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Global Community Harmed by America's Population Growth
Sunday, September 14, 2008, 10:32 PM
The global population is skyrocketing and depending more and more on the United States to help provide a stable source of food as it has done for over one-hundred years. However, due to America's increasing population (due in large part to out-of-control immigration), the United States is unable to fulfill this role. In fact, the United States is losing more than 1 MILLION acres of arable land per year due to immigration-driven population growth.
For the first time in its history the United States is close to being a net importer of food. America's rising population requires more and more food, while at the same time, this rising population requires more and more land, thereby reducing America's ability to produce food.
At a time when the world needs America's plains of grain and pastures of cattle, the United States is instead importing foodstuffs. This is a direct result of America's refusal to reign in its out-of-control immigration system.
A recent USA Today op-ed talks about this subject. Due to the earth's rapidly increasing population global meat consumption will double by 2050. On top of that, each pound of extra meat will require at least 6 additional pounds of livestock feed. In the future farmers will need 17% more wather than the world now has available. Simply put, the world's current population growth is not sustainable and the United States' inability to produce excess food has a negative on the world as a whole. http://numbersusa.com todays front page
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Global Community Harmed by America's Population Growth
Sunday, September 14, 2008, 10:32 PM
The global population is skyrocketing and depending more and more on the United States to help provide a stable source of food as it has done for over one-hundred years. However, due to America's increasing population (due in large part to out-of-control immigration), the United States is unable to fulfill this role. In fact, the United States is losing more than 1 MILLION acres of arable land per year due to immigration-driven population growth.
For the first time in its history the United States is close to being a net importer of food. America's rising population requires more and more food, while at the same time, this rising population requires more and more land, thereby reducing America's ability to produce food.
At a time when the world needs America's plains of grain and pastures of cattle, the United States is instead importing foodstuffs. This is a direct result of America's refusal to reign in its out-of-control immigration system.
A recent USA Today op-ed talks about this subject. Due to the earth's rapidly increasing population global meat consumption will double by 2050. On top of that, each pound of extra meat will require at least 6 additional pounds of livestock feed. In the future farmers will need 17% more wather than the world now has available. Simply put, the world's current population growth is not sustainable and the United States' inability to produce excess food has a negative on the world as a whole. http://numbersusa.com todays front page
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Massive foreign worker increase back alive in Senate backroom negotiations
By Roy Beck, Monday, September 15, 2008, 1:04 AM
Just as we had seemed to push back attempts for massive increases in foreign workers by the U.S. House last week, we now learn the danger has risen to Orange Alert level in the Senate.
Let's take a look at some of the millions of Americans who are being ignored by Senate staffers as they negotiate behind closed doors to bring in additional permanent immigrant workers next year:
THESE AMERICANS BEING SACRIFICED IN BACKROOM SENATE TALKS
CLEAN E-VERIFY RE-AUTHORIZATION AGAIN IN DOUBT
We had counted on Republican Senators to agree to stand up to the blackmail of Sen. Menendez that we've been telling you about for the last month. (Read background in my previous blogs.) Sadly, we have learned that an undetermined number of Republican staffers are now also trying to increase foreign workers during a time of rising American unemployment.
Menendez -- you may recall -- has put a hold on re-authorization of the E-Verify on-line program that keeps illegal aliens out of jobs.
He has been saying he will let the Senate vote to keep the program going IF the Senate will also add hundreds of thousands more permanent immigrants. Our understanding has been that Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-Nevada) was ready last week to over-rule Menendez and bring E-Verify to the floor. And it looked like Reid was willing to do it without adding extra foreign workers.
Then at the end of the week, several Republican staffers seem to have re-opened the whole thing to add foreign workers, apparently to satisfy the demands of special interest lobbyists.
Our message to every Senate office has to be:
1. No increase in immigration and foreign workers of any kind.
2. Re-authorize E-Verify without any strings -- just like the House did a month ago.
CAPITOL HILL SWITCHBOARD: 202-224-3121
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Michael2817 of CA
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 1:36pm
Can you list the republican
Can you list the republican Senators that are working against the American people in this current vote?
RESPONSE FROM ROY: At the moment our sources of information are far too confidential and the state of negotiations too precarious for it to be wise for us to name the Republicans we know about (and there likely are others we don't know about). Also, we may have some rogue staffers who operating without formal instructions from their Senators. However, we know from the past that some pretty awful stuff occasionally has gotten through the Senate purely because of the work of rogue staffers. For the moment is best to keep the pressure on all Republicans and Democrats because they all have to feel responsible for why the re-authorization isn't just brought to the floor (CLEAN) and passed. A lot of Senate offices are claiming this afternoon that there isn't a problem. But if there isn't a problem, why isn't there a vote? The fact is, we cannot get key officials to guarantee us off the record that a foreign worker increase won't be attached. One good sign is that the Bush Administration's point people seem to be pushing for an entirely clean bill today (without greencard increases). Thanks to everybody who is filling out their phone note reports on their calls to their own Senators. Our Hill Team reads those as soon as you file them and is using them as they call on Senate office all day. KEEP THE PRESSURE ON. -- 2:20 p.m. EDT
Kimberly3018 of TN
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 12:51pm
I just can't take anymore of
I just can't take anymore of this...I just can't. If anyone needs me I will be in the corner chewing my hair.
RESPONSE FROM ROY: Chew all the hair you like, as long as you send those faxes and make those phone calls! Democracy is a messy, frustrating business. And it can't be left to the professionals. I know it must seem likie these politicians never learn -- or never stop bowing to the special interests, but they really do respond to the people when they feel they have to.
1:14 p.m. EDT -- UPDATE FROM ROY: Folks, the report from our Hill Team is that your phone calls and faxes are beginning to have some effect. We are getting some decent signs of some Senators backing off from any attempt to add extra green cards to the E-Verify re-authorization bill.
Thanks to all of you who have already responded to my midnight Action Alert.
We need to keep the pressure on, though. Until our Hill Team gets a rock solid assurance of a "clean" E-Verify bill, there is a chance that the cheap-labor interests will slip in a giant increase in foreign workers at the last minute.
We have to survive two more weeks before Congress goes home and spends the rest of the year campaigning!
David9154 of FL
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 12:24pm
Better yet - who are these
Better yet - who are these staffers? They're not even elected officials.
Matthew8519 of VT
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 12:17pm
I have two of the most
I have two of the most liberal senators in America: Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy. I can't imagine they will not support Menandez. Is there any reason to contact liberal senators like mine?
RESPONSE FROM ROY: Yes, it is always worthwhile to contact any Senator. Even when there is no chance they will agree with you on an issue, they may decide the controversy is too hot to be good for them or their party politically. In addition, remember that Sen. Sanders voted with US against the amnesty last year because of concerns for workers.
MD2510 of MA
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 9:50am
Great timing. Just when the
Great timing.
Just when the Republican brand is recovering its image as standing for real everyday working Americans and the stock market is crashing big time, the staffers are doing everything to make it worse.
Who are these senators? http://www.numbersusa.com/content/n...massive-foreign-worker-increase-back-ali.html
Massive foreign worker increase back alive in Senate backroom negotiations
By Roy Beck, Monday, September 15, 2008, 1:04 AM
Let's take a look at some of the millions of Americans who are being ignored by Senate staffers as they negotiate behind closed doors to bring in additional permanent immigrant workers next year:
THESE AMERICANS BEING SACRIFICED IN BACKROOM SENATE TALKS
- In August, 592,000 additional Americans were added to the official unemployment rolls.
- Total number of Americans who are officially unemployed, looking for a job and can't find one? 8.28 million!
- Current official unemployment rate (highest in 5 years)? 6%
- Official unemployment rate considerably higher for Hispanic women: 8.7%
- Rate twice as high for Black American men: 12.3%!
