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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION (36 documents)
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 19)
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 18)
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 15)
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 8)
Illegal Immigration IS A CRIME! (weight: 7)
Fraudulent Lawyers Said to Prey on Illegal Immigrants - NYTimes.com (weight: 6)
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 5)
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 5)
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 5)
Illegal Immigrants (weight: 4)
Illegal Immigrants: Uncle Sam Wants You -- In These Times (weight: 4)
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 4)
CNN: Illegal Immigrants, Abortion, Constitution Arent Related to Health Care | NewsBusters.org (weight: 4)
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 4)
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 4)
Romney: Giuliani's NYC 'Sanctuary' for Illegal Immigrants - ABC News (weight: 4)
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 3)
Fewer Drugs, Illegal Immigrants Crossing Border (weight: 3)
Mortgage Prospects Dim for Illegal Immigrants - WSJ.com (weight: 3)
Illegal Immigration (weight: 2)
In hard times, illegal immigrants lose healthcare | csmonitor.com (weight: 2)
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 2)
Estimated number of Illegal Immigrants by state. Definition, graph and map. (weight: 2)
STATE OF EMERGENCY:: Illegal immigrants burden UMC - News - ReviewJournal.com (weight: 2)
Illegal Immigrants : Illegal Immigrants News and Photos - Courant.com (weight: 1)
ReportIllegals.com - Home (Report illegal aliens and illegal employers) (weight: 1)
CHC Presses Pelosi to Include Illegal Immigrants in Health Bill - Roll Call (weight: 1)
Debate heats up on healthcare for illegal immigrants -- latimes.com (weight: 1)
NH Teabagger on illegal immigrants: Send them home with a bullet in the head | Crooks and Liars (weight: 1)
The Bellows Should We Care for Illegal Immigrants? (weight: 1)
68% Say Those Who Employ Illegal Immigrants Should Be Punished - Rasmussen Reports™ (weight: 1)
Report: Most illegal immigrants' kids are U.S. citizens - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
Targeting illegal immigrants - Los Angeles Times (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies (weight: 1)
California counties cut healthcare to illegal immigrants - Los Angeles Times (weight: 1)
Saturday reading: Illegal immigrants - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com (weight: 1)
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 19)
Rather than face the reality of today's immigration crisis, the Senate has enacted a terrible bill that once again puts the interests of the American people last.
The bill's cost is staggering, the administrative burdens crushing and the consequences for the cohesion of the future American nation -- no longer bound by a common destiny of the rule of law -- are severe. Illegalimmigrants.org stridently opposes any compromise with the House on this irresponsible and arrogant bit of legislating. The American people have been demanding that their elected officials take action to limit illegal immigration first by securing our borders, then by addressing guest worker reform. Unfortunately, this bill reversed those priorities. Rewarding illegal immigrants with amnesty without taking adequate steps to secure our borders is the wrong way to address this problem.
America is a welcoming nation that was built by immigrants, but it is also a nation governed by the rule of law. Rewarding illegal immigrants with a clear path to citizenship and voting rights is unfair to the millions of individuals who immigrated to this country legally. This approach will also make the problem of illegal immigration worse, which is precisely what happened after Congress passed a similar law in 1986. It is impossible for Congress to accurately assess our need for guest workers before we have taken the steps necessary to secure our borders. It is important for Congress to understand that the public will not trust them on this issue until our borders are secure. Once they take that step, I believe the American people would support a compassionate and common sense plan for dealing with our need for guest workers and the 12 million illegal immigrants who are already here. It's hard to justify legislation that would reward millions of law-breakers, attract more illegal immigrants, and futher depress American workers' wages. The Senate bill may be good for other countries and foreign workers, but it's not good for America and American workers.
The American people expect Congress to secure our borders and stop the flood of illegal immigration, and House Republicans responded by passing a strong border security bill that re-establishes basic respect for our immigration laws.
Now that the Senate has passed a bill we can wipe our butts with, we owe it to the American people to seek common ground on responsible solutions, while always stressing our most important priority is to secure our borders and stop illegal immigration.
That, since taking office, the Bush administration and its appointees at the Department of Homeland Security have consistently sabotaged efforts to deal with illegal immigration: killing successful interior enforcement efforts, failing to meet promised Border Patrol hiring and funding objectives, turning a blind eye to Mexican government meddling in America?s internal affairs and, perhaps most spectacularly of all, reversing the Clinton administration?s already shamefully modest efforts to guarantee workplace enforcement.
Don't be fooled: Bush has no intention of cleaning up the mess at the border. I personally am sick and tired of this feckless President lying through his teeth to appease ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. That all of this has been done despite strong voter opposition to current immigration ?policy? and with complete disregard for its consequences for a whole array of pressing public issues: the threat to national security, rapid population growth and demographic transformation, downward pressure on native born wages, the burgeoning illegal alien crime wave, deteriorating public services and increasing tax-payer burden and, last but not least, the prospects of all this for social solidarity and national identity in the 21st-century.
By regularizing the status of the 10 to 20 million illegals presently residing in the country, the legislation presently before the Senate will simply serve as an incentive to yet more illegal immigration, sending a green light to a new wave of would-be border crossers at the same time it gives unscrupulous employers a new incentive to underbid the market.
The status quo is unacceptable, and illegal immigration NEEDS be the issue that decides the 2006 Congressional and 2008 Presidential Elections. However things go in coming weeks, this is a decisive moment for the country. Bush?s reckless support for amnesty has cost him but it is a price he?s willing to pay.
The recent immigration protests nationwide and in Houston have brought the issue to the forefront, provoking strong reactions from millions of Americans. The protesters' cause of open borders is not well served when they drape themselves in Mexican, Guatemalan and Honduras flags and chant vulgar slogans of "La Raza" and " Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan " in Spanish. If anything, their protests underscore the Balkanization of America caused by widespread illegal immigration.
The status quo is unacceptable, and illegal immigration NEEDS be the issue that decides the 2006 Congressional and 2008 Presidential Elections.
We're often reminded that America is a nation of immigrants, implying that we are coldhearted to restrict immigration in any way. That simply is not the case.
While cheap labor certainly benefits the economy as a whole, when calculating the true cost of illegal immigration we must include the cost of social services that many new immigrants consume - especially medical care.
Birthright citizenship sometimes confers the benefits of being American on people who do not truly embrace America. We need to allocate far more resources, both in terms of money and manpower, to securing our borders and coastlines here at home. This is the most critical task before us both in terms of immigration problems and the threat of foreign terrorists.
Until we secure our borders, terrorism, illegal immigration and the problems associated with it will only increase.
Ironically, there are absolutely NO pages dedicated to legally emigrating to the United States. President George W. Bush and Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy (among others) are aiding and abetting this effort. It should be painfully obvious to most all of us that our federal government has no intention of stopping or even reducing illegal immigration. It seems all too clear that we have a totally useless President and equally pitiful Congress that are willing to allow foreign lawbreakers to invade our country and live off taxpayer welfare with total impunity.
Vicente Fox has helped create an increased appetite for socialism (not that Mexico ever had a true understanding of freedom and republicanism), and the next Mexican leader is certain to finish the job. Fox has done more than turn his own country leftward. He has superintended over the biggest invasion of the United States in our country?s history. That?s right, invasion! A close, personal friendship with President George W. Bush has given Fox the opportunity to purposely allow (or even send) millions of criminals, thugs, anarchists, and potential terrorists (including Arabs) to swarm over our southern border in breathtaking numbers. (Nearly half of all illegal aliens currently living in the U.S. came here since Bush became president in 2000.) While Mexican President Fox encourages and even promotes massive illegal immigration to the United States, his own country?s Constitution in Chapter 3, Article 33, states, " The Executive of the Union has the exclusive right to expel from the national territory, immediately and without necessity of judicial proceedings, all foreigners whose stay it judges inconvenient.
We can either deal with the illegal immigration problem now as described above or we will certainly deal with open civil war in the very near future.
Calling an illegal immigrant an "undocumented worker" is like calling a burglar an uninvited house guest. The U. S. Department of Homeland Security and their " Secure Border Initiative " (SBI), which is a comprehensive multi-year plan to secure America's borders and reduce illegal immigration, is the largest smoke and mirror campaign the Federal Government has come up with since the 9-11 tragedy. Their only purported concern is the expedited removal of " other than Mexican " (OTM) illegal aliens to their home countries.
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 18)
Illegal immigration refers to immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. Illegal immigrants are also known as illegal aliens to differentiate them from legal aliens. In politics, the term may imply a larger set of social issues and time constraints with disputed consequences in areas such as economy, social welfare, education, health care, slavery, prostitution, legal protections, voting rights, public services, and human rights.
Illegal immigration may be prompted by the desire to escape civil war or repression in the country of origin.
One cause of illegal immigration can be poverty. This is the case in the United States, where illegal immigrants traditionally have entered the country in search of wages higher than those achievable in their home countries.
The chief cause of illegal immigration is considered to be economic. Illegal immigrants in the United States traditionally have been portrayed as seeking jobs and wages better than those available in their home countries.
Some people forced into sexual slavery face challenges of charges of illegal immigration.
Trafficking involves a process of using physical force, fraud, or deception to obtain and transport people. Types of notorious human smugglers include Snakehead gangs present in mainland China (especially in Fujian ) that smuggle laborers into Pacific Rim nations (making Chinatowns frequent centers of illegal immigration) and "coyotes," who smuggle illegal immigrants to the Southwestern United States and have been known to abuse or even kill their passengers. Sometimes immigrants are abandoned by their human traffickers if there are difficulties, often dying in the process. Others may be victims of intentional killing.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 concerning counter-terrorism, enacted in October 2001, requested of UN member states to restrict immigration laws. Whether a person is permitted to stay in a country legally may be decided by quotas or point systems or may be based on considerations such as family ties (marriage, elderly mother, etc.).
In 1985, the government passed a new Citizenship Act which clarified and attempted to enforce the 1958 Citizenship Act to control the flood of illegal immigration. Those individuals who could not provide proof of residency prior to 1958 were adjudged to be illegal immigrants.
The stated aim of the fence is to stop infiltration of terrorists, prevent smuggling, and to bring a close to illegal immigration from Bangladesh.
Illegal immigration of Cubans through Canc??n tripled from 2004 to 2006. In September 2007, Mexican President Calder??n harshly criticized the United States government for the crackdown on illegal immigrants, saying it has led to the persecution of immigrant workers without visas. ???I have said that Mexico does not stop at its border, that wherever there is a Mexican, there is Mexico,??? he said. In October 2008, Mexico tightened its immigration rules and agreed to deport Cubans using the country as an entry point to the U.S. It also criticized U.S. policy that generally allows Cubans who reach U.S. territory to stay.
Saudi Arabia has begun construction of a separation barrier between its territory and Yemen to prevent the unauthorized movement of people and goods into and out of the kingdom. In 2006 Saudi Arabia proposed plans for the construction of a security fence along the entire length of its 560-mile (900km) desert border with Iraq in a multimillion-pound project to secure the kingdom???s borders in order to improve internal security, control illegal immigration and bolster its defences against external threats.
The Iraq War is thought to have increased the flow of illegal immigration into Turkey, while the global parties directly involved in the conflict have been accused of extending a less-helping hand than Turkey itself to resolve the precarious situation of immigrants stranded in passage.
Between 12 and 20 million illegal immigrants are estimated to be living in the United States ; due to the nature of illegal immigration, the exact number is unknown.
Illegal immigration has been a longstanding issue in the United States, creating immense controversy.
Penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants range from $2,000-$10,000 and up to six months' imprisonment. Political groups like Americans for Legal Immigration PAC have been formed to fight what they perceive as the threat of illegal immigration by demanding that the U.S. enforce immigration laws and secure the borders.
Several counties throughout the United States have chosen to deputize police officers as immigration officials.
De La Torre, Miguel A., "Trails of Terror: Testimonies on the Current Immigration Debate," Orbis Books, 2009.
Lisa Maga??a, Straddling the Border: Immigration Policy and the INS (2003)j63-a12036-m12i-3620+3e.
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 15)
Some are asking how a Christian group can ethically support illegal immigration and the many legal violations often associated with it.
Sen. Charles Schumer, the lead Democrat steering immigration overhaul through the Senate makes controversial statements.
WASHINGTON, DC - As of July 2, 2007, State legislators introduced an unprecedented 1404 pieces of legislation to combat illegal immigration crisis.
The Immigration Reform Law Institute, representing communities, law enforcement and individuals harmed by illegal immigration.
WASHINGTON, DC, April 20, 2006 - Since 2003, more than 7500 arrests of alien child sex offenders. "Thank you for this information. This is the most important site we have ever come across. It effects our country like no other. This information must get into the hands of every Congressman and the President." If our government can't manage the current immigration laws, how do they think they will manage a much larger "comprehensive immigration reform?" John from Washington, DC.
"With illegal immigration slowed or stopped, there would be finances to help legal citizens." "I live and farm on the Texas - Mexico border and it's not unusual to see the trails of 7-15 people every couple of nights passing through our land.
" Every aspect of the current immigration bill, and of the arguments made for it, has fraud written all over it."
ImmigrationCounters.com provides the key numbers resulting from illegal immigration in the United States. Using the latest government and private sources, research and analysis trending data is factored at their individual rates of increase.
Topic related links are provided for you to become more informed about illegal immigration in America.
ImmigrationCounters.com supports legal immigration and respect for all humanity, yet highlights the significant weight of illegal immigration as a result of poor governmental controls and unscrupulous employers. Please share this site with your elected representatives, local officials and others.
ImmigrationCounters.com informs the public of the realities of illegal immigration and challenges the myths and misinformation surrounding this problem. It is a website that encourages the greatest respect for those who've immigrated to America legally. Having been left out of this debate, perhaps they're the real immigrants "in the shadows" and their voices must be heard, much more so than the noise of the illegal's. After decades of passively watching this problem grow, Americans are now more aware of the severity of this issue.
Our government has demonstrated a complete lack of urgency to control illegal immigration.
The problem of illegal immigration doesn't need anymore studies or debates, it needs leadership and enforcement. Since our government can't manage the existing immigration laws, are we confident they will be able to manage a much larger "comprehensive immigration reform?" Because our government has at all levels failed to control illegal immigration, legislators are now addressing the problems at their local levels with bills to manage it incrementally, piece-by-piece, rather than trying to fix the national crisis at once--an impossible task. What most Americans are now demanding is to secure our borders, enforce the existing laws equally with no sanctuary status, punish employers who violate the law, remove incentives by curbing social services and pressure Latin American leaders to create a stronger middle class for their people.
America must have immigration enforcement that reflects the nation's call to respect our laws in balance with the human side of illegal immigration. This must override the narrow interests of both the business lobby, our government agencies and the pro-big government officials who envision their expanding dependent class and source of votes. Recent language by Senator Reid, Senator Schumer and their peers reveal they're still out-of-touch with the realities of illegal immigration.
Because the Latin American leaders have failed to create a strong middle class, illegal immigration is now hurting the American working class while self-serving businesses and government agencies look the other way. The shortsighted business community harms their own long term interests and that of America by lowering their employment standards instead of raising them. We're seeing the results of those decisions already. This debate is if America is going to be a nation of laws and principles, or if the vanishing dollar will overrule all else. When laws and principles are broken on a scale this large, we now find ourselves with repercussions few could have ever imagined. This issue is about national security, jobs for citizens and legal immigrants, saving our communities from third-world standards and demanding what is best for America while preserving what has made it great, this being our laws and higher standards.
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 8)
Janet Napolitano, secretary of homeland security, with a "special response team" of immigration agents in San Diego.
Ms. Napolitano's visit to New York last week was accompanied by protests against federal policy on illegal immigration.
The administration recently undertook audits of employee paperwork at hundreds of businesses, expanded a program to verify worker immigration status that has been widely criticized as flawed, bolstered a program of cooperation between federal and local law enforcement agencies, and rejected proposals for legally binding rules governing conditions in immigration detention centers.
Under Ms. Napolitano, immigration authorities have backed away from the Bush administration's frequent mass factory roundups of illegal immigrant workers. Federal criminal prosecutions for immigration violations have actually increased this year, according to a study by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonpartisan group that analyzes government data.
In April, there were 9,037 immigration cases in the federal courts, an increase of 32 percent over April 2008, the group found. Ms. Napolitano said in the interview that she would not call off immigration raids entirely as some Hispanic lawmakers have suggested. "We will continue to enforce the law and to look for effective ways to do it," she said. "That's my job." Ms. Napolitano, who as governor of Arizona sparred with Republican legislators seeking tougher steps against illegal immigration, said she was looking for ways to make enforcement programs inherited from President George W. Bush less heavy-handed. She also wants to put the enforcement focus on illegal-immigrant gang members and convicts and on employers who routinely hire illegal immigrants so as to exploit them.
Immigration authorities have started audits of employees' hiring documents at more than 600 businesses nationwide.
Ms. Napolitano has expanded a program that runs immigration checks on every person booked into local jails in some cities. She recently announced the expansion of another program, known as 287(g) for the provision of the statute authorizing it, that allows for cooperation between federal immigration agents and state and local police agencies. In extending 287(g), federal officials also drew up a new agreement, which all of some 66 localities currently participating have been asked to sign, that is intended to enhance federal oversight and clarify the priority on deporting those immigrants who are criminal fugitives or are already behind bars.
Separately, the Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation of Mr. Arpaio's practices. The Obama administration has received support for its immigration position from a leading Democrat, Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, the chairman of the Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, who will be writing an immigration overhaul bill later this year. In preparation for what is likely to be a furious debate, Mr. Schumer has called on Democrats to show that they are serious about immigration enforcement and is even asking them to stop using the term "undocumented" to refer to immigrants who are here illegally.
Illegal Immigration IS A CRIME! (weight: 7)
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS NOT A VICTIMLESS CRIME Apologists for illegal immigration like to paint it as a victimless crime. In fact, illegal immigration causes substantial harm to American citizens and legal immigrants, particularly those in the most vulnerable sectors of our population--the poor, minorities, and children.
Illegal immigration causes an enormous drain on public funds. The seminal study of the costs of immigration by the National Academy of Sciences found that the taxes paid by immigrants do not cover the cost of services received by them.
Illegal immigration also contributes to the dramatic population growth overwhelming communities across America--crowding school classrooms, consuming already limited affordable housing, and straining precious natural resources like water, energy, and forestland.
BORDER PATROL: NECESSARY BUT NOT SUFFICIENT The Border Patrol plays a crucial role in combatting illegal immigration, but illegal immigration cannot be controlled solely at the border. About half of the illegal alien population is comprised of visa overstayers--people who entered the country legally, but became illegal aliens by their failure to leave the U.S. upon expiration of their visa.
Once entry occurs, there is little chance of detection and virtually no chance of deportation, except for convicted criminals. WHAT CAN WE DO? We need a comprehensive program to end illegal immigration; that means ensuring that people who enter illegally or overstay their lawful status will not be able to obtain employment, public assistance benefits, public education, public housing, or any other taxpayer-funded benefit without detection.
Controlling illegal immigration requires a balanced approach with a full range of enforcement improvements that go far beyond the border. These include many procedural reforms, beefed up investigation capacity, asylum reform, documents improvements, major improvements in INS detention and deportation procedures, limitations on judicial review, improved intelligence capacity, greatly improved state/federal cooperation, and added resources.
WHAT ABOUT THE COSTS? Effective control and management of the laws against illegal immigration require adequate resources. Those costs will be more than offset by savings to states, counties, communities, and school districts across the nation.
Fraudulent Lawyers Said to Prey on Illegal Immigrants - NYTimes.com (weight: 6)
For $2,800, Silvia Alfaro said, a well-known immigration lawyer in Salt Lake City promised that her husband would get a green card and her family a shot at their American dream. Ms. Alfaro, a United States citizen, said she told the lawyer, James Hector Alcala, that her husband, Leonel, had lived illegally in this country for 17 years and once was deported. Mr. Alcala promised to take care of everything, she recalled, and he said her husband was a good man. When, at the lawyer's urging, Mr. Alfaro showed up last April at a federal immigration office in Salt Lake City for an interview for a green card, he was immediately taken into custody.
"I am positive Alcala lied to me and stole from me." On July 28, federal law enforcement and immigration officials gathered in Salt Lake to announce the indictment of Mr. Alcala, 41, on charges that since 2005 he had orchestrated a huge immigration fraud operation out of his local law office. Among other things, they said, he promised American companies thousands of temporary work papers, known as H-2B visas, for employees who were living in this country illegally and therefore not eligible for the documents. At one point Mr. Alcala grew so brazen he used the names of professional Mexican soccer players to apply for the visas, said Jonathan Lines, who oversees investigations in Utah for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In 2000, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Justice Department arm that oversees immigration courts, began disciplining immigration lawyers who ran afoul of the law. It has suspended or expelled more than 300 such lawyers from practicing in immigration courts. That has not stopped predatory lawyers from exploiting illegal immigrants and the companies that hire them, most of whom are unfamiliar with the labyrinth of federal immigration laws.
A former president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Charles Kuck, who represents some of Mr. Alcala's old clients, says shadowy lawyers emerge any time Congress considers taking up an overhaul of immigration laws.
"There were a lot of people who were getting hurt, who were trying to do things legitimately, but Alcala never explained what would happen to them," said Lance Starr, an immigration lawyer who once worked for Mr. Alcala, but grew suspicious that the firm was breaking the law. "He was telling people, 'I can make you legal quickly and easily,' and for them, it was their only hope." Two years ago, the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center began a public service campaign in Creole and Spanish, warning people of immigration scams, including those perpetrated by lawyers. Recently, Ms. Little said she was made aware of widespread H-2B visa rackets in Florida. Other cases involving immigration lawyers accused of fraud have unfolded this year across the United States. Federal officials are still trying to untangle the cases stemming from Mr. Alcala's activities, which they say are complex as they are expansive.
Immigration officials are faced with figuring out how to deal with the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of illegal immigrants for whom Mr. Alcala got fraudulent documents, and evaluating which workers and companies were complicit. Other immigration lawyers in Utah may be perpetrating similar scams, Mr. Lines said. In the wake of the Alcala investigation, scores of illegal immigrants who had paid him for help inundated Salt Lake lawyers with phone calls, fearful that their chances for legal residency in the United States were ruined. A Salt Lake immigration lawyer, Aaron Tarin, said his office was dealing with about five cases per week involving Mr. Alcala's former clients. One client is Silvia Alfaro, whom Mr. Tarin now represents in her efforts to salvage her husband's case. "The biggest harm here is that immigration lawyers have traditionally been the only real bridge between immigrants coming to this country and the American dream," Mr. Tarin said. "This case undermines not only that trust, but the system as a whole." More Articles in U.S. » A version of this article appeared in print on August 15, 2009, on page A11 of the New York edition.
