By: Ken T. Cuccinelli
OpEd Contributor
February 10, 2010
Virginia is moving towards passing legislation that would make it unlawful to implement federal legislation to compel Virginia residents to buy health insurance, a/k/a, Obamacare. On Monday, February 1st, the Democratic-controlled state senate of Virginia passed a bill that would block the implementation of the individual mandate of Obamacare....
Ken Cuccinelli of Fairfax is Virginias attorney general.
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If you would like to order the new book "Replacing Americans" - the Deadly Consequences of an Open Border with Mexico! by 'yours truly' & Dave Gibson, write to : laura427@cox.net ($10.95 & S&H/tax, 78 pgs. - easy reading. And it offers "Solutions"! Or go to the following where you can check this book out & order it there if you'd prefer:
iUniverse Online Bookstore:
http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000168697
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ACTION ALERT: OUR FENCE: SEND THIS OUT TO EVERYONE AND TELL THEM TO WRITE/CALL/FAX THEIR POLITICIANS: SENATORS/REPRESENTATIVE AND TELL THEM WE WANT OUR FENCE(S): VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL!!!
Cost, kinks could kill 'virtual fence' for U.S.-Mexican border
By Tony Romm
The Hill (Washington, DC), February 10, 2010
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/80527-cost-kinks-could-kill-virtual-fence-for-us-mexican-border
Technical glitches and cost concerns could spell the end of a high-tech 'virtual fence' once thought to be the future of law enforcement on the U.S.-Mexican border. Federal officials once believed a smattering of high-tech, high-resolution cameras, movement sensors and radars would help border patrol agents there catch immigrants as they enter the United States illegally.
But a handful of unresolved kinks, a history of program delays and new doubts of the program's cost effectiveness could spell the end of the so-far $672 million program, which former President George W. Bush piloted in 2005. ...
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1. ACTION ALERT: SEND THIS TO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS: ONE MORE REASON TO GET ILLEGAL ALIENS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY: WE HAVE BEEN INFILTRATED:
Posted on February 7, 2010
Video: “I Had To Leave Because I Couldn’t Speak Spanish.”
From the Archives: Young American mom, whose husband is a veteran, couldn't get timely help from the local Medi-Cal WIC office because she doesn't speak Spanish....
2. ACTION ALERT: HERE IS A TEA PARTY PLEDGE - PLEASE SIGN IF YOU SO DEEM: This will not work if you click on it, please copy and paste into your browser.
http://www.conserva
3. ACTION ALERT: REQUEST FROM A READER:
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL START CALLING OR E-MAILING THE MEDIA (INCLUDING CABLE NEWS, RADIO, NEWSPAPERS, ETC.) AND START INFORMING THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN OF THE ILLEGAL ALIEN INVASION AND WHY THE 2010 ELECTION IS SO IMPORTANT. WE DO NOT WANT AMNESTY. ONCE AGAIN, THE MSM IS TRYING TO AVOID DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE – IT INCLUDES THE GOP AND THE DNC AS THEY BOTH WANT TO BE SILENT AND MAKE US GO AWAY. THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR TIME AND WE MUST NOT LET IT SLIP AWAY. REMEMBER TOM TANCREDO’S FAMOUS QUOTE: "This is our culture - fight for it. This is our flag - pick it up. This is our country - take it back." - Congressman Tom Tancredo
Listen to JUAN HERNANDEZ BELOW
http://therockymountainfoundation.org/images/Juan_Hernandez_-_fini.mp3
4. ACTION ALERT: SLIMEBALL OF THE DAY (THERE ARE MANY MORE): RENO, NV IS A "SANCTUARY CITY" THAT PROTECTS ILLEGAL ALIENS! SEND THIS OUT TO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS:
http://www.examiner.com/x-35821-Immigration-Reform-Examiner~y2010m2d12-Illegal-alien-charged-with-kidnapping-assault-in-Nevada?cid=examiner-email
Police in Reno, NV, arrested Juan Hernandez, 20, he is accused of grabbing a woman, forcing her into a bathroom and attempting to sexually assault her.Police say the assault occurred last month at a home on North Virginia St., the victim and another woman went to the house to visit friends. It was actually her friends who came to her aid during the attackIllegal alien charged with kidnapping, assault in Nevada
5. ACTION ALERT: FOR THOSE IN MARICOPA COUNTY, PHOENIX, AZ. THIS IS FROM A READER WITH HIS COMMENT (FOR YOUR COMMENT):
For those of us who live in Maricopa County (AZ) the county is asking for your input. I personally believe that this could be just a feel good poll, I've saved my response, if we don't respond it will just be an excuse by the Board of Supervisors not to listen to the people.
