Set another place at the 'TEA parties'

Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 4/15/2009 6:00:00 AM
Twenty-five immigration enforcement advocacy organizations will support today's historic Tax Day "TEA Party" events being held in 1,800 cities across America by numerous organizations.



The coalition of immigration enforcement groups are encouraging tens of thousands of their direct supporters to attend the "Taxed Enough Already" rallies and set up tables where possible to circulate flyers and hold signs, decrying the tens of billions of dollars in extra taxes Americans are forced to pay annually due to the non-enforcement of existing immigration laws.

William Gheen is president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, or ALIPAC -- one of the immigration groups involved in the TEA parties. "We don't want to distract from their tax and debt focus, but we want to add the invisible elephant in the room, you know, which is illegal immigration," he says.

Most TEA party organizers also support the immigration enforcement cause, according to Gheen. "From what we hear, there are a lot of people who are going that are concerned about taxes, concerned about illegal immigration, concerned about free speech on talk radio, and concerned about Second Amendment rights, which are also under duress under the new Obama administration," he adds.

Gheen points out if illegal aliens are given amnesty in 2009, the annual tax deficit would increase by $29 billion and likely create a cost to taxpayers of $2.6 trillion in their retirement years. He says each year states spend $11 billion to $12 billion on welfare benefits to illegal immigrants, which is why he believes TEA party participants should be concerned about illegal immigration.

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