Looking at IMMIGRATIONS. Specifically, how the RAISE Act is working...

Remember the RAISE act introduced by Republican Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton and discussed previously on other sources earlier this year? Well it seems to be doing the job it was designed to do.

In brief, it's intent is to

1- End the "Visa Lottery"
2- Limit annual refugee admissions to 50,000
3- End chain migration
4- Reduce worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants from 480,000 to 88,000 by only prioritizing the nuclear family.
5- Add a nonimmigrant visa for parents of adult U.S. citizens (W-Visa) that could be renewable in 5 years with no work authorization or ability to receive public benefits assigned to the visa.

In essence, it's what we need to regain control of our country and it's a step in the right direction at least.

So how's it working so far?

Well, there's some bumps in the road.

Here are the problems...

You see, the mainstream media makes their failed and flawed arguments via distortions, all smoke and mirrors. We need to get down into the weeds with those groups, those sources like Numbers USA and those folks like Jeremy Beck who actually do research their subject matter and do report the truth.

IMHO

From our POTUS Donald J. Trump's speech he recently gave in Saudi Arabia while discussing islum and terrorism.

"I also applaud Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon for their role in hosting refugees. The surge of migrants and refugees leaving the Middle East depletes the human capital needed to build stable societies and economies. Instead of depriving this region of so much human potential, Middle Eastern countries can give young people hope for a brighter future in their home nations and regions."

I've been saying this for years.

There's absolutely no need to remove those adversely affected by terrorism, islam from their native environments. Quite often over the past decades I've suggested we protect them in place and provide the care, logistics, support they need to survive and eventually overcome their challenges at hand, whatever those might be. Let them do it in place, primarily on their own but with some oversight, support, help so they can maintain their dignity and obtain and maintain the quality of life they truly prefer.

I never understood the practice of ripping folks from their native lands, their homes, their lives simply to move them to a foreign environment thousands of miles away so they can dwell on their woes and wonder what's going to happen to them next. They're unfamiliar with everything associated with the move. They're immediately alienated and they're wholly uncomfortable.

Aiding them in place provides a heightened sense of ownership, loyalty, patriotism to their cause, their very existence.

Our POTUS Donald J. Trump is "spot on" here!

IMHO

Europe's enabling a replacement population.

And it's not European.

Europe is transforming before our very eyes. It's willingly opened its arms to wholesale change. Seemingly accepting history for what it was and moving forward down a separate path from that storied history. It's a path that appears to be totally foreign to all things European

Or so it seems.

In a short period of time (historically) all of Europe will be inhabited by approximately 37% non-European "immigrants".

And they're doing this to themselves. WHY?

IMHO

Putin's making sense?!

I  had this sent to me in an email today. I have no idea where it came from prior to it being sent to the person who sent it to me... This is one time our elected leaders should pay attention to the  advice of Vladimir Putin   On August 04, 2013, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, addressed the Duma,  (Russian Parliament), and gave a speech about the tensions  with  minorities in Russia :   "In Russia live like Russians.    Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia , to work  and eat in Russia ,  should speak  Russian, and should respect the Russian laws.    If they prefer Sharia Law, and live the life of Muslim's then we  advise them to go to those  places where that's the state law.    Russia does not need Muslim minorities. Minorities need Russia , and we  will  not grant them  special privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their desires, no  matter how loud they  yell 'discrimination'. We will not tolerate disrespect of our Russian culture.    We had better learn from the suicides of America , England , Holland   and  France , if we are to survive as a nation.    The Muslims are taking over those countries and they will not take over Russia ..   The Russian customs and traditions are not compatible with the lack of  culture or the primitive ways of  Sharia Law and Muslims.    When this honorable legislative body thinks of creating new laws, it  should have in mind the  Russian national interest first, observing that the Muslims Minorities  Are Not Russians.   The politicians in the Duma gave Putin a five minute standing ovation. If you keep this to yourself, you are part of the problem!   It is a sad day when a Communist makes more sense than our President Barack Hussein Obama.

Charlie Daniels take on Immigrations, illegal and otherwise!

A great prelude to Charlie's logic!

I don't know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally, made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations.

I don't blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the United States of America , as it is a truly wonderful place. But when the first thing you do when you set foot on American soil is illegal it is flat out wrong and I don't care how many lala land left heads come out of the woodwork and start trying to give me sensitivity lessons.

