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Illegal Immigration Problem Summed Up Perfectly
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It’s rare to find a good article in the newspapers about illegal immigration. Mike Bailey with The Courier News made the rare a little more common this week with a great article to combat those pro-immigration activists out there. His writing is so simple, but it is summed up perfectly. There are three main points to the article:
1. The debate is not about immigrants or immigration.
This distinction is very important, as Mike points out. The debate is about ILLEGAL immigrants and ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
It is the policy of The Courier News to use the term “illegal alien” or “illegal immigrant.” News outlets are under extreme pressure from activist groups to use terms such as “undocumented worker.” That would be like calling a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist.” It is intentionally misleading. So is calling everyone — legal or illegal — an “immigrant.”
It is very refreshing to finally hear a journalist admit they are pressured to use silly terms such as “undocumented worker.” His analogy is great - it would be like calling a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist.” Just perfect, perfect, perfect.
Mike goes on to make an important point we’ve made here before:
Almost everyone in America today is descended from immigrants. Legal immigrants followed procedures, filed the proper paperwork and adhered to the laws in order to arrive in this country. Illegal immigrants did not. Calling everyone an “immigrant” diminishes the debate to xenophobia. Manipulation of language to change the perception is crucial in diminishing the issue to one of inconsequential differences or elevating it to racism, depending on the tactic.
2. It can never be racism to enforce existing laws.
How many times do pro-immigration activists pull out the race card? As Mike puts it:
Refusing to enforce certain laws because of the color of one’s skin or ethnicity would be racism. Not extending equal treatment under the law would be racism. Claiming rights for yourself that you deny to people of color would be racism.
Enforcing existing laws is not racism. Seeking to stop the flow of millions of illegal immigrants into this country is not in and of itself racist. American Indians found out what happens when you don’t control immigration.
3. The solution:
Secure the Borders, Prosecute Employers and Stop Public Funding for Illegals
Hard-liners want the government to round up and deport every single illegal immigrant in this country. This would be done by the same government that couldn’t get 100,000 people out of New Orleans — and they wanted to go.
But open borders and a welfare state are incompatible. In fact, our whole approach to this is incompatible with common sense. We go after the illegals, but not the employers who hire them. We build a fence to stop unlawful border crossings while states discuss giving illegals driver’s licenses and in-state tuition for college.In fact, we have had a national policy of looking the other way for Mexican immigrants but using the Coast Guard to turn away a boatload of wretched, impoverished Haitians at gunpoint.
To stop illegal immigration, all the government needs to do is secure the borders, make it a felony to hire anyone without proper documentation and deny housing, education and public aid to anyone who cannot prove citizenship or legal residency. All the benefits of being here illegally will vanish.
As Mike perfectly sums up his article, “That is what other countries, including Mexico, do. But we, apparently, are not as progressive as they are.”
Mike, you could not have written a more, dare I say, perfect article explaining the debate and solution for illegal immigration.
What to do about illegal immigrants
Mike Bailey
The Courier News
Dec 18th, 2007
http://www.eagleforum.org/topics/NAU/ IF YOU CARE OR GIVE A DAM ABOUT THE SECURITY AND SOVEREIGNTY OF YOUR COUNTRY - THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - THEN YOU WILL TAKE THE ARTICLE IN THE LINK ABOVE SERIOUSLY, AND READ AND LISTEN TO THE VIDEOS AND AUDIOS PRESENTED ON THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION, THE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP, AND THE SUPERNAFTA HIGHWAY THAT WILL BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART AND MAINSTAY OF OUR NATION. YOU NEED TO ACT AND PUT PRESSURE ON YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND LEADERS OF OUR COUNTRY TO PREVENT THIS SERIOUS DECLINE AND DISASTER - OR IF YOU PREFER THE CHOICE OF RESIDING IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY - THEN DO NOTHING.
IT SEEMS THAT MOST OF THE VIEWS EXPRESSED HAVE GRASPED WHAT IS NOW AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY. I WOULD CALL IT A SLOW BURN - WITH THE DISSOLUTION OF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES AND THE LOSS OF OUR NATION’S SOVEREIGNTY. WITH THE THREAT OF THE SPP (SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP) AND THE FORMATION OF THE NAU (NORTH AMERICAN UNION) HANGING OVER OUR HEADS, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO BROADEN THEIR RHETORIC TO INCLUDE STRONG AND DEFINITIVE SOLUTIONS AND CLEAR DECISIONS TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF ACTION. IF WE DON’T TURN THE TIDE, THE TSUNAMI WILL DROWN US ALL!!! WE NEED SOME REAL ANSWERS THAT AMERICAN CITIZENS CAN SINK THEIR TEETH INTO. OUR BORDERS ARE WEAK AND OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN INFESTED WITH A CANCER THAT IS SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE!! WHETHER THE SOLUTION LIES IN A NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OR IN CONGRESSIONAL LAWS OR IN THE CONGRESSMEN THEMSELVES OR IN A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THESE - THE TIME OF A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER FORCES A QUICK RESPONSE. IF WE DON’T RISE TO THE OCCASION - WE AS A FREE NATION ARE LOST. GOD BLESS US ALL IF WE DON’T!!!
