Part 9 - The ’US economy will collapse without illegal alien labor’
Don't be fooled by peddlers of ‘Immigration Reform’ Scams
By S. J. Miller


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Let's be clear about what this claim really means, if true: that the nation's economy depends on "cut-rate labor," requiring that we continue the outrage of illegal immigration despite all the widespread harm it does to Americans and our society.

We've heard this excuse before, long before the anyone heard of "global economy" or the WTO. American southerners claimed their economic survival depended on slave labor, even with tariffs applied to imported cotton, rice, indigo, and tobacco. Notice the same industry leads the insistence on today's illegal immigration: agriculture.

"Cheap labor," indeed. They might at least call slavery by its rightful name. Does anyone notice the irony that the liberals who opposed slavery in the 1850s are today advocating illegal immigration to deliver "slaves" to big business?

THE USUAL PROPAGANDA
"They pay taxes." The few pennies paid in sales tax on non-food purchases don't change an illegal alien into an person deserving the privileges of citizenship. The sales tax on his motel room and restaurant meals paid by Mohammed Atta (leader of the 9/11 terrorists) didn't make him a law-abiding, taxpaying American citizen. The same applies to other illegal aliens.

Precisely what other taxes do they pay? Certainly not federal or state income taxes; they claim enough dependents that their income tax withholding is zero. Moreover, they file federal tax returns only to claim the Earned Income Credit - given to taxpayers with children even if they don't owe income taxes!

"They pay into Social Security even though they will never collect benefits."


Q. How can that be since illegal aliens can't get a Social Security number?

Answer #1 They're using forged Social Security cards, stealing someone else's number. The increase in identity theft linked to illegal immigration was recently reported by MSNBC. (1)

When I read that government officials have known of the problem for years but refuse to notify affected citizens, I wondered if that's the reason I receive an annual Earnings Statement (Form SSA 7705-SM-SI) that asks me to verify its accuracy. and


Answer #2 They pay Social Security taxes only if they have a "mainstream job" (defined as "a job Americans WILL do"). Here's another example of illegal alien advocates contradicting their own propaganda.

When confronted with the much higher rates of public assistance for immigrants vs. the native born, the return propaganda is:


"They may not contribute economically, but their contribution in cultural diversity makes up for it" and "They are bringing their rich culture."

Is this a cultural exchange or a "guest worker plan?" Why the attempt to deceive the public by misrepresenting a "guest worker plan" (or an amnesty) as a "cultural exchange program?"

"Our economy would be devastated without them…� and "They make a vital contribution to our economy"

"They add much more to the economy than they take away" and “They contribute more than they get (in return)…�

The High Cost of Cheap Labor: Illegal Immigration and the federal budget by the Center for Immigration Studies buried this nonsense for once and for all. (2) Even considering the Social Security "taxes" illegals pay by stealing another American's Social Security number, they still cost American taxpayers $10 billion every year in federal expenses alone! That doesn't include state expenses: education, medical care, welfare benefits (payments, housing, food stamps), jail costs, and higher insurance premiums for law-abiding citizens!

For years, studies from pro-immigration groups "proved" this by lumping legal immigrants and illegal aliens together. Because legal immigrants tend to be better educated with better paying jobs, their numbers concealed the negative economic "contribution" of the illegal aliens. That myth died with the CIS study.

And don't forget two additional "costs"the CIS study didn't mention:


1) $311 billion in uncollected taxes cited by the Barron's Study (Part 4: Greedy Employers Need Amnesty, too!) (3)
2) $40 billion annually in remitted wages to home countries, according to the best source imaginable - Western Union

WOULD THE US ECONOMY REALLY SUFFER WITHOUT THESE "INDUSTRIES?"
That illegal immigration and the presence of illegal aliens in the US enables and sustains certain economic sectors is undeniable. That said, what would be the loss should these two disappear entirely?


1) immigration lawyers' groups who support every proposed illegal alien amnesty and
2) non-profit and "church" groups using government (i.e. taxpayers') funds to provide "safety net assistance" for illegal aliens.

1) Immigration Lawyers. Immigration lawyers are almost as dependent on illegal aliens as agriculture, although they won't admit it as openly. When Congress passes an amnesty, immigration lawyers do a land-office business. AILA (American Immigration Lawyers' Association) has full-time Congressional lobby teams to influence immigration policy to their benefit.

