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The Victims Of Illegal Aliens (The Illegal Alien Criminal Problem Alert)
World Net Daily.com ^ | April 26, 2006 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 04/26/2006 3:06:06 AM PDT by goldstategop

President Bush accuses those of us who want to secure America's borders and fully enforce our immigration laws of lacking "compassion."

Huh. Well, I have yet to hear an ounce of compassion from President Bush for America's countless casualties of lax immigration enforcement. Where's the sympathy for innocent, law-abiding citizens who have lost their lives at the hands of illegal aliens and their open-borders enablers?

Nope, we haven't heard a word about the victims as the White House pours on its unadulterated pro-illegal alien rhetoric and "undocumented workers do the jobs Americans won't do" propaganda – all in support of a massive, ill-timed, bureaucratic nightmare-inducing amnesty plan that will inevitably increase illegal immigration.

Last week, a notorious illegal alien serial killer who traipsed freely across the U.S.-Mexican border during a 25-year, escalating crime spree popped up in the news again. The case of Angel Resendiz, a convicted death row murderer in President Bush's home state of Texas, is a timely reminder of the deadly costs of our continued homeland security chaos.

Time and again, illegal alien day laborer Resendiz broke the law getting into our country; broke more laws while in the country; and then broke the law repeatedly and brazenly after being released, deported and allowed to return. His most brutal acts included the slayings of 12 people, ranging in age from 16 to 81, which ended in 1999 when Resendiz surrendered to a Texas Ranger in El Paso. For the last seven years, Resendiz has been perched comfortably on Death Row – eating chocolate cream pies, watching Spanish-language television, whining about depression and selling locks of his hair on Internet auction sites.

His execution, scheduled for May 10, has been delayed pending yet another of his endless appeals claiming to be "insane."

As I recounted in my book "Invasion," Resendiz entered and exited our country at will. From the time he was 14, he racked up arrests and convictions ranging from trespassing, destruction of property, burglary, aggravated battery and grand theft auto to carrying a loaded firearm and false representation of U.S. citizenship. He had at least 25 encounters with U.S. law enforcement between August 1976 and August 1996, when he was arrested and released for trespassing in a Kentucky rail yard.

During that period, he was convicted at least nine times on several serious felony charges. He was deported to Mexico by the feds at least three times and was "voluntarily returned" to Mexico at least four times without formal proceedings. Throughout 1998, the Border Patrol continued its blind catch-and-release policy – apprehending Resendiz seven times and letting him go on his own recognizance despite his massive criminal record and three prior deportations. Shoddy fingerprint databases, immigration paperwork negligence and unpoliced borders led to:

The bludgeoning death of Florida teenager Jesse Howell and the rape and strangulation murder of his fiance, Wendy Von Huben.

The bludgeoning death of University of Kentucky student Christopher Maier and the rape and near-murder of his girlfriend, who survived the attack.

The murder of Leafie Mason, an elderly Texas woman whom Resendiz hammered to death with a fire iron.

The rape, stabbing and bludgeoning death of Baylor College of Medicine researcher Claudia Benton.

The sledgehammer bludgeonings of Texas pastor Norman Sirnic and his wife, Karen.

The bludgeoning death of Houston teacher Noemi Dominguez.

The murder of elderly Texas widow Josephine Konvicka, who was killed with a grubbing hoe.

The murders of George Morber, shot in the head, and Carolyn Frederick, clubbed to death.

The last four of Resendiz's victims were murdered after Resendiz had been released by federal immigration officials – even though there were already warrants outstanding for his arrest.

Resendiz made a bloody mockery of our homeland security chaos. Congress and the White House are now preparing to add grave insult to fatal injury by refusing to fix the persistent problems that facilitated Resendiz's crimes.

Campaigning for amnesty this week, President Bush mouthed the open-borders mantra against tough deportation policies and lectured immigration enforcement advocates about their lack of sensitivity.