http://www.maricopagop.org/2010/02/10/maricopa-county-strategic-plan-update-citizen-survey/
MORE FOR PHOENIX FOLK (REPUBLICAN PARTY):
VOLUNTEERS NEED TO PUT TOGETHER PC BOOKLETS: 10 am –noon, Feb, 12, Arizona Republican Party HQ,
6. ACTION ALERT: HEALTHCARE BILL: CONTINUE TO CALL AND LET OBAMA & YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF OBAMACARE!
OBAMA COMMENTLINE: 1(202)456-1111
Obama Invites GOP To Join Healthcare Talks »
In a CBS interview with Katie Couric on Sunday, President Obama attempted to breathe life into the stalled healthcare debate by inviting congressional Republicans and Democrats to a summit meeting on Feb. 25. More »
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MORE HEALTHCARE AT #20
7. ACTION ALERT: 2ND AMENDMENT:
CALL OR WRITE GOVERNOR HERBERT'S OFFICE AND ASK HIM TO SIGN SB 11 NOW!
Governor Herbert
801-538-1000 office
gherbert@utah.gov
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9642976
A blow has been struck for states' rights and we have a cause for great celebration! Senator Dayton and Representative Sandstrom have passed a bill through the Utah House and Senate entitled:
SB 11 UTAH STATE-MADE FIREARMS PROTECTION ACT
This is one small, but extremely important, step in clawing back some rights from the Federal Government's usurpation of the rights of the States. The important part is: The Constitution of the United States of America specifically states what powers the federal government is supposed to have, and explicitly says ALL the other powers belong to the individual states....
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REQUEST FROM SMART GIRL POLITICS:
Arizona: Carry Reform Bill Passes out of Committee
Please Contact Your State Legislators TO SUPPORT HB 2347!
Last week House Bill 2347 passed out of the House Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee by a vote of 5 to 2. HB 2347 would eliminate a long standing double standard between concealed carry and open carry.Currently under Arizona law it is generally legal to carry a firearm openly as long as you are 18 years of age and not prohibited from possessing a firearm. However, if the firearm becomes covered, say with a coat, or if you are a woman and prefer to carry your firearm in your purse, you need to possess a concealed carry permit. The permit system is expensive and time consuming, considering all you have done is change your attire. While the recently amended language would allow law-abiding persons to carry their firearm concealed, it would not allow those without permits to carry concealed in places that require a permit, such as restaurants. It is the intention of the NRA to fully support the amended version of HB 2347 and provide greater freedom of choice for Arizona gun owners.Please take the time to respectfully urge your state legislators to support the amended version of House Bill 2347.
8. ACTION ALERT: CALL YOUR LOCAL (& NOT SO LOCAL) HQ OF YOUR TEA PARTY AND TELL THEM "NO RINOS"/"NO GLOBALISTS" - WE WANT "WE THE PEOPLE" "REAL CONSERVATIVES" IN THERE! AND NO "PATH TO CITIZENSHIP" AMNESTY SELL-OUTS LIKE PALIN!
Courageous Not Conservative
I am afraid the Tea Party movement is in danger of being high jacked by “mainstream conservative” Republicans. Both parties have their fingers in the air trying to figure out how powerful of a storm is on the horizon. Can’t you see them paddling their boats to the right…hoping to ride the waves to victory?........
http://www.newswithviews.com/Daubenmire/dave184.htm
by Coach Dave Daubenmire
9. ACTION ALERT: HERE IS A LETTER FROM A READER TO SARAH PALIN. PLEASE READ AND WRITE YOUR OWN ABOUT MCCAIN & ALSO ABOUT PALIN'S STANCE ON AMNESTY WHICH APPARENTLY SHE CONDONES:
SARAH PALIN: info@sarahpac.com; (202)747-1812 or go to www.sarahpac.com/contact
Dear Sarah: As an activist precinct committeeman and county Republican Party officer, I have a better than average perspective on Sen. McCain's less than conservative principles and his totally unresponsive representation to his Arizona constituents over many years.In 2004, many of us were collecting signatures on a citizen's initiative called Proposition 200. The focus of this initiative was to keep our voting process safe from illegal voters and to stop giving state welfare to illegal residents. Sen. McCain worked tirelessly against the thousands of citizens who were trying to get this issue on the ballot. This bill passed by 78% of
10. TEA PARTIES/REPORTS/TOWNHALL MEETINGS:
TEA Parties Scheduled
AZ - TEA Parties around the state.
http://sonoranweekl
Indiana , Pennsylvania, Patriots meet every other Mon 6:15 PM
http://online.
