The truth about Obama's immigration ploy

By Thomas Sowell

President Obama's latest political ploy — granting new "rights" out of thin air, by executive order, to illegal immigrants who claim that they were brought into the country when they were children — is all too typical of his short-run approach to the country's long-run problems.

Whatever the merits or demerits of the Obama immigration policy, his executive order is good only as long as he remains president, which may be only a matter of months after this year's election.

People cannot plan their lives on the basis of laws that can suddenly appear, and then suddenly disappear, in less than a year. To come forward today and claim the protection of the Obama executive order is to declare publicly and officially that your parents entered the country illegally. How that may be viewed by some later administration is anybody's guess.

Employers likewise cannot rely on policies that may be here today and gone tomorrow, whether these are temporary tax rates designed to look good at election time or temporary immigration policies that can backfire later if employers get accused of hiring illegal immigrants.

Why hire someone, and invest time and money in training them, if you may be forced to fire them before a year has passed?

Kicking the can down the road is one of the favorite exercises in Washington. But neither in the economy nor in their personal lives can people make plans and commitments on the basis of government policies that suddenly appear and suddenly disappear.

Like so many other Obama ploys, his immigration ploy is not meant to help the country, but to help Obama. This is all about getting the Hispanic vote this November.

The principle involved — keeping children from being hurt by actions over which they had no control — is one already advanced by Sen. Marco Rubio, who may well end up as Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate. The Obama executive order, which suddenly popped up like a rabbit out of a magician's hat, steals some of Senator Rubio's thunder, so it is clever politics.

But clever politics is what has gotten this country into so much trouble, not only as regards immigration but also as regards the economy and the dangerous international situation.

When the new, and perhaps short-lived, immigration policy is looked at in terms of how it can be administered, it makes even less sense. While this policy is rationalized in terms of children, those who invoke it are likely to do so as adults.

How do you check someone's claim that he was brought into the country illegally when he was a child? If Obama gets re-elected, it is very unlikely that illegal immigrants will really have to prove anything. The administration can simply choose not to enforce that provision, as so many other immigration laws are unenforced in the Obama administration.

If Obama does not get re-elected, then it may not matter anyway, when his executive order can be gone after he is gone.

Ultimately, it does not matter what immigration policy this country has, if it cannot control its own borders. Whoever wants to come, and has the chutzpah, will come. And the fact that they come across the Mexican border does not mean that they are all Mexicans. The can just as easily be terrorists from the Middle East.

Only after the border is controlled can any immigration policy matter be seriously considered, and options weighed through the normal constitutional process of congressional hearings, debate and legislation, rather than by presidential shortcuts.

Not only is border control fundamental, what is also fundamental is the principle that immigration policy does not exist to accommodate foreigners but to protect Americans — and the American culture that has made this the world's richest, freest and most powerful nation for more than a century.

No nation can absorb unlimited numbers of people from another culture without jeopardizing its own culture. In the 19th and early 20th century, America could absorb millions of immigrants who came here to become Americans. But the situation is entirely different today, when group separatism, resentment and polarization are being promoted by both the education system and politicians.

Thomas Sowell is a syndicated columnist who writes on political issues.

Obama Administration's DREAM Decree – Compassion or Child Abuse?

By Ronald W. Mortensen, June 21, 2012

The Obama administration has taken a large step in doing what many of America's religious, political, and business elite have demanded for years by providing amnesty and work authorizations to over one million adult illegal aliens. At the same time, the administration has callously sacrificed countless numbers of American children who are the victims of illegal alien-driven identity theft and other job-related felonies.

The fact that amnesty was provided by extra-legal means is of no consequence to the elites. After all, they routinely twist and ignore laws as they work to achieve their goals of more church members, more political power, and more economic riches.

It should come as no surprise that the elites who oversaw the decline of religion in the United States, who took America down the road toward bankruptcy, and who routinely employ illegal aliens all support this amnesty program.

These religious, political, and business elites turn their backs on American citizens and their children because they won't join their corrupted churches, won't support their corrupt political activities, and won't work as virtual indentured servants while their taxes go to bail out corrupt businesses.

Rather than standing up for the millions of American children who have been the victims of illegal alien-driven, job-related identity theft over the years, the elite knowingly and deliberately sacrifice these kids for their own selfish interests while portraying themselves as compassionate, caring people.

In fact, in the eyes of the elites these American kids have forfeited their right to a bright future and to protection under the law. After all, they are spoiled, they are lazy, they are independent, and they unrealistically expect to live at least as well as their struggling middle-class parents.

"Provide us with what we want", the elites tell illegal aliens, "and we will allow you to steal the identities of American children without threat of arrest, deportation, or incarceration and we will guarantee that your children will eventually get ahead of American children in both education and jobs."

