Thread: Good to Go Back to Mexico

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Good to Go Back to Mexico
Date: Thursday, April 06 @ 09:27:58 CDT
Topic: Volume VIII, Issue VIII (March 2006)


"The only thing America owes to its illegal immigrants is a swift kick in the ass back to where they came from."

As competing bills float between the House and Senate and massive rallies gather around the nation, immigration reform has once again returned to the spotlight and forced our leaders to deal with a topic that makes them quite uncomfortable. Rather than ignoring the issue like they are used to doing, politicians will have to address one of the most contentious issues of our time. And if history is any judge, they will completely and utterly wimp out.

In the political sphere, the illegal immigration crisis has lead to an increase in ethnic pandering by both parties. Democrats want as many immigrants in America as possible (and amnesty for the current illegals) because they are well aware that these people vote overwhelmingly Democrat. Republicans too are afraid of cracking down on illegal immigration for fear of alienating (no pun intended) Hispanic voters, and so engage in their own brand of Hispandering devoted to providing the business lobby with cheap labor. The only people the Republicans and Democrats seem to ignore on the issue of immigration are the American people.

Democrats used to pride themselves as the party of the working class. Instead, they’ve stabbed Joe Six-pack in the back by forcing him to compete with cheap immigrant labor and pay taxes so the immigrant that takes his job can have state-funded healthcare and education for his children. Democrats have concluded that the money donated by the limousine liberals combined with the votes of minorities will be enough to carry them well into the future. Take Hollywood’s money and replace Joe Six-pack with José Seis-paquete; everything will work out all right.

Republicans are doing no better. Seeing the passing of the socially conservative blue-collar Reagan Democrats, many Republicans view the growing Hispanic population as the group they must court in order to be electable. Thus, they refuse to crack down on the presence of illegal aliens for fear of offending Hispanic voters; Americans and the rule of law be damned.

It should be considered insulting to the millions of Hispanic Americans that Republicans believe they sympathize with criminal alien invaders. One great American, Robert Vasquez, is of Mexican descent and has been working tirelessly in Idaho to deport illegal aliens. As usually happens to any non-white conservative, Vasquez is routinely criticized as a traitor to his people. His response: “My people—as I’m often accused of turning my back on them—my people are American. I’ve got an American flag hanging in my office, not the Mexican chicken-and-worm or whatever it is.”

Fighting with fellow Republicans in Idaho for real enforcement of the immigration laws, Vasquez has even been so bold as to say, “We’re being invaded by Mexicans—they are the enemy, as far as I’m concerned.” When critics ask about his grandparents’ arrival in America, he is quick to note that they were legal immigrants, not part of “an invasion of hundreds of thousands of aliens every year that demand a separate culture and language just for themselves.” Someone give this man a medal (or better yet, control of the Immigration and Naturalization Service!).

Contrast Robert Vasquez’s patriotism with the anti-American and anti-white hatred exposed during the recent rallies in Los Angeles. Five-hundred thousand strong, protestors at the march waved Mexican flags and carried signs with messages such as “This is Our Continent Not Yours!”, “We are Indigenous! The ONLY Owners of This Continent!”, “This is Stolen Land”, “All Europeans Are Illegal,” and filled the obligatory Third Reich allusion quotient with the classy, “Schwarzenegger: Son of a Nazi.” If the federal government knew what it was doing, it would have rounded up these half a million America-hating savages and made them all march back to Mexico on the spot. If Andrew Jackson were reincarnated, we could have had a Trail of Tacos all the way back to Mexico City.

The rabble that rallied in Los Angeles is the bitter fruit of decades of multiculturalism and unchecked illegal immigration. Without keeping the number of immigrants allowed into America at a reasonable level and preventing illegal aliens from having free reign at the border, assimilation will continue to fail. What’s even worse is the bad impression this rally leaves of the American Hispanic community. For every one of those protestors, there must be at least ten men like Robert Vasquez who love this country and are proud to call themselves American. Americans of Hispanic descent should stand up and denounce these reconquista-bent thugs and remind Americans that they too are patriots. Robert Vasquez is doing his part; let’s hope others will do the same.

Another disturbing element arising from recent protests was the sense of entitlement expressed by illegal aliens. As could be gathered from the “stolen land” themed signs, some of them believe that the United States was taken illegitimately from Mexico and is still their homeland.

