My letters to my Senators and the President regarding immigration legislation

JEFFHEAD.COM ^ | 27 March 2006 | Jeff Head

[Jeff Head]

I have sent the following two letters, one to my senators, and the other to the President regrding illegal immigration and the critical need to face up to it directly, stop the politics, and address the issue from a standpoint of American national security. I urge everyone to letters of their own:

TO MY SENATORS:

Senators Mike Crapo and Larry Craig
Washington, DC
RE: Immigration legislation

Dear Senators Crapo and Craig,

I'm writing to ask you to oppose any immigration bill that includes any form of guest worker, or any other amnesty-like provision that rewards those who have broken our laws in getting into this country. Also, in the strongest terms possible, I urge you to allow a vote on the Sensenbrenner immigration bill that has already passed the House of Representatives.

Until the federal government is willing to strongly enforce the immigration laws that are already on the books, Americans will be highly skeptical of any additional promises to enforce a new and deeply flawed approach. If recent history is an accurate guide, this so-called guest worker notion would only encourage a new wave of illegal aliens and make America 's uncontrolled and unacceptable immigration debacle even worse than it is now.

Such legislation is a bad idea not only because it creates a transparent path to amnesty, but also because it would reduce work opportunities, depress wages, and lower worker protection for Americans. Further, it would be impossible to administer and even more unlikely to be enforced.

In my estimation, on of the most important job you have to do right now is to SECURE OUR BORDER against illegal immigration. Like millions of Americans, I'm sick and tired of the "inside the beltway" politics on this issue; I will listen to no more excuses or sophistry regarding this issue. Senator, we need you and your collegues to pass true border security legislation, such as the Sensenbrenner bill already passed by the House.

Please, oppose any immigration bill that includes any guest worker amnesty-like provisions. I will be watching your vote on this issue very closely and urging everyone I know to do the same. As with abortion, this issue is a show stopper for me. Anyone not addressing this issue directly, and in such a manner as to stop the flood, support our laws, and end this invasion will simply not get my vote.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Sincerely,

Jeff Head
Emmett, ID

AND TO THE PRESIDENT:

President George Bush
Washington, DC
RE: Immigration legislation

Dear President Bush,

I'm writing to let you know that I have asked both of my senators here in Idaho, (Senator's Craig and Capo) to oppose any immigration bill that includes any form of guest worker, or any other amnesty-like provision that rewards those who have broken our laws in getting into this country. Also, in the strongest terms possible, I have urged them to allow a vote on the Sensenbrenner immigration bill that has already passed the House of Representatives.

Until the federal government is willing to strongly enforce the immigration laws that are already on the books, Americans will be highly skeptical of any additional promises to enforce a new and deeply flawed approach. If recent history is an accurate guide, this so-called guest worker notion would only encourage a new wave of illegal aliens and make America 's uncontrolled and unacceptable immigration debacle even worse than it is now.

Such legislation is a bad idea not only because it creates a transparent path to amnesty, but also because it would reduce work opportunities, depress wages, and lower worker protection for Americans. Further, it would be impossible to administer and even more unlikely to be enforced.

In my estimation, and with all due respect Mr. President, one of the most important job you have to do right now is to SECURE OUR BORDER against illegal immigration. Like millions of Americans, I'm sick and tired of the "inside the beltway" politics on this issue; I will listen to no more excuses or sophistry regarding it. Mr. President, we need you to push for and help pass true border security legislation, such as the Sensenbrenner bill already passed by the House.

Please, push forward legislation that does not include any amnesty-like provisions, such as the Sensenbrenner bill. I will be watching my senators vote on this issue very closely and urging everyone I know to do the same. As with abortion, this issue is a show stopper for me. Anyone not addressing this issue directly, and in such a manner as to stop the flood, support our laws, and end this invasion will simply not get my support or vote any longer.

Thank you for your time and attention, Mr. President, and God bless and keep you...and guide you...as you deal with the critical issues facing our nation along with the war we are engaged in. In my estimation, this issue and the latter are directly linked and part and parcel of the same..

Sincerely,

Jeff Head
Emmett, ID

[Kenny Bunk]

How do you feel about the preference being given to immigrants from Mexico and Central American countries in preference to other countries of origin?

This is the problem: balance. Dare I say it? We need: "multiculturalism." By literally flooding the country with Latinos, we are moving into an era un which theirs will be the dominant culture of the US. We are not assimilating them. They are assimilating us!

Also, there is a question of numbers. Since Ted's Immigration "Reform" of 1965, we have picked up over 35 Million mostly Latino immigrants in addition to what I claim are about 20 million illegals. (My numbers are just as good as John McCain's). For example, California is already OVER 50% Latino. Texas? Florida? With just expected growth of those already here, the US will be at least half-Latino by 2100.

