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Our
state and federal government are basically stealing
our money by funding the health care and educational
needs of illegal immigrants. The Blue Dog is sick
and tired of the endless excuses liberals have for
illegal-alien assistance and programs, such as the
newsworthy and controversial $400K government grant
for Herndon's day-labor centers.
Why
doesn't somebody stop this madness? Illegal
immigrants are invaders of our borders, reducing our
country to third-world status, while Uncle Sam and
his fictitious post-9/11 Homeland Security are
unquestionably AWOL on the issue.
It's
a legitimate campaign issue. There's nothing racist
about protecting our borders and upholding state and
federal law, period. Maybe it's high time to tell
our elected representatives we firmly support our
dear old DAD- D-etain, A-rrest, D-eport.
Most
bleeding-heart liberal Democrats in Virginia are
calling for open minds and open borders with illegal
immigrants while playing the stoolie for the
corporate cheap labor-lobby. Shame on you!
The
Democratic establishment is just plain wrong! It's
no wonder blue-collar workers have left the party of
social bubble-makers for the past 20 years.
A
disheartened grandmother, Doris Buhr, wrote the Blue
Dog, "I will vote for Hillary Clinton for
president, or even an old yellow dog, if she and the
Democratic Party will outlaw illegal immigration and
really do something about cleaning up the mess - not
just lip service."
She
went on to say, "I might add that I voted for
President Bush four times- two times for governor of
Texas and two times for president. I was an
elementary-school librarian on the U.S. and Mexican
border and retired four years ago. Mrs. Bush spoke
at several state and regional library conferences
that I attended, and I liked her very much - still
do. But, we need to take back our country.
"I
have been a Republican for a long time, but I am fed
up with our country and our taxes being used to care
for illegal immigrants in our hospitals, nursing
homes, schools, universities, etc. "We are fast
becoming a third-world country."
Illegal
day care
The
Blue Dog is never joining the ranks of the cheap
labor lobby of the Democratic Party. That's a code
word for future votes. Virginia Democrats claimed
the rhetoric was political ideology over a practical
solution, another code word for more government
assistance.
Oh,
please! Get serious with the law, or at least offer
solutions, not another handout. Recently, Republican
gubernatorial candidate Jerry Kilgore issued a press
release opposing Herndon's day-laborer centers,
which will eventually cater to an estimated 150
undocumented workers.
In
his press release, Kilgore said, "Legal
immigration made this country what it is
today." Kilgore went on to say, "We honor
legal immigrants when we ensure that our laws are
followed. I don't think it is too much to ask that
people obey the laws of our society before they take
advantage of what our society has to offer. To
reward illegal behavior is to encourage that
behavior, and it demeans those who have followed the
rules to come to America legally."
That
press release unleashed a fury of negative barbs
with accusations of race-baiting, fear-mongering and
nativism from the Democratic faith-based followers.
The
Times-Dispatch reported that Tim Kaine
campaign spokesperson Delacey Skinner said how
localities deal with illegal day laborers is their
business. Oh, Delacey! Maybe only 15 percent are
legal workers, according to the latest statistics.
Better double-check that Howard Dean research and
opposition manual. That yellow dog doesn't hunt in
these parts.
On
the other hand, Tim Murtaugh, the press secretary
for Kilgore, said, "Jerry Kilgore thinks that
it is not too much to ask that someone obey the laws
of our society before attempting to take advantage
of what our society has to offer. Government should
not be in the business of using taxpayer money to
support illegal behavior, in this case, the breaking
of federal immigration laws. If the government
begins to endorse the behavior, it only encourages
more of it."
WAVY-TV
located in Hampton Roads reported, "Kilgore and
Republican state delegate David Albo are calling on
Fairfax County to drop its plans to use $400,000 to
establish three facilities that serve as gathering
places for immigrants to offer their services for
such jobs as mowing, carpentry or other physical
labor."
Back
at the Northern Virginia illegal-laborers
plantation, Herndon Mayor Michael O'Reilly voiced
support for the centers, and this week, the Herndon
Town Council caved in to the cheap-labor lobby,
voting 5-2 to approve a work center for illegal
immigrants.
Honestly,
folks, the party of Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy
has sunk to an all-time low by supporting illegal
labor profiteering. The Washington Times, in
an op-ed, wrote that the planning commission opposed
the center because "it could also invite
unwanted scrutiny from Washington because the center
would violate federal law that prohibits the aiding
and abetting of illegal aliens."
Conversely,
are corporate and contract employers who hire the
illegal workers not liable? According to a recent
Judicial Watch survey, two-thirds of the Herndon
labors are illegal immigrants. The Washington
Post wrote, "Some estimates say as many as
85 percent of day laborers in Herndon are
illegal."
Who
is accountable for those rather appalling
statistics? Perhaps the Fairfax sheriff and
do-nothing local ICE office should be fired!
Senators George Allen and John Warner need to launch
a congressional inquiry on these bumbling metro
bureaucrats.
Recently,
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson declared a state of
emergency on the Mexican border because of the
federal government's inability to prevent border
smuggling, kidnappings and drug running. Is
Richardson retooling Democratic Immigration policy?
Friends in New Mexico have told the Blue Dog the
lawlessness is beyond control of the state
government - and that a martial law needs to be
declared in the region.
Film
at 11
Ooh,
the politics of fear, the misguided political stunts
and those in need of a café latte. Independent
gubernatorial candidate Russ Potts, the third rail
of Virginia politics, described Jerry Kilgore's
stand on the Herndon as the politics of fear.
According
to the Times-Dispatch, Potts said, "His
policy clearly aims at dividing Virginians along
racial boundaries."
Hmm
- dividing Virginians along the U.S.-Mexican
boundaries. It's more likely legal vs. illegal, Mr.