"I can understand it's emotional," he said, but "we're talking about human beings, decent human beings that need to be treated with respect."

I don't think the victims of "undocumented worker" Angel Resendiz would agree.


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliencriminals; aliens; angelrensendiz; borderlist; enforcethelaws; gatecrashers; illegalaliens; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigrantlist; mexico; michellemalkin; openborderslobby; truecompassion; worldnetdaily
Illegal aliens are not just "undocumented workers" to use the politically correct euphemism employed by our President and his Open Borders Lobby friends, who come here in search of a better life. They are first of all, uninvited gate-crashers in our country. And a lot of them are alien criminals who commit crimes on the lam here like one Angel Rensendiz - who committed murder after he broke other laws. Michelle Malkin has all the details in her book. Tell me what's compassionate to Americans in not deporting illegal aliens per se. If we don't have respect for our own laws, we can hardly expect foreigners to have respect for them. Make no bones about it: its our broken homeland security system that's enabled alien criminals to commit crimes throughout our country and get away with them. To make matters worse, the President and his Open Lobby friends thinks its "compassionate" to reward a criminal culture. The American people don't. We don't think we lack sensitivity; we want fellow Americans protected from those who break the law and in our minds that, Mr. President - is the highest form of true compassion a country can offer its citizens.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

1 posted on 04/26/2006 3:06:10 AM PDT by goldstategop
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To: goldstategop

There are plenty of American citizens, namely veterans, who need to be taken care of before we start doling out bennies to folks who are not even citizens! Where does the gravy train end?


2 posted on 04/26/2006 3:22:29 AM PDT by Disturbin (Hey Hey, Ho Ho, The Crimaliens Have Got to GO)
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To: goldstategop

Johnny Cash once said "Lies have to be covered up, but Truth can run around naked", and that saying is demonstrated here in this article. A nation that is unable to fully control it's own borders has lost it's sovereignty, and a government which is unable to protect it's citizens from illegals is anything but compassionate.

I daresay that if one of Resendiz's victims had been one of the Bush daughters (being that Resendiz was always crossing into and out of Texas), that our President would already have built a concrete and razor wired wall on our southern border and notices of "deadly force may be used" would be plastered on the south-facing side of that wall.


3 posted on 04/26/2006 3:26:52 AM PDT by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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To: goldstategop

It would be somewhat difficult to achieve the the reality of the North American Federation without some degree of homogenization and dissolving of the borders between the USA, Canada, and Mexico.

Thankfully, that will not happen because Pres. Bush is not an internationalist like his father. His conservatism may be tempered with compassion (compassion towards whom or what, remains an open question) but we can rest assured that he is ultimately concerned with the welfare of the American people, as well as those of other countries and cultures. (?)


4 posted on 04/26/2006 3:31:15 AM PDT by David Isaac
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To: Disturbin
Michelle Malkin makes an excellent case for applying the " broken windows" theory of policing to dealing with illegal aliens. How does it escalate into rape and murder? Well by overlooking the absence of a small thing like a piece of paper. When we allow people to break that law, its like a broken window in a poorly policed neighborhood. Its a sign of social decay and the absence of law in what ought to be a safe neighborhood. And to compound injury to insult, the President tells us the sheer size of the problem now makes its impossible to actively enforce our immigration laws. No one argues we should stop enforcing a law requiring the fixing of a broken window just because they get broken in. It follows that just because illegal aliens brazenly jump the fence and vanish in the midst of our country is no reason to stop enforcing our immigration laws. The point is, small things have big consequences. Hoodwinking at illegal aliens has led to Americans being raped and murdered. Whatever the politicians may have one believe, this is one American who thinks its neither OK or compassionate. Its time to do the right thing and start upholding the rule of law in our country - for the same reasons a good neighborhood has unbroken and tidy windows.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

5 posted on 04/26/2006 3:32:46 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

Thanks to people like Michelle who are on the right side of the law!

