> And How Local Communities are Fighting Back
> by Tom DeWeese
>
> http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/09/24/01810.html
>
> In June, 2007 a solid eighty percent of the American people let the
> U.S.
> Congress know they wanted the government to put the brakes on illegal
> immigration; they turned thumbs down on the President's guest worker
> amnesty plan; and they wanted tax-paid services to illegal immigrants
> stopped.
>
> Most Americans understand that new laws are not needed to stop
> illegal
> immigration. What is necessary is repeal of some laws granting
> taxpayer-financed services to illegals along with enforcement of
> existing laws. These two acts would be enough to stop the migration.
> In
> simple fact, they are called "illegal" because they are breaking the
> law
>
> In truth, the battle over the Senate's guesworker-amnesty plan is
> really
> a battle over attempts to open the border as called for in programs
> such
> as North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Security and
> Prosperity Partnership (SPP). Both plans call for open borders and
> economic integration of North America. Open borders are required to
> fully implement the plans.
>
> The U.S. Bush Administration and those promoting illegal immigration
> were frankly stunned at the force and determination of U.S. citizens
> to
> reject the U.S. Senate's immigration plan. Proponents played a very
> heavy hand in attempting to force the scheme on a resisting
> citizenry.
> Such powerful forces are not used to losing. Today they continue to
> seek
> new ways to work around the opposition and pass the legislation, as a
> whole or incrementally.
> However, the anti-illegal fervour refuses to abate and in fact,
> dramatic
> new developments are taking place in local communities across the
> nation
> that may well stop the unpopular Federal schemes.
>
> Meanwhile, in an attempt to weaken the resolve of opponents, they are
> called fringe fanatics. A common tactic employed by immigration
> proponents is to accuse opponents of racism. They charge that
> opponents
> want to deny a new breed of immigrant the chance to become Americans
> as
> many of our immigrant forefathers did. They paint a Norman Rockwell-
> type
> picture of honest, hard working immigrants, planting gardens, working
> in
> fields, doing the work "no Americans want to do."
>
> So, in town after town across the nation the battle rages. And that
> is
> really the point. Illegal immigration is not just a border issue. It
> is
> a national issue affecting every large city and almost every small
> town.
> It must be understood that illegal immigration is not just a matter
> of
> some unhappy peasants hoping to seek a better life. It is a $300
> Billion
> a year industry, combining the interests of multinational
> corporations
> with those of drug cartels and Latino street gangs.
>
> Caught in between are American communities and the American way of
> life.
> Some cities, especially those along the points of entry at the border
> have become dangerous no-mans lands, where no property is safe, no
> American citizen is able to leave their home unarmed and some
> politicians turn a blind eye as they profit under the table. As a
> result
> American civilization is beginning to break down. That is why so many
> Americans refuse to back down on the issue, continuing to demand a
> crack
> down, no matter what name calling they must endure.
>
> The Economic Cost of Illegals Federal law (the Emergency Medical
> Treatment and Active Labor Act) mandates that all hospitals with
> emergency-room services must treat anyone who shows up - including
> illegal aliens. In most cities across the nation, illegals now use
> the
> emergency rooms as free primary care. And the hospitals have to keep
> taking them.
>
> Health Care
> The annual cost for uncompensated emergency care to Mexican Border
> States (California, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas) is $200 million.
> California taxpayers paid $79 million for illegal alien health care.
> Four major Los Angeles hospitals were bankrupted and shut down in
> 2004.
> Texas paid $74 million. Georgia ran a $63 million deficit for 64,000
> unpaid doctor visits in 2002. Cochise County, Arizona spent 30%% of
> its
> annual budget on uncompensated care to illegal aliens. University
> Medical Care in Tucson, Arizona spent $10 million on uncompensated
> care
> to illegal aliens. 77 hospitals in the four Border States now face
> financial emergencies.
