<TABLE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 20px; PADDING-LEFT: 20px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 20px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" cellSpacing=0 width=600><TBODY><TR><TD style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: georgia,times,times new roman,serif" align=middle colSpan=2>Free Ramos and Compean
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 20px; PADDING-LEFT: 20px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 20px; PADDING-TOP: 20px" cellSpacing=20 width=600><TBODY><TR><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif" vAlign=top align=left colSpan=2>President Bush this week added a convicted methamphetamine dealer, a cocaine distributor and two marijuana suppliers to the list of drug operators he's pardoned while in office, bringing his total of drug suppliers who have been pardoned or had their sentences commuted to 36.
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</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 15px; FONT-SIZE: 13px; COLOR: #666666; PADDING-TOP: 10px">Monica Ramos embraces her husband, Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos, two days before he was sentenced to 11 years in prison</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, meanwhile, are serving 11- and 12-year prison sentences, respectively, for shooting and wounding—in the line of duty—an illegal alien drug smuggler trying to bring over 720 pounds of marijuana across the border.
The drug smuggler received only minor injuries and was given full immunity from prosecution by the federal prosecutor in return for his testimony against the agents.
The clock is ticking.
With just a few weeks left during which President Bush could pardon the imprisoned border cops, WND has organized an easy and inexpensive way for you to make your voice heard by President Bush on this matter.
With the click of a mouse, you can send the following letter to President Bush. It will be delivered to the White House by Fed Ex couriers along with thousands of others:
<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=30 width=510 align=center bgColor=#000000><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 30px; PADDING-LEFT: 30px; FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; PADDING-TOP: 30px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia; times: ; serif: " align=left bgColor=#ffffff>The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush:
I know I speak for millions of other Americans with this letter urging you to pardon or commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean - the two Border Patrol agents currently serving prison terms of 12 and 11 years respectively.
Do this, sir, as a merciful act of compassion.
Offering these two men mercy is not an admission of any wrongdoing on your part or on the part of your Justice Department.
It's just the right thing to do.
This letter is not written to reopen old wounds or renew an argument about who was right and who was wrong. It is written to heal wounds and end the arguments.
You have offered dozens of pardons already as your second term winds down. On Jan. 20, 2009, you will hand over the reins of power to a new president. But before you do that, you have absolute, unquestioned authority to make whole the lives of some hurting people. In addition, you can restore confidence in our judicial system in the minds of many Americans who can't sleep at night as they consider the suffering and anguish being experienced by the Ramos and Compean families.
I urge you to do this because the Ramos and Compean sentences are not proportionate.
I urge you to do this because you have compassion in your heart.
I urge you to do this as a way of bringing healing to our country.
I urge you to do this, most of all, for the sake of the wives and children who are punished as severely as the imprisoned agents because of their continued incarceration.
The clock is ticking.
January 20 is right around the corner.
Please find it in your heart to restore officers Ramos and Compean to their wives and children before you leave office.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Address
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If you FedExed a letter to the president yourself, it would cost you about $13. But by joining others in this WND campaign, we can bring the price down to just $7.95 complete – including all shipping and handling charges.
Finally, WND pledges to send a portion of the proceeds directly to the Ramos and Compean wives – Monica and Patty. "If this campaign is successful," says WND Editor and CEO Joseph Farah, "you will be blessing them this holiday season with more than money. Help us bring their husbands home for the New Year."
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 20px; PADDING-LEFT: 20px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 20px; PADDING-TOP: 20px" cellSpacing=20 width=600><TBODY><TR><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 17px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif" vAlign=top align=left colSpan=2>President Bush this week added a convicted methamphetamine dealer, a cocaine distributor and two marijuana suppliers to the list of drug operators he's pardoned while in office, bringing his total of drug suppliers who have been pardoned or had their sentences commuted to 36.
<TABLE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 15px" cellPadding=0 width=205 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle>
</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 15px; FONT-SIZE: 13px; COLOR: #666666; PADDING-TOP: 10px">Monica Ramos embraces her husband, Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos, two days before he was sentenced to 11 years in prison</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, meanwhile, are serving 11- and 12-year prison sentences, respectively, for shooting and wounding—in the line of duty—an illegal alien drug smuggler trying to bring over 720 pounds of marijuana across the border.The drug smuggler received only minor injuries and was given full immunity from prosecution by the federal prosecutor in return for his testimony against the agents.
The clock is ticking.
With just a few weeks left during which President Bush could pardon the imprisoned border cops, WND has organized an easy and inexpensive way for you to make your voice heard by President Bush on this matter.
With the click of a mouse, you can send the following letter to President Bush. It will be delivered to the White House by Fed Ex couriers along with thousands of others:
<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=30 width=510 align=center bgColor=#000000><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 30px; PADDING-LEFT: 30px; FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; PADDING-TOP: 30px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia; times: ; serif: " align=left bgColor=#ffffff>The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush:
I know I speak for millions of other Americans with this letter urging you to pardon or commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean - the two Border Patrol agents currently serving prison terms of 12 and 11 years respectively.
Do this, sir, as a merciful act of compassion.
Offering these two men mercy is not an admission of any wrongdoing on your part or on the part of your Justice Department.
It's just the right thing to do.
This letter is not written to reopen old wounds or renew an argument about who was right and who was wrong. It is written to heal wounds and end the arguments.
You have offered dozens of pardons already as your second term winds down. On Jan. 20, 2009, you will hand over the reins of power to a new president. But before you do that, you have absolute, unquestioned authority to make whole the lives of some hurting people. In addition, you can restore confidence in our judicial system in the minds of many Americans who can't sleep at night as they consider the suffering and anguish being experienced by the Ramos and Compean families.
I urge you to do this because the Ramos and Compean sentences are not proportionate.
I urge you to do this because you have compassion in your heart.
I urge you to do this as a way of bringing healing to our country.
I urge you to do this, most of all, for the sake of the wives and children who are punished as severely as the imprisoned agents because of their continued incarceration.
The clock is ticking.
January 20 is right around the corner.
Please find it in your heart to restore officers Ramos and Compean to their wives and children before you leave office.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Address
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
If you FedExed a letter to the president yourself, it would cost you about $13. But by joining others in this WND campaign, we can bring the price down to just $7.95 complete – including all shipping and handling charges.
