Gwat Bhattacharjie - Immigration
Gwat Bhattacharjie - Immigration
Around this time each year I come back from Washington D.C. after having attended the Annual National Advisory Board meeting of FAIR (Federation for American Immigration Reform) and the Social Contract Workshop. It’s a national gathering (and reunion) of citizen activists, writers, academicians,, environmentalists, etc. to hear leaders of the immigration reform organizations present their reports and hear great speakers talk about immigration issues and their impact on our nation.
This year there is a tremendous sense of urgency because of the choices facing us voters in the Presidential Election. The deliberate actions of the Obama administration to circumvent enforcement of immigration laws, the continuing porosity of the Southern border, his executive amnesty regarding DACA and DAPA and his continuous misrepresentation and lies about deportation numbers etc., have contributed to great anxiety about what’s happening to this nation.
Remember the surge of thousands of Unaccompanied Alien Minors (UACs) from Central America that flooded our borders in 2015 and this year? They were settled in every part of the nation and very few were deported. This year the Obama administration plans to send planes to pick up the immigrants from three Central American countries to save them the dangerous journey over - unbelievable!
Recently also we found out that more than 800 illegals from countries of concern were mistakenly granted U.S. citizenship because the Department of Homeland Security didn’t have their fingerprints on file! Furthermore 315,000 illegals with final deportation orders or who are fugitive criminals have their fingerprints missing from federal databases.
National security and public safety went out the window when 180,000 criminals were released back to the community to do more crime, including murder. Talking about murder, one activist, Maria Espinoza, has created a National Remembrance Project in honor of the thousands of murdered victims of illegal alien criminals. It is estimated that about 25 Americans are killed daily – 13 by drunken driving, and 12 by stabbings or gunfire, a total of 9125 victims annually (In California remember Kate Steinle and Marilyn Phaeris).
Here are just two statistics that negatively impact our economy.. Financially the cost of illegal immigration in 2013 was $296 billion or $3000 per taxpayer. On the economic side during the Obama administration blacks are holding 2 million jobs with no increase, but 4 million foreign workers have been added to the job market. We are adding to the wage decline by importing especially low skilled workers that we have to support.
SO WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR US?
HILARY CLINTON:
Says the U.S.-Mexican border is the most “secure border we have ever had” and people have a right to emigrate here. She supports comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship. She is focused on detaining and deporting illegal aliens who pose a violent threat to public safety. She has pledged to welcome Syrian refugees and asylum seekers and give them a fair chance to tell their stories. She proposes to accept 65,000 Syrian refugees. She defends President Obama’s DACA and DAPA executive actions. Clinton calls for supervised release for families who do not pose a public safety threat, and will ask for more detention centers.
She proposes a National Office of Immigrant Affairs to work on integration and naturalization services, makes it easier for immigrants to become U.S. citizens and SHE SUPPORTS SANCTUARY CITIES.
DONALD TRUMP:
Donald Trump is adamant on building a wall and making Mexico pay for it. He initially proposed mass deportations but has softened his position. He calls for “extreme vetting” of refugees seeking asylum and “total and complete shutdown” of Muslim immigration to the U.S. He plans to end “catch and release” practices, and detain and deport immigrants caught illegally crossing the border. He proposes tripling the number of ICE officers to 15,000, and to have them cooperate with local enforcement on gang raids, specifically targeting illegals with gang connections.
Trump wants to end “birthright citizenship” which is a big magnet for illegal aliens because it gives automatic citizenship to their children born in the U.S. He proposes defunding “sanctuary cities”, that shelter illegal aliens and where local police departments refuse to contact immigration officials when they apprehend illegal aliens. He believes illegal aliens compete directly against vulnerable American workers and promises to ensure that open jobs are offered to American workers first. Actually the use of E-Verify mandated nationwide would solve this. He wants to regulate H-1B visas to require companies to hire domestic workers before recruiting foreign workers.
Other countries have an orderly immigration policy, and America should also have an “America First” immigration policy based on our national interest. With Trump’s agenda we stand a chance to clean up the immigration mess that we’re in, and have a chance to start stabilizing our population, protecting our national security and our environment. LET’S EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO VOTE AND DO THE RIGHT THING!!