Feb 13 – Mansfield, Ashland & Cleveland Tea Party seminar
palin-to-address-
NEW
Feb 23 – Quad Cities
http://qconline.
Fwb 26 - Michelle Bachmann at Hamilton County GOP
http://www.hamilton
Feb 28 Freedom rally
http://www.historic
March 5 Sarah Palin Will Headline Pro-Life Event in Columbus , Ohio The $40 general event ticket price will benefit the Ohio Right to Life Society
http://www.lifenews
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Reports
TEA Party 2.0
http://www.flopping
Andrew Breitbert key note speech in Nashville– don’t tred on me
http://www.flopping
Texas TEA Party candidate, Debra Medna closing in on the Giants. Might make run off?
http://www.washingt
Democrat candidate for ILL Lt Gov withdraws from campaign days after winning primary!
http://www.lonelyco
Republican candidate from ILL spoke to Nahville convention.
http://www.dailyher
Will Murtha’s seat be filled with a TEA Party conservative?
http://www.humaneve
The TEA party is over?
http://www.lonelyco
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Polls Struggle To Capture Impact Of Tea Party Movement
February 11, 2010Just days after the first Tea Party nation’s convention wound down in Nashville several opinion polls appeared to send conflicting messages about the movement’s likely impact in this crucial election year.According to a CNN/Opinion Research Poll, only about a third of Americans view the movement favorably, while a plurality (40 percent) have not heard of it or don’t have enough information to form an opinion.In addition, about 26 percent of the public is critical of the grassroots movement.--------------------------
Palin Slams Obama Administration During Tea Party Keynote Address »
Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin delivered the keynote address to the attendees of the Tea Party movement's first-ever national convention Feb.6, saying that the Obama administration's policies were causing America to "drown in debt." More »
http://www.personalliberty.com/news/palin-slams-obama-administration-during-tea-party-keynote-address-19604076/
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Hosted by the Texas Conservative Coalition
Plano TX - Feb 15, 2010, 8:30am to 1:30 pm
The Town Hall will be a forum to explore solutions both to restoring the constitutional rights of the State of Texas and its people, and to rolling back the growing power and influence of the federal government.
Fox News analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano will be the keynote speaker with comments by other nationally-prominent constitutional scholars, activists, and conservative state legislators.
Register today!
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February 10, 2010
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/09/anti-tea-party-web-site-scheme-funnel-funds/
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February 10, 2010
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/09/anti-tea-party-web-site-scheme-funnel-funds/
Anti-Tea Party Web Site Part of Scheme to Funnel Funds
By Joseph Abrams
- FOXNews.com
A new Web site targeting the tea parties is a part of a complex network of money flowing from the mountainous coffers of the country's biggest labor unions and trickling slowly into political slush funds for Democratic activists.
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63% Say Better for Country If Most of Congress Not Reelected
From Constitutional Emergency:There are statements being made by some about Tea Party, 912ers, grass roots patriots allegiance/association. Some are trying to connect us to the Republican party. Sarah Palin mentioned it, Dick Armey of Freedom Works is trying to coopt Tea Party movement and perhaps others.Be it known that Constitutional Emergency/Patriots For America is a grass roots movement affiliated with Tea Party,912, and other constitutional focused groups, but in no way supporting the Republican apparatus, the Democrat apparatus...we are independent minded patriots supporting the raising up of candidates that will commit to constitutional restoration, republic principles, and Founding Father vision. We don't care about the vehicle these candidates use to gain election...what we care about is what they stand for and are willing to fight for...but we will not be coopted by the existing political apparatus as a tool supporting their anti-constitutional goals.We reject any attempt to infilitrate the Tea Party, 912, or grass roots movements. Those of the corrupt political apparatus that are attempting to move America away from Constitutional Government are rejected. We will decide the winning candidates that meet "we the people" criteria.--------------------------
J.D. Hayworth will sweep across Arizona on President's Day, Monday, Feb. 15th to formally announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate, challenging the 24-year incumbent, John McCain. Starting in Phoenix, he will then visit the West and East Valleys as well as Tucson and Green Valley that day. Subsequently he will visit other cities across the state (see press release below). 2:00 pm, in Sun Lakes, voters in the East Valley will have the opportunity to help J.D. Hayworth kick off his bid for Senate. Hear why he is running, sign his petitions and cheer him on at the Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 N. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes 85248. Call Sandy for directions (480-883-1097). And please forward to your circle of friends!