Potts.
Later
in the T-D article, Potts said,
"Kilgore's attempts at division are not only
morally wrong, but also violate the spirit of
federal law and the rights of local governments to
regulate local activities without interference from
the state."
Regulating
illegal activity? Is Potts smoking pot, may I ask?
Don't cloud the issues with an illegal smoke screen.
On
Sunday, T-D columnist Jeff Schapiro wrote,
"First, Kilgore offers a defense of
homosexuals. Then, he appears to demonize
Hispanics."
Whoa!
That's classic sex-race bait and switch tactics by
Jeff "Good Copy" Schapiro - and I think
that Joseph Pulitzer just did a double back flip in
his grave!
While
Washington Post columnist Gordon Morse
asserts that "the pitch on immigration was
clearly to the cheap seats, an attempt to play off
anger of those alarmed by growing number of
Hispanics in their midst."
The
Blue Dog and middle-income America are seated in the
cheap seats because the state and local government
are funding free health care and public schooling to
illegal immigrants on our nickels and dimes.
Backpedaling
from the controversial issue, Kaine called Kilgore's
stand on the issue a misguided political stunt
without addressing the challenges of illegal
immigration.
Washington
TV station WJLA reported, "Herndon mayor
Michael O'Reilly says his main concern is
frustration with the crowded scene in a 7-Eleven
parkinglot where the laborers look for construction
work."
Yes,
hizzonor supports using taxpayers' funds to transfer
the immigrants to a residential setting filled
social do-gooders and Spanglish teachers because
he's tired of fighting the crowds at the local
7-Eleven for his morning cup of java. Apparently, he
feels compelled to sanitize the scratch, smoke and
pickup club at the local convenience stores while
trying to buy morning coffee and the newspaper.
(Scratch, Smoke and Pick-up Club (n): Legal and
illegal unemployed laborers waiting outside
convenience stores who enjoy scratching lottery
tickets and smoking cigarettes excessively, while
waiting to be picked up by local contractors and
companies.)
Hey,
Mr. Mayor, if you can't deal with it, tomorrow
morning, please drive to the nearest Starbucks
coffee shop and please forget about these crazy
notions of more state bureaucrats, more state
funding and higher taxes for us. Because if you
build it, more and more illegal immigrants will
come.
Murtaugh
said, "If these labor centers are assisting
people who are legally present in this country, then
more power to them."
"But
if the government uses taxpayer money to subsidize
those who have broken our laws, what does it say to
those people who took the time and effort to come to
this country through proper channels? What do you
tell the person who spent the energy doing the right
thing, when there are going to be those who break
the rules and get away with it?"
Give
us your tired, weary and illegal immigrants - film
at 11!
Green
card, please?
Upholding
the constitutional rights of legal constituents
doesn't apply to Herndon elected officials who
pander to the uninsured and uneducated in the name
of low wages. Apparently, there are also several
day-labor centers in Langley Park and Silver Spring.
Nobody seems to care - except the silent majority.
It's
a fact: Metro-area taxpayers support illegal
enterprise. Kilgore has been addressing
illegal-immigration problems for some time in
Virginia, including "limiting in-state tuition
rates at colleges and universities to legal
residents, denying illegal aliens driver’s
licenses or government identification, and limiting
taxpayer-funded benefits to legal residents,"
according to his press release.
How
long before the nanny-state lovers of the Shenandoah
Valley solicit local legislators and candidates for
these day-laborer centers?
Something
needs to be done - but not another government
handout along with these government- subsidized
sites.
In
the Central Valley, we have seen an 800 percent
increase in Hispanics over the past decade.
Hispanics now represent 6 percent of the population
and are the largest minority in the region. These
workers have been hired and exploited by the local
poultry companies.
In
the past year, many local OB/GYNs went flat broke
due to free births and malpractice insurance to
cover these procedures. The state government had to
increase funding and Medicare to keep them afloat at
Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
TB
is the number-one infectious disease in our area due
to the influx of illegal immigrants in the Valley.
The local school systems can't afford it, either.
Our state taxes don't pay for their educational
needs.
The
money comes
directly from local property taxes, which have
skyrocketed of late. These illegal immigrants only
rent and don't pay into the system. It's a mess.
Doris
Buhr wrote, "A number of years ago, I remember
a competent South Texas gynecologist leaving the Rio
Grande Valley because he was spending too much time
on free deliveries to mothers that came across the
river while in labor. Soon your communities may
begin to lose doctors. Your nursing homes will be
filled with illegals and there will be no place for
your own old folks. Your 'good' teachers will lose
their jobs because they do not read/write/speak
Spanish. Gradually your schools will have only
teachers and administrators that speak
Spanish."
"All
employees of the large school district in South
Texas where I worked were required to get a TB skin
test or chest X-ray before the beginning of each new
school year. Sadly, I don't think that the school
district was concerned about the employees. They
just did not want to be sued by families if the
school employee spread TB to school children."
Wake
up, Joe and Jane of the Shenandoah Valley! It’s a
huge problem from sea-to-shining-sea of tidal wave
proportions that's just not getting any better.
Buhr
wrote the Blue Dog, "Save the USA for the legal
citizens of the USA. No more anchor babies. No more
families coming in because they had an illegal
relative that became a citizen, and illegal aliens
should never, never, never be permitted to become a
USA citizen."
The
plain-spoken Texan went on to explain,
"Emergency rooms are closing all over Southern
California because of the illegals using them and
not paying. Our citizens must be protected. We
cannot save the world! We create enough of our own
that need help."
Just
think of how many kids and young people living in
your state that could use a leg up. Why should we
spend money on the illegal immigrants when our own
need help?"
Oh,
say can you si, señor, by the dawn's early light
...
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August 23, 2005
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