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May. 13, 2007
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VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: Illegals push citizens to boiling point

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Thousands of illegal immigrants and their children marched in Las Vegas and elsewhere earlier this month in celebration of May Day, which the Soviets turned into the day of international communist solidarity.

In Los Angeles, numerous demonstrators cursed and threw bottles at the cops -- which is odd considering authorities persist in showing a fantastic forbearance in the face of these recurring opportunities to round them all up and put them on one-way buses to Hermosillo.

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    • You couldn't make this stuff up.

    (Some will say the kids, at least, are automatically U.S. citizens. Go read the 14th Amendment. Depends on whether they and their illegal alien mothers were "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States at the time of the birth, in the same way former slaves were.)

    The marchers said they were demanding "immigration law reform." But that's just another politically correct lie. Why would anyone want "reform" of a law they've shown no intention of obeying? What they really want is "belly-up immigration surrender" -- free instant citizenship rights to all government welfare benefits for anyone who can get here.

    Why is it dangerous that we can't discuss these things frankly in the open, without a lot of crippling euphemisms that disguise what this is really all about? Because it forces this debate underground, where things can fester unseen till we're ambushed by the Dark Side, as happened on 9/11, in the case of the long-ignored resurgence of murderous fanatical Islam.

    I don't think this wave of discontent is racist, really (though a future demagogue might twist it in that direction). I don't think most Americans hate people with foreign accents, or people with Mexican names or brown skin. In fact, Americans are a generous people, always willing to lend a hand to someone who really wants to join us -- legally.

    What Americans are fed up with are people who come here and do not seem to want to assimilate. People who send much of their earnings "home" to another country. People who meantime are turning entire neighborhoods of our cities into Little Tijuanas, where half the store signs seem to advertise "llanteras usadas." People who expect their kids to be taught in Spanish and don't seem to know or care that this renders our overcrowded free welfare schools even more dysfunctional. People who decline to either buy auto insurance or set enough aside to cover their liabilities. People who use our expensive hospital emergency rooms as their cold-and-sniffle clinics.

    The real complaint here is that those "old Americans" who still try to "follow the rules" find themselves increasingly squeezed and taxed, fingerprinted and regulated and licensed and strip-searched, while the illegals seem to get a "bye" on all this stuff.

    Does that seem right when college-educated, English-speaking, would-be immigrants spend years on waiting lists, trying to get here from Asia and Africa and Eastern Europe?

    Remove your filters and read your real ocean of e-mail for a couple of days. Count the flag-waving messages that start out, "Why do I have to push 'one' if I want to speak English?"

    Blocked from expressing their outrage anywhere in the mainstream media, there are a lot of Americans out there fuming at streets full of marching illegal aliens waving foreign flags and demanding more tax-funded "benefits." These frustrated citizens have no voice, so these tensions find no expression, like a pressure cooker with the little jiggler tied down.

    Our politicians assume they can end this debate with the question, "Who else would do the jobs Americans don't want to do?" But did you notice how many bona fide U.S. citizens lined up to apply for those "jobs Americans won't do" after Immigration and Customs Enforcement rounded up the illegals at those six Swift meat-packing plants in December?

    Suppose we were to see a real economic downturn in this nation. Imagine lots of American males ages 45 to 65 -- all mortgaged to the hilt, none with adequate savings -- lose their jobs. When they apply for lower-paying jobs, they're told there are no openings -- illegal aliens got there first.

    Watch these guys having to sell their homes in a deflated market, taking half what they paid (or the same price they paid in devalued dollars that now buy only a pint of gasoline apiece, which is the same thing). Imagine the people who buy those underpriced houses are people with foreign accents flashing wads of cash.

    Now let a demagogue take to the airwaves and invite those disgruntled, unemployed Americans to go downtown the next time the illegals stage a march with their Mexican flags and beat the hell out of them. Let's say a thousand people show up with ax handles, overwhelming a police force that protects these lawbreakers instead of arresting them -- as they'd arrest you or me if we went down there and lit up a joint, or even if we showed up wearing perfectly legal pistols on our hips.

