- The issue that will define our era and determine the
nation's future is illegal immigration. Political debate is full of schemes
like "guest worker" programs and temporary worker cards to allow
illegals to "fill jobs that Americans just don't want to do."
Such programs are really just political doublespeak from politicians who
lack the intestinal fortitude to protect the borders of the United
States.
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- The truth is President Bush is pushing the guest worker
plan because he is trying to appease Mexican President Vicente Fox who
wants the borders between Mexico and the U.S. and Canada open, just like
the European Union. Prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Bush
and Fox agreed to consider granting permanent residency, "green
cards",
to as many as three million Mexicans living illegally in the United States.
The plan was temporarily sidetracked in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks,
but now the White House has put it back on the agenda.
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- Fox thinks that the best way to save Mexico's failing
economy is to grab hold of the U.S. economy in what his administration
calls "very common objectives." Fox's plan offers very little
advantage to the United States.
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- Economically speaking, the plan offers no hope to solving
Mexico's institutional ills. The reason is that Mexico's economic problems
are created by the fact that Mexico is a socialist country that denies
private ownership of property to its people, and taxes businesses to pay
for just about any confiscation scheme its corrupt government can dream
up.
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- It's the same old story. Socialism can't survive without
a free market to prop it up. Mexico has sunk to the depths of socialist
depravity and now desperately needs the U.S. economy to save it.
Apparently,
Fox has never considered fixing his own economy. Like all drowning despots,
his only plan of action is to cling to our economy until it too starts
to sink under the weight of a hoard of illegal aliens. These law breakers,
with Fox's help and encouragement, are rushing across the border for
American
goodies.
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- In an orchestrated plan to actually help Mexican citizens
illegally cross our nation's sovereign border, the Mexican government is
creating tools to instruct them, in detail, how to do it. Once they are
in our nation, Fox's government then provides identification for the
illegals
to help them obtain American documentation and services.
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- Specifically, the Mexican government is distributing
to its citizens a colorful new comic book with advice on how to cross the
border. The 32-page book, "The Guide for the Mexican Migrant,"
was published in December by Mexico's Foreign Ministry. Using simple
language
and colorful drawings, the book offers safety information for illegal
border
crossings. The book also provides a primer on their legal rights once they
get across, and gives advice on living unobtrusively in the United
States.
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- The drawings provide dramatic depictions of undocumented
immigrants wading through a river, running from the U.S. Border Patrol,
and crouching near a hole in a border fence. On other pages, they hike
through a desert and are caught by Border Patrol agents. The book gives
no tips on how to obtain a U.S. visa, yet it offers border crossing safety
tips such as, when crossing rivers, "Thick clothing increases your
weight when wet, and this makes it difficult to swim or float."
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- "This is more than just a wink and a nod,"
says Rick Ottman, Western field director for the Federation for American
Immigration Reform. "This is so transparent, this is the Mexican
government
trying to protect its most valuable export, which is illegal
migrants."
Ottman is referring to the fact that illegal Mexicans are taking billions
of dollars out of the U.S. economy each year and sending the money back
to Mexico. In fact, illegal immigration is one of Mexico's biggest growth
industries.
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- The comic book is being distributed as a free supplement
to El Libro Vaquero, a popular cowboy comic book, in five Mexican states
(Zacatecas, Michoacan, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Jalisco) that send the majority
of illegals to the United States. The government plans to print 1.5 million
copies.
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- Once over the border and safely tucked away in a U.S.
city, the illegals need some form of identification to help them get jobs
and government services. Again, the Mexican government is providing the
answer for its "citizens."
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- The Mexican government has issued more than 800,000
slick,
pocket-sized identification cards to both legal and illegal immigrants.
Of course, those immigrants who have come to this nation using legal means
have no need for the cards. So the cards really are specifically designed
to help illegals gain a foothold in this country. Called "matricula
consular" cards, they are being distributed across the United States
through the Embassy of Mexico and its 45 consulates in the U.S.