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 5)
Critics, however, insist banks should accept only verified documents that can be obtained by U.S. citizens and legal residents. William Gheen, head of Raleigh-based Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, earlier this year launched a boycott against Bank of America over its credit card program." It's against federal law to induce an illegal alien to enter the U.S. and aid and abet them staying in the country," he said.
The first question that we should ask is, Who is the owner of this land?, just because our ancestors kill a lot of Native Americans in the past means that we are the right owners of North America?, How many wrongs make a right? I'm sure that you have read some of the history of this country right? It was funded on the basis of genocide and broken "treaties", have you asked a Native American how does he like living in a "reservation"?,the immigration issue is an economy issue, the solution for the immigration problem is to improve the economy of the countries where the people came from, starting with win-win trade treaties between developed countries and third world coutries, one more thing, did you know that in Mexico is not allowed to alliens to buy land? and as a curious thing you go to Baja, Puerto Vallarta,Acapulco, Can-Cun, Ajijic, and other Mexican paradises and many of the best houses are in the hands of U.S.,Canadians,British and German retired people, how is this posible?,the same applies to the most fertile land in Mexico,El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, etc. this land is in the hands of the United Fruit Co. Dole Co, Chiquita Co, etc. Star asking the hard questions to commerce organizations before approve any law in international commerce, while the huge disparities continues the immigration issue will never stop and immigrants will find ways to buy a property.
I think that the immigration issue must be overlooked! It's awfull that the government and many others talk so down and bad on how bad illegal immigrants are for the economy. You know what if all the illegal immigrants must leave this nation everysingle person should leave as well. If we are going to talk about being fare; she shall return this entire country to the remaining indians who are the true legal citizens of America.
Look Americans or whatever you call yourselves, I dont really understand you. These Illigal immigrates are the onces who does the donkey jobs for you and at the end of the day you pay them peanuts and then immigration people throw them in jail cos they dont have some motherfucking papers. To hell with their soo called papers.
Without the illigal immigrates you Americans are nobody. Take them as they are, in their countries they are somebodies. Its just because they come to America to make ends meet and the Immigration people put them in jail and treat them like criminals.
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 5)
"My blood ran cold," Arreola said in Spanish. "We went to the back door, but they were waiting for us. There was a bus already there, and they put us on it." As he was being taken to an immigration detention center, Arreola said he thought of his wife and the five children they have had while living here and who are U.S. citizens by birth. "I would have been there and they would have been here," he said.
The Bellingham raid was the first of its kind to take place during the Obama administration. During the presidential campaign, then-candidate Obama's criticism of government immigration policies that split up families had given some people in immigrant communities hope that the raids would end if he were elected.
Napolitano's comments turned the heat up on the already boiling debate over how immigration policies should be reformed.
Rosalinda Guillen said people in the pro-immigrant rights community were heartened by the fact that shortly after Napolitano ordered a review of the Bellingham case the immigrant workers who were still in immigration detention were released.
Several days after the workers' release, ICE agents again searched Yamato Engine Specialists. The company did not respond to repeated CNN requests for comment, but a statement posted on its Web site reads: "It has been and continues to be Yamato's policy to hire people only if they meet the legal requirements for employment." Several of the workers who were arrested said immigration agents have asked if they suffered any abuse while working for Yamato. Gerardo Arreola Gonzalez said the company did not mistreat him during the months he worked there soldering car engines.
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 5)
Asked by CBS News' Katie Couric in an exclusive interview whether illegal immigrants should be covered under a new health care plan, President Obama responded simply, "no." He said there may need to be an exception to that policy for children. "First of all, I'd like to create a situation where we're dealing with illegal immigration, so that we don't have illegal immigrants," he said.
I want a comprehensive immigration plan that creates a pathway to achieve that." "The one exception that I think has to be discussed is how are we treating children," he continued.
I was just stating that our Border Immigration problems have become completely Horrendous must be solved for ALL concerned.
About the time the Feds started calling us all racists, thugs and vigilantes, it became a passion as the standing Immigration Law was simply ignored, and the Border Patrol was de-funded with the obvious effect of throwing the borders open. There are not 12 million illegal aliens in this country as the Immigration Service Big Wigs suggest, but lets use that number anyway.
I want a comprehensive immigration plan that creates a pathway to achieve that."
Illegal Immigrants (weight: 4)
In addition to the language and cultural barriers that sometimes exist, immigrants face the risk of immigration raids, which have been increasing across the nation.
Immigration officials have also conducted raids at workplaces suspected of employing illegal immigrants. The priority of the ICE fugitive operation teams is to go after criminals and fugitives, but they often encounter other illegal immigrants in the process. In these situations the ICE agents enforce immigration law. As a result many immigrants who may not have been the original target end up being detained because they fall under the classification of immigration violators.
Submit your questions online or schedule a phone consultation with a licensed U.S. immigration lawyer.
The U.S. Immigration DVD is a 4 ?? hour long professional designed immigration video. It provides a comprehensive overview of the United States immigration system.
Illegal Immigrants: Uncle Sam Wants You -- In These Times (weight: 4)
The Department of Defense's casualty database ( http://icasualties.org ) doesn't publicly break down the dead and injured by ethnic group, but a tally of Latino surnames found that between January 10 when the surge began and July 1, 20 percent of the 174 young people (aged 18-21) who died were likely to have been Latino (the military does not keep public data on the race or ethnicity of casualties). With the intensification of DEP recruiting efforts in largely Latino high schools since the invasion began, this is no surprise. How many of these young Latino recruits are illegal immigrants? "Nobody knows," says Flavia Jimenez, an immigration policy analyst at the National Council of La Raza.
Yeah, sending off a few thousand Mexicans to war will solve all our immigration problems! Sure it will.
If we stay in the conflict for a few thousand years, maybe it can solve the immigration problem.
It is not very hard to mislead the concepts of the American people, one example of that is how much we hear about immigrants from Hispanic south of the border countries but the media rarely addresses the illegal immigration from Canadians, German and Irish undocumented immigrants that flood the upper part of the country. Another case of manipulation of information took place in June 28, 2007 when a bill for immigration reform was not passed because the phone system on Capitol Hill ?crashed? with all the calls they were receiving to opposed an immigration reform bill.
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 4)
About 6 miles away in Copado, a 37-year-old man who recently returned to Guatemala from the United States told a similar story, describing long days tending Romney's 2 1/2-acre grounds. "They wanted that house to look really nice," said the worker, who asked to remain anonymous. "It took a long time." As Governor Mitt Romney explores a presidential bid, he has grown outspoken in his criticism of illegal immigration. For a decade, the governor has used a landscaping company that relies heavily on workers like these, illegal Guatemalan immigrants, to maintain the grounds surrounding his pink Colonial house on Marsh Street in Belmont.
The workers who had landscaped Romney's property seemed unaware of the governor's support for stricter controls on illegal immigration. Several described casual encounters with Romney over the years and said he had never expressed any curiosity about their status. Rosales recalled Romney sometimes waving as they tended to the grounds, which include a tennis court and swimming pool.
Romney occasionally called out, "buenos dias," drawing good-natured laughter from the workers. Ann Romney was friendly, Rosales said, and he said she brought them water on one particularly hot day. Romney has been critical of illegal immigration as he touts himself to Republican primary voters as a conservative alternative to Senator John McCain, who has teamed up with Senator Edward M. Kennedy to push for a middle ground approach on the issue.
Romney supports construction of a new 700-mile fence along the country's border with Mexico and stationing National Guard troops at the border until it is finished. He also said that employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants should be penalized. After the Globe's story in June about contractors on public projects using illegal immigrants, the governor announced he would seek an agreement with federal immigration authorities to allow Massachusetts State Police to arrest illegal immigrants for being in this country illegally. In September, on Fox TV's "The O'Reilly Factor," Romney said the border must be secured and restated his support for the fence along the Mexican border, prompting host Bill O'Reilly to dub it "the Mitt Romney Memorial wall."
CNN: Illegal Immigrants, Abortion, Constitution Arent Related to Health Care | NewsBusters.org (weight: 4)
During a segment on Tuesday???s Newsroom program, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez and correspondent Ali Velshi bizarrely agreed that the issues of illegal immigration and abortion, as well as the constitutionality of the ObamaCare proposal, had little to do the health care debate, after citizens raised those issues at a health care town hall with Senator Arlen Specter. Sanchez led the 3 pm Eastern hour of the CNN program with his questioning of the relevance of the abortion and Constitution issues to the health care debate, interspersed with clips from the Specter town hall: ???A town hall meeting to discuss health care reform.
The Bamster said yesterday that he wanted an immigration bill to sign before the end of the year. If he is confident that he can get an amnesty through, then the debate over whether illegal aliens are covered in the Obamacare bill doesn't matter.
If an extended family of Mexicans drops one in the USA, the whole family is thereby legally entitled to Obamacare. This is an extension of the anchor baby problem that greatly complicates the immigration debate.
When 75% plus of the births at Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas in January 2007 are Hispanic, illegal immigration IS an issue in health care. When Obamacare picks up the tab for abortions, it's a health care issue. It could go on and on endlessly.
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 4)
Frustrated with Congress's inability to pass an immigration overhaul bill, state legislatures are considering or enacting a record number of strongly worded proposals targeting illegal immigrants.
By the time most legislatures adjourned in May, at least 1,100 immigration bills had been submitted by lawmakers, more than double last year's record total, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. This year's total is expected to grow as the issue continues to dominate debate in statehouses still in session. These laws limit illegal immigrants' ability to obtain jobs, find housing, get driver's licenses and receive many government services. They also empower state law enforcement agencies to inquire into an immigrant's legal status and hold for deportation those deemed to be here illegally. The idea is to make life so difficult for illegal immigrants that they will leave the state -- if not the country. "Illegal immigrants will not come to Oklahoma if there are no jobs waiting for them," said state Rep. Randy Terrill (R), who wrote his state's law, one of the most sweeping in the country. "They will not stay here if there are no government subsidies, and they certainly will not stay here if they know that if they come in contact with one of our officers, they will be physically detained until they are deported." At least 18 states have enacted laws concerning illegal immigrants.
In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has yet to introduce immigration legislation. Her point person on the issue, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), chairman of the Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, continues to hold hearings in the hope of putting together a bill.
In many states, the GOP has taken a strong stance against illegal immigration, while several state Democratic Party officials declined to discuss the issue.
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 4)
On the other side were the idealists, who say lawbreakers shouldn't be rewarded, and that doing so would only encourage more illegal immigration. Although Democratic majority leader Harry Reid withdrew the bill, he left open the possibility that the Senate could reconsider it later in the year.
By cracking down on illegal immigration, the legislation could constrict the future supply of workers in industries like agriculture, construction and restaurants and hotels, especially in the fast-growing Sun Belt. By moving to an evaluation formula for visas that weighs skills more heavily than family ties, it could provide more workers for such booming sectors as high tech and biotechnology. Some high-tech companies have decried the bill for not providing enough annual visas for skilled workers: It would have capped the number at 200,000 a year.
My appologies for the absense of a spell checker. The illegal immigration issue is overrated and used to gain votes and popularity in the coming elections, but it is not the "big bad wolf" they paint it to be. Some don't like the fact that immigrants don't pay taxes, but would the money they are being paid be collected anyway? I think not, as it is probably unreported income to begin with. Others claim they take away jobs and some have claimed a person making 60K to 100K a year was or would be replaced by someone willing to work for 15K a year. Now seriously, what business owner, manager or decision maker would risk his or her business with such a dumb decision? Let's be realistic. If someone is being paid 60K or 100K a year, the least one can assume is the knowledge of English, education and/or experience and that this person brings added value to a company. The reality is that most of these illegal immigrants take jobs that nobody wants, and while we might be paying for their children's education and medical services, we are in fact making an investment in the future, as most of these children will become productive and responsible citizens when they grow up.
American dollars comprise a staggering part of the Mexican economy. This is not a statement against immigration.it's against ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION! The distinguished writers set out a balanced perspective but the enormity of the consequences of this immigration bill are not fully laid out and that is what we all are going to have to live with for generations to come. As we go on and on about who has the rights to work and live here in the United States, we need to remind ourselves: What if the Native Americans rejected the early settlers who came here by the boat loads? There was no such thing as a visa or green card. as a Native American and a member of the Cheerokee Nation. All enter this country illegally; my forefathers had no say whatsoever.
Romney: Giuliani's NYC 'Sanctuary' for Illegal Immigrants - ABC News (weight: 4)
In one of the strongest conflicts yet between Republican presidential front-runners, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney attacked rival Rudy Giuliani Wednesday, implying that Giuliani supported illegal immigration when he was mayor of New York.
The Giuliani campaign issued a statement rejecting the charge. Campaign communications director Katie Levinson said, "I am not even sure we should weigh in on this, given Mitt Romney may change his mind later today about it. Mitt Romney is as wrong about Mayor Giuliani's position on illegal immigration as he was when he last mischaracterized the mayor's record and later had to apologize.
At a June 1994 press conference, Giuliani decried anti-illegal immigration policies as unfair and hostile. "Some of the hardest-working and most productive people in this city are undocumented aliens," Giuliani said at the time. "If you come here and you work hard and you happen to be in an undocumented status, you're one of the people who we want in this city.
Cracking down on illegal immigration is a compelling issue for conservative Republicans.
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 3)
Obama's Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, has even bizarrely claimed that illegal immigration, itself, is "not a crime" and that the "real evildoers" are "employers who. hire illegal labor." Napolitano is wrong on both counts. U.S. immigration law states that any alien who enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under Title 18 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. As for "evil" Americans who employ these criminals, the problem which Napolitano neatly sidesteps is that the vast majority of illegal aliens also compound their disregard of U.S. immigration law by using fake documents that are often difficult, if not impossible, for employers to spot without help from the federal government. Illegal aliens routinely use phony birth certificates, Social Security cards and other documentation that victimize Americans -- many of them newborns and young children.
Any real immigration reform must first recognize the immense harm illegal aliens have caused by committing identity fraud. At a minimum, those who have committed these and associated crimes should have to face justice and, to the extent possible, compensate their victims, at least economically, although there is no adequate recompense for the emotional torment these acts cause. It is the current ability of undocumented aliens to blend into the work world that sustains illegal immigration. Absent the ability to secure gainful employment, illegal aliens would have no choice but to return to their country of origin. Deportation of illegal aliens would undoubtedly be expensive, but then, the American taxpayer is currently funding a costly web of social services such as schools, clinics, hospitals, unemployment services and other social safety net agencies. Weighed against these costs, it's entirely possible that deportation would begin to look a great deal more attractive.
Illegal immigration is a criminal act and shouldn't be tolerated simply because enforcing the law against it is costly.
Fewer Drugs, Illegal Immigrants Crossing Border (weight: 3)
From the beginning its been previous administrations ultimate fault that illegal immigration has never been retired. Years of neglect and intentional overlooking of the laws that were in place? It's grandiose excuse to allow the 20 million plus illegal immigrants to stay on American soil.
Americans only forceful action is to build on E-verify, but not to replace it? Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York and chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on immigration wants consider up-grading the application, with modifications to authenticate the employee?s identity by using a specific and unique biometric identifiers? Schumer, stated "improving employment verification is critical to boosting public confidence about curbing illegal immigration, which will build support for comprehensive immigration reform."
U.S. Illegal Immigration Explained - Profits and Poverty, Social Security and.
Mortgage Prospects Dim for Illegal Immigrants - WSJ.com (weight: 3)
Amid the crackdown on illegal immigration and the economic slowdown, the market for immigrants who boast the alternative nine-digit taxpayer ID is dying.
Lenders first began to retreat last year during the debate over illegal immigration.
The environment worsened after the defeat in Congress last spring of an immigration bill, sponsored by Sens. John McCain (R., Ariz.) and Ted Kennedy (D., Mass.), which was designed to put undocumented workers on the path to legalization.
Illegal Immigration (weight: 2)
Illegal immigration continues to be a controversial and divisive topic, not only in the United States, but throughout the world.
Political figures have also tried to reduce illegal immigration by passing legislation that would serve as a deterrent.
In hard times, illegal immigrants lose healthcare | csmonitor.com (weight: 2)
"The states and local governments tend to bear the brunt of illegal immigration," says Steve Camarota, statistician and demographer for CIS. Now, with revenues falling well short of predictions, services to undocumented immigrants are getting the ax in an effort to preserve other programs, from infrastructure to schools to the environment. The cutbacks could potentially refire the debate over providing social services such as healthcare for illegal immigrants.
The dilemma highlights the costs of illegal immigration to society, immigration reform groups counter.
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 2)
The cost of treating illegal aliens amounts to nearly $11 billion a year, according to calculations done by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a non-profit group that opposes illegal immigration. That cost is not expected to go away if a health insurance reform bill becomes law. "If you're in this country illegally, should you be able to get health care?" CNN's John King asked Pelosi. "No, illegal immigrants are not covered by this plan," she replied. "And so what happens to a public hospital then, if they walk into the emergency room? The hospital I was at this week, they said, you know, they do 6,000 births a year there and 70 percent of them are for undocumented," said King.
I for one, am sick and tired of these ILLEGAL ALIENS snubbing their nose at our immigration laws and the many other laws of this Country. If our Federal Government can not ENFORCE our immigration laws, and get these ILLEGAL ALIENS out of this Country, then let the States do it! One way or another, an end has to come to this illegal immigration, and not with AMNESTY! Amnesty will only encourage more ILLEGAL ALIENS to invade our Country and reward those who broke our laws and raped the American taxpayer in many ways. depressing our wages, taking our jobs, overwhelming our schools with their ILLEGAL ALIEN children, driving without a license or car insurance, all the crime from stolen identities to rape, drugs and everything else. It's time for ZERO TOLERENCE with these ILLEGAL ALIENS. It's time for them get out of this Country and back in their own Country where they belong.
Estimated number of Illegal Immigrants by state. Definition, graph and map. (weight: 2)
The U.S. Citizenship ad Immigration Services also highlights that the illegal immigrant population in America grows by approximatley a half a million each year.
SOURCE: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, field report, 2000.
STATE OF EMERGENCY:: Illegal immigrants burden UMC - News - ReviewJournal.com (weight: 2)
"The federal government kicked the can down the road on the immigration issue and gave the bill to us," Brannman said. "This is a federal policy failure that is driving huge health care costs to our citizens."
Attempts Friday to find out what other hospitals in the Las Vegas Valley handle emergency dialysis for illegal immigrants were unsuccessful. Carrison said he has found illegal immigrants discharged from other hospitals who were told to come to UMC for their emergency dialysis care. Brannman said a UMC social worker told him that one of the illegal immigrants reported that at another hospital he was threatened with being turned over to immigration authorities if he didn't go to UMC for treatment.
Illegal Immigrants : Illegal Immigrants News and Photos - Courant.com (weight: 1)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) A federal judge on Monday delayed the trial of four former top managers at an Iowa slaughterhouse where 389 people were arrested last year in what was the largest immigration raid in U.S. history at the time.
ReportIllegals.com - Home (Report illegal aliens and illegal employers) (weight: 1)
Anti-enforcement immigration activists are gearing up for AMNESTY and more foreign workers.
CHC Presses Pelosi to Include Illegal Immigrants in Health Bill - Roll Call (weight: 1)
In a statement, Velzquez insisted that Members did not discuss coverage of undocumented immigrants. The focus of the meeting was to ensure that the health care bill allows legal, law abiding immigrants who have followed all of the rules, and who are committed to being in America, to pay their fair share for health care and be included in our health care system, said Velzquez. Proponents of comprehensive immigration reform - an issue possibly on tap later this year - are largely mum on the role of illegal immigrants in health care reform, generally pointing out that the bill does not explicitly allow services to illegal immigrants.
Debate heats up on healthcare for illegal immigrants -- latimes.com (weight: 1)
Fierce opposition has kept the idea off the table. Castillo received his transplant and a year of free medicine as part of a hospital study at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago after lobbying by Latino activists and a call from the governor's office. With the study over, his last free prescription is running out. "We don't know what we'll do when the medicine is gone," said Castillo, holding two nearly empty bottles of the immunosuppressants he takes to ward off an organ rejection. It is immoral, immigration activists say, for hospitals and doctors -- as well as a nation -- to deny healthcare to the seriously ill, no matter their legal status. Proponents of tougher immigration enforcement and others fighting to contain runaway costs fear that providing such services would encourage more illegal border crossings. Given spotty healthcare in countries such as China and Mexico, "health insurance alone might be worth people coming here. especially if you've got a family that's got a lot of illness in it," said Roy Beck of NumbersUSA, which has pushed for tighter restrictions on medical aid to illegal immigrants.
NH Teabagger on illegal immigrants: Send them home with a bullet in the head | Crooks and Liars (weight: 1)
Pres. Obama has stated that he will introduce immigration reform next year. I think he should wait until 2011, nearer the election. Republicans will work themselves into a frenzy, frothing at the mouth to appease their "base" by denouncing immigration and further alienating hispanics.
The Bellows Should We Care for Illegal Immigrants? (weight: 1)
I don't see any credible moral or policy argument for the health care debate to be the place to hash out the immigration policy. Any covering of illegals would necessitate sorting out those with some claim on long term residency and those simply moving here to access free medical care in the scenario Surowiecki lays out.
68% Say Those Who Employ Illegal Immigrants Should Be Punished - Rasmussen Reports™ (weight: 1)
The flow of illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border has slowed with the bad economy, and now more voters are concerned about the spread of drug-related violence from Mexico than about illegal immigration.
Report: Most illegal immigrants' kids are U.S. citizens - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
Nearly three-quarters of illegal immigrants' children were born in the USA and are citizens, according to a report released Tuesday. Those 4 million children muddy the immigration debate, raising questions about enforcement and public services for illegal immigrant families whose members include legal residents, experts say. "Undocumented immigrants live in neighborhoods; they have kids in school," says Jeffrey Passel, a senior demographer at Pew Hispanic Center and co-author of the report. "That complicates greatly the difficulty of the task of coming up with policies to deal with this population."