Aside from being historically inaccurate, this idea is ridiculous. America won its western territories through victory in wars, purchases, and treaties. Just because your side lost doesn’t mean that the land was “stolen.” Mexicans who claim that the Southwest US is still part of Mexico are on par with Britons who claim Normandy still belongs to the English monarchy. The only difference is millions of Britons haven’t been sneaking into Normandy, mooching off of social services, and demanding everyone speak to them in the Queen’s English.

From this myth that the Southwest is rightfully Mexican land comes the idea that America owes something to illegal immigrants. Ariana Lomeli, an illegal alien high school student protesting in Arizona claimed, “I’m not a criminal. I’m a good person and I deserve a quality education.” Whether or not Miss Lomeli is a good person notwithstanding, she is indeed a criminal and absolutely does not deserve any education in America. The only thing America owes to its illegal aliens is a swift kick in the ass back to where they came from.

America is for Americans. Anyone who wishes to immigrate to our country and become part of our national family must prove that he is worthy and will contribute positively to our society. Sneaking into our nation is no way to prove this. It is insulting to the millions of immigrants who waited in line to earn their place in America that these lawbreakers should ever have the chance to earn American citizenship. Amnesty, whether blanket or masked as a “guest worker” program, is a slap in the face to legal immigrants and American citizens alike.

If politicians truly cared about Americans, they would listen the American people and begin enforcing our immigration laws. If Democrats really wanted to help America’s poor and Republicans still cared about the blue-collar conservatives of the heart, they would send the illegal aliens packing. Instead, Democrats will continue to pander to the Hispanic ethnic lobby and Republicans (Tom Tancredo, Jim Sensenbrenner, and others excluded) will continue to allow businesses to trample the rule of law for a supply of cheap private labor, whose social costs are extraordinarily high.

Dubya continues to tell us that these illegal immigrants are “doing jobs Americans won’t do,” but reasonable people know otherwise. The real issue, as Thomas Sowell describes, is that “Americans will not take many jobs at their current pay levels—and those pay levels will not rise so long as poverty-stricken immigrants are willing to take those jobs.”

To unsympathetic elites, displaced American workers don’t matter. If an American loses his job to an illegal alien, who cares? Let him get minimum wage flipping burgers. As long as the rich have inexpensive nannies and a cheap lawn service, it doesn’t matter. The elite’s careers aren’t threatened by low-skilled immigrants, which is why many are indifferent to the effect their presence has on America’s lower class.

Similarly, politicians who are slaves to business or ethnic interests aren’t interested in the plight of the common man. If only there were some way for the American people to import Mexican politicians that would work for less than their American counterparts. A “guest politician” program, you might say. The border would be sealed in a heartbeat.

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its rediculos how we have 11 white months, 1 black history month, and one day for mexicans(cinco de mayo). we should give them amnesty considering we took their land illegaly away from them. Lets face it we are scared of what we dont know and considering the fact that 49% percent of gangs are hispanic. There just people tryin to make a living. Im a redneck and i hate mexicans, but then again im afraid of them. America needs to wake up america is not WHITE its a muti-cultral nation. We are afraid the mexicans are going to take over. WE cannot accpet the fact that we are racist

Goodbye troll!

everything politicians do is for the vote.


For illegals, a spreading backlash
Counties, states hope to needle Bush into tightening US border.

By Mark Trumbull | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

CALDWELL, IDAHO - This oasis of irrigated farm country in the high desert is a long way from the US-Mexico border, and even farther from the nation's capital, but it represents America's new battleground on immigration policy.

Here county commissioner Robert Vasquez is trying to do what he says Washington won't: crack down on illegal immigration. He recently sued several local employers in a novel bid to use federal anticorruption law to prevent hiring illegals.

Mr. Vasquez's controversial crusade is part of a larger pattern. As the border continues to be punctured by illicit crossings, and as immigrants spread to places unaccustomed to or unprepared for the influx, a local backlash is building.

The moves, ranging from police arrests in New Hampshire to community activism in Tennessee, point to a sharp political divide. At the very least, they signal a rift among conservatives among conservatives that may be growing more pronounced, as President Bush seeks an accommodative policy but faces resistance from some other Republicans such as Vasquez.