CLEAN E-VERIFY RE-AUTHORIZATION AGAIN IN DOUBT
We had counted on Republican Senators to agree to stand up to the blackmail of Sen. Menendez that we've been telling you about for the last month. (Read background in my previous blogs.) Sadly, we have learned that an undetermined number of Republican staffers are now also trying to increase foreign workers during a time of rising American unemployment.
Menendez -- you may recall -- has put a hold on re-authorization of the E-Verify on-line program that keeps illegal aliens out of jobs.
He has been saying he will let the Senate vote to keep the program going IF the Senate will also add hundreds of thousands more permanent immigrants. Our understanding has been that Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-Nevada) was ready last week to over-rule Menendez and bring E-Verify to the floor. And it looked like Reid was willing to do it without adding extra foreign workers.
Then at the end of the week, several Republican staffers seem to have re-opened the whole thing to add foreign workers, apparently to satisfy the demands of special interest lobbyists.
Our message to every Senate office has to be:
1. No increase in immigration and foreign workers of any kind.
2. Re-authorize E-Verify without any strings -- just like the House did a month ago.
CAPITOL HILL SWITCHBOARD: 202-224-3121
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Can you list the republican
Can you list the republican Senators that are working against the American people in this current vote?
RESPONSE FROM ROY: At the moment our sources of information are far too confidential and the state of negotiations too precarious for it to be wise for us to name the Republicans we know about (and there likely are others we don't know about). Also, we may have some rogue staffers who operating without formal instructions from their Senators. However, we know from the past that some pretty awful stuff occasionally has gotten through the Senate purely because of the work of rogue staffers. For the moment is best to keep the pressure on all Republicans and Democrats because they all have to feel responsible for why the re-authorization isn't just brought to the floor (CLEAN) and passed. A lot of Senate offices are claiming this afternoon that there isn't a problem. But if there isn't a problem, why isn't there a vote? The fact is, we cannot get key officials to guarantee us off the record that a foreign worker increase won't be attached. One good sign is that the Bush Administration's point people seem to be pushing for an entirely clean bill today (without greencard increases). Thanks to everybody who is filling out their phone note reports on their calls to their own Senators. Our Hill Team reads those as soon as you file them and is using them as they call on Senate office all day. KEEP THE PRESSURE ON. -- 2:20 p.m. EDT
Kimberly3018 of TN
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 12:51pm
I just can't take anymore of
I just can't take anymore of this...I just can't. If anyone needs me I will be in the corner chewing my hair.
RESPONSE FROM ROY: Chew all the hair you like, as long as you send those faxes and make those phone calls! Democracy is a messy, frustrating business. And it can't be left to the professionals. I know it must seem likie these politicians never learn -- or never stop bowing to the special interests, but they really do respond to the people when they feel they have to.
1:14 p.m. EDT -- UPDATE FROM ROY: Folks, the report from our Hill Team is that your phone calls and faxes are beginning to have some effect. We are getting some decent signs of some Senators backing off from any attempt to add extra green cards to the E-Verify re-authorization bill.
Thanks to all of you who have already responded to my midnight Action Alert.
We need to keep the pressure on, though. Until our Hill Team gets a rock solid assurance of a "clean" E-Verify bill, there is a chance that the cheap-labor interests will slip in a giant increase in foreign workers at the last minute.
We have to survive two more weeks before Congress goes home and spends the rest of the year campaigning!
David9154 of FL
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 12:24pm
Better yet - who are these
Better yet - who are these staffers? They're not even elected officials.
Matthew8519 of VT
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 12:17pm
I have two of the most
I have two of the most liberal senators in America: Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy. I can't imagine they will not support Menandez. Is there any reason to contact liberal senators like mine?
RESPONSE FROM ROY: Yes, it is always worthwhile to contact any Senator. Even when there is no chance they will agree with you on an issue, they may decide the controversy is too hot to be good for them or their party politically. In addition, remember that Sen. Sanders voted with US against the amnesty last year because of concerns for workers.
MD2510 of MA
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 9:50am
Great timing. Just when the
Great timing.
Just when the Republican brand is recovering its image as standing for real everyday working Americans and the stock market is crashing big time, the staffers are doing everything to make it worse.
Who are these senators? http://www.numbersusa.com/content/n...massive-foreign-worker-increase-back-ali.html
Thanks to your calls and e-mails last week, efforts to pass four detrimental immigration-related bills stalled in the House Judiciary Committee. Unfortunately, victory was short-lived. Committee leaders remain committed to passing these bills, which would flood the workplace with hundreds of thousands of worker visas. The Judiciary Committee is meeting again Wednesday, September 17th for another try!
Three of the four bills to be considered in Wednesday's markup amount to nothing more than gifts to big business special interests seeking to dramatically increase the stream of cheap foreign labor coming into the American workforce during these tough economic times:
- H.R. 5882 would reach back to 1992 and "recapture" employment-based and family-based visas, potentially adding over 550,000 new green cards.
- H.R. 5924 would lift the cap on employment-based visas for nurses and physical therapists until 2011.
- H.R. 6020 would grant amnesty to illegal aliens who are family members of armed forces personnel.
Please, call your Representative right now and remind them that the economy is ailing and the last thing America needs is more work visas. Tell them you want them to pass true immigration reform legislation that restores common sense and integrity to our immigration system, secures the border, and imposes tough sanctions on employers addicted to cheap labor.
Then, please call Members of the House Judiciary Committee today and tell them not to bow to cheap labor interests and that you oppose each one of these bills!
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Greater Threat To America: Illegal Aliens or Osama bin Laden?
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
by John W. Lillpop
Mexican illegal aliens have been foolishly called “heroes,” first by former Mexican President Vicente Fox and echoed by his replacement Felipe Calderon.usflag1wave
However, Mexico's leaders do not regard all illegal aliens in favorable terms.
While illegal aliens from Mexico squatting in America are heroes according to Mexico,illegals living in Mexico from nations south of Mexico’s borders are felons.
What is the difference, one wonders? United States dinero would seem to be the short answer.
While Mexico dumps millions of illiterate peasants on the U.S. side of the border, America’s other nemesis, Osama bin Laden, continues his war on America.
But which of these evil doers-Mexico or Osama bin Laden- is a greater threat to America?
Everyone knows that bin Laden orchestrated the 9/11 attacks which killed 3,000 innocent Americans.
But how many innocent Americans have been raped, murdered, or robbed by illegal aliens since 9/11?
The answer: More than 3,000 a year!
Everyone knows that Al-Quadea and Osama bin Laden are an enormous danger to homeland security, and would kill millions of innocent Americans if given the opportunity.
From a forum post at: http://fightpc.net
But how many terrorists have made it across the U.S.-Mexico border because of the unmanageable flood of mostly-Mexican invaders coming here, for whatever purpose?
Everyone knows that fighting Osama bin Laden and the war on terror is costing America at least $10 billion dollars a month.
But what about the $100 billion it costs each year to provide 38 million illegal aliens with food, education, medical care and other public services?
Everyone knows Osama bin Laden and Islamic extremists are intent on destroying western civilization and converting the entire world to Islam.
But what about the fact that many illegal aliens come to the United States with the idiotic notion that the American southwest still belongs to Mexico and should be taken back from the United States?
Or that millions refuse to assimilate by learning American language and culture?
There is one factor that makes Mexico decidedly more dangerous than Osama bin Laden:
Mexico is able to rely on George W Bush and the Democrat Party as co-conspirators in the attempted Mexicanization of America.
As far as we know, Osama bin Laden has no such “special” relationship with George W. Bush.
The bottom line: How do you say jihad in Spanish?
John W. Lillpop: San Jose, California
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Greater Threat To America: Illegal Aliens or Osama bin Laden?
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
by John W. Lillpop
Mexican illegal aliens have been foolishly called “heroes,” first by former Mexican President Vicente Fox and echoed by his replacement Felipe Calderon.usflag1wave
However, Mexico's leaders do not regard all illegal aliens in favorable terms.
While illegal aliens from Mexico squatting in America are heroes according to Mexico,illegals living in Mexico from nations south of Mexico’s borders are felons.