[This is a change in venue from our first announcement for this event from the Oakwood Country Club.]
Contact: Jason Rose
J.D. Hayworth 2010
Office: 480.423.1414 ---------------------------
http://www.the912project.us/forum/topic/show?id=2881797%3ATopic%3A628191&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_topic
Debra Medina Bombs on Glenn Beck Radio Show
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12. ELIGIBILITY: The sender of this message said this article was syndicated world-wide!
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13. Reducing All Immigration Into America
A recent Seattle Times op-ed said that Washington State’s (illegal) immigrants are “indispensable.” In other words, “We need our 21st century slave labor in order to ensure that our corporations make obscene profits to the detriment of our own citizens.” Ironically, the Seattle Times did not mention that hundreds of thousands of Washington State citizens languish in food kitchens, food stamp and unemployment lines......
http://www.newswithviews.com/Wooldridge/frosty543.htm
by Frosty Wooldridge
14. LEGAL (GA): FROM THE DUSTIN INMAN SOCIETY:
Rep. Rick Austin Introduces House Bill 1164
HB 1164 to protect Georgians from unemployment and benefits loss due to illegal immigration
ATLANTA- In an effort to protect jobs and benefits for Georgians, Representative Rick Austin (R-Demorest) today introduced House Bill 1164 - legislation designed to build on the 2006 Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act (GSICA). This bill would specifically provide refined verification methods and expand transparency in compliance with existing federal and state public benefits and employments laws."In 2006, the state of Georgia became a national leader in attempting to protect its citizens from job and benefits loss due to the crime of illegal immigration," said Representative Austin. "No reasonable person can argue that we can allow even one Georgian to go without a job or benefit because our borders are not secured or because the federal government failed to enforce our immigration laws. This legislation is aimed at assisting local governments and official agencies in their effort to comply with the law."
15. OFF-TOPIC:
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/19882
The Stupid Weather Still Won’t Cooperate with the Leftist’s Global Warming Science
By Jim Byrd
In another calamitous blow to the global warming church, the highly anticipated National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA), which is part of the Commerce Department, had to cancel their global altering press conference about man-made global warming in Washington D.C. because of an unprecedented winter storm that has shut D.C. and the federal government down. Alas, all is not lost; they will hold their press conference via telephone, God willing the snow and ice does not disable the telephone system.
----------------------16. AND THE MEXICAN GOV'T HAS NOT MADE A LAWSUIT YET???
Body of illegal immigrant returned to Mexico
By Jonathon Shacat
The Sierra Vista Herald (AZ), February 11, 2010
Mexican officials have repatriated to Mexico the body of an illegal immigrant who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent along the U.S.-Mexico border east of Douglas last month.
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http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2010/02/11/body-illegal-immigrant-returned-mexico
17. THEY EITHER "ALL" OR ALMOST ALL HAVE FAKE ID'S MADE BY THE BEST LASER COPY EQUIPMENT DRUG/PEOPLE SMUGGLING MONEY CAN BUY BY MEXICAN MANUFACTURERS MOST PROBABLY HERE IN OUR COUNTRY!
Ex-BMV worker gets 1 year for fake IDs
By Kimball Perry
The Cincinnati Enquirer, February 11, 2010
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20100210/NEWS010702/2110310/Ex-BMV+worker+sentenced+for+fake+IDs
Jason Voner presented himself in court Wednesday as a hard-working father who wants to be known as a good man.
But an Assistant Hamilton County Prosecutor said Voner was the ring-leader for a scheme to get illegal immigrants Ohio driver's licenses so they could stay here and suggested Voner - who used to work at the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles - join the four Guatemalans involved in the scheme in prison. Voner, 32, of Walnut Hills, called one of the female workers at the 7990 Reading Road BMV office and told her he would pay her $100 for each of the Ohio identification cards she helped him get for illegal immigrants. The female worker then told her boss who contacted authorities and they set up a sting.
18. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE ILLEGAL WHO HAS 16 PREVIOUS DUI'S BUT WAS NOT DEPORTED BECAUSE THIS CITY IN CO IS A "SANCTUARY CITY". THIS LITTLE 3 Y.O. BOY WAS EATING HIS ICE CREAM IN BASKIN ROBBINS WHEN THIS DRUNK ILLEGAL MURDERED HIM NOT TO MENTION THE TWO AMERICAN WOMEN SITTING IN A CAR OUTSIDE THIS STORE:
Colo. mother recalls crash that killed her son
By P. Solomon Banda
The Associated Press, February 10, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-fatal-ice-cream-crash,0,7187448.story
Jurors saw surveillance video Wednesday showing the last moments of a 3-year-old boy's life that prosecutors said in opening statements was ended by the careless driving of an illegal immigrant. Francis M. Hernandez, believed to be from Guatemala, is standing trial on vehicular homicide and other charges in the Sept. 4, 2008 crash that killed Marten Kudlis at an ice cream shop as his mother stood five feet away waiting to order Also killed were Patricia Guntharp and her passenger Debra Serecky, who were in a pickup truck that turned left into the path of an oncoming SUV that authorities said was driven by Hernandez.
19. Border Patrol setting up Maine I-95 checkpoints
The Associated Press, February 11, 2010
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view/20100211border_patrol_setting_up_maine_i-95_checkpoints/srvc=home&position=recent
Bangor, Maine -- The U.S. Border Patrol says a checkpoint agents have been running on Interstate 95 in Maine are one of the agency’s tools in finding illegal immigrants, smugglers or terrorists in the United States.
The Bangor Daily News says Border Patrol agents conducted checks on the interstate near Sherman, Maine, on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Deputy Chief Patrol Agency Alfredo Casillas says I-95 is an ideal location for a checkpoint because many people use the highway to head south into the United States from Canada.
He wouldn’t say if the checkpoint will be operating Thursday or if agents encountered any illegal immigrants when they stopped more than 1,000 vehicles.
20. MORE HEALTHCARE:
Congressional Democrats point finger of blame at Rahm Emanuel on healthcare http://thehill.com/homenews/house/80315-congressional-dems-point-finger-at-rahm
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Message from CD3 Congressman John Shadegg:
The article below from the National Journal is very scary. It lays out Speaker Pelosi's plan to push through health care reform legislation along the lines of the current Senate/House bills. She plans to use the reconciliation process to cram the legislation down
http://politifi.com/news/Pelosi-Aide-Outlines-Healthcare-Endgame-181259.html
National Journal: Pelosi Aide Outlines Healthcare Endgame
House Speaker Pelosi's top healthcare adviser today outlined a plan that would allow both chambers to make changes to the Senate healthcare overhaul before the overhaul becomes law. Wendell Primus said the plan is to have President Obama sign the Senate bill before signing the legislation making the changes, even though Congress will approve them in reverse to satisfy skeptical House members who refuse to pass the Senate bill before changes are made.The trick in all of this is that the president would have to sign the Senate bill first, then the reconciliation bill second, and the reconciliation bill would trump the Senate bill," Wendell Primus told health policy experts gathered at the National Health Policy Conference hosted by AcademyHealth and Health Affairs. Some have questioned whether rules would allow Congress to pass changes to a bill that is not yet law. House members have insisted both chambers approve the changes, which likely will go through the reconciliation process to require 51 votes rather than the 60-vote supermajority in the Senate, before they pass they Senate bill.. Primus also mentioned bill drafters would need to use certain language to ensure the plan works, although he did not elaborate.There's a certain skill, there's a trick, but I think we'll get it done," he said.Negotiators first must agree on changes.The Senate parliamentarian still needs to weigh in, he added. Despite all these complications, Primus said, lawmakers will be "very close to being done" with an overhaul by Easter recess.He said the prenegotiated package would be based on agreements reached before Democrats lost their 60-seat supermajority in the Senate last month after the special election in
21. How Illegal Immigration Hurts Black America
With national unemployment hovering around 10 percent and black male unemployment at a staggering 17.6 percent, it's just not true that undocumented workers are doing the jobs that we won't do.
By Cord Jefferson
The Root, February 10, 2010
http://www.theroot.com/views/how-illegal-immigration-hurts-black-america
In October 2008, amidst claims that one of its subsidiaries was knowingly hiring illegal immigrants, North Carolina poultry producer House of Raeford Farms initiated a systematic conversion of its workforce.
