o'amnesty - NPR E-Verify Whoppers! (NumbersUSA.com)

From:  Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA.com Date: Tuesday 7JUN2011
NPR's 2 FALSEHOODS ON E-VERIFY ERROR RATES THAT YOU CAN CORRECT WHEREVER YOU HEAR THEM IN THE FUTURE
      We have a blog on our website that deals with huge whoppers of falsehoods that National Public Radio recently promulgated against E-Verify.
     With two Supreme Court rulings in three weeks backing the expansion of E-Verify to drive illegal aliens out of U.S. jobs, the multi-milion-dollar pro-illegal-worker propaganda industry is in full force.
     We need you to challenge falsehoods about E-Verify wherever you find them -- with comments on blogs and on-line news items, with phone-ins to radio shows, with letters to the editor in newspapers and with in-person corrections with friends and colleagues.
     And please forward this email widely via email, Facebook and Twitter.
     We're picking on NPR because it has been getting worse and worse in its coverage of immigration issues. The story in question was about the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Arizona's law requiring all employers to use E-Verify.
Falsehood #1
     The correspondent inexplicably said, "Now, E-verify is a sort of a pilot computer-data-check system that Congress specifically made voluntary because about one out of five workers is erroneously reported as illegal because of mistaken name spellings, similar names, things like that."
     Congress did not make E-Verify voluntary because of an error rate.  E-Verify was originally made voluntary because it was a pilot program.  It has remained mostly voluntary against the wishes of American voters because the cheap labor lobby had been incredibly successful at keeping it that way until several states stepped up to the plate . But this is a small mistake compared to the "one out of five" whopper.
Falsehood #2
See quote above about the one-in-five error rate.
     The NPR correspondent's approximation of an error rate for E-Verify of 20% isn't even close to the truth.
     The percentage of authorized workers run through E-Verify who receive tentative non-confirmations is 0.3 percent (three-tenths of one percent), and has been for at least two and a half years.
     Statistics from Fiscal Year 2010, however, indicate that of the 15,640,167 E-Verify cases submitted:

• 98.3% were automatically confirmed as work authorized,
  
• 0.3% were confirmed as work authorized after contesting and resolving an initial nonconfirmationan avenue available to all workers
  
• 1.43% were not found work authorized (these would be illegal aliens or legal foreign visitors without a work permit -- the very people E-Verify is designed to keep out of U.S. jobs)
       So, to make sure you understand, the so-called error rate is 0.3% which means that less than half of one percent of the people run through the system get a notice that they are not yet approved to work even though it turns out they do have the right to work.
       Next, be clear that this 0.3% don't lose their job.  Rather, they continue on their job while checking with federal authorities to find out why they are not being confirmed and getting their records straight.  The fact that 0.3% of the queries produce an "error" doesn't mean that anybody who has the legal right to a job doesn't get to keep the job.
       NPR did not have to read the Court's decision to get their facts straight.  All they had to do was go to the USCIS website, where the most recent statistics are presented in a colorful pie chart.  We don't know which source led NPR so astray, but somewhere, someone is getting high fives for pulling one over on the news team of "All Things Considered."

     We hope to see a national mandatory E-Verify bill start moving through the House any week now.
     The supporters of illegal immigration are nearly hysterical about this and are unleashing an incredible misinformation effort.  And their main trick seems to be to lie about error rates in E-Verify.
     They have been so successful in their lies about error rates that we've even seen some people and organizations that generally have been opposed to illegal immigration repeating the falsehoods.
     Read the full blog and join the discussion by clicking here.
THANKS, Roy Beck, NumbersUSA.com

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o'amnesty - Old White People Should Die? (o'Dream on...) [redux] "Contact your Senators & Representative"

From: drude Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 Subject:  Old White People Should Die?

Well, all right then.

I report, you decide.