"Come to our churches, convert to our religions, support the growth of government, help us undermine the rule of law, provide us with a new base of voters, and help us avoid hiring high-cost American citizens and we will take care of you and your families."

And, of course, illegal aliens are virtually never arrested, much less convicted of the job-related felonies they routinely commit because the elites have maintained their part of the silent bargain.

Now, the Obama administration, cheered on by the corrupt elites, will set up an amnesty program that allows illegal aliens who have committed serious job-related felonies ranging from Social Security fraud to identity theft under state laws to get legal status and work permits.

The administration will ensure that the job-related crimes committed by illegal aliens will never be revealed and that they will never be prosecuted for them. And they will guarantee that the American kids who are victims of these crimes will never learn who victimized them.

The administration will also ensure that the elites who aided and abetted illegal aliens in their job-related criminal activities or who themselves violated U.S. immigration, employment, and payroll tax laws by hiring illegal aliens will be given amnesty as well.

While the elites are busy getting what they want, the parents of the American children whose futures are systematically being destroyed are busy trying to make a living in the economy that the elites have handed them. Many don't have time to protect their children from this elite-driven child abuse and they have all too often bought into the elites' phony, but very compelling, compassion arguments.

Only as their kids graduate from high school do parents realize that their children are now competing for college admissions and jobs with some of the same illegal aliens who stole their children's identities and that many illegal aliens have an advantage over their innocent, American children because of diversity and affirmative action programs.

Only as American kids apply for jobs and fail background checks do they realize that the jobs they have earned and need go to the very illegal aliens who have destroyed their credit, left them with unpaid tax liabilities for wages earned on their Social Security numbers, and saddled them with arrest records that are linked to their Social Security numbers.

And only as Americans who have been victimized by illegal aliens marry and try to build a future for their families do they realize the full extent of the damage that the illegal aliens and their elite allies have done to them as they are denied the opportunity to make a decent living and to build a better life for themselves and their children.

So while American children fight to recover their lives, the illegal aliens who victimized them are living the American dream built on the misery of their victims with the full support of America's religious, business, and political elites.

Americans who have bought into the elites' one-sided compassion argument will realize too late that they have been complicit in the destruction of their innocent children's futures and of their children's American dreams.

What will their response be when their children ask, "Why?"

End Handouts for Illegals

By David Vitter May 30, 2012 .

The federal government is handing out $4.2 billion a year to illegal aliens.

This isn’t some service benefit that illegal aliens are receiving, like taxpayer-subsidized health care or education. And it’s not a tax deduction or a non-refundable tax credit, which would require recipients to actually pay taxes in order to receive the benefit. It’s a refundable tax credit, a taxpayer-funded check from the federal government. And the government requires no proof that the recipient is actually eligible under the law, which illegal aliens are not.

Abuse of this tax benefit is one of the most ridiculous examples of fraud adding to our federal deficit today. Equally harmful, it is acting as a powerful incentive for more illegal aliens to come to America.
While illegal aliens don’t qualify for legitimate Social Security numbers, the IRS allows them to apply for Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs). The overwhelming majority of returns with ITINs are filed by illegal aliens. This is how they fraudulently apply for and receive these checks.

This tax credit was designed to help working families offset the costs of raising children. But illegal aliens — who don’t possess valid Social Security numbers because they are not authorized to work in this country — are able to receive these tax credits by simply providing an ITIN and claiming to have children. So, American taxpayers are writing checks to illegal aliens — $1,000 per child, $4.2 billion per year total.

An investigative reporter in Indianapolis recently uncovered cases in which illegal aliens were claiming the child tax credit for nieces and nephews who did not even live in the United States. Some received more than $10,000 from the federal government.

One admitted that his address was used by four other illegal aliens who don’t even live there. They claimed 20 children were living in one mobile home and received returns, including the additional child tax credit, totaling $29,608. But only one child actually lives at the residence; the other 19 live in Mexico and have never even visited the United States.

The Obama administration’s own Department of Treasury, through its inspector general for tax administration, has repeatedly warned about these abuses and said that “millions of people are seeking this tax credit who, we believe, are not entitled to it.”

Tragically, the IRS is doing nothing to fight this blatant fraud. While I believe they could and should, their complete inaction has prompted me to introduce a clear solution in Congress — the Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act. It would require every individual applying for the child tax credit to provide a valid Social Security number, exactly as everyone must do to receive the earned-income tax credit.

Just last week, Senator Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) and I took to the Senate floor to ask our Senate colleagues to pass this commonsense bill by unanimous consent. Unfortunately, none other than Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) blocked our effort.

The American people have the innate common sense and fairness to see that this abuse must end.

The question is: Will the U.S. Senate muster those same virtues and do the right thing?

— Senator David Vitter (R., La.) is the founder and chairman of the Senate Border Security and Enforcement First Immigration Caucus.

