Thread: Tea Party Movement to Rally Against Amnesty

Tea Party Movement to Rally Against Amnesty

By Julissa Treviño 4/14/10 2:42 PM

The Tea Party movement is slowly starting to shift its focus to illegal immigration, an issue that’s beginning to see a lot of attention, with rallies during the next few days aimed at stopping amnesty. As New American Media reported in February, some Tea Partiers are quick to point out that immigration isn’t on the party’s platform. But the immigration issue is increasingly being picked up by individual activists in the group, and it’s becoming another aspect of the movement.

Tea Parties Against Amnesty announced in March that they would organize rallies across the country, April 15-17, to show their opposition to any proposed legislation for comprehensive immigration reform.

Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), an anti-illegal immigration group, today made an announcement to supporters defending the Tea Party against accusations of racism and applauding the upcoming rallies.

A massive amount of new support is rushing into our operations. We have never seen this many new people sign up in our five year history. We want to give a special welcome to all of the new folks who have joined our email alert lists and taken interest of our Tea Party Against Amnesty events April 15-17…

Some of our diverse ALIPAC supporters are not fans of the Tea Party movement, however, they understand that 90% of Tea Party supporters oppose illegal immigration and amnesty with us. Most understand that we need broad coalitions to stop amnesty and reverse illegal immigration.

Some, unfortunately, are buying into the massive negative propaganda assault on the Tea Party movement. All we will say about that right now is that the Tea Party folks are not violent and not racist. They are being attacked in the same way our Border Security Movement has been attacked. They are being attacked because the powers that favor elite rule in America want to stop and divert the political revolution that is growing in America today.

If anyone reading this has any doubts about the Tea Party movement, you should stop listening to CNN and MSNBC and actually go to one of these events and talk with the people there to understand the realities vs. the propaganda.

ALIPAC is proud to stand with other Americans who share our cause of border security and enforcement of our immigration laws, and we will stand up against those who want to assault free speech and freedom of assembly for Americans.

There are currently 52 protest events posted on AgainstAmnesty.com, with 9,482 protest supporters signed up. The rallies will include some well-known Tea Party and anti-immigration speakers, including former Rep. Tom Tancredo, the outspoken founder and co-chairman of border security, anti-immigration PAC Team America; J.D. Hayworth, John McCain’s Republican opponent for U.S. senate; Arizona’s controversial sheriff, Joe Arpaio; and ALIPAC President William Gheen.

http://washingtonindependent.com

I suspect "Freedom Works PAC" is for open borders and NOT for immigration enforcement. If you don't think so, just ask Dick Army.

People need to start realizing that one of the answers to smaller government is to deny the personnel needed to cater to the welfare and other assistance programs for illegals, both on a state and federal level because of the accident of birth on U.S. soil. We pay for education K-12, for medical treatments (which is why hospitals are closing all over the country), pay for food and rental assistance, pay for everything to make their lives comfy. Sure we get work in return, tossing low-skilled Americans out of work in many instances. Meanwhile, the illegal workers get paid under the table, paying no taxes as many send money out of this country through untaxed remittances home.
American citizens and legal immigrants better start realizing that this "peripheral" problem will be a major factor in the destruction of this country as we know it.

Let's not forget that Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation estimated that if the 2007 McCain/Kennedy amnesty bill had passed, it would have imposed a net burden of at least $2.6 TRILLION on American taxpayers.

The cost of any amnesty would likely be even higher now. It's common sense that if you oppose big government and out-of-control deficits, then you should oppose illegal immigration and amnesty.

Originally Posted by Populist

Let's not forget that Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation estimated that if the 2007 McCain/Kennedy amnesty bill had passed, it would have imposed a net burden of at least $2.6 TRILLION on American taxpayers.

The cost of any amnesty would likely be even higher now. It's common sense that if you oppose big government and out-of-control deficits, then you should oppose illegal immigration and amnesty.

Excellent point Populist.

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