Finally, WND pledges to send a portion of the proceeds directly to the Ramos and Compean wives – Monica and Patty. "If this campaign is successful," says WND Editor and CEO Joseph Farah, "you will be blessing them this holiday season with more than money. Help us bring their husbands home for the New Year."
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Or Copy the Letter & E-mail it to president@whitehouse.gov
Another Version of the Ramos-Compean Letters
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush:
I know I speak for millions of other Americans with this letter urging you to pardon or commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean - the two Border Patrol agents currently serving prison terms of 12 and 11 years respectively.
Do this, sir, as a merciful act of compassion.
Offering these two men mercy is not an admission of any wrongdoing on your part or on the part of your Justice Department.
It's just the right thing to do.
This letter is not written to reopen old wounds or renew an argument about who was right and who was wrong. It is written to heal wounds and end the arguments.
You have offered dozens of pardons already as your second term winds down. On Jan. 20, 2009, you will hand over the reins of power to a new president. But before you do that, you have absolute, unquestioned authority to make whole the lives of some hurting people. In addition, you can restore confidence in our judicial system in the minds of many Americans who can't sleep at night as they consider the suffering and anguish being experienced by the Ramos and Compean families.
I urge you to do this because the Ramos and Compean sentences are not proportionate.
I urge you to do this because you have compassion in your heart.
I urge you to do this as a way of bringing healing to our country.
I urge you to do this, most of all, for the sake of the wives and children who are punished as severely as the imprisoned agents because of their continued incarceration.
The clock is ticking.
January 20 is right around the corner.
Please find it in your heart to restore officers Ramos and Compean to their wives and children before you leave office.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Town or Address
Fed Ex,Snail mail or E-mail president@whitehouse.gov
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush:
I know I speak for millions of other Americans with this letter urging you to pardon or commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean - the two Border Patrol agents currently serving prison terms of 12 and 11 years respectively.
Do this, sir, as a merciful act of compassion.
Offering these two men mercy is not an admission of any wrongdoing on your part or on the part of your Justice Department.
It's just the right thing to do.
This letter is not written to reopen old wounds or renew an argument about who was right and who was wrong. It is written to heal wounds and end the arguments.
You have offered dozens of pardons already as your second term winds down. On Jan. 20, 2009, you will hand over the reins of power to a new president. But before you do that, you have absolute, unquestioned authority to make whole the lives of some hurting people. In addition, you can restore confidence in our judicial system in the minds of many Americans who can't sleep at night as they consider the suffering and anguish being experienced by the Ramos and Compean families.
I urge you to do this because the Ramos and Compean sentences are not proportionate.
I urge you to do this because you have compassion in your heart.
I urge you to do this as a way of bringing healing to our country.
I urge you to do this, most of all, for the sake of the wives and children who are punished as severely as the imprisoned agents because of their continued incarceration.
The clock is ticking.
January 20 is right around the corner.
Please find it in your heart to restore officers Ramos and Compean to their wives and children before you leave office.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Town or Address
Fed Ex,Snail mail or E-mail president@whitehouse.gov
Update
In the News
NumbersUSA In the News
Quoted
Update
Foreign-Worker Arrivals Continue as Jobless Claims Rise to 26-Year High
Wednesday, December 24, 2008, 10:12 AM
The United States will import another 140,000 foreign workers this month despite worsening jobless numbers. Initial jobless claims were at 586,000 last week, which is 30,000 more than the prior week's claims. The number was the highest since November 1982, and the four-week moving claims average is also at its highest level since 1982. The nation’s counterproductive immigration policies make the situation even harder to fix.
With the new numbers, job losses for the year are expected to exceed two million. In anticipation of these numbers, President-elect Barack Obama expanded his economic stimulus plan last week to call for the creation of three million jobs.
Since the start of 2008, the weekly initial claims level has increased by more than 200,000.
More on this story can be found at Bloomberg.com. http://www.numbersusa.com/content/n...ontinue-jobless-claims-rise-26-year-high.html
hno:
In the News
NumbersUSA In the News
Quoted
Update
Foreign-Worker Arrivals Continue as Jobless Claims Rise to 26-Year High
Wednesday, December 24, 2008, 10:12 AM
The United States will import another 140,000 foreign workers this month despite worsening jobless numbers. Initial jobless claims were at 586,000 last week, which is 30,000 more than the prior week's claims. The number was the highest since November 1982, and the four-week moving claims average is also at its highest level since 1982. The nation’s counterproductive immigration policies make the situation even harder to fix.
With the new numbers, job losses for the year are expected to exceed two million. In anticipation of these numbers, President-elect Barack Obama expanded his economic stimulus plan last week to call for the creation of three million jobs.
Since the start of 2008, the weekly initial claims level has increased by more than 200,000.
More on this story can be found at Bloomberg.com. http://www.numbersusa.com/content/n...ontinue-jobless-claims-rise-26-year-high.html
hno:Keep the heat ON send your faxes-letters & make your calls http://numbersusa.com/actionbuffet
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Idaho Farm Bureau bucks immigration rules
Everglades Club's hiring practices brought in rape suspect
In response to the selection of Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.)
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Since our last update, users have added 25 new "alleged" illegal alien employers to the WeHireAliens.com website.
The table below contains a synopsis of their information. To view or take action on each name (notify the company or report the company to authorities), click the hyperlinks provided.