What is the difference, one wonders? United States dinero would seem to be the short answer.
While Mexico dumps millions of illiterate peasants on the U.S. side of the border, America’s other nemesis, Osama bin Laden, continues his war on America.
But which of these evil doers-Mexico or Osama bin Laden- is a greater threat to America?
Everyone knows that bin Laden orchestrated the 9/11 attacks which killed 3,000 innocent Americans.
But how many innocent Americans have been raped, murdered, or robbed by illegal aliens since 9/11?
The answer: More than 3,000 a year!
Everyone knows that Al-Quadea and Osama bin Laden are an enormous danger to homeland security, and would kill millions of innocent Americans if given the opportunity.
From a forum post at: http://fightpc.net
But how many terrorists have made it across the U.S.-Mexico border because of the unmanageable flood of mostly-Mexican invaders coming here, for whatever purpose?
Everyone knows that fighting Osama bin Laden and the war on terror is costing America at least $10 billion dollars a month.
But what about the $100 billion it costs each year to provide 38 million illegal aliens with food, education, medical care and other public services?
Everyone knows Osama bin Laden and Islamic extremists are intent on destroying western civilization and converting the entire world to Islam.
But what about the fact that many illegal aliens come to the United States with the idiotic notion that the American southwest still belongs to Mexico and should be taken back from the United States?
Or that millions refuse to assimilate by learning American language and culture?
There is one factor that makes Mexico decidedly more dangerous than Osama bin Laden:
Mexico is able to rely on George W Bush and the Democrat Party as co-conspirators in the attempted Mexicanization of America.
As far as we know, Osama bin Laden has no such “special” relationship with George W. Bush.
The bottom line: How do you say jihad in Spanish?
John W. Lillpop: San Jose, California
Send Feedback to John: johnlillpop@yahoo.com
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YES, I CALLED!
I can definitely commit to placing this call
I MIGHT be able to call-I'll tell you later
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
Calling is easy. Simply state your name, where you are calling from, and tell the staffer that you:
(1) Oppose increases in immigration and foreign workers of any kind;
(2) Encourage the Senator to urge Majority Leader Reid to break the E-Verify impasse and immediately bring a clean E-Verify reauthorization bill (like the H.R. 6633 that the House passed) to the floor for a vote - this would stop the embarrassment of having the Democratic Party taking the side of corporate special interests over the 550,000 American workers who won't have a job next year if Sen. Menendez gets his way; and
(3) Oppose any increases in immigration or foreign workers.
We have provided additional talking points below.
Talking Points
Talking point: According to the latest statistics, there are approximately 7 million people working illegally in the United States and 8 million Americans who are unable to find a job. This is no time to compromise E-Verify's effectiveness.
Talking point: 592,000 Americans joined the official ranks of the unemployed in August. Neither they nor the other 8 million Americans who can't find a job should have to compete with illegal labor. Join up & get your custom Action Buffet alerts at http://numbersusa.com/actionbuffet
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YES, I CALLED!
I can definitely commit to placing this call
I MIGHT be able to call-I'll tell you later
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
Calling is easy. Simply state your name, where you are calling from, and tell the staffer that you:
(1) Oppose increases in immigration and foreign workers of any kind;
(2) Encourage the Senator to urge Majority Leader Reid to break the E-Verify impasse and immediately bring a clean E-Verify reauthorization bill (like the H.R. 6633 that the House passed) to the floor for a vote - this would stop the embarrassment of having the Democratic Party taking the side of corporate special interests over the 550,000 American workers who won't have a job next year if Sen. Menendez gets his way; and
(3) Oppose any increases in immigration or foreign workers.
We have provided additional talking points below.
Talking Points
Talking point: According to the latest statistics, there are approximately 7 million people working illegally in the United States and 8 million Americans who are unable to find a job. This is no time to compromise E-Verify's effectiveness.
Talking point: 592,000 Americans joined the official ranks of the unemployed in August. Neither they nor the other 8 million Americans who can't find a job should have to compete with illegal labor. Join up & get your custom Action Buffet alerts at http://numbersusa.com/actionbuffet
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I hope we can begin an objective, constructive and inclusive national dialogue on population stabilization to prevent the U.S. from becoming an economic and environmental Third World country. I hope the conversation will begin with today's high immigration numbers.
2 million acres of farmland and natural habitat are cleared, scraped and paved each year to accommodate the housing, workplace, transportation, commercial and recreational needs of immigration-driven U.S. population growth. This growth offsets all of the gains we have made by reducing our per captia consumption. At our current rate of growth, we are on a pace to pave over and develop the equivalent of the entire states of New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia.
Technically, we have plenty of space to squeeze an additional 135 million people into. However, that kind of growth would drastically change the freedoms that Americans have treasured for generations. The U.S. Census Bureau shows 241 million registered vehicles today. We are on pace to add another 106 million vehicles to our roads over the next 40 years. Every kind of road travel will be affected by an additional 106 million automobiles. Everything from your morning commute to visiting family in another state will become more difficult and cumbersome. Freedom of movement will be severely limited for future generations.
Smart growth policies must include smart immigration policies. Please reduce the numbers.
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OH
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Washington, DC 20510
I hope we can begin an objective, constructive and inclusive national dialogue on population stabilization to prevent the U.S. from becoming an economic and environmental Third World country. I hope the conversation will begin with today's high immigration numbers.
2 million acres of farmland and natural habitat are cleared, scraped and paved each year to accommodate the housing, workplace, transportation, commercial and recreational needs of immigration-driven U.S. population growth. This growth offsets all of the gains we have made by reducing our per captia consumption. At our current rate of growth, we are on a pace to pave over and develop the equivalent of the entire states of New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia.
Technically, we have plenty of space to squeeze an additional 135 million people into. However, that kind of growth would drastically change the freedoms that Americans have treasured for generations. The U.S. Census Bureau shows 241 million registered vehicles today. We are on pace to add another 106 million vehicles to our roads over the next 40 years. Every kind of road travel will be affected by an additional 106 million automobiles. Everything from your morning commute to visiting family in another state will become more difficult and cumbersome. Freedom of movement will be severely limited for future generations.
Smart growth policies must include smart immigration policies. Please reduce the numbers.
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Illegals ripping the taxpayers a new asshole-Post donated by Willie
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April 14, 2008
Economic and Fiscal Impact of Immigration: American Taxpayers Taken to the Cleaners
Posted by camsalis under Corporate America, Economy | Tags: economic impact, education, illegal aliens, illegal immigration, social cost |
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Illegal alien migration into the United States costs American taxpayers $346 billion annually, as reported by the National Research Council. While employers of illegal aliens rake-in billions of dollars, the US citizens subsidize what may be called organized “Slavery in 21st Century America.”
While Congress facilitates outsourcing, insourcing and offshoring of American jobs by the thousands weekly, that same Congress imports 182,000 legal immigrant monthly who need jobs. Another estimated 100,000 illegal aliens arrive each month without jobs. All those immigrants seize jobs from American citizens at slave wages.
What happens to the American taxpayer?“Immigrants are poorer, pay less tax, and are more likely to receive public benefits than American citizens,” said Edwin Rubenstein, reporting on the National Research Council’s new book: “The New Americans: Economic, Demographics and Fiscal Effects of Immigration.” The Social Contract Winter 2007-08. www.thesoicalcontract.com
The NRC found that the average immigrant household receives $13,326 in federal welfare and pays $10,664.00 in federal taxes. Thus, American taxpayers shell out $2,682.00 for each immigrant household.
In addition, the report showed that immigrants affect 15 different executive agencies of the U.S. government. Earned Income Tax Credit—fraud is rampant and IRS does little to verify existence of children.
Clean Air and Climate Change—these goals are unattainable as long as US population grows—driven by unending immigration.
Emergency medical treatment—US taxpayer money provides $250 million a year to help hospitals defray costs for illegal aliens.
