Let’s face it—the entire third world which comprises much of Africa,
Asia, Mexico, Central America and South America would love to move
to the United States of America. Three to four billions of human
beings subsist on less than $2 daily. Millions line up to
immigrate legally each year. Millions more line up to immigrate
illegally. They want to come to America for a better life.
Their numbers exceed four billion people. As it is, America
takes more immigrants than all other countries combined. It
cannot continue on its current path if it expects to survive the
21st century with any sense of ecological, economical and standard
of living viability. The following five minute video spells it
out vividly and candidly why mass immigration into America cannot
continue.
In a five minute astoundingly simple yet brilliant video,
“Immigration, Poverty, and Gum Balls”, Roy Beck, director of
www.numbersusa.ORG, graphically illustrates the impact of
overpopulation. Take five minutes to see for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE&feature=player_embedded
As chairman of the Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Subcommittee
of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Hostettler held a hearing on
July 18, 2006: “Should we embrace the Senate’s grant of amnesty to millions
of illegal aliens and repeat the mistakes of the Immigration Reform
and Control Act of 1986?”
“Today there are approximately 11 million illegal aliens in the
United States, making illegal immigration one of the most serious
issues facing our nation,” said Hostettler. “In May, the
Senate passed legislation that would provide amnesty for most of the
illegal aliens currently in the U.S., in a way that is eerily
similar to the amnesty Congress granted in 1986.
“At this hearing we have the opportunity to examine how the U.S.
dealt with illegal immigration 20 years ago, why that approach did
not work, and the direction we should take in light of our past
failure. In 1986, there were approximately 3-million illegal aliens
in the U.S. Congress responded by passing the Immigration Reform and
Control Act, or IRCA. There are several key features to IRCA. First,
it provided amnesty to 2.7-million illegal aliens in several
different categories.
“Aliens who had been illegally present since 1982 were granted a
general amnesty, while agricultural workers who arrived more
recently were granted amnesty under the Special Agricultural Worker
Program. The amnesty was accompanied by a plan designed to stop
employment of illegal aliens in the U.S. IRCA created an employer
sanctions scheme for employers who knowingly hired illegal aliens,
and required employers to check the identity and work eligibility
documents of all employees, to ensure lawful immigration status.
“At the time, policy makers truly believed that it would be a
one-time amnesty, and the problem of illegal immigration would be
solved. Congress rejected recommendations made by the Select
Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy in 1981, which stated,
in part:
The Commission believes that a legalization program is a necessary
part of enforcement, but it does not believe that the U.S. should
begin the process of legalization until new enforcement measures
have been instituted to make it clear that the U.S. is determined to
curtail new flows of undocumented illegal aliens. Without more
effective enforcement than the U.S. has had in the past,
legalization could serve as a stimulus to further illegal entry. The
Select Commission is opposed to any program that could precipitate
such movement.
“Then-Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY), co-author of IRCA, affirmed his
commitment to amnesty in exchange by stating, “I firmly believe that
a one-time only legalization program is not only good public policy,
it is good sense, and it is fully in the best interests of this
country.” Time showed us that IRCA has utterly and completely
failed, mainly due to the fact that Congress did not heed the
warning of the Select Commission regarding the need for real
enforcement prior to any discussion of such legislation.
“Illegal immigration has not been controlled, but has increased
significantly in the past two decades. Employer sanctions have been
enforced in a farcical manner. Furthermore, the I-9 [Employment
Eligibility Verification Form] system has proved to be a failure,
because an illegal alien can cheaply and easily obtain counterfeit
documents to show his or her employer. Employers, in a Catch 22
situation, cannot require additional proof that the documents
presented are legitimate for fear of running afoul of discrimination
laws.
“In May [2006], the Senate passed the Reid-Kennedy Amnesty, which is
remarkably similar to the 1986 amnesty. The Reid-Kennedy bill also
provides several categories of amnesty, including a general amnesty
for anyone who can show that he has been in the country for more
than five years, and including an agriculture amnesty. Again,
proponents of the current proposals believe that this amnesty will
solve the problem once and for all. But Congress and the
administration have no credibility with the American people.
“Why should Americans have any reason to believe that the supposed
enhanced enforcement provisions in Reid-Kennedy will be effectively
enforced by the administration any more than successive
administrations have enforced IRCA? The administration will probably
implement amnesty for millions of illegal aliens quite quickly.
Enforcement will likely lag behind, if it occurs at all.
“We will find ourselves in exactly the same place we found ourselves
20 years ago.
Amnesty sends out the message that the U.S. is not serious about
enforcing our laws. It is an affront to the millions of
immigrants...who wait their turn and use the legal immigration
system. When the U.S. grants amnesty and forgives law breaking, it
encourages more illegal immigration in the future. The grant of
amnesty in 1986 did nothing to resolve the illegal immigration
problem; it made the problem worse, as increased numbers of illegal
aliens pour across the border waiting for their turn.
“With Reid-Kennedy [it is now] their turn, and a new wave of illegal
aliens will come to wait for theirs. I believe that Benjamin Franklin
once said that “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over
and over again, expecting different results.” We cannot expect to solve
the problem of illegal aliens by encouraging law breaking through amnesty.
It didn’t work in 1986, and it will certainly not work in 2006.”
In 2012, in won’t work. We face ominous consequences as to
numbers, languages, cultures and poverty. It is not possible to
continue on our current immigration path.
This is why:
“Immigration by the numbers—off the chart” by Roy Beck
This 10 minute demonstration shows Americans the results of unending
mass immigration on the quality of life and sustainability for
future generations: in a word “Mind boggling!”
www.NumbersUSA.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ
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