Get the facts straight about immigration

Posted by ( RonCharest ) on May 08, 2008 at 5:17 pm

Chemwiz,

I’m not a lawyer. I am a 22 year military veteran and if you’re not, you should be careful making the argument as to who really loves their country.

Both my ex-wife, and my present wife, are immigrants.  I spent thousands of dollars, needed the help of a Senator (a Republican) and 20 month’s effort to gain my present wife’s visa just to get her into the US.  We waited another 19 months before she gained her permanent residency. 

Since living in PWC, even though she is entirely legal, she’s been treated with complete hostility by local government agencies such as the DMV for being an immigrant. For one example; it took us nine trips to the Woodbridge DMV, two letters to the Governor, a letter and two phone calls to the DMV Commissioner to get my wife’s Virginia Driver’s license. 

I take the issue of immigration very personal, as it is my opinion that groups such as FAIR are partly to blame for the mess of our Federal immigration policy.  I blame the hysteria whipped up by the likes of Cory Stewart and his enablers for the hostility my Legal Immigrant wife has received since living here.

Quite frankly, after the pain, hassle, expense, and abuse I received while twice sponsoring visas for my wives, I don’t fault ANYBODY for entering this country “Illegally.“  Especially when, for all the suffering we went through to gain my wife’s visa legally, she is still treated like a criminal by PWC.

Our Federal immigration system is broken.  Republicans owned the Federal government for six years of the past seven years and did nothing to fix it. Live with it.

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Posted by ( cobra ) on May 08, 2008 at 4:00 pm

Ok Gary & Phdee,
not sure about those figures but the figures provided about Los Angeles County are indeed correct. In March alone it costs that country approx $35 million dollars for Food Stamps and Welfare and that does not include education. That is just in one month. We know your position and you guys would argue a black sheeps white. Facts only serve to get in the way of your agenda. Hey Gary, I found your illegal painters, they moved to fairfax. You’ll have to go down there the next time you try and prevent an American from making a living.

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Posted by ( barnun ) on May 08, 2008 at 3:39 pm

Ron,
I wouldn’t say that continually failing to beleive your emotional fairytale statements and continuing to provide the links that show the proof would not be considered hysterical. I do think however, the Pro illegal group emotional, not logical . The Pro illegal group should take their desire to washington to reform the immigration process rather that to try to convince local communities to ignore the laws and pick up the tab. That is not a democrat or republic issue, reform is a washington issue. Law enforcement on the other hand is the obligation every town, county and state in the Union.

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Posted by ( Chemwiz ) on May 08, 2008 at 2:47 pm

Mr/Ms phdee & Mr. Jacobsen, – the figures are not as hilarious as you think.  You are correct in saying that “no one really knows…”, but here are some links to reported/documented figures that support my last email.  If you care to do some minor research, you will find much, much more…this is truly the Tip of the Iceberg.

Mr. Charest, you comments sound like a typical liberal who is making money on the backs of the illegals – probably through your law firm.  If you love your country and really want to “help people in need” than you will help with illegal immigration reform and help stop the giant drain that they are putting on our society.

My wife is an immigrant and we have been working diligently and spending $$ to get her citizenship.  The people who aren’t willing to do the same are BREAKING THE LAW and we’re ALL paying dearly for it, except the few politicians and lawyers who profit from it. (See below)

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year. http://tinyurl.com/zob77 <http://tinyurl.com/zob77 >
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.  http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html <http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html>
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens. <http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html <http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html>
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English! <http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html
<http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html>
 
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html <http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html>
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. <http://transcripts..cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
<http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html>
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. <http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
<http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html>
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.  <http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html <http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html>
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens. <http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
<http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html>
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that’s two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US. <http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html <http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html>
11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border, also as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroine and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border. Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht<http://tinyurl.com/t9sht>
12. The National Policy Institute, ‘estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period. <http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf   <http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf>
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin. http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm<http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm>
 
14. ‘The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants in the United States. http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml <http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml>

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Posted by ( Grant Gary Jacobsen ) on May 08, 2008 at 12:08 pm

I note that the dollar figures concerning the “costs” associated with immigrants fall into the “unverifiable” category. Enough said.

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