Targeting illegal immigrants - Los Angeles Times (weight: 1)
What is it about illegal immigration that unhinges otherwise reasonable people, leading them to propose inhumane and unworkable remedies to the problem? Yes, it is frustrating to have 11 million or 12 million people living in the shadows of our society. We get it: They shouldn't have come here illegally. They should have worked through proper channels and not jumped ahead of other immigrants seeking a life in the United States. This is a moment of profound economic tension and competition for resources. Driven by necessity, American citizens are haunting day-labor sites and taking jobs in orchards and fields alongside the illegal immigrants who once did most of such work.
Illegal Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies (weight: 1)
Communities of recently arrived legal immigrants help create immigration networks used by illegal aliens and serve as incubators for illegal immigration, providing jobs, housing, and entree to America for illegal alien relatives and fellow countrymen.
California counties cut healthcare to illegal immigrants - Los Angeles Times (weight: 1)
"This is a way for us to get through what I think is a horrible year for healthcare in California," said William Walker, director of Contra Costa Health Services. Walker said the national ambivalence on immigration policy means that illegal immigrants are living here but without federal or state funding to provide essential medical services to them. Walker, who began his medical career treating undocumented farmworkers, said that deciding to cut their services was difficult. "This is the community of people we have all relied upon for decades, providing work not only in construction but in service and child care," he said.
Saturday reading: Illegal immigrants - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com (weight: 1)
Lived in a boarder state for years and seen the emergency rooms clogged with illegals, so we are already paying for their health care and it's already costing our economy billions upon billions a year. Our leaders need to quit lying to us and level with us once and for all and address the issue of illegal immigration, the benefits as well as the true cost to our country with having millions of undocumented people in this country.
ILLEGAL ALIENS (22 documents)
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 15)
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 9)
Obamacare won't cover illegal immigrants? Yes it will, says Congressional Research Service | Washington Examiner (weight: 9)
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 8)
Patterico's Pontifications Are Illegal Immigrants Covered by ObamaCare? (weight: 8)
Illegal Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies (weight: 7)
ReportIllegals.com - Home (Report illegal aliens and illegal employers) (weight: 6)
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 6)
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 5)
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 4)
Hot Air Blog Archive Congressional Research Service: ObamaCare will cover illegal immigrants (weight: 4)
Saturday reading: Illegal immigrants - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com (weight: 3)
Fewer Drugs, Illegal Immigrants Crossing Border (weight: 2)
Illegal Immigration (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigration IS A CRIME! (weight: 1)
Tighter license rules hit illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 1)
Health Care for Illegal Immigrants? 'Simply Not True,' Says Obama -- Politics Daily (weight: 1)
CNN: Illegal Immigrants, Abortion, Constitution Arent Related to Health Care | NewsBusters.org (weight: 1)
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 1)
Romney: Giuliani's NYC 'Sanctuary' for Illegal Immigrants - ABC News (weight: 1)
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 15)
In Alabama, our county has so many illegal alien children who get a free ride to school, free breakfast, free lunch and free ride home. Their parents don't pay for ER visits, and they get free food from WIC. A lot of Catholic charities offer free food, help with rent etc.Then you have employer's hiring illegal aliens, which is the reason that many illegals come here. Word of mouth or cell phone is fast and the illegals know which employer's will hire them as day laborer's or working in restaurant's, farms, factories. These employeer's should be fined $100,000. per person per day that they work, it job market would dry up real fast. The second time an employer was caught hiring illegals, they should receive 10 years in prison for each illegal they hire. We have thousands of people out of work who are citizens, American's all, no matter the color of their skin. stop hiring illegals. If you know someone is illegal, call the Feds and turn them in, the job you save may be your own.
Purge your hypocritical ideas from your heart and choose to serve a master who will give you a brighter future. I feel the typical illegal aliens are highly under credited and under respected for their exhibition of character to leave their families in search of work around the world to support them. That isn't common for our own citizens, who seem to feel they are so great and deserving. Keep wasting your taxes making your stupid laws for the weakest people to break and building prisons to house them, or paying for expensive judicial process to enforce them.
Soon, you will see how much your prejudice and lack of compassion really costs all of us. No nation can afford having the borders flooded with people who break their laws. Illegal aliens are criminals, just as thieves, murderers, etc. They are breaking the law.
Sending a person with bronchitis away to advance into pneumonia and die or infect the population with a virulant form of pneumonia, is also cruel and self-defeating. There are some who are perfectly ok with being cruel and depriving medical care to illegal aliens, but I am not one of them. I have had to personally pick up dead aliens off the ground in my uncle's ranch in South Texas and carry them to a public morgue for a pauper's burial.
I don't believe depriving health care to any illegal alien is in our best interests. I read about one illegal alien who gave blood and was found to have a mutated chromosome that resisted diabetes when his blood was analyzed. His blood was priceless. Millions around the world would have benefited if this person could have been found alive and provided scientific researchers with more information.
An illegal alien (pronounced "un-doc-u-men-ted") goes to the ER complaining of chest pains.
About the time the Feds started calling us all racists, thugs and vigilantes, it became a passion as the standing Immigration Law was simply ignored, and the Border Patrol was de-funded with the obvious effect of throwing the borders open. There are not 12 million illegal aliens in this country as the Immigration Service Big Wigs suggest, but lets use that number anyway.
Unless your illegal aliens in Florida are quite different than ours, I can't understand any of your arguments.
I have had LOTS OF PROBLEMS with the illegal aliens and former illegal amnesty aliens who are now "legal".
Illegal aliens are in general undesirable immigrants. There are many reasons for this. If you are willing to break the rules once, you'll break them again and again.
Amongst my illegal alien clients.crimes included 1) cross and stay illegally 2) identity theft 3) welfare fraud 4) driving without insurance, driving drunk, driving with too many people in vehicle and kids not in carseats 5) gang activity 6) spousal and child abuse 7) child molestation, having sex with 13 year olds 8) graffitti 9) theft and robbery and I forget the rest. This is NOT an occasional list for a few public assistance/Medi-Cal recipients. More than half of my clients have committed 3 or more of these items multiple times. They are a major drag on our educational system and cut the time that teachers have for citizen children in half. Their parents refuse to learn or speak English, are not involved in their child's education.
Many ERs and hospitals have been bankrupted by illegal aliens in SoCAl.
Illegal immigrants do not contribute to our society and yet utilize a high level of social services. With our country incurring a $1.84 Trillion deficit this year we can not afford to supply healthcare to everyone that finds their way hear illegally. There is a process for legal immigration and those that take that path have typically become productive citizens. That money will be taken and put right into millions of ILLEGAL ALIEN'S insurance policies.
President Obama is suggesting the Children are quasi legal. The 14th Amendment tells us they are NOT legal. By his oath of office, President Obama should be very busy telling Napolitano to stuff it. deport the illegal aliens.
Deport the illegal aliens as the majority of the people of the United States wants.
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 9)
Anchor Baby program cost estimated at $6 billion per year. Public outcry about this benefit provided for illegal alien parents spreads across country.
Arizona police find 97 illegal aliens from Mexico and Guatemala in refrigerated truck.
Opposed by Mayor and business owners, 17 year "sanctuary city" policy has resulted in overwhelming population of over 420,000 illegal aliens.
Since 2006, the state of Maryland issued over 297,000 driver's licenses to illegal aliens.
Sen. Pelosi tells group of illegal aliens that enforcement of immigration laws are "un-American."
UNITED STATES - 1 January 2009. Public database of illegal alien employers added its 5000th employer.
We must also address the fact that we're soft on illegal aliens caught in crimes and are not deported. No other country would allow this to continue. It cannot be overlooked that a significant number of illegal aliens entered legally, chose to overstay their visas yet have never been deported.
If our government would stop the practice of birthright citizenships then the aforementioned scenario would largely end. With emotional platitudes, she ignores the cause and expresses disdain towards the hard working enforcement agents who are trying to do their noble jobs. These same legislators and many of their peers are opposed to e-Verify for fear of ID fraud (a fallacy, it is 99% accurate) while failing to address the fact that ID fraud is already rampant in the illegal alien community. On one hand they don't want businesses validating something as important as the legal right to be employed in the country, on the other hand OSHA enforces how the same businesses stores paint or provides a certain level of lighting. This is an obvious failure of priorities.
Many crimes against illegal immigrants go unreported for fear of deportation. Some in law enforcement claim that asking for the legal status of persons suspected would hinder their ability to reduce crime, claiming that illegals would be afraid to report crimes for fear of deportation. That position contradicts itself because the number of illegal aliens committing crimes would be reduced if their numbers were reduced.
Obamacare won't cover illegal immigrants? Yes it will, says Congressional Research Service | Washington Examiner (weight: 9)
Here's a new slant on this. Obama care is not about helping illegal aliens, which it will, it's about screwing American citizens, which it will also do, since Americans have to pay for everything involving illegal aliens, ILLEGAL stay in this nation.
Ruth, whether illegal aliens get care or not,is not the issue. They get care alright, as shown by hundreds of bankrupt hospitals and emergency rooms in California to give you one example.
The issue is to deport illegal aliens through attritiion. Not worry about what happens when they stay here illegally. Why quote only those parts of the Bible that support your views.
Ruth, if people like you think Americans should pay for medical care for illegal alien lawbreakers, then pay for it with your own money and not with our tax money.
Are most of you folks deluded or what? Illegal aliens,(not immigrants, immigrants come here by permission) already get all the free health care they need.
If our federal government would do its job and keep these illegal aliens from entering our country in the first place, this would be a non-issue.
I concur with the commenters who are aghast that there is no specific language that forbids the treatment of illegal aliens in this proposed health care bill (what Congress or the courts extend these benefits after the bill passes). Once again, Congress's open borders allies will force American taxpayers to subsidize yet more "freebies" for those who have violated our immigration laws. Do those of you who criticize us for being against such funding believe that the American taxpayer can fund the health care needs for the rest of the world's poor, given that there is high unemployment and a national debt that is exploding and will increase substantially just extending health care to citizens and legal immigrants under this bill.
If anyone out there thinks that illegal aliens won't get free health care from this bill then I want to remind them of the Amnesty Bill that is quietly making its way through congress right now. This bill will effectively make them american citizens who won't have to pay taxes.
Pages 132, 143 and 817 all prohibit illegal aliens from receiving benefits.
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 8)
While acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult, President Obama has pledged to create a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal aliens -- the majority of whom are from Mexico -- currently residing in the country.
Obama's Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, has even bizarrely claimed that illegal immigration, itself, is "not a crime" and that the "real evildoers" are "employers who. hire illegal labor." Napolitano is wrong on both counts. U.S. immigration law states that any alien who enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under Title 18 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. As for "evil" Americans who employ these criminals, the problem which Napolitano neatly sidesteps is that the vast majority of illegal aliens also compound their disregard of U.S. immigration law by using fake documents that are often difficult, if not impossible, for employers to spot without help from the federal government. Illegal aliens routinely use phony birth certificates, Social Security cards and other documentation that victimize Americans -- many of them newborns and young children.
A Center for Immigration Studies report debunks three common misconceptions: that illegal aliens are "undocumented"; the transgressions committed by illegal aliens to obtain jobs are minor; and illegal-alien document fraud and identity theft are victimless crimes.
The CIS report quotes experts who say that approximately 75 percent of working-age illegal aliens use fraudulent Social Security cards to obtain employment. The overwhelming majority (98 percent) of these Social Security number thieves use their own names with stolen numbers.
Obviously, when illegal aliens use Social Security numbers or other documents belonging to American citizens, the damage can be substantial.
The true owners risk being saddled with the illegal aliens' credit, arrests and medical records.
Victims may be denied jobs, unemployment insurance, Social Security payments and Medicaid benefits. It can easily cost victims hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to undo the damage and recover their names and lives. The CIS report makes clear that the average working-age illegal alien has not only broken the law by stealing into this country, but is likely guilty of multiple counts of identity theft. Before President Obama starts making promises of citizenship to illegal aliens -- especially during these tough economic times -- the true extent of the damage these illegals have perpetrated on America needs to be publicized.
Any real immigration reform must first recognize the immense harm illegal aliens have caused by committing identity fraud. At a minimum, those who have committed these and associated crimes should have to face justice and, to the extent possible, compensate their victims, at least economically, although there is no adequate recompense for the emotional torment these acts cause. It is the current ability of undocumented aliens to blend into the work world that sustains illegal immigration. Absent the ability to secure gainful employment, illegal aliens would have no choice but to return to their country of origin. Deportation of illegal aliens would undoubtedly be expensive, but then, the American taxpayer is currently funding a costly web of social services such as schools, clinics, hospitals, unemployment services and other social safety net agencies. Weighed against these costs, it's entirely possible that deportation would begin to look a great deal more attractive.
Patterico's Pontifications Are Illegal Immigrants Covered by ObamaCare? (weight: 8)
Opponents say that the House bill leaves loopholes that may allow undocumented residents to benefit. They???re saying to the public, ???Don???t worry. Illegal aliens aren???t being covered,??? and they???re turning around to these special interests and saying, ???Well, don???t worry.
Rep. Frank defended HR 3200, and was questioned about benefits for illegal aliens. He read an excerpt from the bill; the language he quoted seemed to explicitly preclude any benefits to illegals (as per the quote in Patterico's post). He stated that the bill didn't offer any bennies to illegals. Many in the audience obviously didn't believe Rep. Frank, giving him the opportunity to scorn them further as dum-dums. As far as "legislative history," either (1) HR 3200's authors and supporters intend to block benefits and subsidies to illegal immigrants, or (2) Rep. Frank will say anything to bitter rubes grasping their guns and Bibles, knowing that his misrepresentations won't mean anything once the legislation is passed.
During the campaign, Obama supported driver's licenses for illegal aliens.
If President Obama and the Democrats didn't want to cover illegal aliens, then they'd use the figure of 35 million instead of 46 million "Americans without health coverage", backing out the illegal aliens. Both numbers, of course, are wrong they include the Medicaid undercount, Medicaid eligible but not enrolled, health twentysomethings who are invincible and choose to spend their money elsewhere, and persons earning $50,000+ and choosing not to spend their money on healthcare.
Technically, the language is not in there that would affirmatively allow illegal aliens to get coverage.
Unless there is a death penalty in the legislation against federal judges who allow illegals to have access to the courts, the illegal aliens will be covered.
Are Illegal Aliens eligible? No they are not! But we won't bother checking if they are illegal either. That about sums up the Dems position.
The status quo doesn't want any change in the trillion dollar medical complex, because it could strictly confine a multitude of new common sense laws? Sadly, I have listened to lies sprouting from the special interest lobby over the airwaves for weeks. We are still conveying many entitlement programs to illegal aliens and their families, with extorted taxes.We have always been the recipients of business welfare and likely always will be, because the pariah businesses that hire illegals, never pay anything to their support.
Illegal Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies (weight: 7)
In our analysis of the March 2007 Current Population Survey, we estimate that there are approximately 11.3 million illegal aliens living in the United States.
We estimate that 57 percent of the illegal alien population comes from Mexico, 11 percent from Central America, 9 percent from East Asia, 8 percent from South America, and Europe and the Caribbean account for 4 percent.
Of all immigrants from Mexico, 55 percent are illegal; for Central Americans it is 47 percent; and it is 33 percent for South Americans. It should be noted that these estimates only include illegal aliens captured by the March CPS, not those missed by the survey.
The two "magnets" which attract illegal aliens are jobs and family connections. The typical Mexican worker earns one-tenth his American counterpart, and numerous American businesses are willing to hire cheap, compliant labor from abroad.
Communities of recently arrived legal immigrants help create immigration networks used by illegal aliens and serve as incubators for illegal immigration, providing jobs, housing, and entree to America for illegal alien relatives and fellow countrymen.
A strategy of attrition through enforcement could reduce the illegal population by as many as 1.5 million illegal aliens each year.
Elements of attrition through enforcement include: mandatory workplace verification of immigration status; measures to curb misuse of Social Security and IRS identification numbers; partnerships with state and local law enforcement officials; expanded entry-exit recording under US-VISIT; increased non-criminal removals; and state and local laws to discourage illegal settlement. With this strategy it would not be necessary to deport every single illegal alien, as many would find it difficult to work and live in the United States and make the rational decision to self-deport.
ReportIllegals.com - Home (Report illegal aliens and illegal employers) (weight: 6)
ReportIllegals.com provides a simple, fast, and anonymous way to report illegal aliens ('undocumented immigrants') and illegal employers to the appropriate U.S. government agencies. It takes only a few minutes to file a report with our service, whereas it would typically take you several hours on your own to find the proper agency and complete and submit a report.
You will receive a copy of the report(s) submitted if you provide an email address. ReportIllegals.com provides concerned individuals with a fast and efficient method to report illegal aliens and illegal employers to an agency capable of investigating and prosecuting 'undocumented immigrants' and their illegal employers.
ReportIllegals.com reports alleged illegal aliens and alleged illegal employers.
Illegal aliens are often called "illegal immigrants" or "undocumented immigrants" but that terminology is inaccurate.
Reporting illegal aliens ('undocumented immigrants') and illegal employers is a necessary step in enforcing our laws and provides information vital to law enforcement.
ReportIllegals.com can not guarantee that reports will be quickly acted upon nor can we provide status after a report has been filed. It is the responsibility of these agencies to enforce the law and investigate reports that report illegal aliens and illegal employers.
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 6)
Don't be fooled: Bush has no intention of cleaning up the mess at the border. I personally am sick and tired of this feckless President lying through his teeth to appease ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. That all of this has been done despite strong voter opposition to current immigration ?policy? and with complete disregard for its consequences for a whole array of pressing public issues: the threat to national security, rapid population growth and demographic transformation, downward pressure on native born wages, the burgeoning illegal alien crime wave, deteriorating public services and increasing tax-payer burden and, last but not least, the prospects of all this for social solidarity and national identity in the 21st-century.
Birthright citizenship similarly rewards lawbreaking, and must be stopped. As long as illegal immigrants know their children born here will be citizens, the perverse incentive to sneak into this country remains strong. Based on the intent of the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment, some believe that Congress could exercise its Section 5 powers to prevent the children of illegal aliens from automatically becoming citizens of the United States.
As anyone can see, millions of illegal aliens living here are becoming more vocal, more demonstrative, more belligerent, and more violence-prone by the day.
Vicente Fox has helped create an increased appetite for socialism (not that Mexico ever had a true understanding of freedom and republicanism), and the next Mexican leader is certain to finish the job. Fox has done more than turn his own country leftward. He has superintended over the biggest invasion of the United States in our country?s history. That?s right, invasion! A close, personal friendship with President George W. Bush has given Fox the opportunity to purposely allow (or even send) millions of criminals, thugs, anarchists, and potential terrorists (including Arabs) to swarm over our southern border in breathtaking numbers. (Nearly half of all illegal aliens currently living in the U.S. came here since Bush became president in 2000.) While Mexican President Fox encourages and even promotes massive illegal immigration to the United States, his own country?s Constitution in Chapter 3, Article 33, states, " The Executive of the Union has the exclusive right to expel from the national territory, immediately and without necessity of judicial proceedings, all foreigners whose stay it judges inconvenient.
" Imagine that, foreigners involving themselves in the political affairs of Mexico. This means making it a crime for any employer to knowingly hire an illegal alien punishable with serious fines and imprisonment for repeat offenses. It means demanding that our federal government seal our borders and stop the tide of foreign invasion immediately. If Saudi Arabia can put up a security fence between itself and Iraq (and it is doing just that), we can put one up between us and Mexico! It means to stop underwriting these foreign invaders by not paying for their health care, schooling, and food stamps. It means to stop giving them drivers licenses. It means making certain that the punishment is worse than any potential benefit.
Calling an illegal immigrant an "undocumented worker" is like calling a burglar an uninvited house guest. The U. S. Department of Homeland Security and their " Secure Border Initiative " (SBI), which is a comprehensive multi-year plan to secure America's borders and reduce illegal immigration, is the largest smoke and mirror campaign the Federal Government has come up with since the 9-11 tragedy. Their only purported concern is the expedited removal of " other than Mexican " (OTM) illegal aliens to their home countries.
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 5)
Illegal immigration refers to immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. Illegal immigrants are also known as illegal aliens to differentiate them from legal aliens. In politics, the term may imply a larger set of social issues and time constraints with disputed consequences in areas such as economy, social welfare, education, health care, slavery, prostitution, legal protections, voting rights, public services, and human rights.
Amnesties waive the "subject to deportation" clause associated with illegal aliens.
The Pew Hispanic Center notes that while the number of legal immigrants (including LPRs, refugees, and asylees) arriving has not varied substantially since the 1980s, the number of illegal aliens has increased dramatically and, since the mid 1990s, has surpassed the number of legal immigrants.
Ngai, Mae M. Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America (2004), 90952-15665.
Ngai, Mae M. "The Strange Career of the Illegal Alien: Immigration Restriction and Deportation Policy in the United States, 1921-1965" Law and History Review 2003 21(1): 69-107.
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 4)
The cost of treating illegal aliens amounts to nearly $11 billion a year, according to calculations done by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a non-profit group that opposes illegal immigration. That cost is not expected to go away if a health insurance reform bill becomes law. "If you're in this country illegally, should you be able to get health care?" CNN's John King asked Pelosi. "No, illegal immigrants are not covered by this plan," she replied. "And so what happens to a public hospital then, if they walk into the emergency room? The hospital I was at this week, they said, you know, they do 6,000 births a year there and 70 percent of them are for undocumented," said King.
Each anchor baby costs taxpayers an estimated $10,000 each on average, Martin said. These costs are usually paid through Medicaid, the federal program designed to aid America's poor. "It's the same as any other Medicaid birth, it's the delivery expenses that average in the neighborhood of about $10,000 per delivery," he said. Emergency room care for adults is another "significant" part of illegals' overall burden, Martin said, one that is primarily borne by states, which subsidize the hospitals whose emergency rooms must treat illegal immigrants, no matter how minor their illness might be. "It's a fairly significant contribution," Martin said, "it comes out of the pocket of the states for the most part because of the fact that it is not covered by Medicaid. The federal government has had a program of partial reimbursement of those expenses but that hasn't been renewed. It didn't begin to cover those expenses." That $10.7 billion is not spread evenly throughout the country, Martin explained, but is borne primarily by states with high populations of illegal aliens -- states such as California, Texas, and Florida.
"The current health care bill is looking as if it is leaving a very large loophole for medical coverage being provided to illegal aliens," Martin said. "There's one provision that says they won't be eligible, but the current legislation as it's being written does not establish any system of verification as to whether or not a person is legal or illegal."