Following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid that nabbed 300 undocumented workers at a Columbia Farms processing plant in Columbia, S.C., a spooked House of Raeford quietly began replacing immigrants with native-born labor at all of its plants. Less than a year later, House of Raeford’s flagship production line in Raeford, N.C., had been transformed, going from more than 80 percent Latino to 70 percent African-American, according to a report by the Charlotte Observer.
Under President George W. Bush, showy workplace raids like the one that befell Raeford were standard—if widely despised—fare. And though the Obama administration has committed itself to dialing down the practice, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has occasionally found herself the bearer of bad news to immigration activists who expected the raids to end entirely under her watch.
For the most part, the workplace crackdowns themselves are unremarkable—gaudy, ad hoc things that mitigate America’s immigration problem the way a water balloon might a forest fire. Increasingly however, their immediate aftermaths—in which dozens of eager African-American job applicants line up to fill vacancies—call into question a familiar refrain from the nation’s more vocal immigration proponents: Illegal immigrants do work American citizens won’t. Even former Mexican President Vicente Fox fell victim to the hype, infamously declaring in 2006 that Mexican immigrants perform the jobs that 'not even blacks want to do.'
22. IT'S NOT "IMMIGRATION" AND THEY'RE NOT "IMMIGRANTS":
Summit County immigrants continue to press for reform
By Julie Sutor
The Glenwood Springs Post Independent (CO), February 11, 2010
http://www.postindependent.com/article/20100211/VALLEYNEWS/100219992/1083&ParentProfile=1074
Grand Junction, Colorado -- Hundreds of immigrants to Colorado and their allies gathered near the foot of the Grand Mesa Wednesday afternoon to press lawmakers for immigration reform.
The activists, including about a dozen from Summit County, delivered more than 6,000 signatures on petitions and postcards to U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet's staff.
'It makes my day to be a part of something like this — something bigger than myself,' said 37-year-old Dillon resident Martin Gomez, who made the three-hour drive to Grand Junction with a group of fellow immigrants Wednesday morning.
23. CENSUS:
Suburbs aim to deliver on census count
By John Laidler
The Boston Globe, February 11, 2010
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Grassroots effort key to 2010 Census immigrant count
By Taras E. Berezowsky
The Medill Reports (Northwestern University, Chicago), February 10, 2010
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=156234
It shouldn’t be a secret that the U.S. Census Bureau is getting ready for the biggest count this country has ever seen.
It spent a small fortune to air a 30-second spot during the Super Bowl last Sunday.
In Chicago, census workers say they want to make sure the immigrant population is well-represented. And that requires strong local effort.
A January poll by the Pew Research Center showed that one-third of Latinos still haven’t heard of the U.S. Census.
24. Tom Tancredo got idea for civics literacy tests critics call racist from an immigrant
By Michael Roberts
Denver Westword, February 9, 2010
http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/02/tom_tancredo_got_idea_for_civi.php
Last week, ex-Congressman and former presidential candidate Tom Tancredo, delivering the keynote address at the First National Tea Party Convention, drew accusations of racism when he suggested that President Barack Obama was elected partly because 'we do not have a civics literacy test before people can vote... People who could not even spell the word 'vote' or say it in English put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House.'
Tancredo scoffs at the notion that these remarks were racially motivated. As evidence, he reveals that the person who helped spur the idea of a civics literacy test for voting was what he describes as 'a black guy' driving a limo in Detroit who happened to be studying for his citizenship test.
25. Illegal immigration opponents target trustee for recall
By Stephen Wall
The Redlands Daily Facts (CA), February 10, 2010
http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/sanbernardinocounty/ci_14376585
A group opposed to illegal immigration has launched a campaign to oust a High Desert school board member from office. We The People California's Crusader, a Claremont-based group fighting illegal immigration, is working to vote out Victor Valley Union High School District trustee Felix Diaz. Diaz, who is serving his second stint on the school board, is up for re-election in November. He also was a member of the board from 1985 to 1992. Diaz supports amnesty for illegal immigrants and puts the interests of Latino school children ahead of other students, said Raymond Herrera, founder and president of the organization.
