Posted on 01/13/2006 7:23:05 AM PST by Rockitz
A Republican National Committee member has gathered enough signatures to engineer a party vote next week on a resolution that calls for tougher immigration and border enforcement and opposes a guest-worker plan in what could be a head-to-head showdown on President Bush's signature immigration proposal.
"It's pretty clear where the American public is on this issue -- they want the border fixed. They want the government to do something about employers who hire illegal workers. I believe that's essentially where the Republican Party is," said Randy Pullen, the national committeeman from Arizona who is sponsoring the resolution.
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It should have been clear long ago.
It's too damned bad we have to beat them over the head with a Louisville Slugger to get their attention.
As a political party, they're not very smart, but at present they're all we've got.
It's about damn time.
Hopefully this will actually have some teeth, and isn't just a knee-jerk reaction to Hildebeast's posturing.
Well Amen and Hallelujah BUMP!!
About damn time bump!!!!!!!
Can you ping your list? This should probably be breaking news in border states.
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It should have been clear long ago.
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It was. But they are being beaten up by an OPEN BORDER WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP to keep quiet on the issue. THAT is the real problem.
The repubs had better realize that the old shell game where they approve a tough bill in the house then defeat it in the senate isn't going to work on this issue. If they try that approach the RNC had better tighten their belt several notches because contributions will disappear.
Anyone have an idea of how to get the message across to the RNC that there are hundreds of thousands of us out here sick of the same ole garbage out of Washington. I've called the RNC in Washington to voice my opinion. All I get is some "bored" voice on the other end of the telephone. Just not contributing doesn't seem to get the message across.
You and 50 million more like you!
Some "genius" (possibly Karl Rove) has told W that illegal immigration is a win-win situation for the GOP- First, a steady supply of hard-working cheap labor for business owners who tend to be big donors, and second a peace offering to the illegals with the hope that they will vote for GOP candidates when they do become citizens.
I don't hire illegals, but I do pay a helluva lot of taxes to keep them in health care, public services, infrastructure, and schools. I just can't afford it anymore. Lettuce for a buck and a half at the supermarket is just not worth it.
This is just another form of socialist wealth redsitribution from the middle class to illegal immigrants and business owners who hire them.
Ping!
So, I reckon they got to vote on as to whether it is necessary to enforce federal and state laws, or is it they need to vote on how they feel about the law, or is it they need to vote on they have to turn a blind eye to corporate America for promoting 'slave labor', or is it they have to vote on another excuse to fund giveaway programs and tax dollars to illegal aliens that have committed a felony simply by entering illegally?
PLEASE FORGIVE THIS SOMEWHAT LENGTHY POST, but I wanted to provide some details of
WHAT NOT IS BEING ENFORCED ACCORDING TO LAW!! So, spread the word WE ARE GETTING SCREWED!! Here are some of the statutes The President, Vic-President, the Congress, the federal Judiciary, INS, ICE, all states that are bound to enforce federal regulation, etc., are sworn to uphold while employed as an agent of the United States government.:
§ 1182. Inadmissible aliens
1) Health-related grounds
(A) In general
Any alien—
(i) who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) to have a communicable disease of public health significance, which shall include infection with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome,
(ii) except as provided in subparagraph
(C), who seeks admission as an immigrant, or who seeks adjustment of status to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and who has failed to present documentation of having received vaccination against vaccine-preventable diseases, which shall include at least the following diseases: mumps, measles, rubella, polio, tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, pertussis, influenza type B and hepatitis B, and any other vaccinations against vaccine-preventable diseases recommended by the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices,
(iii) who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Attorney General)—
(I) to have a physical or mental disorder and behavior associated with the disorder that may pose, or has posed, a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others, or
(II) to have had a physical or mental disorder and a history of behavior associated with the disorder, which behavior has posed a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others and which behavior is likely to recur or to lead to other harmful behavior, or
(iv) who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) to be a drug abuser or addict,is inadmissible.