I for one, am sick and tired of these ILLEGAL ALIENS snubbing their nose at our immigration laws and the many other laws of this Country. If our Federal Government can not ENFORCE our immigration laws, and get these ILLEGAL ALIENS out of this Country, then let the States do it! One way or another, an end has to come to this illegal immigration, and not with AMNESTY! Amnesty will only encourage more ILLEGAL ALIENS to invade our Country and reward those who broke our laws and raped the American taxpayer in many ways. depressing our wages, taking our jobs, overwhelming our schools with their ILLEGAL ALIEN children, driving without a license or car insurance, all the crime from stolen identities to rape, drugs and everything else. It's time for ZERO TOLERENCE with these ILLEGAL ALIENS. It's time for them get out of this Country and back in their own Country where they belong.
Hot Air Blog Archive Congressional Research Service: ObamaCare will cover illegal immigrants (weight: 4)
Beyond that, as the CRS report notes, everything is left in the hands of the Health Choices Commissioner. House Democrats defeated all attempts in committee to add an enforcement mechanism that would require proof of citizenship or legal residency for those getting subsidies. CRS also notes that "undocumented aliens" who have a "substantial presence" in the U.S. would be required to buy health insurance (page 4) through the exchanges in HR3200.?? They would also become eligible for "emergency Medicaid," although not normal Medicaid (page 6) for up to five years. What about Section 246, which I said would prevent the spending of money on illegal aliens??? The CRS analysis is less than impressed with that portion of the bill.?? Section "246 would bar unauthorized aliens from receiving any premium or cost-sharing credit," it says, but that may be hard to enforce.?? It also states later that "absent of a provision in the bill specifying the verification procedure, that the Commissioner would be responsible for determining a mechanism to verify the eligibility of noncitizens for the credits" or in other words, HR3200 fails to provide it entirely.?? I gave it a little too much credit, apparently, more than Congress' own analysts do. Be sure to read it all.?? If Congress tells us that no money will go to cover illegal aliens, we can show them the CRS report and ask them to stop spreading myths.
No further evidence of citizenship shall be required." They used this same kind of tactic in the last amnesty bill. After critics pointed out that offering amnesty to the illegals already here would lead to a flood of new illegals trying to get in on the amnesty, they wrote in a 2-year U.S. residency requirement. What kind of proof was the amnesty-seeking illegal alien required to produce to show that he or she had already been living in the U.S. for two years? An affidavit. For those who don't know, an affidavit is nothing more than a statement, signed in front of a Notary Public. They were going to accept as conclusive evidence of 2-year residency a piece of paper from the illegal, saying "I swear that I've lived in the U.S. for two years."
The claim that Health Care Reform won't apply to illegal aliens is pure, unaduterated bull$hit. Who cares? This poor sick Marxist country is going down the sewer at warp speed and won't be around long enough to even worry about it.
Actually, I'm even beginning to question why one needs health insurance. I asked my blue dog to offer an amendment to prohibit coverage of illegal aliens and he has been unable to respond.
Saturday reading: Illegal immigrants - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com (weight: 3)
No coverage for 30 million Illegal Aliens and their Bingo Babies? This guy can't stop lying! What's wrong with him? Why should I sacrifice anything to help cover Illegal Aliens? Coverage for Illegals is in there! We've been reading the bill on The Kevin James Show here in Los Angeles.
We oughta stop all this 'Illegal Immigrant', and 'Undocumented Visitor', and 'Temporary Worker' crap, and just call the illegal aliens 'Criminal Border Sneakers.
It's amazing how ignorant Far-Leftist Radicals are willing to allow Racist Illegal Aliens and their Bingo Babies to remain here in America and do nothing but LOWER our standard of living and want U.S. to pay for it to boot.
Fewer Drugs, Illegal Immigrants Crossing Border (weight: 2)
The fences and patrols resulted in the seizure of over 3.3 million pounds of narcotics during the first nine months of FY 2009 -- a 64.3 percent increase over last year -- and the prevention of entry into the U.S. of 129,779 illegal aliens, according to the CBP.
There has always been complicity since the earliest days, between the lawmakers, big business, the open border zealots and radical pro-immigration and anti-American sovereignty organizations. Just like the Globalist they have an attitude that American taxpayers should accommodate every illegal family, with free medical care, schooling and a comfortable prison cell, for criminals and for the thousands of illegal alien drunken drivers every year. That globalist agenda has always been a free movement of cheap labor, between all of South America, Canada and Mexico, just as secretly arranged with the 3 countries leaders in Waco, Texas, at the end of March 2005.
Illegal Immigration (weight: 1)
An individual who is residing in a country illegally is known as an "illegal immigrant." Other terms that are commonly used include: undocumented immigrant, illegal immigrant, undocumented alien, unauthorized migrant, illegal migrant, illegal alien, migrant, or undocumented worker.
Illegal Immigration IS A CRIME! (weight: 1)
BORDER PATROL: NECESSARY BUT NOT SUFFICIENT The Border Patrol plays a crucial role in combatting illegal immigration, but illegal immigration cannot be controlled solely at the border. About half of the illegal alien population is comprised of visa overstayers--people who entered the country legally, but became illegal aliens by their failure to leave the U.S. upon expiration of their visa.
Tighter license rules hit illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
Here is my two-step plan. We may have to kiss the keisters of the illegal invaders, it is still a felony to aid and abet them. If some honest men and women in law enforcement, would go after the lowlifes in the government, business and the general population that have been aiding and abetting them, by the time they had enough of a handle on the job to raise their heads and look around, I don??????t think many illegal aliens would still be left. We don't need any new laws to do this either. Just some honest men and women that take their oaths of office seriously. Finding them is the first step! Federal Immigration and Nationality Act Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii) "Any person who. encourages or induces an alien to. reside. knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such. residence is. in violation of law, shall be punished as provided. for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs. fined under title 18. imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 1)
Critics, however, insist banks should accept only verified documents that can be obtained by U.S. citizens and legal residents. William Gheen, head of Raleigh-based Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, earlier this year launched a boycott against Bank of America over its credit card program." It's against federal law to induce an illegal alien to enter the U.S. and aid and abet them staying in the country," he said.
Health Care for Illegal Immigrants? 'Simply Not True,' Says Obama -- Politics Daily (weight: 1)
Calderon in Mexico, Obama predicted Congress would pass an amnesty bill next year to legalize more than 12 mill illegal aliens in U.S. (ABC News, & The Los Angeles Times, 8/11/09). Obama stated: "Secretary Napolitano is coordinating these discussions, and I would anticipate that before the year is out we'll have draft legislation along w/sponsors. in the House & Senate who are ready to move this forward, & when we come back next year,. we should be in a position to start acting." He also conceded that overcoming the opposition of the American people to an amnesty bill would be difficult, saying: "Am I going to be able to snap my fingers and get this done? No. This is going to be difficult." (ABC News, 8/ll/09).
CNN: Illegal Immigrants, Abortion, Constitution Arent Related to Health Care | NewsBusters.org (weight: 1)
The Bamster said yesterday that he wanted an immigration bill to sign before the end of the year. If he is confident that he can get an amnesty through, then the debate over whether illegal aliens are covered in the Obamacare bill doesn't matter.
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 1)
Illegal alien status, employment of illegal aliens, and assistance to either, ARE FELONIES under federal law. FACT: 12,000,000 illegals -- actually more like 20,000,000 and the 40,000,000 pseudo-citizens of the last "amnesty" and their offspring can easily be deported if we wanted them to go. This is the experience of history in which war's losers are bodily removed from the winner's land -- or they are enslaved. If this is what Wharton has become, they are a dysfunctional school of a once great university. I suggest they ought to remember that they are, presumably, American citizens like the rest of us, accountable to act in the best interests of CITIZENS and our forefathers who built this place for us.
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 1)
"Get to the bottom of what? Law enforcement officers enforcing the law?" asked Ira Mehlman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a nonprofit group that advocates more border security and decreasing the number of illegal immigrants entering the country. "The message is if you are hiring illegal aliens, 'no problem.' If you are in the country illegally, unless you commit a serious felony we are not going to bother you, so it's a de facto amnesty," Mehlman said. "Even if the administration cannot get an amnesty through Congress this year, what they are going to do is through administrative decisions allow everybody to remain here and send the signal that more people are welcome."
Romney: Giuliani's NYC 'Sanctuary' for Illegal Immigrants - ABC News (weight: 1)
"You have to follow the law, and honor and respect the law," Romney said Wednesday. "And if you don't do that and create the perception that we welcome people coming into our cities or communities that are here illegally ??? you attract people into this country to come illegally. That's why we went from 3 million illegal aliens to 12 million illegal aliens."
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS (18 documents)
Health care bill has curious coverage for illegal immigrants - CNN.com (weight: 5)
Illegal Immigrants (weight: 3)
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 3)
Illegal Immigration (weight: 2)
CHC Presses Pelosi to Include Illegal Immigrants in Health Bill - Roll Call (weight: 2)
In hard times, illegal immigrants lose healthcare | csmonitor.com (weight: 2)
Illegal Immigrants: Uncle Sam Wants You -- In These Times (weight: 2)
Mortgage Prospects Dim for Illegal Immigrants - WSJ.com (weight: 2)
Romney: Giuliani's NYC 'Sanctuary' for Illegal Immigrants - ABC News (weight: 2)
Health Care Overhaul Ignores Illegal Immigrants : NPR (weight: 2)
Health Care Overhaul Ignores Illegal Immigrants - Kaiser Health News (weight: 1)
Tighter license rules hit illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
The Bellows Should We Care for Illegal Immigrants? (weight: 1)
Policy would admit illegal immigrants - Local & State - News & Observer (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
Hill Republican: Stimulus aids illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
STATE OF EMERGENCY:: Illegal immigrants burden UMC - News - ReviewJournal.com (weight: 1)
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
Health care bill has curious coverage for illegal immigrants - CNN.com (weight: 5)
While the report found that federal subsidies to obtain health coverage would be restricted to U.S. citizens and legal residents, it also noted that the bill does not specify a citizenship verification system, something that critics say creates a loophole for undocumented immigrants to receive subsidies anyway.
Because they don't qualify for federal money, undocumented immigrants who want health insurance would pay full freight for coverage, he said.
According to the Center for Immigration Studies, in 2007, 33.2 percent of all immigrants, legal and undocumented, did not have health insurance, compared with 12.7 percent of native-born Americans. With passage of the health care bill far from certain in its current form, it is too early to know how undocumented immigrants could be affected by the bill, Tamar Jacoby, president of ImmigrationWorks USA, told CNN. "I'm pretty skeptical that illegal immigrants will come out of this legislative battle" with any new benefits, she said. The scrutiny of this part of the bill "points to the need to fix the system," Jacoby said.
The proposed reform requires that individuals carry health insurance, and the language in the current bill may obligate undocumented immigrants to get health insurance, too, the Congressional Research Service report concluded. It boils down to terminology. Those living in the country illegally are classified as such under immigration law, but the bill uses tax law terms that identify foreigners as either resident or nonresident aliens.
Nonresident aliens would be exempt from the required coverage, but undocumented immigrants who live in the United States for a certain amount of time during the year would be classified as residents.
Illegal Immigrants (weight: 3)
Finding a job may also prove to be difficult for undocumented immigrants. Employers face strict penalties if they knowingly hire an illegal immigrant, and therefore may refuse to hire someone who can not prove their employment eligibility.
Undocumented immigrants face many barriers when seeking employment.
Only a small percentage actually succeed in reversing deportation orders. Many speculate that undocumented immigrants can live their entire lives in the United States without being detected, provided they avoid any legal troubles. It is estimated that over 11 million undocumented immigrants are currently living in the United States.
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 3)
In France, helping an undocumented immigrant (providing shelter, for example) is prohibited by a law passed on December 27, 1994. The law was heavily criticized by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as the CIMADE and the GISTI, left-wing political parties such as the Greens and the French Communist Party, and trade-unions such as the magistrates' Syndicat de la magistrature.
Cull, Nicholas J. and Carrasco, Dav??d, ed. Alambrista and the US-Mexico Border: Film, Music, and Stories of Undocumented Immigrants U. of New Mexico Press, 2004. 225 pp.
Flores, William V. "New Citizens, New Rights: Undocumented Immigrants and Latino Cultural Citizenship" Latin American Perspectives 2003 30(2): 87-100.
Illegal Immigration (weight: 2)
An individual who is residing in a country illegally is known as an "illegal immigrant." Other terms that are commonly used include: undocumented immigrant, illegal immigrant, undocumented alien, unauthorized migrant, illegal migrant, illegal alien, migrant, or undocumented worker.
Illegal immigrants comprise a vast category. Some undocumented immigrants entered the country illegally and others entered legally but overstayed the number of days permitted on their visa or violated the terms of their permanent resident card or refugee permit. Regardless of how a migrant got to their new home country, they decided to take a risk and move to a foreign country in search of a better life.
CHC Presses Pelosi to Include Illegal Immigrants in Health Bill - Roll Call (weight: 2)
In a statement, Velzquez insisted that Members did not discuss coverage of undocumented immigrants. The focus of the meeting was to ensure that the health care bill allows legal, law abiding immigrants who have followed all of the rules, and who are committed to being in America, to pay their fair share for health care and be included in our health care system, said Velzquez. Proponents of comprehensive immigration reform - an issue possibly on tap later this year - are largely mum on the role of illegal immigrants in health care reform, generally pointing out that the bill does not explicitly allow services to illegal immigrants.
The CBO estimates that the U.S. population will include 14.1 million illegal immigrants in 2019, of which 8.5 million will not have health insurance. That leaves a difference of 5.6 million who will have insurance, says King, due to the health bill not requiring verification of citizenship for people receiving services. At least one liberal group - the Center for American Progress Action Fund - is already debunking King's claims. The group this week sent an e-mail to supporters saying the CBO never references how many undocumented immigrants would be covered in the health care bill because the analysis assumes they are not eligible. King said he will offer amendments to the health care bill specifically aimed at blocking access for illegal immigrants, although he doesn't expect his proposals to go anywhere.
In hard times, illegal immigrants lose healthcare | csmonitor.com (weight: 2)
"The states and local governments tend to bear the brunt of illegal immigration," says Steve Camarota, statistician and demographer for CIS. Now, with revenues falling well short of predictions, services to undocumented immigrants are getting the ax in an effort to preserve other programs, from infrastructure to schools to the environment. The cutbacks could potentially refire the debate over providing social services such as healthcare for illegal immigrants.
"Here, many hospitals are cutting services and staff just to survive," says Randy Ertll, who has served on the board of several Los Angeles County hospitals and is now Executive Director of the El Centro de Accion Social, or Center for Social Action, a nonprofit agency that promotes cultural understanding in Pasadena. The issue is not just one of documented vs. undocumented immigrants, he says, but one of affordability in an economy where more and more people are losing their jobs and often their insurance, too.
Illegal Immigrants: Uncle Sam Wants You -- In These Times (weight: 2)
It is not very hard to mislead the concepts of the American people, one example of that is how much we hear about immigrants from Hispanic south of the border countries but the media rarely addresses the illegal immigration from Canadians, German and Irish undocumented immigrants that flood the upper part of the country. Another case of manipulation of information took place in June 28, 2007 when a bill for immigration reform was not passed because the phone system on Capitol Hill ?crashed? with all the calls they were receiving to opposed an immigration reform bill.
Very well-intended Americans, called to oppose the reform. It is very unlikely that every person that called that day knew that by opposing this laws they were choosing to leave all of these people in anonymity. Now, undocumented immigrants are driving without a license and insurance because even though most would have met the requirements to have both, they are not untitled to one. It doesn?t mean they are going to stop driving to work, it only means they are going to be driving without an ID and insurance. For those who commit crimes (there are some in every creed and nation in the world), we also need to know them, find them and bring them to justice.
Mortgage Prospects Dim for Illegal Immigrants - WSJ.com (weight: 2)
The loan program highlights contradictions in U.S. polices toward illegal immigrants. Even as the Department of Homeland Security sought to deport them, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. goaded banks and credit unions to bring undocumented immigrants into mainstream banking if they could prove they had steady income and were creditworthy.
Beginning in 2003, when banks and credit unions first offered mortgages to undocumented immigrants, the small segment blossomed. The mortgages performed better than some others, partly because of stringent lending criteria and because they usually had fixed rates over a period of time.
Romney: Giuliani's NYC 'Sanctuary' for Illegal Immigrants - ABC News (weight: 2)
You're somebody that we want to protect, and we want you to get out from under what is often a life of being like a fugitive, which is really unfair." At a speech in Minneapolis in 1996, Giuliani defended Koch's executive order, that, in his words "protects undocumented immigrants in New York City from being reported to the INS while they are using city services that are critical for their health and safety, and for the health and safety of the entire city."
"There are times when undocumented immigrants must have a substantial degree of protection," Giuliani said.
Health Care Overhaul Ignores Illegal Immigrants : NPR (weight: 2)
Simply figuring out how many undocumented immigrants lack insurance is not easy. Foreign-born noncitizens are the fastest growing segment of those without insurance about 20 percent of the nation's estimated 46 million uninsured but surveys don't ask legal status.
"We've estimated about 6.1 million of the uninsured are actually undocumented," Sheils says. That's only about half the total population of undocumented immigrants.
Health Care Overhaul Ignores Illegal Immigrants - Kaiser Health News (weight: 1)
Simply figuring out how many undocumented immigrants lack insurance is not easy," although the Lewin Group has estimated that the number is about 6.1 million, which is "only about half the total population of undocumented immigrants."
Tighter license rules hit illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
Only seven states - Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington - allow undocumented immigrants to get driver's licenses.
The Bellows Should We Care for Illegal Immigrants? (weight: 1)
All of which is to say, I'm not sure that providing health insurance to undocumented immigrants has a better result than trading with third-world economies which may be more dynamic due to skimpy social programs. Of course, this is clearly not a moral position and I feel the same way about Obama's "our kids" comment as you did. That's just embarrassing. I think it's important not to confuse immigrants from illegal immigrants. You use both terms interchangeably, which makes me afraid that you don't know the difference.
Policy would admit illegal immigrants - Local & State - News & Observer (weight: 1)
RALEIGH -- North Carolina community colleges leaders have drawn up a new policy that would allow illegal immigrants into the two-year colleges. The state Board of Community Colleges' policy committee on Thursday drafted rules that would admit undocumented immigrants if they graduated from a U.S. high school.
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
In Michigan, lawmakers considered stripping health and welfare benefits from undocumented immigrants. An Arizona proposal would let police ask people they arrest about their citizenship status and seize them if they cannot produce proper documents.
Hill Republican: Stimulus aids illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
Undocumented immigrants who are not eligible for a Social Security number can file tax returns with an alternative number. A House-passed version of the economic recovery bill and one making its way through the Senate would allow anyone with such a number, called an individual taxpayer identification number, to qualify for the tax credits.
STATE OF EMERGENCY:: Illegal immigrants burden UMC - News - ReviewJournal.com (weight: 1)
We're proud that we can save lives. Our employees are also worried about the survival of UMC. They know that the appetite of taxpayers for helping undocumented immigrants is limited."
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
I know a lot of people who are undocumented and don?t have health insurance. I often ask them about their health care situation. I could write about dozens of stories here, but suffice it to say that they are all receiving outstanding health care, and are very happy with the current system. I have yet to meet even one undocumented immigrant who has had any health issues related to his lack of health insurance.
IMMIGRATION LAWS (18 documents)
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 7)
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 6)
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 2)
Fraudulent Lawyers Said to Prey on Illegal Immigrants - NYTimes.com (weight: 2)
Illegal Immigration IS A CRIME! (weight: 1)
ReportIllegals.com - Home (Report illegal aliens and illegal employers) (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigrants (weight: 1)
Tighter license rules hit illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 1)
Report: Most illegal immigrants' kids are U.S. citizens - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
Health care bill has curious coverage for illegal immigrants - CNN.com (weight: 1)
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 1)
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 1)
Obamacare won't cover illegal immigrants? Yes it will, says Congressional Research Service | Washington Examiner (weight: 1)
Hot Air Blog Archive Congressional Research Service: ObamaCare will cover illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 7)
Sen. Pelosi tells group of illegal aliens that enforcement of immigration laws are "un-American."
WASHINGTON, DC, April 20, 2006 - Since 2003, more than 7500 arrests of alien child sex offenders. "Thank you for this information. This is the most important site we have ever come across. It effects our country like no other. This information must get into the hands of every Congressman and the President." If our government can't manage the current immigration laws, how do they think they will manage a much larger "comprehensive immigration reform?" John from Washington, DC.
The problem of illegal immigration doesn't need anymore studies or debates, it needs leadership and enforcement. Since our government can't manage the existing immigration laws, are we confident they will be able to manage a much larger "comprehensive immigration reform?" Because our government has at all levels failed to control illegal immigration, legislators are now addressing the problems at their local levels with bills to manage it incrementally, piece-by-piece, rather than trying to fix the national crisis at once--an impossible task. What most Americans are now demanding is to secure our borders, enforce the existing laws equally with no sanctuary status, punish employers who violate the law, remove incentives by curbing social services and pressure Latin American leaders to create a stronger middle class for their people.
There's nothing "draconian" (according to Sen. Reid) about our immigration laws being enforced, laws which are already the most liberal and inviting in the world.
Every developed country has immigration laws. Without them, sovereignty and national identity are both weakened, security is lost, and a perpetual string of problems occur as a result.
America is not a place, it is a nation. Its people are not residents, they are citizens. Most Americans respect the laws while raising their children to do the same, yet they're aware of millions in the country who violate not only immigration laws but virtually every law that exists. Americans notice the unscrupulous businesses that hire them and the government agencies that cater to them at a great expense.
All illegal immigrants have in bad faith violated our federal immigration laws. This, in turn, leads to a long string of other violations, impacts on society and attitudes that affect our communities.
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 6)
Illegal immigration refers to immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. Illegal immigrants are also known as illegal aliens to differentiate them from legal aliens. In politics, the term may imply a larger set of social issues and time constraints with disputed consequences in areas such as economy, social welfare, education, health care, slavery, prostitution, legal protections, voting rights, public services, and human rights.