The AgJobs Amnesty program (S-1645, HR 3142) sponsored by Senator Larry Craig & Congressman Chris Cannon gave preferential treatment to applicants represented by attorneys. While pressure on 108th Congress was heavy for passage, the Salt Lake Tribune revealed that, after requiring applicants to use an attorney or designated entity for the application process, the AgJOBS amnesty then allowed the illegal alien access to public funds to pay the lawyers' fees. The reporter wrote that Cannon allowed immigration lawyers access to the "AgJobs" drafting process, as well as heavy contributions by non-Utah immigation lawyers to Cannon's campaign. (4)(5)

But Congressman Cannon and Senator Craig weren't alone in writing legislation to benefit immigration lawyers! The Jackpot Amnesty by Senator Ted Kennedy and Congressman Gutierrez (S-2381, HR-4262) also allowed illegal aliens to hire a lawyer to handle their amnesty at the expense of American taxpayers.

So get rid of the lawyers. That idea didn't originate with me, by the way; it's adapted it from Mr. Shakespeare's Henry VI (Part 2, Act 4, Scene 2).

2) Non-profit "charities" receiving taxpayer funds. "Charities" long ago stopped being agencies providing emergency help; they've now become part of the socialistic agenda for redistributing income. In our naive belief that US government agencies follow the "separation of church and state" forced on us by the ACLU and similar allies, we never consider that these "charities" are disguised government agencies. Yet talk to "career" employees of non-profit/charities! You'll think you're dealing with a government employee, and for good reason -both groups operate with taxpayers' money. Like the immigration lawyers, they also use taxpayers' money to pay for federal and state legislative lobbyists to influence public lawmakers and policymakers.

The main difference is how their money is delivered. Government agencies receive money directly from government budgets, while "non-profits" receive their money largely from financial grants, largely hidden from public accountability.

They range from the two local groups below to nationals like Catholic Charities, USA, and even internationals. Most "government" money comes from grants out of White House Cabinet Departments: Dept of Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, Housing & Urban Development, and even Justice Dept!

They'd like us to believe they operate on voluntary donations, but the fact is that most depend heavily on government grants. Were they limited to voluntary donations to fund their "outreach" programs to illegal aliens (and others), I predict at least half would close. Remaining charitable activities would be severely curtailed.

That there's no public debate justifying continued taxpayers' subsidies to these groups is no surprise because the subsidies themselves are carefully kept VERY "low profile." But unlike most so-called "economic loss," elimination of these two parasitic groups would be a net gain to every Ameican taxpayer.

Writing proposals for government grants is non-profit groups' bread and butter. College students majoring in govenment will complete at least one course in writing grant proposals from both government agencies and private foundations.


Family values cross the Rio Grande'
A "caught red-handed" example was recently exposed by Terry Graham of Colorado when she revealed that taxpayers' money and her state governor aided and abetted illegal aliens (6). Two "non-profit" groups operating with substantial government funding printed and distributed "Enterese! (Inform Yourself), Survival Guide for Recent Arrivals to Colorado." Signed by Colorado governor Bill Owens, the booklet (paper and online) outlined how illegal aliens might obtain jobs, get free health care and seek low-cost attorneys.

"Following the money" (i.e. their tax documents) for Salud Family Health Centers and Focus Points Family Resources Center makes it undeniable: our government is providing money to "non-profit/charities" who use that money to help illegal aliens obtain more "services and benefits" paid with taxpayers' money:


Focus Points Family Health Centers:

Total revenue of $431,835 - 56% from government grants

Plan de Salud del Valle (DBA Salud Family Health Centers):

Total revenue of $8,798,851- 98.7% from government grants

These two are among many "non-profits/charities" who knowingly recycle American taxpayers' money into assistance to illegal aliens.

Volunteers during Arizona's Prop 200 campaign discovered another example when the Roman Catholic bishops publicly opposed Prop 200, even printing a "Vote NO on Prop 200" block in their parish newspaper Catholic Vision. (7)



Catholic Community Services, Southern AZ:
Government Grants & Match Donations $18, 219,543 (73.5% of annual budget)
Additional fees from immigration/adoption clients 4,025,853

Catholic Charities, Central & Northern AZ:
Government Grants $19,334,196 (84.6% of annual budget)
Additional Govt Grants--Immigrattion & Refugee** $ 3,036,574
Additional fees from Immigration & Adoption clients $ 638,150




**The "Big 5" non-profit immigrant advocates consistently lobby for increases in refugee and legal immigrant numbers, just as military contractors lobby for increased defense spending.

