Every American is an immigrant, or his or her ancestors were immigrants. Even the American Indians are descended from those who crossed the Bering Strait—or the “Bering land bridge”—according to anthropologists. America is the world’s only true melting pot, with people here from every other country on the face of the earth. Indeed, that is one of its strengths. Yes, we disagree and we squabble and we even discriminate, but we are a nation of immigrants, and we pull together and bury our differences when times get tough or 9/11s occur. Then, we are all Americans, white or brown or black or whatever the color or religion or political persuasion.
My ancestors came from Germany, Scotland, Ireland and England, and the heritage of most Americans is equally diverse. The spouses of my daughter and son have one parent who is of Mexican ancestry, and so the story goes throughout this great country. For me, however, the immigration issue is simple, and its solution is equally straightforward. All illegal immigrants must be deported now, or as soon as humanly possible; and if workers are needed to fill their jobs, they should be drawn first from Americans who are here legally and willing to work, and then from the lists of those from other countries who have been waiting in line patiently to come here. The latter group should be admitted first, and today’s illegal immigrants should go to the back of the line—if they decide to apply at all, once they have been sent back to their countries of origin.
That may seem harsh to some people, but no other solution is fair and just. I met a lovely Irish woman in Dublin 23 years ago when she was 23 years old; and we traveled across the Atlantic for many years to be together, before she joined me here in the States. Each of us made 12 trips, with some of them lasting as long as three weeks; and both of us got to know and appreciate Ireland and the United States even more during our times together. Among other things, I came to appreciate my country, as seen through the eyes of an immigrant. I have old friends from Germany and other countries too, and I have seen America through their eyes as well, which is always enlightening and generally very positive.
My German ancestors, a husband and wife who had 16 children, landed in New York on September 18, 1849; and in 1860, the husband served with his fellow Minnesotans in the Union Army. The assimilation had taken only 11 years, but he was proud to serve; and I am sure many other immigrants felt that way who served with the Confederacy. An Irish ancestor of mine first came to the States in 1850; and an English ancestor came almost a century before, in 1760. I am not entirely certain when my Scottish ancestors came here, but my mother’s maiden name was “Duncan” before she married my father, and it is my middle name. I am proud of all legal immigrants; and I am equally proud of those of Mexican and Hispanic heritage.
What I found when my Irish love moved to California to live with me at the end of 1996 was that she could not get a job because she did not have a “Green Card.” She wanted to work, but she could not. The U.S. had a lottery for Irish immigrants, and her sister applied on a whim and received a Green Card, so she came too and got two jobs, but my Irish love could not work at all. Could she have found work anyway, and used a phony Social Security number and ID like so many illegal immigrants? Sure she could have, but neither of us was willing to take the risks involved.
We played by the rules and she was never able to work, and finally she got homesick and returned to Ireland. We did everything legally and it got us nowhere. She did not overstay her visas, and she did not work illegally, and she is in Ireland today. Why should illegal immigrants from Mexico or any other country be treated differently than she was? Why shouldn’t they be required to wait in line just like she did? Why shouldn’t they be arrested and deported just like she would have been if she had broken the laws?
Having been born and raised in Southern California, I love its Mexican and Spanish heritage, and Spanish architecture is my favorite, and I love Mexican food, and some of the hardest workers whom I have ever met are Hispanics. They are wonderful people; however, all immigrants should be subject to the same rules that my Irish love adhered to, or no one should be required to obey those laws. It is just that simple. No frills—the same rules for every immigrant, regardless of where he or she is from. Fundamental fairness requires that; and we owe it to all who have come to this country legally and who have contributed so much to our heritage.
I have watched President Bush’s speeches on the subject, and I have seen the demonstrations on TV, and I have listened to the debate. However, I am fed up with the fact that no politician is willing to do what is right. Again, from my vantage point, the issue is simple and its solution is straightforward. There is no mystery about what needs to be done. Whether any of our politicians will have the courage to do the right thing remains to be seen, but I am not optimistic. If they fail to do so, the problem will fester for generations to come, and immigration will be an area of the law that applies to some people but not to others, which is wrong and fundamentally unfair and unjust.
Finally, how much does the plan outlined by President Bush before a national television audience on May 15, 2006, differ from what I believe must be done? The first objective of his plan calls for this country to secure its borders, using the National Guard to strengthen and supplement our Border Patrol; and I agree with that as long as the Guard remains in place to effectively shut the border to illegal immigrants, criminals, drug dealers, and terrorists. The second objective is to create a temporary worker program. I have doubts about such a program, and believe it would be best to eliminate temporary workers altogether, and replace them with Americans who are willing to work, or immigrants who are seeking entry to the United States legally and have been waiting patiently to get in.
The third objective is to hold employers to account for the workers they hire, and I agree with that as long as it is enforced vigorously. The fourth objective is essentially amnesty for those illegal immigrants who are here already, and I disagree with that. The president’s fifth objective is described as recognition of the fact that “we must honor the great American tradition of the melting pot, which has made us one nation out of many peoples.” Few Americans disagree with that; however, it can be achieved best by legalizing only those immigrants who followed the rules, not those who ignored this nation’s immigration laws.
At best, the president’s plan would close our southern border, but do nothing about our northern border; and it would stop employers from hiring illegal immigrants, which might send them scurrying back to their countries of origin, to get in line and come here legally. Thus, actual deportation would work in tandem with attrition, and the goals that I believe are necessary might be achieved over time. However, any notion of amnesty is a mistake, as is the idea of a temporary worker program. While many of the president’s proposals constitute steps in the right direction, they do not go far enough.
© 2010, Timothy D. Naegele
[1] Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass), the first black senator since Reconstruction after the U.S. Civil War. He practices law in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles with his firm, Timothy D. Naegele & Associates (www.naegele.com). He has an undergraduate degree in economics from UCLA, as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University. He is a member of the District of Columbia and California bars. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal. Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years. See, e.g., www.naegele.com/whats_new.html#articles
[2] This article was published first at MensNewsDaily.com on May 16, 2006. See http://www.naegele.com/documents/IllegalImmigration.pdf
More than four years have passed, and George W. Bush’s presidency ended and Barack Obama’s presidency began. However, the underlying issues remain the same and are still as relevant and timely as when I wrote it. Our national immigration policies continue to be a disgrace. Some people play by the rules, such as my long-time Irish love, and they are penalized for doing so. All immigrants should be subject to the same rules, or no one should be required to obey our immigration laws.
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“Anchor Babies” Are Not Entitled To American Citizenship
Ann Coulter makes a well-reasoned and convincing case in this regard, which states in part:
See http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38409
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It has absolutely NOTHING to do with Democrats or Republicans (the diffrerences between those two supposedly different parties is minimal and getting caught up in the media-created fantasy differences is a major distraction that serves as an obstacle to America’s reclaiming its democracy. E.g., in 1986, Ronald Reagan instituted an amnesty for all illegal immigrants then resident in the U.S.. He is hailed as a pure-bred Republican (but he was also a major tax-and-spend -not to mention a borrow-and-spend President).
Stockton would be even more in the hole if it had no resident illegal immigrants who pay far more in taxes than receive in tax-supported services (and the ratio is much higher than for US-born residents). Like it or not (I suspect you don’t like it LOL!), these 11m are good for our economy (as well as our society).
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Thank you, Felipe, for your comments.
The issue is equity and equality, not racism directed at any immigrants, as my article above discusses.
Our ancestors are all immigrants from somewhere; however, “open borders” is not an option. Those who entered the country illegally should be deported and sent to the back of the line, in terms of entering the United States.
It is just that simple.
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I don’t find it particularly useful to throw around buzz words like “equity” and “equality” or “racism”. It doesn’t serve to help understand what is a complex -not as you assert- a simple problem.
It would be simple if the U.S. were a military dictatorship and had no pretensions having any respect for human rights or international law or domestic law. Your proposal implies that this may be your preferred model of government. It isn’t mine.
To pretend that this issue is anything but complicated is disingenuous. There is no way that 11m residents of the U.S. can, or should, be deported. It’s simply not going to happen. The problem is not between an “open borders” policy and deportation. Again, it’s disingenuous to pretend that these are the only options. There are many other options that can, and will be, under consideration.
As but one very small example of how this issue is not “simple” as you claim because we are supposed to be a nation of laws (the fact these folks have broken a law doesn’t mean the government is then granted the right to break another law in order to punish them): A US-born minor with parents who came to the US illegally has all the rights of a citizen and the courts may decide that these rights include having his/her parents at hand to raise him/her in the U.S.
What the framers of the constitutional clause granting U.S. citizenship to those born here had in mind or did not have in mind is hardly of relevance 200 years later when the national and global contexts are unrecognizable from how they were then. Courts interpret the Constitution through the lens of 21st Century reality, not through the rear-view mirror of a primarily rural society.
Again, the issue of border control and what we want/need to do about it, if anything, is entirely separate from what to do about the 11m US residents who crossed that border illegally. The fact is that, during the last 18 months, more Mexicans moved from the U.S. to the Mexico than vice-versa but facts like this don’t have any impact on either our media coverage of the issue or on our demogogic politicians who would rather raise anxiety and inflame fear as this results in more money for the media and more votes for the politicians.
The larger question is why would one would want to deport these people?
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Thank you as always, Felipe, for your comments.
I respectfully disagree. The issue is not complicated or complex at all. Either they came to the States legally, or they did not. If the latter is true, they must be deported, and sent to the very back of the line of those applicants who are applying to come here legally; or they must be denied entry altogether, for having broken our laws.
Indeed, there are strong arguments for imprisoning them. However, this option would overload our prisons.
And no, it will not be difficult to deport all 11 million, if your figures are correct. As the Washington Post has noted:
See https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/12/16/the-numbers-ted-cruz-cited-on-past-deportations-during-the-cnn-debate-were-way-off/ (“Ted Cruz gets it very wrong on recent presidents’ deportation numbers”)
And no too, children born in the United States of parents who are here illegally should not be allowed to stay. They have no constitutional right to be here, and must accompany their parents back to their parents’ countries of origin.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-661 (“Anchor Babies” Are Not Entitled To American Citizenship”)
This is not an issue of “human rights” or “international law.” They came here illegally, and now they must pay the price. No exceptions must be allowed.
And yes, there is a very easy way to get rid of them: make it a crime for any American to employ them. Put the onus on employers, and the illegals will not have jobs, and they will leave.
It is time to get tough. Again, there is nothing harsh or cruel about any of this. They knew that they were violating the law.
Lastly, I would be remiss if I did not repeat again that I love Hispanics. Having grown up in California, I came to love its rich Hispanic heritage and wonderful people.
However, jobs are taken away from them by illegals, just as blacks lose out to illegals; and the list goes on and on.
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Would that it were so simple. The very real complexities include both humanitarian concerns (e.g., most especially wrt the so-called “dreamers” – what is a fair outcome for somebody aged 30 now and brought into the US illegally at the age of 6 months?) and economic concerns (if all 11m were immediately deported as you suggest, this would wreak havoc on the U.S. economy and have severely negative consequences for US citizens).
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I agree; however, all of our presidents (most recently Dwight Eisenhower and his successors) have deported illegal immigrants.
If you have read my article above, you will understand the basis of my beliefs. I wanted my Irish girlfriend to come and live here permanently just as much as any other person.
We followed the rules precisely, but it was not to be. I believe all other immigrants must follow the rules too, or never come here.
She and I did not want to take the risk of her being deported and never allowed back into the country. Why should there be different rules and different enforcement for different folks?
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There aren’t different rules for different folks but the situation we are in requires a solution and that is not to drag people from their homes and dump them in a country whose language they don’t speak and culture they don’t know which is what we would be doing by deporting so-called “dreamers”. The solution that’s needed is not a simple one and will require alot of compromise but rigidly applying what’s legally permissible but morally bankrupt is no solution. Among the 11m, there a folks from a HUGE variety of countries and backgrounds with a huge and varied number of reasons to immigrate to the US illegally. Comparing the situation of your girlfriend who is a citizen of one of the wealthiest and most liberal members of the EU where she has lifetime rights to high-quality health care and other benefits to a 5-year-old Honduran orphan whose parents have been killed by gang violence and whose legal-resident aunt pays for the child to enter the US illegally is disingenuous. The way Trump is going, this aunt would be incarcerated for decades for human trafficking, not lauded for saving the child’s life.
