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From: kd Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009Subject: FW: New from the Center for Immigration Studies
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1. Blog: Overstaying Their Welcome
2. Blog: The Case of Hosam Maher Husein Smadi: Deja Vu All Over Again
3. Blog: The Who's Who of Immigration Policy Making
4. Blog: E-Verify and IMAGE – Stimulating the Economy
5. Blog: Virginia Governor's Race and Immigration Enforcement
6. Blog: Citizen? What's That?
7. Blog: Another Warning on Amnesty
8. Blog: Why Is the U.S. National Soccer Team So 'American?'
-- Mark Krikorian
1. Overstaying Their Welcome
By Mark Krikorian
CIS Blog, September 28, 2009
http://www.cis.org/Krikorian/HosamSmadiandUSVISIT
Excerpt: I'm all for border fencing and the like; it's an essential tool of national sovereignty.
But for too many politicians, and even ordinary folks, support for border security is a cop out, a substitute for thinking about the overall immigration problem, only part of which has anything to do with our border with Mexico.
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1. Blog: Overstaying Their Welcome
2. Blog: The Case of Hosam Maher Husein Smadi: Deja Vu All Over Again
3. Blog: The Who's Who of Immigration Policy Making
4. Blog: E-Verify and IMAGE – Stimulating the Economy
5. Blog: Virginia Governor's Race and Immigration Enforcement
6. Blog: Citizen? What's That?
7. Blog: Another Warning on Amnesty
8. Blog: Why Is the U.S. National Soccer Team So 'American?'
-- Mark Krikorian
1. Overstaying Their Welcome
By Mark Krikorian
CIS Blog, September 28, 2009
http://www.cis.org/Krikorian/HosamSmadiandUSVISIT
Excerpt: I'm all for border fencing and the like; it's an essential tool of national sovereignty.
But for too many politicians, and even ordinary folks, support for border security is a cop out, a substitute for thinking about the overall immigration problem, only part of which has anything to do with our border with Mexico.
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2. The Case of Hosam Maher Husein Smadi: Déjà Vu All Over Again
By Jessica Vaughan
CIS Blog, September 28, 2009
http://www.cis.org/vaughan/smadi
Excerpt: Overshadowed in the extensive national coverage of the Najibullah Zazi terror case is the case of Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a 19-year old Jordanian man arrested on Thursday, September 24, in Dallas. Smadi was taken into custody by FBI agents shortly after throwing the switch on what he believed was a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) in an SUV he had parked in the basement of a 60-story Dallas office tower, in an attempt to kill thousands of people timed to celebrate the end of Ramadan. Like several other terrorists before him, Smadi apparently was a student visa overstay.
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By Jessica Vaughan
CIS Blog, September 28, 2009
http://www.cis.org/vaughan/smadi
Excerpt: Overshadowed in the extensive national coverage of the Najibullah Zazi terror case is the case of Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a 19-year old Jordanian man arrested on Thursday, September 24, in Dallas. Smadi was taken into custody by FBI agents shortly after throwing the switch on what he believed was a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) in an SUV he had parked in the basement of a 60-story Dallas office tower, in an attempt to kill thousands of people timed to celebrate the end of Ramadan. Like several other terrorists before him, Smadi apparently was a student visa overstay.
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3. The Who's Who of Immigration Policy Making
By David North
CIS Blog, September 21, 2009
http://www.cis.org/north/whoswho1
Excerpt: Immigration policy is usually made by politicians, and not presidential ones.
As the Obama Administration shows signs of tackling the subject, it might be helpful to sketch the players who have strongly influenced the immigration policy scene in recent years, which I do in this the first of several blogs on the subject.
The Who's Who of Immigration Policy Making - the Senate Democrats
By David North
CIS Blog, September 26, 2009
http://www.cis.org/north/whoswho4
Excerpt: There are five Democrats and four Republicans on the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, which is part of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
All five Democrats drew grades of F on the immigration policy votes followed by Numbers USA, the restrictionist organization.
By David North
CIS Blog, September 26, 2009
http://www.cis.org/north/whoswho4
Excerpt: There are five Democrats and four Republicans on the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, which is part of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
All five Democrats drew grades of F on the immigration policy votes followed by Numbers USA, the restrictionist organization.