HISPANIC LEADERS SPEAK OUT
     Augustin Cebada, Brown Berets;  "Go back to Boston ! Go back to Plymouth Rock, Pilgrims! Get out!  We are the future.  You are old and tired.  Go on.  We have beaten you.  Leave like beaten rats...  You old white people. It is your duty to die.  Through love of having children, we are going to take over.
     Richard Alatorre, Los Angeles City Council.  "They're afraid we're going to take over the governmental institutions and other institutions.  They're right.  We will take them over. ... We are here to stay."
     Excelsior, the national newspaper of Mexico,  "The American Southwest seems to be slowly returning to the jurisdiction of Mexico without firing a single shot."
     Professor Jose Angel Gutierrez, University of Texas;  "We have an aging white America.  They are not making babies.  They are dying.  The explosion is in our population . . . I love it.  I love it."
    Art Torres, Chairman of the California Democratic Party, "Remember 187 -- proposition to deny taxpayer funds for services to non-citizens -- was the last gasp of white America in California ."
   Gloria Molina, Los Angeles County Supervisor;  "We are politicizing every single one of these new citizens that are becoming citizens of this country. ... . I gotta tell you that a lot of people are saying, "I'm going to go out there and vote because I want to pay them back."
    Mario Obledo, California Coalition of Hispanic Organizations and California State Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Governor Jerry Brown, also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton," California is going to be a Hispanic state.  Anyone who doesn't like it should leave."
    Jose Pescador Osuna, Mexican Consul General;  "We are practicing 'La Reconquista' in California."Professor Fernando Guerra, Loyola Marymount University;  "We need to avoid a white backlash by using codes understood by Latinos. ... Are these just the words of a few extremists?  Consider that we could fill up many pages with such quotes.   Also, consider that these are mainstream Mexican leaders.
     THE U.S VS MEXICO:  On February 15, 1998, the U.S. And Mexican soccer teams met at the Los Angeles Coliseum.  The crowd was overwhelmingly pro-Mexican even though most lived in this country.  They booed during the National Anthem and U.S. Flags were held upside down.  As the match progressed, supporters of the U.S. Team were insulted, pelted with projectiles, punched and spat upon.  Beer and trash were thrown at the U.S. Players before and after the match.  The coach of the U.S. Team, Steve Sampson said, "This was the most painful experience I have ever had in this profession."
     HOW CAN YOU HELP?:   Send copies of this letter to at least two other people, 100 would be even better.  Help us get the word out.  It's no longer a fight between Democrats and Republicans.   It's the producers versus the parasites.

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Gov't Memo Proposes Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants (news video, 30Jul10)

Video and Audio (http://foxnews.com/)

1.  
   
   Will Tax Cut Bill Pass House?
   

   … We still have the start treaty. Dream act the house version. And possibly ..... and so you think start gets through dream act through an act of kind on the edge ..... t Tell standalone a little about college yet because you know Collins thinks …

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   Dream Act found at 6:00, 7:00
   

   "…the start treaty. Dream act the house…"

   "…gets through dream act -- through an…"
2.  
   
   Panel Plus: 12/12
   

   … public option health care. He didn't spend enough money in the stimulus the first time there's no immigration reform the dream act is all hung up around here. So people are saying look at what about energy cap and trade that got Did this president …

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   The Dream Act found at 2:59
   

   "…reform the dream act is all hung up…"
3.  
   
   Too Lax on Tax Deal Coverage?
   

   … a secret message that we're still committed to our agenda he talked about Don't Ask Don't Tell he talked about the dream act . As if to say don't be too mad asked still with you we'll big conspiracy. Yeah the if into the eye opener and …

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   The Dream Act found at 4:24
   

   "…he talked about the dream act . As if…"
4.  
   
   House Dems Dig in Heels Over Tax Cut Deal
   

   … amounts that we can't trust him yet another Hitler had southern Democrat was on MSNBC yesterday saying. This isn't the dream act this is a blank dream well you know and I very harsh critic. Makes conservatives really happen the Biden can't currency …

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   The Dream Act found at 0:39
   

   "…This isn't the dream act this is a…"
5.  
   
   DREAM Act Lives On?
   

   … yesterday. It's known as the dream act and it offers a path ..... not going to address the dream act or don't ask don ..... the floor but really the dream act is a nightmare to American ..... re serving in the military . Now anyone under the …
   

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   The Dream Act found at 0:14, 0:40, 1:11
   

   "…It's known as the dream act and it…"

   "…going to address the dream act or don'…"

   "…floor but really the dream act is a…"

More Video and Audio »

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o'illegal - Air Pelosi Plans to Resurrect "Dream Act" for Illegals

