer
is who will do the background checks on the illegal
aliens participants and new guest workers? The fact
is the Department of Homeland Security is utterly
incapable of carrying out this vital function.
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Guest workers mean more
unemployed and underemployed Americans. The continued
mass influx of foreign worker who work for less means
the continued displacement of legal American workers
and a further degradation of benefits for American
workers. The current guest worker proposals
include massive increases in H-1B visas indicating
that the true intent of elites is to flood all
industries with cheap foreign labor. American workers
in all industries will be under further wage
depression and loss of benefits.
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Guest worker amnesty means more
illegal migration. History has clearly shown that
amnesties cause more illegal migration. After the
huge 1986 amnesty which was supposedly 'the last
amnesty' the rate of illegal immigration exploded to
the current level of upwards of 20 million illegal
aliens in the US today. See "Chief
Administrator of the 1986 Amnesty Speaks Out Against
Repeating a Failed Policy."
Citizen action is
urgently needed!!
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National Sites
Most complete
links anywhere to immigration enforcement national sites. The
number of sites has exploded in numbers in recent years showing the
concern (anger) over America's illegal invasion crisis. |

State Organizations
Most complete links anywhere to immigration enforcement state
organizations. The number of organizations has exploded in
numbers in recent years showing the concern (anger) over America's
illegal invasion crisis. |
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News
Get your UP-TO-DATE immigration news from a WIDE VARIETY
OF SOURCES and it's FREE! |

Blogs Get your UP-TO-DATE immigration blogs news and commentary from a WIDE VARIETY
OF SOURCES and it's FREE! |
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ILLEGAL ALIEN POPULATION BY STATE
The latest state estimates for illegal
immigrants for 1990 and 2004, in thousands. The Pew Hispanic Center
estimates that the national number has since grown to as high as 12
million.
Note: Many sources such as the
Bear
Sterns Report estimate the illegal alien population to be upwards
of 20 million, if not more. Nonetheless, the estimates seem reasonable
for discussion purposes.
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State |
1990 |
2004 |
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State |
1990 |
2004 |
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Alabama |
5,000 |
40,000 |
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Montana |
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1,000 |
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Alaska |
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5,000 |
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Nebraska |
5,000 |
40,000 |
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Arizona |
90,000 |
450,000 |
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Nevada |
25,000 |
170,000 |
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Arkansas |
5,000 |
40,000 |
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New Hamp. |
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20,000 |
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California |
1,480,000 |
2,450,000 |
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New Jersey |
95,000 |
355,000 |
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Colorado |
30,000 |
230,00 |
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New Mexico |
20,000 |
50,000 |
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Connecticut |
20,000 |
80,000 |
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New York |
360,000 |
635,000 |
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Delaware |
5,000 |
15,000 |
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North Carolina |
25,000 |
395,000 |
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D.C. |
15,000 |
20,000 |
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North Dakota |
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1,000 |
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Florida |
240,000 |
885,000 |
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Ohio |
10,000 |
110,000 |
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Georgia |
35,000 |
350,000 |
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Oklahoma |
15,000 |
60,000 |
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Hawaii |
5,000 |
30,000 |
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Oregon |
25,000 |
175,000 |
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Idaho |
10,000 |
40,000 |
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Pennsylvania |
25,000 |
125,000 |
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Illinois |
195,000 |
405,000 |
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Rhode Island |
10,000 |
35,000 |
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Indiana |
10,000 |
65,000 |
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South Carolina |
5,000 |
55,000 |
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Iowa |
5,000 |
65,000 |
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South Dakota |
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2,000 |
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Kansas |
15,000 |
50,000 |
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Tennessee |
10,000 |
95,000 |
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Kentucky |
5,000 |
35,000 |
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Texas |
440,000 |
1,380,000 |
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Louisiana |
15,000 |
25,000 |
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Utah |
15,000 |
90,000 |
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Maine |
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1,000 |
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Vermont |
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5,000 |
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Maryland |
35,000 |
245,000 |
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Virginia |
50,000 |
235,000 |
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Mass. |
55,000 |
200,000 |
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Wash. |
40,000 |
210,000 |
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Michigan |
25,000 |
105,000 |
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West Virginia |
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5,000 |
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Minnesota |
15,000 |
85,000 |
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Wisconsin |
10,000 |
85,000 |
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Miss. |
5,000 |
25,000 |
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Wyoming |
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2,000 |
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Missouri |
10,000 |
45,000 |
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Nation |
3,500,000 |
10,330,000 |
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Source:
Pew Hispanic Center
(PDF) |
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ILLEGALALIENS.US
QUIPS |
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The
world is changing too quickly to depend on newspapers for their
biased, slow information.