In the 1980s, the INS granted only 2% of political asylum applications, claiming that democracy existed in El Salvador and that reports of U.S. and government-sponsored ???death squads??? were overblown. As a response to what they considered a failure of the U.S. government to address the situation of Salvadoran refugees in the country, American activists established a loose network to aid refugees. Operating in clear violation of U.S. immigration laws, these activists took refugees into their houses, aided their travel, hid them and helped them find work. This became known as the ???sanctuary movement???. Some illegal immigrants seek to live with loved ones, such as a spouse or other family members. This is particularly true for the families of binational same sex couples.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 concerning counter-terrorism, enacted in October 2001, requested of UN member states to restrict immigration laws. Whether a person is permitted to stay in a country legally may be decided by quotas or point systems or may be based on considerations such as family ties (marriage, elderly mother, etc.).
A tough new EU immigration law detaining illegal immigrants for up to 18 months before deportation has triggered outrage across Latin America, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatening to cut off oil exports to Europe.
Penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants range from $2,000-$10,000 and up to six months' imprisonment. Political groups like Americans for Legal Immigration PAC have been formed to fight what they perceive as the threat of illegal immigration by demanding that the U.S. enforce immigration laws and secure the borders.
Haaretz, January 31, 2005. Human Rights Watch, May 2, 2006 Faced with the unpalatable choice between leaving and living with the person they love in violation of U.S. immigration laws, foreign-born partners may become undocumented???staying after their visa expires.
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 2)
The American people expect Congress to secure our borders and stop the flood of illegal immigration, and House Republicans responded by passing a strong border security bill that re-establishes basic respect for our immigration laws.
I don't blame anybody for wanting to come to America, but if you don't respect our immigration laws why should you respect any others. By the way, this is America and our flag has stars and stripes.
Fraudulent Lawyers Said to Prey on Illegal Immigrants - NYTimes.com (weight: 2)
In 2000, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Justice Department arm that oversees immigration courts, began disciplining immigration lawyers who ran afoul of the law. It has suspended or expelled more than 300 such lawyers from practicing in immigration courts. That has not stopped predatory lawyers from exploiting illegal immigrants and the companies that hire them, most of whom are unfamiliar with the labyrinth of federal immigration laws.
A former president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Charles Kuck, who represents some of Mr. Alcala's old clients, says shadowy lawyers emerge any time Congress considers taking up an overhaul of immigration laws.
Illegal Immigration IS A CRIME! (weight: 1)
Over eight million illegal immigrants live in the United States -- some estimate even more. In addition to sneaking into the country in violation of the immigration law that requires that aliens be documented for legal entry (referred to as "entry without inspection -- EWI"), others enter with legal documentation and then violate the terms on which they have been admitted by taking jobs that are not authorized or overstaying the authorized period of stay in the country.
ReportIllegals.com - Home (Report illegal aliens and illegal employers) (weight: 1)
Enforcement of U.S. immigration laws is inadequate and government agencies will not provide follow-up status.
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 1)
Obama's Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, has even bizarrely claimed that illegal immigration, itself, is "not a crime" and that the "real evildoers" are "employers who. hire illegal labor." Napolitano is wrong on both counts. U.S. immigration law states that any alien who enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under Title 18 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. As for "evil" Americans who employ these criminals, the problem which Napolitano neatly sidesteps is that the vast majority of illegal aliens also compound their disregard of U.S. immigration law by using fake documents that are often difficult, if not impossible, for employers to spot without help from the federal government. Illegal aliens routinely use phony birth certificates, Social Security cards and other documentation that victimize Americans -- many of them newborns and young children.
Illegal Immigrants (weight: 1)
Immigration officials have also conducted raids at workplaces suspected of employing illegal immigrants. The priority of the ICE fugitive operation teams is to go after criminals and fugitives, but they often encounter other illegal immigrants in the process. In these situations the ICE agents enforce immigration law. As a result many immigrants who may not have been the original target end up being detained because they fall under the classification of immigration violators.
Tighter license rules hit illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
Having two types of licenses, as contemplated under Real ID, could pose problems where police departments enforce federal immigration law, added John Trasviña, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. "When an officer is carrying both the federal mantle of immigration authority as well as trying to solve crimes, his mission gets confused. People are less likely to cooperate with them," he said.
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 1)
The time is now and we have immigration laws. Why should American citizens just shut up and roll over to what amounts to an invasion? It is greed that drives some Americans to make this underground economy of slave labor an option for many poor peoples. The new poor peoples (potential citizens) see this as the "American Way" just to grab what you want or need regardless of the law.
Report: Most illegal immigrants' kids are U.S. citizens - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
Douglas Massey, a sociology professor at Princeton University, favors changes in immigration law that would allow illegal immigrants to stay legally. That way, Massey says, the taxes paid by newly legalized residents could be used to fund public services they use, such as education and health care.
Health care bill has curious coverage for illegal immigrants - CNN.com (weight: 1)
The proposed reform requires that individuals carry health insurance, and the language in the current bill may obligate undocumented immigrants to get health insurance, too, the Congressional Research Service report concluded. It boils down to terminology. Those living in the country illegally are classified as such under immigration law, but the bill uses tax law terms that identify foreigners as either resident or nonresident aliens.
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 1)
I for one, am sick and tired of these ILLEGAL ALIENS snubbing their nose at our immigration laws and the many other laws of this Country. If our Federal Government can not ENFORCE our immigration laws, and get these ILLEGAL ALIENS out of this Country, then let the States do it! One way or another, an end has to come to this illegal immigration, and not with AMNESTY! Amnesty will only encourage more ILLEGAL ALIENS to invade our Country and reward those who broke our laws and raped the American taxpayer in many ways. depressing our wages, taking our jobs, overwhelming our schools with their ILLEGAL ALIEN children, driving without a license or car insurance, all the crime from stolen identities to rape, drugs and everything else. It's time for ZERO TOLERENCE with these ILLEGAL ALIENS. It's time for them get out of this Country and back in their own Country where they belong.
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 1)
The Marielitos didn't cause the rise in joblessness. How is this possible? Card hypothesized that, thanks to two prior decades of Latin immigration, Miami had ample infrastructure for easing the employment transition for non-English speakers, and the city's robust economy provided plenty of opportunities for work. Card's subsequent research has confirmed his Mariel findings. For that reason, he's skeptical of politicians' stated desire to reform the country's immigration laws to protect American workers. "A lot of people opposed to immigration are and haven't been in favor of programs to retool low-skilled natives," he points out. "Their fundamental concern is about American culture becoming dominated by less-skilled Latinos." Politicians in border states like Texas and Arizona point to the social costs of coping with illegal immigrants -- like uninsured emergency-room visits and additional police enforcement -- yet these same politicians have plenty of constituents who benefit from the ready supply of cheap, low-skilled laborers, Card argues.
Obamacare won't cover illegal immigrants? Yes it will, says Congressional Research Service | Washington Examiner (weight: 1)
I concur with the commenters who are aghast that there is no specific language that forbids the treatment of illegal aliens in this proposed health care bill (what Congress or the courts extend these benefits after the bill passes). Once again, Congress's open borders allies will force American taxpayers to subsidize yet more "freebies" for those who have violated our immigration laws. Do those of you who criticize us for being against such funding believe that the American taxpayer can fund the health care needs for the rest of the world's poor, given that there is high unemployment and a national debt that is exploding and will increase substantially just extending health care to citizens and legal immigrants under this bill.
Hot Air Blog Archive Congressional Research Service: ObamaCare will cover illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
IT IS FOR THE ILLEGALS. Soros and his foundations have had a hand in funding such noteworthy leftist organizations as the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy; the Tides Foundation; the Tides Center; the National Organization for Women; Feminist Majority; the American Civil Liberties Union; People for the American Way; Alliance for Justice; NARAL Pro-Choice America; America Coming Together; the Center for American Progress; Campaign for America's Future; Amnesty International; the Sentencing Project; the Center for Community Change; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Human Rights Watch; the Prison Moratorium Project; the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement; the National Lawyers Guild; the Center for Constitutional Rights; the Coalition for an International Criminal Court; The American Prospect; MoveOn.org; Planned Parenthood; the Nation Institute; the Brennan Center for Justice; the Ms. Foundation for Women; the National Security Archive Fund; the Pacifica Foundation; Physicians for Human Rights; the Proteus Fund; the Public Citizen Foundation; the Urban Institute; the American Friends Service Committee; Catholics for a Free Choice; Human Rights First; the Independent Media Institute; MADRE; the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund; the Immigrant Legal Resource Center; the National Immigration Law Center; the National Immigration Forum; the National Council of La Raza; the American Immigration Law Foundation; the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee; and the Peace and Security Funders Group.
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
About the time the Feds started calling us all racists, thugs and vigilantes, it became a passion as the standing Immigration Law was simply ignored, and the Border Patrol was de-funded with the obvious effect of throwing the borders open. There are not 12 million illegal aliens in this country as the Immigration Service Big Wigs suggest, but lets use that number anyway.
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
"After 20 years of broken promises, it takes a lot more than token gestures," said Representative Brian P. Bilbray, a California Republican who heads an immigration caucus in the House. Michael A. Olivas, a professor of immigration law at the University of Houston, said Hispanic advocates were irked by the enforcement measures because they had seen scant sign that the administration was also moving deliberately toward an overhaul bill.
MILLION ILLEGALS (17 documents)
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 3)
Report: Most illegal immigrants' kids are U.S. citizens - USATODAY.com (weight: 3)
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 3)
Illegal Immigration IS A CRIME! (weight: 2)
CHC Presses Pelosi to Include Illegal Immigrants in Health Bill - Roll Call (weight: 2)
Patterico's Pontifications Are Illegal Immigrants Covered by ObamaCare? (weight: 2)
Illegal Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies (weight: 2)
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 2)
Saturday reading: Illegal immigrants - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com (weight: 2)
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 1)
Health Care Overhaul Ignores Illegal Immigrants - Kaiser Health News (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigrants (weight: 1)
Local News | Company owners admit knowingly hiring illegal immigrants | Seattle Times Newspaper (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 1)
Romney: Giuliani's NYC 'Sanctuary' for Illegal Immigrants - ABC News (weight: 1)
Health Care Overhaul Ignores Illegal Immigrants : NPR (weight: 1)
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 3)
America is a welcoming nation that was built by immigrants, but it is also a nation governed by the rule of law. Rewarding illegal immigrants with a clear path to citizenship and voting rights is unfair to the millions of individuals who immigrated to this country legally. This approach will also make the problem of illegal immigration worse, which is precisely what happened after Congress passed a similar law in 1986. It is impossible for Congress to accurately assess our need for guest workers before we have taken the steps necessary to secure our borders. It is important for Congress to understand that the public will not trust them on this issue until our borders are secure. Once they take that step, I believe the American people would support a compassionate and common sense plan for dealing with our need for guest workers and the 12 million illegal immigrants who are already here. It's hard to justify legislation that would reward millions of law-breakers, attract more illegal immigrants, and futher depress American workers' wages. The Senate bill may be good for other countries and foreign workers, but it's not good for America and American workers.
By regularizing the status of the 10 to 20 million illegals presently residing in the country, the legislation presently before the Senate will simply serve as an incentive to yet more illegal immigration, sending a green light to a new wave of would-be border crossers at the same time it gives unscrupulous employers a new incentive to underbid the market.
Well I've been pounded by the media before and I'm still rockin' and rollin' and when it comes to speaking the truth I fear not. The truth is that the gutless, gonad-less, milksop politicians are just about to sell out the United States of America because they don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up and face reality. The reality is that we would never allow any other group of people to have 12 million illegals in this country and turn around and say, "Oh, it's ok, ya'll can stay here if you'll just allow us to slap your wrist."
Report: Most illegal immigrants' kids are U.S. citizens - USATODAY.com (weight: 3)
Nearly three-quarters of illegal immigrants' children were born in the USA and are citizens, according to a report released Tuesday. Those 4 million children muddy the immigration debate, raising questions about enforcement and public services for illegal immigrant families whose members include legal residents, experts say. "Undocumented immigrants live in neighborhoods; they have kids in school," says Jeffrey Passel, a senior demographer at Pew Hispanic Center and co-author of the report. "That complicates greatly the difficulty of the task of coming up with policies to deal with this population."
About one-third of the roughly 12 million illegal immigrants in the USA are women, and most illegal immigrants are married or living with someone, the non-partisan research center's analysis of 2008 Census data shows.
Of the 5.5 million children of illegal immigrants, 73% were born here.
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 3)
There are an estimated 10-12 million illegal immigrants in the country.
South Africa is home to an estimated five million illegal immigrants, including some three million Zimbabweans.
Between 12 and 20 million illegal immigrants are estimated to be living in the United States ; due to the nature of illegal immigration, the exact number is unknown.
Illegal Immigration IS A CRIME! (weight: 2)
Over eight million illegal immigrants live in the United States -- some estimate even more. In addition to sneaking into the country in violation of the immigration law that requires that aliens be documented for legal entry (referred to as "entry without inspection -- EWI"), others enter with legal documentation and then violate the terms on which they have been admitted by taking jobs that are not authorized or overstaying the authorized period of stay in the country.
The INS estimated in 1996 that about 60 percent of the then estimated five million illegal immigrants were EWI and 40 percent were overstayers. Both types of illegal immigrants are deportable under Immigration and Nationality Act Section 237 (a)(1)(B) which says: "Any alien who is present in the United States in violation of this Act or any other law of the United States is deportable."
CHC Presses Pelosi to Include Illegal Immigrants in Health Bill - Roll Call (weight: 2)
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), ranking member on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, said it takes third grade math to see that the Congressional Budget Office is estimating 5.6 million illegal immigrants will receive health insurance in the next decade.
The CBO estimates that the U.S. population will include 14.1 million illegal immigrants in 2019, of which 8.5 million will not have health insurance. That leaves a difference of 5.6 million who will have insurance, says King, due to the health bill not requiring verification of citizenship for people receiving services. At least one liberal group - the Center for American Progress Action Fund - is already debunking King's claims. The group this week sent an e-mail to supporters saying the CBO never references how many undocumented immigrants would be covered in the health care bill because the analysis assumes they are not eligible. King said he will offer amendments to the health care bill specifically aimed at blocking access for illegal immigrants, although he doesn't expect his proposals to go anywhere.
Patterico's Pontifications Are Illegal Immigrants Covered by ObamaCare? (weight: 2)
I don't have the link because I actually read it in the paper, but Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has a letter in Thursday's USA Today where he lays out where a minimum of 5.6 million illegals will be covered and challenges FactCheck.org to dispute it. He says the bill includes language that indicates that if ANY member of a household is a citizen that ALL members of that household will be covered and there are almost 2 million families in the USA with illegal immigrant parents and US-born children.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, within 10 years, the non-Medicare population of the U.S. will include 14.1 million illegal immigrants. With these significant loopholes ??? no verification and family eligibility ??? illegal immigrants would benefit if liberals passed their bill that would lead to a government takeover of our health care system. Next time, perhaps FactCheck.org and those who print its opinions will check with the author of the facts before they go to print.
Illegal Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies (weight: 2)
In our analysis of the March 2007 Current Population Survey, we estimate that there are approximately 11.3 million illegal aliens living in the United States.
A strategy of attrition through enforcement could reduce the illegal population by as many as 1.5 million illegal aliens each year.
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 2)
About the time the Feds started calling us all racists, thugs and vigilantes, it became a passion as the standing Immigration Law was simply ignored, and the Border Patrol was de-funded with the obvious effect of throwing the borders open. There are not 12 million illegal aliens in this country as the Immigration Service Big Wigs suggest, but lets use that number anyway.
Even if Obama adds around 15 million illegals to our healthcare plan and some of you wingnuts think that's manageable. the U.S. has a policy of allowing 1 million immigrants to our country every year.
Saturday reading: Illegal immigrants - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com (weight: 2)
No coverage for 30 million Illegal Aliens and their Bingo Babies? This guy can't stop lying! What's wrong with him? Why should I sacrifice anything to help cover Illegal Aliens? Coverage for Illegals is in there! We've been reading the bill on The Kevin James Show here in Los Angeles.
Hospitals nationwide can't absorb the cost of 47 million illegals because liberals refuse to deport them, so many hospitals in border states have closed.
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 1)
While acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult, President Obama has pledged to create a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal aliens -- the majority of whom are from Mexico -- currently residing in the country.
Health Care Overhaul Ignores Illegal Immigrants - Kaiser Health News (weight: 1)
No proposal for a national health plan would cover the nation's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants," NPR reports.
Illegal Immigrants (weight: 1)
Some come with the intention of staying in the United States permanently while others are intend to reside in the U.S. only temporarily. If an immigrant has a child while in the United States, they are eligible to become an American citizen. Sometimes, this proves to be an incentive for pregnant women, who intend to move to the United States so that their children can have American citizenship. It is estimated that three million children who are born in the U.S. have at least one parent who is in the country illegally, and at least one in every ten American families has at least one family member who is a current illegal immigrant.
Local News | Company owners admit knowingly hiring illegal immigrants | Seattle Times Newspaper (weight: 1)
Two members of an immigrant family that owns a Bellingham engine- manufacturing plant have pleaded guilty to knowingly hiring illegal immigrants in what is being called this area's first successful criminal prosecution of an employer under the nation's immigration laws.
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
Most of the legislation is seen as punitive, and it reflects legislators' anger at the federal government's inability to seal the southern border and at provisions in the Senate bill that would allow the 12 million illegal immigrants already here a path to citizenship. Those provisions have raised the prospect that the Senate bill will not get past a series of procedural votes this week.
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 1)
A clash of faiths in the U.S. Senate last week led to the collapse of the country's first major immigration reform bill in two decades. On one side were the pragmatists, backed by the Bush administration, who say the country needs to accept that its estimated 12 million illegal residents are likely here to stay, and it should offer them a path to citizenship.
Romney: Giuliani's NYC 'Sanctuary' for Illegal Immigrants - ABC News (weight: 1)
"You have to follow the law, and honor and respect the law," Romney said Wednesday. "And if you don't do that and create the perception that we welcome people coming into our cities or communities that are here illegally ??? you attract people into this country to come illegally. That's why we went from 3 million illegal aliens to 12 million illegal aliens."
Health Care Overhaul Ignores Illegal Immigrants : NPR (weight: 1)
No proposal for a national health plan would cover the nation's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants. This would seem like a big problem, one that could seriously undermine the cost-savings benefit of a program that aims to be universal, but analysts say the notion that illegal immigrants drain the health system is overblown.
IMMIGRATION REFORM (16 documents)
NH Teabagger on illegal immigrants: Send them home with a bullet in the head | Crooks and Liars (weight: 3)
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 3)
Fewer Drugs, Illegal Immigrants Crossing Border (weight: 2)
The Bellows Should We Care for Illegal Immigrants? (weight: 2)
In hard times, illegal immigrants lose healthcare | csmonitor.com (weight: 2)
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 2)
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 1)
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 1)
CHC Presses Pelosi to Include Illegal Immigrants in Health Bill - Roll Call (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigrants: Uncle Sam Wants You -- In These Times (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 1)
STATE OF EMERGENCY:: Illegal immigrants burden UMC - News - ReviewJournal.com (weight: 1)
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 1)
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
NH Teabagger on illegal immigrants: Send them home with a bullet in the head | Crooks and Liars (weight: 3)
Immigration reform. Unless you are African-American (whose forefathers were brought here against their will) or Native American, STFU!!!!!!! Either you or your ancestors were immigrants, and until only VERY recently, they didn't bother with any "papers"; they just came. (It might be noted that Piyush aka "Bobby" Jindal and Michele Malkin are 1st generation Americans).
Pres. Obama has stated that he will introduce immigration reform next year. I think he should wait until 2011, nearer the election. Republicans will work themselves into a frenzy, frothing at the mouth to appease their "base" by denouncing immigration and further alienating hispanics.
That was my first thought, watching these bitter tea-baggers in action. If they are this riled up over health care reform, which will benefit 99% of them, how the hell will they respond to immigration reform to which they will see no remote chance of benefit. This guy answered that question just as I expected. It's going to go from ugly to real damn ugly.
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 3)
The Immigration Reform Law Institute, representing communities, law enforcement and individuals harmed by illegal immigration.
WASHINGTON, DC, April 20, 2006 - Since 2003, more than 7500 arrests of alien child sex offenders. "Thank you for this information. This is the most important site we have ever come across. It effects our country like no other. This information must get into the hands of every Congressman and the President." If our government can't manage the current immigration laws, how do they think they will manage a much larger "comprehensive immigration reform?" John from Washington, DC.
The problem of illegal immigration doesn't need anymore studies or debates, it needs leadership and enforcement. Since our government can't manage the existing immigration laws, are we confident they will be able to manage a much larger "comprehensive immigration reform?" Because our government has at all levels failed to control illegal immigration, legislators are now addressing the problems at their local levels with bills to manage it incrementally, piece-by-piece, rather than trying to fix the national crisis at once--an impossible task. What most Americans are now demanding is to secure our borders, enforce the existing laws equally with no sanctuary status, punish employers who violate the law, remove incentives by curbing social services and pressure Latin American leaders to create a stronger middle class for their people.
Fewer Drugs, Illegal Immigrants Crossing Border (weight: 2)
Congress when enacted the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 has been flagrantly ignored.
Whatever the outcome it will not be easy to pass any Immigration reform or AMNESTY? SayNO because it going to cost trillions of dollars (with a T) in enactment. Health care, Pensions, retirement and a rush on government benefits, for those who haven't already cheated the system. Then they will want their immediate families here? And waiting millions will swarm the open areas of the sovereign border fence? IT WILL NEVER END? Call your Politician today at 202-224-3121 GOOGLENUMBERSUSA, AMERICANPATROL for facts, that will not be found in most press releases.
The Bellows Should We Care for Illegal Immigrants? (weight: 2)
Of course, that would require at least an implied immigration reform consensus, which, as of yet doesn't exist.
I definitely do believe that there should be some sort of immigration reform.
In hard times, illegal immigrants lose healthcare | csmonitor.com (weight: 2)
The dilemma highlights the costs of illegal immigration to society, immigration reform groups counter.
"We would like to give great healthcare to everyone but we just can't," says Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform. "Cheap labor is only cheap to the employer, while everyone else has to pay the social costs ??? ??such as education and healthcare ??? and they can be enormous." "Most societies say their first obligation is to serve citizens and those in the country legally." At the state and local level, illegal immigrants cost more in public services than they pay in taxes, according to a 2007 Congressional Budget Office paper. The CBO also found that spending for illegal immigrants accounted for less than 5 percent of total state and local spending for those services. In California, spending was higher but less than 10 percent of total spending for those services. Back in his small apartment, Cedillo says he believes that healthcare is a "basic human right." He says he is "confused and afraid." Fortunately, his three adult children are independent. His wife's janitor salary barely covers the couple's monthly rent and food expenses.