§ 1227. Deportable aliens
(a) Classes of deportable aliens
Any alien (including an alien crewman) in and admitted to the United States shall, upon the order of the Attorney General, be removed if the alien is within one or more of the following classes of deportable aliens:
(1) Inadmissible at time of entry or of adjustment of status or violates status
(A) Inadmissible aliens
Any alien who at the time of entry or adjustment of status was within one or more of the classes of aliens inadmissible by the law existing at such time is deportable.
(B) Present in violation of law
Any alien who is present in the United States in violation of this chapter or any other law of the United States is deportable.
(C) Violated nonimmigrant status or condition of entry
Generally speaking, anyone physically and legally entering into the U.S. will be treated as a citizen, with all rights guaranteed a citizen. There are some exceptions to this general rule. For example, while entering the United States (and physically in the United States), a foreign national can be detained and expelled. In some cases, detention is for an unlimited amount of time, and some illegal immigrants have been held for years on end at taxpayers expense.
So, for Article II, sections 1 and 2: ".... Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:-"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
(....."and to protect the country from harm, both foreign and domestic.)
Section. 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
and with that:
SUBCHAPTER I—ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL BENEFITS Release date: 2004-02-11 # § 1611. Aliens who are not qualified aliens ineligible for Federal public benefits
# § 1612. Limited eligibility of qualified aliens for certain Federal programs
# § 1613. Five-year limited eligibility of qualified aliens for Federal means-tested public benefit
# § 1614. Notification and information reporting
# § 1615. Requirements relating to provision of benefits based on citizenship, alienage, or immigration status under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and certain other acts.
22. Act of March 3, 1893 (27 Statutes-at-Large 570) Provisions: 1. Added to the reporting requirements regarding alien arrivals to the United States such new information as occupation, marital status, ability to read or write, amount of money in possession, and facts regarding physical and mental health. This information was needed to determine admissibility according to the expanding list of grounds for exclusion.
2. Established boards of special inquiry to decide the admissibility of alien arrivals.
127. Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of November 10, 1986 (100 Statutes-at-Large 3537) Provisions:
a. Stipulated that aliens deriving their immigrant status based on a marriage of less than two years are conditional immigrants. To remove conditional status, the alien must apply within 90 days after their second-year anniversary of receiving conditional status.
b. Required alien fiance(e)s of U.S. citizens to have met their citizen petitioner in person within two years of the date the petition was filed.
142. Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of September 30, 1996 (110 Statutes-at-Large 3009)
Provisions:
1. Established measures to control U.S. borders, protect legal workers through worksite enforcement, and remove criminal and other deportable aliens:
1. Increased border personnel, equipment, and technology as well as enforcement personnel at land and air ports of entry;
2. Authorized improvements in barriers along the Southwest border;
3. Increased anti-smuggling authority and penalties for alien smuggling;
4. Increased penalties for illegal entry, passport and visa fraud, and failure to depart;
5. Increased INS investigators for worksite enforcement, alien smuggling, and visa overstayers;
6. Established three voluntary pilot programs to confirm the employment eligibility of workers and reduced the number and types of documents that may be presented to employers for identity and eligibility to work;
7. Broadly reformed exclusion and deportation procedures, including consolidation into a single removal process as well as the institution of expedited removal to speed deportation and alien exclusion through more stringent grounds of admissibility;
8. Increased detention space for criminal and other deportable aliens;
9. Instituted 3- and 10-year bars to admissibility for aliens seeking to reenter after having been unlawfully present in the United States;