I don't need sensitivity lessons, in fact I don't have any-thing against Mexicans! I just have something against criminals and anybody who comes into this country illegally is a criminal and if you don't believe it try coming into America from a foreign country without a passport and see how far you get. What disturbs me about the demonstrations is that it's tanta-mount to saying, "I am going to come into your country even if it means breaking your laws and there's nothing you can do about it."

It's an "in your face" action and speaking just for me, I don't like it one little bit and if there were a half dozen pairs of gonads in Washington bigger than English peas it wouldn't be happening.

Where are you, you bunch of lily livered, pantywaist, forked tongued, sorry excuses for defenders of The Constitution? Have you been drinking the water out of the Potomac again? And even if you pass a bill on immigration it will probably be so pork laden and watered down that it won't mean anything anyway Besides, what good is another law going to do when you won't enforce the ones on the books now?

And what ever happened to the polls, guys? I thought you folks were the quintessential finger wetters. Well you sure ain't paying any attention to the polls this time because somewhere around eighty percent of Americans want some thing done about this mess, and mess it is and getting bigger everyday.

This is no longer a problem, it is a dilemma and headed for being a tragedy. Do you honestly think that what happened in France with the Muslims can't happen here when the businesses who hire these people finally run out of jobs and a few million disillusioned Hispanics take to the streets?

If you, Mr. President, Congressmen and Senators, knuckle under on this and refuse to do something meaningful it means that you care nothing for the kind of country your children and grand-children will inherit. But I guess that doesn't matter as long as you get re-elected. Shame on you.

One of the big problems in America today is that if you have the nerve to say anything derogatory about any group of people (except Christians) you are going to be screamed at by the media and called a racist, a bigot and anything else they can think of to call you.

Well, I've been pounded by the media before and I'm still rockin' and rollin' and when it comes to speaking the truth I fear not. The truth is that the gutless, gonadless, milksop politicians are just about to sell out the United States of America because they don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up to face reality.

Reality is that we would never allow any other group of people to have 12 million illegal in this country and turn around and say, "Oh it's ok, ya'll can stay here if you'll just allow us to slap your wrist."

I know that some of you who read this column are saying "Well what's wrong with that?" I'll tell you what's wrong with it. These people could be from Mars as far as we know. We don't know who they are, where they are or what they're up to and the way the Congress is going we're not going to. Does this make sense? Labor force you say? We already subsidize corporate agriculture as it is, must we subsidize their labor as well?

If these people were from Haiti would we be so fast to turn a blind eye to them or if they were from Somalia or Afghanistan ? I think not.

All the media shows us are pictures of hard working Hispanics who have crossed the border just to try to better their life. They don't show you pictures of the Feds rounding up members of MS 13, the violent gang who came across the same way the decent folks did. They don't tell you about the living conditions of the Mexican illegal some fat cat hired to pick his crop.

I want to make two predictions.

No. 1: This situation is going to grow and fester until it erupts in violence on our streets while the wimps in Washington drag their toes in the dirt and try to figure how many tons of political hay they can make to the acre.

No 2: Somebody is going to cross that border with some kind of weapon of mass destruction and set it off in a major American city after which there will be a backlash such as this country has never experienced and the Capitol building in Washington will probably tilt as Congressmen and Senators rush to the other side of the issue.

I don't know about you but I would love to see just one major politician stand up and say, "I don't care who I make mad and I don't care how many votes I lose, this is a desperate situation and I'm going to lead the fight to get it straightened out."

I don't blame anybody for wanting to come to America , but if you don't respect our immigration laws why should you respect any others? And by the way, this is America and our flag has stars and stripes Please get that other one out of my face.

God Bless America Charlie Daniels"

Charlie Daniels, Vietnam vet! PATRIOT! and some damned mighty fine music! He's not shy about telling it like it is! I've been a fan since I first heard him in the early 70's! I'm a bigger fan now!

Here's his take on things...

MY COUNTRY IF IT IS YOUR COUNTRY, SPEAK UP!

I am not against immigration - just come through like everyone else Get a sponsor; have a place to lay your head; have a job; pay your taxes; live by the rules; and LEARN THE LANGUAGE as all other immigrants have in the past and GOD BLESS AMERICA !

PART OF THE PROBLEM

Think about this: If you don't want to forward this for fear of offending someone, YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!