There is not a damn thing wrong with most Latinos. Good people. There is a lot wrong with making the US part of Latin America by the numbers. Of course there is confusion between these two concepts, and many nasty racist elements appear during this debate.

But if the crimes of illegal entry into the United States, and illegal residence here can be forgiven, so can the social crime of bigotry among those who are victims of those criminals. As La Enchiladita points out, bigotry is not exactly unknown among our unwelcome and sometimes very badly behaved invasive "guests."

[Polybius]

How do you feel about the preference being given to immigrants from Mexico and Central American countries in preference to other countries of origin?

This is the problem: balance. Dare I say it? We need: "multiculturalism." By literally flooding the country with Latinos, we are moving into an era un which theirs will be the dominant culture of the US. We are not assimilating them. They are assimilating us!

Unless you live in the District of Columbia, in which case "the blacks" have taken over.

Or unless you live in Miami Beach, in which case "the Jews" have taken over.

Or unless you live in Detroit, in which case "the Muslims" are taking over.

Or unless you live on the East Coast of the United States in 1900, in which case "the foreigners" had taken REALLY over..................In 1900, only 51 percent of the U. S. population was native white and of native parentage (Palen, 1987, p. 210). ..... 1. In eastern seaboard cities such as Boston and New York over 75 percent of the population was of foreign stock (foreign-born or second-generation), (Palen, 1987, p. 210). ...... 2. "By 1890 New York had half as many Italians as Naples, as many Germans as Hamburg, twice as many Irish as Dublin, and two-and-a-half times the number of Jews in Warsaw (Palen, p. 78)."

Throughout American History, one group or the other has been blamed for "taking over" America.

"Hispanics/Latinos/Whatever you want to call them" is a catch-all term that is used to include everbody from the wetback that just swam across the Rio Grande half an hour ago to my uncle, my brother my sister and myself, who, as I noted before, have 48 years of combined military service to America that has included service in the Navy, the Green Berets and the 10th Mountain Division and three combat tours and two Purple Hearts.

Taken all together, as I documented in Post 96, these "Hispanics" compose 14.1% of the U.S. population.

Fourteen percent.

Compare that with the 49% of the U.S. population in 1900 that was "foreign"..........(In 1900, only 51 percent of the U. S. population was native white and of native parentage (Palen, 1987, p. 210).)

Also, as I documented in Post 96, by the third generation, 60% of the "Hispanics" have intermarried themselves out of existance as ethnic group.

My solution to illegal immigration, as outlined in this Post 14 is more draconian that most of the readers on this thread think is possible.

We need to stop the flood of ALL illegal aliens because any UNCONTROLLED flood of foreigners of ANY kind is a detriment to any country and not because "Hispanics" are more of a "threat" to America in 2006 than the "Jews" or the "Itlalians", or the "Poles", or the "Irish" or the "Scandinavians" ot the "Dutch (that's what they called Germans back then), or the "Yellow Peril" (that's what they called the Chinese back then), or the Japanese were a "threat" to America in 1896.

[piceapungens]

These signs make it clear that the first shots in the Reconquista have been fired. Our President is on the side of Aztlan

[bk1000]

" In my estimation, on of the most important job"

one of the most important jobs.

Spelling police...

[Polybius]

We truly are an Anglo-Saxon culture. Nobody knows what it means for us to overwhelm our base culture with Asian, African, Mideastern, and Latin immigration.

We have been inudated with "white guilt" by the schools/liberals for the last 35 years. I know of no other culture that when sticking up for their way of life they are called racist.

How "Anglo-Saxon" were Joe DiMaggio's Sicilian-born immigrant parents, Giuseppe and Rosalie DiMaggio?

How much of a threat to your "way of life" is Michelle Kwan? She's, you know, ......"Asian".

How "Anglo-Saxon" were all sixteen of your own great-great-grandparents?

[Tammy8]

I am not necessarily opposed to a guest worker program. I am totally opposed to one at this time, let me explain why I feel that way. As long as the border is open, and there is no major fence/barrier to stop the flood of illegals I will oppose any guest worker plan.

We must first close the border, and figure out what to do with the illegals here now. Many of the illegals here now will not sign up for guest worker status and have already said so in public. Those organizing the protests have told them to hold out for nothing less than citizenship. So if we implement a guest worker plan, we will have to sign up those now in Mexico to meet the numbers. That means we will have the illegals we have now plus the guest workers. With the border open, we will still have new illegals arriving in mass. We will have the same issues we have now, plus new guest workers to oversee.

