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Being a law abiding
American who lives by American values is clearly spelled out in the Declaration
of Independence and in the U.S. Constitution. George Washington warned us that
we must defend our values and laws from “the impostures of pretended
patriotism.”
“Let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor;
let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of
his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children’s liberty.
Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the
lisping babe, that prattles on her lap – let it be taught in schools, in
seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in
Almanacs; - let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative
halls, and enforced in courts of justice.”
What are these American
values? Americans believe that all men are created equal and God endowed us
with the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These
values are self-sufficiency, not dependence on government, personal responsibility,
respect for the law, hard work, family, Judeo-Christian values, and equal
opportunity for excellence, not forced quotas, nor forced equality by government
redistribution of wealth under the guise of the communist mantra of “social
justice.”
Preying on our sympathy,
kindness, and generosity to foreign nations, we are being guilted and forced to
be generous with lawbreakers by awarding them citizenship because they jumped a
fence, swam across a river, or walked through the hot desert, putting their
lives in peril, defying and disrespecting our borders and our laws.
This amnesty is forced on
the American people at a time when we can ill-afford to be generous, with
millions of Americans unemployed, underemployed, and on welfare, facing the
fundamental destruction of our healthcare.
Legal immigration laws should be written to augment the interests of the American people and to defend the vital interests of the United States, not the interests of the illegal immigrant who broke our laws.
Are the new American
values having 50 percent of our population dependent on welfare while expecting
a financial entitlement from the labor of the other 50 % of the population who
works hard to support them through burdensome taxation?
What are the children of the
entitlement state, including illegal aliens, going to do when there are no more
taxpayers to steal from? Having escaped third world impoverished socialist
countries, illegals come here not to assimilate into our culture but to demand “full
communism because they value a fair society and social justice.”
What was wrong with the
old immigration system when we enforced the borders and enforced the law? What
was wrong with immigrants coming here to obtain a green card and work legally?
What was wrong with them going back home after they finished school or work?
What was wrong with upholding the law, the sovereignty of our country?
Why is the system broken?
Is cheap labor for crony capitalists so important that we no longer enforce the
law, we are allowing illegal aliens to flood the country and surround us via
the southern border with Mexico, while people who are not so lucky and live
across oceans are waiting patiently for visas, going through proper channels,
doing the legal paperwork?
Jeh Johnson, Homeland
Security Secretary, said on ABC’s “This Week” that “Immigration laws or any
other law needs to comport with American values. One of those American values
is respect for human dignity. I also believe one of those American values is
respect for the sanctity of the family unit.” http://cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/dhs-secretary-immigration-law-should-respect-sanctity-family-unit
Perhaps we should point
out that the family reunification program which accounts for approximately
two-thirds of permanent immigration to the United States each year was designed
for legal immigration by the Immigration Act of 1990. In 2001, the former INS
had an application backlog of 3.9 million people awaiting family reunification
visas. Top countries in this category
were Mexico, Philippines, China, India, Vietnam, Dominican Republic, Haiti,
Colombia, Jamaica, and El Salvador. http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/family-reunification
Secretary Johnson is contemplating a
modification to the “priority list” by giving amnesty to illegal aliens who
have not committed “serious crimes,” to include those who have re-entered the
U.S. after being deported previously and those who fled immigration court
proceedings. It is interesting to note that one third of inmates in U.S. jails
are illegal aliens. Why should these
illegals have priority over the 4 million legal immigrants awaiting the
resolution of their backlogged visas? http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ian-smith/obamas-backdoor-amnesty-plan/
In the meantime, illegal aliens
have received $4.2 billion in earned income tax credit in the previous year for
children who did not necessarily reside in the U.S., using Individual Tax
Identification Numbers (ITIN). ITIN was designed by the IRS to encourage
illegals to pay taxes but created instead a Pandora’s box of entitlements for
illegal aliens, including allowing them to mix easier into our society and to
vote illegally. http://cis.org/IRSTaxID-ImmigrationLaw
Brooks County, Texas, with a land mass twice the size of Manhattan Island,
has four deputies to protect the American residents under “assaults every day
and every night” by illegal immigrants that liberals call euphemistically “paperless/undocumented
Americans.” Rescuing illegal immigrants and picking up the bodies of those who
don’t make it across has brought the county to the brink of bankruptcy. According to ALIPAC, “129 undocumented
immigrants were found dead just in Brooks County in 2012, which is more than
triple the number who were found dead in the county just six years ago.” The
more discussion of ‘amnesty’ in Washington, the more immigrants risk their
lives to come to the U.S. now, especially from Central America. http://www.alipac.us/content/texas-county-facing-bankruptcy-due-illegal-immigration-2850/
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush described instances of illegal
immigration as “acts of love.” Perhaps he was referring to those who enter
illegally or those who overstay legal visas in order to earn money to provide
for their families back home. Brandon Darby describes “35 Acts of Love” in his
recent column in Breitbart.com. They include targeted assassinations, human
trafficking, drug smuggling, border patrol killings, assaults with rocks and
bullets, rapes, and other heinous crimes. http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/04/10/Thirty-Five-Acts-of-Love-from-the-Mexican-Border
Dr. Rich Swier wrote, “In a report
released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) the impact of
providing College Tuition subsidy for Illegal Aliens (HB851/SB1400 a.k.a.
in-state tuition) will be that approximately 5,000 legal students will be
displaced in Florida higher education institutions by illegal alien
students.” Among these are the newly amnestied “Dreamers” who voted in the
November 2012 election. http://teapartyorg.ning.com/forum/topics/5000-legal-students-in-florida-to-lose-their-tuition-to-illegals
American citizens have a right to
decide who becomes a citizen. But, according to Ann Coulter, “liberal judicial
activist” Justice Brennan wrote a footnote in his 1982, 5-4 opinion on Plyler v. Doe which gave us anchor
babies. That act alone nullified our right to decide who becomes a citizen. “Combine Justice Brennan’s footnote
with America’s ludicrously generous welfare policies, and you end up with a
bankrupt country.” http://www.humanevents.com/2010/08/04/justice-brennans-footnote-gave-us-anchor-babies/
With 16 major
chains closing or planning on closing stores across America, Staples, Office
Depot, Radio Shack, Albertsons, Safeway (Dominick’s in Chicago), Abercrombie
and Fitch, Barnes and Noble, J.C. Penney, Toys R Us, Sweetbay Supermarket,
Loehmann’s, Quiznos, Sears and Kmart, Ruby Tuesday, Red Lobster, and Ralph’s,
more Americans will be unemployed, having to compete for jobs with 12 million potential
amnestied illegal aliens and their extended families, while tax revenues that
support welfare dependency will decrease. http://endtimeheadlines.org/economy/these-16-major-retail-chains-closing-stores-across-america/
Why must we dilute the
composition of our society so much that our votes no longer count and America
is changed fundamentally into a hodge-podge of unassimilated ethnic groups who
do not care about our country’s future, traditions and history? Does anyone
remember Rome’s history?
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