Please support's Jim Staudenraus' effort to achieve election to the New York Assembly. Jim is a staunch opponent of illegal immigration. If he is elected, there will be no state legislator anywhere that works harder to accomplish a decrease in the illegal alien population in his or her state.

Here is a link to Jim's website: http://jim4ny.com/ . Please donate to Jim's campaign if you can.

Copied below is a portion of the information on a webpage at Jim's website that addresses Jim's positions on important issues:

CRIMINAL ALIENS

New York State is home to a large and growing number of Criminal Aliens including sexual predators, violent gang members and identity theft rings.
Instead of ignoring this serious problem, we need an Assemblyman who recognizes this threat to public safety. We need an Assemblyman who understands how our local police can effectively cooperate with Federal law enforcement.

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How big is our problem?
According to the United States Department of Justice, New York spent $165 million last year locking up Criminal Aliens who were convicted of major crimes committed in our State. Think about this…only California spends more each year incarcerating Criminal Aliens.

Deportable Criminal Aliens in New York prisons should never be released, except into the custody of Federal officials.

It’s time that the Legislature bans so-called “Sanctuary Cities. It’s also time that New York follows the lead of states like Florida, Alabama, and Rhode Island and implements a formal cooperation agreement between all of our Sheriff’s Departments and the Department of Homeland Security. Only when we have a seamless web of law enforcement can we seriously address the threat of Criminal Aliens.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

$4.5 billion per year! That’s how much New York spends each year on illegal immigrant healthcare, education costs, and incarceration. Every household headed by a native-born resident in our State pays over $800 extra per year.

While everyone blames Congress, we can’t allow the Assembly majority to get away with “finger pointingâ€