Illegal Advocates Want Open Borders
All of these protesters are advocating open borders and the dissolution of the United States of America. This mantra that the poor illegal immigrants only want a better life……..for that to happen you want to devalue my standard of living. The socialist mind thought is Americans have it too good and need to brought down to the standard of living of those third world countries in which illegal aliens are fleeing.
For those Illegals who don’t want to be treated like a criminal? Don’t illegally enter the United States! For those who say a “Fence” won’t work then I guess the effectiveness of the wall in Israel is a lie and the same goes for the fence along the U.S. border at San Diego.
Here’s another clue for those protesting against the House Immigration Reform Bill, you might want to show you’re interested in becoming an American by showing an allegiance to the country you are in illegally. So throw away the foreign flags and write your banners and posters in English. You might attain a bit more credibility for your cause.
Along with this story is a one question poll:
Do You Support A Congressional Bill That Would Make Illegal Immigrants Felons?
The results when I answered the poll the results were: YES 59% and NO 41%.
All the photos below are from AP.
As to the headline below, this isn’t about “Immigrant” rights, it’s about “Illegal” Immigrrant rights.
cbs2.com - Immigrant Rights Advocates Converge In Los Angeles
“Illegal” being the operative word here. What is actually happening is the destruction of the American Dream, not the pursuit of it (that’s done legally).
Comment by Sgt Hook — March 26, 2006 @ 2:26 pm
I’ve linked to you here: http://consul-at-arms.blogspot.com/2006/03/re-illegal-advocates-want-open-borders.html
Comment by Consul-At-Arms — March 26, 2006 @ 6:45 pm
The Founders’ rule was pretty good: it guaranteed there would be no illegal immigration. How? Simple - there was no law limiting immigration. It was impossible for them to have illegal immigration or for anyone to be an illegal immigrant. Only in the context of the mid-19th-century western gold rush an an influx of Chinese immigrants did we get the idea that the U.S. people needed big-government rules to exclude whole classes of people or treat them poorly once they got here.
That’s right - illegal immigration didn’t start until WE started it. The target of the new law was the Chinese, and they were the only illegal immigrants because we didn’t give them a legal way in; everybody else was under the founders’ rules until the 20th century. Eventually the ban against the Chinese was lifted, and a cap of less than 200 (two hundred) per year was imposed. Surely we defended the policy, saying, “we’re not against Chinese immigrants, just illegal Chinese immigrants.”
Let’s go back to the Founders’ rule. It was good enough for them, and it will solve the “illegals” problem.
Comment by Founder Fan — March 26, 2006 @ 9:42 pm
FF - your logic is so patently absurd I almost didn’t respond. Taking your logic there also shouldn’t be income tax, sales tax, public education, social security, medicare, medicaid, welfare, an agriculture department, etc etc etc. Get real, if these illegals had no access to welfare entitlements, public education, medical care, required to speak English the magnet would have no pull. When my Grandparents immigrated to the US they were required to go through Ellis Island to ensure they carried no diseases and once they got here there were no government assistance programs for them. They had to learn English to survive. And at that time Italians were not exactly looked on as a preferred class. The fact is that they followed the rule of law for that time and made it on their own. Regarding treatment of people the class of illegals or “undocumented” aliens produces an underclass subject to the whims of employers hiring them knowing they are illegal. For those illegals who are of the honest and hard working variety this is nothing more than servitude. But you can stick your head in your hole in the ground all the time saying the sky isn’t falling, the sky isn’t falling.
Comment by Toni — March 26, 2006 @ 10:04 pm
Sadly, too many high school students don’t know the difference between legal and illegal immigration. But it’s not surprising, because their teachers and the news media call illegal aliens ‘immigrants’ and ‘undocumented workers’. Legal immigration means Americans are making conscious choices about who they admit for citizenship, illegal immigration is simply an invasion.
The students who are walking out of school and protesting today should really be asking themselves why their cities and states encourage illegal immigration by offering benefits to illegal aliens. That’s a slap in the face to every legal immigrant who waited in line for their chance to come to America.
My name is Michael Class. I live in the Seattle area with my wife and two children. I am a retired “dot-com” executive who just couldn’t sit by and let the mis-education of our youth go unchallenged anymore.
I wrote, photographed, and published a book designed to set the record straight, to properly prepare our children for the future. My book is called Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame.
In the book, my real-life son, twelve-year-old Anthony, time-travels to 1907 and meets his immigrant great-grandfather at Ellis Island. Anthony listens as officials question the new arrivals and document their intentions in the United States. Anthony witnesses the personal impact of immigration policy: He sees some people turned away at America’s door, causing families to split up.
It’s a harsh lesson: The purpose of immigration policy is to discriminate, to make choices about the people we want to admit to the United States.
Even when admitted to the United States, Anthony learns that life in the new land is anything but certain. Anthony’s great-grandfather masters the language of America - English - and works his way through school, only to end up in the trenches of World War I, and then back in America during the Great Depression. Eventually, he starts a business, rises from poverty, and raises a family.
To capture the interest of young adult readers, I used advanced digital photography to insert Anthony into historical photographs. I didn’t stop with family history: Anthony meets famous American heroes and witnesses pivotal events of the 20th century. Anthony is pictured in the cockpit of the Spirit of St. Louis with Charles Lindbergh, on the moon with Neil Armstrong, in the laboratories of Thomas Edison and Jonas Salk, and on Normandy beach on D-Day (see photos at: www.MagicPictureFrame.com). Throughout the book, historical accuracy rules: Even Anthony’s conversations with America’s heroes are based on things they really said.
But the book goes beyond a simple recitation of historical facts: the book presents the moral lessons of American history. The chapter about Lindbergh’s flight is really about choosing one’s destiny. The story of Lou Gehrig is one of a virtuous life. The chapter about Thomas Edison is really about business. The story of Apollo 11 is about wonder, taking risks, and courage. The story of Dr. Jonas Salk and the cure for polio is really about dedicating one’s life to a higher purpose. Anthony’s observation of D-Day and the liberation of the death camps during the Holocaust is a testament to the reality of evil and the need to fight it. When Anthony meets his immigrant great-grandfather at Ellis Island, it’s really a story about what it means to be an American.
Back to the immigration issue:
When Anthony meets his immigrant great-grandfather at Ellis Island, it’s really a story about what it means to be an American. Anthony’s great-grandfather says: “I became an American because I believe in America, and it’s my belief in America that makes me an American.” Anthony comes to realize the simple truth of the statement, and remarks: “America is an idea as much as it is a place. I am no different than my great-grandfather and all the immigrants who came to this land: I can only be an American by choice.”
We can’t afford to raise a generation of Americans who do not value their country, their heritage, and their place in the world. As Abraham Lincoln said: America is the “last best hope of earth.”
Thank you.
Michael S. Class
Father / Author / Photographer / Publisher
Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame: An American History Book for Right-Thinking Americans and Their Children
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E-Mail: class@MagicPictureFrame.com
Web site: www.MagicPictureFrame.com
Comment by michael class — March 29, 2006 @ 9:32 pm