    Then let's say that radio demagogue decides to run for office -- and voter turnout suddenly doubles, the polling places swamped with his followers, shouting, "We're fed up and we're not going to take it anymore!"

    It happened in Germany 70 years ago.

    The reason those things don't happen in America is that we've been free to air our differences in public, in plain English -- nobody booed into silence for demanding that the criminals be rounded up -- and to express our will at the polls.

    But which politician do I vote for if I want to see the immigration laws energetically enforced -- today -- or the expensive and dysfunctional welfare state promptly and actively disbanded? (Go ahead, tell me about Ron Paul and Wayne Allyn Root, God bless 'em. I was a Libertarian activist for years. All we need to do is paint a few more yard signs -- right?)

    Open and frank discussion of these issues might inoculate us against some clever orator who wants to use this issue to get himself and his lieutenants outfitted for shiny black boots and a really nice hat.

    Instead, the forces of political correctness will simply get out the picket signs, stomp their feet and bleat that such discussions hurt their feelings. And in response -- mindful of the fates of Howard Stern and Don Imus -- most who hope for long careers will choose the path of discretion, just lay low and not say nothin'.

    Vin Suprynowicz is assistant editorial page editor of the Review-Journal and author of the books "Send in the Waco Killers," "The Ballad of Carl Drega," and the novel "The Black Arrow." See www.LibertyBookShop.us.



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    Peter wrote on October 18, 2007 07:31 AM: Did You Know that Cesar Chavez Fought AGAINST Illegal Immigration?

    Cesar Chavez fought against illegal immigration because of what he knew it did to our wage base and quality of life.

    The truth is that the billionaire class in Mexico uses illegal immigration as a pressure-escape valve to keep the social/political control that they have over Mexico.

    Those that posses the fortitude and determination to fight their way into our country are those most feared by the Mexican billionaire class. Were these illegal immigrants to stay home, they would be the most revolutionary Mexican citizens.

    The very best way to fight the wage devastation that illegal immigration delivers to America's poor is to back sanctions against US employers of illegal immigrants and NOT attack or jail the illegal immigrants, themselves.

    With enforced sanctions against US employers, illegal immigrants will return to Mexico and other countries of their own accord, without coercion.

    more
    http://cis.org/topics/wagesandpoverty.html


    nmazzulla wrote on June 17, 2007 07:55 PM: Top 5 Dumbest Things in the Senator Reid/Kennedy Immigration Bill S. 1348

    5) Taxpayers will pay for the immigration lawyers for illegal aliens if working in agriculture.

    4) Illegal aliens would be given legal status just one day after their application is filed even if a background check is not completed.

    3) Gang members are eligible for amnesty if they renounce their gang status.

    2) Borders do not have to be secure before the amnesty program begins.

    1) $2,600,000,000,000 -- That is the cost the Heritage Foundation estimates to cover the retirement benefits of 12,000,000 illegal aliens if this amnesty bill becomes law.


    American standing up for the law wrote on June 10, 2007 07:23 PM: This article should be sent to every lawmaker..since they cant decide what is right to do for America! Maybe its time that instead of voting for the lawmakers.. we put the immigration problem to a vote by LEGAL AMERICANS.I can not understand what part of the definition "illegal", our government can not comprehend!


    Frank wrote on June 06, 2007 06:56 AM: So,where are all the compassionate, college educated people in the countries illegal immigrants come from, with Mexico being the worst offender? These countries won't take care of their own populations, so they encourage their people to break U. S. laws and move here-illegally. At least those who entered through Ellis Island and San Francisco entered legally. Now illegal immigrants are being kidnapped by their rival "Coyotes" for more profits.