Bureau of Land Management—the Interior Department spends $1 million to mitigate environmental damage done by illegals crossing US southern border.
Migrant educational grants—intended to help states educate children of illegal workers. More fraud from over-counting.
Office of Foreign Labor Certification—immigrant workers depress wages for US citizens resulting in declines in federal revenues at $100 billion annually.
As shown on CBS with Katie Couric this past week, 300,000 pregnant Mexican women cross the border to birth their babies, known as ‘anchor babies’, in American hospitals at an average cost of $6,000.00 per birth with no complications. If the child suffers heart defects, Downs Syndrome, Autism or any other problems, the costs jump to $500,000.00 with long term care into the millions of dollars. All footed by the America taxpayer!
Not mentioned in Couric’s report, that child enjoys free breakfasts and lunches through 13 years of publicly funded education at an average cost of $7,000.00 per year. Additionally, American taxpayers foot the bill for all medical and housing assistance for the child and mother. More hidden costs add up with ESL classes to teach the child English. Connecticut alone suffers 120 languages in their schools while Colorado suffers over 40 foreign languages that cripple their classrooms.
The list of expenses paid for by American taxpayer soars with time and numbers of illegal aliens. Additionally, legal immigrants sponsor their relatives in chain migration and family reunification at US taxpayer expense.
These immigrants take American jobs while they burn American taxpayer funds for immigrant welfare. This all happens while the US national debt approaches $10 trillion. Immigrants flood into this country while jobs cascade out to China where we owe $1 trillion in T-bills as of 2008. Additionally, we suffer a $700 billion annual trade deficit.
Once those illegal aliens hit this country, half of them work off the books and do not pay $401 billion dollars annually, according to the 2005 Bear Stearns Report. Additionally, they form the second largest underground economy in the world. Both legal and illegal immigrants send $80 billion back to their home countries in cash transfers on untaxed money.
When does it end? Not any time soon! Who pays? You do! Like the proverbial golden calf, the United States taxpayer bleeds to death daily while our president and Congress fiddle, faddle and scratch their generous rear ends while they facilitate the death of America’s middle class.
Our politicians create the problems they campaign to solve; but once in office, as John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have proven with their time in the U.S. Senate—they work more against Americans than for them. The proof in the aforementioned report is, as they say, “in the pudding!”
Final note: I am looking for thinkers, writers and advocates to add to my monthly “Master Mind Think Tank.” In reality, our politicians create the problems that they campaign to solve. They never solve them; thus we spiral into deeper national chaos. I need new ideas and new creative thinkers to help me bring our most pressing issues onto the front burner: overpopulation in America caused by ceaseless legal and illegal immigration. As you know, the recent PEW report shows immigration adding 100 million people to our country in 30 years. We need to stop it and we need to stop it now. Join me in saving our civilization. frostyw@juno.com
http://opedinfo.com/2008/04/14/econ...ion-american-taxpayers-taken-to-the-cleaners/
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April 14, 2008
Economic and Fiscal Impact of Immigration: American Taxpayers Taken to the Cleaners
Posted by camsalis under Corporate America, Economy | Tags: economic impact, education, illegal aliens, illegal immigration, social cost |
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Illegal alien migration into the United States costs American taxpayers $346 billion annually, as reported by the National Research Council. While employers of illegal aliens rake-in billions of dollars, the US citizens subsidize what may be called organized “Slavery in 21st Century America.”
While Congress facilitates outsourcing, insourcing and offshoring of American jobs by the thousands weekly, that same Congress imports 182,000 legal immigrant monthly who need jobs. Another estimated 100,000 illegal aliens arrive each month without jobs. All those immigrants seize jobs from American citizens at slave wages.
What happens to the American taxpayer?“Immigrants are poorer, pay less tax, and are more likely to receive public benefits than American citizens,” said Edwin Rubenstein, reporting on the National Research Council’s new book: “The New Americans: Economic, Demographics and Fiscal Effects of Immigration.” The Social Contract Winter 2007-08. www.thesoicalcontract.com
The NRC found that the average immigrant household receives $13,326 in federal welfare and pays $10,664.00 in federal taxes. Thus, American taxpayers shell out $2,682.00 for each immigrant household.
In addition, the report showed that immigrants affect 15 different executive agencies of the U.S. government. Earned Income Tax Credit—fraud is rampant and IRS does little to verify existence of children.
Clean Air and Climate Change—these goals are unattainable as long as US population grows—driven by unending immigration.
Emergency medical treatment—US taxpayer money provides $250 million a year to help hospitals defray costs for illegal aliens.
Bureau of Land Management—the Interior Department spends $1 million to mitigate environmental damage done by illegals crossing US southern border.
Migrant educational grants—intended to help states educate children of illegal workers. More fraud from over-counting.
Office of Foreign Labor Certification—immigrant workers depress wages for US citizens resulting in declines in federal revenues at $100 billion annually.
As shown on CBS with Katie Couric this past week, 300,000 pregnant Mexican women cross the border to birth their babies, known as ‘anchor babies’, in American hospitals at an average cost of $6,000.00 per birth with no complications. If the child suffers heart defects, Downs Syndrome, Autism or any other problems, the costs jump to $500,000.00 with long term care into the millions of dollars. All footed by the America taxpayer!
Not mentioned in Couric’s report, that child enjoys free breakfasts and lunches through 13 years of publicly funded education at an average cost of $7,000.00 per year. Additionally, American taxpayers foot the bill for all medical and housing assistance for the child and mother. More hidden costs add up with ESL classes to teach the child English. Connecticut alone suffers 120 languages in their schools while Colorado suffers over 40 foreign languages that cripple their classrooms.
The list of expenses paid for by American taxpayer soars with time and numbers of illegal aliens. Additionally, legal immigrants sponsor their relatives in chain migration and family reunification at US taxpayer expense.
These immigrants take American jobs while they burn American taxpayer funds for immigrant welfare. This all happens while the US national debt approaches $10 trillion. Immigrants flood into this country while jobs cascade out to China where we owe $1 trillion in T-bills as of 2008. Additionally, we suffer a $700 billion annual trade deficit.
Once those illegal aliens hit this country, half of them work off the books and do not pay $401 billion dollars annually, according to the 2005 Bear Stearns Report. Additionally, they form the second largest underground economy in the world. Both legal and illegal immigrants send $80 billion back to their home countries in cash transfers on untaxed money.
When does it end? Not any time soon! Who pays? You do! Like the proverbial golden calf, the United States taxpayer bleeds to death daily while our president and Congress fiddle, faddle and scratch their generous rear ends while they facilitate the death of America’s middle class.
Our politicians create the problems they campaign to solve; but once in office, as John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have proven with their time in the U.S. Senate—they work more against Americans than for them. The proof in the aforementioned report is, as they say, “in the pudding!”
Final note: I am looking for thinkers, writers and advocates to add to my monthly “Master Mind Think Tank.” In reality, our politicians create the problems that they campaign to solve. They never solve them; thus we spiral into deeper national chaos. I need new ideas and new creative thinkers to help me bring our most pressing issues onto the front burner: overpopulation in America caused by ceaseless legal and illegal immigration. As you know, the recent PEW report shows immigration adding 100 million people to our country in 30 years. We need to stop it and we need to stop it now. Join me in saving our civilization. frostyw@juno.com
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URGENT: The Senate Must Act to Pass E-Verify
The economy is ailing and many Americans are out of work, yet the Senate leadership remains unwilling to protect American workers from having their jobs taken by illegal aliens. With time running out, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid remains unwilling to even bring an E-Verify re-authorization bill to the floor. This critical program will end in November if the Senate does not act before their upcoming target adjournment date. The House overwhelmingly voted 407-2 to re-authorize E-Verify last month, and it's time for the Senate to do the same thing. However Reid - bowing to special interests and Senator Robert Menendez's insistence on hundreds of thousands of cheap foreign workers - is refusing to even bring H.R.6633 to the floor.