The illegals do not want guest worker status, they want unconditional citizenship. They feel if they sign up as guest workers, they are just bringing attention to themselves as illegals and they would rather hide out and wait for citizenship. They equate signing up for worker programs the same as firearm owners equate firearm registration, they don't trust that the information won't be used to deport them later.

The only real solution to the border problems is to build a major fence/barrier to slow the flood of illegal traffic to a level we can manage. Once the border is secured, we will have to decide what to do with the illegals already here. Then and only then in my opinion will we know if we need guest workers and how many we need. At that point if it was determined we do need additional workers then I would support guest workers.

I am fed up with hearing the mantra of jobs that Americans won't do- that is just BS Americans do any and every type of work. What I don't know and what no one will know until the border is under control is if there are enough Americans to fill all the needed jobs.

No plan will work without securing the border, that is the fact that those of us who live on the border need people to understand. Any plan without securing the border first will not only fail, it will make the situation worse.

[Kenny Bunk]

We need to stop the flood of ALL illegal aliens because any UNCONTROLLED flood of foreigners of ANY kind is a detriment to any country and not because "Hispanics" are more of a "threat"

Thanks Polybius, that's what I was trying to say ... with one leetle teentsie addition. I.E., the numbers of Latino immigrants are certainly far greater than anything we have ever experienced before. And, in a great deal shorter amount of time.

Ethnic shape-shifting and intermarriage are certainly not new phenomena on this planet and certainly not harmful. But, in a way, this is being done by force and in a way that is contrary to laws that others must obey.

Your comparisons to European immigration is disingenuous, to say the least. Since 1965, Latino immigration has dwarfed any previous wave of immigrants, and in all probability, all previous waves combined!

Put another way, there are undoubtedly more illegal aliens from Mexico in California right now than all the Eastern European Jews who came here legally over a 100-year period. "Press 2" for Yiddish? I don't think so. The Chicago Election Ballot in Polish? Never happened.

If we were to stop all illegal immigration right now, we will still be a nation Latino enough for any man, it will just take longer. I mean, how fast can we marry each other?

To paraphrase the late great Johnny Cochran, "It ain't the race ... it's the pace."

[exhaustedmomma]

Thank you for the ping, Tonk!

Jeff... I am so glad to see your input on this issue. I have written all my reps for quite sometime. (State (Texas) and federal.) I feel like I am spitting in the wind. I am so disgusted and discouraged. This is such a truly serious situation. We are talking about the sovereignty of this nation. The photographs this week are beyond concerning, they are blood-chilling.
My husband and I went to NY a couple of weeks ago. We took the time to tour Ellis Island and the statue of liberty. In time, before political correctness ruled, the laws worked. And they need enforcing NOW!
FRegards,
EM

[Polybius]

We need to stop the flood of ALL illegal aliens because any UNCONTROLLED flood of foreigners of ANY kind is a detriment to any....Polybius

Thanks Polybius, that's what I was trying to say ... with one leetle teentsie addition. I.E., the numbers of Latino immigrants are certainly far greater than anything we have ever experienced before. Your comparisons to European immigration is disingenuous, to say the least. Since 1965, Latino immigration has dwarfed any previous wave of immigrants, and in all probability, all previous waves combined!

I have addressed the issue of the use of absolute numbers before on this thread.

In any topic your are dealing with, be it science, manufacturing, agriculture, government, city planning, immigration, medicine, etc., etc., absolute numbers by themselves are meaningless.

If your Mom and Pop business made exactly $1 million in profit for the next ten years, you would be jumping for joy. If Microsoft made exactly $1 million in profit for the next ten years, it would be a business disaster of Biblical proportions.

For a 210 pound patient, X milligrams of Anesthetic Y before surgery won't touch him and he will be screaming in pain. For a 25 pound toddler, X milligrams of Anesthetic Y before surgery will kill him.

Likewise, in population dynmics, absolute numbers of immigrants are meaningless unless you relate them to the size of the toal population that is absorbing them.

In the year 2006, the population of the U.S. is almost 300 million and the number of "Hispanics".......which nowadays is used to describe everyone from the Mexican wetback who just swam the Rio Grande to the third generation American named Lopez serving in Iraq........totals 14% of the total population.

In 1900, the U.S. population was around 63 million and the number of European "foreigners", most of them being the poorest peasants that Europe had to offer, totalled FORTY NINE PERCENT of the U.S. population:

In 1900, only 51 percent of the U. S. population was native white and of native parentage (Palen, 1987, p. 210). ..... 1. In eastern seaboard cities such as Boston and New York over 75 percent of the population was of foreign stock (foreign-born or second-generation), (Palen, 1987, p. 210). ...... 2. "By 1890 New York had half as many Italians as Naples, as many Germans as Hamburg, twice as many Irish as Dublin, and two-and-a-half times the number of Jews in Warsaw (Palen, p. 78)."