'He's a man in a military uniform who doesn't like the American people,' Herrera said. Diaz, who served in the Army from 1957 to 1960, teaches military science at three district schools. He is also a teacher for the California Cadet Corps, a youth program of the California National Guard originally formed to prepare young men to be military officers. Diaz, a 75-year-old Victorville resident, predicted the effort would fail. 'All I can say is prove it,' Diaz said. 'Prove that I put amnesty first. I've never put (amnesty) ahead of the American people or ahead of my students. If he can prove it, then I agree with him. Otherwise, tell him to keep his mouth shut.' Diaz, who also served on the Victorville City Council from 1992 to 1996, said he would step down if Herrera produces 5,000 valid signatures from registered voters in the district calling for his removal. 'As soon as he gets 5,000 signatures, bring them to the school board and I'll resign as soon as they're verified,' Diaz said. 'I really don't need this coming from a nut.' Herrera said he took offense when Diaz wrote that Herrera and his allies were 'urinating in the wind' in a published letter to The Sun in July. Diaz's letter criticized Herrera and his supporters' views on illegal immigration. Herrera said Diaz's comments set a bad example for schoolchildren, including his 13-year-old daughter, Sierra. Sierra attended Lakeview Middle School but transferred to a charter school a few weeks ago after Herrera said she became uncomfortable when Diaz was on campus teaching the Cadet Corps. Herrera also criticizes Diaz for opposing his campaign to bring down Spanish-language billboards in Hesperia last year.
Herrera said his group has passed out about 500 fliers at supermarkets and in neighborhoods throughout the Victorville-based district, which serves about 10,000 seventh- through 12th-graders in the High Desert. The district is 49percent Latino, 21percent black and nearly 21percent white, according to the state Department of Education. Herrera said his group's effort is part of a public awareness campaign that also targets Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, and county school board member Gil Navarro.
26. Catholics to send Congress pro-immigrant message
By Moises Mendoza
The Houston Chronicle, February 10, 2010
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6861209.html
Religious leaders are turning to postcards in their latest effort to push politicians to reform the country's immigration laws.
Beginning later this month, pro-immigrant religious groups will begin delivering hundreds of thousands of the cards signed by parishioners to members of Congress. About 40,000 of those will come from the Houston area.
The hope: When the politicians see all the postcards piling up, they'll realize there's broad support behind a call by the Catholic Church, and others, to create a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
27. WHY ARE AMERICANS BEING FORCED TO PAY FOR PEOPLE HERE BREAKING OUR LAWS, THEIR KIDS' EDUCATION (WHEN OURS ARE NOT GETTING EDUCATED ADEQUATELY), THEIR FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT WHEN AMERICANS DON'T GET FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT, ETC. ETC.
S.F. may close Newcomer High for immigrants
By Jill Tucker
The San Francisco Chronicle, February 11, 2010
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/MNA41BVGJD.DTL
For 30 years, San Francisco's Newcomer High School has been the first stop for thousands of new immigrant teenagers struggling in a new country, often with minimal English skills and sometimes low levels of literacy. Oof the first students to enroll found solace at the school after a tidal wave sank the boat carrying him from Vietnam. He clung to a lifeboat for seven hours and spent 10 days waiting for rescue on an island. The rest of his family died. Such stories still echo through Newcomer's halls, but the school - a one-year transitional program for about 160 students - could fall silent by summer. District officials want to close the school in June and spread students across four to six comprehensive high schools, where they would get English instruction and receive more resources and services....
28. SHERIFF JOE: Arizona Sheriff, U.S. in Standoff Over Immigration Enforcement
By Miriam Jordan
The Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703455804575057650062572536.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5
An Arizona sheriff said he planned to defy Washington's attempts to roll back his staunch enforcement of federal immigration law, a move that could put him on a collision course with the U.S. government. Late last year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the largest arm of the Department of Homeland Security, stripped Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of the authority to use 100 of his deputies to enforce federal immigration in his jurisdiction, which includes Phoenix. The customs agency took the action because Mr. Arpaio's aggressive immigration crackdowns had drawn criticism from human-rights groups and had run afoul of the U.S. Justice Department, which is investigating whether he has used racial profiling and abused his authority.
In an interview this week, Mr. Arpaio said he would ignore Washington's effort to clip his powers and would train all of his 881 deputies to enforce federal immigration law on the streets. 'We have the inherent right to enforce federal immigration law,' Mr. Arpaio said. 'If Washington doesn't like it, I recommend they change the laws.'
29. Juvenile probation to continue reporting arrests to immigration
By Erin Sherbert
The San Francisco Examiner, February 11, 2010
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Juvenile-probation-to-continue-reporting-arrests-to-immigration-84077177.html
San Francisco -- The Juvenile Probation Department will not change its current policy of reporting undocumented juveniles to Immigration and Customs Enforcement when booked on suspicion of a felony, the department chief said. In a statement released Wednesday, Chief Probation Officer William Siffermann said the department has concluded it cannot change its current policies because it would violate federal law. But this is in violation of the new sanctuary ordinance that prohibits probation officials from reporting undocumented youths unless they are convicted of a felony, according to Supervisor David Campos, who sponsored the legislation.