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 2)
A clash of faiths in the U.S. Senate last week led to the collapse of the country's first major immigration reform bill in two decades. On one side were the pragmatists, backed by the Bush administration, who say the country needs to accept that its estimated 12 million illegal residents are likely here to stay, and it should offer them a path to citizenship.
Cappelli speculates that the debate might play out differently if proponents were discussing a massive increase in the number of immigrant "doctors, technicians and managers." Bernard Anderson, practice professor of management at Wharton, isn't worried about the economic implications of immigration reform, mainly because he sees it having little long-term effect. For one thing, many of the illegal workers already in the United States are likely to remain, regardless of whether they are offered a path to citizenship. "It's not humanly possible to round up and deport 12 million people," says Anderson, who served as an assistant secretary in the U.S. Labor Department during the Clinton administration. "You hear conservatives rail against amnesty, but not once did I hear them come up with a solution to the 12 million people who are already here."
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 1)
Any real immigration reform must first recognize the immense harm illegal aliens have caused by committing identity fraud. At a minimum, those who have committed these and associated crimes should have to face justice and, to the extent possible, compensate their victims, at least economically, although there is no adequate recompense for the emotional torment these acts cause. It is the current ability of undocumented aliens to blend into the work world that sustains illegal immigration. Absent the ability to secure gainful employment, illegal aliens would have no choice but to return to their country of origin. Deportation of illegal aliens would undoubtedly be expensive, but then, the American taxpayer is currently funding a costly web of social services such as schools, clinics, hospitals, unemployment services and other social safety net agencies. Weighed against these costs, it's entirely possible that deportation would begin to look a great deal more attractive.
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 1)
The "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006" passed the United States Senate on May 25, by a vote of 62-36.
CHC Presses Pelosi to Include Illegal Immigrants in Health Bill - Roll Call (weight: 1)
In a statement, Velzquez insisted that Members did not discuss coverage of undocumented immigrants. The focus of the meeting was to ensure that the health care bill allows legal, law abiding immigrants who have followed all of the rules, and who are committed to being in America, to pay their fair share for health care and be included in our health care system, said Velzquez. Proponents of comprehensive immigration reform - an issue possibly on tap later this year - are largely mum on the role of illegal immigrants in health care reform, generally pointing out that the bill does not explicitly allow services to illegal immigrants.
Illegal Immigrants: Uncle Sam Wants You -- In These Times (weight: 1)
It is not very hard to mislead the concepts of the American people, one example of that is how much we hear about immigrants from Hispanic south of the border countries but the media rarely addresses the illegal immigration from Canadians, German and Irish undocumented immigrants that flood the upper part of the country. Another case of manipulation of information took place in June 28, 2007 when a bill for immigration reform was not passed because the phone system on Capitol Hill ?crashed? with all the calls they were receiving to opposed an immigration reform bill.
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
As the federal government ponders without taking action, many states are increasingly frustrated at having to provide expensive services for illegal immigrants. "The federal government has authority over who comes in this country. but the people who are responsible for helping them integrate and acclimate are state and local governments," Ann Morse, a policy analyst for the National Conference of State Legislatures, said in a statement on the group's Web site. The Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act, signed by Gov. Brad Henry (D) last month, restricts illegal immigrants' access to all forms of official identification, bars them from receiving public assistance and metes out stiff fines to employers who hire them. The law allows local officers to train with federal authorities so they can apprehend illegal immigrants. It does not allow those immigrants to post bail, calling them a flight risk. Anti-illegal-immigration groups such as the Federation for American Immigration Reform say the law is a model for the nation. Similar measures are being considered in Nebraska and Idaho.
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 1)
The cost of treating illegal aliens amounts to nearly $11 billion a year, according to calculations done by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a non-profit group that opposes illegal immigration. That cost is not expected to go away if a health insurance reform bill becomes law. "If you're in this country illegally, should you be able to get health care?" CNN's John King asked Pelosi. "No, illegal immigrants are not covered by this plan," she replied. "And so what happens to a public hospital then, if they walk into the emergency room? The hospital I was at this week, they said, you know, they do 6,000 births a year there and 70 percent of them are for undocumented," said King.
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 1)
"Get to the bottom of what? Law enforcement officers enforcing the law?" asked Ira Mehlman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a nonprofit group that advocates more border security and decreasing the number of illegal immigrants entering the country. "The message is if you are hiring illegal aliens, 'no problem.' If you are in the country illegally, unless you commit a serious felony we are not going to bother you, so it's a de facto amnesty," Mehlman said. "Even if the administration cannot get an amnesty through Congress this year, what they are going to do is through administrative decisions allow everybody to remain here and send the signal that more people are welcome."
STATE OF EMERGENCY:: Illegal immigrants burden UMC - News - ReviewJournal.com (weight: 1)
UMC staffers contend more efforts also must be made to persuade foreign nationals to head home for care. And, they say, unless there is meaningful immigration reform, taxpayers can expect to pay more to wait longer for their own emergency services. "There's no question that these illegals who come for dialysis treatment at emergency rooms back everything up," said Dr. Dale Carrison, UMC's head of emergency services, adding that most require treatment two or three times a week. "And there's also no question that they need help. This isn't how emergency rooms were meant to be used." Carrison said the four dialysis chairs on the fifth floor of UMC were designed for hospital patients who suddenly become ill, and not for those in need of chronic care.
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 1)
Nicholas Laham; Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Immigration Reform Praeger Publishers. 2000.
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
Wake up, you are being fed tripe. I say shame on the country of Mexico for caring so little and providing so poorly for their citizens that they engage in dangerous endeavors. Didn't your parents ever teach you that money doesn't grow on trees and when it's gone it's gone. Whichever side of the aisle appeases these bums first will get the voters, as was proven when Obama got elected. The brown tide from the south doesn't care if any kind of comprehensive plan is passed, because as long as NOTHING is being done in the way of immigration reform, then this government has basically given them everything they want without having to work or pay for it. Do you liberal fools think that if Obama gave "amnesty" tomorrow every last one of these crooks are going to be lined up to waiting to get on the rolls and start paying taxes and health care premiums? Pull your liberal heads out of your rectal cavities. As soon as either party approves any kind of amnesty and these people "come out of hiding", the first place they are going to go is to the welfare line and sign up for every freebie they can get. Then they will inundate doctor's offices for their "right" to cheap health care just for a sore throat. In a press conference the other day referring to California's budget deficit, L.A. mexican mayor Villaraigosa said that he WILL continue his sanctuary city policies and that "the money to pay for it has to come from somewhere".
COUNTRY ILLEGALLY (14 documents)
Illegal Immigration (weight: 4)
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 3)
STATE OF EMERGENCY:: Illegal immigrants burden UMC - News - ReviewJournal.com (weight: 2)
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigrants (weight: 1)
Health care bill has curious coverage for illegal immigrants - CNN.com (weight: 1)
Health Care for Illegal Immigrants? 'Simply Not True,' Says Obama -- Politics Daily (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 1)
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 1)
Fraudulent Lawyers Said to Prey on Illegal Immigrants - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigration (weight: 4)
An individual who is residing in a country illegally is known as an "illegal immigrant." Other terms that are commonly used include: undocumented immigrant, illegal immigrant, undocumented alien, unauthorized migrant, illegal migrant, illegal alien, migrant, or undocumented worker.
Illegal immigrants comprise a vast category. Some undocumented immigrants entered the country illegally and others entered legally but overstayed the number of days permitted on their visa or violated the terms of their permanent resident card or refugee permit. Regardless of how a migrant got to their new home country, they decided to take a risk and move to a foreign country in search of a better life.
Failure to do so may result in illegal status and deportation. As stated previously, many illegal immigrants obtain their "illegal" status by entering the country illegally.
Not all individuals may be voluntarily entering the country illegally.
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 3)
"If the Globe has information on people that are in the country illegally, obviously that would have to be verified.
"I'm a company." Saenz asserted that all the workers he used were in the United States legally. Told by reporters that his employees said they were in this country illegally, Saenz responded: "What you've heard is not my problem." Saenz said he had never requested any proof from his employees to show they are here legally. "I don't need to tell them to show me documents," he said. "I know who they are, and they are legal." Federal law calls for employers to examine the documents, such as green cards or Social Security cards, that establish an employee's identity and eligibility to work in the United States. The Globe received a tip in July alleging that Romney was using illegal immigrants to landscape his property.
Romney supports construction of a new 700-mile fence along the country's border with Mexico and stationing National Guard troops at the border until it is finished. He also said that employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants should be penalized. After the Globe's story in June about contractors on public projects using illegal immigrants, the governor announced he would seek an agreement with federal immigration authorities to allow Massachusetts State Police to arrest illegal immigrants for being in this country illegally. In September, on Fox TV's "The O'Reilly Factor," Romney said the border must be secured and restated his support for the fence along the Mexican border, prompting host Bill O'Reilly to dub it "the Mitt Romney Memorial wall."
STATE OF EMERGENCY:: Illegal immigrants burden UMC - News - ReviewJournal.com (weight: 2)
In each of the five prior years, the hospital provided the same emergency services to half as many illegal immigrants for a little more than $1 million per month. Brannman said the hospital receives no reimbursement from federal, state or local sources to provide this life-saving treatment for people who have entered the country illegally.
We need to talk more." All three individuals in the UMC dialysis section interviewed Thursday admitted they were without insurance and in the country illegally. The 34-year-old Barrera, who came to the United States 16 years ago, said she has been receiving dialysis treatment through UMC since December 2007. Her condition worsened so dramatically recently that she had to spend a costly eight days in the hospital. Another patient in the dialysis room Thursday, 47-year-old Felipe De Arcos Rodriguez, said he once had to be hospitalized for two months when he waited too long to get dialysis.
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 1)
When the first thing you do when you set foot on American soil is illegal it is flat out wrong and I don't care how many lala land left heads come out of the woodwork and start trying to give me sensitivity lessons. I don't need sensitivity lessons, in fact I don't have anything against Mexicans! I just have something against criminals and anybody who comes into this country illegally is a criminal and if you don't believe it try coming into America from a foreign country without a passport and see how far you get. What disturbs me about the demonstrations is that it's tantamount to saying, " I am going to come into your country even if it means breaking your laws and there's nothing you can do about it
Illegal Immigrants (weight: 1)
Some come with the intention of staying in the United States permanently while others are intend to reside in the U.S. only temporarily. If an immigrant has a child while in the United States, they are eligible to become an American citizen. Sometimes, this proves to be an incentive for pregnant women, who intend to move to the United States so that their children can have American citizenship. It is estimated that three million children who are born in the U.S. have at least one parent who is in the country illegally, and at least one in every ten American families has at least one family member who is a current illegal immigrant.
Health care bill has curious coverage for illegal immigrants - CNN.com (weight: 1)
The proposed reform requires that individuals carry health insurance, and the language in the current bill may obligate undocumented immigrants to get health insurance, too, the Congressional Research Service report concluded. It boils down to terminology. Those living in the country illegally are classified as such under immigration law, but the bill uses tax law terms that identify foreigners as either resident or nonresident aliens.
Health Care for Illegal Immigrants? 'Simply Not True,' Says Obama -- Politics Daily (weight: 1)
I think Reagan did the compassionate thing at the time, but now we have many more illegal immigrants than we did then. I think we can honestly state both parties have failed on controlling the amount of people streaming into the country illegally, just as both parties have failed on any meaningful health insurance reform. If Obama would just come out and say that the public option is only for people who fall through the cracks (those either without or who cannot afford private insurance and not eligible for state Medicaid) he would have an easier time. If private insurance companies feel threatened, of course they will fight back. Many are in league with Senators and house members, who take generous donations from them.
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
In January, the Virginia House of Delegates approved a far-reaching proposal to strip charities and other organizations of state and local funding if any of the money is used to provide services to immigrants who are in the country illegally. Before they adjourned, Maryland lawmakers defeated a proposal that would have let illegal immigrants pay in-state college tuition.
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 1)
The cost of treating illegal aliens amounts to nearly $11 billion a year, according to calculations done by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a non-profit group that opposes illegal immigration. That cost is not expected to go away if a health insurance reform bill becomes law. "If you're in this country illegally, should you be able to get health care?" CNN's John King asked Pelosi. "No, illegal immigrants are not covered by this plan," she replied. "And so what happens to a public hospital then, if they walk into the emergency room? The hospital I was at this week, they said, you know, they do 6,000 births a year there and 70 percent of them are for undocumented," said King.
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 1)
American dollars comprise a staggering part of the Mexican economy. This is not a statement against immigration.it's against ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION! The distinguished writers set out a balanced perspective but the enormity of the consequences of this immigration bill are not fully laid out and that is what we all are going to have to live with for generations to come. As we go on and on about who has the rights to work and live here in the United States, we need to remind ourselves: What if the Native Americans rejected the early settlers who came here by the boat loads? There was no such thing as a visa or green card. as a Native American and a member of the Cheerokee Nation. All enter this country illegally; my forefathers had no say whatsoever.
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 1)
"Get to the bottom of what? Law enforcement officers enforcing the law?" asked Ira Mehlman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a nonprofit group that advocates more border security and decreasing the number of illegal immigrants entering the country. "The message is if you are hiring illegal aliens, 'no problem.' If you are in the country illegally, unless you commit a serious felony we are not going to bother you, so it's a de facto amnesty," Mehlman said. "Even if the administration cannot get an amnesty through Congress this year, what they are going to do is through administrative decisions allow everybody to remain here and send the signal that more people are welcome."
Fraudulent Lawyers Said to Prey on Illegal Immigrants - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
"I am positive Alcala lied to me and stole from me." On July 28, federal law enforcement and immigration officials gathered in Salt Lake to announce the indictment of Mr. Alcala, 41, on charges that since 2005 he had orchestrated a huge immigration fraud operation out of his local law office. Among other things, they said, he promised American companies thousands of temporary work papers, known as H-2B visas, for employees who were living in this country illegally and therefore not eligible for the documents. At one point Mr. Alcala grew so brazen he used the names of professional Mexican soccer players to apply for the visas, said Jonathan Lines, who oversees investigations in Utah for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
The U.S. is one of the few that will treat you regardless of your ability to pay or whether you are in the country illegally. All countries I have visited want to see a passport as ID. They also want cash for treatment or at least a credit card.
Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
The program allows employers to check the validity of Social Security numbers provided by new hires. It is available to employers on a voluntary basis. "They could have deterred this, but they chose not to," said Steven Camarota, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies. He said a federal requirement that employers use E-Verify would have reduced, if not eliminated, the hiring of immigrants in this country illegally.
LEGAL IMMIGRANTS (13 documents)
SCHIP Bill Increases Illegal Immigrants' Access to Medicaid and Undermines Welfare Reform (weight: 6)
Tighter license rules hit illegal immigrants (weight: 5)
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 3)
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 3)
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 2)
Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say - USATODAY.com (weight: 2)
Illegal Immigration IS A CRIME! (weight: 1)
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 1)
Local News | Company owners admit knowingly hiring illegal immigrants | Seattle Times Newspaper (weight: 1)
Patterico's Pontifications Are Illegal Immigrants Covered by ObamaCare? (weight: 1)
Report: Most illegal immigrants' kids are U.S. citizens - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies (weight: 1)
Obamacare won't cover illegal immigrants? Yes it will, says Congressional Research Service | Washington Examiner (weight: 1)
SCHIP Bill Increases Illegal Immigrants' Access to Medicaid and Undermines Welfare Reform (weight: 6)
Under current law, illegal immigrants are eligible for emergency medical services funded through the Medicaid program but are not eligible for normal benefits through Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). According to the provisions of the 1996 welfare reform law, legal immigrants are not eligible for normal Medicaid and SCHIP benefits for the first five years they reside in the United States. The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 3963),passed in the Senate and the House of Representatives, significantly changes the law with respect to both legal and illegal immigrants.
Undermining Welfare Reform: Legal Immigrants and Medicaid. The 1996 welfare reform law (the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, or PRWORA) restricts eligibility of legal immigrants to Medicaid, SCHIP, and other means-tested welfare programs during their first five years in the United States. While H.R. 3963 does not explicitly revoke these limitations, it does weaken their administrative enforcement with the probable effect of allowing large numbers of legal immigrants to receive Medicaid benefits prior to the five-year eligibility threshold. Under current law, a Medicaid applicant who claims that he is a U.S. citizen must provide documentation proving citizenship.
Legal immigrants who are not yet citizens (legal permanent residents) are checked against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlement (SAVE) database, which contains information on length of residence and other factors relating to welfare eligibility.
The Express Lane process entirely bypasses the SAVE system now used to determine immigrant eligibility for means-tested welfare. With the Express Lane, an immigrant child who does not claim to be a citizen but who possesses a valid Social Security number (as many legal permanent resident children do) may be automatically enrolled in Medicaid or SCHIP without having his application checked by the SAVE system. States may provide Medicaid and SCHIP to legal immigrant children without determining if they are legally entitled to those benefits.
H.R. 3963 therefore provides a de facto neutering of the limitations on immigrant use of Medicaid and SCHIP enacted in welfare reform. The Express Lane would allow thousands of legal immigrants to receive Medicaid and SCHIP benefits irrespective of the length of their residence in the United States.
H.R. 3963 fails to adequately prevent abuse of taxpayer funds. It increases opportunities for illegal immigrants to obtain Medicaid benefits and for legal immigrants to enroll in SCHIP or Medicaid before living in the U.S. the requisite five years. As such, the legislation is a significant step backward in efforts to prevent welfare fraud.
Tighter license rules hit illegal immigrants (weight: 5)
Bredesen pulled the plug after federal regulators determined that some Tennessee testing sites were selling licenses to illegal immigrants from out of state. Under Tennessee's new law, legal immigrants are eligible for temporary licenses as long as they're authorized to be in the United States.
Carlos Romualdo 10/22/2008 at 1:41AM Downey, CA Report as Offensive To the Ms. Krishna K By fabio copa-montes on Apr 15, 2008 11:31:04 AM Think about everyone's point of view before you make a comment, and analize your comments before you say something. I think the same way you think about this law. Contrary of what you say about illegal immigrants, I think you have the wrong idea or your are discriminating people without knowing them. I think being an immigrant is hard for everybody but I respect them and I don't care if they are legal or illegal. Of course, you think that all illegal immigrants are criminals or they are taking your tax money, but that's not true they do pay for taxes and most of them came for the same reason that legal immigrants came to this country to have a better future. Please don't critize people before you get to know them.
Will the state of Michigan give me back my time? My peace of mind? My freedom to do what I want to do and when I want to do it? The U.S. may be the land of the free, but we legal immigrants in Michigan are certainly not.
Why should we follow all the rules and do all the paperwork? Moreover, it takes over ten years for the legal immigrants to become citizens whereas laws will be made to make the life of illegal immigrants easier. This is total discrimination against the legal international community.
Please read: ' Illegal AND legal immigrants cannot have a driver's license in some states. It makes no difference but few people have the reflex to associate illegal immigrants and legal immigrants. It is time to fix this.
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 3)
The new Americans reaching our shores in the late 1800's and early 1900's (like my grandparents) were legal immigrants. In many cases they had no chance of returning home again. They maintained their various ethnic and cultural identities, but they also learned English and embraced their new nationality.
Today, the overwhelming majority of Americans - including legal immigrants - want immigration reduced, not expanded.
Amnesty also insults legal immigrants, who face years of paperwork and long waits to earn precious American citizenship.
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 3)
The Globe recently interviewed four current and former employees of Community Lawn Service with a Heart, the tiny Chelsea-based company that provides upkeep of Romney's property. All but one said they were in the United States illegally. The employees told the Globe that company owner Ricardo Saenz never asked them to provide documents showing their immigration status and knew they were illegal immigrants. "He never asked for papers," said Rosales, who said he had paid smugglers about $5,000 to take him across the US-Mexican border and settled in Chelsea. The workers said they were paid in cash at $9 to $10 an hour and sometimes worked 11-hour days. Romney never inquired about their status, they said. In addition to maintaining the governor's property, they also tended to the lawn at the house owned by Romney's son, Taggart, less than a mile away on the same winding street. Asked by a reporter yesterday about his use of Community Lawn Service with a Heart, Romney, who was hosting the Republican Governors Association conference in Miami, said, "Aw, geez," and walked away. Several hours later, his spokesman, Eric Fehrnstrom, provided the Globe with a statement saying that the governor knows nothing about the immigration status of the landscaping workers, and that his dealings were with Saenz, who is a legal immigrant from Colombia.
The situation underscores the extent to which illegal immigrants permeate the U.S. economy. Even as Romney travels the country, vowing to curb the flood of low-skilled illegal immigrants into the United States, some of those workers maintain his own yard, cutting grass, pruning shrubs, and mulching trees. Saenz said he met Romney through the Mormon Church and said Romney has used his company's services for a decade. Saenz said Romney never asked him if his workers are legal immigrants. "He doesn't have to ask," Saenz said.
"The one who talks to us is the wife," said the legal immigrant. "She asks how we are."
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 2)
On average, 200,000 legal immigrants enter the country every year; about half are ethnic Russians from other republics of the former Soviet Union.
The Pew Hispanic Center notes that while the number of legal immigrants (including LPRs, refugees, and asylees) arriving has not varied substantially since the 1980s, the number of illegal aliens has increased dramatically and, since the mid 1990s, has surpassed the number of legal immigrants.
Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say - USATODAY.com (weight: 2)
Camarota says the estimate is based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey and other independent findings that 15% of all construction workers in the USA are either illegal immigrants or lack the status of legal immigrant authorized to work.
"I think that we really should be focusing on economic progress for all." The center is a Washington policy organization that, its website says, "seeks fewer immigrants but a warmer welcome for those admitted." Cabrera says his group believes unauthorized immigrants working in this country contribute to the economy. A similar hiring estimate was produced in a report in February by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. Senior research fellow Robert Rector wrote, "Without specific mechanisms to ensure that workers are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants authorized to work, it is likely that 15% of these workers, or 300,000, would be illegal immigrants."
Illegal Immigration IS A CRIME! (weight: 1)
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS NOT A VICTIMLESS CRIME Apologists for illegal immigration like to paint it as a victimless crime. In fact, illegal immigration causes substantial harm to American citizens and legal immigrants, particularly those in the most vulnerable sectors of our population--the poor, minorities, and children.