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When
those who support the rule of law are called racist, those who
oppose the rule of law should be deemed anti-American.
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Can we stop the
invasion?
Yes, we can ('Si,
se puede')!
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A
government not loyal to her citizens will become a mere
marketplace.
Pro-AMNESTY is pro-invasion. Pro-invasion is anti-citizen.
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Our
democracy need not be a bumbling, dysfunctional corporate-owned
government.
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Illegal
immigration on the scale US is experiencing is invasion, not
immigration.
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Newspapers - your source for illegal alien sob stories, but not
citizen sob stories.
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- Build the fence!
It's the law!
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Make
noise - make lots of noise!
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Criminalizing the Presence of Illegal
Aliens
You are free to go Mr. Bank Robber because the
police only saw you in the bank vault at 2 AM, they did not see you
break in. It's goofy, of course, but that is the analogy as it
relates to immigration law.
Immigration law treats the presence of an
illegal alien differently than other criminal actions such as illegal
border crossing.
Immigration law, like tax code, is a body of
code separate from criminal law and is civil and not criminal in nature.
Enforcement and adjudication of immigration law is handled through
processes separate from criminal law. Reflecting the civil nature of
immigration law the presence of an illegal alien in the US is a
"violation", not a "crime" such as a misdemeanor or felony in criminal
law. However, many acts associated with illegal immigration such as
illegal entry are indeed criminal acts punishable by fines and
imprisonment. Proposed legislation such as HR 4437 corrects the
presence legal ambiguity.
Visit
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A MUST READ
FOR EVERY CITIZEN!
Bear
Stearns Says Government Vastly Underestimates
Size And Cost Of Illegal Immigration
The Wall Street investment firm Bear Stearns has
published a new report, “The Underground Labor Force is Rising to
the Surface” which claims that the illegal alien population is
double the official government estimates.
According to Bear Stearns analysts, Robert
Justich and Betty Ng:
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The illegal alien population of
the U.S. is about 20 million - roughly the population of New York
State.
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The report asserts that there are
between 12 and 15 million jobs in the U.S. currently held by
illegal aliens, or about 8 percent of the work force.
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Moreover, between 4 and 6 million
jobs have shifted to the underground economy since 1990. These
are not “jobs Americans won’t do, but rather jobs Americans used
to do.“
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"On the revenue side, the United
States may be foregoing $35 billion a year in income tax
collections because of the number of jobs that are now off the
books."
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"We estimate that approximately 5
million illegal workers are collecting wages on a cash basis and
are avoiding income taxes."
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"The United States is simply
hooked on cheap, illegal workers and deferring the costs of
providing public services to these quasi-Americans” conclude
Justich and Ng.
Read the full Bear Stearns report from this 214K PDF file. |
Massive USCIS Corruption and
Mismanagement
In a devastating report released March 14th,
the GAO charges the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) – this is the agency under the Department of Homeland Security
that would be in charge of proposed Guest Worker Amnesty – with a
failed organizational infrastructure and massive mismanagement and
corruption.
On the eve of debate in the Senate Judiciary
Committee of the House passed the Border Protection, Antiterrorism,
and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 - HR 4437, the GAO report
exposes massive immigration chaos and USCIS corruption. Among the
GAO's most alarming findings were that 33 percent of religious worker
visas were issued fraudulently. The GAO documents evidence that
radical Islamist, with ties to terrorist organizations, have used the
religious worker visa category to gain admission to the United States
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GAO Report: The
Death Blow to Guest Worker Amnesty
Full GAO report |
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U.S.
Constitution: Article IV, Section 4 |
| The United States shall
guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of
Government, and shall protect each of
them against Invasion; and on Application of the
Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be
convened) against domestic Violence. |
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"Our cities will not be flooded with a million
immigrants annually."
Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy,
during debate of the Immigration Act of 1965
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"This amnesty will give citizenship to only 1.1 to 1.3 million
illegal aliens. We will secure the borders henceforth. We will never
again bring forward another amnesty bill like this.”
Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy, D-Mass,
regarding an amnesty bill passed in 1986 |
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Burglars are not uninvited
house guests.