Those that believe otherwise are aiding and abetting CRIMINALS, if anything happens to Americans again it's on their heads.

The invaders are Illegal Aliens who should be deported, no amnesty build a wall/fence!


6 posted on 04/26/2006 3:36:08 AM PDT by stopem (If we need a "guest worker" we'll call........if the phone doesn't ring it's me!)
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To: goldstategop

ping


7 posted on 04/26/2006 3:39:18 AM PDT by Buffettfan (VIVA LA MIGRA! - LONG LIVE THE MINUTEMEN!)
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To: goldstategop

Here's a good site to prove our point:

http://www.predatoryaliens.com/index.htm

Semper Fi'
Jarhead


8 posted on 04/26/2006 3:44:13 AM PDT by Buffettfan (VIVA LA MIGRA! - LONG LIVE THE MINUTEMEN!)
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To: goldstategop; All
Seamole calls what I do -backhoe's pseudoblog--...and it's as good a description as any:

"Thunder on the Border," click the picture:

Notice that upside down American flag?

9 posted on 04/26/2006 3:44:21 AM PDT by backhoe (-30-)
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To: backhoe
Nope, we haven't heard a word about the victims as the White House pours on its unadulterated pro-illegal alien rhetoric and "undocumented workers do the jobs Americans won't do" propaganda...

Doesn't she realize that illegal aliens are just doing crimes Americans won't do?
10 posted on 04/26/2006 4:12:50 AM PDT by Lord Basil (Hate isn't a family value; it's a liberal one.)
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To: goldstategop

I just received this yesterday. I don't know how long this has been around or whether or not it has been posted before.

I'M HEADED TO MEXICO
Dear President Bush:

I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you
to assist me. I'm going to walk across the
border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need
to make a few arrangements. I know you can
help with this.

I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas,
passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm
sure they handle those things the same way
you do here.

So, would you mind telling your buddy,
President Vacentia Fox, that I'm on my way
over? Please let him know that I will be
expecting the following:

1. Free medical care for my entire family.

2. English-speaking government
bureaucrats for all services I might need,
whether I use them or not.

3. All government forms need to be printed
in English.

4. I want my kids to be taught by English-
speaking teachers.

5. Schools need to include classes on
American culture and history.

6. I want my kids to see the American flag
flying on the top of the flag pole at their
school with the Mexican flag flying lower down.

7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for
both breakfast and lunch.

8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license
so I can get easy access to government
services.

9. I do not plan to have any car insurance,
and I won't make any effort to learn local
traffic laws.

10. In case one of the Mexican police officers
does not get the memo from Pres. Fox to
leave me alone, please be sure that all police
officers speak English.

11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my house
top, put flag decals on my car, and have a
gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not
want any complaints or negative comments
from the locals.

12. I would also like to have a nice job
without paying any taxes, and don't
enforce any labor laws or tax laws.

13. Please tell all the people in the country
to be extremely nice and never say a critical
word about me, or about the strain I might
place on the economy.

I know this is an easy request because
you already do all these things for
all the people who come to the US from
Mexico. I am sure that Pres. Fox won't
mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely.
However, if he gives you any trouble,
just invite him to go quail hunting
with your V.P.



Thank you so much for your kind help.

Sincerely,
One FED UP American





11 posted on 04/26/2006 4:27:18 AM PDT by babydoll22 (If you stop growing as a person you live in your own private hell.)
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To: backhoe

Everyone in that picture receives preferential treatment under the law in this country. If you are a white male you are a second class citizen. Look at the picture, they have reason to smile. They are first class citizens.


12 posted on 04/26/2006 4:31:16 AM PDT by 2ndClassCitizen
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To: Disturbin

"Where does the gravy train end?"

It never ends. Globalization and multiculturalism will see to that.


13 posted on 04/26/2006 4:32:01 AM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage)
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To: goldstategop

Where is the Catholic Church and Cardinal Mahony in offering help and assistance to the victums of the illegal aliens?