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Thank you again.
As I stated previously, they assumed risks consciously and deliberately. The fact that they are getting caught now and paying a hefty price for having tried to “game” the system is their problem, not ours.
My Irish girlfriend and I paid a heavy price by adhering to the law. They should not receive any different treatment, period.
End of story.
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As I stated previously, they assumed risks consciously and deliberately.
That is untrue for 100s of 1000s of child migrants.
The fact that they are getting caught now and paying a hefty price for having tried to “game” the system is their problem, not ours.
It’s the the migrants’ problem and anyone else’s problem who chooses to make it so.
My Irish girlfriend and I paid a heavy price by adhering to the law. They should not receive any different treatment, period.
You reference your Irish girlfriend and her adherence to immigration law several times and imply that her situation is an appropriate universal template upon which every migrants’ personal history can be understood and/or measured against. The behavior of your Irish girlfriend is not, nor should it be, a foundation for US Immigration policy. The world is many times more complicated that you seem to acknowledge.
End of story.
The end of YOUR story. Others’ stories haven’t even begun yet.
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The stories that are being written and will be written in the future involve (1) the immigrants’ return to the native lands, or the lands of one or both parents, or to some other country that may grant them asylum; and (2) a stronger and healthier America.
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Here’s my solution to illegal immigration…..
The Federal government should begin vigorously enforcing the current laws throughout the country (vs just at the border) with a focus on tracking down recent arrivals. This would need to begin with a census identifying those here illegally.
Once it’s clear real enforcement has begun and we have some idea of the extent of the problem, offer those who haven’t committed crimes and who’ve been here for several years (families, jobs, etc.) a special one time permanent legal status – almost citizen – with two exclusions. One they can never obtain full citizenship (i.e. never can vote), and two they cannot bring in or sponsor others to immigrate (no relatives). Anyone who evaded the census and was discovered later would be deported immediately. This offer shouldn’t be available to recent arrivals and anyone with a criminal record.
This isn’t perfect by any stretch. While deporting a few million of the more recent illegals is possible, the great majority have been here too long and have families. They speak English and have absorbed the culture – deporting these latter isn’t feasible and would tear us (they have become ‘us’) apart. Letting them stay is the appropriate solution.
Real enforcement deporting many of the more recent law breakers would set an example for those contemplating coming and also prove to Americans in general that the Federal government has changed its ways and is now serious about enforcement going forward.
A permanent status short of citizenship would recognize that illegal entry cannot and should not be rewarded and also would frustrate the Hispanic Nazi types who have an agenda other than becoming Americans, and would reassure the majority of Americans (who support immigration, but oppose the illegal version) that our political processes will not continue to be distorted by the huge wave of mono-cultural immigrants.
Once the prospect of 15 or 20 mil new Democratic votes is simply taken off the table, both parties and the people can focus more towards what’s good for the country instead of who can appease the growing Hispanic vote with one bribe or another.
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Thank you for your thoughtful comments.
While what you suggest may be a step in the right direction, it still does not address what my Irish love and I went through, which is true to this day with respect to immigrants from a vast number of other countries too (e.g., New Zealand). They must go through an immigration process that takes time and costs lots of money (e.g., in lawyers’ fees), and there is no shortcut for them. If they fail to follow the rules and stay here illegally, they risk being deported and never allowed back into the country.
Everyone should face similar rules, or no one should. What you are suggesting would establish a dual system: one for Hispanics—whom I believe are wonderful people, by and large—and another for everyone else. This is not fair.
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Why is appeasing the white vote implicitly “good for the country” while “appeas[ing] the growing Hispanic vote” implicitly not “good for the country”?
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I do not believe we “appease” any one voting bloc over another.
Let me address Hispanics first, with whom I deal each and every day. They are some of the hardest working, most family-oriented, religiously-rich, wonderful groups in America.
Within one generation, they are totally assimilated into the American culture, and often lose their Spanish language skills in the process.
My first maternal ancestor arrived here in 1760 from Bristol, England. My first paternal ancestors arrived from Rottweil, Germany in 1849. They were a husband and wife who had 16 kids, and settled near Minneapolis.
By 1860, the husband was serving in the Minnesota Regiment of the Union Army. Other maternal ancestors served with the Confederacy. The same thing is true of Hispanics today.
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Once the illegal problem is solved, or seen to be well on its way to a solution, then the system resources now wasted on illegals and related issues would be diverted to handling a larger volume of legal immigrants more efficiently.
The only non PC aspect of my recommendation would be to include a macro formula that would restrict certain cultural groups while encouraging diversity so as to ensure those who do come assimilate as efficiently as possible. While I understand that many past groups (e.g. Italians, Germans, Irish) spent considerable time in their own neighborhoods on the way to full assimilation by later generations, the process can be accelerated by putting brakes on groups that for whatever reason are flooding the country. Currently, I would put an almost full stop on Mexicans and hispanics in general, and looking to the future, we might need to slow down the intake of Indians and Han Chinese. The populations of the latter two and their rapidly improving standards of living are hitting the sweet spot in which the pace of emigration is likely to increase beyond our capacity to absorb without significant and traumatizing cultural shifts to our American culture.
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Thank you for your additional comments.
First, with the economy getting far worse between now and the end of this decade, governmental resources will become scarcer, and few if any will be diverted to helping with legitimate immigration issues. Hence, if your recommended solutions were adopted, there would still be the dual system that I mentioned above, with gross inequities arising from one’s country of origin (e.g., Mexico versus every other country).
Second, with due respect, I am anti-PC regarding essentially all issues. Whatever is PC, I am against. 🙂
Third, there have been country quotas for years. This is not new. As I recall, about 40,000 Irish immigrants were permitted entry into the U.S. and Green Cards each year based on a lottery when my Irish love applied. As mentioned in my article above, on a whim, her sister applied and received a Green Card and came here to work, but my Irish love could not work because she did not have such a Green Card. Illegal immigrants ignore such “niceties” altogether, which I find repulsive. Either everyone complies, or no one should.
Lastly, these are thorny problems, and Congress—being a largely corrupt group that only “greases squeaky wheels” that translate into votes and/or money—is never likely to do what is fair, just and right.
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Many will celebrate “significant …. cultural shifts to our American culture” and not see these as in any “traumatizing”. That’s always been our history.
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Yes, I agree.
The United States is the world’s only true melting pot.
This will never change.
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I agree there’s a possibility of a dual system emerging which would target Mexicans, but hopefully if both increased enforcement were combined with sustained levels of legal immigration (including lower income from non Hispanic sources) the demands for the system condoning large numbers of illegals being brought in to provide cheap labor and or future votes would be removed.
And as I said upfront, my solution is to some extent not PC. I believe your fairness calibration is more liberal/leftist than you suspect. What’s “fair” IMO is what’s good for the US. Why do we have to be fair to Mexicans treating them the same as the Irish? or the Chinese? Or any other group? Part of my solution is specifically that from the point of the view of the country we should make decisions about how many from what sources to allow into the existing national pool. And given how close Mexico is, sharing a border and how many have already entered the country, there are sections of the country in which the Americanization process has weakened considerably. I’m not advocating any stopping of immigration, just adjusting the flow to the country’s advantage so as to maximize the numbers coming in while maintaining the Americanization process at peak efficiency. It’s is to our advantage economically to keep the flow going.
As far as the economy goes, the essential economy is strong. A modest shift in a few policies would get rapid growth going again quickly. One such policy would be a grand compromise on what to do with the current illegals and reform of the enforcement mechanisms.
The idea for the compromise arose from my own attempt to reconcile the fact I know illegals and my own reluctance to deport people I believe will make great citizens with the fact that rewarding the huge numbers of illegals now here with full citizenship will likely end badly for the country inviting huge numbers of additional illegals arriving. As those 15 million or so start voting, there would be simply no hope of ever getting control of the borders. So the compromise of allowing most to stay but granting them a limited form of nonvoting, non-sponsoring status that will enable them to stay and the country to avoid the hugely disruptive and damaging attempt to deport so many people. The limited status ensures their political impact is minimized and seems a modest punishment for coming here illegally – a punishment that I believe most conservatives could eventually accept as sufficient.
IMO deportation is not a viable option and will never be implemented.
Finally regarding fairness to Mexicans, one final point. You mentioned “gross inequities arising from one’s country of origin” targeting Mexicans as being unfair. It seems to me that restricting future immigration from Mexico would be more acceptable and fair, than right now targeting Mexicans living among us for immediate deportation or some form of aggressive attrition process to force them to leave by making the everyday life impossible. There is no doubt that because the great majority of illegals here are from Mexico that they would escape the feeling they were being unfairly single out.
A compromise with amnesty granting limited citizenship is a one time program. Hopefully, aggressive enforcement would have widespread support and remove future needs for granting second tier citizenship ever again.
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In-State Tuition For Illegal Immigrants Preserved By California Supreme Court
The Los Angeles Times is reporting:
See http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/11/undocumented-students.html; see also http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703326204575616984215381558.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird
Illegal immigrants from Mexico or any other country must be treated the same, and arrested and deported—or existing laws must be changed for all. In effect, we have a double standard: our immigration laws are not being applied and enforced against those who are in this country illegally from Mexico; whereas, we have stringent immigration laws for those who come from Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and all other countries.
The California Supreme Court decision is outrageous. No wonder so many Americans have little or no respect for lawyers and the judiciary. Also, it underscores why many Americans view California as “la la land,” and why Congress may be unreceptive when federal funding is needed to bail out California. The chickens will have come home to roost, in spades, and deservedly so.
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Those kids who were brought here as minors (as opposed to an adult who made the choice to break the law in order to gain access to greater job opportunities) should be given a permanent legal status short of citizenship that effectively allows them to take advantage of instate tuition (in this case) but would not allow them to ‘anchor baby’ 25 ‘family’ members into citizenship.
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California has a pattern of defying Federal law in connection with immigration – particularly the illegal sort. It’s revealing that when Arizona passes a law which basically mirrors Federal law [it] is immediately forced into Federal court, but when California refuses to enforce Federal law (e.g. sanctuary cities) not a finger is lifted.
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Indeed. And it’s worth noting that California’s economy is one of the more successful in the world.
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I agree with your statement. However, there are lots of factors which contribute to that reseult (e.g., weather, abundance of water and other natural resources, proximity to an ocean and the ability to trade with our Pacific Rim trading partners).
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Yeah, but the underlying point that I’m making is that having a huge proportion of the US’s illegal immigration population doesn’t appear to have damaged the economy of California.
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Thank you for your additional comments.
There is no question that damage has been done to the U.S. and California economies.
African-Americans are the last hired and first fired. They have remained at the bottom of the totem pole, while other minority groups have risen above them.
It has been estimated that more than a million African-Americans have been adversely affected.
See, e.g., http://www.wnd.com/2016/03/civil-rights-commish-blacks-hammered-by-illegal-immigration/ (“Civil-rights commish: Blacks hammered by illegal immigration”)
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There is no question that damage has been done to the U.S. and California economies.
Evidence? Studies of migration the world over shows a consistent pattern over the last 70 years or more of migrants stimulating host economies even when migrants arrive ill-educated and with no specialized job skills. This pattern is true both of within-country migration and between-country migration. A popular explanation for this phenomenon (though never demonstrated empirically), is that migrants as group are unrepresentative members of their cultures of origin and their very move sets them apart in term of initiative, drive, and creative problem-solving ability.
African-Americans are the last hired and first fired. They have remained at the bottom of the totem pole, while other minority groups have risen above them.