We understand that Senate staffers are negotiating with leadership today regarding whether to bring the re-authorization to the floor. Please call your Senators and Senator Reid's office today and tell them to bring E-Verify to the floor with no strings attached.
URGENT: Stop House Leadership from Granting Amnesty under the Guise of Helping Our Military
The House Judiciary Committee, under the pretense of supporting our troops, voted late Wednesday afternoon to grant amnesty to the illegal alien family members of servicemen, even if these individuals have committed serious crimes. H.R.6020 does not reward servicemen, but instead grants broad amnesty to any extended family members who may be illegal aliens. Additionally, it gives immigration judges the discretion to waive deportation orders for those family members who have committed a crime. Although members of the committee were able to exclude a few serious crimes, the bill gives broad discretion to immigration judges to waive deportation of a criminal alien.
The American Legion, which has expressed opposition to the bill, testified in May: "This would seem to reward law breakers and - possibly - illegal immigrants with a short cut to citizenship that is nothing less than an official pardon for illegal acts: an amnesty."
Please call your Representative today and tell them to oppose all efforts to bring H.R.6020 to the floor.
More information about E-Verify and H.R.6020 is available on FAIR's website.
Contact Your Representative
Learn More About FAIR
Join or Donate to FAIR
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URGENT: The Senate Must Act to Pass E-Verify
The economy is ailing and many Americans are out of work, yet the Senate leadership remains unwilling to protect American workers from having their jobs taken by illegal aliens. With time running out, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid remains unwilling to even bring an E-Verify re-authorization bill to the floor. This critical program will end in November if the Senate does not act before their upcoming target adjournment date. The House overwhelmingly voted 407-2 to re-authorize E-Verify last month, and it's time for the Senate to do the same thing. However Reid - bowing to special interests and Senator Robert Menendez's insistence on hundreds of thousands of cheap foreign workers - is refusing to even bring H.R.6633 to the floor.
We understand that Senate staffers are negotiating with leadership today regarding whether to bring the re-authorization to the floor. Please call your Senators and Senator Reid's office today and tell them to bring E-Verify to the floor with no strings attached.
URGENT: Stop House Leadership from Granting Amnesty under the Guise of Helping Our Military
The House Judiciary Committee, under the pretense of supporting our troops, voted late Wednesday afternoon to grant amnesty to the illegal alien family members of servicemen, even if these individuals have committed serious crimes. H.R.6020 does not reward servicemen, but instead grants broad amnesty to any extended family members who may be illegal aliens. Additionally, it gives immigration judges the discretion to waive deportation orders for those family members who have committed a crime. Although members of the committee were able to exclude a few serious crimes, the bill gives broad discretion to immigration judges to waive deportation of a criminal alien.
The American Legion, which has expressed opposition to the bill, testified in May: "This would seem to reward law breakers and - possibly - illegal immigrants with a short cut to citizenship that is nothing less than an official pardon for illegal acts: an amnesty."
Please call your Representative today and tell them to oppose all efforts to bring H.R.6020 to the floor.
More information about E-Verify and H.R.6020 is available on FAIR's website.
Contact Your Representative
Learn More About FAIR
Join or Donate to FAIR
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Short & to the point-An E-mail sent to Harry Reid
BRING E-VERIFY TO THE FLOOR NOW!... Keep illegal workers out of US jobs!... Thanks http://reid.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
BRING E-VERIFY TO THE FLOOR NOW!... Keep illegal workers out of US jobs!... Thanks http://reid.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD width=7> </TD><TD>On this date in 1787, the U.S. Constitution was adopted. 39 delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies (Rhode Island did not send a representative) affixed their signatures to the greatest civil document ever conceived by men. Famous patriots such as George Washington, Roger Sherman, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, George Clymer, and Abraham Baldwin were among this gallant group.
Under divine Providence, it has been allegiance to the Constitution that has preserved our liberties and protected our very way of life. Most of the problems, failings, and frustrations that plague our nation today are due to the propensity of our civil magistrates to ignore or blatantly abuse constitutional government. Accordingly, fidelity to the Constitution would likely repair most of the damage done by this neglect.
It is the responsibility of a free people to jealously guard the principles upon which their liberties are predicated. For citizens of these United States, the principles that duly protect our liberties are contained in the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence. Therefore, it is incumbent upon every American to studiously familiarize
himself with these documents.
Furthermore, it is the duty of every American to stubbornly hold their elected representative, at every level of government, accountable to his or her oath to the Constitution. The U.S. Constitution is the contract that every civil magistrate makes with "We the People." Failure of an elected representative to fulfill that oath to the Constitution should be met with swift and certain rejection by the people at the polls. Nothing else should matter. Republican or Democrat, man or woman, black or white, believer or unbeliever: it is the responsibility of every civil magistrate to submit to the restrictions and instructions of the Constitution.
Our Constitution (along with the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence) was formed, framed, and founded upon the eternal principles contained in Natural Law, which proceeds forth from man's Creator and Redeemer. No people in human history have ever been so blessed as the people of the United States to inherit such a legacy. Such a heritage serves only to heighten our own responsibility, as "unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required."
On this Constitution Day of 2008, may this generation of Americans live up to its responsibility to valiantly bequeath to our posterity the same legacy of freedom that was so bravely and miraculously bequeathed to us. For the sake of freedom, for the love of our children, and for the safety and security of our republic, may each of us determine for ourselves--and commit to Almighty God--to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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Under divine Providence, it has been allegiance to the Constitution that has preserved our liberties and protected our very way of life. Most of the problems, failings, and frustrations that plague our nation today are due to the propensity of our civil magistrates to ignore or blatantly abuse constitutional government. Accordingly, fidelity to the Constitution would likely repair most of the damage done by this neglect.
It is the responsibility of a free people to jealously guard the principles upon which their liberties are predicated. For citizens of these United States, the principles that duly protect our liberties are contained in the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence. Therefore, it is incumbent upon every American to studiously familiarize
himself with these documents.
Furthermore, it is the duty of every American to stubbornly hold their elected representative, at every level of government, accountable to his or her oath to the Constitution. The U.S. Constitution is the contract that every civil magistrate makes with "We the People." Failure of an elected representative to fulfill that oath to the Constitution should be met with swift and certain rejection by the people at the polls. Nothing else should matter. Republican or Democrat, man or woman, black or white, believer or unbeliever: it is the responsibility of every civil magistrate to submit to the restrictions and instructions of the Constitution.
Our Constitution (along with the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence) was formed, framed, and founded upon the eternal principles contained in Natural Law, which proceeds forth from man's Creator and Redeemer. No people in human history have ever been so blessed as the people of the United States to inherit such a legacy. Such a heritage serves only to heighten our own responsibility, as "unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required."
On this Constitution Day of 2008, may this generation of Americans live up to its responsibility to valiantly bequeath to our posterity the same legacy of freedom that was so bravely and miraculously bequeathed to us. For the sake of freedom, for the love of our children, and for the safety and security of our republic, may each of us determine for ourselves--and commit to Almighty God--to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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“We are very pleased to award the Theodore Roosevelt American Unity award for the 110th Congress to Representative Steve King of Iowa,” ProEnglish Executive Director K.C. McAlpin announced today at a brief presentation ceremony on Capitol Hill.
The award is given biennially to recognize the legislator in every Congress whose leadership in working to preserve and protect the nation’s linguistic unity in the English language best exemplifies U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s commitment to American national unity.
“King's signature bill, H.R. 997, “The English Language Unity Act,” has the bipartisan support of 152 members of the House of Representatives, more than one third of the entire House. Despite this enormous level of support and national polls that consistently show an overwhelming majority of 83 to 87 percent of the American people support making English our official language, the House leadership has so far refused to take up his bill,” McAlpin said.
"Rep. King told us during the ceremony that he is undeterred by their refusal and with ProEnglish's help he intends to keep pressuring the House Leadership until they allow an up or down vote on his bill," McAlpin added.
