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January 31, 2005

Gaining Momentum

Why stopping illegal immigration is not only vital, but inevitable

 

 

Martin Kite-Powell

 

 

The door is about to be slammed on illegal immigration. As the pitch continues to rise there is but one certainty: the tenacity of the American of all backgrounds defending his homeland for his posterity. President Bush and some of the congressmen who are suffering ignorance of the situation need to be corrected and soon will be in an awakening of somewhat politically rude proportions. I find it obligatory for us to lend them that charity as we take care of the business they swore to do in our stead.

 

Any among them discovered to be taking hits under the table from large corporations now hiring illegal aliens at slave-labor rates may not fully realize what is about to take place in our nation, but what is about to happen is something akin to Ukraine’s Orange Revolution. And no corrupt stone will remain unturned.

 

This is usually not an activist blog. But it is and always has been a blog that discusses ideas and the application of those ideas. And when meaningful events converge with ideas, and those ideas follow the principle of a free and sovereign people being protected by their government, as it is the duty of all governments since the beginning of civilization to do, then such compel me (and in reality, all of us) to not only evaluate the mechanisms of change, but to lay a shoulder to the wheels thereof.

 

The issue of stopping illegal immigration resonates deeply today with the vast majority of Americans of all ethnic and cultural stripes. It is not an ethno-centric contention or even purely an economic one. It is rather a matter of morality, whose clarity alone can provide the resonance necessary to build the coalition required to assure justice.

 

Some have argued that restricting the flow of illegal aliens deprives them of opportunity. However, it should be obvious to any thinking person that if a ship is too heavily laden with refugees it will sink and no one will be the better from the protection of that ship.

 

In an age where divisiveness across the country is at historic highs, this is one of the very few matters where most Americans actually agree. The biggest among those who presently oppose the American people on this issue of vital importance: officials in Washington. Now that the media dam is breaking and even more information is pouring out about how the “alien-industry” has hurt our country and compromised its morals and rule of law and violated the dignity of the immigrants we desire – those who obey the laws and wait their turn, it is hoisted upon us, the people, yet again the dreaded responsibility of righting the ship before it slips asunder. Americans everywhere are beginning to be counted and already Congress is hearing about it.

 

There are a number of organizations and grass-roots groups that are actively working on border issues, applying pressure in government offices here and yon and providing the public with the accurate and vital damage assessment we need to awaken others. Some of them are the Minuteman Project and the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

 

But we also need to devise a systematic machine for change. Below is a humble and early-incarnation of just this.

 

 

The Three-Columns Plan

 

By far, most illegal aliens cross because we allow them. It is further true that most of them only come because we invite them. Our focus therefore must first be with canceling that invitation and then hemming up the border to take care of the ones left who lack adequate fashion sense.

 

The illegal immigration problem has been for many years an ever-enlarging structure built on three primary pillars.

 

These three columns of illegal alien-bait which now exist must be destroyed, and can be so destroyed if undertaken in a well-considered manner. Such a strategy will literally inspire most illegal aliens here (the vast majority of them, in fact – which means getting your town back, your hospitals, public buildings, parks and clean neighborhoods back) will have no desire or practical means to stay. They may resist a short while like a crack addict at the end of his supply hoping for an 11th inning salvage by the ACLU or some other group of mentally ill politicos, but eventually we will see a mass-exodus back to whence they came (hopefully to build their own country instead of running away from its economic and corruption woes).

 

 

Private Sector

 

First: Corporations that have bought corrupt government officials and who hire most of the illegal workers currently residing here. The corporate aspect of this is in my opinion truly the soft underbelly of the whole animal, which is why I believe it’s important to really place a lot of focus here first. These folks are easily harmed by the bad press which comes of prosecutions, scandal, consumer and worker-revolts et al. We can do this with whistleblowers within these companies and private investigations of accounting records, interviews, surveillance and snooping perhaps a bit into the personal lives of decision-makers from suspected companies. Another simultaneous tact is the organization of boycotts, letter-writing campaigns to force enforcement of applicable laws and media scrutiny. This hurts bottom lines, damages egos and basically spells b-a-d for any company. Such plans as carried out by fringe groups have historically been met with limited success. However instances in which a large and popular grass-roots movement was involved have in fact rather well hit the mark. Simply put, a business can only take so big a hit and continue to show positive growth. By employing these tactics we may insure that those engaged in unlawful and unethical business practices harming America may themselves be harmed.

 

 

Public Sector

 

Second: Hospitals, schools and social services. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities that offer free healthcare without any question regarding citizenship, thus favoring the health of one illegal over the health and safety and ultimately the lives of its many citizens must be made to act in a more responsible manner. Hospitals should treat the seriously ill regardless of his or her status, but must report them to the police, who must in turn enforce immigration law (see Third column). Since hospitals are responsible for matters of public health and are already required to report known criminals, only their compliance will be new. Schools and social services are possibly one of the more difficult of these and this one will likely fold once the popular momentum created to destroy the ones before them finally arrives at this doorstep.

 

Now taking out these first two columns will only very marginally, if even noticeably at all take care of the drug or terrorist problem on the border. Therefore we need to address the third column.