Some would argue that indigenous groups have fared worse than Af-Ams but, in any event, this is NOT a zero sum gain. That others’s socioeconomic status is higher than that of Af-Ams doesn’t mean wealth has been take from Af-Am’s by the success of others.
It has been estimated that more than a million African-Americans have been adversely affected.
See, e.g., http://www.wnd.com/2016/03/civil-rights-commish-blacks-hammered-by-illegal-immigration/ (“Civil-rights commish: Blacks hammered by illegal immigration”)
This approach that you cite here represents a classic “divide & conquer” or “divide & weaken” strategy by those currently privileged. If blacks can be persuaded to blame Mexican immigrants for the poverty of the former and Asian immigrants’ success has prevented Mexicans from advancing, then let’s just watch all these minority groups fighting among themselves (keep a wide open interpretation of Amendment II, distribute guns freely, and let them kill and wound each other and, while they’re busy fighting nobody’s looking at us so we might as well get on with the business of securing for ourselves a controlling stake in our corporate nation. That way, we can keep things just as they are …….
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U.S. Senate Blocks Bill For Illegal Immigrant Students, And Rightly So
The New York Times has reported:
See http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/us/politics/19immig.html
The proposed legislation would have rewarded illegality, and that is not the message to send, ever. As discussed in the article above, people from Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and many other countries wait patiently and work diligently to be admitted legally to the United States. It would be a mockery of their efforts to enact misguided legislation such as the so-called “Dream Act.” Lots of people have legitimate dreams and hopes of coming to America; and they should be rewarded if anyone is.
While it might seem harsh and cruel to some people, those illegals who filled the spectator galleries of the Senate should be arrested and deported. If our laws mean anything, they require nothing less. Those who seek to come here legally from Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and many other countries know and accept those risks.
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I’m sympathetic to the those young underage people (basically under 16) who were brought here by their parents. However, the Dream Act seems to be another monstrous size bill (deliberately?) that is described one way positively, but which contains much more than advertised – including much that likely could not survive a vote if done out in the open air and sun.
I haven’t read the act, but have read summaries that make it unacceptable. It basically is an amnesty bill for millions of people who entered illegally. Not only are the definitions loosely structured as to whom it would apply, but once one person in a family is tagged then effectively their whole family is set on a pathway to citizenship. In other words if parents accidentally or by design happened to bring over an underage child then they too will be getting amnesty. That covers a lot more people than advertised in the media.
We don’t need a 2,000 page bill to help those who were brought here. An acceptable bill should be narrowly defined, require significant proof, and apply only to the person brought over – not their families. Any pathway to citizenship and the right to sponsor other family members should be off the table – just legal status granted with citizenship barred permanently – should they decide to exercise this pathway to legal status.
The idea (floated in earlier amnesty bills) that paying over a few hundred or thousand dollars as a fine for illegally entering the country is a joke. At that price we will have tens of millions seeking to enter in the near future – how good are you at learning tonal-based languages?. The penalty has to be meaningful, nor should people who chose to enter illegally ever be able to influence the political direction in our system.
This is not racism, but a simple exercise of sovereignty.
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Thank you for your thoughtful comments as always.
I am not sympathetic at all to the young people who were brought to the United States illegally by their parents. They are illegals; and if our laws mean anything, they must be subjected to the full consequences of those laws. Otherwise, such laws are meaningless; and in effect, there would be no immigration laws at all, affecting anyone. We would have totally open borders, which of course is utter nonsense.
In my judgment, there should not be any amnesty bill for the millions of people who have entered the United States illegally. This is discussed fully in my article above. Next, parents do not “accidentally . . . bring over an underage child.” They do so intentionally; and they certainly do not deserve amnesty, period. They should be arrested and deported, and barred from ever entering the States again.
This is what would happen to immigrants from Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and many other countries. There must not be a double standard. Either the immigration laws apply to all, or they apply to none. Indeed, there are lots of Americans today who immigrated to the States at young ages from countries other than Mexico, and such legislation would constitute “nothing less than a slap on the face to all of us who came to the United States legally,” in the words of one of them. I agree completely.
Those people from other countries who try for years to enter the United States legally—and in some cases get in, while others never do so and finally give up—are the real “heroes” in the immigration process, if there are any. By definition, while it may seem cruel and harsh, the illegals are criminals and must be treated as such.
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Lastly, Mexico is growing more lawless with every day that passes. The human tragedies mount, as the following article underscores, in spades. It tells about a courageous mother, Marisela Escobedo Ortiz, who waged a two-year battle to bring her daughter’s killer to justice—a 17-year-old daughter who was burned and dismembered, and found in a rubbish bin in June of 2009.
The mother was shot to death—possibly by the same man suspected of murdering her teenager—in front of the governor’s office in the northern city of Chihuahua.
See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1339800/Marisela-Escobedo-lost-daughter-drugs-war-gunned-demanding-justice.html
Until the people of Mexico rise up and say enough is enough, and until Mexico’s government deals with such violence and moves strategically to put an end to it, the pressures on America’s borders will be enormous. One can certainly understand why illegals from Mexico may not want to return to their country. Also, the violence below the border has been spilling into the States more and more; and steps must be taken by both countries to stop this. It is in the best interests of all Americans to do so—including Hispanics who are here legally, and may become victims in their own communities.
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Los Angeles, Mexico
This is the title of an article at one of the Tea Party Web sites, which is worth reading because it reflects the beliefs—and yes, deep-seated prejudices—of lots of Americans. There is no question that illegal immigration has gotten out of hand, and our country is being changed by it.
See http://www.teapartynation.com/forum/topics/los-angeles-mexico
My views with respect to the article are as follows:
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The Immigration Fiat: Another Reason To Remove Obama From The Presidency
The Washington Post‘s Charles Krauthammer has a fine article about Obama’s lawlessness, which is worth reading—and it simply adds to the myriad of reasons cited above with respect to why Obama must be removed from the presidency at the earliest possible date. In his article entitled, “Obama’s amnesty-by-fiat: Naked lawlessness,” Krauthammer writes:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-obamas-amnesty-by-fiat–naked-lawlessness/2012/06/21/gJQAa5PltV_story.html
Obama and Napolitano must be removed from office immediately, along with Eric Holder!
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/barack-obama-is-a-lame-duck-president-who-will-not-be-reelected/#comment-2200 (“The ‘Fast And Furious’ Scandal Is Turning Into President Obama’s Watergate”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/ (“Illegal Immigration: The Solution Is Simple”)
What has been done by Obama could be done by a Republican administration; for example, in shutting down all abortion programs, practices and facilities, and arresting those involved—again, by presidential fiat.
If this was done, the cries for impeachment from the far-Left and its captive media would be reminiscent of Watergate; however, they are conspicuously silent now—or cheering Obama on—when he nullifies our laws and shreds the Constitution.
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The Death Of America?
In an important article entitled, “Democrats’ ideal voter: Illegal alien, convicted felon,” conservative Ann Coulter has written:
See http://www.humanevents.com/2012/07/18/ann-coulter-democrats-ideal-voter-illegal-alien-single-mother-convicted-felon/(emphasis added); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/ (“Illegal Immigration: The Solution Is Simple”)
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Mexico Reclaims California! [UPDATED]
In an article entitled, “California’s Hispanic population to outnumber whites by end of 2013,” the UK’s Daily Mail reported:
See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2265134/California-Hispanic-population-exceed-whites-end-2013.html (emphasis added)
California has a rich Hispanic heritage that is reflected in its beautiful Missions—which stretch from San Diego in the south, to the lovely town of Sonoma in the north—and in the names of its cities, towns and roads; in its wonderful Mexican food; and in the smiling, hard-working Hispanics who contribute so much to California’s culture and economy.
I seem to have loved them always; and perhaps the first one I met was the kind and gentle Alfredo Baños in my elementary school classroom in Los Angeles, many years ago.
See, e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_missions_in_California (“Spanish missions in California“); but see https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/
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Illegal Immigration: The Opiate Of America
Like the issue of legalizing marijuana and other so-called “recreational drugs,” which is utter nonsense, Barack Obama wants the following—in the words of the Washington Post‘s Charles Krauthammer:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-immigration–the-lesser-of-two-evils/2013/02/21/d20213cc-7c63-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html
The reason, again in the words of Krauthammer: “Democrats have little real interest in border enforcement. They see a rising Hispanic population as the key to a permanent Democratic majority.”
Conservative Ann Coulter adds:
See http://www.humanevents.com/2013/02/20/ann-coulter-hispanicked-gop-elite-theyll-respect-us-in-the-morning/
Once again, Democrats are “evil,” and Republicans are “Neanderthals.”
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ANN COULTER: IF THE GOP IS THIS STUPID, IT DESERVES TO DIE
Truer words were never written. Indeed, Coulter opines:
See http://www.humanevents.com/2013/06/12/coulter-if-the-gop-is-this-stupid-it-deserves-to-die/
As I have written: “Once again, Democrats are ‘evil,’ and Republicans are ‘Neanderthals.’”
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-2484 (see also the article above, as well as the other comments beneath it)
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The Republicans Are Neanderthals; The Democrats Are Evil But Shrewd
One of the many lessons that I learned while working in the U.S. Senate is that the Democrats are smart and shrewd, while the Republicans are often unsophisticated losers. Ann Coulter describes this phenomenon in her latest article:
See http://www.humanevents.com/2013/07/03/coulter-i-got-30-million-reasons/ (emphasis added)
Chris Christie is a Democrat, who must be driven from the GOP; and immigration “reform” must be killed in the U.S. House of Representatives. Otherwise, lots of us who are Independents will never vote for Republican candidates again.
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Immigration Reform Must Be Blocked Forever
Barack Obama and his Democrats want a permanent majority in voting nationally, and to make the United States into a one-party system of government—not dissimilar to Putin’s Russia.
Neither Obama nor his Democrats are altruists. Rather, they are using this issue to achieve political control, which would change America forever.
If the illegals become legal, all or most will vote for Democrats; and Obama and his Democrats will have a permanent majority in this country: a one-party system of government.
Immigration reform must be blocked forever because Obama and his Democrats will never allow reasonable reform, but will fight tenaciously to achieve their goals. The “Neanderthal” Republicans will give in at some point, because they have no cojones.
My article above sets forth the only fair and just solution. Anything else would constitute a cruel and tragic “joke.”
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America’s founders must be truly weeping . . .
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See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3042 (“Barack Obama’s Welfare Socialism Sparked The US Government Shutdown, Not The American Constitution”); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/america-a-rich-tapestry-of-life/ (“America: A Rich Tapestry Of Life”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/poverty-in-america/ (“Poverty In America”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-3131 (“Big Business Lobbies For Illegals!”)
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Big Business Lobbies For Illegals!
An article published by Bloomberg on October 25, 2013, stated:
See http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-25/evangelical-pastors-marriott-ceo-united-on-immigration.html
Also, it has been reported:
See http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/11/03/Fast-Food-Chains-Grease-Wheels-For-Immigration-Bill (“LOBBYISTS FOR RESTAURANT CHAINS GREASE WHEELS FOR IMMIGRATION BILL”)
This is “Obamacare II.” All of the businesses that are supporting so-called immigration “reform” must be boycotted.
It is just another way of changing America forever, and ending up with a one-party system of government, which of course is the goal of Obama and his Democrats!
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-3100 (“Immigration Reform Must Be Blocked Forever”)
It is argued by these misguided “Neanderthals” that the current system does not work, which of course is utter nonsense. It would work just fine if existing laws were enforced.
Indeed, make it emphatically illegal for employers to hire them and rigidly enforce such laws, and they would be headed back to their countries of origin “overnight.”
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Gallup: Only 3 Percent Of Americans Rank Immigration Reform As Top Priority
Breitbart has reported:
See http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/01/16/Gallup-Only-3-percent-of-Americans-think-immigration-reform-a-priority (emphasis added)
The Republicans are on a suicide mission.
