26 year veteran, former INS Special Agent and builder
of INS E-Verification Check System. He reveals the
secrets behind the immigration crisis,
why some in
business and government don't want to fix it.
The Immigration Reform Law Institute, representing communities, law enforcement and individuals harmed by illegal immigration. Click Here
Alexander Hamilton opposed granting citizenship immediately to new immigrants: "To admit foreigners indiscriminately to the rights of citizens, the moment they foot in our country would be nothing less than to admit the Grecian horse into the citadel of our liberty and sovereignty." Instead, he recommended that we gradually draw newcomers into American life, "to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the principles and imbibe the spirit of our government; and to admit of a philosophy, at least, of their feeling a real interest in our affairs."
Theodore Roosevelt wrote: "In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birth place, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here."
DALLAS, TEXAS - 13 November, 2009. More than 22,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records arrested in Dallas area with 1-year old program. 2,700 charged with "level one" crimes such as murder, rape, kidnapping and narcotics. Click Here
ATLANTA, GA - 27 April, 2009. UPS makes $750K grant to controversial group LaRaza. Click Here
DENVER, CO - December 19, 2007, Sickly Illegal Immigrant wins $1.5M suit due to dirty jail conditions. Click Here
NEELY, TX - October 17, 2007. Armed standoff on border with military drug smugglers, Mexican Army troops with mounted machine guns confronted more than 200 yards inside U.S. border: Click Here
DENVER, CO - October 17, 2007. Criminals flock to sanctuary cities, lengthy records yet not deported. Click Here
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico, Monday, June 11, 2007 - Violent drug Cartel's gain control of border drug routes, now expanding into U.S. cities: Click Here
TYLER, TX, Monday, June 11, 2007 - 25 years after landmark Supreme Court ruled in his favor for a free education for millions of migrants, "I am illiterate – I am a person that doesn't know anything," Mr. Lopez said in Spanish in an interview this month. Click Here
WASHINGTON, DC, April 20, 2006 - Since 2003, more than 7500 arrests of alien child sex offenders. Click Here
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Immigration News and Commentary from the Congress & Illegal Immigration Website: Click Here
Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC) efforts across America proving effective as informed citizens take action. Click Here
GAO report on illegal immigrants arrested in the United States; Click
Here
Conservative groups in the United Kingdom tackle legal and illegal immigration issues. Click
Here
EWIC.org rallies business groups for cheap immigration employees. List of groups exposed here; Click
Here
Operation Body Count, alarming crime stats; Click Here
The faces of innocence. Lives lost and the human cost: Click
Here
The Immigration Reform Law Institute, representing communities, law enforcement and individuals harmed by illegal immigration. Click Here
DUI illegals on the increase. Repeat offenders not being deported: Click
Here
On the front line for America, The Terry Anderson Show: Click Here
Steps that anyone can take at their local, state and national level to make
a difference: Click Here
In addition to the above steps, ask your reps. at all levels to enforce the existing lawsor if needed implement incremental bills and laws, prioritized
actions that can be accomplished quickly rather than trying to fix the entire immigration program at once, an impossible task. And finally, stop the Anchor Baby program.
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ImmigrationCounters.com provides the key numbers resulting from illegal immigration in the United States.
Using the latest
government and
private sources, research and analysis
trending data is factored at their individual rates of increase. Topic related links are provided for you to become more informed about illegal immigration in America. For information about the research behind the individual counters, click here Data Sources. ImmigrationCounters.com supports
legal immigration and respect for all humanity, yet highlights the significant weight and security risks of massive illegal immigration resulting from poor governmental controls and unscrupulous employers. Please share this information with your elected representatives, local officials and others.
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ImmigrationCounters.com informs the public of the realities of illegal immigration while challenging the myths and misinformation surrounding this problem. It is a website that encourages respect for those who've immigrated to America legally. Having been left out of this debate perhaps they're the real immigrants "living in the shadows." After
decades of passively watching this problem grow, Americans are now more aware of the severity of this issue. Our government has demonstrated a complete lack of urgency
to control illegal immigration. The problem of illegal immigration doesn't need anymore studies or debates, it needs leadership and enforcement. However, since our government can't manage the existing immigration laws, are we confident they will be able to manage a much larger comprehensive immigration reform? Because our government has at all levels failed to control illegal immigration, legislators are now addressing the problems at their local levels with bills to manage it incrementally, piece-by-piece,
rather than trying to fix the national crisis at once--an impossible
task. What most Americans are now demanding
is to secure our borders, enforce the existing laws equally with no sanctuary status, punish employers
who violate the law, remove incentives by curbing social services and pressure Latin American leaders to create a stronger middle class for their people. We must also address the fact that we're soft on illegal aliens caught in crimes and are not deported. No other country would allow this to continue. It cannot be overlooked that a significant number of illegals entered legally, chose to overstay their visas yet have never been deported. The is no current method to monitor if visa overstays have departed. If
we remove the social services
and employment magnets
which attract illegal immigrants into our country, significant self-deportation will occur. One provision that must be addressed is the "birthright citizenship" program that has resulted in millions of children and their families receiving instant rights and benefits at great costs. Government
agencies and officials at all levels must address the concerns of immigration, both legal and illegal. Past mistakes have been made in attempts to fix immigration and our communities can no longer afford these kinds of mistakes.