<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=1 xcomment="bordercolor=#cc0000"><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle>Name</TD><TD align=middle>Area of Operation</TD></TR><TR><TD>Scott Long Construction </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>chilis </TD><TD>reno, NV </TD></TR><TR><TD>El encanto nigth club </TD><TD>Monclair, CA </TD></TR><TR><TD>Dallas Independant School District </TD><TD>, TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>STUDIO MOVIE GRILL </TD><TD>State of TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>Fantasy Spring Casino </TD><TD>Riverside County, CA </TD></TR><TR><TD>kruse's natural stone </TD><TD>State of IA </TD></TR><TR><TD>austin westran </TD><TD>County, IL </TD></TR><TR><TD>Designing With Nature, Inc </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>SemiCon Precision Industries </TD><TD>State of TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>Bonded Logic </TD><TD>Nation </TD></TR><TR><TD>Contractor's Labor Pool (CLP) </TD><TD>Nation </TD></TR><TR><TD>Cool River Cafe </TD><TD>Irving, TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>Diane randolph - hidden springs farm inc. </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>The Fish Market </TD><TD>Jefferson County, AL </TD></TR><TR><TD>Perfect Lawns of Austin </TD><TD>Austin, TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>Aristone Designs </TD><TD>Nation </TD></TR><TR><TD>Monoflo International </TD><TD>Frederick County, VA </TD></TR><TR><TD>Jennie-O-Turkey Store </TD><TD>Nation </TD></TR><TR><TD>SushiSamba </TD><TD>Nation </TD></TR><TR><TD>Sharon and Matthew Sones </TD><TD>lilburn, GA </TD></TR><TR><TD>Impact Innovations </TD><TD>Nation </TD></TR><TR><TD>Allied Insulation </TD><TD>State of TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>spots dry cleaners </TD><TD>dalhart, TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>LH Packing </TD><TD>Bexar County, TX </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Don't forget to forward this email to your friends and relatives who may be in a position to patronize this employer. We need to get as many people involved as possible if we want the hiring of illegal aliens to stop.
Please help to keep WeHireAliens.com operating by donating at http://www.firecoalition.com/donate
Thank you for using www.WeHireAliens.com!
Sincerely,
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The table below contains a synopsis of their information. To view or take action on each name (notify the company or report the company to authorities), click the hyperlinks provided.
<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=1 xcomment="bordercolor=#cc0000"><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle>Name</TD><TD align=middle>Area of Operation</TD></TR><TR><TD>Scott Long Construction </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>chilis </TD><TD>reno, NV </TD></TR><TR><TD>El encanto nigth club </TD><TD>Monclair, CA </TD></TR><TR><TD>Dallas Independant School District </TD><TD>, TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>STUDIO MOVIE GRILL </TD><TD>State of TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>Fantasy Spring Casino </TD><TD>Riverside County, CA </TD></TR><TR><TD>kruse's natural stone </TD><TD>State of IA </TD></TR><TR><TD>austin westran </TD><TD>County, IL </TD></TR><TR><TD>Designing With Nature, Inc </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>SemiCon Precision Industries </TD><TD>State of TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>Bonded Logic </TD><TD>Nation </TD></TR><TR><TD>Contractor's Labor Pool (CLP) </TD><TD>Nation </TD></TR><TR><TD>Cool River Cafe </TD><TD>Irving, TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>Diane randolph - hidden springs farm inc. </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>The Fish Market </TD><TD>Jefferson County, AL </TD></TR><TR><TD>Perfect Lawns of Austin </TD><TD>Austin, TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>Aristone Designs </TD><TD>Nation </TD></TR><TR><TD>Monoflo International </TD><TD>Frederick County, VA </TD></TR><TR><TD>Jennie-O-Turkey Store </TD><TD>Nation </TD></TR><TR><TD>SushiSamba </TD><TD>Nation </TD></TR><TR><TD>Sharon and Matthew Sones </TD><TD>lilburn, GA </TD></TR><TR><TD>Impact Innovations </TD><TD>Nation </TD></TR><TR><TD>Allied Insulation </TD><TD>State of TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>spots dry cleaners </TD><TD>dalhart, TX </TD></TR><TR><TD>LH Packing </TD><TD>Bexar County, TX </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Don't forget to forward this email to your friends and relatives who may be in a position to patronize this employer. We need to get as many people involved as possible if we want the hiring of illegal aliens to stop.
Please help to keep WeHireAliens.com operating by donating at http://www.firecoalition.com/donate
Thank you for using www.WeHireAliens.com!
Sincerely,
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[FONT=verdana,geneva]President-elect Barack Obama has promised us "change," but he needs to hear from us regarding the "change" we need!
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[FONT=verdana,geneva]Especially in these tough economic times with rising unemployment, we need more border security, stronger enforcement against unscrupulous employers who hire illegal aliens, and the mandatory use of E-Verify to protect American workers, to name a few.[/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]
[/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]Thus, CAPS is launching a major new national anti-amnesty, pro-enforcement campaign. We do not believe that those who broke our laws and jumped the line deserve to be rewarded with amnesty. And any so-called "comprehensive" immigration legislation should not include amnesty or increased numbers of visas for foreign workers, especially when so many Americans are out of a job. [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva][/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]We need to focus our resources on struggling Americans, not law-breaking illegal aliens. Go to our website, www.CAPSweb.org, to be a part of this national campaign and take action.[/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]But while there, I hope you will do more. I hope you will also go to our contribution page and speed back another most generous and urgently needed gift to CAPS. Your gift will go directly to the fight to alert Americans to the devastating consequences of unchecked illegal immigration and uncontrolled population growth -- and to mobilizing Americans against it. [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva] [/FONT] [FONT=verdana,geneva]
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[/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]Diana Hull, Ph.D., President[/FONT] Californians for Population Stabilization CAPS
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By Debra Saunders
December 30, 2008
If President Bush had been looking for a textbook case of a federal offender who should never win a presidential pardon, Isaac R. Toussie would fit the bill. Toussie is the sort of amoral swell who contributed to the 2008 mortgage meltdown. In 2001, he pleaded guilty to making false statements to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In 2002 he pleaded guilty to mail fraud in a scam to get Suffolk County, N.Y., to overpay for land.
The New York Times noted, "The name of Isaac Toussie is detested by many working-class people in the New York metropolitan area. In 2001, several hundred of them sued in Federal District Court, accusing Mr. Toussie and his father of masterminding a scheme in which inexperienced or first-time buyers were promised affordable and comfortable suburban houses but instead were sold shoddily built homes in poor neighborhoods and saddled by mortgage payments that shot up surprisingly." According to Newsday, a pardon would clear the way for Toussie -- who already served his five-month prison sentence -- to win back his real estate license.
And the fact that Toussie's father recently and uncharacteristically donated $28,500 to the Republican National Committee would taint any presidential pardon with a pay-to-play stench.
Yet on Dec. 23, as Bush was working on exiting the White House on a high note, came the pardon that never should have happened. It was then followed by a Dec. 24 announcement by Press Secretary Dana Perino that Bush was rescinding Toussie's pardon "based on information that has subsequently come to light."
