European Problem
Illegal Aliens Who Are Americans
The term “illegal aliens” is often associated with people sneaking across the border who have absolutely no intention in applying for legal residency or citizenship. But there is a different kind of “illegal alien” that doesn’t get all that much media attention. They are American citizens who illegally live in Europe.
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Identity Theft
Illegal Aliens Stealing Identities
The public has the perception that identity theft by illegal immigrants is nothing more than a victimless crime. After all, illegal aliens are only here to find jobs and they aren’t hurting anybody. But people are hurt when credit is ruined, huge unpaid bills are run up, and the IRS demands payment on undeclared wages.
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Arnuld Speaks
Turn Off Spanish Television
The California governor found himself in hot water when the Left Wing and the Right Wing both jumped in on this controversy in hopes to exploit a wedge issue for their own political gain. However, what each side of the political spectrum fails to realize is that they are both half right and half wrong.
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Fake Documents
It's Too Easy To Cross the Border
For an illegal alien to legitimately enter this country, all he or she really needs is some kind of official looking document to present at a border crossing. And if the identification that an illegal immigrant presents at the border is real and the photograph somewhat resembles the person using it, then all the better.
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US Border Attacked
National Guard Overrun
When a National Guard team had to retreat from their observation post, I was outraged. We are the most powerful nation on earth and our troops were overrun. And our spineless politicians are more afraid of our National Guardsmen actually killing someone than they are about the Guardsmen being killed.
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Today We March
Tomorrow We Vote!
They learn fast. The latest round of demonstrations featured fewer Mexican flags and a whole lot of American flags. Seems that the early polling results indicated the Mexican flags didn’t resonate with mainstream America. The whole rationale has been re-couched. And the word “illegal” has vanished.
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Is it Bad Policy?
Or is it Enforcing the Law
The mayor of Portland Oregon was bitterly upset that federal officials raided a produce plant where scores of illegal aliens were arrested; many of whom were using stolen identities. Now what part of illegal alien does the mayor not understand? And what part of identity theft does he also not understand?
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It’s an Invitation
Not an Illegal Alien Invasion
Too many people have been misled to believe that an invasion is under way, especially when there is so much footage of illegal aliens sneaking across the border. The truth of the matter is that nearly all of these illegal immigrants were invited. And not by the government but by big and small business.
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The Amnesty Bill
I Want to be an Illegal Alien
I personally think this is an excellent piece of legislation. Our politicians have come up with a real winner that I can personally benefit from. Besides, I know a good deal when I see one and I believe that everyone should support this legislation if and only if citizens can voluntarily become illegal aliens.
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Reform Skeptics
We Have Been Lied to Before
The biggest reason why so many people are skeptical of immigration reform is because it has never worked. We have been lied to and it is as simple as that. All that we have gotten in the past are empty promises from smiling politicians who assured us that this nation would establish secure borders.
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Backstabbing Republican
Rick Perry is a Lying Scheming Rat
When Texas Governor Rick Perry was locked in a tight four way race, his campaign poured millions of dollars into television and radio ads depicting himself as being tough on illegal immigration. Unlike the rest of the country, he won re-election. He now publicly rejects his tough stand on illegal immigration.
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Foot in Mouth
Where Tancredo Went Wrong
Congressman Tancredo’s comments are offensive because they depict the mindset of too many Republicans. That is, if you don’t live in the suburbs or in an old money neighborhood, then you must be a loser. Yes, there are impoverished neighborhoods in many cities but for a lot of people, it is nothing more than a starting point in life.
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Mounted Agents
Bold Border Enforcement
I have always been skeptical about whether or not this country was really going to get serious about securing our border. We have been burned before with empty promises and sleight of hand by governmental agencies that produced virtually no results. But this time there are real changes in place.
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Officer Killed
Our Failed Immigration Policy
In Houston Texas, police officer Rodney Johnson was brutally gunned down while performing a routine traffic stop. His assailant was not exactly a model citizen but the real problem was that he was not even a citizen. His murderer was an illegal alien who was a child molester who had already been deported.
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Deporting Illegals
It Definitely Can Be Done
If you can take away the illegal alien’s ability to work, then you can take away the sole purpose of being here in this country illegally. It can definitely be done systematically but first we need a determined president as well as a resolute congressional majority in order to accomplish that.
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Illegal Invitation
Greed of the Business Community
Conservatives have always been staunch allies of the “Chamber of Commerce” crowd and the biggest defenders of free enterprise. However, the fatal weakness of too many conservatives is the inability to accept the concept of greed. The problem and the solution has always been the business community.
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Border Fence
Only One Piece of a Defensive System
A new and better border fence doesn’t have to stop everyone to be successful as the fence is not the only obstacle to illegal crossings. The fence in combination with increased patrols, electronic sensors, and legal measures will create an effective deterrent to smuggling and illegal immigration.
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Gringo Papers
Credit for Illegal Aliens
If there is a buck to be made, businesses will find a way to make it. One brazen example was a furniture store that had a sign that read “credito sin papeles de gringo” which means “credit without gringo papers” although it is interpreted as meaning that this place is offering credit to illegal aliens.
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Illegal Alien Terror
Breakdown of Immigration Laws
The homegrown Muslim plot to kill servicemen at the Fort Dix army base in New Jersey shocked the nation. The FBI thwarted the plot but what is most disturbing is that three of the plotters were brothers who happened to be illegal aliens who already had countless brushes with the law.
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Immigration Protests
The Fort Sumter Of Our Times?
Quite a country we live in, eh? Millions of illegal aliens can demonstrate in public. And many of whom were illegally here in the country, protesting a law that might require them to leave. The concept boggles the mind. It was as if to say, “yeah, here I am, here illegally in your country – whatcha gonna do about it?”
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Broken Immigration Laws
But Is That Any Excuse?
Right or wrong, our current legal immigration process is the system that is already in place. Of course the process is broken and it is imperative for politicians to fix it although bureaucracies are inherently difficult to modernize. But even with a broken system that is still no excuse to not follow the rules.
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Cheap Labor
Illegal Aliens Depress Wages
Maintaining a tight labor market in our economy helps raise wages and lifts people out of poverty. Unfortunately, illegal immigration has had the adverse effect of prolonging the depth and scope of poverty while ultimately keeping it in a perpetual cycle. And both Democrats and Republicans are equally at fault.
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Illegal Alien Mortgages
Federal Government Helps Out
Illegal aliens Javier and Araceli Garcia were able to buy a house with the generous assistance from the Federal government, the state of Wisconsin, and a local bank in Milwaukee. Of course such a transaction is entirely impossible unless there is plenty of cooperation between federal, state, and local entities.
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Firing Illegal Aliens
Companies Now Laying Them Off
For decades, employers blatantly flouted the law and hired millions of illegal immigrants knowing full well that these workers were illegally here in our country. But because of the intense debate over illegal immigration, a growing number of companies have started to fire their illegal alien employees.
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Self-Deportation
Illegal Aliens Voluntarily Leaving
A very unusual development is occurring in illegal alien communities across the nation. Some are now returning to their home countries with the intention of never coming back. And then there are others who are also seriously considering leaving the United States even though they have lived here for years.
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Illicit Higher Education
Illegal Aliens Get Tuition Break
In some states, illegal aliens are able to get a really nice price break in paying college tuition. They can attend a public university using the lower priced in-state tuition rates while out-of-state students must pay the higher out-of-state tuition. There are plenty of citizens who wish they could have that sweet deal.
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Smuggler's Blues
Tighter Border Enforcement
For decades, drug runners and illegal aliens trotted across our porous border with Mexico with impunity. After all, it was a joke since it was so ridiculously easy to cross. But times have changed as hundreds of miles of sturdy new fences began cropping up along with far more Border Patrol agents to monitor it.
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Cheap Labor Source
Big Business and Illegal Aliens
Nearly all the companies that utilize very cheap labor adamantly insist that they do not employ any illegal aliens. That assertion is true but also very misleading because it is their subcontractors who hire the illegal aliens. As a result, many large corporations can wash their hands from any wrongdoing.
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Breaking the Law
A Day Without Immigrants
Calling it “a day without immigrants” and claiming that it’s all about “immigrant rights” puts everyone on an equal footing and erases the line between those arrived legally and those who just came anyway. Don't be fooled. It’s not about immigration but rather all about illegal immigrants.
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Fugitive Aliens
Too Many to Deport
Right now there are over 600,000 fugitive aliens or alien absconders. These are people who are in our country illegally and have deportation orders by our court system to return to their home. However, they are either flagrantly ignoring or evading the court order. But how many are actually deported each year?
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Resistance is Futile
Conquest by Assimilation
I am disturbed by those coming into our country illegally, who seem to think it is their right to do so, and who also seem to find nothing wrong with simply setting up shop here and demanding the same social services as those who are citizens or legal resident aliens. Truly, there is a problem here.
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The Race Card
Inflaming Racial Tensions
Supporters of illegal aliens were stunned by the defeat of the amnesty bill. Much like in 1986, they had a Republican president who made passage look like a sure thing. The activists quickly retooled their approach. If they cannot persuade the public to accept their ideas, then why not cast them as racists.
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Prosecute Businesses
Companies that Break the Law
An employment agency in Brownsville Texas was caught hiring hundreds of illegal aliens and was then slapped with a 15 count indictment. So how much prison time did the owners and managers get? Absolutely zero because they were able to negotiate a deal to pay a six figure fine in exchange for jail time.
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Redefining Terms
No More Illegal Aliens
I hate using any of the “politically correct” terminology that has so permeated our popular culture and I refrain from such usage as much as possible. And the one term that I hate the most is the “undocumented worker.” Now give me a break! People don't call a burglar an uninvited guest.
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Dying Art of Activism
Failing Chicano Movement
Should Americans be concerned by the Reconquista movement? The biggest problem with this sort of activism is that many Hispanics don't want to stay in the barrio or be poor for the rest of their lives. Upon joining the great middle class, most have no desire to go back to a corrupt impoverished Mexico.
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Minute Men Success
My Mistake On Their Potential
In the beginning, I had plenty of misgivings about the Minute Men and what the press would do to them. However, they did far better than I ever imagined. They gave fuel to a dead issue and provided momentum for people who wanted to solve the illegal immigration problem.
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Deporting Parents
Children of Illegal Aliens
With enforcement of our lax immigration laws intensifying millions of illegal aliens are now afraid being deported even though they knew full well that they were breaking the law. However, advocates of illegal immigration are trotting out the children of illegal aliens in an attempt to generate sympathy from the public.
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Deporting Fugitives
FBI Database Identifying Illegal Aliens
Federal lawmakers have tried to add illegal aliens to the FBI database but to no avail because of our schizophrenic immigration policy that has prevented enforcement of existing laws. After the 9-11, things changed and in 2002 the government began adding immigration warrants to this national database.
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Biased Reporting
Hispanics Who Reject the Protestors
The press implies that all Hispanics agree with allowing illegal aliens to break the law in order to remain in this country. In reality, there are quite a few Hispanics of Mexican descent, like myself, who do not in any way, shape, or form, approve of how illegal aliens are blatantly flouting the rule of law.
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Catch and Release
Illegal Aliens Flouting the Law
According to guidelines established by U.S. Attorneys, an illegal alien has to be arrested at least six times before he or she can be prosecuted. However, this revelation ignited outrage by immigration reformers who see enforcement of our immigration laws as being too lax and downright ineffective.
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An Official Language
How Important is Learning English?
In the debate over illegal aliens, English as the official language is an issue that a surprisingly large majority of Americans agree on, including Hispanics. Perhaps it is the harsh reality of an immigrant being condemned to a life of abject poverty unless he or she masters the language of this country.
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