This is “Obamacare II.” It is just another way of changing America forever, and ending up with a one-party system of government, which of course is the goal of Obama and his Democrats!
“Big Business” has been pushing the GOP for immigration “reform,” which is a travesty unto itself!
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-3100 (“Immigration Reform Must Be Blocked Forever“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-3131 (“Big Business Lobbies For Illegals!“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/the-rise-of-independents/#comment-3244 (“Record-High 42 Percent Of Americans Identify As Independents“) and http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/homeland-security-secretary-illegals-have-earned-right-be-citizens (“Homeland Security Secretary: Illegals Have ‘Earned Right to be Citizens’”—Johnson should be removed from office immediately. He is charged with enforcing our laws, not subverting them. Imagine the message he sends to illegals, terrorists and others!)
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Republicans Are Suicidal
As discussed above, clearly Republicans are suicidal with respect to the issue of so-called immigration “reform.”
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-3288 (“Gallup: Only 3 Percent Of Americans Rank Immigration Reform As Top Priority“) and http://www.gallup.com/poll/173306/one-six-say-immigration-important-problem.aspx (“One in Six Say Immigration Most Important U.S. Problem“)
Ann Coulter has added:
See http://www.humanevents.com/2014/01/29/gop-crafts-plan-to-wreck-country-lose-voters/; see also http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/9/editorial-the-childrens-hour/#ixzz34FktLx7J (“Children’s surge of illegal aliens is overwhelming the southwest border”—”This is a mass movement of immigrants that threatens to transform the nation“)
I began as a Democrat, and then switched and became a Republican. However, I have been an Independent for more than 20 years. I cannot remember when I voted last for a Democrat. If the GOP is responsible for so-called immigration “reform,” I will never vote for the party again.
Once, I was proud to be a Democrat. However, the party left me, by becoming too Liberal. I was proud to be a Republican too, which was my parents’ political party. However, it has become filled with too many “Neanderthals.”
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/the-rise-of-independents/ (“The Rise Of Independents”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/the-rise-of-independents/#comment-3244 (“Record-High 42 Percent Of Americans Identify As Independents”)
Also, American blacks should be very concerned about illegal immigrants, inter alia, because as each new group enters the country, blacks seem to end up at the bottom of the totem pole in terms of jobs and other opportunities.
See http://www.nationalreview.com/article/382338/black-americans-true-casualties-amnesty-j-delgado (“Black Americans: The True Casualties of Amnesty”) and http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/14/obama-slammed-worst-president-ever-black-chicagoan/ (“Obama slammed by black Chicago residents: ‘Worst president ever’”)
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More Than 14 Percent Of Non-Citizens Indicated They Were Registered To Vote
This is outrageous. Not only should they not be allowed to vote, but they should be deported to their host countries, and put at the end of the line of those who can enter this country!
The Washington Post has noted:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/10/24/could-non-citizens-decide-the-november-election/ (“Could non-citizens decide the November election?”) (emphasis added; chart omitted)
As I have written in the article above:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/ (“Illegal Immigration: The Solution Is Simple”)
By and large, Hispanics are wonderful, hard-working people, who are only trying to better themselves. Within about one generation, they are speaking English and embrace our culture.
However, there must be uniformity in our immigration laws . . . or recognize that we have no laws at all.
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Obama’s Amnesty Will Add As Many Foreign Workers As New Jobs Since 2009 [UPDATED]
The Daily Caller has reported:
See http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/20/obamas-amnesty-will-add-as-many-foreign-workers-as-new-jobs-since-2009/ (emphasis added); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-6306 (“More Than 14 Percent Of Non-Citizens Indicated They Were Registered To Vote”)
Barack Obama is hurting America’s blacks and Hispanics, but he does not care. Cynically, he considers them to be solid Democratic voters, just like America’s Jews, regardless of what he does to them.
Americans must never forget that Obama never set foot on the American mainland until he attended Occidental College in Los Angeles. Instead, he grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia. His views are out of touch with most Americans who were born and raised here.
He is a Narcissist, a demagogue, a liar and incompetent; and his reelection in 2012 merely elevated and reinforced these qualities in him. Indeed, he has come to believe that he is invincible, politically; and he has set about to change America, much like Richard Nixon did after his landslide reelection victory in 1972.
Obama’s anger and willingness to punish his enemies are on display, each and every day, like Nixon’s anger and willingness to punish his enemies.
If you have any doubts whatsoever about such anger, which has undergirded Obama’s life and still does, read (or reread) his book “Dreams from My Father.” It is all there, in his own words.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/; see also http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2556502 (Obama releases more Gitmo detainees) and http://dailycaller.com/2014/12/05/obama-deputies-free-30862-foreign-criminals/ (Obama Frees 30,862 Foreign Criminals) and http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/waiting-list-for-legal-immigrants-surges-to-4.4-million/article/2563279 (“While the [Obama] administration struggles to move forward with its plan to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants, the list of foreigners trying to get into the United States legally has surged to 4.4 million“) and http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/census-record-51-million-immigrants-in-8-years-will-account-for-82-of-u.s.-growth/article/2563463 (“Census: Record 51 million immigrants in 8 years, will account for 82% of U.S. growth”) and http://humanevents.com/2015/07/15/every-pro-immigration-claim-is-a-lie/ (“Every Pro-Immigration Claim is a Lie“)
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The Emerging Latino Divide In America [UPDATED]
Political pundit Dick Morris has written:
See http://www.dickmorris.com/emerging-latino-divide/ (emphasis added)
What many Americans who do not live in States with large Hispanic populations fail to realize is that they assimilate very quickly. After one generation, most are speaking English; and often to the chagrin of some family members, more and more do not speak Spanish anymore.
Also, unlike many American blacks, they do not participate in violent demonstrations and burn buildings, loot and kill innocents. And they are not seeking reparations almost 152 years after Emancipation either.
American blacks should be very concerned about illegal immigration, inter alia, because as each new group enters the country, blacks seem to end up at the bottom of the totem pole in terms of jobs and other opportunities.
See also http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/20/upshot/missing-black-men.html?abt=0002&abg=0&_r=0 (“1.5 Million Missing Black Men”)
By and large, Hispanics are wonderful, hard-working Americans, who are only trying to better themselves and embrace our culture.
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Personally, I’ve never sweeping generalizations -whether positive or negative- about groups of people from cultural backgrounds not one’s own to be particularly useful in understanding the world. Hispanics are no more “wonderful [or] hardworking” than they are the rapists that Trump wails about. Hispanics include saints and killers just like every other human group. The reference to “reparations” (and Hispanics not seeking these, while some Af-Am have sought same) is thoroughly gratuitous: Hispanics do not have a history of enslavement in the in the United States and since slavery would be the basis for any reparations, these are not analogous situations.
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The matter of “reparations” is a totally-bogus issue. Our Civil War ended in 1865, more than 140 years ago.
To the extent that any reparations were ever owed, they were discharged fully with welfare, ObamaCare, housing and other taxpayer-funded benefits.
End of story.
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Others’ stories don’t end when you state “end of story”.
Unless an independent, international body with no vested interest were to be set up to solve this problem, domestically, African-Americans are the only legitimate authority to determine when acceptable reparations have been made. Yes, the civil war ended in 1865. Every year that reparations are delayed represents, in our capitalist economy, a great debt owed – given the convention that interest is due on past due loans. We don’t really have a model for when loans are forcibly extracted from lenders so that issue and the amount of any fine for the forcible nature of the loan may best be determined by an international tribunal set up for such a purpose.
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Utter nonsense.
No international body will ever determine our future. Quite to the contrary, U.S. participation in and funding of the UN may be cut in the future.
An even bigger joke is that African-Americans would determine the nature and scope of their reparations. Before that happens, they will be taxed for (1) all welfare and related payments made since the Civil War, (2) the cost of police and other social services provided because of their “lawlessness” (e.g., in our inner cities), and (3) the list goes on and on.
Truly end of story.
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The Extraordinary Story Of Columba Bush [UPDATED]
The UK’s Daily Mail must be commended for an excellent article about Jeb Bush’s wife, Columba.
See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2918970/An-illegal-immigrant-warring-parents-bitter-rift-father-did-not-40-years-extraordinary-story-Columba-Bush-husband-bids-make-Hispanic-lady.html (“EXCLUSIVE: An illegal immigrant, warring parents and a bitter rift with the father she did not see for 40 years – the extraordinary story of Columba Bush as her husband bids to make her the first Hispanic first lady”); see also http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150808/us–gop_2016-george_p_bush-fcc00fdf15.html (“Can George P. make Jeb the 3rd Bush to win the White House?”)
The article presents both sides of difficult family relationships. They are present in Hispanic and Latino families today, who live in the States.
See, e.g., http://www.diffen.com/difference/Hispanic_vs_Latino (“Hispanic vs. Latino – Difference and Comparison”)
These are wonderful people, who have often gone through very trying times to get here and adjust. Yet the success stories abound.
I have nothing but praise, admiration and respect for them. I have seen them in a variety of contexts, having grown up in California.
They are the hardest of workers, even in the most menial of tasks. And they seem to have nonstop, wonderful smiles on their faces, which are infectious.
It would be an honor to have Columba Bush as our First Lady.
But see http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3456653/Jeb-Bush-decides-suspend-campaign-disappointing-showing-South-Carolina.html (“‘Tonight I’m going to sleep with the best friend I have’: Jeb Bush pays tribute to his wife after disastrous show in South Carolina forces him to bow out of Republican race despite raising $150MILLION”)
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Melania Trump MSNBC Interview [UPDATED]
She is smart and lovely; and she is correct with respect to immigration.
She came to the United States legally, and she followed the often difficult and arduous process. Lots of others have too, and they have waited patiently in line; and many have never been admitted. Tragic stories exist, such as those described in the article above.
Others ignore our laws and come here illegally; and they should be deported and go back to their native countries and get at the end of the line, and wait to come here legally—if at all.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/ (“Illegal Immigration: The Solution Is Simple“); see also http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ice-124-illegal-immigrants-freed-from-jail-later-charged-with-murder/article/2585720 (“ICE: 124 illegal immigrants released from jail later charged in 138 murder cases“)
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Remember Kate Steinle: 74 Percent of Californians Want to End Sanctuary Cities [UPDATED]
Breitbart has reported:
See http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/01/23/poll-74-percent-californians-want-end-sanctuary-cities/ (emphasis added); see also http://www.wsj.com/articles/miami-dade-mayor-orders-jails-to-comply-with-federal-immigration-plan-1485483566 (“Miami-Dade Mayor Orders Jails to Comply With Federal Immigration Plan“)
Remember Kate Steinle’s tragic death in San Francisco!
Cut off ALL federal funding to or related to San Francisco, and all other sanctuary cities. Gut them!
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Kathryn_Steinle (“Shooting of Kathryn Steinle“)
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Remember Kate Steinle: California’s Lawless Politicians Must Be Imprisoned [UPDATED]
18 U.S. Code § 2384 states explicitly with respect to a “Seditious conspiracy”:
See https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2384
CBS in San Francisco has reported:
See http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/01/27/california-could-cut-off-feds-in-response-to-trump-threats/#comment-678506 (“California Could Cut Off Feds In Response To Trump Threats“) (emphasis added)
California is lawless. It has been this way for decades.
Its politicians, officials and others (e.g., Willie Brown, Jr.)—including state and local judges—must be imprisoned if they defy federal laws.