Will we still be the Country of choice and still be America if we continue to make the changes forced on us by people from other countries who came to live in America because it is the Country of Choice ? Think about it!

All we have to say is, when will Someone do something about MY RIGHTS? We've gone so far the other way, bent over backwards to not offend anyone, that I am now being offended. But it seems no one has a problem with that. "In God We Trust" is our national motto. This is not some Christian, right wing, political slogan. We adopted this motto because Christian men and women - on Christian principles - founded this nation and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools."

Now, you gotta love the truth!

Thanks for speaking up Charlie! You've had a fan for life here since I first heard your songs and your opinions! And definitely THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS MIGHTY FINE COUNTRY! If I recall correctly the last time you had to speak up like this was back in the "jimmy carter mess".

Illegal Immigration Simplified

JOE vs. JOSE You have two families: "Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families have two parents, two children, and live in California...

Joe Legal works in construction, has a Social Security Number and makes $25.00 per hour with taxes deducted.

Jose Illegal also works in construction, has NO Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table".

Ready? Now pay attention....

Joe Legal: $25.00 per hour x 40 hours = $1000.00 per week, or $52,000.00 per year. Now take 30% away for state and federal tax; Joe Legal now has $31,231.00.

Jose Illegal: $15.00 per hour x 40 hours = $600.00 per week, or $31,200.0 0 per year. Jose Illegal pays no taxes. Jose Illegal now has $31,200.00.

Joe Legal pays medical and dental insurance with limited coverage for his family at $600.00 per month, or $7,200.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $24,031.00.

Jose Illegal has full medical and dental coverage through the state and local clinics and emergency hospitals at a cost of $0.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.

Joe Legal makes too much money and is not eligible for food stamps or welfare. Joe Legal pays $500.00 per month for food, or $6,000.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $18,031.00.

Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for food stamps, WIC and welfare. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.

Joe Legal pays rent of $1,200.00 per month, or $14,400.00 per year. Joe Legal now has 9,631 .00.

Jose Illegal receives a $500.00 per month Federal Rent Subsidy. Jose Illegal pays out that $500.00 per month, or $6,000.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $ 31,200.00.

Joe Legal pays $200.00 per month, or $2,400.00 for car insurance. Some of that is uninsured motorist insurance. Joe Legal now has $7,231.00.

Jose Illegal says, "We don't need no stinkin' insurance!" and still has $31,200.00.

Joe Legal has to make his $7,231.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, etc...

Jose Illegal has to make his $31,200.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, and what he sends out of the country every month...

Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after work.

Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family.

Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same elementary school. Joe Legal pays for his children's lunches, while Jose Illegal’s children get a government sponsored lunch. Jose Illegal's children have an after school ESL program. Joe Legal's children go home.

Now, when they reach college age, Joe Legal's kids may not get into a State School and may not qualify for scholarships, grants or other tuition help, even though Joe has been paying for State Schools through his taxes, while Jose Illegal's kids "go to the head of the class" because they are a minority.

Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same police and fire services, but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.

Do you get it, now?

If you vote for or support any politician that supports illegal aliens... You are part of the problem!!!

We need to keep this going--we need to make changes ASAP!

It's way PAST time to take a stand for America and Americans!

#VOTENOBama2012 #NOBama2012 #VOTERomneyRyan2012 #RomneyRyan2012

Some simple things... Politics, you gotta love it!

Ain't this the sad, sad truth!!!


An anonymous post on Yahoo
01/24/12

Bill Ayers, Reverend Wright, Tony Rezko, George Soros, Van Jones, Eric Holder Fast and Furious, Solyndra, GE and Jeffrey Immelt, Keystone Pipeline, Fiskar, 57 states, special Olympics, Lazy, First Time Proud to be an American, 1.8 mil jobs lost, Obamacare, school transcipts, birth certificate, illegal aunt and uncle, suing Arizona, black panthers, Joe the Plumber, Obama gonna pay my mortgage, Acorn, Chevy Volt, cap and trade, ClimateGate, $4 gas, enemies, Joe Biden, welfare state, cash for clunkers, give kids a breathalyzer, Fort Hood was workplace violence, Jon Corzine, Maxine Waters, Franklin Raines, Barney Frank housing collapse, Corpse Men, Bill Daley, gitmo closure, Afghanistan escalation, non-wars in Libya, etc., no budget, etc...... Obama lol

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.