>
> Legal U.S. citizens are forced to fly emergency patients to other
> cities
> for treatment. Taxes are going up to compensate. Meanwhile, as a
> result
> of the U.S. Federal Emergency Medical Act, Mexican ambulance drivers
> are
> transporting hospital patients unable to pay for medical care in
> Mexico
> to facilities in the United States. The ambulances are driving
> through
> unguarded potions of the border with "little resistance" at the
> instruction of Mexican officials.
>
> Education
> U.S. Federal laws and a U.S. Supreme Court decision mandate that
> schools
> cannot deny free education to illegal aliens. Over 300,000 pregnant
> women enter the nation illegally every year. Taxpayers pay for food,
> housing medical care and school. The average annual cost per child
> for
> education is $7,161, totalling $109 billion to educate illegal aliens
> annually. The average cost of bilingual education is $1,200 per
> illegal
> student. U.S. schools annually educate 1.1 million illegal children.
> Schools have become over crowded and unruly. Teacher shortages
> (especially those who speak Spanish) are a growing problem for local
> school districts.
>
> One teacher has reported what it is like in the classrooms in schools
> where federal tax dollars pay for free medical, free baby sitters for
> student mothers as young as thirteen, and free breakfasts (where "the
> waste of food is monumental, with trays and trays of being dumped in
> the
> trash uneaten"), new computers are "carved with graffiti by
> students."
> "I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute
> teachers
> whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the
> country less than three months who raise so much hell with the female
> teachers, calling them "Putas" (whores) and throwing things that the
> teachers were in tears" she reports. Such is the atmosphere in
> today's
> schools which are overrun by illegal aliens who speak no English and
> there is no ability to control or discipline.
>
> Moreover, state run colleges and universities are being forced to
> allow
> illegal aliens to receive in-state tuition discounts that are
> supposed
> to be reserved for residents of that state. In California, a law,
> (Assembly Bill 540) allows undocumented high school graduates who
> have
> been in residence for three years to enroll in community colleges and
> the California State University and University of California systems
> without paying non-resident tuition. The same is true in many other
> states across the country.
>
> The Jobs Americans Don't Want
> In 2003, illegal aliens displaced American workers at a cost in
> excess
> of $133 Billion, while American college and high school students
> can't
> find summer jobs in yard care, landscape, fast food or service jobs -
> because illegal aliens work those jobs at a third of the wage - often
> under the table.
>
> Crime
> Crimes committed by alien criminals, such as rape, murder or drug
> distribution costs U.S. taxpayers $1.6 billion in prison costs alone.
> The figure doesn't include the cost of lost property, medical bills
> of
> the victims, time lost from work to recover, higher insurance costs,
> etc. Today, illegal aliens make up twenty nine percent of the U.S.
> prison population - or 500,000 illegals.
>
> Latino gangs like Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS13) constitute most of the
> crime from the ranks of the illegals. They originated in El Salvador
> and
> today their U.S. leadership still comes from there. They steal cars
> and
> use them to run drugs over the border. They terrorize local citizens
> with violence. They are the chief source of drug sales for the
> cartels.
> And they are racists.
>
> MS13 is the largest and most violent of all gangs in the U.S. today.
> They have overtaken the Crips and the Bloods both in size and
> violence.
> MS13, which began its operations in Los Angeles has now moved east
> and
> is prominent on the East Coast. In Los Angeles, Mexican gangs
> declared
> "ethnic cleansing zones" in specific parts of the city. They kill
> whites
> and blacks. In New Jersey, recently, MS13 gang members killed three
> college students in execution style.
>
> No man's land at the Border
> No legal citizen of the United States of America, living under the
> Constitution and the Bill of Rights should have to live as those who
> reside near the U.S. -Mexican border. Here there are no property
> rights,
> no ability to be safe in their homes, and no peace. One dare not go
> to
> the movies, the grocery or visit a relative without carrying a weapon
> for protection. Through out the community the streets are teaming
> with
> drug dealers, loiterers and gangs bent on violence. The illegals
> flood
> across their property having just crossed the border. As they pass
> over
> the ranches and private property they leave a trail of trash, human
> waste and dead farm animals and pets. Found in the trash that is
> dropped
> all along the trail are pieces of paper containing contact phone
> numbers. Also found are Korans dropped by obvious Muslims who have
> made
> their way across the border.