As I said before, uncontrolled entry of illegals, ANY Illegal, needs to stop. However, the issue should be phrased on the basis of law and order and on whether a prospective legal immigrant is coming to the U.S. for the right reasons and would make a good American and not based merely on the ethnicity of the legal immigrant and the fact that there are "too many Hispanics" in Miami and "too many Jews" in Miami Beach.

[TXBSAFH]

I have already emailed my rep and my senators this morning. I am afraid Jorge Arbusto is a lost cause on this.

[Liz]

This demonstrates the mindset of invasion rather than immigration-----the plan by illegals to overthrow the US government:

Reconquista Armando Navarro 'Ethnic Studies' Professor at the University of California, Riverside Anti-American, Fifth-Column Menace. "Ladies and Gentlemen, what this means (the immigration bill) is a transfer of power, it means control, and it is the young people, the people who are now moving to develop an agenda for the twenty first century they are going to be in a position to really make the promise of what the Chicano movement was all about in terms of self-determination, in terms of empowerment, even in the terms of an Aztlan...."

[Liz]

This photo will crush the debate on the guest worker program.....

This is an outrage. Act now. Demand all funding be cut off to California's Montebello High-----the school that allowed illegals to disrespect America and desecrate our flag.

Whittier area students from Pioneer, California and Whittier high schools walked out of classes to protest the proposed federal immigration bill March 27, 2006. The protestors put up the Mexican flag over the American flag flying upside-down at Montebello High. (Leo Jarzomb/Staff photo)

OFFENDING HIGH SCHOOL: Montebello High School 14108 E. Whittier Blvd. Whittier, CA 90605 Phone: 562-698-0071.

Contact Information for California Legislators

State Assembly: www.assembly.ca.gov

State Senate: www.sen.ca.gov

Governor: www.govmail.ca.gov

[Kenny Bunk]

In 1900, only 51 percent of the U. S. population was native white and of native parentage (Palen, 1987, p. 210). ..... 1. In eastern seaboard cities such as Boston and New York over 75 percent of the population was of foreign stock (foreign-born or second-generation), (Palen, 1987, p. 210). ...... 2. "By 1890 New York had half as many Italians as Naples, as many Germans as Hamburg, twice as many Irish as Dublin, and two-and-a-half times the number of Jews in Warsaw (Palen, p. 78)."

But this is part of my point, viz that the 49% of "non-native whites," was not quite as monocultural as the "hispanic" component we are attempting to assimilate right now.

For example, there never was any thought of having the Neapolitan dialect become an official language of New York because there were competing ethnic interests (to which many a 5-way street fight will attest).

Now in the Southwest, we are well on our way to a situation in which the "hispanics," will be a clear-cut and very substantial majority. With whom will the "hispanics" intermarry in that situation?

Given our geography, the blending of the peoples of the Americas is a completely natural phenomenon. Whether or not some people are against it matters very little. It's happening. But it is forced upon us, and at the moment, in not a very nice way.

Illegal immigration outnumbers legal immigration, and the legal component in the "new American" is getting short-changed. We are not alone in the hemisphere in this, either. Chile and Argentina are both experiencing vast influxes of illegal aliens from neighboring countries, and discussing the same issues we are.

[hedgetrimmer]

What's wrong with Mexican guest American workers being screened by the U.S. Government, issued a guest worker visa, coming for a specified length of time, picking the tomatos, collecting their pay and then going back to Mexico home between jobs to enjoy their money?

[Polybius]

What's wrong with American workers ..........picking the tomatos, collecting their pay and then going back ..... home between jobs to enjoy their money?

Send me a list of all the Americans you know who are willing to pick tomatos for a living.

[hedgetrimmer]

Send me a list of all the Americans you know who are willing to pick tomatos for a living

Do you promise to protect them when they go out in the fields? Because people who do not belong to certain villages or tribes have been attacked when they show up to work on the crews.

[mathluv]

The President gave an excellent speech today. He answered a lot of questions from the audience. I could not find a live thread on FR. Do you know of one?

[mathluv]

I will send similar letters to my senators, congressman, the RNC, and the President. I may be from Texas and have good congresscritters, but it can never hurt to let them know where I stand. I will include a copy to the RNC with the last request for money.

[Mini-14]

If you want your elected officials to read your letters, you need to send them a nice big bribe (whoops, I mean "campaign contribution").

Yes, I do send letters which they ignore. In fact, they seem to ignore the letters of all their constituents. Vote em out of office.