10. Barred re-entry of individuals who renounced their U.S. citizenship in order to avoid U.S. tax obligations.
2. Placed added restrictions on benefits for aliens:
1. Provided for a pilot program on limiting issuance of driver's licenses to illegal aliens;
2. Declared aliens not lawfully present ineligible for Social Security benefits;
3. Established procedures for requiring proof of citizenship for Federal public benefits;
4. Established limitations on eligibility for preferential treatment of aliens not lawfully present on the basis of residence for higher education benefits;
5. Provided for verification of immigration status for purposes of Social Security and higher educational assistance;
6. Tightened the requirement for an affidavit of support for sponsored immigrants, making the affidavit a legally binding contract to provide financial support;
7. Provided authority of States and political subdivisions of States to limit assistance to aliens in providing general cash public assistance;
8. Increased maximum criminal penalties for forging or counterfeiting the seal of a Federal department or agency to facilitate benefit fraud by an unlawful alien.
3. Miscellaneous provisions:
1. Recodified existing INS regulations regarding asylum;
2. Provided that the Attorney General's parole authority may be exercised only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public health.
3. Created new limits on the ability of F-1 students to attend public schools without reimbursing those institutions;
4. Established new mandates for educational institutions to collect information on foreign students' status and nationality and provide it to INS;
5. Tightened restrictions regarding foreign physicians' ability to work in the United States;
6. Added new consular processing provisions and revised the visa waiver program.
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Vincente Fox and Dubya will have a good laugh over this during next week's poker game night.
I'll assume you mean "What is not being enforced according to law."
On that note, you’re absolutely wrong.
Thanks!
"The president has been very clear that he wants to see real and comprehensive immigration reform that includes border security, interior enforcement and a guest-worker program,"
Sorry, NO guest worker program.
Come in at the border check point, do it LEGALLY OR STAY THE HELL HOME!
A lot of tax free dollars flow out of this country to south of the border just so illegals' families can have food and medical. We do not have enough money to 'save' everyone in the world from financial hardship. Sad and true and that is the reality.
Polio, TB, Whooping Cough are making a comeback because our borders aren't secure and the trafficking of illegals from all over the world. This great nation has spent millions to get these specific diseases out of our population. Let's (our leaders) not waste though efforts and our parents' and grandparents' hard earned tax dollars with warm fuzzy feelings and excuses. Let's not cave in to the philosophies of The Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations with respect to 'The New World Order'. Those notions cost a lot of money and most other countries supporting that BS will renege on their financial commitments.
Who says they got it? I believe nothing until those borders are sealed. I've seen encouraging sighns, but nothing they can't renege on.
My Congressman is Culberson. I almost wish it was somebody else because I like him and I want to vote against an incumbent. Actually, I moved, and I think I might be in Al Greens district now.
Fixing the illegal probblem is a fix for the size of the transfer payments. I wish we could get them to enforce controls on welfare for illegals with the same vigor we want them to prosecute scofflaw employers. I would like to see residency requirements for voting enthusiastically enforced as well.
That, plus the refusal to donate any more $$ to the RNC. That really got their attention.
No more money from me until I see all of the tough reforms in place and being implemented. Not another dime until then.
You apparently missed the question mark at the end of my comment. ;o)
There are so many weasel maneuvers that these pols pull when they want to appear one way and do the opposite, I've lost track.
They get much more money from the big donors who need the cheap labor than from the small fry who is angered about not knowing the language in his former home town.
Nothing has changed, this is just a bit of red meat for the base.
Nothing in Washington moves fast. Our opinions will always be way ahead of the curve, on the cutting edge.
About the time you start to get horse in the throat from screaming and you have ripped your hair out and just about given up hope, things start to move.
Mexico is getting help from groups in the U.S., including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Thomas Donohue, chief executive officer of the chamber, said in a Jan. 4 speech in Washington that he will fight against the House legislation on immigration.
Agreed. See my post #13.
Damn straight!