America must have immigration enforcement that reflects the nation's call to respect our laws in balance with the human side of illegal immigration. This must override the narrow interests of both the business lobby, our government agencies and the pro-big government officials who envision their expanding dependent class and source of votes. Recent language by Senator Reid, Senator Schumer and their peers reveal they're
still out-of-touch with the realities of illegal immigration.
For example, there's nothing "draconian" (according to Sen. Reid) about our immigration laws being enforced, laws which are already the most liberal and inviting in the world. According to Sen. Reid our border security fence project is "a symbol of fear and intolerance." Equally disturbing are comments by Congresswoman Pelosi who expressed her outrage of ICE deporting parents apart from their children, while she fails to address the root cause of that scenario, our government allowing
millions
of anchor babies to become instant citizens. If our government would stop the practice of birthright citizenships
then the aforementioned
scenario
would largely end. With emotional platitudes, she ignores the cause and expresses disdain towards the hard working enforcement agents who are trying to do their noble jobs. These same legislators and many of their peers are opposed to e-Verify for fear of ID fraud (a fallacy, it is 99% accurate) while failing to address the fact that ID fraud is already rampant in the illegal alien community. On one hand they don't want businesses validating something as important as the legal right to be employed in the country,
on the other hand OSHA enforces how the same businesses stores paint or provides a certain level of lighting. This is an obvious failure of priorities.
America cannot suddenly disregard our forefathers' immigration principles simply to appease the U.S. Chamber Of Commerce.
Embracing citizenship and our legal principles are precisely what have made our country successful, stable and unique in the world. These concerns do not represent a selfish interest in protecting our country from the inclusion of healthy and legal immigration; rather, they are about being a nation of laws. These laws and responsibilities apply to everyone without a hint of racism or xenophobia. History cannot be rewound as some activists would like in their "Reconquista," to re-conquer
the land
(as in the days of the Pueblo People, a land of barrenness before the borders were established). Every developed country has immigration laws. Without them, sovereignty and national identity are both weakened, security is lost, and a perpetual string of problems occur as a result. The United States naturalization laws were established in 1790. Since 1929, illegal entry into the United States has been a federal crime. America is not a place, it is a nation. Its people are not residents, they are citizens.
Most Americans respect the laws while raising their children to do the same, yet they're aware of millions in the country who violate not only immigration laws but virtually every law that exists. Americans notice the unscrupulous businesses that hire them and the government agencies that cater to them at a great expense. Our officials are charged with the responsibility of oversight and have failed to do so on a scale unimaginable.
It's obvious our officials have allowed this problem to grow un-checked. The US Border patrol will aggressively approach suspicious individuals walking or driving within about a 20 mile range inland to verify their status. Yet, once illegals make it into our cities and communities where the issues are the actually the greatest, illegals somehow become unapproachable and off limits for fear of "profiling." This is an inconsistent policy. Government agencies and lobbyist also have a convenient history
of under-estimating statistics and costs. If an automatic "path to citizenship" (i.e., Amnesty) is offered, government leaders will quickly realize there are significantly more than just 10-11 million in the country--in fact, there are more than 20 million. This would also be an offense to the millions of honest immigrants who have become citizens through the legal process.
The opportunity to live and work in America must remain an invited and controlled privilege, not to be gained by backdoor tactics or by paying a small fine.
Illegal immigrants are not "victims" who need us to rescue them. Yes, many are hard working and only wanting a better life as those in all countries do. However, the problem is much broader than what some media images suggest (e.g., the harvesting of crops, immigrants feeding their families, or emotional photos of parents deported from their anchor child--an extremely rare event). A significant number are single males with
no families to feed. In fact, illegal immigrants know that having an anchor child greatly reduces their chances of being deported. Yet the same media is not sympathetic to American parents separated from their children when they're caught breaking the law. In the real world, Americans have witnessed millions of illegals openly engage in undesirable activities, while enjoying special treatment that our own citizens don't receive. Such activities include catch-and-release (a type of sanctuary status that even foreign
diplomats don't get), failure to appear in court, immigrant gangs, drug and human smuggling, violent crimes, massive identity fraud, illegal voting, driving under the influence, hit-and-run accidents and various other motor vehicle violations, tax free incomes, free social services (including housing and food stamps), free emergency room care, public school enrollments, a full range of medical services for family members due to chain migration--including elderly parents who draw on the healthcare system and maternity
care for their anchor babies. As if this weren't enough, they then wave their foreign flags in the streets of America demanding their rights, yet they don't have the courage to demonstrate in their native countries in order to fix their own countries' problems. Across the nation, District Attorneys routinely cut plea bargains with illegals caught in serious crimes who aren't deported or even incarcerated, only to repeat their crimes in the future. If they agree to be deported (many times agreeing to self-deportation),
they often return to the U.S. in short order. These kinds of activities are hard on the nation and its communities, yet amazingly people are expected to buy the myth that illegal immigration is somehow "good for America." Americans must ask themselves if these are the people they want to reward with citizenship while many others have waited in line to be here legally. Americans are also learning that the 14th Amendment was not intended to give special treatment to illegal mothers and their anchor babies.