No mercy should be shown to them.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-9562 (“Remember Kate Steinle: 74 Percent of Californians Want to End Sanctuary Cities“) and http://www.infowars.com/sanctuary-sheriff-faces-removal-from-office-for-aiding-criminal-illegals/ (“Sanctuary Sheriff Faces Removal From Office For Aiding Criminal Illegals“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/the-state-bar-of-california-is-lawless-and-a-travesty-and-should-be-abolished/ (“The State Bar Of California Is Lawless And A Travesty, And Should Be Abolished“) and https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-campaign-secede-gains-momentum-030236966.html (“California campaign to secede gains momentum“)
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Trump Immigration Order Restricted By Despicable U.S. Judges [UPDATED]
Reuters has reported:
See https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-immigration-order-restricted-more-u-judges-170527878.html (emphasis added); see also http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/trump-enlist-police-immigration/2017/01/29/id/770918/ (“Trump Wants to Enlist Local Police in Immigration Crackdown“) and http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/28/politics/donald-trump-immigration-detention-deportations-enforcement/ (“Trump’s executive orders dramatically expand power of immigration officers“) and https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-travel-ban-stirs-faint-corporate-outcry-beyond-070651422–sector.html (“Trump travel ban stirs faint corporate outcry beyond Silicon Valley“) and http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/border-ice-agents-cheer-trump-actions/article/2613278 (“Unions of Border Patrol, ICE agents cheer Trump actions“) and http://www.infowars.com/sanctuary-sheriff-faces-removal-from-office-for-aiding-criminal-illegals/ (“Sanctuary Sheriff Faces Removal From Office For Aiding Criminal Illegals“) and http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15E0BH?il=0 (“Trump’s heartland voters shrug off global uproar over immigration ban“) and http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/01/30/calif-to-consider-enacting-statewide-sanctuary/ (“Calif. To Consider Enacting Statewide Sanctuary“) and http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-trump-happy-phoenix-20170130-story.html (“Trump’s first week: For many in Arizona, it doesn’t get any better than this“) and https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/02/03/fight-over-trump-travel-ban-resumes-boston-court/bqLjtMUAV5A0Oy09ANxTmN/story.html (“Federal judge in Mass. won’t extend order halting Trump immigration ban“); but see http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/3/federal-judge-halts-trump-immigration-order/ (“Federal judge halts Trump’s immigration order“)
The fish rots from the head down. The worst of America’s legal profession become judges.
From top to bottom, America’s legal system is a travesty, unjust, corrupt, a disgrace, shameful and lawless.
It has been polluted the most by judges who are egotistical, callous, mean-spirited, power-hungry, self-righteous, condescending and, yes, incompetent and arrogant. They can smile at you, just as easily as they can “slit your throat” and never think twice about doing it.
Shakespeare’s famous quotation—“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers”—must have been written by the Bard in some light-hearted, clairvoyant moment with the dark and sinister characteristics of judges in mind.
See, e.g., http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/early-wins-against-trump-anti-terror-immigration-order-may-not-last-234348 (“Early wins against Trump immigration order may not last“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/justice-and-the-law-do-not-mix/ (“Justice And The Law Do Not Mix“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/the-american-legal-system-is-broken-can-it-be-fixed/ (“The American Legal System Is Broken: Can It Be Fixed?“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/the-united-states-department-of-injustice/ (“The United States Department of Injustice“); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-9591 (“Remember Kate Steinle: California’s Lawless Politicians Must Be Imprisoned“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-9562 (“Remember Kate Steinle: 74 Percent of Californians Want to End Sanctuary Cities“)
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Obama Raises His Ugly Head And Speaks Out Against Trump’s Refugee Ban [UPDATED]
Variety has reported:
See http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/obama-trump-refugee-ban-immigration-1201973345/ (emphasis added); see also http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/obama-fundamentally-disagrees-trump-ban-migrants/ (“Obama ‘fundamentally disagrees’ with Trump’s temporary ban on migrants“)
As a result of his failed policies in Syria and throughout the region—and elsewhere in the world—there has been a flood of refugees to Europe and globally. Included among these immigrants have been terrorists who have struck Europe, and produced chaos, violence and fear.
Yet, America’s only black racist president has the audacity to blame our new President Donald Trump for trying to protect the United States and the American people.
Shame.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/ (“Is Barack Obama A Racist?“); see also http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/30/blm-anti-trump-protest-in-seattle-we-need-to-start-killing-people/ (“[Black Lives Matter] BLM Anti-Trump Protest In Seattle: ‘We Need To Start Killing People’”)
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You are very naive if you think that Trump has any interests in protecting anything but his own narrow personal interests and depraved need for attention – he’d rather have people demonstrating in anger at his actions than simply be ignored, like a poorly-parented 11-year old. So, we can expect more and more unpopular actions just to feed his need for attention. Pathetic
As for security, are you aware that Americans in the U.S. are several thousand times more likely to die from a lightning strike than from any so-called “terrorist”. And the countries that produced the few terrorists who have come to American soil to attack us are still free to send their citizens here. Why? Trump’s business interests in those terrorist-producing nations would be threatened by including them in this blacklist.
The action he took to block the entry of people based on religion and citizenship was taken to try convince people of limited intelligence that he was being “tough on security”. It had nothing whatsoever to do with security. If he was interested in our security, he’d be better off spending a billion dollars of taxpayers’ money on research into preventing random strikes from lightning.
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Thank you, Felipe, for your comments.
First, the person seeking attention is our failed former black racist president, Barack Obama.
He still cannot admit that his policies in the Middle East and elsewhere have led to the massive immigration problems in Europe and around the world, which potentially threaten Americans and others.
He is delusional and in denial.
Second, if you have any doubts whatsoever that he is a black racist, please read his book “Dreams from My Father,” which sets forth his core racist beliefs that undergirded his failed presidency.
The book is shocking, and it has been summarized in the following article, with direct quotes and page cites.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/ (“Is Barack Obama A Racist?“)
Please read it for yourself. My guess is that you will be shocked too.
Third, President Trump has hired more Hispanics in his businesses than almost any other American. Since Obama’s career has been limited to government, he has not employed anyone, Hispanics or otherwise.
Fourth, it took only a few terrorists to launch 9/11. One terrorist in this country is one too many.
Lastly, from the tone of your comments, I assume you did not vote for President Trump, which is fine. The choice was yours.
However, vast numbers of Americans did. Indeed, the Democrats were decimated across this country in election after election, in state houses and local races.
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Cut Off All Federal Funding To Berkeley And Fire The U.C. President! [UPDATED]
Chaos has erupted again on the Berkeley campus, and nothing was done about it by the University of California administration, most notably Barack Obama’s Janet Napolitano who must be fired.
She should not have been hired by the Regents of the University of California in the first place; and she should be fired summarily now.
As Breitbart has reported— in an article by Aaron Klein that was subtitled, “Amid violent protests that prompted the cancellation on Wednesday of Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos’s speech at the University of California at Berkeley, it is important to recall that UC President Janet Napolitano – former secretary of Homeland Security under President Obama – has been a key player in providing sanctuary to illegal aliens”:
See http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/02/uc-berkley-president-janet-napolitano-played-key-role-providing-sanctuary-illegal-aliens/ (“UC President Janet Napolitano Played Key Role in Providing Sanctuary to Illegal Aliens“) (emphasis added); see also http://www.weeklystandard.com/appeals-court-denies-motion-to-stay-halt-of-trump-executive-order/article/ (The worst federal appellate court in the nation, the Ninth Circuit “Appeals Court Denies Motion Requesting “Immediate Stay” of Ruling Halting Trump Executive Order”) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Napolitano (“Janet Napolitano“)
This is outrageous, but typical of the far-Left that was rejected in elections across the country last November.
The time for talking has ended. Berkeley and Napolitano must be targeted and become examples.
Also, one must never forget that when Ronald Reagan was California’s Governor, he “cracked heads” on the Berkeley campus, rather than succumb to anarchy. This message needs to be sent again, this time indelibly.
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Trump Blasts Courts On Travel Ban [UPDATED]
Newsmax has reported:
See http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/US-Trump/2017/02/08/id/772558/ (“Trump to Police Chiefs: Even a ‘Bad High School Student’ Would Uphold Travel Ban“) (emphasis added)
President Trump is too kind when he says that our great nation’s judicial system as “so political.” It is a disgrace and lawless, populated by judges who should be removed summarily.
As I have written before:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-9594 (“Trump Immigration Order Restricted By Despicable U.S. Judges“)
President Trump has tweeted:
As importantly, we can never believe in our judiciary again.
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Mexicans Weigh The Daunting Prospect Of Deportee Camps
AP has reported:
See https://apnews.com/e5b367d3be2d404d9d22316047a6d735/Mexicans-weigh-the-daunting-prospect-of-deportee-camps (emphasis added); see also http://www.krgv.com/story/34564601/hidalgo-co-deputies-notice-less-activity-in-illegal-immigration-hot-spots (“Hidalgo Co. Deputies Notice Less Activity in Illegal Immigration Hot Spots“)
Those who entered the U.S. illegally assumed the risks involved. They knew of the possible consequences.
There is no protection for them, and none should be afforded.
When Kate Steinle was killed in San Francisco, it sent a torrent of revulsion through the American body politic, which is unlikely to ebb for perhaps a generation or more.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-9562 (“Remember Kate Steinle: 74 Percent of Californians Want to End Sanctuary Cities“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-9591 (“Remember Kate Steinle: California’s Lawless Politicians Must Be Imprisoned“)
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Those who entered the U.S. illegally assumed the risks involved. They knew of the possible consequences.
1. This is certainly not true of the 100s of 1,000s who migrated to the U.S. as young children.
There is no protection for them, and none should be afforded.
There is protection for them if we as a society choose to protect them. Some need and deserve protection; some don’t. But just because they entered the U.S. illegally doesn’t mean that they don’t need or deserve protection. In fact, how they entered the U.S. is irrelevant under international law if they apply for asylum and it remains irrelevant until their asylum application is adjudicated.
When Kate Steinle was killed in San Francisco, it sent a torrent of revulsion through the American body politic, which is unlikely to ebb for perhaps a generation or more.
If Kate Steinle is the unfortunate woman who was killed accidentally by a stray bullet at Fisherman’s Wharf several years ago the “torrent of revulsion” was a media-manufactured event. The immigration status of the man who picked up the gun an accidentally pulled the trigger which resulted in a randomly-directed bullet tragically killing a passer-by is of no consequence to this tragedy. What is of consequence is our casual attitude to firearms -this incident should have been a wake-up call but, predictably, wasn’t. The owner of the firearm (who was a federal agent trained in the use of firearms) was never held accountable for his irresponsible and reckless abandonment of his loaded weapon in a public place. Instead, a witchunt for illegal immigrants ensued. Go figure. America can’t look itself in the mirror and face up to our national pathology nicely and succinctly outlined by successive SCOTUS interpretations of Amenment II.
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A logical extension of what you advocate is to have open borders, or no borders at all.
I do not believe in this, at all.
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Open borders? No. That’s a policy issue that I wouldn’t support nor would many, I would think. The point here was simply that the trigger-puller’s immigration status was a complete irrelevancy to the facts of this case – it had no more bearing on the tragedy than if he’d been born and raised in Wyoming and the media suddenly began to demonize people from Wyoming.
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The Black Racist Barack Obama Defends His Lawlessness [UPDATED]
Newsmax has reported:
See http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-trump-immigration-move/2017/09/05/id/811767/ (“Obama: Trump Immigration Move ‘Cruel,’ Not ‘Required Legally'”) (emphasis added)
Barack Obama and Moochie are black racist scum, who have done more to damage the fabric of America than any other POTUS and FLOTUS in our great nation’s history.
If anyone has any doubts whatsoever that he is a racist, please read his book, “Dreams from My Father.” It is all there, in his own words, and they are shocking.
The two of them are the very worst of America, followed closely by Maxine Waters, Al Sharpton and Elijah Cummings.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/ (“Is Barack Obama A Racist?“)
America’s Leftist media ignores the fact that the Democrats gave us slavery and fought to preserve it.
Also, Barack Obama’s efforts to help illegal aliens actually hurts black Americans, who are often the last hired and first fired, and who keep getting pushed farther down America’s economic totem pole by the new arrivals from other countries.
Lots of us were Democrats once; however, like Ronald Reagan, we left the Party and will never go back.