But the attempted crackdowns also reveal a larger rift - one that separates much of Main Street America from the nation's policymaking elite. At a time when Congress is considering guest-worker programs to legalize more undocumented workers, polls show most Americans want to see illegal immigration curbed.

Local lawsuits and policies will hardly achieve that goal by themselves, but if successful they could create pressure for stronger federal action.

"The public agrees on certain things, and one of these is the distinction between legal and illegal immigration," says Steven Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies. But "in the end it's mostly within Washington's purview."

Indeed, Vasquez is seeking to take his fight to the nation's capital. He hopes to win a seat in Congress in 2006 and push for stricter immigration policies alongside Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) of Colorado.

But first he faces a hearts-and-minds battle here in Canyon County as he presses his lawsuits along with two fellow commissioners.

Caldwell, the community where Vasquez's office sits in the county courthouse, is oriented around a railroad track and the Farm City Agribusiness Park. Where some streets sport freshly painted bungalows and lush lawns, others are defined by trailer homes that have seen better decades. What binds the 26,000 residents together, however, is a tradition of hard work in the nearby fields, shops, and food-processing plants.

Vasquez, whose grandfather came from Mexico, complains of an "unarmed invasion" that is fast transforming American towns like this one. "Why," he asks, "should I have to 'Press 1 for English?' "

But if cultural change is a key backdrop of the debate, both sides frame their views largely around economic arguments.

On that score, many here support the effort to clamp down on illegal laborers.

"They say these are jobs that no one else will take," says Tim Smallwood, an Idaho fruit and vegetable inspector, as he takes a lunch break in Caldwell. But if employers were denied that pool of cheap labor, overall wages would go up he says.

Lori Morrison, who manages a night shift at Jack-in-the-Box to help support her family, shares the worry about wages. And she adds another concern: the social-service burden on government. "Taxes have gone up," she says. "They're killing us."

But others see the dollars and cents differently. They say immigrants have traditionally filled the lowest rung, those often unwanted jobs, as they climb toward better lives.

"We understand that there's a problem with illegal immigration," says Keith Esplin, executive director of Potato Growers of Idaho. But he says there's a shortage of workers willing to do strenuous jobs in agriculture, construction, and landscaping.

He calls for expanded guest-worker program, a move supported by Sen. Larry Craig (R) of Idaho among others. And Mr. Esplin says it's unfair to place the onus on employers as gatekeepers: "An employer has no way of knowing when he gets a document from a worker whether it's false or real."

In the long run, some say the Real ID Act, passed by Congress this spring to ensure authenticity of driver's licenses, could help employers hire only legal residents.

In the short run, the fact is that relatively few employers are prosecuted for hiring illegal workers.

To some experts, current policies are simply out of step with labor-market reality.

"There is no legal channel for [millions of undocumented workers] to be here, yet they need to be here," says Christina DeConcini, director of policy at the National Immigration Forum in Washington. "We need their labor to do these jobs."

Citing the positions of key leaders in both parties, she says the political climate is shifting, nationally, toward this recognition.

But there's still plenty of fuel for local backlashes like the one Vasquez leads.

A new CBS poll finds that two-thirds of Americans oppose guest-worker permits for those who are now here illegally. And in a June Gallup survey, 70 percent said the US shouldn't make it easier for illegal immigrants to become citizens.

Those opinions have hardened into action in some states and localities:

• In New Hampshire, police arrested alleged illegal immigrants using a state law on "criminal trespass." A judge is expected to rule soon on a bid to dismiss the charges.

• In Arizona, voters approved a November ballot measure denying some public benefits to illegal immigrants. This week a federal appeals court upheld the law.

• In 18 states from California to Minnesota and Tennessee, groups have sprung up with affiliations to the Minuteman Project, which coordinated a highly publicized volunteer effort earlier this year to patrol Arizona's order with Mexico.


Illegal immigrants

Illegal immigrants as a percentage of all foreign-born residents. Mountain states of the West rank among the hightest. [Editor's note: The original version mischaracterized the percentage of illegal immigrants.]

Very highest (48% to 54%)

Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
North Carolina
Utah

Source: Pew Hispanic Center

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0812/p01s01-ussc.html