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE SPP AND THE DEVELOPING FRAMEWORK FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION, AND WAS SENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE. “THIS IS A MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT BUSH AND FOR ANY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO ARE WILLING TO LISTEN. IF YOU REALLY CARE FOR YOUR COUNTRY’S FUTURE - YOU WILL HOLD DEAR TO YOUR HEART YOUR NATION’S BEST INTERESTS AND WILL SHOW VALOR AND LOYALTY TO YOUR COUNTRY FIRST OVER THE DOLLAR BILL AND OVER RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING THE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP OF NORTH AMERICA IS HIGHLY IRRESPONSIBLE AND TREASONABLE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD. WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT AND APPROVAL OF ALL AGREEMENTS MADE BY THE SO-CALLED WORKING GROUPS OF THE SPP ALONG WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE LEADERS OF CANADA, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND MEXICO WITH GLOBAL CORPORATIONS INCLUDED IN THE FIELDS OF POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC REFORM - THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL BE COMPROMISED!!! AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN - I DID NOT PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO A NORTH AMERICAN UNION - BUT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE LAST TIME I LOOKED - IT WAS ONE NATION (NOT TWO OR THREE) - UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. (THAT’S YOU AND ME - AMERICAN CITIZENS - NOT THE ILLEGAL ALIEN, NOR MOHAMMED, OR THE MS13 GANGS, ETC., ETC., ETC.) IT’S ABOUT TIME TO BEGIN TAKING YOUR JOB SERIOUSLY AND DO WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY SECURE AND PROSPEROUS - BUT NOT SECURE AND PROSPEROUS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF A NORTH AMERICAN UNION. IF YOU CAN’T FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN - THEN YOU MAY AS WELL GIVE THIS GREAT COUNTRY BACK TO THE INDIANS BECAUSE THEY SURE DID A BETTER JOB OF TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS THAN YOU ARE DOING TODAY!!
IF ANY CONSPIRACY HAS BEEN PERPETRATED IN OUR COUNTRY , IT HAS BEEN BY OUR GOVERNMENT - NAMLY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH - ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE HAVE BEEN ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL FOR SOME TIME NOW - JUST WAKING UP IN TIME FOR THE BIG CRASH!!! THERE WERE NO STOP SIGNS. MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE BEEN LIVING WITHIN OUR MIDST ENJOYING THE BENEFITS AND FRUITS OF OUR LABORS WITHOUT SANCTION - EVEN SO MUCH AS TO TRESPASS THE BOUNDARIES OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AMONG OUR CITIZENS. MEXICAN TRUCKS IN LARGE NUMBERS ARE READY TO ROLL ON OUR HIGHWAYS - APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUT NOT BY OUR CONGRESS. A GIANT CORRIDOR - THE NAFTA SUPER HIGHWAY - A FIFTY YEAR PROJECT IN THE MAKING - HAS ALREADY BEGUN CONSTRUCTION IN MEXICO TO EXTEND THROUGH THE UNITED STATES TO CANADA WITH MEXICAN TRUCKS TRANSPORTING CARGO AND LARGE CONTAINERS FROM CHINA AND OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES. FINALLY, THE NEWLY CREATED BEAST WILL EMERGE IN THE DISGUISE OF A TRILATERAL FORMATION OF A NORTH AMERICAN UNION INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND MEXICO WHICH WILL GOVERN AND ADMINISTRATE THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC RELMS OF OUR SOCIETY - WHERE THE EXISTING LAWS WILL BE SCRAPPED FOR THE NEW ONES WITHOUT ANY CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. THERE GOES OUR SOVEREIGNTY AND THAT’S ALL FOLKS!!! IT’S HOWDY DOODY TIME AND WE ARE THE DUDES.
A GOOD QUESTION TO CONTEMPLATE - WHAT SHOULD BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT? WOULD IT BE TO DEFEND AND PROTECT IRAQ FROM INSURGENTS, TERRORISTS, AND FOREIGN INVADERS, OR DEFEND AND PROTECT OUR NATION’S BORDERS FROM ILLEGAL ALIENS, ILLEGAL GANGS, AND TERRORISTS WHO ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE RADAR OF THE SPP (SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP), THE NAU (NORTH AMERICAN UNION), AND THE SUPERNAFTA HIGHWAY???? I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT THE ANSWER IS VERY EVIDENT TO AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF THIS CRISIS TO OUR NATION -READ AND RESEARCH JEROME CORSI’S BOOK “THE LATE GREAT USA” WITH DOCUMENTED FACTS, AND VISIT THE WEBSITE ‘EAGLEFORUM.ORG. ‘ http://www.eagleforum.org/topics/NAU/
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