DREAM Act Threat Arises in the House; Act Now!NumbersUSA.com, Fr.12Nov10:  
     Yesterday, reports surfaced that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to bring the DREAM Act to the floor for a vote during the lame-duck session, and it could happen as soon as next week.
     You've already sent 93,498 faxes and made thousands of more phone calls since the announcement, but we need more help.  If you haven't sent your faxes, please do so now.  Then, we need you to call your Three Members of Congress at their Capitol Hill offices.  The number for the Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.  Congress is definitley hearing from the pro-amnesty folks, so we need you to counter those efforts TODAY and make sure Congress hears from the millions of Americans who used their vote last week to oppose Amnesty!
     On Election Day, there was a dramatic shift in the Immigration Balance of Power.  Speaker Pelosi and the pro-amnesty groups know the lame-duck session may be their last chance to pass the DREAM Act.  The bill aims to provide an amnesty for illegal aliens who are college bound or serve in the military, but it goes much further.  Millions more illegal aliens would receive the amnesty, and the bill contains no provisions to increase enforcement or secure the border.
     It's been a long election season, and we know the winter holidays are right around the corner.  The DREAM Act supporters are counting on the fact that amnesty opponents will be distracted during the lame-duck session.  Prove them wrong and take 5 minutes to let your Members of Congress know how you feel!
THANKS, Chris Chmielenski, Website Content Manager:  http://NumbersUSA.com
Numbers USA, 1601 N. Kent Street, Suite 1100, Arlington, VA 22209

Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs Video - Updated 2010: video source:

Global humanitarian reasons for current U.S. immigration are tested in this updated version of Roy Beck's colorful presentation of data from the World Bank and U.S. Census Bureau.  The earlier 1996 version has been one of the most viewed policy presentations on the internet.  This updated version dramatically demonstrates the futility of using immigration for social equalization. Presented by author/journalist, Roy Beck Learn More at:  http://www.NumbersUSA.org

Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs - Updated 2010 View the Video How many in world might be enticed by another amnesty? Roy's video shows how many poor people in the world (and from where) are susceptible to being encouraged to come illegally to the United States if Congress passes its first amnesty for illegal aliens since 2000.  ..

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o'bamanomics - Animated Unemployment Map of the United States [redux]

12-20 million deportations & the 2012 election could brighten the dismal picture. -- rfh

From: bp Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 Subject:  Animated Unemployment map of the United States

Wow!  Very sobering and enlightening.  Somebody spent a lot of time breaking this down by every county in the country.  Review this Unemployment map of the United States.  This is hard to believe!  I had to review this map a couple of times to grasp the enormity of it.   Displayed this way sure brings the perspective up close and personal.  This is scary.  If you have a job, be thankful!  Be certain to click the PLAY button in the middle of the map and take note of the dates above the US map as it advances month by month!

Updated Thursday, July 15, 2010

View the original (sharper image, updated Thursday, July 15, 2010) at:

http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html

This is the URL (source) for YouTube version shown below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ssIhiD8kKM

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2010 - Names of Senators who voted to give illegals Social Security & English isn't American! Remember in November!

From: gg Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010


It will soon be payback time - forward this list to everyone you know.  

Don't forget. November 2 is "Take out the trash day."

Let's get rid of them, Democrat or  Republican!
 

The following senators voted against making English the official language of America

Akaka (D-HI) 

Bayh (D-IN) 

Biden (D-DE) 

Bingaman (D-NM) 

Boxer (D-CA) 

Cantwell (D-WA) 

Clinton (D-NY) 

Dayton (D-MN) 

Dodd (D-CT) 

Domenici (R-NM) 

Durbin (D-IL) 

Feingold (D-WI) 

Feinstein (D-CA) 

Harkin (D-IA) 

Inouye (D-HI) 

Jeffords (I-VT) 

Kennedy (D-MA) 

Kerry (D-MA) 

Kohl (D-WI) 

Lautenberg (D-NJ) 

Leahy (D-VT) 

Levin (D-MI) 

Lieberman (D-CT)

Menendez (D-NJ) 

Mikulski (D-MD) 

Murray (D-WA) 

Obama (D-IL) 

Reed (D-RI) 

Reid (D-NV) 

Salazar (D-CO) 

Sarbanes (D-MD) 

Schumer (D-NY) 

Stabenow (D-MI) 

Wyden (D-OR) 

Now, the following are the senators who voted to give illegal aliens Social Security benefits. They are grouped by home state.

If a state is not listed, there was no voting representative. 

 MOST OF THESE ARE NORTHERN REPRESENTATIVES.............

Alaska : Stevens (R) 

Arizona : McCain (R) 

Arkansas : Lincoln (D) Pryor (D)

California : Boxer (D) Feinstein (D) 

Colorado : Salazar (D) 

Connecticut : Dodd (D) Lieberman (D) 

Delaware : Biden (D) Carper (D) 

Florida : Martinez (R) 

Hawaii : Akaka (D) Inouye (D) 

Illinois : Durbin (D) Obama (D) 

Indiana: Bayh (D) Lugar (R) 

Iowa: Harkin (D)

Kansas: Brownback (R) 

Louisiana: Landrieu (D) 

Maryland: Mikulski (D) Sarbanes (D) 

Massachusetts: Kennedy (D) Kerry (D) 

Montana: Baucus (D) 

Nebraska: Hagel (R) 

Nevada: Reid (D) 

New Jersey: Lautenberg (D) Menendez (D) 

New Mexico: Bingaman (D) 

New York: Clinton (D) Schumer (D) 

North Dakota : Dorgan (D) 

Ohio : DeWine (R) Voinovich(R) 

Oregon : Wyden (D) 

Pennsylvania : Specter (D) 

Rhode Island : Chafee (R) Reed (D) 

South Carolina : Graham (R)    I will not ever vote for him again!! (not my words)

South Dakota : Johnson (D) 

Vermont : Jeffords (I) Leahy (D) 

Washington : Cantwell (D) Murray (D) 

West Virginia : Rockefeller (D), by Not Voting 

Wisconsin : Feingold (D) Kohl (D) 

THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION.....UNLESS THEY DON'T MIND SHARING THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY WITH FOREIGN WORKERS WHO DIDN'T PAY A DIME INTO IT. 

Hummm, Foreign, Illegal whatever, many have paid in!  Many will never see a benefit from those payments.  There are also many that never paid a dime in and should NOT see a dime of benefits! GG

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o'bamanomics - Animated Unemployment Map of the United States (Remember in November) [redux]

12-20 million deportations & two elections (Nov. 10/12) could brighten the dismal picture. -- rfh

 

From: bp Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 Subject:  Animated Unemployment map of the United States

Wow!  Very sobering and enlightening.  Somebody spent a lot of time breaking this down by every county in the country.  Review this Unemployment map of the United States.  This is hard to believe!  I had to review this map a couple of times to grasp the enormity of it.   Displayed this way sure brings the perspective up close and personal.  This is scary.  If you have a job, be thankful!  Be certain to click the PLAY button in the middle of the map and take note of the dates above the US map as it advances month by month!

Updated Thursday, July 15, 2010

View the original (sharper image, updated Thursday, July 15, 2010 ) at:

http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html

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This is the URL (source) for YouTube version shown below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ssIhiD8kKM

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o'illegal - Can you use these free materials? (NumbersUSA.com)

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined.  Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite." -- James Madison, Federalist No. 45

From: Roy Beck - NumbersUSA.com Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Subject: Can you use these free materials?

source: http://www.numbersusa.com

From:   Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA Date:   Tuesday 20JUL2010     8 p.m. EDT