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“We are very pleased to award the Theodore Roosevelt American Unity award for the 110th Congress to Representative Steve King of Iowa,” ProEnglish Executive Director K.C. McAlpin announced today at a brief presentation ceremony on Capitol Hill.
The award is given biennially to recognize the legislator in every Congress whose leadership in working to preserve and protect the nation’s linguistic unity in the English language best exemplifies U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s commitment to American national unity.
“King's signature bill, H.R. 997, “The English Language Unity Act,” has the bipartisan support of 152 members of the House of Representatives, more than one third of the entire House. Despite this enormous level of support and national polls that consistently show an overwhelming majority of 83 to 87 percent of the American people support making English our official language, the House leadership has so far refused to take up his bill,” McAlpin said.
"Rep. King told us during the ceremony that he is undeterred by their refusal and with ProEnglish's help he intends to keep pressuring the House Leadership until they allow an up or down vote on his bill," McAlpin added.
Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to ProEnglish. We receive no government support and depend entirely on voluntary contributions. Click here to make a secure donation online. Thank you!
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Senator Gordon Smith’s company accused of hiring illegals
Mark Workhoven
KPOJ AM 620
September 11, 2008
Oregon Senator Gordon Smith is accused of hiring illegal immigrants to work at his company Smith Frozen Foods in Eastern Oregon.
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The senator and his wife, own the business in Weston.
Smith denied all the charges Wednesday afternoon, made by the newspaper Willamette Week. Smith says that the claims are nothing more than baseless hearsay.
Reporter Beth Slovic says she talked to tax accountants and a public defender, who confirmed that some employees at the business are undocumented workers.
Smith has said in the past that the U.S. should crack down on illegal aliens. http://www.infowars.com/?p=4489 E-Verify http://smartbusinesspractices.com/pilot
Mark Workhoven
KPOJ AM 620
September 11, 2008
Oregon Senator Gordon Smith is accused of hiring illegal immigrants to work at his company Smith Frozen Foods in Eastern Oregon.
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The senator and his wife, own the business in Weston.
Smith denied all the charges Wednesday afternoon, made by the newspaper Willamette Week. Smith says that the claims are nothing more than baseless hearsay.
Reporter Beth Slovic says she talked to tax accountants and a public defender, who confirmed that some employees at the business are undocumented workers.
Smith has said in the past that the U.S. should crack down on illegal aliens. http://www.infowars.com/?p=4489 E-Verify http://smartbusinesspractices.com/pilot
DALLAS — Illegal immigrants are returning home to Mexico in numbers not seen for decades — and the Mexican government may have to deal with a crush on its social services and lower wages once the immigrants arrive.
The Mexican Consulate's office in Dallas is seeing increasing numbers of Mexican nationals requesting paperwork to go home for good, especially parents who want to know what documentation they'll need to enroll their children in Mexican schools.
"Those numbers have increased percentage-wise tremendously," said Enrique Hubbard, the Mexican consul general in Dallas. "In fact, it's almost 100 percent more this year than it was the previous two years."
The illegal immigrant population in the U.S. has dropped 11 percent since August of last year, according to the Center for Immigration Studies. Its research shows 1.3 million illegal immigrants have returned to their home countries.
Some say illegal immigrants are leaving because a soft economy has led to fewer jobs, causing many laborers to seek work elsewhere.
Others argue that a tough stance on immigration through law enforcement has spread fear throughout the illegal population.
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"There's no question there's a variety of suggestions that people are in fact returning," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies. "Remittances, which is the money immigrants send home to Mexico, have gone down dramatically over the past year. Again, probably part the economy, but also part enforcement, leading to fewer people being here."
Advocates for immigrants are disturbed by the trend. Albert Ruiz, an organizer for the League of United Latin American Citizens, agrees that more undocumented immigrants are going home — but says families are being torn apart in the process.
If a father is deported, Ruiz says, his family members in America are forced either to fend for themselves or follow him to a country where they've never even lived.
"So the mother is saying we should return home with the breadwinner of the family to Mexico, and the children are saying, I don't want to leave, I'm a U.S. citizen, I don't know that country," said Ruiz.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon plans to help returning nationals by providing food, medical care and temporary shelter if needed. But reports are already out in Mexico that the large number of illegal immigrants returning home could drive down wages and put pressure on social services — the same concerns many Americans have with illegals living and working in the U.S. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,409221,00.html
The Mexican Consulate's office in Dallas is seeing increasing numbers of Mexican nationals requesting paperwork to go home for good, especially parents who want to know what documentation they'll need to enroll their children in Mexican schools.
"Those numbers have increased percentage-wise tremendously," said Enrique Hubbard, the Mexican consul general in Dallas. "In fact, it's almost 100 percent more this year than it was the previous two years."
The illegal immigrant population in the U.S. has dropped 11 percent since August of last year, according to the Center for Immigration Studies. Its research shows 1.3 million illegal immigrants have returned to their home countries.
Some say illegal immigrants are leaving because a soft economy has led to fewer jobs, causing many laborers to seek work elsewhere.
Others argue that a tough stance on immigration through law enforcement has spread fear throughout the illegal population.
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"There's no question there's a variety of suggestions that people are in fact returning," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies. "Remittances, which is the money immigrants send home to Mexico, have gone down dramatically over the past year. Again, probably part the economy, but also part enforcement, leading to fewer people being here."
Advocates for immigrants are disturbed by the trend. Albert Ruiz, an organizer for the League of United Latin American Citizens, agrees that more undocumented immigrants are going home — but says families are being torn apart in the process.
If a father is deported, Ruiz says, his family members in America are forced either to fend for themselves or follow him to a country where they've never even lived.
"So the mother is saying we should return home with the breadwinner of the family to Mexico, and the children are saying, I don't want to leave, I'm a U.S. citizen, I don't know that country," said Ruiz.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon plans to help returning nationals by providing food, medical care and temporary shelter if needed. But reports are already out in Mexico that the large number of illegal immigrants returning home could drive down wages and put pressure on social services — the same concerns many Americans have with illegals living and working in the U.S. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,409221,00.html
L.A. Program to Give $2.2 Billion to Mexican Trucking Firms
Land Line Magazine
August 16, 2008
he Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach boast of bringing in 40 percent of the nation’s imported goods, and plans to cut emissions at each port have been highlighted in mainstream news programs and the cable TV show “America’s Port.”
A Land Line investigation into the ports’ multibillion-dollar clean truck program, however, shows that the $2.2 billion program could pay for the replacement of trucks owned by Mexican trucking companies while it excludes U.S. trucks that run any miles outside of California.
The Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles each have adopted clean trucks programs that phase out all pre-2007 emissions level trucks by December 2012, and phase in requirements that all trucks be operated by licensed concessionaires approved by the port. The Port of Los Angeles adopted further restrictions that eventually require all drivers to be company employees.
On page five of the Clean Trucks Program application – which features logos of each port – the form asks applicants to check one of three types of operating authority numbers.
1. MC for motor carrier
2. FF for freight forwarder
3. MX for Mexican companies with federal authority to operate beyond commercial zones
The MX stands for “carriers that are based in Mexico,” said Art Wong, a spokesman for the Port of Long Beach.
Theresa Adams-Lopez, a spokeswoman for the Port of Los Angeles, also confirmed the Mexican truck classification in a statement but said it was “merely an inquiry during the application process.”
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“An MX-registered truck probably won’t be automatically excluded from getting grant funding,” Adams-Lopez said. “However, it will need to meet all the standard criteria. Be assured that no truck will be funded under either port’s funds unless it can be shown to meet all program requirements, as a legitimate frequent tripper and contributor to the ports’ air quality programs.”
The potential for hundreds of millions of dollars to be given to companies domiciled in Mexico concerns the Missouri-based Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, said Rick Craig, OOIDA’s director of regulatory affairs.
“It appears that certain Mexican trucking companies could meet the requirements of this program,” Craig said.