NOBAMA 2012!!!

Are we having fun yet?!

A citizen's comments regarding Illegal Immigration in the U.S.A.

A citizen’s comments in response to a report on “The Blaze” entitled: Obama Admin Will Circumvent Congress With New Illegal Immigration Rule

Posted By: Citizen with Common Sense (Yahoo I.D.)... • St Louis, Missouri • 01/06/12

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Listed below are several of the arguments that have been used by misguided people to try and justify illegal immigration. Next to each is the reason why that argument has no merit.

1) They are an economic necessity - Not true. The idea that a bunch of desperately poor, uneducated, unskilled, non-English speaking foreigners are an economic necessity is ludicrous. In fact, when you compare cost vs. benefit, it is obvious that they are not only NOT a necessity, they are not even an asset. Rather, they are a liability and a huge one at that.

2) They do work Americans won’t do - Not true. They do work Americans won’t do for $7 an hour (especially if Americans can collect welfare and unemployment instead). Of course, if you got rid of the illegals, the jobs wouldn’t pay $7 an hour. The people who wanted the work done would have to pay a wage that was attractive enough to get Americans to do the work. And it might even be enough to get Americans off the unemployment and welfare dole and back into the taxpaying workforce!

3) We benefit from all that “cheap” labor - This is nonsense. The only people who benefit from the cheap labor are the unscrupulous people who hire illegal immigrants. Taxpayers are left holding the bag. Ultimately, it is they who must pay to support all the Americans who have been put out of work by illegals and must also provide billions of dollars in services and benefits to the illegals themselves.

4) They are just trying to make better lives - Aren’t we all? The difference is that most of us understand that we DO NOT have a right to acquire by illegal means those things that we find difficult to acquire by legal means. And we certainly don’t have the right to do it in a foreign country.

5) It is impossible to round up and deport the illegals - We don’t have to. All we have to do is remove the incentives that brought them here in the first place. No jobs. No housing. No taxpayer financed services or benefits (including education). Once we remove the incentives that brought them here, they will leave on their own.

6) Immigration control is racist / xenophobic - This is just another play of the race card by people who have no other cards to play. Immigration control is the world-wide status quo. There is nothing racist about it. Furthermore, the USA welcomes LEGAL immigrants of all races and ethnicities from all over the world who have gone through the legal immigration process. This is not just a bad argument, it is an attempt to create racial hatred and division.

7) We are a nation of immigrants - This is the “BIG LIE”. The vast majority of Americans are native-born. I am not an immigrant. Nor were my parents. Nor were my grandparents. We are a nation that has, historically, allowed and even encouraged LEGAL immigration. And we continue to do so. The issue at hand is illegal immigration, which has nothing to do with legal immigration.

8) They are people. We must treat them humanely - Yes & yes. But lets not pretend like they are victims who were dragged here kicking and screaming against their will. Nothing could be further from the truth. They came of their own free will and for their own benefit and they broke the law to do it. People should not be rewarded for breaking laws and committing crimes. Sending them home is the right thing to do. There is nothing “draconian” or “mean-spirited” about it.

9) It is wrong to break up families- Yes. Unfortunately, families are often broken up by criminal activity. If you don’t believe it, just drop by any prison or jail on visiting day. We can’t keep families together if some family members choose to participate in criminal activity.

10) They work & contribute to our society - So do I. And if I break the law and commit crimes, I can expect to pay a penalty of some kind. Anything from a small fine to the death penalty. I do not receive a reward. Why should we treat foreign criminals better than our own citizens?

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< WOW!!! Great post!!! What more can be said? Pass this along to your representatives and senators.

Gun Control...

...as designed.

From an email...

Shooting in Butte , Montana
Shotgun preteen vs. illegal alien Home Invaders:

Butte, Montana November 5, 2008

Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26, probably believed they would easily overpower home-alone 11 year old Patricia Harrington after her father had left their two-story home.

It seems the two crooks never learned two things: they were in Montana , and Patricia had been a clay shooting champion since she was nine.

Patricia was in her upstairs room when the two men broke through the front door of the house. She quickly ran to her father's room and grabbed his 12 gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun.

Resindez was the first to get up to the second floor only to be the first to catch a near point blank blast of buckshot from the 11-year-old's knee crouch aim . He suffered fatal wounds to his abdomen and genitals.