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 1)
Because the Latin American leaders have failed to create a strong middle class, illegal immigration is now hurting the American working class while self-serving businesses and government agencies look the other way. The shortsighted business community harms their own long term interests and that of America by lowering their employment standards instead of raising them. We're seeing the results of those decisions already. This debate is if America is going to be a nation of laws and principles, or if the vanishing dollar will overrule all else. When laws and principles are broken on a scale this large, we now find ourselves with repercussions few could have ever imagined. This issue is about national security, jobs for citizens and legal immigrants, saving our communities from third-world standards and demanding what is best for America while preserving what has made it great, this being our laws and higher standards.
Local News | Company owners admit knowingly hiring illegal immigrants | Seattle Times Newspaper (weight: 1)
The employees, from Mexico and across Central America, all admitted to being in the country illegally.
Patterico's Pontifications Are Illegal Immigrants Covered by ObamaCare? (weight: 1)
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which advocates on behalf of Latinos, said in a statement to CNN that health reform should include legal immigrants who have followed the rules. I'm not sure what the answer to this is, so I'm open-sourcing it to you, the readership, for your thoughts.
Report: Most illegal immigrants' kids are U.S. citizens - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
According to the report, children of illegal immigrants make up 6.8% of children enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade. "We don't really have an option other than somehow bringing these people above board," Massey says. The report also shows that illegal immigrants are more likely to live as family units with their children than legal immigrants or U.S.-born Americans.
Illegal Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies (weight: 1)
Communities of recently arrived legal immigrants help create immigration networks used by illegal aliens and serve as incubators for illegal immigration, providing jobs, housing, and entree to America for illegal alien relatives and fellow countrymen.
Obamacare won't cover illegal immigrants? Yes it will, says Congressional Research Service | Washington Examiner (weight: 1)
I concur with the commenters who are aghast that there is no specific language that forbids the treatment of illegal aliens in this proposed health care bill (what Congress or the courts extend these benefits after the bill passes). Once again, Congress's open borders allies will force American taxpayers to subsidize yet more "freebies" for those who have violated our immigration laws. Do those of you who criticize us for being against such funding believe that the American taxpayer can fund the health care needs for the rest of the world's poor, given that there is high unemployment and a national debt that is exploding and will increase substantially just extending health care to citizens and legal immigrants under this bill.
IMMIGRATION STATUS (12 documents)
68% Say Those Who Employ Illegal Immigrants Should Be Punished - Rasmussen Reports™ (weight: 2)
Health care bill has curious coverage for illegal immigrants - CNN.com (weight: 2)
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 2)
Health Care for Illegal Immigrants? 'Simply Not True,' Says Obama -- Politics Daily (weight: 2)
Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say - USATODAY.com (weight: 2)
Tighter license rules hit illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 1)
SCHIP Bill Increases Illegal Immigrants' Access to Medicaid and Undermines Welfare Reform (weight: 1)
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 1)
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
68% Say Those Who Employ Illegal Immigrants Should Be Punished - Rasmussen Reports™ (weight: 2)
Rasmussen Reports updates also available on Twitter. Polling released yesterday showed strong support for having police officers check the immigration status of those pulled over for a traffic violation.
On the employment front, Congress last week did not reauthorize the federal E-Verify program which allows employers to check on the immigration status of prospective employees.
Health care bill has curious coverage for illegal immigrants - CNN.com (weight: 2)
"Thus, it would appear that unauthorized aliens who meet the substantial presence test would be required under HR 3200 to have health insurance," the report says. It was less clear, however, how the mandate would be enforced for people, immigrants or not, who do not file federal income taxes. Another part of the bill would create a health insurance exchange, where consumers could choose among insurance plans or a government-run plan. That section of the bill does not set restrictions on participants' immigration status, the report says.
When it comes to qualifying for government subsidies for coverage for people who aren't already covered by employers or federal programs, eligibility would be based on immigration status, the report says, barring illegal immigrants from aid.
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 2)
The Globe recently interviewed four current and former employees of Community Lawn Service with a Heart, the tiny Chelsea-based company that provides upkeep of Romney's property. All but one said they were in the United States illegally. The employees told the Globe that company owner Ricardo Saenz never asked them to provide documents showing their immigration status and knew they were illegal immigrants. "He never asked for papers," said Rosales, who said he had paid smugglers about $5,000 to take him across the US-Mexican border and settled in Chelsea. The workers said they were paid in cash at $9 to $10 an hour and sometimes worked 11-hour days. Romney never inquired about their status, they said. In addition to maintaining the governor's property, they also tended to the lawn at the house owned by Romney's son, Taggart, less than a mile away on the same winding street. Asked by a reporter yesterday about his use of Community Lawn Service with a Heart, Romney, who was hosting the Republican Governors Association conference in Miami, said, "Aw, geez," and walked away. Several hours later, his spokesman, Eric Fehrnstrom, provided the Globe with a statement saying that the governor knows nothing about the immigration status of the landscaping workers, and that his dealings were with Saenz, who is a legal immigrant from Colombia.
The experience of the workers on Romney's property seems far removed from the political rhetoric. The worker in Copado said a state trooper stationed in Romney's driveway once inquired about his immigration status, about six months ago. Saenz, the company owner, who was at the property at the time, told the trooper that the worker was in the country legally, but had forgotten his papers, the worker told the Globe.
Health Care for Illegal Immigrants? 'Simply Not True,' Says Obama -- Politics Daily (weight: 2)
Smerconish followed up by asking if illegal immigrants would still be treated at emergency rooms, as is often the case now. "That will continue," Obama said. He explained that if a child with tuberculosis goes to an ER, that child should be treated regardless of immigration status. "I think there is a basic standard of decency where if somebody is in a death situation or a severe illness, that we're going to provide them emergency care," he said.
The law stated that anyone showing up at an ER would receive treatment regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.
Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say - USATODAY.com (weight: 2)
Studies by two conservative think tanks estimate immigrants in the United States illegally could take 300,000 construction jobs, or 15% of the 2 million jobs that new taxpayer-financed projects are predicted to create. They fault Congress for failing to require that employers certify legal immigration status of workers before hiring by using a Department of Homeland Security program called E-Verify.
The version of the stimulus bill passed by the House of Representatives included a provision requiring employers to check immigration status with the E-Verify system before hiring. The Senate did not include such a provision, and it was not in the version sent to President Obama.
Tighter license rules hit illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
Besides, states are ill-equipped to determine the immigration status of drivers, said Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap. Even checking an applicant's immigration paperwork doesn't always work, because the U.S. State Department routinely grants blanket extensions for visa holders from certain countries, he said.
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 1)
Houston Police overwhelmed with crime, Police Union wants to allow questioning of immigration status.
SCHIP Bill Increases Illegal Immigrants' Access to Medicaid and Undermines Welfare Reform (weight: 1)
Current law governing Medicaid enrollment requires verification of immigration status by the Immigration and Naturalization Service through the use of the SAVE system.
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 1)
The Observer notes that the IRS issues so-called "ITINs" solely to process tax payments, regardless of immigration status. These mortgages are starting to take off. The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals believes that the ITIN mortgage market could reach $80 million, and already Wall Street has begun to buy ITIN loans and bundle them into mortgage-backed securities for sale to pension funds and other institutional investors.
Illegal Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies (weight: 1)
Elements of attrition through enforcement include: mandatory workplace verification of immigration status; measures to curb misuse of Social Security and IRS identification numbers; partnerships with state and local law enforcement officials; expanded entry-exit recording under US-VISIT; increased non-criminal removals; and state and local laws to discourage illegal settlement. With this strategy it would not be necessary to deport every single illegal alien, as many would find it difficult to work and live in the United States and make the rational decision to self-deport.
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 1)
Yamato did not verify his immigration status when he first arrived at the company, Arreola said.
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
The administration recently undertook audits of employee paperwork at hundreds of businesses, expanded a program to verify worker immigration status that has been widely criticized as flawed, bolstered a program of cooperation between federal and local law enforcement agencies, and rejected proposals for legally binding rules governing conditions in immigration detention centers.
IMMIGRATION STUDIES (9 documents)
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 2)
Health care bill has curious coverage for illegal immigrants - CNN.com (weight: 2)
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 1)
Local News | Company owners admit knowingly hiring illegal immigrants | Seattle Times Newspaper (weight: 1)
In hard times, illegal immigrants lose healthcare | csmonitor.com (weight: 1)
Report: Most illegal immigrants' kids are U.S. citizens - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 2)
A Center for Immigration Studies report debunks three common misconceptions: that illegal aliens are "undocumented"; the transgressions committed by illegal aliens to obtain jobs are minor; and illegal-alien document fraud and identity theft are victimless crimes.
As the Center for Immigration Studies report shows, looking the other way is even more expensive. Any government's first, and greatest, responsibility begins with protecting its own territorial integrity, its own borders, no matter what the price.
Health care bill has curious coverage for illegal immigrants - CNN.com (weight: 2)
The report, released Tuesday, "undermines the claims of the president and others that illegal immigrants would not be covered under the House version of the bill," Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies, told CNN.
According to the Center for Immigration Studies, in 2007, 33.2 percent of all immigrants, legal and undocumented, did not have health insurance, compared with 12.7 percent of native-born Americans. With passage of the health care bill far from certain in its current form, it is too early to know how undocumented immigrants could be affected by the bill, Tamar Jacoby, president of ImmigrationWorks USA, told CNN. "I'm pretty skeptical that illegal immigrants will come out of this legislative battle" with any new benefits, she said. The scrutiny of this part of the bill "points to the need to fix the system," Jacoby said.
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 1)
The Center For Immigration Studies releases new video from Arizona.
Local News | Company owners admit knowingly hiring illegal immigrants | Seattle Times Newspaper (weight: 1)
The first work-site raid of the Obama administration, the Bellingham case gained national attention when Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ordered a probe into the actions of local agents who conducted it. Her Department of Homeland Security has since issued guidelines on how such raids should be carried out, saying it wants investigations to focus more on employers who hire illegal immigrants than on the immigrant workers themselves. "This case should put employers on notice that if they knowingly employ those who lack legal status, they face prosecution for federal felonies," United States Attorney Jeffrey C. Sullivan said in a statement.
In hard times, illegal immigrants lose healthcare | csmonitor.com (weight: 1)
About 64 percent of illegal immigrants nationwide ????? 7.2 million ????? are uninsured, according to the Washington-based, Center for Immigration Studies (CIS).
Report: Most illegal immigrants' kids are U.S. citizens - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
In 2003, 63% of illegal immigrants' children were citizens. Because more families are made up of both legal and illegal residents, immigration enforcement becomes trickier, says Steven Camarota, research director at the Center for Immigration Studies.
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 1)
"The difference between that and the over $10 billion figure is the amount that is paid out of federal funds." Martin's figures are similar to those reported in a 2004 study published by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), which showed that illegals accounted for $6.4 billion of federal health care spending - the CIS study did not examine states expenditures. The CIS study did include federal programs for which illegal immigrants are legally barred, such as Medicaid. Federal funds still flowed their way due to the fact that illegal immigrant parents gain access to federal welfare and health care benefits through their U.S.-born children.
Illegal Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies (weight: 1)
The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit research organization founded in 1985. It is the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States.
Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
The program allows employers to check the validity of Social Security numbers provided by new hires. It is available to employers on a voluntary basis. "They could have deterred this, but they chose not to," said Steven Camarota, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies. He said a federal requirement that employers use E-Verify would have reduced, if not eliminated, the hiring of immigrants in this country illegally.
HIRE ILLEGALS (9 documents)
68% Say Those Who Employ Illegal Immigrants Should Be Punished - Rasmussen Reports™ (weight: 3)
Illegal Immigration (weight: 2)
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 2)
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 1)
Patterico's Pontifications Are Illegal Immigrants Covered by ObamaCare? (weight: 1)
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 1)
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
68% Say Those Who Employ Illegal Immigrants Should Be Punished - Rasmussen Reports™ (weight: 3)
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of U.S. voters favor strict government sanctions on employers who hire illegal immigrants, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That???s up slightly from a couple of years ago.
The Obama administration wants to review the program before deciding whether to endorse it. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Republicans support strict sanctions on employers who hire illegal immigrants, as do 58% of Democrats and 72% of those not affiliated with either major party.
Seventy-six percent (76%) of white voters think strict sanctions should be imposed on employers who hire illegals, but African-Americans are evenly divided.
Illegal Immigration (weight: 2)
An employer may pay below what the federal law requires and allow an employee to work in unsafe conditions. Some employers feel they could get away with these human rights violations with illegal immigrants because they wouldn't report their employer out of fear of deportation. Penalties exist for employers who hire illegal immigrants but they are not always enforced.
Legislation is also being proposed that offers even stricter penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants as well as employers that don't support safe working conditions.
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 2)
Romney supports construction of a new 700-mile fence along the country's border with Mexico and stationing National Guard troops at the border until it is finished. He also said that employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants should be penalized. After the Globe's story in June about contractors on public projects using illegal immigrants, the governor announced he would seek an agreement with federal immigration authorities to allow Massachusetts State Police to arrest illegal immigrants for being in this country illegally. In September, on Fox TV's "The O'Reilly Factor," Romney said the border must be secured and restated his support for the fence along the Mexican border, prompting host Bill O'Reilly to dub it "the Mitt Romney Memorial wall."
The one legal Guatemalan immigrant interviewed by the Globe, who has done work at the Romney property numerous times, has been a constant presence at the landscaping company. He said Saenz regularly hired illegal workers to work alongside him. He said exchanges with the governor on the property are rare.
Illegal immigrants cause real harm to U.S. citizens - Kingsport Times-News Online (weight: 1)
Obama's Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, has even bizarrely claimed that illegal immigration, itself, is "not a crime" and that the "real evildoers" are "employers who. hire illegal labor." Napolitano is wrong on both counts. U.S. immigration law states that any alien who enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under Title 18 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. As for "evil" Americans who employ these criminals, the problem which Napolitano neatly sidesteps is that the vast majority of illegal aliens also compound their disregard of U.S. immigration law by using fake documents that are often difficult, if not impossible, for employers to spot without help from the federal government. Illegal aliens routinely use phony birth certificates, Social Security cards and other documentation that victimize Americans -- many of them newborns and young children.
Patterico's Pontifications Are Illegal Immigrants Covered by ObamaCare? (weight: 1)
The status quo doesn't want any change in the trillion dollar medical complex, because it could strictly confine a multitude of new common sense laws? Sadly, I have listened to lies sprouting from the special interest lobby over the airwaves for weeks. We are still conveying many entitlement programs to illegal aliens and their families, with extorted taxes.We have always been the recipients of business welfare and likely always will be, because the pariah businesses that hire illegals, never pay anything to their support.
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 1)
I am appalled at the traitorous actions of Americans who openly and knowingly hire illegal immigrants and at the demands of illegal immigrants for citizenship.
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
The bill is scheduled for a vote next week. He admitted that his proposal faces an uphill climb. It is competing with other measures -- "so many, like seven," he said -- that go after employers who hire illegal immigrants and deny the immigrants themselves benefits and other services.
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 1)
Penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants range from $2,000-$10,000 and up to six months' imprisonment. Political groups like Americans for Legal Immigration PAC have been formed to fight what they perceive as the threat of illegal immigration by demanding that the U.S. enforce immigration laws and secure the borders.
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
In April, there were 9,037 immigration cases in the federal courts, an increase of 32 percent over April 2008, the group found. Ms. Napolitano said in the interview that she would not call off immigration raids entirely as some Hispanic lawmakers have suggested. "We will continue to enforce the law and to look for effective ways to do it," she said. "That's my job." Ms. Napolitano, who as governor of Arizona sparred with Republican legislators seeking tougher steps against illegal immigration, said she was looking for ways to make enforcement programs inherited from President George W. Bush less heavy-handed. She also wants to put the enforcement focus on illegal-immigrant gang members and convicts and on employers who routinely hire illegal immigrants so as to exploit them.
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT (8 documents)
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 3)
Illegal Immigration (weight: 1)
ReportIllegals.com - Home (Report illegal aliens and illegal employers) (weight: 1)
Debate heats up on healthcare for illegal immigrants -- latimes.com (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigrants (weight: 1)
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 1)
Report: Most illegal immigrants' kids are U.S. citizens - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 1)
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 3)
After early pledges by President Obama that he would moderate the Bush administration's tough policy on immigration enforcement, his administration is pursuing an aggressive strategy for an illegal-immigration crackdown that relies significantly on programs started by his predecessor.
"We are expanding enforcement, but I think in the right way," Janet Napolitano, the homeland security secretary, said in an interview. Ms. Napolitano and other administration officials argue that no-nonsense immigration enforcement is necessary to persuade American voters to accept legislation that would give legal status to millions of illegal immigrants, a measure they say Mr. Obama still hopes to advance late this year or early next. That approach brings Mr. Obama around to the position that his Republican rival, Senator John McCain of Arizona, espoused during last year's presidential campaign, a stance Mr. Obama rejected then as too hard on Latino and immigrant communities. (Mr. McCain did not respond to requests for comment.)
Separately, the Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation of Mr. Arpaio's practices. The Obama administration has received support for its immigration position from a leading Democrat, Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, the chairman of the Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, who will be writing an immigration overhaul bill later this year. In preparation for what is likely to be a furious debate, Mr. Schumer has called on Democrats to show that they are serious about immigration enforcement and is even asking them to stop using the term "undocumented" to refer to immigrants who are here illegally.
Illegal Immigration (weight: 1)
The United States has seen a recent change in immigration enforcement.
ReportIllegals.com - Home (Report illegal aliens and illegal employers) (weight: 1)
Advocacy - With many years of immigration enforcement advocacy experience behind the sites ReportIllegals.com and the sibling site IllegalAliens.US, immigration enforcement will be advocated in various ways.
Debate heats up on healthcare for illegal immigrants -- latimes.com (weight: 1)
Fierce opposition has kept the idea off the table. Castillo received his transplant and a year of free medicine as part of a hospital study at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago after lobbying by Latino activists and a call from the governor's office. With the study over, his last free prescription is running out. "We don't know what we'll do when the medicine is gone," said Castillo, holding two nearly empty bottles of the immunosuppressants he takes to ward off an organ rejection. It is immoral, immigration activists say, for hospitals and doctors -- as well as a nation -- to deny healthcare to the seriously ill, no matter their legal status. Proponents of tougher immigration enforcement and others fighting to contain runaway costs fear that providing such services would encourage more illegal border crossings. Given spotty healthcare in countries such as China and Mexico, "health insurance alone might be worth people coming here. especially if you've got a family that's got a lot of illness in it," said Roy Beck of NumbersUSA, which has pushed for tighter restrictions on medical aid to illegal immigrants.
Illegal Immigrants (weight: 1)
Some argue that ICE goes too far and that agents sometimes disguise themselves to catch more illegal immigrants. They argue that their tactics lead to racial profiling and that many families are being torn apart as a result of aggressive immigration enforcement. ICE defends its actions by saying that they are only enforcing the law and going after individuals who are not law-abiding. ICE maintains they adhere to guidelines such as not entering a household without consent. They point out that individuals have the right to due process and may fight their deportation in court.
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 1)
America must have immigration enforcement that reflects the nation's call to respect our laws in balance with the human side of illegal immigration. This must override the narrow interests of both the business lobby, our government agencies and the pro-big government officials who envision their expanding dependent class and source of votes. Recent language by Senator Reid, Senator Schumer and their peers reveal they're still out-of-touch with the realities of illegal immigration.
Report: Most illegal immigrants' kids are U.S. citizens - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
In 2003, 63% of illegal immigrants' children were citizens. Because more families are made up of both legal and illegal residents, immigration enforcement becomes trickier, says Steven Camarota, research director at the Center for Immigration Studies.
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 1)
"Going Off the Record: Local Immigration Enforcement and the National Crime Information Center Database".
LEGAL IMMIGRATION (6 documents)
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 2)
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 1)
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 1)
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 1)
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 2)
ImmigrationCounters.com supports legal immigration and respect for all humanity, yet highlights the significant weight of illegal immigration as a result of poor governmental controls and unscrupulous employers. Please share this site with your elected representatives, local officials and others.
Embracing citizenship and our legal principles are precisely what have made our country successful, stable and unique in the world. These concerns do not represent a selfish interest in protecting our country from the inclusion of healthy and legal immigration; rather, they are about being a nation of laws. These laws and responsibilities apply to everyone without a hint of racism or xenophobia. History cannot be rewound as some activists would like in their "Reconquista," to re-conquer the land (as in the days of the Pueblo People, a land of barrenness before the borders were established).
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 1)
Critics, however, insist banks should accept only verified documents that can be obtained by U.S. citizens and legal residents. William Gheen, head of Raleigh-based Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, earlier this year launched a boycott against Bank of America over its credit card program." It's against federal law to induce an illegal alien to enter the U.S. and aid and abet them staying in the country," he said.
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 1)
The major issue of assimilation into the society is also skirted in the article. The assumption that a such a population will not pose a problem with "Balkanization" is naive. For skilled workers, there is a process for legal immigration which works quite well (we have assisted clients with such a process) and should be utilized.
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 1)
Penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants range from $2,000-$10,000 and up to six months' imprisonment. Political groups like Americans for Legal Immigration PAC have been formed to fight what they perceive as the threat of illegal immigration by demanding that the U.S. enforce immigration laws and secure the borders.
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants do not contribute to our society and yet utilize a high level of social services. With our country incurring a $1.84 Trillion deficit this year we can not afford to supply healthcare to everyone that finds their way hear illegally. There is a process for legal immigration and those that take that path have typically become productive citizens. That money will be taken and put right into millions of ILLEGAL ALIEN'S insurance policies.
Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say - USATODAY.com (weight: 1)
Studies by two conservative think tanks estimate immigrants in the United States illegally could take 300,000 construction jobs, or 15% of the 2 million jobs that new taxpayer-financed projects are predicted to create. They fault Congress for failing to require that employers certify legal immigration status of workers before hiring by using a Department of Homeland Security program called E-Verify.
ILLEGAL WORKERS (6 documents)
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 5)
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 2)
Illegal Immigration (weight: 1)
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 1)
Local News | Company owners admit knowingly hiring illegal immigrants | Seattle Times Newspaper (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 1)
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 5)
Some proponents, for example, have said that enabling the 12 million existing illegal workers to remain in the United States will safeguard the size of the country's labor force.