Credit Bush for taking back a bad executive decision, although some experts assert that cannot be done. If Bush had done nothing, the Toussie story likely would have been buried among stories on retail sales slumps, violence in Gaza and the latest proofs of President-elect Barack Obama's impressive physique.
Perino's statement explained that Bush granted the pardon based on the advice of the White House counsel, Fred Fielding. She also told reporters Fielding was unaware of any GOP contributions. Talk about shoddy staff work.
And you have to wonder if Fielding would have done the necessary homework if Toussie's lawyer had not been Bradford A. Berenson, a former Bush associate White House counsel.
My fear is that the negative fallout from the Toussie story will prompt Bush to issue fewer pardons and commutations. Bush has been too stingy with this power, even as the foolish inflexibility of federal mandatory minimum sentences has created many worthy recipients. Among them: Clarence Aaron, who is serving a life-without-parole sentence for a first-time nonviolent drug offense. Add Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, two Border Patrol agents sentenced to 11 years and 12 years respectively for shooting and wounding a fleeing drug smuggler in 2005 and covering up the incident.
What's the difference between (Aaron, Ramos and Compean) and the individuals who rated a Bush pardon or commutation? My guys aren't well connected, but they also were not career criminals. Aaron was a college student who made a serious criminal decision -- and deserved to serve some prison time. Ramos and Compean covered up the questionable shooting of a fleeing drug smuggler. Yes, juries found all three men guilty, but juries had no input into their draconian sentences.
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Only the president of the United States has the power to right the wrongness of their sentences. Only Bush can bring justice -- for in these cases, a commutation would not bring mercy but justice -- to men who have known mindless punishment without leavening proportion.
The outrage is not simply that a well-connected white white-collar criminal won a pardon. It also would be an outrage if Bush failed to do right by Aaron, an unconnected African-American man serving life for a first-time nonviolent offense, and two Latino Border Patrol agents who, if they did break the law, did so in the heat of the chase, not the cool of a boardroom.
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E-mail Debra J. Saunders at dsaunders@sfchronicle.com. http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/dsaunders/2008/ds_12301.shtml
By Debra Saunders
December 30, 2008
If President Bush had been looking for a textbook case of a federal offender who should never win a presidential pardon, Isaac R. Toussie would fit the bill. Toussie is the sort of amoral swell who contributed to the 2008 mortgage meltdown. In 2001, he pleaded guilty to making false statements to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In 2002 he pleaded guilty to mail fraud in a scam to get Suffolk County, N.Y., to overpay for land.
The New York Times noted, "The name of Isaac Toussie is detested by many working-class people in the New York metropolitan area. In 2001, several hundred of them sued in Federal District Court, accusing Mr. Toussie and his father of masterminding a scheme in which inexperienced or first-time buyers were promised affordable and comfortable suburban houses but instead were sold shoddily built homes in poor neighborhoods and saddled by mortgage payments that shot up surprisingly." According to Newsday, a pardon would clear the way for Toussie -- who already served his five-month prison sentence -- to win back his real estate license.
And the fact that Toussie's father recently and uncharacteristically donated $28,500 to the Republican National Committee would taint any presidential pardon with a pay-to-play stench.
Yet on Dec. 23, as Bush was working on exiting the White House on a high note, came the pardon that never should have happened. It was then followed by a Dec. 24 announcement by Press Secretary Dana Perino that Bush was rescinding Toussie's pardon "based on information that has subsequently come to light."
Credit Bush for taking back a bad executive decision, although some experts assert that cannot be done. If Bush had done nothing, the Toussie story likely would have been buried among stories on retail sales slumps, violence in Gaza and the latest proofs of President-elect Barack Obama's impressive physique.
Perino's statement explained that Bush granted the pardon based on the advice of the White House counsel, Fred Fielding. She also told reporters Fielding was unaware of any GOP contributions. Talk about shoddy staff work.
And you have to wonder if Fielding would have done the necessary homework if Toussie's lawyer had not been Bradford A. Berenson, a former Bush associate White House counsel.
My fear is that the negative fallout from the Toussie story will prompt Bush to issue fewer pardons and commutations. Bush has been too stingy with this power, even as the foolish inflexibility of federal mandatory minimum sentences has created many worthy recipients. Among them: Clarence Aaron, who is serving a life-without-parole sentence for a first-time nonviolent drug offense. Add Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, two Border Patrol agents sentenced to 11 years and 12 years respectively for shooting and wounding a fleeing drug smuggler in 2005 and covering up the incident.
What's the difference between (Aaron, Ramos and Compean) and the individuals who rated a Bush pardon or commutation? My guys aren't well connected, but they also were not career criminals. Aaron was a college student who made a serious criminal decision -- and deserved to serve some prison time. Ramos and Compean covered up the questionable shooting of a fleeing drug smuggler. Yes, juries found all three men guilty, but juries had no input into their draconian sentences.
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Only the president of the United States has the power to right the wrongness of their sentences. Only Bush can bring justice -- for in these cases, a commutation would not bring mercy but justice -- to men who have known mindless punishment without leavening proportion.
The outrage is not simply that a well-connected white white-collar criminal won a pardon. It also would be an outrage if Bush failed to do right by Aaron, an unconnected African-American man serving life for a first-time nonviolent offense, and two Latino Border Patrol agents who, if they did break the law, did so in the heat of the chase, not the cool of a boardroom.
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E-mail Debra J. Saunders at dsaunders@sfchronicle.com. http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/dsaunders/2008/ds_12301.shtml
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Dear Jim,
Most people who care about securing our borders and halting mass legal and illegal immigration are despondent about November’s elections because both President-elect Barack Obama and the leadership of the incoming 111th Congress are on record as supporting "amnesty" and opposing border security. But it's not too late! With enough pressure on our new President and Congress, from day one we can prevent action to reward 20-30 million illegal aliens with U.S. citizenship.
But, we will need to launch a massive grassroots campaign in January to educate our new leaders on the many critical security, prosperity and environmental problems being caused by over-immigration. That’s why I am urging you today to officially join CAPS, if you haven't already, at this pivotal moment in American history.
If left unchallenged, the pro-illegal immigration lobby will push Barack Obama and the new Congress from the moment they take power to advance amnesty, halt all efforts to secure our borders, encourage "Sanctuary Cities" and provide welfare and additional benefits for illegal aliens.