The truck replacement funding form requires applicants to be plated in California with no International Registration Plan license, and applicants must promise not to run any miles outside of the Golden State for at least seven years.
The ports plan to use container fees to finance a portion of the $2.2 billion truck replacement program, which can fund up to 80 percent of the cost of replacing the oldest trucks among the estimated 16,000 drayage trucks that operate daily in the ports.
The program, however, isn’t fully funded by container fees. The state of California is kicking in a large share of money needed for truck replacement.
Proposition 1B – which includes a total of $20 billion for transportation infrastructure and $1 billion specifically for air quality programs – also will fund $98 million worth of truck replacement funds at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles during the 2007-2008 fiscal year.
Applicants can try to obtain grants for a portion of the cost of a new truck, or to a “subsidized lease or grant using a combination of port and Proposition 1B funds,” according to a joint announcement issued by the ports on Aug. 1.
Many Mexican carriers run trucks in California with license plates from Mexico and California, or with an International Registration Plan license plate, each examples that would prevent their application from being considered for the truck replacement program. Foreign owned and operated carriers also must deal with a variety of customs and immigration regulations.
Theoretically, a Mexican carrier could purchase a truck in the U.S., run only California miles and employ an American driver to meet immigration standards, Craig said.
Craig pointed out the drayage economy in Los Angeles and Long Beach has been profitable for port trucking companies but not for owner-operators, who can’t afford to buy their own new trucks or to maintain existing ones.
“If not for the perverted economic model that has developed in the ports, there would be no need to subsidize port replacement trucks in the first place,” Craig said. “Our people are complying without public funding.”
Joe Rajkovacz, OOIDA’s regulatory affairs specialist, has addressed the Port of Los Angeles Harbor Commission and spoken to several port officials about the Association’s concerns.
Rajkovacz said the American Trucking Association’s recent lawsuit seeking an injunction against the port’s clean truck program doesn’t argue against carriers receiving billions in truck replacement funds.
“The most onerous aspect of the clean truck program has always been the money giveaway,” Rajkovacz said. “Within the ATA lawsuit against the ports they profess to want less polluting trucks serving the ports, but welcome the financial windfall to meet clean truck program goals. That’s not the market capitalism they supposedly champion. That travesty is only compounded by giving money away to foreign-domiciled motor carriers when long haul truckers must comply on their own dime.” http://www.infowars.com/?p=3993
Land Line Magazine
August 16, 2008
he Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach boast of bringing in 40 percent of the nation’s imported goods, and plans to cut emissions at each port have been highlighted in mainstream news programs and the cable TV show “America’s Port.”
A Land Line investigation into the ports’ multibillion-dollar clean truck program, however, shows that the $2.2 billion program could pay for the replacement of trucks owned by Mexican trucking companies while it excludes U.S. trucks that run any miles outside of California.
The Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles each have adopted clean trucks programs that phase out all pre-2007 emissions level trucks by December 2012, and phase in requirements that all trucks be operated by licensed concessionaires approved by the port. The Port of Los Angeles adopted further restrictions that eventually require all drivers to be company employees.
On page five of the Clean Trucks Program application – which features logos of each port – the form asks applicants to check one of three types of operating authority numbers.
1. MC for motor carrier
2. FF for freight forwarder
3. MX for Mexican companies with federal authority to operate beyond commercial zones
The MX stands for “carriers that are based in Mexico,” said Art Wong, a spokesman for the Port of Long Beach.
Theresa Adams-Lopez, a spokeswoman for the Port of Los Angeles, also confirmed the Mexican truck classification in a statement but said it was “merely an inquiry during the application process.”
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“An MX-registered truck probably won’t be automatically excluded from getting grant funding,” Adams-Lopez said. “However, it will need to meet all the standard criteria. Be assured that no truck will be funded under either port’s funds unless it can be shown to meet all program requirements, as a legitimate frequent tripper and contributor to the ports’ air quality programs.”
The potential for hundreds of millions of dollars to be given to companies domiciled in Mexico concerns the Missouri-based Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, said Rick Craig, OOIDA’s director of regulatory affairs.
“It appears that certain Mexican trucking companies could meet the requirements of this program,” Craig said.
The truck replacement funding form requires applicants to be plated in California with no International Registration Plan license, and applicants must promise not to run any miles outside of the Golden State for at least seven years.
The ports plan to use container fees to finance a portion of the $2.2 billion truck replacement program, which can fund up to 80 percent of the cost of replacing the oldest trucks among the estimated 16,000 drayage trucks that operate daily in the ports.
The program, however, isn’t fully funded by container fees. The state of California is kicking in a large share of money needed for truck replacement.
Proposition 1B – which includes a total of $20 billion for transportation infrastructure and $1 billion specifically for air quality programs – also will fund $98 million worth of truck replacement funds at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles during the 2007-2008 fiscal year.
Applicants can try to obtain grants for a portion of the cost of a new truck, or to a “subsidized lease or grant using a combination of port and Proposition 1B funds,” according to a joint announcement issued by the ports on Aug. 1.
Many Mexican carriers run trucks in California with license plates from Mexico and California, or with an International Registration Plan license plate, each examples that would prevent their application from being considered for the truck replacement program. Foreign owned and operated carriers also must deal with a variety of customs and immigration regulations.
Theoretically, a Mexican carrier could purchase a truck in the U.S., run only California miles and employ an American driver to meet immigration standards, Craig said.
Craig pointed out the drayage economy in Los Angeles and Long Beach has been profitable for port trucking companies but not for owner-operators, who can’t afford to buy their own new trucks or to maintain existing ones.
“If not for the perverted economic model that has developed in the ports, there would be no need to subsidize port replacement trucks in the first place,” Craig said. “Our people are complying without public funding.”
Joe Rajkovacz, OOIDA’s regulatory affairs specialist, has addressed the Port of Los Angeles Harbor Commission and spoken to several port officials about the Association’s concerns.
Rajkovacz said the American Trucking Association’s recent lawsuit seeking an injunction against the port’s clean truck program doesn’t argue against carriers receiving billions in truck replacement funds.
“The most onerous aspect of the clean truck program has always been the money giveaway,” Rajkovacz said. “Within the ATA lawsuit against the ports they profess to want less polluting trucks serving the ports, but welcome the financial windfall to meet clean truck program goals. That’s not the market capitalism they supposedly champion. That travesty is only compounded by giving money away to foreign-domiciled motor carriers when long haul truckers must comply on their own dime.” http://www.infowars.com/?p=3993
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From Ed Lavandera
CNN Correspondent
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<!--endclickprintexclude--><!--startclickprintexclude--><!--endclickprintexclude-->HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- A comic-book character popular in Mexico for generations has run into a cultural barrier at the border, where Americans see him as a racist caricature.
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Comic book character Memin Pinguin is "a disgrace," an African-American activist says.
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"I was like, OK, is that a monkey or a boy?" McGinty said. "To me it was an insult."
She'd never heard of "Memin Pinguin." She bought a Spanish-English dictionary and tried translating but still didn't like what she saw.
Watch what upset McGinty »
"So I asked my boyfriend, does that look like a monkey to you?" she said. "And we went back and forth and he was like, no, that's a black woman," referring to the character's Aunt Jemima-like mother.
McGinty and Houston community activist Quannel X want the comic books removed from the stores.
"This is absolutely insensitive toward race, in particular the African-American culture, and also people of color," Quannel X said. "This is poking fun at the physical features of an entire people."
But Mexican readers who grew up following the shenanigans of Memin say critics need to look beyond the cover and understand the stories.
"They will bring a smile to their face because we're so fond of that character," said Javier Salas, a Spanish-language talk show host on Chicago radio station WRTO. "We respect him, we love him. And that's why it's so absurd for us to hear complaints from people who don't know, don't understand Memin."
Memin is a poor Cuban-Mexican kid with bug eyes, thick lips and protruding ears. The mischievous and caring boy helps his mother by selling newspapers and shining shoes.