If We Took the Constitution Seriously, Obama Would Be Impeached

American Thinker By Michael Filozof

If the citizens of this Republic still took the Constitution seriously, Obama would be impeached for his decision to unilaterally grant amnesty to certain illegal aliens.

Article 1, Sec. 8 of the Constitution, which enumerates the power of Congress, states that "Congress shall have the Power To... establish an [sic] uniform Rule of Naturalization." Congress has passed numerous laws pertaining to immigration and naturalization, including laws requiring the deportation of illegal aliens.

The role of the President, according to Article II, Sec. 3, is to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." Obama's refusal to execute Congress's immigration laws (or, for that matter, Congress's Defense of Marriage Act) is an impeachable offense. Article II, Sec. 4 states that the President "shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for... Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors." The deliberate failure to enforce valid immigration law and allow hordes of foreigners to live and work in the U.S. is, arguably, "treason," and doing so in an election year to appease Hispanic voters could certainly be considered "bribery."

In theory, Obama could exercise his power in Article II, Sec 2. to "grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States" and offer a blanket pardon for all violators of immigration law. He's not doing that, because he'd certainly lose in November if he did. (However we should be concerned that if he does lose in November, he'll do it anyway on his last day in office).

The upshot of Obama's policy not only to allow hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to live and work in the U.S. during a time of 8 to 10% unemployment, but even worse, since the vast number of illegal aliens we're talking about are Hispanics eligible for affirmative-action preferences, to actually get preferential treatment over native-born Americans.

Remember Obama's speech in Berlin in 2008? Well, now you know what "citizen of the world" means: instituting an illegal and unconstitutional policy that favors Third Worlders, and disadvantages people actually born as U.S. citizens.

Of course, he'll get away with it... if you think the gutless Republicans in the House actually represent the interests of their native born constituents and will introduce articles of impeachment, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you....

Public wants to enforce U.S. sovereignity

May 07, 2012 - Mark Krikorian is Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies

The Supreme Court is almost certainly going to uphold the most controversial portion of Arizona’s 2010 immigration law, S.B. 1070 — the requirement that local police check the immigration status of people stopped for other offenses if there’s reason to believe they are illegal immigrants. The U.S. Justice Department’s case is based on the contention that Congress has prohibited states from assisting federal authorities in enforcing immigration law in this way — a claim that is transparently false and that even the pro-Obama members of the court were not buying during last month’s oral arguments.

But just because something is constitutional — i.e., not in conflict with our nation’s basic law — doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good policy, and that’s the more important debate. Arizona is only one of many states — including Alabama, Indiana, Georgia, and Utah — to pass laws designed to help enforce federal immigration laws. The premise of all these laws is “attrition through enforcement” or “self-deportation” — getting illegal immigrants to leave on their own by making it impractical for them to continue living here by, for instance, ensuring that they can’t get jobs, can’t get driver’s licenses, and can’t go through the day without their illegal presence being noticed. The goal is to reduce the illegal population over time as an alternative to amnesty, on the one hand, or unworkable mass roundups, on the other.

And a policy of attrition works. An earlier Arizona law required that all employers in the state use the federal government’s online immigration-screening system, called E-Verify, when hiring someone. This makes it harder for an illegal alien to lie to his employer by using a fake or stolen identity.

Research has shown that the state’s illegal population declined by nearly 100,000 as a result of the law, some people leaving for other U.S. states and some returning to Mexico (where local officials complained of the burden they placed on public services!).

Nationally, the illegal population declined by perhaps one million from 2007 to 2009 — and while the economy was a big part of that, the decline started before the recession, with the collapse of President George W. Bush’s amnesty push in Congress and the uptick in enforcement that followed.

CITIZENS COUNCIL ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

PRESS RELEASE JUNE 15, 2012

Contact: cciiwc@mindspring.com
P. O. Box 824, Santa Clara, Ut. 84765

This morning June 15, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security stated it intends to ignore the United States Constitution, bypass Congressional authority, and administratively implement “The Dream Act”. 

The statement came via a Department policy memo, signed by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, followed by a television appearance explaining the policy memo specifications. According to the statement effective immediately, the Obama Administration will stop deporting illegal aliens who meet certain specific qualifications, grant illegal aliens “deferred action” and authorization to work by providing them with a “Work Permit”. 

Deferred action status is just one of at least 4 different provisions DHS grants when it decides within its own discretion, not to remove an illegal alien. This new policy is effective immediately and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will create an application process that will be implemented within 60 days.  It is estimated that nearly 1 million illegal aliens will receive a reprieve and not fear deportation via this new policy.