14 posted on 04/26/2006 4:44:35 AM PDT by petkus
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To: goldstategop
Here's just one incident we'll never forget in Nebraska:

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/Central/09/27/bank.slayings/

The US bank in Norfolk has since been razed. In its place is a memorial to the five people who were murdered. It's eerily similar to the spot in New York where the World Trade Center used to stand. For the people of Norfolk, Nebraska, this was their 9/11.

Which begs the question: How many of these "9/11s" do we have to endure in this country before something is done?
15 posted on 04/26/2006 4:50:59 AM PDT by Uncle Vlad
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To: goldstategop

I feel like throwing up.......


16 posted on 04/26/2006 5:16:32 AM PDT by houeto (W's legacy: The largest Spanish speaking country in the world!)
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To: wardaddy

Ping!


18 posted on 04/26/2006 5:17:30 AM PDT by houeto (W's legacy: The largest Spanish speaking country in the world!)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Ping!


19 posted on 04/26/2006 5:18:16 AM PDT by houeto (W's legacy: The largest Spanish speaking country in the world!)
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To: Dane; LPM1888

Y'all must REALLY hate Michelle!


20 posted on 04/26/2006 5:20:57 AM PDT by houeto (W's legacy: The largest Spanish speaking country in the world!)
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To: goldstategop

Recendiz is now trying to get out of being put to death on insanity grounds. My, he's been insane for some time now!


21 posted on 04/26/2006 5:21:19 AM PDT by wolfcreek
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To: goldstategop
Unless the Republicans pull a rabbit out of a hat fast! they're going to loose Congress in November,

Because they have alienated and lost their base support, and this is why:

Failure to solve the problem of illegal aliens!

Failure to secure the U.S. borders!

Failure to nullify the odious and nefarious Supreme Court "Eminent Domain" decision!

Expansion of government and spending programs!

Increased entitlement programs--notably the Prescription Drug entitlement!

Failure to exorcize the Litigation Crisis that has priced health care out of the reach of everyone and endangered the public while enriching Trial Lawyers!

Et al!

However, this is the biggest problem:
The Republicans have failed to solve these problems.

The Democrats will ACTIVELY INCREASE EVERY ONE of these problems--and more!

Whereas the Republicans have proven ineffective in controlling Illegal Immigration and Open Borders,

THE DEMOCRATS ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND OPEN BORDERS BECAUSE THEY EXPECT THIS TO ENLARGE THEIR BASE SUPPORT!

22 posted on 04/26/2006 5:22:51 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The Democrat Party: Goneril and Regan on a national scale!)
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To: Uncle Vlad
Here's just one incident we'll never forget in Nebraska:

Not one word in the article about them being illegal. Shameful.

23 posted on 04/26/2006 5:27:25 AM PDT by houeto (W's legacy: The largest Spanish speaking country in the world!)
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To: HiJinx

ping


24 posted on 04/26/2006 5:35:48 AM PDT by DumpsterDiver
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To: goldstategop
I see two problems with this thread.
The MSM is loathe to publish crime-by-illegals stories except for the most mind-boggling vicious murders. And there has been no systematic attempt to compile them all.

The usual response is that our domestic criminals do OK in the murder and mayhem department, but the illegal crime rate must be at least double the "domestic" criminal rate (it may be three times or ten, there is a systematic attempt to prevent the statistics from being learned.

Listen to Dennis Prager. I respect the man enormously, but he still blithely parrots the fiction that illegal Mexicans hardly commit crimes, don't kill and rape...
I shudder every time he covers the subject.

25 posted on 04/26/2006 5:38:39 AM PDT by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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To: Buffettfan
Thanks for that link.
Do you know of any site that keeps track of all violent crimes by Mexican illegal aliens? Better yet, all crimes.
Hearing the talking heads tell it, the problem is like the "muslim" one. Only a tiny minority are the criminals...