"We grew up reading, learning and educating ourselves with a lot of the topics they always touched on, which was honesty, justice, tolerance. He was a very unique character," Salas said.
Wal-Mart spokesman Lorenzo Lopez said the retailer has instructed stores to remove the books from shelves and discontinue sales.
"We received the customer complaint regarding the book, which we knew was based on a popular cartoon character in Mexico. We looked into it further, and we decided to no longer distribute the book and are in the process of removing the books from the stores."
The store has received no other complaints about Memin, Lopez said.
"We have a wide array of products that we provide to Hispanic customers, but when we looked at this more carefully and given the sensitivity of the topic, we thought it was best to no longer carry the book in our stores," he said.
He did not know how many copies of Memin books the chain had or how long it would take to remove them from displays.
Memin is no stranger to controversy. Three years ago, a series of Mexican stamps honoring Memin ignited an international uproar. The stamps were discontinued because of protests from African-American leaders.
"This is saying we respect and regard the African-American community by making them look like Sambos on a stamp?" the Rev. Al Sharpton said at the time. "This goes over the line."
Quannel X called the comic book "a disgrace."
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But fans of Memin say the valuable lessons of a beloved comic book character tackling real-life problems have been lost in translation. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/09/mexican.comic/index.html?eref=rss_us
CNN Correspondent
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<!--endclickprintexclude--><!--startclickprintexclude--><!--endclickprintexclude-->HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- A comic-book character popular in Mexico for generations has run into a cultural barrier at the border, where Americans see him as a racist caricature.
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<SCRIPT type=text/javascript _extended="true"> var CNN_ArticleChanger = new CNN_imageChanger('cnnImgChngr','/2008/US/07/09/mexican.comic/imgChng/p1-0.init.exclude.html',2,1);//CNN.imageChanger.load('cnnImgChngr','imgChng/p1-0.exclude.html');</SCRIPT><!--endclickprintexclude-->For more than 60 years Mexicans have followed the adventures of "Memin Pinguin." But the dark-skinned Memin's exaggerated features in "Memin for President" came as a shock to Houston, Texas, Wal-Mart shopper Shawnedria McGinty.
"I was like, OK, is that a monkey or a boy?" McGinty said. "To me it was an insult."
She'd never heard of "Memin Pinguin." She bought a Spanish-English dictionary and tried translating but still didn't like what she saw.
"So I asked my boyfriend, does that look like a monkey to you?" she said. "And we went back and forth and he was like, no, that's a black woman," referring to the character's Aunt Jemima-like mother.
McGinty and Houston community activist Quannel X want the comic books removed from the stores.
"This is absolutely insensitive toward race, in particular the African-American culture, and also people of color," Quannel X said. "This is poking fun at the physical features of an entire people."
But Mexican readers who grew up following the shenanigans of Memin say critics need to look beyond the cover and understand the stories.
"They will bring a smile to their face because we're so fond of that character," said Javier Salas, a Spanish-language talk show host on Chicago radio station WRTO. "We respect him, we love him. And that's why it's so absurd for us to hear complaints from people who don't know, don't understand Memin."
Memin is a poor Cuban-Mexican kid with bug eyes, thick lips and protruding ears. The mischievous and caring boy helps his mother by selling newspapers and shining shoes.
"We grew up reading, learning and educating ourselves with a lot of the topics they always touched on, which was honesty, justice, tolerance. He was a very unique character," Salas said.
Wal-Mart spokesman Lorenzo Lopez said the retailer has instructed stores to remove the books from shelves and discontinue sales.
"We received the customer complaint regarding the book, which we knew was based on a popular cartoon character in Mexico. We looked into it further, and we decided to no longer distribute the book and are in the process of removing the books from the stores."
The store has received no other complaints about Memin, Lopez said.
"We have a wide array of products that we provide to Hispanic customers, but when we looked at this more carefully and given the sensitivity of the topic, we thought it was best to no longer carry the book in our stores," he said.
He did not know how many copies of Memin books the chain had or how long it would take to remove them from displays.
Memin is no stranger to controversy. Three years ago, a series of Mexican stamps honoring Memin ignited an international uproar. The stamps were discontinued because of protests from African-American leaders.
"This is saying we respect and regard the African-American community by making them look like Sambos on a stamp?" the Rev. Al Sharpton said at the time. "This goes over the line."
Quannel X called the comic book "a disgrace."
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<TEXTAREA onkeypress="return taCount(this,'myMESSAGE',6000);" id=body_text name=body_text rows=16>Something can be done to slow the rising numbers of America's uninsured. Congress can end the "chain migration" policies that burden our healthcare system with hundreds of thousands of uninsured people each year. Chain migration categories can be dropped without affecting the nuclear family.Today's immigration policies are a major contributor to the spike in poverty and uninsured that we are witnessing. By quadrupling the numbers, Congress has forced population growth and put a strain on our healthcare system. Unless Congress changes the numbers, nearly 135 million people will be added to the U.S. population over the next 40 years - the equivalent of the population of 16 New York Cities!More than three-quarters of that growth will be a result of Congress' immigration policies. Nearly one-third of those immigrants and their children will be uninsured. Today, American taxpayers pay for more than $50 billion worth of government-sponsored health insurance programs for 8.5 million immigrants every year - if Congress insists on adding another 16 New York Cities every forty years, the cost will be much greater for future generations.Congress could quadruple immigration numbers over and over again without relieving the population problems of the Third World, nor improve the lives of the billions of impoverished people for whom a life in the United States will never be possible. Importing poverty into the U.S. on a massive scale does not help the Third World, but puts a severe strain on domestic problems affecting our fellow citizens who may be impoverished or vulnerable. As our healthcare crisis reaches a tipping point, please consider smart immigration policies that end chain migration and reduce stress on our healthcare system.</TEXTAREA> You have 4237 characters remaining for the message. This is roughly 2 pages.
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Dear <SELECT onchange=CheckSelected() multiple size=3 name=recipients> <OPTION value=634:cong selected>Rep. Kaptur</OPTION> <OPTION value=618:cong selected>Sen. Voinovich</OPTION> <OPTION value=642:cong selected>Sen. Brown</OPTION></SELECT> ,
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<TEXTAREA id=mission_text name=mission_text rows=5 readOnly>Immigration policy is driving up the amount of uninsured people, so why is Congress not having a frank discussion about the numbers?</TEXTAREA>
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<TEXTAREA onkeypress="return taCount(this,'myMESSAGE',6000);" id=body_text name=body_text rows=16>Something can be done to slow the rising numbers of America's uninsured. Congress can end the "chain migration" policies that burden our healthcare system with hundreds of thousands of uninsured people each year. Chain migration categories can be dropped without affecting the nuclear family.Today's immigration policies are a major contributor to the spike in poverty and uninsured that we are witnessing. By quadrupling the numbers, Congress has forced population growth and put a strain on our healthcare system. Unless Congress changes the numbers, nearly 135 million people will be added to the U.S. population over the next 40 years - the equivalent of the population of 16 New York Cities!More than three-quarters of that growth will be a result of Congress' immigration policies. Nearly one-third of those immigrants and their children will be uninsured. Today, American taxpayers pay for more than $50 billion worth of government-sponsored health insurance programs for 8.5 million immigrants every year - if Congress insists on adding another 16 New York Cities every forty years, the cost will be much greater for future generations.Congress could quadruple immigration numbers over and over again without relieving the population problems of the Third World, nor improve the lives of the billions of impoverished people for whom a life in the United States will never be possible. Importing poverty into the U.S. on a massive scale does not help the Third World, but puts a severe strain on domestic problems affecting our fellow citizens who may be impoverished or vulnerable. As our healthcare crisis reaches a tipping point, please consider smart immigration policies that end chain migration and reduce stress on our healthcare system.</TEXTAREA> You have 4237 characters remaining for the message. This is roughly 2 pages.
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