Here is a copy of the resolution, e-maied out in December by Denise McNamara Cosponsor Republican National Committeewoman, Texas
There is also a copy of the mentioned competing Bill Crocker Resolution in this thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1549409/posts
RESOLUTION DEMANDING THE SECURING OF OUR BORDERS AGAINST FOREIGN TERRORISTS, ILLEGAL ALIENS AND OTHER CRIMINALS
WHEREAS, Border security and immigration enforcement are critical elements in America’s national security, and
WHEREAS, The Republican Party supports legal immigration to our country and acknowledges the tremendous contributions made by legal immigrants throughout our history to our economy and society, and
WHEREAS, The Republican Party Platform specifically states that we must strengthen our Border Patrol to stop illegal crossings and we will equip the Border Patrol with the tools, technologies, structures, and sufficient force necessary to secure the border, and
WHEREAS, Strengthening the capacity of law enforcement to apprehend foreign terrorists, illegal aliens and other criminals entering our country illegally is essential to protecting America and reducing crime in our cities, and
WHEREAS, Immigration enforcement training needs to be provided to state and local law enforcement to strengthen interior enforcement of immigration laws, and
WHEREAS, Withholding U.S. citizenship from individuals born to illegal aliens will remove the so-called “anchor baby” inducement to sneak into our country, and
WHEREAS, Worker eligibility verification should be mandatory for all employers in the United States and employers held responsible for hiring illegal aliens as employees and be subject to substantial fines, and
WHEREAS, Working or residing illegally in our country must not establish rights or financial benefits of any kind for illegal aliens, and
WHEREAS, Any guest worker plan that allows illegal aliens to remain and work in our country will only result in more illegal immigration and increased crime in our country, and
WHEREAS, Respect for the rule of law is a bedrock principle of our country, our culture and our posterity, now therefore be it
RESOLVED, The Republican National Committee calls for the immediate securing of our border with all available means and the enforcement of existing immigration laws in the workplace, and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, The Republican National Committee calls for all federal funds to be withheld from any city, state or local jurisdiction that acts as a sanctuary for illegal aliens by advocating policies, written or understood, that prohibit or otherwise thwart cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, and be it
FINALLY RESOLVED, The Republican National Committee calls upon the Congress to pass and the President to sign a bill enacting laws to secure our borders and end employment of illegal aliens in the workplace at the earliest possible opportunity and to immediately commence enforcement.
Respectfully submitted,
____________________________________ ____________
Randall L. Pullen Cosponsor Republican National Committeeman, Arizona
The ten willing to co-sponsor this resolution:
Alaska – June Burkhart
Arizona – Randy Pullen
California – Barbara Alby
Colorado – Bob Schaffer
Louisiana - Kay Kellogg Katz
Michigan – Chuck Yob
N. Dakota – Curly Haugland
S. Carolina – Buddy Witherspoon
S. Dakota – Ron Schmidt
Texas – Denise McNamara
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Support our Minutemen Patriots!
Be Ever Vigilant ~ Bump!
Then, before you can say "hasta la vista, baby," working class born-American taxpayers are footing the bills for immigrants' medical needs, welfare, food stamps, housing, all levels of schooling including college, child care, maternity benefits, and so on. Taxpayers are subsidizing immigrants' daily food intake, housing, reduced mortgages, free medical, education, reduced in-state tuition and out of state tuition fees. We also foot the legal bills when they start suing if we don't provide these goodies pronto.
Lastly, and more ominous, is that they become hyphenated voting blocs, demanding representation in the US Congress, state legislatures and beyond so that they can get even more government benefits.
They bring with them their utter contempt for our efforts to maintain a civilied society under our Constitution.
OK, did I hear you say "underdeveloped countries?"
The government of Mexico---with all of its oil revenue----needs to be taking care of its own people, not "outsourcing' them as wards of American taxpayers. Mexico can well-afford it. Mexico has more "Forbes" billionaires, 11, than all but eight other nations. It has more billionaires than Saudi Arabia, Switzerland or Taiwan. It also has more than 85,000 millionaires.