Car-jackers are not under-rated drivers.
Bank robbers are not making unauthorized withdrawals.
Illegal aliens are not undocumented immigrants.
The correct terminology
for the nearly 20 million persons illegally in the U.S. is illegal
aliens. The term undocumented immigrants
is purposely incorrect in order to sway
the public in favor of special interest groups and only clouds the
reality of the situation. Most undocumented border crossers never had a document to lose. The incorrect and understated
implication is that legal status can be achieved merely by completing
some paperwork. By law the illegal alien must leave the country
in order to apply through the proper immigration procedure.
The
politically correct term undocumented immigrant started with
former INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) Commissioner
Leonel J. Castillo during the Carter Administration (1977-81).
The word undocumented wormed its way from the widely
discredited and now defunct INS to politically-correct media, cheap
labor corporations, ethnic vote pandering politicians, and
pro-illegal alien 'rights' organizations, many of which are race
biased. Even the highest officials including
President Bush and former House Minority
Leader Richard Gephardt pander to the extent they even call illegal
aliens
citizens.
An alien is a person who
comes from a foreign country. The term illegal alien is broader
and more accurate because it includes
undocumented aliens and nonimmigrant visa overstayers.
An undocumented alien is an individual who has entered the U.S.
illegally, without entry documentation. Any alien who
violates the terms of his or her admission may be deemed to be out
of status. Becoming out of status occurs when a
nonimmigrant remains in the United States beyond the expiration
date of their visa or when a nonimmigrant engages in employment
in the United States for which she is not authorized.
Roughly
60% of the illegal alien population are
undocumented aliens and about 40% are nonimmigrant visa
overstayers.
Thus, the term illegal alien, being broader in scope, is the
accurate term to use.
In that immigrant connotes
legality, the term illegal immigrant is really an
oxymoron. Even
though common usage of immigrant
has been broadly applied to those illegally in the U. S., such usage
is incorrect for the following reasons:
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Dictionaries define
immigrant
as "a person who comes to a country to take up PERMANENT
residence." Thus, the term immigrant does not always apply
to transient illegal aliens who frequently cross the porous U.S.
border. Further, without amnesty or other change of status,
illegal aliens are subject to deportation and have no legal
assurance of permanent residency.
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Many visas are classified as
nonimmigrant visas
including the J-1 visa for exchange students. Many foreign
students overstay their nonimmigrant visa and then are
inaccurately called an illegal immigrant. How does
expiration of a nonimmigrant visa make that person an
illegal immigrant? A person who overstays a
nonimmigrant visa should be properly described as an illegal
alien.
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The
U.S. Census Bureau categorizes foreign-born as follows:
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"naturalized U.S. citizens,
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legal permanent residents
(immigrants),
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temporary migrants (such
as students),
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humanitarian migrants
(such as refugees),
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and persons illegally
present in the United States."
Although the Census Bureau
does not have the courage to use the category illegal aliens
the important point is that "persons illegally present in the
United States" are NOT categorized as immigrants. Immigrants,
by definition, are legal and illegal aliens, by
definition, are illegal.
A
poll taken in early 2004 by Andres McKenna Polling and Research
found that 73 percent saw noncitizens as "illegal aliens," while 25
percent saw them as "undocumented workers." Yet how often
do you read newspapers or hear politicians use the term "illegal
aliens"? See Disconnect.
Please help promote honest
immigration debate by educating politicians,
reporters and others who use
euphemisms
such as undocumented worker, undocumented person,
undocumented alien, undocumented citizen, or
undocumented immigrant. Challenge politicians or send
a Letter to the Editor whenever undocumented is used.
Example Letter to the Editor for you to
copy and paste:
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The Documents Weren't Lost
In your recent article
the misleading term "undocumented worker" was used.
The accurate term is "illegal alien." Using
"undocumented" means foreigners have the unconditional right
to violate America's borders and immigration laws. Actually the description
should be "subsidized illegal aliens" because it is the
American taxpayer who has to pay for their education, health
care, and infrastructure while the illegal employer unfairly
has lower costs than his law-abiding competitors.
There are upwards of 20
million illegal aliens in the U.S. today. What America
needs is far less political correctness and far more honest
reporting as to how illegal immigration has contributed
significantly to school overcrowding, traffic congestion,
our health care crisis, environmental degradation, social
tension, and other negative impacts upon our country.
Please support America's rule of law by using "illegal
alien" in the future. |
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