But, we here at CAPS have a plan to stop them! It includes:
I hope you understand and agree. And I hope you will join CAPS and our 2009 illegal immigration campaign today if you haven't done so already with a Membership donation of $25 or more.
By becoming a full CAPS member you will continue to receive our E-mail Action Alerts, you'll receive our informative newsletter, CAPSNews, and invitations to CAPS Open Dialogue speaking events. But most important, you will have helped fund the ongoing work of CAPS including some of the most highly publicized educational ad campaigns in the country, public relations initiatives, population research projects, legislative tracking in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. and lots more. It's a great way to do something about the state of immigration.
So please, help us pressure President-elect Barack Obama and the new 111th Congress to not grant amnesty to illegal aliens and/or take other actions that will encourage more legal and illegal immigration. Become a member today.
Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Diana Hull, Ph.D.
President
P.S. Please forward this to friends and family who you think are interested in helping to protect and save our state and nation.
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and halt illegal immigration in 2009. Join Californians
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and halt illegal immigration in 2009. Join Californians
for Population Stabilization (CAPS) to learn how.
Dear Jim,
Most people who care about securing our borders and halting mass legal and illegal immigration are despondent about November’s elections because both President-elect Barack Obama and the leadership of the incoming 111th Congress are on record as supporting "amnesty" and opposing border security. But it's not too late! With enough pressure on our new President and Congress, from day one we can prevent action to reward 20-30 million illegal aliens with U.S. citizenship.
But, we will need to launch a massive grassroots campaign in January to educate our new leaders on the many critical security, prosperity and environmental problems being caused by over-immigration. That’s why I am urging you today to officially join CAPS, if you haven't already, at this pivotal moment in American history.If left unchallenged, the pro-illegal immigration lobby will push Barack Obama and the new Congress from the moment they take power to advance amnesty, halt all efforts to secure our borders, encourage "Sanctuary Cities" and provide welfare and additional benefits for illegal aliens.
But, we here at CAPS have a plan to stop them! It includes:
- An immediate national internet and snail mail Petition campaign that says NO! to any actions that increase legal and illegal immigration;
- TV and radio ad campaigns throughout the state of California, in Washington, D.C., and in other states on the front lines of the illegal immigration battles;
- A national newspaper and magazine campaign which will include ads in media such as Newsweek, USA Today, Mother Jones, The Nation, and The New Republic; and
- A massive grassroots campaign here in California and across the nation to build an army of activists who will demand corrective legislative action in both Washington and Sacramento.
I hope you understand and agree. And I hope you will join CAPS and our 2009 illegal immigration campaign today if you haven't done so already with a Membership donation of $25 or more.
By becoming a full CAPS member you will continue to receive our E-mail Action Alerts, you'll receive our informative newsletter, CAPSNews, and invitations to CAPS Open Dialogue speaking events. But most important, you will have helped fund the ongoing work of CAPS including some of the most highly publicized educational ad campaigns in the country, public relations initiatives, population research projects, legislative tracking in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. and lots more. It's a great way to do something about the state of immigration.
So please, help us pressure President-elect Barack Obama and the new 111th Congress to not grant amnesty to illegal aliens and/or take other actions that will encourage more legal and illegal immigration. Become a member today.
Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Diana Hull, Ph.D.
President
P.S. Please forward this to friends and family who you think are interested in helping to protect and save our state and nation.
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</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>The articles below have been carefully chosen to educate the public about a broad cross-section of the problems illegal immigration brings to our country. They represent only a small fraction of the articles found in our resource center which is broken down by topic as well. If you get through these articles in under 30 minutes, we highly suggest you read the Time magazine article Who Left the Door Open?. </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Border Security & Terrorism
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Illegals detained at border released onto U.S. streets </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->The Washington Times, September 22, 2004 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->Previously unreleased written responses by the Department of Homeland Security to questions from a Senate subcommittee show that more than 4,000 people from countries identified as terrorism sponsors or national security concerns were apprehended since 2000 and that "an unknown number" were released back into the United States. U.S. Senator Charles Grassley said the responses show that the Department decided because of detention limitations that it was "not practical" to hold those apprehended even though it had no information on whether any of them "were terrorists or associated with terrorist links" and that the Department?s efforts did not show ?any meaningful effort? to remedy the problems. In its responses, Homeland Security said it was "not practical to detain all non-criminal OTMs [other-than-Mexicans] during immigration proceedings," saying most are released, and a majority "simply disappear into the United States" after failing to appear for immigration hearings. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Crime / Health Care / Public Resources / Costs to Society
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->The Costs of Illegal Immigration Illegals Cost Feds $10 Billion a Year; Amnesty Would Nearly Triple Cost </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->Center for Immigration Studies, August 25, 2004 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.Read Report</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->A new study from the Center for Immigration Studies is one of the first to estimate the impact of illegal immigration on the federal budget. Based on Census Bureau data, the study estimates that households headed by illegal aliens used $10 billion more in government services than they paid in taxes in 2002. These figures are only for the federal government; costs at the state and local level are also likely to be significant. Among the largest federal costs: Medicaid ($2.5 billion); treatment for the uninsured ($2.2 billion); food assistance programs ($1.9 billion); the federal prison and court systems ($1.6 billion); and federal aid to schools ($1.4 billion). The study also finds that if illegals were given amnesty, the fiscal deficit at the federal level would grow to nearly $29 billion. </TD><TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Editorials and Open Letters
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->The High Cost Of Cheap Labor </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->Stories in the News, March 30, 2005 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->Illegal immigrants are attractive to employers ? hard working people who accept minimum wage or less and receive no health or other benefits. It may be "cheap" to them, but it is "subsidized" labor as taxpayers pick up the substantial and growing costs of education, health, and other municipal costs imposed by the illegal alien workforce. These workers often bring their families into the country, which imposes large additional municipal costs. U.S. taxpayers pay more than $7000 per child just to educate each student in our public schools. No minimum wage worker pays anywhere near enough in taxes to cover the expense of just one child in school. Approximately 50 percent of illegal workers are paid in cash, off the books [and thus untaxed]. Health care costs for this "cheap" workforce is significant and subsidized by U.S. taxpayers. Cheap labor drives down wages as low income Americans are forced to compete against these immigrants, and Americans are estimated to lose $190 billion annually in depressed wages caused by the constant flooding of the labor market from newcomers. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Education Quality and Schooling Costs