The “Black Lives Matter” and Antifa groups spread violence and racism, and must be crushed.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESIDENT NAPOLITANO IS A DISGRACE, AND MUST BE FIRED [UPDATED]
Teresa Watanabe has written for the Los Angeles Times:
See http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-essential-education-updates-southern-uc-sues-the-trump-administration-for-1504896004-htmlstory.html (“UC sues the Trump administration for rescinding DACA protections for immigrant students“)
First, the UC system—of which many of us are graduates—should not be educating anyone who is in our great nation illegally, much less 4,000 of them.
Second, as Barack Obama admitted, what he did was illegal. Yet, the disgraceful Obama-shill Napolitano has double-downed on his illegality, and is seeking to perpetuate it.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-2203 (“The Immigration Fiat: Another Reason To Remove Obama From The Presidency”—”In his article entitled, ‘Obama’s amnesty-by-fiat: Naked lawlessness,’ [the Washington Post‘s Charles] Krauthammer writes: ‘With a single Homeland Security Department memo, the immigration laws no longer apply to 800,000 people. By what justification? Prosecutorial discretion, says Janet Napolitano”—”[B]y Obama’s own admission, it is naked lawlessness”—”What has been done by Obama could be done by a Republican administration; for example, in shutting down all abortion programs, practices and facilities, and arresting those involved—again, by presidential fiat”)
Third, there are reasons to believe that Napolitano is a bull dyke, who certainly should be fired summarily from the UC system for her lawlessness.
See, e.g., http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/geraldo-rivera-janet-napolitano-lesbian-rumors_n_1836793.html (“Geraldo Rivera Addresses Lesbian Rumors About Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Secretary“) and http://www.theblaze.com/news/2012/08/10/ready-janet-napolitano-run-homeland-security-routinely-humiliated-male-staffers-federal-discrimination-lawsuit-alleges/ (“Janet Napolitano-Run Homeland Security Routinely Humiliated Male Staffers, Federal Discrimination Lawsuit Alleges“) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2186507/Janet-Napolitano-favoured-woman-long-relationship-job.html (“Big Sis Janet Napolitano ‘promoted [a] woman with whom she had a long relationship’ while her female staff tormented male colleagues with ‘sexually charged games'”)
Fourth, unlike Ronald Reagan who put down violence in the UC system when he was California’s governor, Napolitano did nothing when despicable lawless and racist “Black Lives Matter” and Antifa thugs rioted on the Berkeley campus, and prevented the exercise of free speech by conservatives.
For this alone, Napolitano should have been fired. However, her latest actions with respect to illegal aliens are equally repugnant.
As stated previously, all federal funding to Berkeley and other UC campuses must cease until Napolitano and others of her ilk are gone from the UC system.
Nothing less will suffice.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-9619 (“Cut Off All Federal Funding To Berkeley And Fire The U.C. President!“)
Lastly, three University of California campuses—U.C., Santa Barbara, UCLA and Berkeley—have been named in the top twenty of America’s most dangerous universities. Santa Barbara and UCLA top the list.
Even though the study’s methodology and results may be challenged, this is merely an attempt to shoot or kill the messenger or the bearer of bad news, which occurred in antiquity. To address crime on the UC campuses requires concerted and able leadership, and none exists on the part of the Leftist Napolitano.
See https://insurify.com/insights/ivory-tower-incidents-americas-most-dangerous-universities/ (“Ivory Tower Incidents: America’s Most Dangerous Universities“)
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Partisan gridlock has done more damage to our nation than 11m illegal immigrants and selecting the Obama administration out for instituting DACA is yet one more example of the kind of puerile divisiveness that we don’t need any more of. Obama’s record of Executive orders is miniscule compared with many other Presidents from both parties so the “emperor”/”king” epithet is a shallow attack of no substance. As for an amnesty, Reagan granted 3m or so illegal immigrants a permanent amnesty and Presidents before him and since have done the same so granting temporary amnesty to 800,000 DACA folks is a minor chapter in the history of amnesty-by-executive-fiat. Presidents regularly pardon political allies convicted of serious crimes so why the attention on these 800,000 whose “serious crime” was to cross the border into the U.S. and fail to depart? Their having been granted temporary amnesty is not worthy of any special attention unless one is in the business of manufacturing entertaining drama for partisan purposes. Deporting these people makes no moral or economic sense -taxpayers have already invested in their education so why give away that investment to the countries of their birth against their will? One reason and one reason only: Political point-scoring.
We need to get on with addressing the serious problems facing our nation – not get bogged down in manufactured, faux drama whose only purpose seems to be to distract attention from paying attention to who is running away with the wealth of our nation.
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Thank you, Philip, for your comments.
First, I agree that partisan gridlock has done enormous damage to our great nation and to the American people.
As I wrote when this blog began:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/about/#comment-861 (“What Is This Blog All About?”)
The spirit of bipartisanship is largely gone; and politics on Capitol Hill today is vicious and not in the best interests of the American people. Fortunately, they are wise—certainly collectively—and they sense this, which is among the many reasons why Congress is held in such low esteem nationally.
Second, as stated in my article above, I do not believe there should be one illegal alien in our country, much less 11 million of them, or any number of them. My Irish friend and I followed the rules; these people did not.
Third, I respectfully disagree with your comment that “selecting the Obama administration out for instituting DACA is yet one more example of the kind of puerile divisiveness that we don’t need any more of.” Barack Obama was and is a black racist, who did more than any other American president to divide and polarize our country.
If you have any doubts whatsoever that he was and is a racist, please read his book, “Dreams from My Father,” which is summarized in the first article that began this blog. He is quoted extensively, and page cites are provided.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/ (“Is Barack Obama A Racist?”)
Fourth, for the reasons that I stated in my article about immigration, I do not believe that any form of amnesty should have been offered by any president. When I left Capitol Hill, I became an Independent, and have been one ever since, after having been a Democrat first and then a Republican. More and more Americans are rejecting both parties, and rightly so.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/the-rise-of-independents/#comment-3244 (“Record-High 42 Percent Of Americans Identify As Independents“)
Fifth, you have written:
Two wrongs do not make a right. It is just that simple.
Lastly, you wrote:
Again, I respectfully disagree. The greatest threat to the United States and the American people today, and the continued existence of our great nation and civilization, is the possibility of an EMP Attack that might kill all except 30 million of us. Thereafter, the nation would be highly vulnerable to secondary attacks by conventional forces or biological weapons.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/emp-attack-only-30-million-americans-survive/#comment-10694 (“North Korea Nuclear Test Furthers EMP Bomb”)
To further put an EMP Attack against the U.S. into perspective, please consider how South Florida is running out of food and gasoline as Hurricane Irma approaches and evacuations occur. After an EMP Attack, this blog, the Internet and our phones would cease to work; cars and other forms of transportation would stop, as integral electronics “die” and gasoline supplies are exhausted; food supplies would end within days; gangs would roam, looting and killing; and a complete breakdown of our society and country would occur.
All of this is discussed in my EMP Attack article and the extensive comments beneath it.
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SET SHERIFF JOE FREE FOREVER! [UPDATED]
Derek Hawkins has written in the Washington Post:
See https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/15/yes-joe-arpaio-got-pardoned-but-a-judge-isnt-convinced-she-should-toss-his-conviction/ (“Yes, Joe Arpaio got pardoned. But a judge isn’t convinced she should toss his conviction“) (emphasis added)
If there were any doubts about a president’s plenary pardon powers, the disgraceful pardon of Marc Rich by Bill Clinton, and others by Barack Obama, would not have seen the light of day.
See also http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100417_arpaio/judge-accepts-arpaio-pardon-vacates-conviction/ (“Judge accepts Arpaio pardon, vacates conviction”—”Bolton rules in favor of requests by Arpaio’s defense attorneys and Trump’s Justice Department to toss out the conviction after the president pardoned Arpaio in August”—”Bolton tossed out the conviction with prejudice, meaning Arpaio cannot again be tried for his actions in the case”)
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Record $135 billion A Year for illegal Immigration [UPDATED]
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner‘s “Washington Secrets” columnist, has written:
See http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/record-135-billion-a-year-for-illegal-immigration-average-8075-each-25000-in-ny/article/2635757 (“Record $135 billion a year for illegal immigration, average $8,075 each, $25,000 in NY“) (emphasis added); see also http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/12/two-dreamers-caught-smuggling-illegal-immigrants-u/ (“Two ‘Dreamers’ caught smuggling illegal immigrants into U.S.“)
Obviously, illegal immigrants come from lots of different locations in the Americas and around the world. As mentioned in my article above, my long-time Irish Love would have been one of them if we had chosen to violate the laws.
In all of my comments, I have not singled out Hispanics for criticism or ridicule. They are wonderful people, and I love them dearly; and each of my grandchildren is one-fourth Hispanic.
Growing up in California as I did, one comes to appreciate the too-numerous-to-count contributions that Hispanics have made to our culture.
However, unlike the EU, the United States does not have an “open borders” policy, and hopefully it never will.
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Adios, California! [UPDATED]
This is the title of an article written by Steve Baldwin for The American Spectator:
See https://spectator.org/adios-california/ (emphasis added); see also
https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/poverty-in-america/#comment-10868 (“America’s Left And The Ravages Of Poverty“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/16/americas-newest-civil-war-2017-and-beyond/#comment-10699 (“UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESIDENT NAPOLITANO IS A DISGRACE, AND MUST BE FIRED“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/the-state-bar-of-california-is-lawless-and-a-travesty-and-should-be-abolished/ (“The State Bar Of California Is Lawless And A Travesty, And Should Be Abolished”—”Under former California Governor Pete Wilson, for all intents and purposes, it was put out of business; and its uselessness was exposed for all to see, like the emperor in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes'”)
This is an excellent article, which should be read by anyone who cares about California and our great nation.
Some of us were born and raised in California, and will always love the State. And yes, we love our Hispanic brothers and sisters, and the heritage that their predecessors have bequeathed to all of us. Whether it is the food, or the Missions, or their respect for and support of organized religion (e.g., just visit a packed-to-capacity Catholic church in Oxnard any weekend), or their love of family, they have been a gift to California and the nation.
But illegal immigration hurts those at the bottom of the economic totem pole, such as blacks and Hispanics who are here already. They lose the chance to enter the work force, and fall farther down the economic ladder.
And the Democrats nationally have been hurt by California politics. Those Americans in the “Flyover States” elected Donald Trump; and there is reason to believe that he will be reelected in 2020.
The “face” of the Democrats in the U.S. today consists of the criminal Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, the demented Nancy Pelosi, Elizabeth Warren, black racists like Maxine Waters and Frederica Wilson, and others of their ilk. They will be a “dream ticket” to run against.
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Shakespeare Was Correct: Judges Are The Very Worst Of The Legal Profession [UPDATED]
As stated in my previous article:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/justice-and-the-law-do-not-mix/ (“Justice And The Law Do Not Mix“)
Cogan Schneier has reported for The Recorder:
See https://www.law.com/therecorder/sites/therecorder/2017/12/22/ninth-circuit-slaps-down-trumps-travel-ban-a-third-time/ (“Ninth Circuit Slaps Down Trump’s Travel Ban a Third Time“) (emphasis added; opinion omitted); see also https://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/833420 (“Trump Travel Ban Dealt Blow by San Francisco Appeals Court”—”A regional appeals court based in San Francisco, one of two panels reviewing the third version of the president’s travel ban, concluded Friday that it continues to illegally discriminate against travelers just as earlier executive orders did. The three-judge panel also ruled, however, that Trump can continue to bar or limit entry by people from the Mideast and North African nations if they don’t have a relationship with a U.S.-based person or institution”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-9619 (“Cut Off All Federal Funding To Berkeley And Fire The U.C. President!“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-11015 (“Adios, California!“)
California is lawless. And the Ninth Circuit is a disgrace, and has been for decades. It “personifies” lawlessness.
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Democrats Choose Illegals Over Americans!