>
> Sometimes the illegals walk right in to the living rooms and steal
> what
> they want. Many homes on the border are now little more than prisons
> for
> the residents, surrounded by barbed wire, searchlights, with loaded
> guns
> at the ready.
> The Tucson, Arizona area is one of the prime crossing points for
> illegals. The organization for transporting illegals is almost a
> precision military operation. On the Mexican side of the border is a
> landing strip where planes fly in on a regular basis with their
> cargo.
> Some of it human; some drugs. It's all the same to those providing
> the
> transportation.
>
> The aeroplanes land and the cargo is loaded onto busses with the
> windows
> whited out. Young girls prepare for the trip by taking birth control,
> for they know what awaits them on the trip across the border from
> their
> "travel assistants" - rape. It's just part of the price for crossing
> the
> border into the promised land of America.
> The busses drive to a specific location on the border. Here the cargo
> is
> unloaded and the process of walking across the border begins. Each of
> the human cargo is given information on what to do once they reach
> the
> other side, including a phone number of someone to call. The number
> is
> not necessarily a local number. It may be a location in Virginia, or
> Maine or Utah. Anywhere in the U.S. The person on the other end gives
> instructions on how to gain transportation to their location where
> they
> will be brought into the illegal community in that city.
>
> And so the journey across the border begins. Somewhere in the middle,
> between Mexico and the U.S. is a tree. From the branches of that tree
> hang women's panties. It's called the panty tree. Why? Trophies from
> the
> raped women of previous journeys. It's just the cost of doing
> business
> with the "Coyotes," the murderous thugs who run the illegal immigrant
> trade. They don't care who lives or dies. These are the ones who will
> leave illegals locked in trucks without food or water or ventilation.
> They charge enormous fees - up front. To them the cargo is all the
> same.
> They carry the drugs with the humans. They make deals with terrorists
> for the same trip. They rape, maim and kill. And go back for another
> load. Business is booming.
>
> Once the cargo is inside the U.S., more busses are there to pick them
> up
> and transport them to drop off points. Here the phone calls are made
> for
> arrangements of more transportation across the nation. And in that
> highly organized manner, illegal aliens make their way into American
> cities.
>
> Some are "Sanctuary Cities" where politicians have decided it's good
> for
> the community to encourage illegals to live. In such communities no
> one
> can ask for the country of origin, even if a crime as horrible as
> murder
> is committed. The sanctuaries permit 20 million illegals, drug
> smugglers, child sex rings, ID forgery networks, and an assortment of
> run of the mill criminals to live lawlessly inside the United States.
> They are provided with income, identification, driver's licenses,
> credit, housing, education, and medical care at taxpayer expense.
>
> As stated, it's a $300 billion a year industry. That buys a lot of
> politicians. Along the Border States no one talks about it. And, no
> surprise, a lot of politicians do nothing to stop it. Our fear and
> their
> greed are destroying the American dream.
>
> ..Meanwhile in Your Local Community How a community treats the
> illegals is key as to how many come there. The main magnet is the
> establishment of a day labour center. The nation-wide illegal network
> knows where to send them. If a community opens its arms, of course
> they
> flock there. If a community stands up to them, they leave.
>
> But that is easier said than done. First, federal laws or lack of
> enforcement hampers efforts against the illegals, no matter the
> sentiment of the community. Federal courts strike down local laws,
> such
> as just happened in Hazleton, Pennsylvania when a federal judge
> decreed
> that laws the community had passed to crack down on illegals were
> unconstitutional. Federal agencies say it is illegal for local police
> to
> ask if anyone is an illegal. The federal government argues that
> immigration is a federal issue and for local communities to take
> action
> interferes with U.S. foreign policy.