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Alingual Education: Young Victims of Mass Immigration </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->National Review, June 13, 2002 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->Many children in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes, both foreign-born and American-born children in immigrant families, are growing up knowing neither adequate English nor Spanish. This happens because they have so little interaction with parents or other adults. The parents have little education and work multiple jobs at very low wages, so the children spend most of their time parked by babysitters in front of the television. And the cause of this is today's policy of mass immigration, which imports servile labor from pre-modern societies into our 21st century, information-based economy ? just so service employers won't have to raise wages and make labor-saving capital investments. There is a high cost to cheap labor paid by immigrant students who, despite being developmentally normal, are intellectually stunted; by students from American families whose education is degraded by the burdens of dealing with enormous numbers of immigrant children; and by the taxpayers. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Enforcement of Immigration Laws
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Authorities free 1 million aliens amid proceedings </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->The Washington Times, April 15, 2005 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->One million people facing immigration proceedings have been released into the general population, according to the acting director of detention and removal operations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), prompting some Senate Republicans to say the Bush administration is "not serious" about the problem. Of those people, 465,000 are fugitive aliens who have been ordered deported, and about 80,000 are criminal aliens who have committed an offense in addition to immigration violations. One senator revealed that ICE is far behind in entering the names of the 465,000 alien fugitives into law-enforcement databases, so if those people are picked up in another arrest, they would not be turned over to immigration authorities. A deputy assistant attorney general stated that court decisions over the years will result in the government having to release dangerous criminal aliens as well, including murderers, rapists and child molesters. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Wage Depression and Unemployment
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Competing with illegal workers: The fight for American jobs </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->The Payson Roundup, April 5, 2005 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->The article starts with the story of an experienced American drywall worker who resorts to standing on roadsides with a sign looking for work. He blames part of his job-seeking woes on the increasing number of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S. border from Mexico. With the opening of a nearby Home Depot warehouse store, and the accompanying day laborers from Mexico, he expects his employment prospects to get even worse. The town?s Police Chief recalls attending a Department of Justice sponsored meeting for law enforcement in the late 1990s. In response to questions about when employers who hire illegal immigrants would be held accountable, the law enforcement officers were told that ?because of pressure from the business community? Immigration and Naturalization Service agents were instructed to back off their enforcement?. the INS was not going to go out and write citations to businesses anymore for that violation." </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Politicians Out of Touch with Public
Political Leaders' Lack of Concern Over Voters' Opinions
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Arizona Calling ? The brewing immigration backlash. </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->National Review, November 9, 2004 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->Arizona Proposition 200 showed that the public wants the kind of immigration enforcement that politicians simply won't give them. The measure to tighten up enforcement of existing illegal immigration laws passed with 56 percent of the vote, despite prominent Arizona politicians ? both Republican and Democrat ? having lined up against it. Even the media attacked it as ?controversial.? Prop. 200 merely requires that someone provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote and valid ID when voting or applying for public benefits. What Proposition 200 exposed is this: Our elites have very little intention of enforcing immigration-related laws, and they are outraged at the notion that they should. </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Amnesty and "Guest Worker" proposals
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Education Taxed By Non-English Speaking Kids </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->Fox News, March 19, 2005 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->One in six students in California are children of illegal immigrants, though many are born in the United States and therefore automatically granted U.S. citizenship. By law, legal and illegal immigrants can be educated in U.S. public schools. Because many Spanish-speaking children do not speak English regularly at home or elsewhere, they find it very difficult to keep up in school. A USC study shows that 94 percent of students in Los Angeles learn English as a second language. Statewide, education for children of illegal immigrants costs taxpayers almost $8 billion a year. California ranks third to last among the 50 states in student achievement, with nearly 50 percent unable to read at grade level and a 30 percent drop out rate. To make matters worse for taxpayers, schools that repeatedly fail state proficiency tests lose millions of dollars in state and federal aid </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Anchor Babies
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->What Makes an American? </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->by Michelle Malkin, July 4, 2003 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->The custom of granting automatic citizenship at birth to children of tourists and temporary workers such as Hamdi, tourists, and to countless 'anchor babies' delivered by illegal aliens on American soil, undermines the integrity of citizenship -- not to mention national security. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>IDs / Proof of Identity and Citizenship
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Consular IDs help illegals evade immigration law </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->The Washington Times, September 30, 2004 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->Foreign nationals illegally in the United States are using identification cards issued by the governments of Mexico and Guatemala to avoid apprehension and deportation, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Weaknesses in U.S. government policy regarding the issuance of the cards, also known as matricular consular cards, failed to prevent their use by illegal aliens. These cards provide "a perfect way to establish new identities and ensure that aliens' names won't come up on terrorist watch lists or criminal databases." The FBI has said the consular cards pose criminal and terrorist threats, are easy to obtain through fraud and inadequate security measures, are not reliable forms of identification, can facilitate crimes such as money laundering and alien smuggling, and can help terrorists move around the United States with ease. In 2002 and 2003, Mexico, Guatemala issued 2.2 million of the cards, and other nations are considering similar programs. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Foreign Worker Visas and Job Outsourcing
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->"Insourcing"? Few Jobs, And Immigrants Get Them Anyway </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->VDare.com, April 24, 2004 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->Foreign companies squeezed millions of Americans out of jobs in order to increase productivity and profits. In a decade when foreign-owned companies employed 4.4 million Americans, net employment growth was just 1.5, with the 2.8 million person difference representing downsizing by foreign owners after acquiring existing U.S. companies. Under the federal H-1B High-Tech Foreign Worker Visa program, many of these insourced jobs are actually offered to foreign citizens working in the U.S. under this visa program. </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Reconquering the Southwest United States (and History of the region)
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Is Mexico reconquering U.S. southwest? </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->World Net Daily, January 8, 2002 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->A massive influx of illegal immigrants is "importing poverty" and growing an ethnic community with greater loyalty to Mexico than the U.S. This article discusses the goals of radical Hispanic activists for succession of the Southwest United States and the creation of ?Aztlan,? (a separate nation to include California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Texas), as well as how recent political and demographic trends may fuel such a breakup of the U.S. in the future. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>>Crime / Health Care / Public Resources / Costs to Society
