- It is this reporter's opinion that the president took
a hands-off approach to California's recall until we arrived at a decision
and the choice of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the governor-elect. Now Bush
and Schwarzenegger are embracing, both sending out mixed signals on immigration.
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- Perhaps both should revisit Article 4, Section 4 of the
U.S. Constitution, which states: "The United States shall guarantee
to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall
protect each of them against Invasion. ..." There's that word again:
INVASION.
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- There are approximately 20 million Mexican immigrants
living in the U.S. (Note: most estimates of illegals are in the 10-15 million
range. -ed) The impact on California is that nearly one quarter of our
current $38-40 billion deficit stems directly from immigration. And yet
with our state government's $6.4 billion debt growing, the administration
continues to tolerate porous borders and an influx of impoverished, undereducated,
unskilled labor pouring across our borders. We're providing a welfare state
for Mexico!
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- The costs of immigration are simply overwhelming. Americans
pay nearly $8 billion annually for educating the children of illegal aliens.
Even as states struggle with billions in debt, our federal government continues
to advocate massive immigration of 1.5 million annually. And nothing is
being done to stop 800,000 illegals pouring across our borders each year.
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- The Center for Immigration Studies in Washington estimates
that illegal aliens have cost U.S. workers $133 billion in job losses.
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- Mexicans working in the U.S. taking American jobs send
home $10-11 billion annually.
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- In 2002, foreign workers sent $25 billion back home to
Latin America - $16 billion to Asia.
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- U.S. unemployment jumped from 6.1 percent to 6.4 percent
in June, which is 20 million Americans out of work.
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- Our country is now $6.4 trillion in debt! That figure
is climbing as our corporations outsource to India and China.
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- We are paying $7.4 billion to educate children who are
in this country illegally.
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- Plain figures are frightening. Hispanic babies born in
California - automatic citizens - defy the figures. At UCLA Medical Center,
a 35-year-old lady we'll call "Maria" was recovering after giving
birth to her sixth child, says she can't wait to have another. Her grandmother
had 25 children. Her mother gave birth to 18. Maria had her first child
at 14. The father says, "There's a lot of joy in each of them, but
we don't have enough money."
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- U.S.-born children of Latino immigrants will emerge as
the largest component of the Hispanic population over the next 20 years.
California has the largest number of Hispanics with 12 million, about one-third
of its total population, followed by Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois.
Los Angeles County has the largest population of Hispanics among all counties
- approximately 5 million. The costs to Americans of caring for all these
people are prohibitive: Food stamps and medical benefits cost $65 billion
annually.
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- More than 75 percent of all illegal drugs come through
our porous borders. More than 25 percent of the prisoners in our federal
prisons are illegal aliens. The cost is $900 million per year just to feed
and house them. And how about diseases?
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- 7,000 new cases of leprosy in three years have crossed
over from Mexico, India and Brazil.
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- We now have 16,000 new cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis
that is incurable.
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- Venereal disease is rampant among illegals.
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- All this ... and yet our leaders keep sending mixed signals
concerning the illegal alien invasion. The governor-elect of California
hints that he might support an amnesty program for illegals in California.
In late August, Schwarzenegger said illegal aliens already in the country
should be permitted to stay.
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- More recently, he said he supported a bill sponsored
by Sen. John McCain that would grand temporary working permits to allow
illegal immigrants to travel to and from the U.S. and loosen the requirements
to apply for visas. And Schwarzenegger added, "I want to make all
undocumented immigrants DOCUMENTED AND LEGAL in this country."
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- These are the people we elect to public office - people
who have sworn to uphold the Constitution, protect U.S. citizens and guarantee
our security and sovereignty. If this state of affairs continues, our beloved
nation will become another Third World catastrophe. America will be divided
- the wealthy at the top; the impoverished, undereducated, unskilled at
the bottom; and a diminishing middle class trying to carry the load.
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- The governor-elect and president have a lot to talk about.
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- The legendary George Putnam is 89 years young and a veteran
of 69 years as a reporter, broadcaster and commentator ... and is still
going strong. George is part of the all-star line-up of Southern California's
KPLS Radio - Hot Talk AM 830.
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- http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/10/17/42232.shtml
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