>
> On the local level too, there is great pressure on elected officials
> to
> do nothing. Strong lobbying arms protect the illegals. The ACLU, of
> course, threatens lawsuits. But many Americans would be surprised to
> learn of the Hispanic forces behind much of the pressure applied to
> their local officials.
>
> Many immigrant groups are joined together through the La Raza
> movement.
> These are the groups which organized the massive demonstrations in
> cities across the nation last year. It is past time for all Americans
> to
> know what is at the root of those demonstrations and the extent to
> which
> our nation is at risk to the La Raza movement. One of the most
> prominent
> Hispanic organizations pushing for "immigrant rights" is the National
> Council of La Raza - the Council of "the Race." The mainstream media
> and
> most members of Congress depict La Raza as little more than a
> Hispanic
> Rotary Club. In 2005, La Raza received $15.2 million in federal
> grants,
> of which $7.9 million was in U.S. Department of Education grants for
> Charter Schools, and undisclosed amounts to get-out-the-vote efforts
> supporting La Raza political positions including lobbying for open
> borders and amnesty for illegals.
>
> Had the Senate's immigration bill passed, several million more
> dollars
> were budgeted for La Raza. Behind the respectable front of the
> National
> Council of La Raza lies the real agenda of the La Raza movement. This
> radical agenda, pushed by secondary groups contains the reasons
> behind
> the demonstrations and the strong lobbying efforts in our
> communities.
> Key among those secondary groups is the radical racist group
> Movimiento
> Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or Chicano Student Movement of Astlan
> (MEChA). MEChA seeks to carve a racist nation out of the American
> West.
> MEChA opposes assimilation into American society. MEChA is a leader
> in
> the effort to "Reconquista" or reconquest our western states.
>
> MEChA's founding principles state: "In the spirit of a new people
> that
> is conscious not only of its proud historical heritage but also of
> the
> brutal gringo invasion of our territories, we, the Chicano
> inhabitants
> and civilizers of the northern land of Aztlan from whence came our
> forefathers, reclaiming the land of their birth and consecrating the
> determination of our people of the sun, declare that the call of our
> blood is our power, our responsibility, and our inevitable destiny...
> Aztlan belongs to those who plant the seeds, water the fields, and
> gather the crops and no to the foreign Europeans... For La Raza to
> do.
> Fuera de la Raza nada." That closing two-sentence motto is chilling
> to
> everyone who values equal rights for all. It says: "For The Race
> everything. Outside The Race, nothing."
>
> These words don't come from a fringe radical element. These come
> straight from the official MEChA sites at Georgetown University, the
> University of Texas, UCLA, University of Michigan, University of
> Oregon,
> and many other colleges and universities around the country.
> Another leading Hispanic group involved in community organization,
> promoting the pro illegal position is Mexicanos Sin Fronteras. The
> translation of the name means "Mexicans Without Borders." This group
> is
> active throughout the country and many times works with the
> "Zapatista
> Army of National Liberation." These groups seek to radicalize the
> Latino
> community.
>
> The official website of the Mexicanos Sin Fronteras states that it is
> "anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist in the capital of the most
> terrorist
> country of world-wide history" (Washington, DC). It goes on to say it
> pledges its support to "other campaigns" of the radical illegal
> Hispanics with material and financial assistance.
> In Manassas, Virginia the Mexicanos Sin Fronteras and the Zapatista
> Army
> of National Liberation are the two most prominent "pro-Hispanic"
> voices.
> In fact, these two groups are spearheading the illegal alien lobby in
> Prince William County, where Manassas is located. This is the
> "mainstream opposition" to efforts to curb illegal immigration in
> that
> community. Together, these groups are holding rallies and calling for
> boycotts and even the violent overthrow of the United States. Again,
> these groups are not fringe radicals. They are the most prominent
> voices
> for the illegals.