30. Deal to curb drug- and immigrant-smuggled money
The Associated Press, February 11, 2010
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/02/11/20100211smuggling-money-western-union-arizona.html
Prosecutors in Arizona will unveil a legal settlement Thursday with Western Union in a dispute that centers on the state's efforts to reduce the flow of immigrant and drug smuggling money through wire transfers.
The Arizona Attorney General's Office and Western Union wouldn't provide advance details of the deal. Specifics will be provided at a Thursday afternoon news conference.
But the Englewood, Colo.-based company said in a past regulatory filing that it had set aside $71 million to settle disputes in the state's attempt to seize alleged smuggling proceeds.
The company had said it expected a significant portion of the money to go toward setting up a nonprofit organization to promote safety and security along the U.S.-Mexico border.
31. Perry seeks reimbursement for detained immigrants
By Paul J. Weber
The Houston Chronicle, February 10, 2010
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/politics/6861193.html
32. THIS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ANYWHERE TO THE DEGREE IT IS IF OUR BORDERS WERE PROTECTED (THE FED. GOV'T'S JOB!!!):
Ohio trafficking in humans 'disturbing'
Report looks at exploitation of children, foreigners
By Lisa D. Preston and Jon Craig
The Cincinnati Enquirer, February 10, 2010
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100210/NEWS01/2110362/Ohio+trafficking+in+humans++disturbing+
Columbus -- About 1,000 American-born children are forced into the sex trade in Ohio every year and about 800 immigrants are sexually exploited and pushed into sweatshop-type jobs, a new report on human trafficking in the state said Wednesday.
'These are disturbing facts,' Attorney General Richard Cordray said of a six-month study by the Trafficking in Persons Study Commission. 'We are a high-risk state for trafficking.'
Cordray said human trafficking - exploiting people for sex, labor or other criminal abuses - is more prevalent in large cities where there is access to major highways. The first-of-its-kind study gives Ohio a basis from which to move forward, he said.
33. Report: State benefits from cash immigrants send home
By Nicole C. Brambila
The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA), February 11, 2010
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100211/NStates like California with large immigration populations likely benefit from remittances — or money immigrants send back to their home country — because of an increased demand for U.S. exports, according to a report released Wednesday by the Immigration Policy Center. Formed in 2003, the center is the research policy arm of the American Immigration Council in Washington, D.C., whose mission is to shape the national conversation on immigration. Among the report's findings:
States with large immigration populations also have larger exports to immigrants' countries. Remittances contribute to economic stability in developing countries. In Mexico, for example, remittances in 2008 were second only to oil exports the generated $25 billion. Asia receives the largest portion of global remittances; Mexico the largest U.S. share. Roughly 14 percent, or $20.4 million of California's exports in 2008, went to Mexico.
34. Labor Dep't Approves New Rules on Farm Workers
The Associated Press, February 11, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/11/us/politics/AP-US-Guest-Workers.html
Washington, DC (AP) -- The Labor Department is reversing Bush administration rules that made it easier for farmers to hire temporary foreign workers to help pick their crops.The new regulations will increase wages and offer greater protections for thousands of foreign farm workers. The rules also require growers to make a greater effort to fill those jobs with domestic workers. Farm owners have vehemently opposed changes to the H-2A guest worker program. They say the new rules make it more burdensome and expensive to hire foreign workers for physically grueling jobs that most Americans don't want. But labor and immigrant rights groups claimed the Bush regulations slashed farm wages and made it harder for domestic workers to claim those jobs.
35. Indian illegal immigrants in US up 64 percent last decade
IANS (India), February 10, 2010
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/indians-abroad/Indian-illegal-immigrants-in-US-up-64-percent-last-decade/articleshow/5554881.cms
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FOR EVERY ILLEGAL WITH A JOB IN THE U.S., THERE IS AN AMERICAN UNEMPLOYED;
FOR EVERY ILLEGAL ALIEN STUDENT IN A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, THERE IS AN AMERICAN STUDENT WHO HAS LOST AN EDUCATION.
There are only a "finite" amount of jobs and only a "finite" amount
of places in our colleges and universities - not an "infinite" amount!
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