We know that one of two things is happening:


(1) The feds aren't aware that citizens' money provides assistance to illegal aliens and Congress will act promptly to investigate and stop it, prosecuting the groups violating the law, or
(2) The feds are aware that citizens' money provides assistance to illegal aliens and have done nothing to stop the outrage but refuse to prosecute the violators.

If #2 is true, aren't federal officials are tolerating violations of their own laws by "aiding and abetting illegal aliens" (Title 8, United States Code, Chapter 12, subchapter II, Section 1324)? In the same way they refuse to prosecute immigration law violations?

So in stopping illegal immigration, we get the added bonus of eliminating both immigration lawyers as well as an entire "industry" of taxpayer-funded non-profit groups who promote a cause that 80%+ of "we the people" oppose. Doesn't that qualify as a "win-win?".

OF COURSE IT'S NOT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD!
It's hard to obtain an "official government" rationale and justification for taxpyers' funding of benefits and services to illegal aliens, because no one in government wants to address the direct question. Instead they evade the question with "we didn't know" excuses. The "non-profit/charities" have a different answer: "we don't want to alienate people who need help with the fear of deportation." Some even openly admit knowingly "aiding and abetting," such as Tom Ziemann, director of Catholic Charities in Glenwood Springs, CO. ( The "Western Slope" area of Colorado includes the ski resorts where illegal aliens' "cheap labor" is in great demand. Eliminating the "side assistance" with the high living costs of resort area, the "cheap labor" illegals might leave the area.

I'm convinced it's all part of the US government's balancing act in transitioning the US to a "global economy." Government officials' policy provides publicly-financed "corporate welfare" to keep just enough American businesses afloat despite their obvious inability to compete with businesses in "cheap production" countries. They also hinder enforcment of immigration laws for the same reason.

Who in his/her right mind would think American business will successfully complete with global manufacturers considering the imbedded expenses American prices and wages must support:


a. the US military to send anywhere in the world to protect global business interests.
b. international "giveaway" programs, both from the US and indirectly via the UN.
c. "non-profits" like the charities above and "one-world" groups like UN, NATO, SEATO, and the rest.
d. "corporate welfare" that shifts corporate tax responsibility to citizens.
e. government acquisition of private property to aid business agendas.

How long will the US government continue the balancing act? Until global business says they're satisfied with its acquisition of wealth at the expense of Americans. Considering that they likely agree with the late Duchess of Windsor's adage that "You can never be too rich or too thin," it won't happen so long as a single American citizen owns property or has a dollar beyond survival expenses.

WHO MADE THE "GLOBAL ECONOMY" DECISION?
Certainly not Americans. Like "mass immigration" decisions of Congress since 1965, the "global economy" decision was made in private meeting rooms by people not elected by "we the people." In some cases, Americans wouldn't even recognize names of those dictating the policies that govern their lives. Once the decisions were made "in the dark of night," it was easy to convince US government officials to end public debate on important topics and exclude Americans' from knowledge of their political world.

Today's illegal immigration fiasco is only one example proving Americans have trusted their elected representatives far too long. We're being confronted with other nasty surprises that resulted from global business control of the political world; 9/11 was only one of many to come, and the Bush "guest worker amnesty" was another surprise. We'll soon be faced with resumption of the military draft, sending troops for additional "regime change," and FTAA.

Were these issues presented by either of the 2004 Presidential candidates? Were they included on election platforms of either political party?

In saving our country from the "global" agenda (of which mass immigration is only one part), Americans should consider our own form of "regime change." By seeking political allies in new places rather than the traditional "Republican/Democrat" arena, because these parties no longer serve Americans' interests.

~ Resources ~


(1) Bob Sullivan, The Secret List of ID theft victims, MSNBC, January 26 2005.

(2) The High Cost of Cheap Labor: Illegal Immigration and the federal budget, Center for Immigration Studies, August 2004.

(3) Illegals estimated to number 18-20 million, WorldNet Daily, January 3 2005.

(4) Cannon drums on immigration despite voters, Salt Lake Tribune, September 14 2004.

(5) Comparison of Various Selected Guest Worker and Amnesty Bills in the 108th Congress, NumbersUSA.

(6) Bill Owens' Guide for Illegal Aliens: Cash In on Colorado!, January 29, 2005

(7) Bishop asks Catholics to vote "no" against immigration initiative, Catholic Vision, October 2004, Volume 9, Number 14, page 9.

( Catholic Charities Clarification, Glenwood Springs Post Independent, January 5 2005.