According to a CNN report, Mexico sits on oil reserves worth about $400 billion, but Mexico's state-owned oil company, Pemex, doesn't have the investment funds to tap those reserves, and Mexico's Congress refuses to allow foreign investment in Pemex. However, some observers say this is due to Mexican gov't corruption, and the obsession to line their own pockets. Adding insult to injury American taxpayers are subsidizing foreign aid transfers to Mexico.
According to Visa International--which is now clamoring for a share of the transfer fees--American money sent South of the Border by illegals constitutes $38 BILLION this year alone constituting Mexico's second largest most profitable industry.
America should mandate proof for all cash transfers out of the US and/or force all transferring agencies -- banks, credit unions, Amex, Western Union to collect a substantial withholding tax -- 50%, say -- on every unexplained foreign remittance.
Mexico is a wealthy oil-producing neighbor of the US forces its poor people to flee to the US to work and then send money back home.
Mexico has no welfare safety nets, health insurance for its people and no Social Security System. The US even provides the defense umbrella to protect Mexico, so they have no real defense expenses.
America needs to seal our borders and let Vincente Fox know that we will cut off every penny in aid he gets from the United States.
This unmitigated contempt for America, and working-class, tax-paying Americans, cannot go unchallenged. The sense of entitlement these people have is outrageous-----that the rest of us owe them a living. And that US citizens, and the US government, exist for their convenience while they break our laws, at will.
The only thing between us and camouflage-clad federales patrolling our streets with shoulder holsters is the rule of law.
After spending several years starting oil exploration crews for Pemex and re-reading Atlas Shrugged, I think I have The reason Mexico has become so bad.
I like the Mexican people in the fly over parts of Mexico. The mid level and workers of Pemex are good. It is the government and the high up in Pemex that are the vultures and looters. The peso was about 8 cents (12.5 to a dollar). When Pemex found the sito grande, a very large oil pool that covers parts of the states of Chiapas and Tabasco also a long ways into the Gulf of Mexico.
Pemex borrowed billions to produce this great oil find. The looters (government) stole most of the money and what they did buy was junk oil rigs and drill pipe, etc. 1,000 pesos which was worth about $80 now will not buy a coke. This was due to the looters stealing billions from the Mexican people.(old pesos)
Instead of overthrowing the looters the Mexican people had an out, they had no weapons and they could cross into America and have a much safer life. This hurts both Mexico and America as Mexico lost some of it's hardest workers. The gang bangers also came over from Mexico as they could rape and pillage at will.
Dope and welfare crimes are also the result of this invasion.
The government of Mexico is propped up by the billions sent back by the illegals and by our government having borders that are too open.
The only chance I see to help America and Mexico is to seal the border, deport the people who are not here legally. We also need to arm the Mexican people so they can have a chance against the looters with their armies.
Print out and send them the fake pesos that have been posted here on other threads. I'll try to find them.
Maybe they'll put the anti-illegal immigration plank back in the Republican Party's platform.
Try our FRiend Prime Choice's site:
http://www.sacredcowburgers.com
Thanks, Seadog, that's what I was looking for. Redhead, check out the fake pesos on the URL that Seadog posted above.
Ah, Yes for quite some time now, where the hell have you been for all these years?
They hung up on me when I told them "not another dime" till the border situation is taken care of!
"It's pretty clear where the American public is on this issue -- they want the border fixed.
Illegal = Illegal. Now, go enforce the law. Period
I sent this article to Rush and hope he'll get the word out to the conservative faithful.
I'll believe it when I see it.
Preliminary machinations are a great way for politicos to get credit for appearing to "do something" when in fact they know nothing will change.
John Wooden said it best: "do not mistake motion for progress."
Agreed. At the risk of repeating the punchline from a prior post #27:
"There are so many weasel maneuvers that these pols pull when they want to appear one way and do the opposite, I've lost track."
What's the latest on this?
Snooped around on the RNC site and couldn't find anything. Randy Pullen has no new press releases on the AZ GOP site either. http://www.azgop.org/News/
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