When Garza ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to the left shoulder and staggered out into the street where he bled to death before medical help could arrive.

It was found out later that Resindez was armed with a stolen 45 caliber handgun he took from another home invasion robbery. That victim, 50-year-old David Burien, was not so lucky. He died from stab wounds to the chest.

Ever wonder why good stuff never makes NBC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC, CNN, or ABC news? An 11 year old girl, properly trained, defended her home and herself... against two illegal immigrants... and she wins, she is still alive.

Now that is Gun Control !

Thought for the day:

Calling an illegal alien an 'undocumented immigrant' is like calling a drug dealer an 'unlicensed pharmacist.'

In response to a recent email...

Let's not forget our immigrant "friends" from the south who seek our wealth and happiness.

Isn't this whole illegal immigration discussion primarily focused on those from Central and South America?

Let's be honest with ourselves. Isn't that what this whole discussion's about? I know we've had some attempts to "smuggle" in Chinese Nationals via shipping containers, etc. But they're normally discovered and sent back. What about those from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia? What about them. We're not seeing the huge, coordinated outcry from their advocates.

Who's the folks hanging their flag above ours? Who's the folks hanging our flag upside down under theirs? Who's the one's showing up at immigration protests waving the Mexican flag?

Are the Koreans, Chinese, Hungarians, Thai, Vietnamese protesting in our streets and demanding all rights be granted to them, regardless of their allegiance?

Nope, it's the Mexicans... The Mexicans and their Latin American cronies.

They're not willing to take the legal route like those before them did. They're not willing to become true citizens of this country. They just want the money, the land and whatever buildings might be left behind for them to keep. Oh yeah, and maybe a low rider or two.

They don't want us, they don't want our compassion.

They want what we have. Nothing more, nothing less.

If it makes you feel any better call me a racist.

I'm not but if it makes you feel any better call me one.

You truly are avoiding the truth when you start dishing out that "racist" label though. If you're crying racist because folks see what's happening around us and are bringing it to other peoples attention... if you're calling us racists because we're aware, we're observant, we're realizing there's a drive to force us out of our life, our possessions, our country then I suggest you pull your head out of the sand or learn to subject yourselves to their demands, if you haven't already.

Call me paranoid while you're at it too. That label might help as well.

I'm not but call me that if you feel compelled to hang a label on me. I'm not paranoid because I know where I'll be twenty years from today. I know how I'll respond to an infestation of illegals... especially when they're demanding all I have.

So, let's look back at the wonderful education the students at Montebello, California High School got this year. Let's look back at that education and learn from it ourselves.

Let's put an end to this madness and stop the flow of illegal immigrations now!

How about this for some great news!!!

This is coming from an article I read on Yahoo news yesterday. I was going to comment on it yesterday but got tied up at work. Go figure!

Here’s the info with some of my comments tossed in…

"Fla. sheriff targets illegals
By MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press Writer Wed Jun 27, 2:27 PM ET

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - The sheriff's department has developed a remarkably effective — and controversial — way of catching illegal immigrants: Deputies in patrol cars pull up to a construction site in force, and watch and see who runs.

Those who take off are chased down and arrested on charges such as trespassing, for cutting through someone else's property, or loitering, for hiding out in someone's yard, or reckless driving, for speeding off in a car.U.S. immigration authorities are then given the names of those believed to be in this country illegally.

"It's not wrong for them to run, but it's not wrong for us to chase them either," said Sheriff Frank McKeithen, who created his Illegal Alien Task Force in April to target construction sites in this Florida Panhandle county."

I hate to break the news to some of you folks but this has been around for quite awhile. I’ve seen it used on lumber and cedar mills up here in the Pacific Northwest. It’s very effective and although “controversial” to illegal immigrant advocates (i.e. the ACLU, Catholic Church, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, etc.) it’s been dubbed an effective, proper and legal tactic in this neck of the woods anyways.

”Immigrant advocates say the technique is repugnant, and the ACLU says its constitutionality is questionable.

Illegal immigrants are leaving town. And builders are worried the crackdown will deprive them of the labor they need to take part in a building boom in which Panama City's Beach cheap spring-break motels are being torn down and replaced with high-rise condos."

”Illegal immigrants are leaving town.” Isn’t that the overall goal of immigration reform? Convince those who are in this country ILLEGALLY to leave. Wouldn’t it make sense to get those who are going through the proper legalization process LEGALIZED ahead of the line-cutting, demanding, want it all now cockroaches who infested this fine country over the past couple of decades?