Cappelli speculates that the debate might play out differently if proponents were discussing a massive increase in the number of immigrant "doctors, technicians and managers." Bernard Anderson, practice professor of management at Wharton, isn't worried about the economic implications of immigration reform, mainly because he sees it having little long-term effect. For one thing, many of the illegal workers already in the United States are likely to remain, regardless of whether they are offered a path to citizenship. "It's not humanly possible to round up and deport 12 million people," says Anderson, who served as an assistant secretary in the U.S. Labor Department during the Clinton administration. "You hear conservatives rail against amnesty, but not once did I hear them come up with a solution to the 12 million people who are already here."
Two-thirds of illegal workers are concentrated in four industries: farming; personal service; food preparation, hospitality and tourism; and construction. In those industries, he says, immigrants are either filling job vacancies that would otherwise exist, or they are part of what labor economists called "noncompeting groups."
The American older worker cannot retire and now has to work longer to pay for the medical and social services utilzied by the $15K workers. That $15K low-skilled worker does not spend as much money in the economy and the $100K employee. They buy cheap low quality goods and food. They quality of work they do is very poor, but they are hardworkers. All of this is a drain on the American economy and not a contribution. They can pick lettuce and yes, they can pick grapes, but the quality of construction work is very poor and usually end up having to be redone. The fact that English is not required means Americans cannot communicate with them even to try to teach these workers how to do the jobs properly. All of these factors pull the U.S. economy down over the long run. It's funny how the very people that rail against amnesty are the very people who are getting their lawns beautifully landscaped by illegal immigrants or their McMansions tended to by illegal immigrants or their children 'nannied' by illegal immigrants. They might think they hired legal, American companies to provide these services but 'behind the scenes' you will most likely find(drum roll please. ) immigrants. As Bernard Anderson stated earlier in this article, "Two-thirds of illegal workers are concentrated in four industries: farming; personal service; food preparation, hospitality and tourism; and construction."
In other words- most of the jobs that illegal workers 'take' will not even be considered as an opportunity by my legal, unemployed friends! You won't find any of my unemployed citizen friends riding a bike into the next town to get to work. You won't find any of my unemployed citizen friends walking with a lunchbag in their hand- down a sidewalk-less road after cleaning a McMansion. I've had jobs in the industries mentioned above and I've had the priviledge of speaking to these 'illegal immigrants.' I've found that most of them have a 2nd and 3rd job! Yet I have legal, American citizen friends who are 'more skilled' but can't hold down one job. Crunch all the numbers you want- but as Wharton Anderson concluded,". they are not people who are coming here to be on welfare. They are coming here to work."
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 2)
Not surprisingly, the critics are already out, calling for an end to mortage financing for illegal workers.
In the last session of Congress, a Republican congresswoman from Banner Elk, Rep. Virginia Foxx, introduced a bill that would require federal agencies that insure mortgage loans to check Social Security numbers of applicants. Foxx's spokesman said she opposes the use of ITINs for loans and plans to bring the bill back up again. I tend to side with the pro-immigrant experts like Tim Ready at the University of Notre Dame, who argues that "It's really important to the economy as a whole and to the real estate market in particular that Latinos be able to purchase a home." You can't have individuals mow your lawns, bus your tables at a restaurant, clean your houses, and not allow them the chance to own their slice of the American dream. Besides, the housing market needs all the help it can get these days. My BusinessWeek colleague Brian Grow authored a really insightful cover story ("Embracing Illegals," July 18, 2005) on the conflict between government--who by law must deport illegal workers--and Corporate America, which in their quest for growth, has aggressively been marketing to undocumented workers in recent years (not to mention employing them, but that's another story).
Illegal Immigration (weight: 1)
Companies have found themselves facing harsh penalties and getting negative publicity for hiring illegal workers.
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 1)
Unless our government takes deliberate and significant action immediately, America could be in for serious civil unrest real soon. It is absolutely incredible that our government would tolerate people who are not even legal residents of our country to generate the kind of mass demonstrations and protests that we are witnessing on a daily basis! It is more than incredible; it is outrageous! According to The Christian Science Monitor (April 10, 2006), immigrants (most of them illegal) are " mobilizing for major action " on May 1, 2006. Nearly 100 American cities will soon feel the brunt of this "action." They will have an ocean of white T-shirts painted with their " political demands " from east coast to west coast and " will settle for nothing less than full amnesty and dignity for the millions of undocumented workers (illegal immigrants) presently in the U.S. " Organizers describe these coming demonstrations as "the biggest social movement of Hispanics since the United Farm Workers of Cesar Chavez."
Local News | Company owners admit knowingly hiring illegal immigrants | Seattle Times Newspaper (weight: 1)
The first work-site raid of the Obama administration, the Bellingham case gained national attention when Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ordered a probe into the actions of local agents who conducted it. Her Department of Homeland Security has since issued guidelines on how such raids should be carried out, saying it wants investigations to focus more on employers who hire illegal immigrants than on the immigrant workers themselves. "This case should put employers on notice that if they knowingly employ those who lack legal status, they face prosecution for federal felonies," United States Attorney Jeffrey C. Sullivan said in a statement.
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 1)
The one legal Guatemalan immigrant interviewed by the Globe, who has done work at the Romney property numerous times, has been a constant presence at the landscaping company. He said Saenz regularly hired illegal workers to work alongside him. He said exchanges with the governor on the property are rare.
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION (6 documents)
In hard times, illegal immigrants lose healthcare | csmonitor.com (weight: 1)
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 1)
Fraudulent Lawyers Said to Prey on Illegal Immigrants - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
Hot Air Blog Archive Congressional Research Service: ObamaCare will cover illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
In hard times, illegal immigrants lose healthcare | csmonitor.com (weight: 1)
"We would like to give great healthcare to everyone but we just can't," says Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform. "Cheap labor is only cheap to the employer, while everyone else has to pay the social costs ??? ??such as education and healthcare ??? and they can be enormous." "Most societies say their first obligation is to serve citizens and those in the country legally." At the state and local level, illegal immigrants cost more in public services than they pay in taxes, according to a 2007 Congressional Budget Office paper. The CBO also found that spending for illegal immigrants accounted for less than 5 percent of total state and local spending for those services. In California, spending was higher but less than 10 percent of total spending for those services. Back in his small apartment, Cedillo says he believes that healthcare is a "basic human right." He says he is "confused and afraid." Fortunately, his three adult children are independent. His wife's janitor salary barely covers the couple's monthly rent and food expenses.
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
As the federal government ponders without taking action, many states are increasingly frustrated at having to provide expensive services for illegal immigrants. "The federal government has authority over who comes in this country. but the people who are responsible for helping them integrate and acclimate are state and local governments," Ann Morse, a policy analyst for the National Conference of State Legislatures, said in a statement on the group's Web site. The Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act, signed by Gov. Brad Henry (D) last month, restricts illegal immigrants' access to all forms of official identification, bars them from receiving public assistance and metes out stiff fines to employers who hire them. The law allows local officers to train with federal authorities so they can apprehend illegal immigrants. It does not allow those immigrants to post bail, calling them a flight risk. Anti-illegal-immigration groups such as the Federation for American Immigration Reform say the law is a model for the nation. Similar measures are being considered in Nebraska and Idaho.
CNSNews.com - Illegal Immigrants Account for $10.7 Billion of Nation???s Health Care Costs, Data Show (weight: 1)
The cost of treating illegal aliens amounts to nearly $11 billion a year, according to calculations done by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a non-profit group that opposes illegal immigration. That cost is not expected to go away if a health insurance reform bill becomes law. "If you're in this country illegally, should you be able to get health care?" CNN's John King asked Pelosi. "No, illegal immigrants are not covered by this plan," she replied. "And so what happens to a public hospital then, if they walk into the emergency room? The hospital I was at this week, they said, you know, they do 6,000 births a year there and 70 percent of them are for undocumented," said King.
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 1)
"Get to the bottom of what? Law enforcement officers enforcing the law?" asked Ira Mehlman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a nonprofit group that advocates more border security and decreasing the number of illegal immigrants entering the country. "The message is if you are hiring illegal aliens, 'no problem.' If you are in the country illegally, unless you commit a serious felony we are not going to bother you, so it's a de facto amnesty," Mehlman said. "Even if the administration cannot get an amnesty through Congress this year, what they are going to do is through administrative decisions allow everybody to remain here and send the signal that more people are welcome."
Fraudulent Lawyers Said to Prey on Illegal Immigrants - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
A former president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Charles Kuck, who represents some of Mr. Alcala's old clients, says shadowy lawyers emerge any time Congress considers taking up an overhaul of immigration laws.
Hot Air Blog Archive Congressional Research Service: ObamaCare will cover illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
IT IS FOR THE ILLEGALS. Soros and his foundations have had a hand in funding such noteworthy leftist organizations as the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy; the Tides Foundation; the Tides Center; the National Organization for Women; Feminist Majority; the American Civil Liberties Union; People for the American Way; Alliance for Justice; NARAL Pro-Choice America; America Coming Together; the Center for American Progress; Campaign for America's Future; Amnesty International; the Sentencing Project; the Center for Community Change; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Human Rights Watch; the Prison Moratorium Project; the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement; the National Lawyers Guild; the Center for Constitutional Rights; the Coalition for an International Criminal Court; The American Prospect; MoveOn.org; Planned Parenthood; the Nation Institute; the Brennan Center for Justice; the Ms. Foundation for Women; the National Security Archive Fund; the Pacifica Foundation; Physicians for Human Rights; the Proteus Fund; the Public Citizen Foundation; the Urban Institute; the American Friends Service Committee; Catholics for a Free Choice; Human Rights First; the Independent Media Institute; MADRE; the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund; the Immigrant Legal Resource Center; the National Immigration Law Center; the National Immigration Forum; the National Council of La Raza; the American Immigration Law Foundation; the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee; and the Peace and Security Funders Group.
IMMIGRANT WORKERS (5 documents)
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 3)
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 2)
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 1)
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? - Knowledge@Wharton (weight: 3)
Research by George Borjas, an economist at Harvard University, has found that, nationwide, the influx of low-skilled immigrant workers from 1960 through 2000 depressed wages and boosted unemployment among comparably skilled African-American males. Cappelli also argues that supporters of the bill have misrepresented the state of the country's workforce in their efforts to secure its passage.
In general, immigrant workers tend to seek out booming cities like Las Vegas, Phoenix and Charlotte, N.C., not places like Detroit and Cleveland that are struggling with unemployment. The effects of these workers on cities are hard to measure: The changes come gradually, and because some of some of the workers are illegal, data can be unreliable.
David Card, a labor economist at the University of California at Berkeley, realized that one Sun Belt city, Miami, offered an ideal natural laboratory for studying the effects of immigration. Miami has long been a haven for immigrant workers, both legal and not.
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 2)
Arreola was one of 28 illegal immigrant workers arrested in February after agents from U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement raided a car engine repair business. According to the immigrants, a small army of federal agents surrounded Yamato Engine Specialists in Bellingham Washington, and began searching for workers who could not show they had authorization to work in the United States.
Rosalinda Guillen said people in the pro-immigrant rights community were heartened by the fact that shortly after Napolitano ordered a review of the Bellingham case the immigrant workers who were still in immigration detention were released.
Illegal Immigrants Targeted By States - washingtonpost.com (weight: 1)
Faison said North Carolina growers need immigrant workers in order to thrive, but passing legislation friendly to illegal immigrants is difficult. "There are a lot of people here who would like to take every immigrant here and ship them home. Those same people are buying the houses that they build and taking their services. It's a schizophrenic view," Faison said. In Pennsylvania, Rep. Angel Cruz, a Democrat and the only Hispanic member of the legislature, submitted a proposal calling on the state to study the lives of immigrants, legal and illegal, "so that we can learn about their contributions before we act," he said.
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 1)
Illegal immigration of Cubans through Canc??n tripled from 2004 to 2006. In September 2007, Mexican President Calder??n harshly criticized the United States government for the crackdown on illegal immigrants, saying it has led to the persecution of immigrant workers without visas. ???I have said that Mexico does not stop at its border, that wherever there is a Mexican, there is Mexico,??? he said. In October 2008, Mexico tightened its immigration rules and agreed to deport Cubans using the country as an entry point to the U.S. It also criticized U.S. policy that generally allows Cubans who reach U.S. territory to stay.
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
Under Ms. Napolitano, immigration authorities have backed away from the Bush administration's frequent mass factory roundups of illegal immigrant workers. Federal criminal prosecutions for immigration violations have actually increased this year, according to a study by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonpartisan group that analyzes government data.
FEDERAL IMMIGRATION (5 documents)
Tighter license rules hit illegal immigrants (weight: 2)
Fraudulent Lawyers Said to Prey on Illegal Immigrants - NYTimes.com (weight: 2)
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 1)
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
Tighter license rules hit illegal immigrants (weight: 2)
Having two types of licenses, as contemplated under Real ID, could pose problems where police departments enforce federal immigration law, added John Trasviña, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. "When an officer is carrying both the federal mantle of immigration authority as well as trying to solve crimes, his mission gets confused. People are less likely to cooperate with them," he said.
Here is my two-step plan. We may have to kiss the keisters of the illegal invaders, it is still a felony to aid and abet them. If some honest men and women in law enforcement, would go after the lowlifes in the government, business and the general population that have been aiding and abetting them, by the time they had enough of a handle on the job to raise their heads and look around, I don??????t think many illegal aliens would still be left. We don't need any new laws to do this either. Just some honest men and women that take their oaths of office seriously. Finding them is the first step! Federal Immigration and Nationality Act Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii) "Any person who. encourages or induces an alien to. reside. knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such. residence is. in violation of law, shall be punished as provided. for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs. fined under title 18. imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."
Fraudulent Lawyers Said to Prey on Illegal Immigrants - NYTimes.com (weight: 2)
For $2,800, Silvia Alfaro said, a well-known immigration lawyer in Salt Lake City promised that her husband would get a green card and her family a shot at their American dream. Ms. Alfaro, a United States citizen, said she told the lawyer, James Hector Alcala, that her husband, Leonel, had lived illegally in this country for 17 years and once was deported. Mr. Alcala promised to take care of everything, she recalled, and he said her husband was a good man. When, at the lawyer's urging, Mr. Alfaro showed up last April at a federal immigration office in Salt Lake City for an interview for a green card, he was immediately taken into custody.
In 2000, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Justice Department arm that oversees immigration courts, began disciplining immigration lawyers who ran afoul of the law. It has suspended or expelled more than 300 such lawyers from practicing in immigration courts. That has not stopped predatory lawyers from exploiting illegal immigrants and the companies that hire them, most of whom are unfamiliar with the labyrinth of federal immigration laws.
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 1)
All illegal immigrants have in bad faith violated our federal immigration laws. This, in turn, leads to a long string of other violations, impacts on society and attitudes that affect our communities.
Illegal immigrants toiled for governor - The Boston Globe (weight: 1)
Romney supports construction of a new 700-mile fence along the country's border with Mexico and stationing National Guard troops at the border until it is finished. He also said that employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants should be penalized. After the Globe's story in June about contractors on public projects using illegal immigrants, the governor announced he would seek an agreement with federal immigration authorities to allow Massachusetts State Police to arrest illegal immigrants for being in this country illegally. In September, on Fox TV's "The O'Reilly Factor," Romney said the border must be secured and restated his support for the fence along the Mexican border, prompting host Bill O'Reilly to dub it "the Mitt Romney Memorial wall."
Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy - NYTimes.com (weight: 1)
Ms. Napolitano has expanded a program that runs immigration checks on every person booked into local jails in some cities. She recently announced the expansion of another program, known as 287(g) for the provision of the statute authorizing it, that allows for cooperation between federal immigration agents and state and local police agencies. In extending 287(g), federal officials also drew up a new agreement, which all of some 66 localities currently participating have been asked to sign, that is intended to enhance federal oversight and clarify the priority on deporting those immigrants who are criminal fugitives or are already behind bars.
DEPORT ILLEGAL (5 documents)
68% Say Those Who Employ Illegal Immigrants Should Be Punished - Rasmussen Reports™ (weight: 1)
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 1)
Obamacare won't cover illegal immigrants? Yes it will, says Congressional Research Service | Washington Examiner (weight: 1)
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 1)
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
68% Say Those Who Employ Illegal Immigrants Should Be Punished - Rasmussen Reports™ (weight: 1)
Most voters are at least somewhat concerned that efforts to identify and deport illegal immigrants also will end up violating the civil rights of some U.S. citizens.
Mortgages for illegal immigrants - BusinessWeek (weight: 1)
In the last session of Congress, a Republican congresswoman from Banner Elk, Rep. Virginia Foxx, introduced a bill that would require federal agencies that insure mortgage loans to check Social Security numbers of applicants. Foxx's spokesman said she opposes the use of ITINs for loans and plans to bring the bill back up again. I tend to side with the pro-immigrant experts like Tim Ready at the University of Notre Dame, who argues that "It's really important to the economy as a whole and to the real estate market in particular that Latinos be able to purchase a home." You can't have individuals mow your lawns, bus your tables at a restaurant, clean your houses, and not allow them the chance to own their slice of the American dream. Besides, the housing market needs all the help it can get these days. My BusinessWeek colleague Brian Grow authored a really insightful cover story ("Embracing Illegals," July 18, 2005) on the conflict between government--who by law must deport illegal workers--and Corporate America, which in their quest for growth, has aggressively been marketing to undocumented workers in recent years (not to mention employing them, but that's another story).
Obamacare won't cover illegal immigrants? Yes it will, says Congressional Research Service | Washington Examiner (weight: 1)
The issue is to deport illegal aliens through attritiion. Not worry about what happens when they stay here illegally. Why quote only those parts of the Bible that support your views.
Illegal immigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (weight: 1)
In 1995, Venezuela announced plans to conduct a census to locate and deport illegal immigrants.
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
If these demands are not met we should cut off all foreign aid until the are met! This is an emergency situation!! I am not saying we should be cruel go on a rampage round up every single illegal deport them. Some of them have been here for years have raised fine families.
COVER ILLEGAL (5 documents)
Patterico's Pontifications Are Illegal Immigrants Covered by ObamaCare? (weight: 3)
Saturday reading: Illegal immigrants - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com (weight: 3)
Obamacare won't cover illegal immigrants? Yes it will, says Congressional Research Service | Washington Examiner (weight: 1)
Hot Air Blog Archive Congressional Research Service: ObamaCare will cover illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
Patterico's Pontifications Are Illegal Immigrants Covered by ObamaCare? (weight: 3)
Here's the thing. If Obama says it about health reform, it's extremely unlikely to be true. Instead of doing a bunch of research, knowing full well that no matter what the language, we will be covering illegal immigrants, and knowing that he only tells the truth accidentally, I'll save myself the trouble of wading through that pile of crap.
If President Obama and the Democrats didn't want to cover illegal aliens, then they'd use the figure of 35 million instead of 46 million "Americans without health coverage", backing out the illegal aliens. Both numbers, of course, are wrong they include the Medicaid undercount, Medicaid eligible but not enrolled, health twentysomethings who are invincible and choose to spend their money elsewhere, and persons earning $50,000+ and choosing not to spend their money on healthcare.
Any reform bill is about as likely not to cover illegal immigrants as it is not to cover abortions.
Saturday reading: Illegal immigrants - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com (weight: 3)
Obama uses his radio address to debunk the claim that health care would cover illegal immigrants. Others.
No coverage for 30 million Illegal Aliens and their Bingo Babies? This guy can't stop lying! What's wrong with him? Why should I sacrifice anything to help cover Illegal Aliens? Coverage for Illegals is in there! We've been reading the bill on The Kevin James Show here in Los Angeles.
If Obamacare will not cover illegal immigrants healthcare as Obama says AND a 1986 law requires hosptials to treat illegal immigrants.
Obamacare won't cover illegal immigrants? Yes it will, says Congressional Research Service | Washington Examiner (weight: 1)
I hope now those who keep telling us we are wrong when we point out the bill would cover illegal immigrants, will now apologize for their error.
Hot Air Blog Archive Congressional Research Service: ObamaCare will cover illegal immigrants (weight: 1)
Beyond that, as the CRS report notes, everything is left in the hands of the Health Choices Commissioner. House Democrats defeated all attempts in committee to add an enforcement mechanism that would require proof of citizenship or legal residency for those getting subsidies. CRS also notes that "undocumented aliens" who have a "substantial presence" in the U.S. would be required to buy health insurance (page 4) through the exchanges in HR3200.?? They would also become eligible for "emergency Medicaid," although not normal Medicaid (page 6) for up to five years. What about Section 246, which I said would prevent the spending of money on illegal aliens??? The CRS analysis is less than impressed with that portion of the bill.?? Section "246 would bar unauthorized aliens from receiving any premium or cost-sharing credit," it says, but that may be hard to enforce.?? It also states later that "absent of a provision in the bill specifying the verification procedure, that the Commissioner would be responsible for determining a mechanism to verify the eligibility of noncitizens for the credits" or in other words, HR3200 fails to provide it entirely.?? I gave it a little too much credit, apparently, more than Congress' own analysts do. Be sure to read it all.?? If Congress tells us that no money will go to cover illegal aliens, we can show them the CRS report and ask them to stop spreading myths.
Obama: No Health Care For Illegal Immigrants - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (weight: 1)
Why are they in our schools in the first place? I do not wish to cover illegal immigrants in any fashion. Its not right.
ILLEGAL LABOR (3 documents)
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 2)
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 1)
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 1)
Illegalimmigrants.org Welcome (weight: 2)
The President promised to ratchet up workplace enforcement, cracking down on those who employ illegal labor. That won?t be hard: under Bush?s leadership, workplace enforcement has plummeted to nearly zero.
Far from ending the black market in illegal labor, Bush?s plan will simply create a parallel market of semi-legal guest workers. Both will compete with Americans for jobs. Bush?s plans for amnesty have already cost him dearly in public opinion polls and are set to cost the Republican Party even more at the next election. It should be clear that the issues at stake here exceed run-of-the-mill politics.
Immigration Counters.com - Live Counters, News, Resources, Facts (weight: 1)
The business lobby for cheap, illegal labor is shortsighted. Illegals are getting selective about the jobs they'll do and how much they're paid. If they're granted legal status they'll demand the same prevailing wages and standards that citizens receive, thereby eliminating one of the key benefits of the business lobby.
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work - CNN.com (weight: 1)
During a hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security the day after the Bellingham raid, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano distanced herself from the action. Worksite enforcements, she said, should focus "on employers who intentionally and knowingly exploit the illegal labor market." Napolitano promised lawmakers that she would "get to the bottom" of what happened in Bellingham.