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Illegal Aliens and EMTALA </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->Dr. Madeleine Cosman, Ph.D., ESQ, March 23, 2005 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->"The influx of Illegal Aliens has devastating, hidden medical consequences...What is unseen is their free medical care that has degraded and closed some of America's finest emergency medical facilities and caused hospital bankruptcies: 84 California hospital are closing their doors forever.[3] An important cause of these hospital closures is the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1985 (EMTALA)..." </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD>Done already? If you have a few extra minutes, we highly recommend you read Time magazine's article Who Left the Door Open?. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>The articles below have been carefully chosen to educate the public about a broad cross-section of the problems illegal immigration brings to our country. They represent only a small fraction of the articles found in our resource center which is broken down by topic as well. If you get through these articles in under 30 minutes, we highly suggest you read the Time magazine article Who Left the Door Open?. </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Border Security & Terrorism
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Illegals detained at border released onto U.S. streets </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->The Washington Times, September 22, 2004 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->Previously unreleased written responses by the Department of Homeland Security to questions from a Senate subcommittee show that more than 4,000 people from countries identified as terrorism sponsors or national security concerns were apprehended since 2000 and that "an unknown number" were released back into the United States. U.S. Senator Charles Grassley said the responses show that the Department decided because of detention limitations that it was "not practical" to hold those apprehended even though it had no information on whether any of them "were terrorists or associated with terrorist links" and that the Department?s efforts did not show ?any meaningful effort? to remedy the problems. In its responses, Homeland Security said it was "not practical to detain all non-criminal OTMs [other-than-Mexicans] during immigration proceedings," saying most are released, and a majority "simply disappear into the United States" after failing to appear for immigration hearings. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Crime / Health Care / Public Resources / Costs to Society
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->The Costs of Illegal Immigration Illegals Cost Feds $10 Billion a Year; Amnesty Would Nearly Triple Cost </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->Center for Immigration Studies, August 25, 2004 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.Read Report</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->A new study from the Center for Immigration Studies is one of the first to estimate the impact of illegal immigration on the federal budget. Based on Census Bureau data, the study estimates that households headed by illegal aliens used $10 billion more in government services than they paid in taxes in 2002. These figures are only for the federal government; costs at the state and local level are also likely to be significant. Among the largest federal costs: Medicaid ($2.5 billion); treatment for the uninsured ($2.2 billion); food assistance programs ($1.9 billion); the federal prison and court systems ($1.6 billion); and federal aid to schools ($1.4 billion). The study also finds that if illegals were given amnesty, the fiscal deficit at the federal level would grow to nearly $29 billion. </TD><TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Editorials and Open Letters
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->The High Cost Of Cheap Labor </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->Stories in the News, March 30, 2005 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->Illegal immigrants are attractive to employers ? hard working people who accept minimum wage or less and receive no health or other benefits. It may be "cheap" to them, but it is "subsidized" labor as taxpayers pick up the substantial and growing costs of education, health, and other municipal costs imposed by the illegal alien workforce. These workers often bring their families into the country, which imposes large additional municipal costs. U.S. taxpayers pay more than $7000 per child just to educate each student in our public schools. No minimum wage worker pays anywhere near enough in taxes to cover the expense of just one child in school. Approximately 50 percent of illegal workers are paid in cash, off the books [and thus untaxed]. Health care costs for this "cheap" workforce is significant and subsidized by U.S. taxpayers. Cheap labor drives down wages as low income Americans are forced to compete against these immigrants, and Americans are estimated to lose $190 billion annually in depressed wages caused by the constant flooding of the labor market from newcomers. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Education Quality and Schooling Costs
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Alingual Education: Young Victims of Mass Immigration </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->National Review, June 13, 2002 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->Many children in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes, both foreign-born and American-born children in immigrant families, are growing up knowing neither adequate English nor Spanish. This happens because they have so little interaction with parents or other adults. The parents have little education and work multiple jobs at very low wages, so the children spend most of their time parked by babysitters in front of the television. And the cause of this is today's policy of mass immigration, which imports servile labor from pre-modern societies into our 21st century, information-based economy ? just so service employers won't have to raise wages and make labor-saving capital investments. There is a high cost to cheap labor paid by immigrant students who, despite being developmentally normal, are intellectually stunted; by students from American families whose education is degraded by the burdens of dealing with enormous numbers of immigrant children; and by the taxpayers. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Enforcement of Immigration Laws
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Authorities free 1 million aliens amid proceedings </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->The Washington Times, April 15, 2005 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->One million people facing immigration proceedings have been released into the general population, according to the acting director of detention and removal operations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), prompting some Senate Republicans to say the Bush administration is "not serious" about the problem. Of those people, 465,000 are fugitive aliens who have been ordered deported, and about 80,000 are criminal aliens who have committed an offense in addition to immigration violations. One senator revealed that ICE is far behind in entering the names of the 465,000 alien fugitives into law-enforcement databases, so if those people are picked up in another arrest, they would not be turned over to immigration authorities. A deputy assistant attorney general stated that court decisions over the years will result in the government having to release dangerous criminal aliens as well, including murderers, rapists and child molesters. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Wage Depression and Unemployment
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Competing with illegal workers: The fight for American jobs </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->The Payson Roundup, April 5, 2005 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->The article starts with the story of an experienced American drywall worker who resorts to standing on roadsides with a sign looking for work. He blames part of his job-seeking woes on the increasing number of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S. border from Mexico. With the opening of a nearby Home Depot warehouse store, and the accompanying day laborers from Mexico, he expects his employment prospects to get even worse. The town?s Police Chief recalls attending a Department of Justice sponsored meeting for law enforcement in the late 1990s. In response to questions about when employers who hire illegal immigrants would be held accountable, the law enforcement officers were told that ?because of pressure from the business community? Immigration and Naturalization Service agents were instructed to back off their enforcement?. the INS was not going to go out and write citations to businesses anymore for that violation." </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Politicians Out of Touch with Public
Political Leaders' Lack of Concern Over Voters' Opinions
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Arizona Calling ? The brewing immigration backlash. </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->National Review, November 9, 2004 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->Arizona Proposition 200 showed that the public wants the kind of immigration enforcement that politicians simply won't give them. The measure to tighten up enforcement of existing illegal immigration laws passed with 56 percent of the vote, despite prominent Arizona politicians ? both Republican and Democrat ? having lined up against it. Even the media attacked it as ?controversial.? Prop. 200 merely requires that someone provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote and valid ID when voting or applying for public benefits. What Proposition 200 exposed is this: Our elites have very little intention of enforcing immigration-related laws, and they are outraged at the notion that they should. </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Amnesty and "Guest Worker" proposals
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Education Taxed By Non-English Speaking Kids </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->Fox News, March 19, 2005 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->One in six students in California are children of illegal immigrants, though many are born in the United States and therefore automatically granted U.S. citizenship. By law, legal and illegal immigrants can be educated in U.S. public schools. Because many Spanish-speaking children do not speak English regularly at home or elsewhere, they find it very difficult to keep up in school. A USC study shows that 94 percent of students in Los Angeles learn English as a second language. Statewide, education for children of illegal immigrants costs taxpayers almost $8 billion a year. California ranks third to last among the 50 states in student achievement, with nearly 50 percent unable to read at grade level and a 30 percent drop out rate. To make matters worse for taxpayers, schools that repeatedly fail state proficiency tests lose millions of dollars in state and federal aid </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Anchor Babies
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->What Makes an American? </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->by Michelle Malkin, July 4, 2003 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->The custom of granting automatic citizenship at birth to children of tourists and temporary workers such as Hamdi, tourists, and to countless 'anchor babies' delivered by illegal aliens on American soil, undermines the integrity of citizenship -- not to mention national security. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>IDs / Proof of Identity and Citizenship
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Consular IDs help illegals evade immigration law </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->The Washington Times, September 30, 2004 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->Foreign nationals illegally in the United States are using identification cards issued by the governments of Mexico and Guatemala to avoid apprehension and deportation, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Weaknesses in U.S. government policy regarding the issuance of the cards, also known as matricular consular cards, failed to prevent their use by illegal aliens. These cards provide "a perfect way to establish new identities and ensure that aliens' names won't come up on terrorist watch lists or criminal databases." The FBI has said the consular cards pose criminal and terrorist threats, are easy to obtain through fraud and inadequate security measures, are not reliable forms of identification, can facilitate crimes such as money laundering and alien smuggling, and can help terrorists move around the United States with ease. In 2002 and 2003, Mexico, Guatemala issued 2.2 million of the cards, and other nations are considering similar programs. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Foreign Worker Visas and Job Outsourcing
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->"Insourcing"? Few Jobs, And Immigrants Get Them Anyway </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->VDare.com, April 24, 2004 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->Foreign companies squeezed millions of Americans out of jobs in order to increase productivity and profits. In a decade when foreign-owned companies employed 4.4 million Americans, net employment growth was just 1.5, with the 2.8 million person difference representing downsizing by foreign owners after acquiring existing U.S. companies. Under the federal H-1B High-Tech Foreign Worker Visa program, many of these insourced jobs are actually offered to foreign citizens working in the U.S. under this visa program. </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Reconquering the Southwest United States (and History of the region)
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Is Mexico reconquering U.S. southwest? </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->World Net Daily, January 8, 2002 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->A massive influx of illegal immigrants is "importing poverty" and growing an ethnic community with greater loyalty to Mexico than the U.S. This article discusses the goals of radical Hispanic activists for succession of the Southwest United States and the creation of ?Aztlan,? (a separate nation to include California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Texas), as well as how recent political and demographic trends may fuel such a breakup of the U.S. in the future. </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>>Crime / Health Care / Public Resources / Costs to Society
(More articles in this category.) </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Title-->Illegal Aliens and EMTALA </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Source-->Dr. Madeleine Cosman, Ph.D., ESQ, March 23, 2005 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!--Link-->Read entire story.</TD></TR><TR><TD><!--summary-->"The influx of Illegal Aliens has devastating, hidden medical consequences...What is unseen is their free medical care that has degraded and closed some of America's finest emergency medical facilities and caused hospital bankruptcies: 84 California hospital are closing their doors forever.[3] An important cause of these hospital closures is the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1985 (EMTALA)..." </TD></TR><TR><TD><HR color=gray></TD></TR><TR><TD>Done already? If you have a few extra minutes, we highly recommend you read Time magazine's article Who Left the Door Open?. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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Foreign-Worker Arrivals Continue as Jobless Claims Rise to 26-Year High
Wednesday, December 24, 2008, 10:12 AM
The United States will import another 140,000 foreign workers this month despite worsening jobless numbers. Initial jobless claims were at 586,000 last week, which is 30,000 more than the prior week's claims. The number was the highest since November 1982, and the four-week moving claims average is also at its highest level since 1982. The nation’s counterproductive immigration policies make the situation even harder to fix.
With the new numbers, job losses for the year are expected to exceed two million. In anticipation of these numbers, President-elect Barack Obama expanded his economic stimulus plan last week to call for the creation of three million jobs.
Since the start of 2008, the weekly initial claims level has increased by more than 200,000.
More on this story can be found at Bloomberg.com. http://www.numbersusa.com/content/n...ontinue-jobless-claims-rise-26-year-high.html
Talk about manipulating statistics....Illegals are the least of our problems right now..A lot of hispanic are going home rather than coming here.... If you are a business owner, ask yourself one question, if it was equal pay for equal labor, would you rather hire a legal employee or illegal one? The fact is, even in this economy, people are still expecting the same pay. We need this period of unemployment, so peoples mentally will change. This will enable them to value their jobs and money in general a lot more... ps, if anyone wants minimum wage, I would be glad to offer you a job.. Plenty of legal jobs around, people just don't like the pay and labor.
Just one question, do you think deporting all the illegals will cure America's current problem? This is a gambling website bud, political opinions are OK but what you're doing, you need to get your own website and do it, not mooch free time on TheRX like the illegals you accuse of mooching of your government.
This is a political forum bud... Just happens to be at a gambling website...Why come in here & bash when it's crystal clear you're not educated on the subject you don't know youre butt from a hole in the ground like anybody else that bashes me or the info in here... Youre in the far minority so whatever you say really doesnt matter anyway...Read up & get back to me later.
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- An article in the Sacramento Bee on September 10, 2007 by Washington correspondent David Whitney summed up automatic citizenship: "Although Congress has never passed a law saying so, no president has ever ordered it, and no court has ever ruled on the issue, each of these babies automatically becomes a U.S. citizen when it takes its first breath." This is taxpayer injustice.
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