I don't believe that. The cultural attitude they bring with them is firmly in the "if I can get away with it it's not a crime" category...

26 posted on 04/26/2006 5:49:17 AM PDT by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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To: wolfcreek
Recendiz is now trying to get out of being put to death on insanity grounds. My, he's been insane for some time now!

First of all it is an insult and an outrage to the millions of the truly insane who never kill anyone.

Then there are the "life imprisonment" idiots.
There is nothing from keeping these human bricks from volunteering to support a killer for the rest of his/her life. Just don't make me or any other taxpayer do it against our will.

Anyone convicted of killing two or more persons should die. Quickly and without exception. Insane or not.

27 posted on 04/26/2006 6:02:58 AM PDT by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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To: goldstategop

BTTT....


28 posted on 04/26/2006 6:07:00 AM PDT by wardaddy (Chupacabra por El Presidente del Estados Unidos de Norte Azteca-Mejico!)
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To: goldstategop; All
Last week in CT... it hit home for me.

A prison guard was riding his motorcycle home at 7:00AM when he was crushed by an illegal, Guatemalan driver. The illegal said he was employed at a local horse stable... but they had no record of him. The illegal(with a 6th grade education) said... “The sun was in my eyes.”

No license... no registration... no insurance... no nada!

29 posted on 04/26/2006 6:22:12 AM PDT by johnny7 (“Nah, I ain’t Jewish, I just don’t dig on swine, that’s all.”)
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To: goldstategop
Guess GW gives Americans and the Founding Father's dream the same parting words with the same mocking smile he gave to Karla Faye Tucker...

"ppppplease don't kill me"

30 posted on 04/26/2006 6:37:13 AM PDT by joesnuffy
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To: Publius6961
There is nothing from keeping these human bricks from volunteering to support a killer for the rest of his/her life.

Good idea, let's make them responsible for supporting those on death row. Set a price per head for each murderer, say $40,000 per year, and keep as many alive as the contributions will fund.

"Bad news, Jose: the check is not in the mail. Here's your Last Meal Menu."

31 posted on 04/26/2006 8:11:32 AM PDT by Max in Utah ("Great Wall of America?" I'd settle for "Pretty Good Wall.")
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To: David Isaac

"Thankfully, that will not happen because Pres. Bush is not an internationalist like his father."


Funniest thing I've read here on FR all week, thanks for the laugh.

Ever read CAFTA amigo?


32 posted on 04/26/2006 8:26:36 AM PDT by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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To: johnny7

Yeah, read about the poor woman in rockland county, NY who was murdered in cold blood by a "guest" working at her house for a contractor who then got her cell phone and then taunted the husband about doing it.

If the GOP loses the Senate, I don't give a Shitte.
If GWB goes down slightly above Carter, I don't give a Shiite.

The House is the only one doing their job lately.


33 posted on 04/26/2006 8:30:25 AM PDT by chris1 (I)
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To: goldstategop

Bush has shown who he truly cares about and is not the American people. He has no allegiance to this country and is sad to see that a man with such great potential totally destroy any legacy that could of been his. The time was right to do the right thing after 911 but Bush has shown that corporate and globalist interests are more important the American law abiding citizen interests. This is a wake up call that I believe will resonate with conservatives for many many years to come. Bush has taken a calcualted risk that he will get more votes from illegals by forcing this policy. We'll see how it works out but I will never vote for another Hillery-lite candidate again.


34 posted on 04/26/2006 8:32:34 AM PDT by sasafras ("Licentiousness destroyes order, and when chaos ensues, the yearning for order will destroy freedom.)
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To: Publius6961; goldstategop

Here's an interesting link.......our DEA's 'most wanted'.

Don't know if the majority are 'illegals', however the majority sure seem to be hispanic.

Check out Denver, with 59 listed & 56 being 'hispanic'.