>
> The photo on this page is of a meeting in Mexico with many of these
> groups. It is interesting to note that speaker in this picture, with
> his
> face covered, is Arnoldo Borjas a member of Mexicanos Sin Fronteras
> and
> a resident of Woodbridge, Virginia. He is one of the main leaders in
> that local movement. Further, in Prince William County, there are
> several candidates running for local office as well as the state
> legislature who are closely aligned with these two radical
> organizations.
>
> Fighting Back
> While U.S. Congress fiddles and the Bush Administration issues
> meaningless pronouncements on "get tough" programs it never intends
> to
> enforce, local communities and state legislatures are beginning to
> fight
> back. And they are meeting with success. State Legislatures, forced
> to
> deal with the failure of the federal government to fix the
> immigration
> laws, have considered 1,404 immigration bills this year and enacted
> 170
> of them. These laws are aimed at curbing employment of illegals and
> making it more difficult to obtain state identification documents
> like
> driver's licenses.
>
> In May, Oklahoma passed the "Taxpayer and Citizen protection Act"
> which
> denies illegals state identification, and requires all state and
> local
> agencies to verify citizenship status of all applicants before
> authorizing benefits. On the local level incredible success is being
> achieved in Northern Virginia. Last year two residents of Herndon,
> Virginia, with no prior political experience, began an effort called
> Save Herndon. The issue was the establishment of a day labour center
> in
> the community. The center would give illegals a gathering place in
> the
> community to help them get jobs, identification and benefits from the
> community.
>
> The two began a campaign that at once made a major issue out of the
> establishment of the center. When the mayor and the city council
> moved
> forward and voted to establish the center over the objections of a
> majority of the citizens, Save Herndon began a campaign to assure
> these
> representatives were not re-elected. They succeeded beyond their
> wildest
> expectations, helping to out the mayor and everyone on the city
> council
> who voted for the center. Now the movement is growing across the
> Northern Virginia area. There is now Help Save Manassas, Help Save
> Loudoun (County), Help Save Fairfax, Help Save Virginia and Help Save
> Maryland. Together these purely grassroots movements have succeeded
> in
> enacting legislation in Loudoun County (the nation's fastest growing
> county) and in its neighbor, Prince William County which stops county
> tax-payer services to illegals. Incredibly, under challenge from
> federal
> and state officials, the members of county commissioners are holding
> tough behind the laws.
>
> The key, as stated earlier, is the day labor centers. If your city
> has
> one, then the message has gone out to the illegal infrastructure that
> your community welcomes them. Get rid of it and send the message that
> they are no longer welcome. If faced with lawsuits from the ACLU and
> La
> Raze, welcome them. Tell them you will gladly have a news conference
> to
> discuss their suit in front of the cameras. Do not be afraid.
>
> Here are a few guidelines to help organize locally and face the
> coming
> onslaught of charges of racism.
>
> DON'T express anger at what is happening to your community. DON'T
> express annoyance because illegals refuse to assimilate into your
> community or abide by your customs. DON'T make the issue economic and
> safety issues. Overcrowded housing and commercial vehicle zoning
> violations or that specific individuals are illegal aliens.
>
> The pro-illegals will try to tell the public that there is
> uncertainty
> as to who is illegal, creating doubt. They will talk about how
> impossible it is to check everyone's legal status. It will be easy to
> charge racism.
>
> Instead, make the issues about the abrogation of law. Focus your
> efforts
> against the individuals, businesses and politicians who create this
> problem and cheat honest business owners and workers by allowing
> illegal
> hiring practices under the table. In short, make the issue about
> enforcement of the law, cost and corruption. It's working in
> Virginia.
>
> Today, we have the chance to not only stop the flood of illegal
> aliens,
> but in the process, deflate the size and power of the federal
> government
> in the process. It's time to organize Help Save America.
>
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