    Gonzo wrote on May 31, 2007 07:42 AM: Well said !!! Being politically correct is about to kill our country. I think this is one of the most definitive articles I've read about immigration and Latino protest..These people have thumbed their noses at our laws and our way of life. Have you noticed how things have changes in the last 10 to 20 years , people who don't want to be Americans but demand we pay for them and their children's education in Spanish. They have not earned the right to protest in our country, they will soon breed enough Latino's to vote that we all start speaking Spanish and that all Latino's can come here and live off of those of us who have paid taxes to support them and pick up the bill for their medical expenses. I'm personally tired of this situation and them rubbing our noses in it..
    Well said !!! Being politically correct is about to kill our counrty. I think this is one of the most dinifinitive articals I've read about immigration and eliegals..These people have thumbed their noses at our laws and our way of life. Have you noticed how things have changes in the last 10 to 20 years , people who don't want to be Americans but demand we pay for them and their childrens education in spanish. They have not earned the right to protest in our country, they will soon breed enough Latino's to vote that we all start speaking spanish and that all latino's can come here and live off of those of us who have paid taxes to support them and and pick up the bill for their medical expenses.I'm personally tired of this situation and them rubbing our noses in it..


    S Wilson wrote on May 22, 2007 03:40 PM: Kudos for coming out and saying what needs to be said. If only more Americans would stand up and make their voice heard. It's not about you and I, it's about the future of this country. Mexico is a toilet and they're going to make the U.S. a toilet if something isn't done soon. I heard Edward James Olmos, on Larry King yesterday, say that Mexico is in the middle of a revolution and that is one reason why so many Mexicans come here. Well if the 12-20-30 million illegals that are here would turn around, they could have there country back. There are strength in numbers and if you can't defeat the knuckleheads that are revolting in Mexico with upwards of 30 million of their own citizens, then maybe we should send the illegals to Iraq and use Mexico as a nuclear waste facility.


    Ken Brown wrote on May 22, 2007 01:45 PM: Yolanda:
    What the he** are you trying to say? Seems someones head has been up their cola way to long. Are you trying to say that Italians that work in Chinatown as slaves for nonprofit clinics, are uneducated and spend most of thier generous time going to 3rd world countrys to become black women? If so, your right on. Cant blame the Mexicans.


    Yolanda wrote on May 22, 2007 08:40 AM: Wow! I thought the readers were misinformed. I work for a non-profit clinic. WE accept people with no insurance, medicaid and medicare. So where are those "college educated, caring, English speaking, generous, always willing to lend a helping hand Americans NOW? Sorry you can't blame that on the Mexicans. Check with your utilities, financial institutions, and medical facilities, they are usually the ones who pay the bills not the "user Americans" with their college educations and generosity. You talk of the "former slaves" these are your "present slaves" you talk QUICKLY about them breaking the law and how illegal they are. But what about the ones who are college-educated, generous, always willing to lend a hand Americans that hire them. You point out "Little Tijuanas" but forget or OVERLOOK "Little Italy and Chinatown" they were immigrants too. And what about the present college-educated, English speaking, always willing to lend a helping hand Americans who go to 3rd world countries and bring back women and hold them as hostages for prostitution services. HELLO or HOLA pull your head out of your cola.


    Steven A. Auringer wrote on May 21, 2007 02:56 AM: Press 1 to hear this in English.
    Press 2 if you want to hang up until
    you can press 1.

    Steve A.

    P.S. My voice mail message...


    scott wrote on May 20, 2007 12:53 PM: I was one of the ten people across the street from these anti-American clowns. At one point I was the ONLY one there proudly holding my American flag and my 3ft x 3ft sign that said "STOP THE INVASION". Where were you people? Oh that's right, you had to work. Everyone knew that they were going to do this- on this day. Did anyone ever hear of taking a day off?! We are losing our country because the American people are lazy. Stand on the street with an American flag- hold up a sign-use your 1st Amendment. Sitting in front of your computer or T.V. is accomplishing nothing. We cannot win these battles or this war sitting down!! Pro-American groups are out there - join one!


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