Why aren’t the ACLU, the Catholic Church, the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund and the other immigrant advocate groups out there defending those who are trying to get things done the RIGHT WAY? Why do these organizations insist upon protecting those who are here ILLEGALLY? Why defend the criminals over the righteous?

”The sheriff said the raids are justified under a long-standing Florida law prohibiting employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.

His department has conducted dozens of these raids over the past three months, sometimes using five or six patrol cars, and has reported more than 500 people to immigration officials since November.”

Finally, someone with balls who will stand up and work WITH the INS. I heard yesterday that the 25 largest cities in the United States are sanctuary cities for ILLEGALS. Go figure! But if you or I were to cross the street outside of a crosswalk in any of those cities, if we were to inadvertently run a red light we’d be stopped, cited and our entire pedigree would be run through the computer. They’d certainly be identifying us, the LEGAL citizens.

”The Mexican American Legal Defense Fund is investigating the arrests because "the intimidation factor is of great concern," said Elise Shore, regional counsel for the organization.

Benjamin Stevenson, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union in Florida, said he finds the tactic troubling."Why are they sending out six or seven agents to investigate a paper crime, and are they causing them to run in the first place through intimidation?" he asked.”

What would be the source of intimidation? Perhaps uniformed law enforcement officers driving up to a work site to do their job. The ILLEGALS surely know their status and are going to run… why not? That’s not intimidation, that’s good police work. It’s a simple drive up and watch the roaches flee type of work. Then they simply follow those who flee until they break a law. Once a law is broken the officers intervene and do their job to protect and serve the taxpaying public who’s paying their salaries.

I thought that’s what the whole law enforcement profession was all about… to protect and serve.

When I was a kid growing up out here in the Pacific Northwest we would have little parties in the woods called “keggers”. Someone of legal age would buy at least one keg, give out a location and we’d all go to that location after school, usually on a Friday evening. We’d be partying down pretty good and the local deputies would quite often pull up in force. Those of us who were under the legal age would take off running through the forests. The deputies would chase some of us. Some would get caught, most wouldn’t. Those who didn’t run were identified by the deputies and were “released” because they were of legal age.

This is not a new tactic… just an effective one.

”As the debate over illegal immigration plays out in Washington, McKeithen is among a growing number of state and local officials taking it upon themselves to enforce immigration laws that up to now were regarded as a federal responsibility.

For example, Farmers Branch, Texas, is trying to prohibit apartment rentals to illegal immigrants in the Dallas suburb. Georgia passed a law requiring employers to verify the immigration status of all new employees.

Barbara Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami, would not comment on the sheriff's tactics.

McKeithen has asked Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum for a legal opinion on his tactics. A spokeswoman for McCollum said the office is researching the request.”

Yea Baby!!! The dhimmicrats and those few spineless republicans had it handed to them yesterday, eh? I think the debate over illegal immigration was pretty much put on ice with yesterdays IN YOUR FACE defeat of that Kennedy/McCain amnesty bill congress tried to shove down our throats.

”McKeithen is already under fire from civil rights groups over the videotaped 2006 death of a 14-year-old boy who was roughed up by guards at a juvenile boot camp operated by the sheriff's department. Eight former employees are facing manslaughter charges.”

Although tragic, what the hell does this have to do with the deputies chasing ILLEGAL immigrants? Those who “roughed up” the 14 years old inmate are facing manslaughter charges. Give them their day in court. It’s not as if someone tried to cover the incident up and really has no relevance to the ILLEGAL roach infestation currently at hand.

”The sheriff said that more recently, his officers have been making fewer arrests of workers who flee, and are concentrating more on asking employers for the paperwork on their employees. Sheriff's deputies then arrest workers whose documents are found to be fraudulent.”

More good police work! What’s wrong with sending deputies to check the documents of employers to ensure the documents are not fraudulent? Isn’t that what this whole law enforcement thing is all about? To follow up on tips, leads, to act on trends to ensure the community they’re sworn to protect and serve is protected and served appropriately?

If these officers weren’t doing their jobs the community would most likely be in an uproar. And rightfully so!

”Mexican illegal immigrant Jose Madrid, 28, said he has been unable to find a construction job over the past six weeks because of the crackdown, and hasn't been able to send money to his parents and his 7-year-old son back home.”