Wonder why DEA doesn't list immigration status ?? Don't they ask *either* ??

http://www.dea.gov/fugitives/fuglist.htm


35 posted on 04/26/2006 8:55:29 AM PDT by txdoda (Voters to Gov't .......Re: post 9-11 Border Security....... ""The results are Unacceptable."")
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To: goldstategop

Resendiz is the prize pig that Vicente Fox doesn't want Texas to kill. It's odd that a crazy person could outsmart all those US government employees all those years. But I seem to recall he was carrying a Democrat voter registration card when he was captured, so perhaps he is crazy.


36 posted on 04/26/2006 9:02:29 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Buffettfan

Thanks for the link.


37 posted on 04/26/2006 9:21:52 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ((Immigration: Acting like dupes does not earn us their respect, but their CONTEMPT.))
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To: taxed2death

Do you mean that I should have included the sarcasm tag? I know what a cluster-**** is and the two Bush administrations I have seen, are classic examples. However one person's plan may appear to be such to others.


38 posted on 04/26/2006 1:39:01 PM PDT by David Isaac
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To: goldstategop
President Bush accuses those of us who want to secure America's borders and fully enforce our immigration laws of lacking "compassion."

I fail to see the compassion in the President's recommended policies on immigration, illegal aliens and border security.

There is no compassion in filling a man's stomach or his pocketbook by relieving him of his responsibilities in life. Illegal aliens have abandoned their own house in order to be comfortable in ours. By so doing neither can be the master of his own house and both will be enemies in the street. This is our house, the U.S. of A., and it is our responsibility to set the rules in it.

The issue of a guest worker program is separate from the issue of illegal aliens. If illegal aliens take jobs from Americans (and they do) they take even more jobs from foreign nationals who apply by the legal route to work here and wait years for the chance. Illegal aliens steal that chance from them.

They are different groups of people, regardless of their country of origin, and the political issues that concern them are different in their effects and needs. Confusing the two may be lethal to our society, economy and sovereignty.

We already have a guest worker program, which may indeed need to be reformed. But illegal aliens are those who have not applied to be guest workers. There are 11 million of them by some estimates, 20 million by others. The only thing needing reform concerning illegal aliens is to enforce the existing laws respecting their presence and their employment here. Our sovereignty and rule-of-law demand it.

Border security is the number one problem in this debate. The flood of illegal aliens is a major factor in relation to our lack of border security but it is only one factor. There is also a matter of national security in a time of war and in an age when terrorists have set their sights on inflicting mass destruction on our society.

After the issues of border security and millions of illegal foreign nationals on our soil the matter of guest workers is very small in comparison. Until the first two problems are thoroughly and firmly addressed the guest worker issue should not even be discussed.

The President and the Senate need to get that message with unambiguous resolve.

The best methods to control the border have been studied and debated for a long time now. There are many good ideas and proven solutions. What is lacking is only the will to do it. The cost of controlling our borders will be insignificant compared to the price we will pay, both in security and economy, if we do not.

It would be nice to help everyone in the world lift themselves up out of poverty. But we cannot take that responsibility upon ourselves especially if we ignore our own welfare to the point that we are no longer prosperous.

Other nations of the world have an obligation to help their citizens every bit as much as we have to help ours. It is one thing to help other nations prosper it is quite another to relieve them of their own responsibilities. Beyond that it is simply not realistic to think that poverty can be ended around the world. We still have some in this great nation.

We must stop pandering to American employers who criminally employ illegal foreign nationals. Dry up the jobs and illegal foreign nationals will go home. Home where they can do what they must to put their house in order just as we must put ours in order.

39 posted on 04/26/2006 5:51:37 PM PDT by TigersEye (Sedition and treason are getting to be a Beltway fashion.)
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To: goldstategop

I heard thru the grapevine when President Bush's term ends...he was gonna pardon Resendiz.Is this true?


40 posted on 04/26/2006 6:43:44 PM PDT by bobwilgo
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