The Who's Who of Immigration Policy Making – the House Democrats
By David North
CIS Blog, September 23, 2009
http://www.cis.org/north/whoswho2
Excerpt: A congressional subcommittee may sound like a minor entity, but when it comes to lawmaking it is where much of the action takes place. Most of the provisions of any bill emerging from a subcommittee are likely to be in place when the parent body, the House or the Senate, takes final action on it.
The Who's Who of Immigration Policy Making - the Senate Republicans
By David North
CIS Blog, September 28, 2009
http://www.cis.org/north/whoswho5
Excerpt: There are four Republicans, compared to five Democrats, on the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, a subset of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
While the Republicans serving on the comparable body in the House of Representatives, according to the nose counts of Numbers USA, are solidly and consistently in the restrictionist camp, there are some major disputes among the Senate subcommittee Republicans. Two of these Senators get solid A+ ratings from Numbers USA, while the other two -– both from border states -- have recent scores of B+ and C-.
The Who's Who of Immigration Policy Making - the House Republicans
By David North
CIS Blog, September 24, 2009
http://www.cis.org/north/whoswho3
Excerpt: The six Republican members of the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law can be expected to struggle, probably in vain, to bring some restraint into proposed immigration legislation. The subcommittee is part of the House Judiciary Committee.
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4. E-Verify and IMAGE – Stimulating the Economy
By Ronald W. Mortensen
CIS Blog, September 28, 2009
http://www.cis.org/mortensen/stimulating
Excerpt: The federal government has spent huge amounts to stimulate the American economy. The theory is that massive government spending programs will put people back to work and increase consumer spending which is a major driver of economic activity in the United States.
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5. Virginia Governor's Race and Immigration Enforcement
By James R. Edwards Jr.
CIS Blog, September 26, 2009
http://www.cis.org/edwards/virginia
Excerpt: Candidates in the race for governor of Virginia differ on the issue of state and local enforcement relating to illegal and criminal aliens. Former state Attorney General Bob McDonnell supports statewide involvement in the 287(g) program. Democratic State Sen. Creigh Deeds is unenthusiastic and vague. Republican McDonnell has endorsed Virginia State Police usage of this proven, useful tool for ferreting out foreign lawbreakers living among us, many of whom threaten public safety.
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6. Citizen? What's That?
By Mark Krikorian
CIS Blog, September 25, 2009
http://www.cis.org/krikorian/citizen
Excerpt: The head of the Census Bureau said this week that trying to identify the illegal aliens in the upcoming census would not be practical. And he's right — it's not just that the forms have already been printed, but who's going to honestly answer that they're illegal?
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By David North
CIS Blog, September 23, 2009
http://www.cis.org/north/whoswho2
Excerpt: A congressional subcommittee may sound like a minor entity, but when it comes to lawmaking it is where much of the action takes place. Most of the provisions of any bill emerging from a subcommittee are likely to be in place when the parent body, the House or the Senate, takes final action on it.
The Who's Who of Immigration Policy Making - the Senate Republicans
By David North
CIS Blog, September 28, 2009
http://www.cis.org/north/whoswho5
Excerpt: There are four Republicans, compared to five Democrats, on the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, a subset of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
While the Republicans serving on the comparable body in the House of Representatives, according to the nose counts of Numbers USA, are solidly and consistently in the restrictionist camp, there are some major disputes among the Senate subcommittee Republicans. Two of these Senators get solid A+ ratings from Numbers USA, while the other two -– both from border states -- have recent scores of B+ and C-.
The Who's Who of Immigration Policy Making - the House Republicans
By David North
CIS Blog, September 24, 2009
http://www.cis.org/north/whoswho3
Excerpt: The six Republican members of the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law can be expected to struggle, probably in vain, to bring some restraint into proposed immigration legislation. The subcommittee is part of the House Judiciary Committee.
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4. E-Verify and IMAGE – Stimulating the Economy
By Ronald W. Mortensen
CIS Blog, September 28, 2009
http://www.cis.org/mortensen/stimulating
Excerpt: The federal government has spent huge amounts to stimulate the American economy. The theory is that massive government spending programs will put people back to work and increase consumer spending which is a major driver of economic activity in the United States.
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5. Virginia Governor's Race and Immigration Enforcement
By James R. Edwards Jr.
CIS Blog, September 26, 2009
http://www.cis.org/edwards/virginia
Excerpt: Candidates in the race for governor of Virginia differ on the issue of state and local enforcement relating to illegal and criminal aliens. Former state Attorney General Bob McDonnell supports statewide involvement in the 287(g) program. Democratic State Sen. Creigh Deeds is unenthusiastic and vague. Republican McDonnell has endorsed Virginia State Police usage of this proven, useful tool for ferreting out foreign lawbreakers living among us, many of whom threaten public safety.