Americans are becoming outraged that their leadership has allowed this amendment to be a huge magnet for illegal immigration and its associated costs.
Are all illegal immigrants bad people? Of course not. Obviously, some work hard and try their best to support themselves independently. However, all illegal immigrants have in bad faith violated our federal immigration laws. This, in turn, leads to a long string of other violations, impacts on society and attitudes that affect our communities. The illegals themselves often pay a high price for living in the shadows. For example,
many crimes against illegal immigrants go unreported for fear of deportation. Some in law enforcement claim that asking for the legal status of persons suspected would hinder their ability to reduce crime, claiming that illegals would be afraid to report crimes for fear of deportation. That position contradicts itself because the number of illegal aliens committing crimes would be reduced if their numbers were reduced. Our government has also confused the illegals by not sending a strong message to the world
about our laws. Instead the message has been: "If you can get across the border, you're 'home free.'" Now they're stuck in the middle of this problem also. Most illegals will not assimilate, because they never planned or need to with so many catering to them there's little incentive to assimilate. Many live quite well here, while others
with thrifty lifestyles wire billions of dollars worth of tax-free income back to their native countries for powerful savings accounts. As the Data Sources Page sites, an entire new housing market has evolved in Latin America to build homes from remittance money, homes that many Americans will never realize themselves. In many cases, Americans who lose their homes are, as a result of illegal hiring, the undercutting of prevailing wages, jobs lost to NAFTA and offshore business. Rarely are the savings passed on
to the American consumers. When the business organizations lobby our elected officials (a partial list is provided on this page) that they need illegals otherwise they can't fill their jobs, this is a self-serving and completely unfounded myth. Citizens and legal immigrants would proudly fill those jobs. Business organizations are simply salivating at undercutting the prevailing wages or expanding their consumer markets. This is their shortsighted "rush to the bottom line" at the expense of lost jobs
to citizens and lost business for employers who obey the laws. This is not the American way of healthy business competition that encourages progress. Rather, it is the worst form of activity to be found in business. Business lobbyists also fail to consider how this activity shifts numerous social costs onto the rest of the nation.
Americans know that one phone call from their President could charge the United States full-time or National Guard military to secure (even under strict rules of engagement) the remaining open-border sections known for crossings. But our previous President capitulated with the Mexican President's request to not use the military to secure our borders, knowing how effective this would be. Internally, because of their activities in the
country, more than 600,000 state and local law enforcement
officers come into contact with illegal
aliens every day. State and local police make up approximately 96 percent of U.S. law
enforcement and are an effective force multiplier for immigration enforcement, yet few are using the ICE 287(g) program so the criminals are not being turned over to ICE. This practive must stop. ICE often claims it doesn't have the resources to pick up even those already detained for them, Americans expect more than excuses. If even our military bases' security is now largely contracted out, ICE can certainly contract out drivers in government vehicles to pick up those who simply need to be transported. Because
government managers have failed to manage the existing immigration laws, how
will they manage a new and greatly expanded immigration program? Because illegal immigrants have failed to follow the existing laws, why would anyone think they'll suddenly come forward and follow more immigration laws or pay fines? Americans also see the inconsistency between "talking tough" about border security while at the same time providing billions of dollars in government
services for those in the country illegally. Most agencies don't even bother to ask for their legal status! By providing free services to illegal immigrants, these agencies use up resources that our citizens need--citizens who deserve to have priority. The costs for providing those 'free' services are being shifted over into higher taxes and insurance costs. As a result, many inner city hospitals are closing or moving, schools and agencies are stretched to the limit, taxes are on the increase. The American people
can no
longer be forced bear the weight of the failed leadership of its neighboring countries. Those countries and their people must now bear that weight for themselves. Immigrants will not value American life if it's quickly found by entering through a back door path in the shadows. All countries must of their own sweat equity and in the open light of day develop better standards and opportunities for themselves, only then will it be embraced, even unto death.
The business lobby for cheap, illegal labor is shortsighted. Illegals are getting selective about the jobs they'll do and how much they're paid. If they're granted legal status they'll demand the same prevailing wages and standards that citizens receive, thereby eliminating one of the key benefits of the business lobby. Because the Latin American leaders have failed to create a strong middle class,
illegal immigration is now hurting the American working class while self-serving businesses and government agencies look the other way. The shortsighted business community harms their own long term interests and that of America by lowering their employment standards instead of raising them. We're seeing the results of those decisions already. This debate is if America is going to be a nation of laws and principles, or if the vanishing dollar will overrule all else. When laws and principles are broken on
a scale this large, we now find ourselves with repercussions few could have ever imagined. This issue is about national security, jobs for citizens and legal immigrants, saving our communities from third-world standards and demanding what is best for America while preserving what has made it great, this being our laws and higher standards.