The specific qualifications are: The illegal alien is under the age of 30 and entered the U. S. before the age of 16. The illegal alien has been in the U. S. for 5 years. The illegal alien has graduated from a U. S. High School or received a GED. The illegal alien has no criminal history. The illegal alien can serve in the U. S. military or receive a "Work Permit" which is good for 2 years and has unlimited renewal 2 year terms. Today's declaration advances "The Dream Act" policies.

This is nothing but a stealth amnesty for a million or more young illegal aliens, and who knows where it will lead. .  

The Citizens Council on Illegal Immigration encourages all of our supporters, activists, and friends to respectfully voice their objection to the Obama Administration’s new policy. They must hear our voices, read our messages requesting them to respond to the wishes and concerns of every American citizen who demand government follow its own laws and abide by the provisions of the United States Constitution and its separation of powers.

Please call the White House, the DHS, and your members of Congress and tell them:

• You believe in the rule of law; it is the foundation of our sovereign nation.
• You demand an immigration system that conforms to our immigration laws.
• The U. S. Congress, not the Executive Branch, has sole authority to establish immigration laws; it is the responsibility of the Executive Branch to enforce them.
• You object to rewarding illegal immigration through “deferred action” or any other executive maneuver.
• Declare misplaced compassion for lawlessness only creates more lawlessness.
• Explain this policy memo is an act of shameless political pandering just five months before the presidential election.

Numbers to call:

Department of Homeland Security

Operator number – 202-282-8000

Comment line – 202-282-8495

White House

Comment line – 202-456-1111

Capitol switchboard – 202-224-3121

Utah Delegation

Senator Mike Lee – 202-224-5444, local 628-5514

Senator Orrin Hatch – 202-224-525l, local 634-1795 

Representative Jim Matheson – 202-225-3011, local 627-0880

Representative Rob Bishop – 202-225-0453, local 801-532-3244

Representative Jason Chaffetz – 202-225-7751, local 801-851-2500

Press 1 For English: Is America Destined To Become A Multilingual Nation?

Endoftheamericandream.com  (Part II of II)

The federal government certainly has not been helping matters.  Illegal aliens are much less likely to integrate into society, and the federal government continues to do very little to stop the flow of illegal aliens coming into this country.

Meanwhile, legal immigrants (those that would be more likely to integrate successfully) have to go through paperwork hell in order to do things correctly. Our entire immigration system is totally upside down.

Much of this article has focused on Spanish so far, but that is far from the only language that is becoming a major issue. For example, those immigrating from the Middle East are also often not very eager to integrate into our culture.

Thanks to the federal government, very large numbers of Muslims have been immigrating into the United States, and as a result Islam is now the fastest growing major religion in America.

Many communities in America have actually altered their school calendars to accommodate Islamic holidays, and Arabic is commonly spoken in many areas of the United States today.

Someday members of your family may be taught Arabic in school.  Don't think that it can't happen.  As the New York Post recently reported, one public elementary school in New York will now require students to study Arabic....

An upper Manhattan public elementary school will be the first in the city to require that students study Arabic, officials said yesterday. Beginning next semester, all 200 second- through fifth-graders at PS 368 in Hamilton Heights will be taught the language twice a week for 45 minutes — putting it on equal footing with science and music courses.

So will we soon hear "press 3 for Arabic" when we call a customer service line?

America is rapidly changing.

Barack Obama issued a memorandum which authorized the admission of up to 80,000 additional immigrants during fiscal year 2011.  Most of the additional "refugees" were from areas that were highly Islamic.

As their numbers grow, will they be willing to learn our language and our culture?

Most Americans do not realize this, but there is even a requirement that ballots in other languages be available on a nationwide basis. So you don't need to know English in order to be able to vote. Unfortunately, those alternate ballots cost a lot of money to print up.

According to one estimate providing bilingual and multilingual voting ballots nationwide costs close to 5 million dollars. But it isn't just ballots that are the issue.

Executive Order 13166, which was signed by Bill Clinton when he was president, essentially requires that all federal agencies ensure that individuals with limited English proficiency have "meaningful access" to all services that they provide.

That means that millions upon millions of dollars is spent printing up forms and documents in other languages.

A recent CNS News article discussed one example of this....

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the government is working on including more questions about the health concerns of the LGBT community. The National Health Survey questions will be in multiple languages to “drill down on what are the specific health needs around the LGBT community.”

So is the federal government going to print up the National Health Survey in all 325 languages that are spoken in American homes? If not, why not? Don't all language groups deserve equal treatment under the law?

Hopefully you are getting an idea of how bizarre all of this can potentially become. The truth is that if we could focus on just one language that might help our education system. Today, 47 percent of all people living in the city of Detroit are functionally illiterate.  Getting the people of Detroit to be able to use one language correctly would be a major step in the right direction.

And if we allow other languages to become dominant in the United States it is only going to be a matter of time before that creates very deep political divisions in this country.

Theodore Roosevelt once made the following statement....

"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism…. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities."