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Some other things you probably didn't know:

• Cities that receive the largest numbers of immigrants also have twice the unemployment rate, 40% more people living in poverty, and 40% more serious crime per capita than cities with few or no immigrant arrivals. ⁽¹⁾
• Some 11.2 million immigrants arrived in the USA between 1990 and 2000. This, added to the 6.4 million children born to immigrants living in the USA, accounts for almost 70% of the US population growth in the past decade. ⁽³⁾ 
• Immigrants now represent more than one in every tenUS residents, the highest percentage in 70 years. ⁽⁴⁾ 
• Over the next 50 years, the US Census Bureau projects that immigration will cause the population of the United States to increase from its present 270 million to more than 400 million. ⁽⁹⁾ 
• Nationwide, 33% of Third World immigrants who settled in the USA since 1990, live in poverty, nearly three times the rate for US-born natives. Some 36% of immigrants failed to finish high school, more than double the percentage for US-born nationals. ⁽¹²⁾ 
• About 15% of US citizens fall below the poverty line,compared to 29% of non-citizens. About 11% of non-citizens have incomes less than 50% of the poverty line, compared to 6% of citizens. ⁽¹³⁾ 
• The number of impoverished people in the USA's immigrant-headed households nearly tripled from 2.7 million in 1979 to 7.7 million in 1997. ⁽¹⁴⁾  During that same period, the number of poor households headed by immigrants increased by 123% while the number of immigrant households increased by 68%. ⁽¹⁵⁾  
• According to Forbes Magazine, a greater proportion of the US population is currently living in poverty than what was the case three decades ago. ⁽¹⁶⁾  According to Forbes Magazine, Significantly, Hispanics accounted for a statistical 0% of the nation's poor in 1959. ⁽¹⁷⁾ 
• Hispanics first entered the tables in 1972, making up 1.1% of the USA's poor in that year. By 1996, Hispanics made up 2.7% of the nation's poor - almost equivalent to the Black figure. ⁽¹⁸⁾
• Forbes Magazine identified the leap in Hispanic poverty rates as being dueto their numbers being "fed by immigration." ⁽¹⁹⁾
• According to the US Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001, some 22.1% of Blacks were below the official poverty line. This compares with 21.2% of Hispanics; 10.8% of Asians and Pacific Islanders; and 7.5% of White non-Hispanics. ⁽²⁰⁾
• According to the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Institute for the Elderly in New York, about 23.8% of elderly Hispanics in the United States live in poverty, with no prospects of improvement in their situation. ⁽²¹⁾ 
• In 1997, 25% of all children in California were living below the poverty line. ⁽²⁴⁾  
• The number of children living in poverty in California had increased by more than 3% from 1990 to 1997. ⁽²⁵⁾ 
• In the Appalachia, Mississippi Delta, Black Hills, and Los Angeles areas, more than 30% of Hispanics are below the poverty line. ⁽²⁸⁾ 
• According to a survey by the University of California at San Francisco and the Field Institute, Latinos are 13 times more likely to be part of the working poor -- defined in the survey as a family off our earning less than $20,000. ⁽²⁹⁾ 
• Denver's five poorest neighborhoods are populated mostly by Hispanics that only speak Spanish, particularly in the northern part of the city. ⁽³¹⁾  In these neighborhoods, 80% of the children receive food coupons, and are responsible for 37% of the city's crime rate. ⁽³²⁾ 
• The number of people in poverty living in immigrant households in Arizona has nearly tripled to 330,000 from 113,000 during the 1990s. During that same time, immigrant households rose to 41%, from 20% of the total of poverty-level households. ⁽³⁵⁾ 
• In 1996, according to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1.2 million newcomers joined the US population - yet fewer than 5% were admitted because of their job skills. ⁽³⁶⁾ Most of the rest were allowed in because they were relatives of US citizens or other immigrants or were refugees, and a quarter of the total were illegal immigrants. ⁽³⁷⁾
• During the 1990s, more than 1.3 million people with less than a high school education entered the USA. ⁽³⁸⁾ Ofthose who arrived in this decade, 34.4% were school dropouts. ⁽³⁹⁾ 
• In 1998, nearly 40% of immigrants had less than a high school education - double the share for natives, according to the 1990 census figures. The gap widens when grade school education is considered. Some 23% of immigrants have less than nine years of education,compared with just 4% of Americans. ⁽⁴⁰⁾ 
• Only 8% of California Latinos have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared with 43% of Asians, 33% of whites and 24% of African Americans, according to the California Research Bureau. ⁽⁴²⁾ 
• Latinos in California have the highest high school dropout rate (45%), lowest college graduation rate (8%) and, not surprisingly, the lowest median income ($14,560). ⁽⁴⁵⁾
•  The Latino education gap in California is not new. Previous studies showthe same was true as far back as the 1940s. ⁽⁴⁶⁾ 
• The high school dropout rate in most Latin American countries exceeds 50%. ⁽⁴⁸⁾ 
• Mexico, for example, has an illiteracy rate in excess of 10%, and Guatemala has an illiteracy rate of over 40%. ⁽⁴⁹⁾ 
• Median household income in the New York areas of Queens, Brooklyn, Suffolk, Fairfield, favored by immigrants, dropped between 1989 and 1998. This was also the case in many other countiesacross the nation that experienced a large influx of immigrants, according to census data. ⁽⁵⁰⁾ 
• The data show that in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx - counties with a major increase of immigrants - median income fell sharply. ⁽⁵¹⁾  In Queens, according to the data, the median household income fell from $44,938 in 1989, to $36,480 in 1998, a drop of nearly 19%, while in Brooklyn it fell by 18%, from $33,762 to $27,556. ⁽⁵²⁾ 
• Median income also fell in many counties in other states attractive to immigrants, including Los Angeles County and Miami-Dade County. ⁽⁵³⁾  In Los Angeles County, where there has been a surge of immigrants from Mexico, median income fell in constant dollars from $45,962 in 1989 to $37,655 in 1998, a decline of 18%. ⁽⁵⁴⁾ 

EVERY 100 MANUAL LABOR IMMIGRANT JOBS CREATE 139 EXTRA POVERTY CASES

• A study of 65 rural communities in California's San Joaquin Valley between 1980 and 1990, found that the addition of 100 farm jobs resulted in an additional 139 people - including immigrants, their families and area residents - living in poverty. ⁽⁵⁹⁾ This statistic is driven by the low wages paid to the farm worker, who inturn is then unable to support dependents, creating the social welfare problem.
• A Rand study looked at the nine million net new jobs created in California from 1960 to 1990. It found that three-fourths of the new jobs were filled by workers with at least some college education, and almost all of the rest were filled by high school graduates. ⁽⁶²⁾
• Furthermore, the share filled by workers with some college education has risen over the years, the Rand study found. By the 1980s, some 96% of net new jobs were filled by such workers. ⁽⁶³⁾ 
• According to a survey by the University of California at San Francisco and the Field Institute, Latinos are much less likely to benefit from the state's explosion in job growth because they are less likely to finish high school or attend college. ⁽⁶⁴⁾ 
• According to the survey, 56% of the state's Latinos had an education level of high school or lower, compared to 28% of blacks, 14% of whites, and 11% of Asians. ⁽⁶⁵⁾ 

THIRD WORLD IMMIGRANT CRIMINALS FILL UP 25% OF FEDERAL PRISONS

• Criminal immigrants account for more than 25% of all inmates in federal prisons and is the fastest growing segment of the prison population. ⁽⁶⁶⁾ 
• The federal prison population of non-citizens has increased by about 15% per year from the mid-1980s to the present. Upkeep for each prisoner costs the taxpayers $21,300 per year. ⁽⁶⁷⁾ 
• Some 80% of cocaine and 50% of heroin in the US is smuggled across the border by Mexican nationals. ⁽⁶⁸⁾ Taxpayers pay half-a-billion dollars per year incarcerating illegal alien criminals. ⁽⁶⁹⁾
• In 1994, the state of Florida sued the federal government, seeking reimbursement for the $884 million a year the state spends on services to illegal aliens. Florida spent $27.6 million in 1993 to arrest, try and jail illegal immigrants charged with crimes in that state alone. ⁽⁷⁰⁾ 
• In addition, state and local authorities were spending more than $500 million a year to arrest and imprison illegal immigrants who committed serious crimes. ⁽⁷¹⁾  New YorkState estimated these added costs at $270 million, while Illinois estimated that it spends $40 million per year for incarceration alone. ⁽⁷²⁾ 
• The demand for falsified documents in southern and coastal states has created a thriving underworld industry in counterfeiting, thievery, and forgery. For as little as $40 per person,illegal aliens can purchase documents that provide them with entitlement to health care, welfare, and work privileges. ⁽⁷³⁾ 
• According to an April 1997 report from the Associated Press, more than 180,000 aliens were granted US citizenship in 1996 without the mandatory criminal background checks. ⁽⁷⁴⁾ 
• An Associated Press report in February 1997, said the Citizenship USA project, pushed by the White House in 1996 to expedite admission of 1.3 million aliens, allowed as many as 130,000 criminals into the USA from Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean. ⁽⁷⁵⁾ 

THIRD WORLD IMMIGRANT UNEMPLOYMENT

• According to the Urban Institute, the highest rates of welfare dependency are in the agricultural counties of California, where unemployment rates are also high. In the heart of California's San Joaquin Valley, for example, 29% of the residents of Fresno (761,000 population), 30% of Merced (199,000) and 25% of Tulare (362,000) county residents were on public assistance in 1996. At the same time, unemployment rates were in double digits, even in the peak spring and summer months. ⁽⁷⁷⁾ 
• If it were a state -- and with 3 million residents, its population rivals Oregon's -- the Valley would have the nation's worst economy. Unemployment averages out at 12.4% for the entire region, nearly twice as high as West Virginia's. ⁽⁷⁸⁾
• In South Central Los Angeles - another high-density immigrant center - the unemployment rate hovers around 20% (four times the state average) and the poverty rate is 40%. This figure has risen consistently over the last ten years. ⁽⁸²⁾

THIRD WORLD IMMIGRATION'S EFFECT ON THE USA LABOR MARKET

• An estimated 1,880,000 American workers are displaced from their jobs every year by immigration; the cost for providing welfare and assistance to these Americans is over $15 billion a year. ⁽⁸³⁾ 
• It is estimated that between 40 and 50% of wage-loss among low-skilled Americans is due to the immigration of low-skilled workers. ⁽⁸⁴⁾ 

THIRD WORLD IMMIGRANT WELFARE USAGE

• The proportion of immigrant households using welfare programs is estimated by the Center for Immigration Studies to be between 30% to 50% higher than that of US-born citizens. ⁽⁸⁵⁾ 
• According to the ‘Immigrants and Welfare, Research Perspectives on Migration' report released by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace -- International Migration Policy Project, immigrant use of welfare has been rising, regardless of how "immigrant" and "welfare" are defined. ⁽⁸⁶⁾ 
• Immigrants in California are three times more likely to receive welfare than native-born residents, a dramatic difference that is not seen in other states with burgeoning immigrant populations, according to a report by the US General Accounting Office. ⁽⁸⁷⁾
• Forty-six% of California's children live in families with incomes low enough to qualify for subsidized school meals ($29,000 or less annually for a family of four). Child-care costs, averaging $407 monthly for a preschooler, amount to one-half the earnings of a full-time, minimum-wage worker. ⁽⁸⁸⁾ 
• Over 60% of Hispanic households in the Alexandria, Virginia area, receive assistance from federal or state programs for low-income residents. Forty-four% of Hispanic families get subsidized school lunches for their children. ⁽⁸⁹⁾ 
• Bearing in mind that about 37% of immigrants in Phoenix, Arizona, and 36% statewide fall below the poverty level, ⁽⁹⁰⁾ the news that the number of people living below the federal poverty level in that state, soared nearly 90% since 1989, should come as no surprise.The state population grew about 30% in that time. ⁽⁹¹⁾ 

HEALTHCARE BURDEN

• Immigrants who arrived in the US after 1989 and their US-born children account for 60% or 5.5 million of the increase in the size of the uninsured medical health population. ⁽⁹²⁾ 
• The low health insurance rate means that these Third World immigrants show up at the emergency rooms of America's hospitals because they cannot afford medical care.
• Dozens of hospitals in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, have been forced to close or face bankruptcy because of federally-mandated programs requiring free emergency room services to illegal aliens. ⁽⁹³⁾ 
• In a recent year in Colorado, the state's emergency Medicaid program paid an estimated $30 million in hospital and physician delivery costs for about 6,000 illegal immigrant mothers - an average of $5,000 per baby. Those 6,000 births to illegal aliens represent 40% of the births paid for by Medicaid in Colorado. Those 6,000 babies immediately became US citizens and qualified for full Medicaid services, with a cost yet to be tabulated. ⁽⁹⁴⁾ 
• In addition to general welfare, the GAO -- the investigative arm of Congress -- has documented similar differences in the use of Medicaid, the nation's health insurance program for the needy. In California, for instance, the number of citizens naturalized in fiscal years 1996 and 1997 receiving Medi-Cal (California's Medicaid program) was 23.7%, compared with 8.2% for native-born citizens. ⁽⁹⁵⁾ 

THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF THIRD WORLD IMMIGRATION

• The net annual cost of immigration has been estimated at between $67 and $87 billion a year. The National Academy of Sciences found that the net fiscal drain on American taxpayers is between $166 and $226 a year per native household. Even studies claiming some modest overall gain for the economy from immigration ($1 to $10 billion a year) have found that it is outweighed by the fiscal cost ($15 to $20 billion a year) to native taxpayers. ⁽⁹⁶⁾ 
• The net deficit is caused by a low level of tax payments by immigrants, because they are disproportionately low-skilled and thus earn low wages, and a higher rate of consumption of government services, both because of their relative poverty and their higher fertility. ⁽⁹⁷⁾ 
• The federal government currently provides targeted services to migrant and seasonal farm workers and their dependents that cost about $600 million per year, equivalent to ten% of these workers annual earnings. ⁽⁹⁸⁾
• According to the ‘Immigrants and Welfare, Research Perspectives on Migration' report released by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace -- International Migration Policy Project, approximately 1.4 million immigrants receive AFDC or SSI payments totaling $4.5 billion annually. ⁽⁹⁹⁾
• Their average monthly AFDC payment is $133; their average SSI payment is $407. Estimates using a more broadly defined package of benefits and counting benefits from state and local as well as federal sources indicate that immigrants receive approximately $25 billion annually in assistance benefits. ⁽¹⁰⁰⁾ 

IMMIGRATION'S IMPACT AND COST ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• The USA's public schools are already overcrowded with six million more children in schools today than in the late 1980s. ⁽¹⁰¹⁾ In 2002, school attendance rose from the 1997 level of 50 million students in primary and secondary education to more than 55 million - directly as a result of immigration. ⁽¹⁰²⁾ 
• The Urban Institute estimates that the cost of educating illegal alien children in the nation's seven states with the highest concentration of illegal aliens was $3.1 billion in 1993 (which,with the growth of their population to 1.3 million, was more than $5 billion in 2000). This estimate does not take into account the additional costs of bilingual education or other special educational needs. ⁽¹⁰⁴⁾ 
• The Carrying Capacity Network, a non-profit group that studies growth and environmental issues, estimated in 1994 that legal and illegal immigrants have cost Florida $3.3 billion since 1970. ⁽¹⁰⁵⁾ 
• In California, the already mentioned cause and effect of a one-person increase in farm employment creating a 0.67-person increase in welfare use, means an additional annual welfare cost of $954 per farm job. (106)
• Since farm workers in California in 1990 earned an average $7,320, each farm job was associated with a welfare payment equivalent to approximately 13% of average farm earnings. ⁽¹⁰⁷⁾ 
• The costs of illegal immigration in terms of government expenditures for education, criminal justice, and emergency medical care are significant. California has estimated that the net cost to the state of providing government services to illegal immigrants approached $3 billion during a single fiscal year. ⁽¹⁰⁸⁾ 
• Stretched to the limit by these burdensome costs, the state of California sued the federal government in 1993 for $10.5 billion to recover the costs of education, health care, policing, and other administrative services for legal and illegal immigration. ⁽¹⁰⁹⁾

ASIAN IMMIGRATION MYTHS It is often thought that Asian immigration to the USA does not fall into these damning statistical breakdowns. While it is true that Asian immigrants to the USA fare on average better than immigrants from other parts of the Third World, it is a myth that all is well with the Asian immigrant community.

• According to the March 2001 US Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, some 10.8% of Asians and Pacific Islanders were below the official poverty line. ⁽¹¹⁰⁾
• In 1993, a study that showed that despite a ‘model minority' stereotypical image of being self-sufficient, 55% of elderly Chinese immigrants in California received public assistance, mostlySupplemental Security Income. ⁽¹¹¹⁾ 
• Among elderly Vietnamese immigrants, the figure was 74%, compared with 21% of Mexican immigrants and nine% of the native-born elderly. ⁽¹¹²⁾ 
• Arrest rates for American Asians are higher than Whites for gambling, gangsterism and youth homicide. Asians make up half of all gang arrests in Seattle, and their gang rate relative to population increased to nearly even with Blacks in the city by 1994. A 1992 Los Angeles study showed that Asians are 13 times more likely than Whites to be members of gangs. ⁽¹¹³⁾
• Nationally, Asian poverty is slightly worse than the White average. Asian poverty rates in some urban areas are equal to, or worse, than blacks. Asian poverty in many census tracts ranges in the ghetto definition range, from 40% up to 70%. Asian per capita income is often comparable or worse than Blacks in urban areas. In San Francisco, Asian poverty rates are equal to those of Blacks for the equivalent family structure. ⁽¹¹⁴⁾ 

CONCLUSION - A THREAT TO THE FABRIC OF AMERICAN SOCIETY

• It is thus clear that Third World immigration to the USA brings none of the supposed benefits that the pro-immigration lobby suggests. The truth is that Third World immigrants do not bring skills,prosperity, stability, or economic growth.
• On the contrary: they bring with them serious social problems that are then borne by native-born Americans, both financially and socially.
• Third World immigration threatens the very fabric of society, and unless halted, will see the final dissolution of the American Republic.

NATIONAL GROUPS & LINKS OF INTEREST

STATE GROUPS

BLOGS

FORUMS

I have included additional comments as applicable. While I believe this is the most comprehensive list of immigration related groups and links available, I'm sure I left somebody off. If you know of a group or link that should be included in the next update of this report, contact me

To be included, all anti-immigration links and groups must abide by the overriding philosophy:

Very few Americans are against a reasonable amount of legal immigration, regardless of race, nationality or ethnicity, but most Americans are against any amount of illegal immigration, regardless of race, nationality or ethnicity.

While some of the references listed below are pro-illegal immigration, most of the references take a rational position against out of control immigration and illegal aliens. In providing this listing, I have tried to eliminate any racist, prejudiced, or bigoted links or groups, however I have not thoroughly checked the veracity and sanity of all the links listed below and thus do not endorse any of them, even if previously referenced in this paper. They are listed solely as a comprehensive resource for the reader to do their own research on the issue.

Should you believe that any of the anti-immigration groups or links are inherently "racist" or "bigoted" please send me an e-mail. After investigation, should I support your rationale, the link will be removed. However, simply being against illegal immigration or supporting stricter limits on legal immigration does not make a group racist or bigoted, if the reason for position has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. Also, "English only" will not be a reason for exclusion.

Amongst some of the "pro-illegal immigration" and "pro-open borders" groups and links, you will find some blatantly racist and prejudiced groups and positions, especially among the reconquistador groups. However, these will not removed as they are listed to specifically illustrate that hate and bigotry is an equal opportunity characteristic.

Regarding the terrorist listings, you will note that they all have something to do with Islam. I would be happy to list any other terrorist groups that are targeting the USA but I do not know of any significant ones that are not Islamic. While I acknowledge that most Muslims are not terrorists, unfortunately most terrorists are Muslim.

For anybody that wants to tell me Islam is a "religion of peace" you must first also denounce and repudiate all of the deceitful, hateful, bigoted, and "kill the infidel" proclamations and directives by Allah and Mohammed in the Quran and Hadith. If you are not willing to do that, I am not interested in hearing your comments about the "Religion of Peace." Should you not be aware of Islamic teachings on the subject, contact me and I will provide you the chapter and verse for you to repudiate. Of course, as a Muslim, you can not do so and remain a Muslim, under penalty of death – a fact which renders any "religion of peace" argument meaningless.

NATIONAL GROUPS & LINKS OF INTEREST

21^st Century Paul Revere Ride

9/11 Families Secure America

A Dummies Guide to Understanding the Fourteenth Amendment

Abolish the H-1B Program

Alamo Alliance

Allan Wall's Website (interesting articles from an American living in Mexico)

Alliance for Stabilizing America's Population (ASAP)

Alternatives to Amnesty: Proposals for Fair and Effective Immigration Reform

American Border Security

American Patriots for Border Security & Internal Enforcement

America In Danger

American Border Patrol

American Engineering Association

American Freedom Riders

American Immigration Control Foundation

American Jobs Coalition

American Labor First

American Patriots for True Equality

American Patrol

Americans for Better Immigration (Links to Numbers USA report card and has FAX contact)

Americans for Immigration Control

Americans for Legal Immigration (Alipac)

Americans Want Immigration Control and Prefer House Approach (results of a Zogby poll)

American Resistance (lots of very interesting pictures)

Anderson Report (Great information by categories – even more than in this report)

Anti-Illegal Immigration Events

Anti-Jihad (page of sites and news)

Azteca Web Page

Black Anthem (Military news on the war on terrorism)

Border Counties (on US - Mexico border; includes cost studies)

Border Fence Project

Border Guardians

Boycott Miller

Bumper Stickers & T-shirts

Bureau of Justice Statistics - Data for analysis - Crime & Justice Electronic Data Abstracts

Byte Show

Canada First Immigration Reform Committee

Carrying Capacity Network

Center for American Unity

Center for Immigration Studies

Center for Security Policy

Choose Black America

Citizen Caucus

Citizens for a Secure Border (have comprehensive set of charts and graphs)

Citizens for Immigration Reform

Coalition Against Illegal Immigration

Coalition for a Secure Driver's License

Coalition for the Future American Worker

Common Sense on Mass Immigration (A collection of essays on aspects of the problem)

Congress.Org (Identifies Local, State, Congressional and Federal Agency officials)

Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus (The few in Govt. trying to solve the problem)

Congressman Tom Tancredo's Web Site (Tancredo is leading the fight in the House.)

Congress and Illegal Immigration (is posting this report that you can link to)

Conservative Voice

Corruption on the Border

Crispus Attucks Brigade

Dailybulletin.com –Beyond Borders (Great news site for info not reported elsewhere)

Dan Stien Report

Daniel Pipes (info on the threat from radical Islam)

Dave Gaubatz (info on terrorist sleeper cells in USA)

Day Laborers

Deport Aliens

Deputy David March (memorial site to slain officer)

Desert Invasion - U.S.

Dhimmi watch (the "freedoms" under Sharia Law)

Dhimmitude Organization (details the status of non-Muslims under Muslim rule)

Diggers Realm (lots of immigration & security news)

Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable America

Dustin Inman Society

Eagle Forum

East Bay Security Coalition

Eco Future – Population and Sustainability

Escaping Justice

Fallen Heroes (a site devoted to cops killed in the line of duty)

Family Security Matters

Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center

Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)

FIRE Coalition

For the Cause (Good sorted info and archives of Lou Dobbs' videos)

Freedom Center (David Horowitz's site)

Friends of Immigration Law Enforcement

Friends of the Border Patrol

Frosty Wooldridge (one of the earlier Paul Revere's on the issue)

Full Disclosure Network

Get My Country Back

Gilchrist's Angels

Grassfire's STOP the INVASION (petition)

Grass Tops USA

HavenWorks-US Immigration News

Heather MacDonald (one of the premier columnists writing about the "dark side")

Help Save Virginia (good list of national and local news as well as Opinion and Editorials)

High Desert Minutemen

Hispanic Tips (see News and Immigration section)

Illegal Aliens.US

Illegal Employers

Illegal Immigration

Illegal Immigration Boycott Coalition

Illegal Immigration Bumper Stickers

Illegal Immigration Facts

Illegal Immigrant Protest

Immigration Counters (Have a number of counters based on very conservative estimates)

Immigration Daily News

Immigration in a Changing Economy - California's Experience (a RAND report)

Immigration Insanity

Immigration Online

Immigration Stance (Find Out Where Your Congressional Representative Stands)

Immigration Watch Canada

Immigration Watchdog

Immigration's Human Cost

Immvasion (politically incorrect cartoons)

Independent Conservative

In Mortal Danger: The Battle for America's Border and Security (Tom Tancredo's book)

Invading America

Jihad Watch (Robert Spencer's site regarding the threat of radical Islam)

Judicial Watch

Kris Eggle (memorial to slain park ranger)

La Port County Task Force

Landmark Legal Foundation

La Voz de Aztlan

Latino Americans for Immigration Reform (LAIR) (Organization of Hispanic patriots)

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

Liberty Post (News source – good info on Immigration/Borders with discussion)

Limits To Growth

Known Gangs - Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)

Lou Dobbs - CNN

Michelle Malkin

Midwest Minutemen

Migration Dialogue

Miller Boycott

Minuteman Border Fence

Minuteman Civil Defense Corps

Minuteman HQ

Minuteman Party

Minuteman Project

Mothers Against Illegal Aliens

National Border Patrol Council (hosts numerous videos on the subject)

National Center for Public Policy Research

Negative Population Growth

New Frontier Coalition

No Amnesty

No Invaders

No More Amnesty

Norm Matloff's Immigration Forum (good collection of articles and information)

Numbers USA (Has a congressional report card and & FAX contact)

Officer Down News

Old Yeller

Ohio Jobs & Justice (has a big listing of recent crimes committed by illegal aliens)

One Old Vet

One Simple Idea – Illegal Immigration (Good collection of statistics and links)

Organization for the Rights of American Workers

Outsource Congress

Outsource Outrage (Info and videos on jobs that were outsourced)

Over Population Organization

Patriot Watchdog

Paul Revere Society (Michael Savage's site)

Pew Hispanic Center

Population-Environment Balance

Population Research Institute

Predatory Aliens

Pro English (Official English language advocates)

Project USA

Protect America Now

Protect Our Border

Ranch Rescue

Renew America (Alan Keyes' site)

Report and Deport

Report Illegals

Rescue American Jobs

Right March

Right Source

Say NO to Mexico

Save Our State

Secured Borders USA (Get, sign, and notarize the petition!)

Send a Brick (Exactly what the name says – build the fence!)

Senseless Planet (Illegal immigration is just one of the problems)

Social Contract Press (see booklet: Common Sense on Mass Immigration)

Sprawl City ("A website about Consumption & Population growth")

Stand Up for America

Stein Report ("The Best Darned Immigration News" Amen.)

Stop Amnesty (Inactive site but has some good archival info)

Stop Illegals Info (Good source of facts in summary

Stop SPP & NAU

Stop the North American Union

Stop the Security and Prosperity Partnership

Summary of Important Facts about Immigration

Support Border Controls

Take Back Georgia

Team America

Tell the Children the Truth (about radical Islam)

Top Ten Reasons Why the US Should Not Marry Mexico (too good not to reference!)

Terrorism Research Center

Terry Anderson Show

The American Cause (Pat Buchanan's site)

The American Conservative

The American Resistance (Good summaries on the issues and lots of pictures)

The Case Against Immigration (The moral, economic, social, and environmental reasons for reducing US immigration back to traditional levels. 362 pages. Free.)

The Conservative Voice

The Garrett Hardin Society ("A finite world can support only a finite population")

The Immigration Portal (check the discussion board)

The Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

The Manhattan Institute (home of Heather MacDonald and others)

The Officer Down Memorial Page

The Religion of Peace (all about Islam – believe it or else)

The Size and Characteristics of the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the US (A Pew Hispanic Center report. Note that they consider all illegal aliens to be "migrant workers.")

The Truth About Islam (by a former Muslim)

The United American Committee (primarily focus is on confronting Islamic extremism)

TORAW (The Organization for the Rights of American Workers)

TownHall.com (Conservative news and commentaries)

Unauthorized Migrants: Numbers and Characteristics (a Pew Hispanic Center Report)

United Citizens of America

United for a Sovereign America

United Patriots of America

United States Citizens for Immigration Enforcement

United States FM

United States Immigration Reform PAC

US Border Alert

US Border Control (great legislative and media contact info and news summary)

US Border Report – Migration Across the Mexican Border (good collection of statistics)

US Border Security

U.S. Border Watch

U.S. Citizens for Immigration Enforcement

U.S. Department of Justice -Bureau of Justice Statistics

U.S. English

US Illegal Aliens (a posting of this report by Digger's Realm)

U.S. Immigration Reform PAC

USA Border Alert

USA Wake Up

Veterans for Secure Borders

Vietnamese for Fair Immigration

VDARE

Victims of Illegal Aliens

Vietnamese for Fair Immigration

Violent Crimes Institute

Wake Up America!

Wake up America Foundation

Washingtonians for Immigration Reform

Watchdog America

We Hate Gringos (details some of the darker side of illegal immigration)

We HireAliens.com

We need a fence

We the People Boycott

What's Your Allegiance

Workplace Watchdog

Worlds Reality

You Don't Speak for Me! (Hispanic Americans against illegal immigration)

ZaZona.com (comprehensive information on work visas)

STATE GROUPS

ARIZONA

Arizona Border Watch

Citizens Against Illegal Immigration (Arizona)

Concerned Citizens Network of Arizona

Protect Arizona Now

The Anderson Report - Southeast Arizona Regional Update

Yes On Prop 200 (Arizona 2004 initiative)

ARKANSAS

Americans for an Immigration Moratorium (Arkansas)

CALIFORNIA

California Coalition for Immigration Reform

Defend California

Golden Gate Minutemen

San Diego Border Alert

Mohave Minutemen

California Coalition for Immigration Reform

Californians for Population Stabilization

Sierrans for US Population Stabilization

COLORADO

Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform (CAIR)

Colorado Minutemen Project

Ranch Rescue - Colorado

Save Colorado Now (ballot initiative to deny services to illegals)

Sovereignty Colorado

Colorado Watch, Evergreen, email: coloradowatch at aol.com

CONNECTICUT

CT Citizens for Immigration Control

Tri-state Immigration Moratorium

FLORIDA

Floridians for Immigration Enforcement

Southwest Florida Minutemen

Floridians for a Sustainable Population

Silent Majority of Florida

GEORGIA

Georgians for Immigration Reduction

Georgia Crime Watch

INDIANA

Americans for Legal Immigration (www.noIllegals.Com - Indianapolis)

Indiana Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement (I.F.I.R.E.)

ILLINOIS

Chicago Minuteman Project

KANSAS 

Kansas Alliance for Immigration Reform

OKLAHOMA

Immigration Reform for Oklahomans Now (IRON)

MINNESOTA

Minnesotans For Sustainability

Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform

MARYLAND

Maryland Minuteman

MASSACHUSETTES

Massachusettes Immigration Reform

MINNESOTA

Minnesotan Minutemen

Minnesotans For Sustainability

Minnesotans Immigration Reform

Minnestotans Seeking Immigration Reform

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi F.I.R.E.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

New Hampshire Citizens for Sustainable Population

NEW JERSEY 

United Patriots of America

Tri-state Immigration Moratorium

NEW MEXICO

Northern New Mexico Minuteman

NEW YORK

Tri-state Immigration Moratorium

Sachem Quality of Life

NEVADA

Emigration Party of Nevada

Las Vegas Minutemen

NORTH CAROLINA

Carolinians for Immigration Reform

N.C. Action Club

NC Listen

OHIO

Ohio Jobs & Justice

OREGON

Alternatives to Growth Oregon

Oregon Conservative

Oregonians for Immigration Reform (OFIR)

PENNSYLVANIA

Pennsylvanians Against Illegal Immigration (PAII)

SOUTH CAROLINA

Carolinians for Immigration Reform

TENNESSE

Tennesseans for Immigration Reform

Tennesseans for Responsible Immigration Politics

TEXAS

Texans for Fair Immigration, Inc. (TFFI)

Texans for Immigration Reform

Texas Border Watch

Immigration Reform - Dallas

UTAH

Utah League of Citizens for Immigration Reform

Utahns for Immigration Reform and Enforcement

Utahns for Immigration Reform and Enforcement (UFIRE)

VIRGINIA

Virginia Coalition for Immigration Reform

Help Save Virginia

Help Save Herndon

WASHINGTON

Citizens for Washington

Alternatives to Growth Washington

WISCONSIN

Midwest Coalition to Reduce Immigration  

BLOGS

American Job Blog

Beyond Borders Blog

Counterrorism Blog

Freedom Folks

Lone Wacko Blog

Michelle Malkin's Immigration Blog

Operation Great Wall

Reconquista

Uncooperative Blogger

Watch Blog (news and forums across the ideological spectrum)

Where' Your Brain?

FORUMS

Liberty Post (news with discussion)

Close Borders (Yahoo Group)

Anti-Immigration Debate (Yahoo Group)

Free Republic2 (Yahoo Group)

H1B Fraud (Yahoo Group)

Immigration Revolt (Yahoo Group)

Protect America Now (Yahoo Group)

Protect Our Border Now (Yahoo Group)

USA for Americans 101(Yahoo Group)

USA Border Alert (AOL Group)

Save Our State (AOL Group)

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

And the members of congress took an oath:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

The immigrants who founded this country did so on a principal that:

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Declaration of Independence

Note the declaration that all people have the right to "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" and that it is the Government's responsibility to organize in such a way to "most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness" but not to actually provide it.

This principal was further established in the U.S. Constitution of the United States which begins:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution then states:

The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.

Unfortunately in our politically correct era, "invasion" and "domestic violence" are now parsed with the word "is." Regardless, our republican principals are being ignored, our borders are being trampled, our laws broken, our sovereignty violated, and our nation is under attack from outside peoples, foreign nationals, who are committing more and more domestic violence, denying citizens Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, as well as both Safety and Happiness.

The Government's US Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently allow far more illegal aliens to sneak in and remain than are apprehended and sent back. The enforcement is so spotty and the borders are so porous that more than 60% of the ones deported return. While there are a lot of good people in DHS and ICE trying to do their job, they are grossly undermanned and ill-equipped for the task and the Justice Department often sides with the illegal alien criminals against Americans trying to enforce the law.

For one of the more abominable stories on a gross miscarriage of justice along the southern borders see, the WND article, 2 Border Patrol agents face 20 years in prison, where the illegal alien drug runner wins a lawsuit lottery and Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean get sent to prison for simply trying to do their job. President Bush will pardon convicted drug dealers but, as of the writing of this report, not two law enforcement officers whose only mistake, other than trusting that DHS and the Justice Dept. to put more credence on their testimony rather than that of an illegal alien drug smuggler, appears to be procedural. Unfortunately as Ballistics data don't support charge against border agents notes, the DHS may be far more negligent than one would believe.

In fact, it often seems that the only people doing anything constructive are various anti-immigration citizen's groups, such as the Minutemen, and our immigration and enforcement policies are so broken that U.S. Border Patrol sometimes appears to be on the side of Mexico and "migrant's rights" rather than enforcing the sanctity of our borders and protecting the safety of the American people.

How outrageous does the situation need to be before real action is taken?

How many more Americans must be ripped off, infected, molested, raped, killed, and murdered by illegal aliens before something is done about it?

In considering the solutions to the problem as detailed in this paper, what is the proper attitude to have towards illegal aliens?

How about:

"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 birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag. We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

President Teddy Roosevelt – 1907

Or as former US Congresswoman Barbara Jordan from Texas (1973-1979) put it:

"... those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave."

This is what the attitude and responsibility of the Government should be. However, the Government is "we the people" so we have a responsibility to insist that the Government fulfill their mandated responsibilities and protect the people.

Therefore, what action should YOU take?

One of the very first things to do is reread this report again and know what the collateral damage of illegal immigration is and the terrible costs we as a people and nation are paying. In this process, you might have to follow many of the links and do your own research before it really sinks in.

While you are rereading, memorize this line:

Exactly how many Americans are YOU are willing to allow to be infected, molested, raped, killed, and murdered by illegal aliens to save ten cents on a head of lettuce?

This puts the cost-benefit argument into a simple equation. What is the life of an American worth?

A serious border fence that will prevent new illegal aliens from coming in, as well as the 60% or so of deported criminals from returning, will cost about $4 billion to build and around $850 million a year to patrol and maintain. How many American lives is that worth?

This paper gives you indications of the numbers of Americans that are being sacrificed on the altar of illegal immigration. In discussions with others who don't believe illegal immigration is a problem, remember how the angel talked with Abraham in discussing whether Sodom and Gomorrah could be prevented from being destroyed. (Genesis 18:23-33) What person or politician in their right mind is going to say that it is okay for 100 kids to be molested? Are they going to admit that it is acceptable that 250 women be raped or 1,000 Americans killed? Exactly how much collateral damage will they accept?

You now know that the collateral damage is FAR HIGHER than anything any reasonable person would say is acceptable so you can easily nail their sorry "victimless crime" and "only doing the work Americans won't do" arguments to the wall.

You can personally discourage more illegal immigration by boycotting companies that are actively supporting illegal immigration. Miller Brewing, Home Depot, Ford, and Wells Fargo Bank are four that come to mind. You might check with We Hire Aliens and the Funding Hate list on We Hate Gringos for more. These companies are pandering to illegal aliens simply to increase their bottom line profit and they don't give a damn about the consequences.

A wise man once said "The love of money is the root of all evil." How true that is in the case of illegal immigration. Companies are selling out the United States and taking advantage of desperate people all for the sake of more profit.

You don't have to be complicit so find other companies to do business with that put America over profit. Loosing customers because of their poor decision may force them to rethink their decision. In any case, be sure to contact the companies you are boycotting and let them know of your decision.

You also don't want to be banking at institutions that accept the Marticular ID cards and other bogus identification. To see if your bank does, as well as ones that don't, go to US Banks that accept Illegal Alien IDs. If your bank is not on the list –ask. When you change your financial institution, be sure to let them know why.

Learn what the pro-illegal immigration crowd is saying. As a start, What the Pro "Illegal Immigrant Groups" DON'T want you to know has some commentary on many of their arguments with some rebuttals. You might also note the National Council of LaRaza's Talking Points for Members of Congress and compare that with what your state's members are saying. In fact spend some time on the National Council of La Raza site and peruse some of the articles on their Immigration Debate.

When you do so, you will note that in the more recent pictures of the "rallies" that all the Mexican flags and anti-American signs have "disappeared" and now only American flag-waving illegal aliens are represented. This is high power public relations at work. Keep in mind that La Raza means "the race" and their motto is "Por La Raza todo, Fuera de La Raza nada!" Which means "For the Race, everything, for those outside the Race, nothing!"

Try doing that with a minority Irish-American group in LA!

When talking to various pro-illegal immigration supporters, as well as you congressional members, always keep in mind:

Exactly how many Americans are YOU are willing to allow to be infected, molested, raped, killed, and murdered by illegal aliens to save ten cents on a head of lettuce?

as this will destroy anything they have to say other than sputtering rhetoric.

As this report documents, the collateral damage is extensive and rising. Therefore, tell all your friends and family about the hidden costs of illegal immigration which is impacting them as well as the personal collateral damage that is affecting multitudes of Americans and which can potentially affect them. Also send or summarize this report so they can investigate the facts and data themselves. The SUMMARY OF COLLATERAL DAMAGE section of this report has a lot of the carnage and costs in bullet-like form.

Contact your local media and ask that they investigate the various issues and report on the collateral damage that is occurring and being inflicted in your area. An old adage of the MSM is "if it bleeds, it leads" so you need to frame the issue in a way that gets their attention. Unfortunately there is a lot of bleeding and dying occurring on the altar of illegal immigration but it is not being reported. You may have to help them connect the dots.

Most newspapers will still print letters to the editor on the subject. Try to include data on the collateral damage from your local area. This will require research. In any case, remember, we are not against a reasonable amount of legal immigration from people of any race, ethnic group or nationality but we are against illegal immigration of people from any race, ethnic group or nationality.

Contact you city, county, and state law enforcement agencies and the powers that control them. Ask them if they are participating in the ICE 287(g) Immigration Enforcement program. If not, why not? See the report by Peter Onge in the The Charlotte Observer, An Eye On Illegal Immigrants - Mecklenburg Sheriff Signs on to Federal Program to Find, Deport Violators, as to WHY your local law enforcement agencies should be participating.

Be sure to ask them:

Exactly how many Americans are YOU are willing to allow to be infected, molested, raped, killed, and murdered by illegal aliens to save ten cents on a head of lettuce?

If there is any hope to control the unfettered illegal immigration tsunami, the Department of Homeland Security has to get tough. Very tough. Unfortunately with the changing of the guard in the 2006 elections, the DHS may become more illegal alien friendly unless you act and act fast. As noted in a November 28, 2006 article in The Washington Times by Jerry Seper, Cintas warned against firing immigrant force:

"A Mississippi Democrat in line to become chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee has warned the nation's largest uniform supplier it faces criminal charges if it follows a White House proposal to recheck workers with mismatched Social Security numbers and fire those who cannot resolve the discrepancy in 60 days.

Rep. Bennie Thompson said in a letter to Cintas Corp. it could be charged with "illegal activities in violation of state and federal law" if any of its 32,000 employees are terminated because they gave incorrect Social Security numbers to be hired."

However, there may be some hope for Rep. Thompson properly discharging his constitutionally directed duties as he recently released a press release "applauding the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in executing civil search warrants at six facilities owned by Swift & Company as part of a worksite enforcement investigation."

In any case, contact Representative Thompson and encourage him to do even more. To e-mail his staff, go here. Go to here for the majority members of the House Homeland Security Committee.

It also wouldn't hurt to contact all the members of the Congressional Black Caucus, of which Rep Thompson is a member, and point out to them that illegal immigration hurts Black Americans the most. Ditto with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus – illegal immigration hurts their constituents!

Finally, contact your members of Congress and state government and ask them:

Exactly how many Americans are YOU are willing to allow to be infected, molested, raped, killed, and murdered by illegal aliens to save ten cents on a head of lettuce?

If you don't know how your state's members of Congress stand on immigration, you can get an idea at Americans for Better Immigration's Report Card, United States Immigration Reform PAC, and the Politicians tab on Secured Borders USA. Go here to see if your city is a "sanctuary city."

You can identify and get contact information for your state's Congressional Representative here.

You can identify and get contact information for your state's Congressional Senators here.

You can identify and e-mail all congressional staff members here.

You can also identify your congressional officials and find all local media here.

You can ID Local, State, Congressional and Federal Agency officials here.

While some of these sites will let you send an automated message via fax or e-mail, it is more effective if you look up the name and e-mail of the person you want to voice your opinion to and call or send them a personal e-mail. If you are new to all this, you might first want t read How To Communicate With Public Officials for some ideas and suggestions on how to be more effective in making your voice and opinion heard.

You will especially want to contact all members of both the US House Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims and the Senate Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship.

As detailed in a 2006 Zogby poll, previously noted in the WHAT TO DO section of this report, the vast majority of Americans want something done about out of control immigration and overwhelmingly prefer the House's approach. You would not know this listening to the MSM.

As noted in Toughness on immigration did NOT cost candidates their election, "11.5% of all Republican seats in Congress were lost as Democrats took back control of Congress but only 6.7% of the Members of Tancredo's Immigration Reform Caucus lost their seats."

Also in the politically correct climate of the day with all the pandering to potential Hispanic voters from both political parties, even if for different reasons - the NAU & SPP not withstanding - it is worth remembering that in the November 2006 election in Arizona, as reported in Hispanics help pass laws against illegals, "All four of Arizona's anti-illegal immigration propositions passed by wide margins - and, perhaps surprisingly, several surveys showed that between 40 percent and 50 percent of Hispanics voted for them." Arizona's English only language proposition 103 passed with 74% of the vote.

It wouldn't hurt to mention all three facts because the MSM has been portraying it the other way.

How many Americans is it tolerable to be infected, molested, raped, killed, and murdered by illegal aliens to save ten cents on a head of lettuce?

Sign up on Grassfire's STOP the INVASION petition. Then go to Secured Borders USA and download the individual petition that must be notarized and mailed. As of the writing of this report Secured Borders currently has over 12,000,000 individually notarized petitions. Their goal is to collect 50,000,000 notarized petitions and deliver them in mass to Congress. The petition states:

Then get all your family, neighbors and co-workers, who are feed up with what is going on and shocked by the collateral damage, to sign the petitions.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! It is time to stop the collateral damage being inflicted on American citizens as a result of The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration..

The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not"
Thomas Jefferson

I am concerned for the security of our great nation, not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.
General Douglas MacArthur

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men
Plato

All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke

Additionally, it would not be just to punish the children for the sins of the parents so even children who were not born in the United States but have lived in the US most of their lives are, by default, Americans, at least in name. It is uncompassionate to deport otherwise law abiding illegal aliens who have been working in the United States for many years. It is also un-American to break up families that have been living in the USA for years.

Thus whatever we do we should make a compassionate allowance for otherwise law abiding illegal aliens who have lived in the United States for many years and for the parents of children born in the United States. That is the American way.

However, it is also the American way to play by the rules. To become a naturalized citizen of the United States, there are quite a number of requirements that must be met. To see how difficult and stringent the process is refer to A Guide to Naturalization.

Becoming an American citizen is one of the most coveted opportunities available on planet earth. For those who have not done it or are not aware, it is not an easy or timely process. In summary, the main requirements to become a naturalized citizen of the United States are as follows:

1. Lawful entry as permanent resident.
2. Continuous residence in the U.S. for at least five years prior to filing a petition for naturalization and three years for spouse of citizens.
3. Physical Presence in the U.S. for at least half of the period of continuous residence
4. Read, write, and speak good English. People who are over fifty-five years of age and have lived in the U.S. for at least a total of 15 years are not required to fulfill this requirement.
5. Knowledge of U.S. History & Understanding of Fundamentals of U.S. Govt.
6. Good Moral Character and Attachment to the Principles of U.S. Constitution. NOTE: All naturalization applicants must comply with this requirement. There is no exception to this requirement.

One of the requirements to become a naturalized citizen is an Oath of Allegiance to the Constitution and the United States. In that oath, the citizen want-to-be swears:

"That I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; That I will support and defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; That I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law ... "

Should anything less be expected of an illegal alien before we even think of granting them citizenship? How is granting de facto citizenship to illegal aliens, especially through a guest worker program with its Mickey Mouse "path to citizenship" being fair to the millions who are waiting in line to become legal immigrants? The price for an illegal alien to receive one of the most coveted rewards on planet earth should not be simply that they picked lettuce for a few years or faithfully flipped burgers, cleaned toilets or dug ditches. There are millions of potential legal immigrants who would gladly do those jobs.

Nor should we allow an illegal alien to simply pay some miserly fine to receive amnesty - becoming an American is not for sale at any price!

Given that there is a legal way to become an American and millions have eschewed that way and are in the United States illegally and it is not plausible to round the law breakers up and send them back, what are we to do?

First and foremost, no purchased amnesty! America is not for sale! Becoming an American is a privilege, not a right of "being here." Too many Americans have died preserving freedom to allow citizenship akin to paying a ticket for parking fines. The violation of our sovereignty and the law breaking must be punished and citizenship must be earned. It is because of the failure of our elected politicians that we have the problem and it is only through the magnanimity and generosity of America that we would even consider granting citizenship to lawbreakers.

So what do we do?

Well, we could simply adopt Mexico's immigration policies but that would be too cruel and very un-American. While I may agree with former US Congresswoman Barbara Jordan from Texas in "those who should not be here will be required to leave" and may be personally inclined to round up all illegal aliens and their families and return them to their home countries, making them get in line for becoming legal immigrants, I recognize that that is an unworkable and unrealistic solution for a variety of reasons.

The biggest obstacle to such a draconian solution is political, as most of our politicians do not have the fortitude or integrity to enforce the laws of the land. For this reason alone it is unrealistic, unless we vote them all out. But that would take time and in the meantime the tsunami keeps pouring in and the collateral damage keeps mounting.

If you don't think that aspect is important, go back up to the CRIME and TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS sections and start clicking on the links of Americans who were molested, raped, killed, and murdered by an illegal alien. Especially take note of the crimes that were committed by an illegal alien who was previously deported or who should have been previously deported.

Every day that nothing is done the damage mounts. We can't wait to replace the SOBs in Congress who don't seem to give a damn but hopefully we can force them to uphold the laws of the land under the threat of replacement.

Thus, I have taken a different approach in a comprehensive solution which will solve most of the problems, including getting many illegal aliens out of the country and preventing new ones from entering, which should be the two primary goals in any real immigration reform. Since it does not involve rounding up and deporting 12+ million illegal aliens, it should be able to get enough support from both parties, with enough pressure on individual members.

Remember, the number one goal for most elected politicians is re-election. Pressure from fed-up constituents will cause them to protect their sorry asses from potential replacement as they finally carry out their Constitutional responsibilities and protect the sovereignty of the United States and enforce the laws of the land.

To accomplish the primary goals, which rectifies much of the collateral damage, the following are ten specific suggestions to solve the problem. However, the most important thing is that we as a nation and people must get serious to fix the problem.

That starts with recognizing the problem and understanding the cost-benefit tradeoffs which results in an acceptable level of collateral damage. To do that, you must first ask yourself:

Exactly how many Americans are YOU willing to allow to be ripped off, infected, molested, raped, killed, and murdered in toleration of illegal immigration?

Only when you have an answer to that question can any solution begin.

My ten suggestions are as follows:

1. Build the border fence! All of it.

   Proper border security is absolutely necessary to keep people out who do not belong here. However bad the problem is now, it is only worse with more illegal aliens. As this paper has detailed, we are being overrun by foreign nationals and when we catch and actually deport the really bad ones about 60% of them simply come right back in. Additionally, the fence is mandatory to significantly decrease the amount of drugs that are pouring across the southern border.

2. Implement the REAL ID act now. If anything, the time table needs to be accelerated.

   We need to know who is in the country illegally and what their intentions are. As much as I do not like having a national ID card, even a de facto one like a counterfeit proof Social Security Card, we are no longer living in an era where vast oceans protect us from the bad guys that mean to do us harm.

   As it is now, States are backing out because of the implementation costs and a September 2006 NewsMax article, Congress Delays Border ID Program, notes:

   "A plan to tighten U.S. borders by requiring passports or tamper-resistant identification cards from everyone entering the country by land from Mexico and Canada has been delayed.

   House and Senate lawmakers agreed to push back the program by 17 months, saying they want to make sure new ID cards being developed by the Bush administration will better secure borders against terrorists without slowing legitimate travelers from Canada and Mexico. The new ID's will be required for Americans and all others entering the U.S."

   9/11 happened over five years ago. Have we forgotten the horrors of of that day?

   

   The MSM still won't show the pictures of the Americans jumping to their deaths from those burning buildings. They do not want to "offend" us.

   As noted in Identity and Immigration Status of 9/11 Terrorists "the 19 terrorists on Sept. 11 were holding 63 state driver's licenses for identification." See Illegal Immigrants in a State of Disarray on how sanctuary policies in Wisconsin's Department of Motor Vehicles facilitates this practice.

   How many more terrorist will gain access during those 17 months? How many more Americans will be molested, raped, killed, and murdered by illegal aliens? Will anybody be held accountable for those allowing those crimes to happen?

   As it is now, when, not if, the next big incident happens, Congress will still be pointing fingers, holding hearings, and asking "How did this happen?' Of course, it will not be their fault ... it never is.

3. Dramatically increase the fines, penalties, enforcement, and prosecution for hiring illegal aliens.

   If there are no jobs available it will seriously reduce the incentive to come here, make staying here less desirable, and provide a strong incentive for many illegal aliens to return to their own country own by their own accord. Having a REAL ID will actually take much of the burden off employers because they will know that they are hiring a legal worker.

   If the INS isn't having to spend so much time having to track down illegal alien criminals that are "only" molesting, raping, killing, and murdering Americans, they will have more resources to go after the "really bad" illegal aliens that would like to nuke a city or two.

4. Dramatically increase the fines and penalties for making and having forged documents. Making, selling, providing, or possession of forged documents is grounds for immediate deportation.
5. Enforce existing law.

   In case you don't know what the laws regarding illegal aliens are, see US Code, TITLE 8 (ALIENS AND NATIONALITY), CHAPTER 12 (IMMIGRATION and NATIONALITY), SUBCHAPTER II (IMMIGRATION), Part VIII (GENERAL PENALTY PROVISIONS) which contains the following provisions:

   § 1321 Prevention of unauthorized landing of aliens

   § 1322 Bringing in aliens subject to denial of admission on a health-related ground; persons liable; clearance papers; exceptions; "person" defined

   § 1323 Unlawful bringing of aliens into United States

   § 1324 Bringing in and harboring certain aliens

   § 1324a Unlawful employment of aliens

   § 1324b Unfair immigration-related employment practices

   § 1324c Penalties for document fraud

   § 1324d. Civil penalties for failure to depart

   § 1325 Improper entry by alien

   § 1326 Reentry of removed aliens

   § 1327 Aiding or assisting certain aliens to enter

   § 1328 Importation of alien for immoral purpose

   § 1329 Jurisdiction of district courts

   § 1330 Collection of penalties and expenses

6. Make violation of our immigration laws a conditional felony.

   If nothing else, this shows we are serious and we are a sovereign nation.

7. Adopt and enforce English only provisions of being part of the United States.

   This includes the current naturalization process where there would be no language waivers, regardless of age. If you really wanted to be part of another country, wouldn't you learn the native language of that country?

8. Immediately reduce the number of legal immigrants to 250,000 per year for the next ten years.

   If the INS has a whole lot less people to process, maybe they can start finding and deporting the many hundreds of thousand of criminals with existing deportation orders against them.

9. Create a Conditional Citizenship Program (CCP) in the Immigration and Naturalization Service to provide a way for existing and otherwise law abiding, illegal aliens to stay and work in the United States and earn citizenship.

   The CCP would be designed to specifically address and solve the problem of existing illegal aliens. It would not be a guest worker program. That is a whole separate and independent issue. The CCP would have an electronic registry allowing employers to have immediate verification of the working eligibility of illegal aliens. The CCP would have its own judiciary to swiftly handle any disputes, appeals, and deportations, not the cumbersome and illegal alien friendly bureaucracy of the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR). NOTE: see Deport Aliens for information on the failure of the EOIR to enforce immigration policies

10. Implement the other suggestions in the Solutions to the Illegal Immigration Problem section of this report.

    While the ACLU and various other unlimited and illegal immigration individuals and support groups will have a fit and squeal like a stuck pig, the collateral costs are simply too high to allow things to stay the way they are.

The conditions of the Conditional Citizenship Program would be as follows. Violation of any of the conditions means denial of CCP participation and immediate deportation.

1. Applicants to become a naturalized citizen must register with the Immigration and Naturalization Service and comply with specific rules and regulations to become a citizen.

   Nothing less should be expected of illegal aliens. Therefore, all illegal aliens and their children must register with the Conditional Citizenship Program (CCP) within 3 months of activation of the CCP. Initial registration will be nothing more than a serialized, simple, post card application. The applicant keeps the other half with the serial number. Failure to register means automatic deportation. It is imperative we find out how many illegal aliens are in the country. At 3 months plus 1 day the program is closed. If an illegal alien misses it, too bad. They can always apply to become a naturalized citizen like everybody else who wants to come to the USA.

   Similar to and part of the US Immigration Services' Naturalization Program, complete registration will require a photograph, fingerprints and issuance of a Social Security Number. Any illegal alien that is not registered with the CCP is in the country illegally and is subject to immediate deportation. Registration with CCP binds the registrant to the terms and conditions of the program.

2. To remain in the program, the illegal alien must prove residency in the United States before some date which is at least three months prior to the passage of the CCP to prevent a tsunami of illegal aliens trying to get in before the CCP deadline becomes effective. Children under 18 on that date are covered by their parent(s). Illegal aliens that are 18 or over on that date must independently prove residency and register with the CCP. The CCP will define what constitutes proof of residency but the burden of proof is on the illegal alien.
3. Similar to the requirements of Section 212(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, all illegal aliens and their children must have a health screening as part of the citizenship process.

   The alien's CCP work status is defined as "ineligible" until the health screening is complete. A first time exemption is granted for an employer to hire an alien with an ineligible status as long as the screening is done within 30 days of hire at the employer's expense. Should the alien not get or fail a screening, the work status remains ineligible and work is not allowed until a successful health screening is completed. Any employer hiring or retaining a CCP registered worker with an ineligible work status will be subject to a fine of $1000 per month, or fraction thereof, of ineligible employment. Should the alien have a communicable disease that is being treated, the work status is changed to "provisional" until the alien receives a clean bill of health. Some industries, such as food service, are not allowed to hire or have workers with provisional work limitations. All school age children are required to have a successful health screening before being allowed to attend any public school.

4. The illegal alien must meet the "good moral character" requirements for becoming naturalized citizens. See A Guide to Naturalization. Any felony conviction or three or more misdemeanors is grounds for denial.
5. The illegal alien must not be on public welfare when applying with the CCP with the exception of treatments for any contagious disease, child preventative medical treatments, and school feeding programs.
6. The illegal immigrant must not be convicted of driving a car without a license or insurance or have illegally voted anytime after the day the CCP is activated. Violation of these provisions will result in immediate deportation.
7. An illegal alien is only eligible for citizenship after 10 years of law abiding residency in the United States.

   This is twice as long as required for a legal immigrant and the additional 5 years is the penalty for entering the United States illegally. Yes it is a form of amnesty but it is part of a realistic solution. For illegal aliens that have been residing in the United States for 10 or more years and comply with conditions A-F they are eligible for naturalized citizenship after an additional 5 years – the same as a legal immigrant.

   Illegal aliens who take an Oath of Allegiance and honorably serve in the military for two or three years are eligible for citizenship 5 years after joining the service, if they were are honorably discharged. For a 4 year commitment, eligibility is granted on the day of honorable discharge. For a longer commitment, the alien is eligible for citizenship on their 4 year anniversary of joining. If an illegal alien in the service is discharged with less than an honorable discharge, they go back to square one but the time in service counts towards the 10 year residency requirement. Should the illegal alien die while serving in the military of the United States the alien is made a citizen on the day of death. The "law abiding" provision is to be similar to what is currently required for legal immigrants.

   As noted in Military Shortcut to U.S. Citizenship: "Mexican-born Gabriela Begaye, 30, who joined the Army at the age of 25 and became a citizen last week in Fort Bliss, Texas, says she feels proud to wear a military uniform. I would die for this country. I would do it," she said."

   This attitude was once expressed by President John F. Kennedy, who said to the nation:

   "In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility -- I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it. And the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

   And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

   My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."

   These are still the kind of people, immigrants and citizens, we need and which made this country great.

8. All illegal alien children under age 12 on the date the CCP is activated must graduate from 12^th grade or complete a high school equivalency by age 21 to become a citizen.

   Those that otherwise meet all the other conditions but do not comply with the education requirement will be granted permanent visas and green cards but not citizenship. Children of such people can become citizens as noted above but all non-citizens are not allowed to bring in relatives.

9. All illegal aliens must complete and pass the INS naturalization citizenship test and take the Oath of Allegiance to become citizens. This includes all children who were not born in the United States.

   US citizenship is a prized privilege that must be earned. The test may be taken at any time prior to the residency requirement being fulfilled but must be completed within 1 year of eligibility. The only exemptions from this condition are those granted by the US Immigration and Naturalization Services to other legal immigrant applicants.

   It is worth noting that the test is not actually that difficult. Like many things in modern education, you can't have anybody flunking so the INS gives out the questions and answer, and has a low passing grade. To see how "hard" it is go to Questions and Answers for New Pilot Naturalization Exam.

When these conditions are met, the illegal alien receives a full pardon from the conditional felony and becomes a naturalized citizen, entitled to all the benefits and privileges of being an American.

The CCP does not provide blanket amnesty for illegal aliens, but provides c