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February 27, 2006


The Silent Attack
Rich Calcaterra

Through the curtain of darkness the advancing army moves. It has become a daily ritual to make another foray into the sovereign land to the north. A land that is ripe for their taking. The assault is seldom life threatening and the potential for firefights is almost non-existent. Once across the border the attackers will quickly break into even smaller bands, free to roam the country in pursuit of her treasures. The spoils will be sent back to their homelands where it will improve the lives of those left behind. The rape of the land they have infiltrated is not their concern. Their personal wealth and the boost their economies at home receive is what matters and it is of no concern that the hosts they will feed off will suffer from their deeds.

Illegal immigration is at epidemic proportions with the numbers increasing daily. You will see them standing in groups on city streets waiting to be picked up to do manual labor. Pass by the construction of a new home and chances are good the workers on the site will be illegal aliens. Sit down at your favorite restaurant and you will see the same. Hire someone to cut your lawn and chances are the gardener will be an illegal alien. The housekeeper, the nanny probably is here illegally.

Yes, they are taking entry level jobs away from Americans and yes they devalue the fair wages our workers are entitled to earn. The reduced cost of illegal labor however does not necessarily mean less expensive products. Just look at the cost of a new home or the cost of a meal at your local restaurant.

Some will call this a victimless crime. However, it is a crime since the people who have crossed our borders have done so illegally. Why aren’t more Americans alarmed over the influx of an army of the uninvited? I will not use the politically correct tags the MSM has been using, namely calling these invaders ‘undocumented workers.’ They are invading this nation and although they do so without firing a shot, the repercussions are dangerous.

Yet, we have political representatives who favor granting rights to the invaders. The President is looking to grant amnesty via a guest worker program that in turn gives lawbreakers a gift for doing wrong. What a slap in the face for people who have entered our country legally. What message does it send them? What other laws can be circumvented without penalty?

In addition to our own government favoring amnesty status to the border crashers we have Vincente Fox endorsing illegal immigration Actually, he is exporting his people to the states as it is to his benefit. First, the dollars being pumped back into the Mexican economy is a great incentive to keep a steady flow of workers moving north of the border. Second, he is changing the culture of America, especially our southern borders and perhaps he believes that eventually the border will eventually evaporate. A porous border bolsters his economy, lessens his population and waters down the American population along the common borders. Ironically, Vincente Fox is very strict when it comes to his own borders and does not permit unopposed border crossings from Guatemala. In essence he doesn’t want to have illegal aliens within Mexico.

The army of approximately 10 million illegal aliens within our country is taxing our medical system. In fact, the increasing number of illegal aliens coming into the United States is forcing the closure of hospitals, spreading previously vanquished diseases and threatening to destroy America's prized health-care system, says a report in the spring issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.

The Washington Times had reported there are as many as 80,000 illegal criminal aliens roaming the streets of the U.S. How many more are incarcerated? How many more Corrections Institutions are necessary to house inmates who are not citizens?

The infrastructure is working overtime as well. Water and Sewerage systems designed to accommodate a specific number of residents within Anytown, USA did not take into consideration a larger population dwelling in homes that were constructed to shelter a family of four and not a family of fourteen.

The school system is suffering also. There is a need for bilingual teachers and there is need for more classrooms. Remember there is an unaccountable population feeding off your tax dollars. Feeding off a system paid for by income taxes, property taxes and school taxes. You are being robbed and don’t even know it because it is invisible to most of us.

It is estimated that over 300,000 illegal-alien women arrive pregnant each year and their children immediately qualify for citizenship. This means American taxpayers foot the bill for food, housing, medical expenses and education for these children – up to age 18 – in addition to paying for the mother, who is still considered an illegal alien. And their annual expense to taxpayers exceeds $109 billion. There has been a call for enactment of The Citizen Reform Act which will in essence amend the 14 amendment to exclude children of illegal aliens from automatic citizenship and all the benefits that come with it.

This has nothing to do with ethnicity or race. It has all to do with entering this nation as a law abiding person using the same procedures as those immigrants who follow the law have done. The immigration policies are in place to allow an orderly flow of people into our country and to ensure we have all the basics necessary to support the addition to our population.

What to do? To do nothing is a road leading to economic and social problems with even more unknown negative factors that will be obvious in the near future. To counter this dilemma we must attack this on a Federal, State and Local level.

Our agencies must go after the employers who hire illegals and penalize them. If we are serious about this problem then we need to take the paycheck out of the hands of the illegal workers. Once we dry up the dollars they come here for you will see how quickly the numbers of border crashers begin to dwindle.

Children of illegal immigrants should not be allowed to attend public schools nor should the families be benefactors of our social services and medical system unless it is life threatening.

The Citizen Reform Act is necessary. If in fact the same people want to benefit from the bounties of our nation then let head back home, wait their turn and return here legally.

For those illegal aliens who still decide to remain here it will be up to local police to round them up and detain them. Put up tents, don’t make it too comfortable and detain them until we can bus these folks back to the border. In the long run it’ll be cheaper than it is allowing them to remain here.

We need to reinforce the border with smart fences, employ our military at the borders and have the willingness to fire upon illegal border crossers. Once word gets back that we take this attack seriously enough to shoot to kill then you will see less people willing to risk their lives to enter our country illegally.

It is our right to secure our borders and it is our duty to deter anyone who insults our sovereignty by ignoring our immigration laws. Breaking and entering is criminal offense isn’t it?

The time to act is NOW.