Oh… poor Jose! If he can’t find a job then something right is happening for once.

All of those folks who have been saying the laws we currently have in place ”just simply aren’t effective enough” should stand up and take notice of Jose’s plight.

He can’t find a job in construction because the police are enforcing the immigration laws… those VERY laws that are currently on the books. The money that he can’t send home to his parents and his 7 year old son can be earned by a fellow citizen and used here in this country to support his or her family.

What a concept!

"We immigrants, we are leaving Panama City. People are afraid they will be deported," he said. "The companies don't want to hire illegal people. Now they're only hiring those with papers."

Cool! Especially the part about ”The companies don’t want to hire illegal people. Now they’re only hiring those with papers.” Spoken by one of the very ILLEGAL's himself!

Wow! So what MELISSA NELSON, the Associated Press Writer is telling us in her recent article is that the Sheriff’s law enforcement tactics are working very well!
Those laws that our congressmen and congresswomen have been claiming to be unenforceable, those very tactics that we’ve been told are inept and simply won’t work are being used quite effectively by Sheriff Frank McKeithen in Florida.
Fantastic work Sheriff!

“Developer Louis Breland is finishing the first phase of a $750 million beach condo project. "Subcontractors could not function without immigrant laborers for painting, rebar and steel work. They are the best workers," he said. "Without them, the cost of construction would be 10 times as much and nothing would get built."

How about cutting back on your fat cat profits you get from using the ILLEGAL crowd? How about doing things right? How about hiring those who live in this country LEGALLY and paying them a wage for once? How about supporting those families who ARE your fellow citizens rather than sending the money home with those who have no intentions of spending any of it here?

I have no compassion for ILLEGAL immigrants who are being hunted down like the dogs they are and shipped back to where they came from. I also have no compassion for those "contractors" who are circumventing the system, taking advantage of our "social" medicine and aren't paying their fair share of labor and industries insurance for their "employees". They're making huge bucks by cheating the system.

No compassion! NONE!

I'd provide the direct link to the article but Yahoo's archived it by now. So go to Yahoo and do a search if you're interested in reading it in its entirety.

Amnesty---

---It’s as simple as that!

There’s nothing more to this “bi-partisan” sell out than that! Some of those in the United States government, some of OUR ELECTED LEADERS are selling out our very ethics, morals, values--- OUR COUNTRY, OUR YOUNG BUT RICH CULTURE by trying to force feed us another “Amnesty” program.

LISTEN UP!!!

SECURE OUR BORDERS! ROUND UP THE ILLEGAL ALIENS AND SEND THEM HOME! Back to where they came from. Back to their own countries so they can learn a bit about the difference between right and wrong, respect of values, laws, assimilation.

Let them know they’re in this country ILLEGALLY! Tell them that! Help them understand it and send them home.

If they wish to apply and come back through the legal process, so be it! Great! Let them apply, help them with the process, work with them and welcome them if and when they get approved. Help them adapt, assimilate.

But, let’s don’t reward people for bad behavior, lawlessness. Let’s have them go through our “immigration” process--- Our LEGAL “immigration” process. I mean, it’s worked for scores of thousands before them.

Let it work for them!

If the process needs streamlining, tweaking then let’s streamline it! Tweak it! Don’t wholesale it and don’t abandon it!

If it’s broken fix it and use it!

The dhimmi-crats and republicans need to get their respective heads out of their asses and listen to what the public is saying.

Kennedy, McCain, Bush, Feingold--- all of you jumping onto this giveaway bill--- you need to listen up a bit. You need to hear what is being said and understand that you’re not actually understanding what is being said now!

WE DON’T WANT AMNESTY!

If we grant amnesty to these illegal aliens we’re affording those who entered this fine country for whatever purpose, whatever motive the opportunity AND SUPPORT to carry on, regardless of the circumstances.

As we’ve learned from history that’s a dangerous practice.

Ask these illegal aliens why they’re fleeing their countries. Ask these illegal aliens why their home countries vigorously protect their borders. Ask these illegal aliens if non-citizens in their countries can openly protest and demand government AND CITIZEN concessions and get them. Ask these illegal aliens if non-citizens in their countries can demand free health care, education, welfare, transportation, legal representation and get it.

Ask them then ask them again why the left their homeland.