 

Third: Border control and security. Providing border agents with the tools and manpower they need both to protect the border and to do inland sweeps. Forcing Law enforcement to report and detain illegal immigrants (the rates of arrests will help to further highlight the problem), punishing cities that offer a "sanctuary" practice (which puts us all at risk) and enforcing strict regulations about who can obtain ID and what constitutes that legal ID. We also must not allow the so-called anchor-babies (children born in this country but to illegal aliens) to be an excuse for illegal families to remain in this country in just the same way we do not allow marriages arranged purely to gain U.S. citizenship to be recognized. In fact, those who get caught doing the latter can and do face jail time. We must also begin getting tough with Mexico and other countries who refuse to extradite Mexican or other nationals who are rapists and murderers indicted of crimes in this country.

 

If we do this right, we will all have the pleasure to see Uncle Sam say "uncle".

 

 

 

This may not be the best or most succinct set of plans, but I think it can be something with which to work in a steady and relentless manner.

 

I think our biggest focus right now should be exposing the corporate higher-ups who have been involved in hiring illegals and covering it up. We must remember that big companies are made up of mortal people just like you and me. These folks can really be held accountable for their actions (their companies as well can face stiff sanctions). When we begin to see these crooked, slave-master corporate executives escorted to courthouses in handcuffs like Ken Lay and given ten-year sentences per violation, it will both shock and amaze some of us with delight at how quickly this column of illegal alien allure quickly vanished into the stuff of memory. Then we can move on to the next one.

 

All it takes are a few noble investigators. Just a few resourceful and nosey people and a sprinkle of whistleblowers to crack wide-open companies that hire illegal aliens (such as high-profile Home Depot is suspected of doing). Insiders can be the biggest heros: they have the best access to the damning information that could literally rip a company’s unethical practices wide open and in so-doing help to insure the safeguarding of our future. Company outsiders can do much to scare up the goods, too.

 

Folks, it’s time.

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by Martin at January 31, 2005 01:11 PM

Comments

One thing you will have to remember is that Wall Street has well planned for their continued supply of cheap labor. They fund ethnic groups like LaRaza who stand at the ready to proclaim anyone who wants the immigration laws enforced a "racist"!

Actually, it is groups like LaRaza who oppose enforcing the immigration laws that are the racists. Illegal immigration mainly benefits Hispanics, while the inevitable amnesties that follow reduce non-Hispanic immigration. To understand how see our web site at www.fairimmigration.com.

The MSM knows all about this intentional racism, because we have told them, but since they are part of the conspiracy they refuse to report it.

It is up to bloggers like you to report it. Also, anyone who is working to enforce the immigration laws should first say: "We are pro-legal immigrant. Not enforcing the immigration laws is racism."



Posted by: Tim Binh at January 31, 2005 05:27 PM

Thanks for your comments, Tim. I quickly checked out your site, "Vietnamese for Fair Immigration". It would seem you have a legitimate gripe: racial preferences equal racism and there are no two bones about it. At the same time (and I know you believe this, but for those who don't) millions of Americans of hispanic descent are staunchly opposed to this mass illegal immigration being sent up from (as one could argue rather appropriately) the same government of Mexico which they themselves legally fled. Floods of illegal immigrants hurts everyone. From the legal immigrant longing to be a loyal, hard-working and law-abiding US citizen waiting his or her turn (I am the grandson of immigrants) to local infrastructure and quality of life (such numbers mean the importation of third-world living and instead of being helped by their move, illegals harm themselves and those who are their new neighbors).

As I see it, there is blatant racism among those like La Raza (The Race)- in this case the name tells you everything you need to know. But I see such groups as only the fleas on the dog nobody washes. If we wash the dog and keep him inside, the fleas won't have opportunity to get the nourishing attention they presently do. And I think you'll agree that is our ultimate goal.

Not to go too far off topic here, but I think it is worthwhile to point out that to illustrate the unhealthy boundaries now present in our immigration policy, refugees are returned while deadbeats from “favored” countries are almost never deported. It is partially because through personal channels that I am sympathetic to the plight of the Vietnamese forced to flee communism -I was named after a fellow who gave his life in Vietnam fighting against the barbaric communist insurgency. What Tim says is accurate, and as an example of this double-standard of immigrant treatment (that some are more equal than others to the Liberal establishment), I quote from his website, www.fairimmigration.com:

"...(After) the U.S. stopped supporting South Vietnam in the war against Communism, the Communists took over in 1975. South Vietnamese government workers and military officers suffered imprisonment and persecution under the new Communist government, and thus were eligible for political asylum - if they could escape Vietnam. Some of these escaping boat people had spent over 10 years in Communist forced labor camps before they were able to sneak out of Vietnam.

But 120,000 of these boat people could not prove Political Persecution, and most in fact did leave Vietnam only because of the poor Socialist economy there. They were designated illegal aliens and returned to Vietnam, many by force. This included children that had grown up in the refugee camps. These children grew up learning English, American history, and culture, only to be sent back to Vietnam."

Folks, this is common sense, but those seeking political asylum should be much, much higher on the list of allowed entry than those simply granting themselves by right of anarchy to come into the US in order to run away from tough economic times or a shabby government they do not want to face as is the case in Mexico - and not political or religious persecution.

Posted by: Blogbat at January 31, 2005 06:18 PM