Kristina Peterson, Natalie Andrews and Siobhan Hughes have written for the Wall Street Journal:
See https://www.wsj.com/articles/showdown-looms-as-senate-democrats-prepare-to-reject-spending-bill-1516364692 (“Deadline Passes, Triggering Shutdown; Senate Rejects Short-Term Spending Bill“) (emphasis added)
Democrats are putting illegals before U.S. citizens, especially America’s blacks. No surprise there!
The Democrats are against government shutdowns unless they are fighting for illegals to stay in this country.
And then they wonder why lots of us left their party years ago, and will NEVER vote for a Democrat again.
Screw the illegal “Dreamers,” every last one of them. They must be arrested and deported to the country of their parents’ origin, and get at the end of the line of those seeking to come here.
Otherwise, our laws are meaningless!
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DEMOCRATS HAVE LOST WHITE VOTERS
Whites made up more than 75 percent of the American population in 2008. This is a voting bloc that the Democrats cannot afford to lose.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Americans#Demographic_information (“White Americans: Demographic information“)
Yet, the 2016 election exit poll results shown above indicate that white Americans are deserting the Democrats’ party, which is born out by other polls as well.
See http://college.usatoday.com/2016/11/09/how-we-voted-by-age-education-race-and-sexual-orientation/
There are reasons to believe that this gap may widen, as the Democrats choose illegals over Americans, which hurts blacks and all other Americans who are here legally.
As I have written:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-11797 (“Democrats Choose Illegals Over Americans!“)
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Imprison California Sanctuary Officials
Victor Morton has written for the Washington Times:
See https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/18/los-alamitos-may-reject-california-sanctuary-law/ (“Orange County city may declare itself a sanctuary from California’s sanctuary law“); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-9562 (“Remember Kate Steinle: 74 Percent of Californians Want to End Sanctuary Cities“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-9591 (“Remember Kate Steinle: California’s Lawless Politicians Must Be Imprisoned“)
Federal officials must arrest, prosecute, convict and imprison all California officials (e.g., mayors, judges) who defy the federal government (e.g., ICE agents).
California’s lawlessness must not be allowed to stand.
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TRUMP AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WIN AGAIN [UPDATED]
AFP has reported:
See https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/migrant-caravan-abandons-plan-travel-us-border-doc-13p1ry3 (“Migrant caravan abandons plan to travel to US border“) (emphasis added); see also http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5576201/Caravan-migrants-confused-President-Trumps-angry-tweets.html (“Mexico hands out visas to Caravan as organizers say it will shut down in Mexico City“)
As stated in my article above:
Either our immigration laws matter, or they do not. If they matter, and presumably they do, they must be applied equally, to everyone.
Also, Mexico is a savage state today, run at least in part by the brutal cartels, which vie for power and kill without mercy.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/who-is-next-the-murder-of-a-young-american-and-the-harvesting-of-his-body-parts-in-mexico/ (“Who Is Next? The Murder Of A Young American And The Harvesting Of His Body Parts In Mexico“)
Lastly, do I care about the plight of migrants who are fleeing from oppression and violence? Of course I do, whether they be from Mexico or elsewhere in the Americas, or those from Syria and other war-ravaged areas of the Middle East.
Often, they are victimized by the “Coyotes” in the case of sexual and other predators who prey on them in Mexico, or those who do the same in the Middle East as people try to make their way to safety in Europe. And of course I care about those in Africa and elsewhere who have been kidnapped or otherwise brutalized by ruthless leaders and marauding gangs.
Among many others, it seems that I will never forget little Aylan And Galip Kurdi.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/01/global-chaos-and-helter-skelter/#comment-7653 (“Aylan And Galip Kurdi Will Be Remembered“)
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Melania Trump Makes Surprise Visit To Border Facilities
Kate Bennett has written for CNN:
See https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/politics/melania-trump-border-visit-immigration/index.html (emphasis added); see also https://www.newsmax.com/politics/obama-administration-separation-policy-zero-tolerance/2018/06/21/id/867509/ (“Obama Admin Also Separated Families at the Border“)
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Laura Bush Has Become Just Another Useful Idiot
David Catron has written for The American Spectator:
See https://spectator.org/illegal-immigration-internment-camps-and-useful-idiots/ (“Illegal Immigration, Internment Camps, and Useful Idiots”) (emphasis added)
Lots of us voted for George H.W. Bush and Laura’s husband, George W. Bush, because they seemed like the best of the alternatives. However, George W. Bush, Israel and its “neocon” surrogates brought us the Iraq War in which more than 5,000 Americans died and many more were maimed, and trillions of dollars were wasted, for nothing.
As the 2016 election cycle began, some of us even contemplated voting for Laura’s brother-in-law Jeb, but wisely we decided against it. Lovely Laura seems to have as much political sense as he has, which is Z-E-R-O.
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Supreme Court UPHOLDS Trump’s Travel Ban [UPDATED]
David Martosko has written for the UK’s Daily Mail:
See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5887713/Supreme-Court-UPHOLDS-Trumps-travel-ban-majority-Muslim-countries-5-4-ruling.html (“‘A tremendous victory for the Constitution!’ Trump hails 5-4 Supreme Court ruling UPHOLDING his travel ban on majority-Muslim countries as justices say that he DOES have power to block entry for ‘national security'”) (emphasis added); see also https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-965_h315.pdf (actual USSC decision in Trump v. Hawaii)
As indicated above:
How seemingly hypocritical of Justice Kennedy. His comments might have been directed at Barack Obama and other treasonous wrongdoers, including but not limited to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton; former Attorneys General Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch; Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and former Deputy AG Sally Yates; former FBI Directors Robert Mueller and James Comey; former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper; former CIA Director John Brennan; former National Security Advisor Susan Rice; former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe; and Senior Advisor to Obama, Valerie Jarrett.
Each has participated in the “deep-state cover-up,” or the combined efforts of Barack Obama and others to destroy the candidacy and the presidency of Donald Trump. Such a wholesale attack against our Constitution, presidency, democracy and republic is every bit as evil as a physical attack against our great nation by an enemy, such as 9/11 and Pearl Harbor.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2018/06/15/the-department-of-injustices-inspector-general-is-complicit-in-the-deep-state-cover-up/ (“The Department Of Injustice’s Inspector General Is Complicit In The Deep-State Cover-Up!“) and https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/27/anthony-kennedy-retiring-from-supreme-court.html (“Anthony Kennedy retiring from Supreme Court“) and https://www.thedailybeast.com/with-justice-kennedy-leaving-the-supreme-court-could-end-the-right-to-abortion-and-same-sex-marriage (“With Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Gone, Abortion and LGBT Rights Are Next“) and https://spectator.org/anthony-kennedy-reagans-worst-mistake/ (“Anthony Kennedy: Reagan’s Worst Mistake”—”[T]wo especially odious decisions stand out: The first was the June 1992 case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the latter being Pennsylvania’s governor, the late Bob Casey Sr., who represented something now near-extinct: a pro-life Democrat politician. Casey lost in a 6-3 vote that affirmed a constitutional right to abortion in all 50 states. . . . Tens of millions of unborn babies would continue to be legally aborted courtesy of that bucket of philosophical hogwash”—”[I]n Obergefell, rendered on June 26, 2015, Anthony Kennedy and four liberals took it upon themselves to legally redefine marriage from the bench and impose their judicial fiat upon all 50 states. In an unprecedented display of judicial conceit, Kennedy and comrades arrogated unto themselves the right to create their own definition of marriage — a right theretofore restricted to the laws of nature and nature’s God”) and https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/27/feds-distributing-grant-money-non-sanctuary-cities/ (“Feds to begin distributing grant money to non-sanctuary cities“) and http://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/394624-mark-penn-84-percent-support-turning-undocumented-immigrants-over-authorities (“Ex-Clinton aide: 84 percent of Americans support turning undocumented immigrants over to authorities“)
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WE LOVE KIDS!
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/human-trafficking/ (“Human Trafficking“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/problems-with-foreign-adoptions/ (“Problems With Foreign Adoptions“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/abortions-and-autos-kill-more-in-america-than-guns/ (“Abortions And Autos Kill More In America Than Guns“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/poverty-in-america/ (“Poverty In America“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/who-is-next-the-murder-of-a-young-american-and-the-harvesting-of-his-body-parts-in-mexico/ (“Who Is Next? The Murder Of A Young American And The Harvesting Of His Body Parts In Mexico“) (see also the comments beneath each of these articles)
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Stop The Advancing Horde Of Invading Foreign Immigrants, Using Every Means Known To Mankind [UPDATED]
Pat Buchanan—an adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, and a former GOP presidential aspirant himself—has written:
See http://buchanan.org/blog/caravan-puts-trump-legacy-on-the-line-130359 (“Caravan Puts Trump Legacy on the Line“) (emphasis added); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/a-34-trillion-swindle-the-shame-of-global-warming/#comment-14998 (“Should US-Saudi Alliance Be Saved?“) and https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/21/kirstjen-nielsen-warns-cartels-role-migrant-carava/ (“Homeland Security warns of cartels’ role in migrant caravan”—”[A]bout 2,000 people have barged into Mexico and vow to press on to the U.S., defying the will of the Mexican and American governments”—”The ease of entering is a selling point for the cartels, who control the drug and human smuggling routes into the U.S. and require payment of a ‘mafia fee’ just to cross the U.S.-Mexico boundary line. Court records show that fee typically runs from $1,000 to $2,000. That doesn’t include thousands of dollars in other fees that cover foot guides, drivers, stash houses and the rest of the illegal journey”)
All U.S. aid to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala must be terminated if they do not stop the caravans. And Mexico must understand fully that its new trade agreement will be in jeopardy too unless the tidal wave of illegals is stopped before they reach the American border.
And yes, if necessary, President Trump must use the U.S. military to secure and enforce our border.
See, e.g., https://www.wsj.com/articles/military-to-deploy-5-000-troops-to-southern-border-u-s-officials-say-1540820650 (“Military to Deploy 5,000 Troops to Southern Border“)
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT COP KILLER LUIS BRACAMONTES WANTS TO KILL MORE AMERICANS [UPDATED]
[President Donald Trump’s latest campaign ad, “DEMOCRATS LET HIM INTO OUR COUNTRY,” features illegal immigrant Luis Bracamontes who was convicted of killing police officers]
grabiennews has noted:
See https://news.grabien.com/story-trump-releases-closing-ad-promising-hard-line-border-stance (“TRUMP RELEASES ‘CLOSING’ AD PROMISING HARD LINE BORDER STANCE, SETS OFF MEDIA FIRESTORM“) (emphasis added)
The ad should be applauded because it tells the truth. Also, Americans should speak out uniformly against CNN’s resident racist Don Lemon, and seek his firing by the disgraced network.
See, e.g., https://thehill.com/homenews/media/414251-cnns-lemon-stands-white-men-are-biggest-terror-threat-to-us-comment-evidence (“CNN’s [Don] Lemon doubles down: ‘Evidence is overwhelming’ that white men are ‘biggest terror threat’”)
Next, both NBC and Facebook have pulled the Trump ad; and both should be boycotted—along with CNN, which has been boycotted for months if not years now.
See https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/nbcuniversal-trump-campaign-ad-sunday-night-football-1203019655/ (“NBCUniversal Pulls Controversial Trump Campaign Ad“) https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-runs-racist-ad-on-facebook-targeting-arizona-and-florida (“Facebook Pulls Racist Trump Ad“); see also https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/12/mexico-cracks-down-illegal-immigration-southern-bo/ (“Mexico cracks down on illegal entry at southern border: ‘Get in line and you can enter our country'”)
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The Lawless 9th Circuit Court Strikes Down Federal Law Against Encouraging Illegal Immigration
Sudhin Thanawala has written for the Washington Times and the Associated Press:
See https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/4/9th-circuit-court-strikes-down-federal-law-against/ (emphasis added)
The Ninth Circuit is one of America’s most lawless courts; and this judge—who was appointed by Bill Clinton—should be removed from the bench. He is advocating and promoting lawlessness.