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- The cards list the holder's birth date, place of birth,
and U.S. address. The Mexican government is openly lobbying U.S. cities,
police forces, local government agencies, and banks to accept the cards
as official identification.
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- Ironically, today, legal U.S. citizens are about to be
tied to a national ID card, controlled by massive data banks which document
every aspect of our lives, including job history, tax history, medical
records, and bank accounts. We're told such intrusion into our private
lives is necessary to protect the nation from terrorists. Within the next
18 months, the national ID cards will be in place, and without them,
American
citizens won't be able to get on an airplane, open a bank account, buy
a gun, get married, or function in any way in American society.
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- With the blessing of the Bush Administration, the Mexican
government's matricula cards are now accepted as a form of ID at 74 of
the nation's 9,000 banks. Illegal aliens, who have already broken our
immigration
laws by entering the country illegally can cash checks and open bank
accounts.
Yet there is nothing to assure that the cards carry accurate information
and there is no means to check the background of the person holding the
card. In practice, the consular cards are allowing illegal Mexicans to
bypass the growing web of government control now being imposed on American
citizens.
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- True to its promises to the Fox government, the Bush
Administration has been silent, refusing to act on these unprecedented
actions by a foreign government which are little more than a planned
invasion
of our nation. In truth, Fox's policy is leading to little more than
colonization
of the United States by Mexico. Americans pay the bills, clean up the
messes,
and watch as our standard of living diminishes while illegals swamp
hospitals,
schools, and communities.
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- Fortunately, not all of our U.S. Representatives are
turning a blind eye to this invasion. The President's guest worker proposal
is meeting staunch resistance from conservative Republicans in Congress.
Representative Charlie Norwood (R-GA) has called on the President to drop
the plan, saying it would be "detrimental to our national and economic
security." Norwood has introduced the "Clear Law Enforcement
for Alien Removal Act," (CLEAR) which would force the government to
enforce immigration laws and round up illegal aliens.
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- Most recently, Congressman Scott Garrett (R-NJ)
introduced
"The Financial Customer Identification Verification Improvement
Act"
(H.R. 815). Though a mouthful of a name, H.R. 815 will "prohibit the
use of identification cards issued by foreign governments, including
matricula
consular cards for purposes of verifying the identity of a person who opens
an account at a financial institution," says Rep. Garrett. His bill
will help foil the Mexican government's outrageous efforts to undermine
the sovereignty and independence of the United States.
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- The Bush Administration has tried to make the illegal
immigration issue sound like an impossible problem to stop. The guest
worker
scheme is sold as a Band-Aid as we throw our hands in the air to surrender.
Such bunk is nothing more than snake oil to cover very bad policy.
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- The fact is illegal immigration would be fairly easy
to fix. First, allow the U.S. Border Patrol to do its job, like it tried
to do in Los Angeles a few months back when officers began to round up
illegals in the Hispanic neighborhoods. They were stopped by the
"suits"
in Washington.
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- Second, stop providing U.S. taxpayer funded programs
like hospital care, access to public schools, and welfare handouts. Plans
to provide Social Security payments to illegals should never be considered.
Stop granting automatic citizenship to babies born to illegal immigrants
(known as "anchor babies"). This would stop the practice of
running
across the border just in time to give birth.
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- Finally, pass H.R. 815 and stop this outrageous attempt
by the Mexican government to claim United States territory as their private
annex. The Mexican government has no right to meddle in U.S. policy.
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- Politicians can puff up and spew rhetoric about guest
worker programs and filling jobs Americans don't want, but the truth is
our nation is being flooded by people who don't care about our heritage
or culture. They have no allegiance to this country, and in fact, remain
loyal to their home country. They choose not to learn our language and
they ignore our laws. Our taxpayer-funded services are diminishing, as
hospitals and schools are facing overcrowding and bankruptcy. This is no
foundation on which to build our nation's future.
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- Stop the flow of goods and services to illegal aliens,
round up those already here, and strengthen the border. This will solve
the problem. It's really pretty simple. Passing H.R. 815 to stop acceptance
of the matricula consular cards is a good start.
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