Around this time each year I come back from Washington D.C. after having attended the Annual National Advisory Board meeting of FAIR (Federation for American Immigration Reform) and the Social Contract Workshop. It’s a national gathering (and reunion) of citizen activists, writers, academicians,, environmentalists, etc. to hear leaders of the immigration reform organizations present their reports and hear great speakers talk about immigration issues and their impact on our nation.
This year there is a tremendous sense of urgency because of the choices facing us voters in the Presidential Election. The deliberate actions of the Obama administration to circumvent enforcement of immigration laws, the continuing porosity of the Southern border, his executive amnesty regarding DACA and DAPA and his continuous misrepresentation and lies about deportation numbers etc., have contributed to great anxiety about what’s happening to this nation.
Remember the surge of thousands of Unaccompanied Alien Minors (UACs) from Central America that flooded our borders in 2015 and this year? They were settled in every part of the nation and very few were deported. This year the Obama administration plans to send planes to pick up the immigrants from three Central American countries to save them the dangerous journey over - unbelievable!
Recently also we found out that more than 800 illegals from countries of concern were mistakenly granted U.S. citizenship because the Department of Homeland Security didn’t have their fingerprints on file! Furthermore 315,000 illegals with final deportation orders or who are fugitive criminals have their fingerprints missing from federal databases.
National security and public safety went out the window when 180,000 criminals were released back to the community to do more crime, including murder. Talking about murder, one activist, Maria Espinoza, has created a National Remembrance Project in honor of the thousands of murdered victims of illegal alien criminals. It is estimated that about 25 Americans are killed daily – 13 by drunken driving, and 12 by stabbings or gunfire, a total of 9125 victims annually (In California remember Kate Steinle and Marilyn Phaeris).
Here are just two statistics that negatively impact our economy.. Financially the cost of illegal immigration in 2013 was $296 billion or $3000 per taxpayer. On the economic side during the Obama administration blacks are holding 2 million jobs with no increase, but 4 million foreign workers have been added to the job market. We are adding to the wage decline by importing especially low skilled workers that we have to support.
SO WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR US?
HILARY CLINTON:
Says the U.S.-Mexican border is the most “secure border we have ever had” and people have a right to emigrate here. She supports comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship. She is focused on detaining and deporting illegal aliens who pose a violent threat to public safety. She has pledged to welcome Syrian refugees and asylum seekers and give them a fair chance to tell their stories. She proposes to accept 65,000 Syrian refugees. She defends President Obama’s DACA and DAPA executive actions. Clinton calls for supervised release for families who do not pose a public safety threat, and will ask for more detention centers.
She proposes a National Office of Immigrant Affairs to work on integration and naturalization services, makes it easier for immigrants to become U.S. citizens and SHE SUPPORTS SANCTUARY CITIES.
DONALD TRUMP:
Donald Trump is adamant on building a wall and making Mexico pay for it. He initially proposed mass deportations but has softened his position. He calls for “extreme vetting” of refugees seeking asylum and “total and complete shutdown” of Muslim immigration to the U.S. He plans to end “catch and release” practices, and detain and deport immigrants caught illegally crossing the border. He proposes tripling the number of ICE officers to 15,000, and to have them cooperate with local enforcement on gang raids, specifically targeting illegals with gang connections.
Trump wants to end “birthright citizenship” which is a big magnet for illegal aliens because it gives automatic citizenship to their children born in the U.S. He proposes defunding “sanctuary cities”, that shelter illegal aliens and where local police departments refuse to contact immigration officials when they apprehend illegal aliens. He believes illegal aliens compete directly against vulnerable American workers and promises to ensure that open jobs are offered to American workers first. Actually the use of E-Verify mandated nationwide would solve this. He wants to regulate H-1B visas to require companies to hire domestic workers before recruiting foreign workers.
Other countries have an orderly immigration policy, and America should also have an “America First” immigration policy based on our national interest. With Trump’s agenda we stand a chance to clean up the immigration mess that we’re in, and have a chance to start stabilizing our population, protecting our national security and our environment. LET’S EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO VOTE AND DO THE RIGHT THING!!