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The Very Definition Of Insanity: NASA Puts Return To Moon In Crosshairs [UPDATED]
S.A. Miller has written in The Washington Times:
See https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/24/nasa-return-moon-gateway-space-station-2024/ (“NASA puts return to moon in crosshairs with ambitious timetable“) (emphasis added)
This is utter nonsense; and yes, insanity. Build the entire wall on our southern border, comparable to Israel’s wall, before one penny is spent on future space exploration!
Also, every single penny of the Democrats’ “sacred cows” (e.g., Planned Parenthood, Food Stamps, Tesla and all other electric car and “green” subsidies/tax benefits) must be zeroed out until the entire wall on our border with Mexico is finished and built up to at least the standards of the Israelis’ wall.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/the-president-and-first-lady/#comment-15495 (“Build The Wall, Mr. President!“) and https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/26/dhs-begs-help-orders-full-review-after-second-migr/ (“Overwhelmed border officials beg for help amid surge of sick migrants“)
Next, Mexico must be boycotted and all benefits flowing to it under the new trade agreement must cease until (1) it reimburses the United States and the American people for the cost of the entire wall; (2) it shuts down the flow of immigrants to America’s southern border; and (3) shuts down the activities of the cartels and narcotraffickers and slave traders and those who traffic in the human body parts of Americans and others.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/who-is-next-the-murder-of-a-young-american-and-the-harvesting-of-his-body-parts-in-mexico/ (“Who Is Next? The Murder Of A Young American And The Harvesting Of His Body Parts In Mexico“) (see also the comments beneath this article) and https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6534383/Heartbreaking-photo-shows-slain-cop-smiling-family-Christmas.html (“Heartbreaking last photo shows cop, 33, smiling next to his family on Christmas Day just HOURS before he was ‘shot dead by an illegal immigrant’ during a traffic stop, as Trump calls for action and manhunt continues“)
Nothing less will suffice.
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Mass Migration From America’s South, Not Climate Change, Is The Real Crisis Of The West: Declare An Emergency And Build The Wall [UPDATED]
Pat Buchanan—an adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, and a former GOP presidential aspirant himself—has written:
See http://buchanan.org/blog/memo-to-trump-declare-an-emergency-135677 (“Memo to Trump: Declare an Emergency“) (emphasis added); see also https://ntknetwork.com/former-obama-border-patrol-chief-trump-is-100-correct-the-wall-works/ (“Former Obama Border Patrol Chief: Trump Is 100% Correct, the Wall Works“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/a-34-trillion-swindle-the-shame-of-global-warming/ (“A $34 Trillion Swindle: The Shame Of Global Warming“) (see also the extensive comments beneath the article)
As my article above states, migrants should come here legally, or not at all.
The Democrats are on the wrong side of history. And yes, lots of us began as Democrats, but will never vote for one again.
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Break Ground, Not Promises
This is the title of an article written by political pitbull and lawyer Ann Coulter, which states:
See https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2019/01/23/break-ground-not-promises-n2539982 (emphasis added)
Sadly, and yes tragically, Ann is correct.
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America’s Destruction Is At Its Doorstep {UPDATED]
Pat Buchanan—an adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, and a former GOP presidential aspirant himself—has written:
See http://buchanan.org/blog/can-trump-stop-the-invasion-136630 (“Can Trump Stop the Invasion?“) (emphasis added)
Why not open America’s borders to everyone, and let the world vote in our elections?
See, e.g., https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/8/house-votes-favor-illegal-immigrant-voting/ (“[Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives] votes in favor of illegal immigrant voting”)
Why not allow the United States to be overrun and destroyed like the Roman Empire was—with decades if not centuries of the “Goths” destroying everything that Americans hold dear, and raping women, and defiling everything else?
The Goths were a nomadic Germanic people who fought against Roman rule, helping to bring about the downfall of the Roman Empire, which had controlled much of Europe for centuries.
See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths (“Goths“)
Why worry about a nation-ending EMP Attack, or China or Russia or any of our external enemies around the world, when our destruction is poised today at our southern border? The “Goths” are here for us now.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/emp-attack-only-30-million-americans-survive/ (“EMP Attack: Only 30 Million Americans Survive“) (see also the extensive comments beneath the article)
To the contrary, America’s radical Left and its soulmates—the Democrats and the FAKE NEWS of the Left’s media—must be destroyed.
And yes, lots of us began as Democrats, but will never vote for one again.
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/16/americas-newest-civil-war-2017-and-beyond/#comment-16231 (“Are We Moving Ever Closer To America’s Second Civil War?“)
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Finally, The Supreme Court Acts Against Illegal Immigrants [UPDATED]
Stephen Dinan has written for The Washington Times:
See https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/19/supreme-court-upholds-ice-detention-without-bail-s/ (“Supreme Court upholds ICE detention without bail for serious criminals“) (emphasis added); see also https://www.conservativereview.com/news/arent-deporting-illegal-aliens-already-deportation-orders/ (“Why aren’t we deporting illegal aliens who already have deportation orders?“)
The 9th Circuit is a disgrace, which has been true for years.
Also, all illegal migrants must be deported, and denied bail.
Lastly, it is time for the senile Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire from the Court, and for President Trump to appoint her replacement.
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/justice-and-the-law-do-not-mix/ (“Justice And The Law Do Not Mix“)
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Is Diversity A Root Cause Of Dual Loyalty?
This is the title of an article by Pat Buchanan—an adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, and a former GOP presidential aspirant himself—who has written:
See https://buchanan.org/blog/is-diversity-a-root-cause-of-dual-loyalty-136659 (emphasis added)
See https://buchanan.org/blog/who-spawned-the-christchurch-killer-136688 (“Who Spawned the Christchurch Killer?“)
Perhaps one of the greatest examples of dual loyalty in recent years involves “Israel Firsters” and “neo-cons” who propelled the United States into the Iraq War, and have sought to promote a war with Iran to serve Israel’s interests.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/ariel-sharon-is-missed/#comment-16306 (“Anti-Semitism Is Rife In America And Worldwide“)
Dual loyalties have existed throughout America’s history, inter alia, because it is a nation of immigrants who arrived here from other countries.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/america-a-rich-tapestry-of-life/ (“America: A Rich Tapestry Of Life“)
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Differences among a population work as long as the existing population doesn’t feel threatened. When we live in a neighborhood and practically overnight the signage on stores is in a language we don’t know, people are dressed and conduct themselves in a manner we’re unfamiliar with, then, people feel threatened; like the life they knew is slipping through their fingers. Used to be people came to America and embraced liberty, shedding many of their old affections attached to the old country/culture. Now, they cling to them, hold them up with pride and teach them to their children. Separate. Different. Unintegrated by choice. People don’t come here now for liberty. They come for economic opportunity.
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Thank you, Susan, for your thoughtful comments as always.
I grew up in Los Angeles, and understand its multi-faceted “cultures” fairly well.
What astounds me the most these days is how rapidly legal immigrants from Mexico assimilate. Growing up in Southern California, I came to love Mexican food; I was very aware of the Spanish/Mexican heritage of the region (e.g., the California Missions are exquisite; title to properties relate back to the Spanish land grants and rancheros); and I saw how hard the Mexicans worked, at multiple jobs (nights, days and weekends) to make ends meet.
Now, within about one generation, many if not most have lost their Spanish language, and are only speaking English. Having taken the beautiful Spanish language in college (and Latin in high school), I am saddened at the loss of their language.
But assimilation seems to be the norm in America, for most groups; and it is the “American way.” My heritage is German, British, Irish and Scots. My first British ancestor arrived from Bristol in 1760; my German ancestors (a husband and wife who had 16 kids) arrived from Rottweil near Stuttgart in 1849; and my Irish and Scot ancestors arrived in 1850, before Ellis Island existed as a landing destination.
My non-English-speaking male ancestor from Germany served with the Union Army in 1860, a mere 11 years after arriving; and I do not know when anyone in our family spoke German last.
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Flood The Democrats’ Sanctuaries With Illegal Immigrants? [UPDATED]
Starting with the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard—and the Hamptons—and moving on to each of the Democrats’ enclaves, electoral strongholds or so-called “sanctuaries,” why not dump illegal immigrants at each of them until all services are overwhelmed and crime becomes rampant and unbearable, and these “sanctuaries” collapse and become unlivable and uninhabitable?
And yes, lots of us began as Democrats, but will never vote for one again.
See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_city (“Sanctuary city“)
Richard Cowan has reported for Reuters:
See http://news.trust.org/item/20190412195230-wi9c5 (“Trump weighs sending ‘unlimited supply’ of immigrants to sanctuary cities“) (emphasis added); see also https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6924005/Trump-demands-Congress-returns-fix-immigration-laws.html (“Trump says illegal immigrants will be bussed to sanctuary cities“)
As fanciful as such a “flooding” (or dumping) proposal might seem, I wrote in the article above—which remains true to this day:
Shut down our border with Mexico completely—and all trade between the two countries, if necessary—to stop the entry of illegal immigrants once and for all.
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The Ninth Circuit Court Is A Total Disgrace And Lawless
Richard Gonzalez has written for NPR—which must not receive any more federal funding:
See https://www.npr.org/2019/04/18/714882333/federal-appeals-panel-upholds-california-sanctuary-state-law (“Federal Appeals Panel Upholds California ‘Sanctuary State’ Law“) (emphasis added); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/16/americas-newest-civil-war-2017-and-beyond/#comment-10529 (“Defund The Left’s PBS And NPR“)
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This is sad. We are in desperate need for the wall. Trump 2020.
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Yes, I agree completely, Sarah: in desperate need.
And yes too, Trump 2020. MAGA.
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The World Cries . . .
[Oscar Martinez and his daughter Angie]
There are few people in this world who would not be touched—with many being moved to tears—by this photo of Oscar Martinez and his daughter Angie who drowned in the Rio Grande River, trying to reach a better life in the United States. Their story is being repeated the world over, as refugees from the Middle East and elsewhere flee to Europe, America and other lands.
See https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7194489/Wife-mother-drowned-Salvadoran-migrants-returns-home.html (“Widow of migrant who drowned crossing the Rio Grande River along with their daughter returns home“)
While it may seem harsh, as stated in my article above and in the comments beneath it:
Among many others, it seems that I will never forget little Aylan And Galip Kurdi, just as I may never forget Oscar Martinez and his daughter Angie too.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/01/global-chaos-and-helter-skelter/#comment-7653 (“Aylan And Galip Kurdi Will Be Remembered“)
[Photograph taken by Nilufer Demir of Turkish police Sgt Mehmet Ciplak carrying the lifeless body of Aylan Kurdi on a beach near the Turkish resort of Bodrum]
. . .
Andrew Sullivan has written for the New York Magazine:
See http://nymag.com/intelligencer/_pages/cjxg9ymru007yl6y6zstts42l.html (“Democrats Are in a Bubble on Immigration“) (emphasis added)
It would seem that Sullivan is correct when he states that “the Democrats’ new position — everyone in the world can become an American if they walk over the border and never commit a crime — is political suicide.” This may be evident in the 2020 American elections.
It is estimated that there are between 22-30 million illegal immigrants in the United States today, according to Fox’s Lou Dobbs; and the Democrats have zero interest in deporting them, because they view the illegals as potential voters who will change the face of America forever.
And yes, lots of us began as Democrats, but will never vote for one again.
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See https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10074663/Mexican-cartel-fires-machine-gun-bullets-zipping-just-National-Guard.html (“Mexican cartel fires a MACHINE GUN across the border into the US with bullets zipping above a National Guard observation post as migrants flood in”)
Neither Brain Dead Joe nor Willie Brown’s ho Kamala will go near our southern border.
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Donald Trump Was And Is Correct
He’s the only American leader who has had the intelligence and guts to do what is right. And yes, please read or reread the article above, which was published exactly 13 years ago. It is as vital and accurate as it was when it was wriiten.
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