Thread: Jobs Americans won't do

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005...1505193208.txt

By: RICK REISS - Commentary

Temecula has become an epicenter in the debate on illegal immigration. Last year, the Temecula Border Patrol station conducted numerous sweeps of illegal immigrants throughout the region. Political pressure quickly ended this operation. To his chagrin, a top Homeland Security official later faced an outraged public for shutting down these sweeps.

Public outrage over the federal government's failure to control immigration spawned the creation of voluntary citizen patrols along the border. One such Minuteman Project effort just recently finished in Campo. A similar border watch project is scheduled for the Otay Mesa area in the coming weeks.

Knee-jerk liberals routinely label Minuteman volunteers as racists or Nazis. Such childish political tactics only serve one purpose ---- to shut down debate.

Why is it racist or fascist to expect that our nation's sovereignty as defined by the Constitution be upheld? It's obvious that open-border advocates care little about America's sovereignty or the Constitution.

Apologists frequently throw out the red herring that illegal immigrants only come here to wash dishes, landscape or perform other menial jobs "unfit" for Americans.

Mexico President Vicente Fox recently stated that illegal immigrants of Mexican descent only take American jobs "that not even blacks want to do." Even President Bush upped the ante by stating that illegal immigrants "are coming here to do jobs that Americans won't do."

Maybe we should take a look at the kind of "work" that some of these illegal immigrants are performing for us.

- Adrian Camacho will soon stand trial for the murder of Oceanside police officer Tony Zeppetella. Deported several times to Mexico, Camacho's only known occupation was a gang member. In a jailhouse letter received by law enforcement, Camacho wrote that "the only good cop is a dead cop."

- Hong Chen, a "laborer" and illegal immigrant from China is wanted by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation. Convicted of sexual assault on a child, Chen was last seen in Los Angeles.

- Andres Camacho-Avalos is another criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico who is wanted by ICE for deportation. Camacho-Avalos was convicted of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14.

- Wanted by the FBI, Arnoldo Dejesus Garcia has a work history as a dishwasher. Dejesus Garcia is a criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico wanted for forcible lewd acts on a child under 14, forcible rape and assault with intent to commit a felony. This "hard-working immigrant" has ties to San Diego.

- Rigoberto Leon Nino, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is wanted by the San Diego County sheriff for vehicular manslaughter of a mother and one of her two small daughters. A past resident of Vista, the safe bet is that Leon Nino absconded to Mexico.

Of course, these cases are just the tip of the immigration iceberg. It's bad enough that Americans must contend with our own homegrown rapists and murderers. Do we really need to outsource to other countries for criminals as well?

The answer is obvious: Secure the borders now.

Rick Reiss of Temecula is a regular columnist for the Californian; e-mail: RickReiss6@netscape.net.

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