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6. Citizen? What's That?
By Mark Krikorian
CIS Blog, September 25, 2009
http://www.cis.org/krikorian/citizen
Excerpt: The head of the Census Bureau said this week that trying to identify the illegal aliens in the upcoming census would not be practical. And he's right — it's not just that the forms have already been printed, but who's going to honestly answer that they're illegal?
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7. Another Warning on Amnesty
By Mark Krikorian
CIS Blog, September 25, 2009
http://www.cis.org/krikorian/warning
Excerpt: There was an important vote on a minor procedural matter Wednesday on the floor of the House. Arizona's Rep. Raul Grijalva, a leftist open-borders guy (and I don't mean liberal — MEChA member, 100% rating from the ACLU, etc.) sponsored a bill to create new national-park area along the border. Republicans in committee smelled a rat and attempted to insert an amendment that stipulated that the Border Patrol would be permitted to operate in the new area, but were rebuffed; the amendment's needed because the Department of Interior has reportedly interfered with efforts to patrol border lands under its jurisdiction. Well, Republicans decided to try to pull a procedural motion in the full House to force the issue, assuming they'd lose but at least be able to make a political point.
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8. Why Is the U.S. National Soccer Team So 'American?'
By David Seminara
CIS Blog, September 23, 2009
http://www.cis.org/seminara/soccer
Excerpt: If soccer is the world's sport, and America is the world's leading beacon for immigrants around the globe, why aren't immigrants making a bigger impact playing soccer for the Stars and Stripes? Consider the paucity of foreign born players on the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team. The team draws from a player pool of fifty eight men, only three (5%) of whom were born outside the U.S. The women's national team has no foreign born players in its player pool.
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It's unfortunate that we have to maintain this relentless bombardment of our lawmakers in Washington. I almost cannot believe we have actually sustained several victories against the rich, powerful and the open border denizens? We have gained major headway in implementing E-Verify, the illegal immigrant worker extractor? But we cannot stop calling the Senators and representatives at 202-224-3121 and emphasizing the--THE AMERICAN WORKERS COMES FIRST. Demand they not table, but to install E-Verification on a permanent basis. If we release the strangle hold on those who influence our economic future, they will find a way to contain the program?
ReplyDeleteSen. David Vitter offered an amendment that prevents any further delays in the implementation of the Social Security Administration’s No-Match-letter program. Sen. Jeff Sessions offered an amendment that requires all federal contractors to use E-Verify and a permanent re-authorization of the application. All American workers must keep an eye on Sen. Harry Reid, Speaker Pelosi, and HS chief Napolitano as they--WILL--make the effort to squash or weaken immigration laws and today might conspire to cut funding for E-Verify as of September 30?
In a move to block Sen. Sessions’ E-Verify amendment, the Senate leadership tried to table the amendment, but the motion failed and was later passed.
This is an outstanding win for 10 million jobless Americans whom are suffering? We are finally harnessing the Special Interest lobby as they are now raving mad. Congratulations go out to these politicians, who are fighting a perpetual battle against the massive corporate welfare program, called illegal immigration, which taxpayers have always supported. Illegal aliens and families are catered for through emergency rooms laws, while the legal population is hounded for unpaid bills. It is truly a massive impediment if foreign nationals can also access any health care reform that passes? Our phone calls should not stop until E-Verify is fully funded, in-perpetuity? 287 G must continue, which will give our police the training to question people of their immigration status. ICE raids must be reinstated on all suspicious businesses. More Border Patrol agents? E-Verify could have many use, including drivers licenses, health care, insurance in the mainstream state benefits verification? Last, but not least the Immigration Reform and Control Act must be enforced, not undermined so they can heave at us another path to citizenship. We cannot support another BLANKET AMNESTY. The last one was Mickey Mouse and driven by unparalleled fraud. Three websites have the raw ingredients of the undisclosed cost and other information at NUMBERSUSA, JUDICIAL WATCH & for OVERPOPULATION statistics CAPSWEB.
As for the 2010 Census? Small states will miss out big time on federal dollars, while mass illegal immigrant states will gain more seats in Congress and too much power and influence? Of course ICE could check the immigration status of those who are counted, even though it's supposedly against US law?