WE'LL MAIL THESE MATERIALS TO YOU, IF YOU CAN USE THEM Friends, the tools below have been used by tens of thousands of activists over NumbersUSA's 14-year history to persuade fellow citizens to get involved in our fight for immigration reduction. We used to constantly offer these tools, but haven't for awhile. Just like our one-of-a-kind faxing system, these materials are free to you because enough activists make voluntary contributions to pay for them. Please look over these items and then send an email to Jasmine (jcarreon@numbersusa.com) telling her how many you want of each. BILL-FOLD-SIZE FOLDOVER CARDS OF RED & GREEN IMMIGRATION / POPULATION CHART CLICK HERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CHART. These are free. This is an incredibly easy way to show people why you are working on the immigration issue and why they should get involved. I have several stuffed into every suit jacket pocket so I always have one. If you will really use them and hand them out, ask for 25. If you tell us of a group setting where you can use them, we'll send you 50 or 100. ORIGINAL CHARTS & GUMBALLS VIDEO That's right this is a video (we don't have the 8-track audio version available!). And it's free. Many of you still have VHS players. If you don't have one of these videos, you may want one for historic nostalgia. This is the 12-minute video that launched the NumbersUSA organization back in 1996. And, yes, I DO look a little younger in this video. This video explains the red and green population/immigration chart you see on the foldover cards. Once this video was put on YouTube and Google videos, more than 6 million people viewed it. But we also have distributed around 100,000 of these videos which have been used to educate civic clubs, family gatherings, veterans groups, religious forums and school classrooms. The numbers on the video are a little outdated (projections are somewhat worse now) but the overall demonstration remains valid. Email Jasmine (jcarreon@numbersusa.com) and she'll send you one. If you have a group and have people who can use the video elsewhere, order up to a dozen of these, let Jasmine know. Be sure to contact Jasmine now, because we will no longer provide videos after this summer. If your group doesn't have access to internet projection, this video is the way to present the information. It has been used thousands of times as the meat of a luncheon presentation. VIDEO OF A HALF-HOUR TV DOCUMENTARY (includes footage of the late Terry Anderson) This video is my charts and gumballs presentations interspersed with documentary footage of situations and grassroots leaders such as Terry. We ran this in a couple of dozen of the country's largest cities on weekends on broadcast stations about a decade ago. Order from us for free. LARGE PAPER FOLD-OUT POSTER OF RED & GREEN CHART Around 100,000 of these posters have been used across the country. They present a lot of the same things as the little billfold-sized foldover chart but fold-out into a large poster of where immigration is taking the country. They are geared especially to the problem of congestion and sprawl in our lives and remind people that the congestion doesn't have to get worse if we would just do something about immigration. If you have a group or go to fairs or conferences where you could distribute these, ask for 100 or 250 or even 500 of these. We want to get the information out. I know some people have taped these to the inside of restroom doors to help spread the word. Lots of creative possibilities. DVD OF CHARTS & GUMBALLS, PLUS NATIONAL MALL 'TUBES' PRESENTATION We don't have many of these but happy to send out single versions. We will soon be posting on You Tube an entirely new and updated version of the charts and gumballs presentation that was recently shot at historic Centre College in Kentucky. As you probably have figured out, some of my staff have persuaded me that it is time to make some room in our storage for newer items. I do not want to throw any of these things away until I know that everybody who might be able to use them has had a chance to make a request for them. The foldover cards are up to date. The posters are very close to the latest information. The videos are not that far off the current numbers but mostly they provide historic markers for our movement and for our organization. You may want a copy as the example of a video that you will show your grandchildren. Or you may be one of a sizeable minority of Americans for whom the VHS is still the primary way of presenting information (and, yes, I still show slides on my slide projector!). Let Jasmine know (jcarreon@numbersusa.com). THANKS, ROY

NumbersUSA - relies upon individuals like you to reach its goal of an environmentally sustainable and economically just America.

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o'amnesty - Report on the 287(g) Program

reposted on Harrold's blog at http://harrolds.blogspot.com

From: kd Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009

This is what they are using to try to stop Arpaio, the Maricopa sheriff in AZ...KD

From: center@cis.org [FYI -- Mark Krikorian]
Contact: Jessica Vaughan, (508) 346-3380, jmv@cis.org

The 287(g) Program

WASHINGTON (October 27, 2009) – The 287(g) program was created by Congress in 1996 to enhance cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. The Obama administration has imposed new rules for the 287(g) program that unduly constrain the local partners and could allow more alien scofflaws identified by local agencies to remain here. But even with these changes, based on unsubstantiated criticism from ethnic and civil liberties groups, the 287(g) program remains an effective tool in immigration law enforcement and local crime-fighting.

A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies examines in detail the 287(g) program's history, status, and results, concluding with a number of recommendations for improvement. The report, "The 287(g) Program: Protecting Home Towns and Homeland," by Jessica Vaughan and James R. Edwards, Jr., is based on interviews with participating local law enforcement agencies (LEAs), statistics and reports provided by local LEAs, and data provided by ICE through a FOIA request.

Among the findings:

• About 1,000 officers from 67 law enforcement agencies have been trained and participate in the program. With 9 new agencies joining and a handful of agencies dropping out in 2009, the total number of participating agencies as of October 2009 is 73.
  
• 287(g) officers lodged immigration charges on more than 81,000 illegal or criminal aliens between January 2006 and November 2008, according to data provided by ICE.
  
• In 2008, the number of 287(g) arrests (45,368) was equal to one-fifth of all criminal aliens identified by ICE in prisons and jails nationwide that year (221,085). The program has flagged a large number of known serious and/or violent offenders, as well as some low-level offenders still at the bottom of the criminal behavior escalator. Illegal aliens targeted by the program have been identified as a result of involvement in local law-breaking in addition to immigration law-breaking.
  
• While 287(g) agencies use the authority mainly to identify and process illegal aliens who have committed additional crimes, Congress never intended the program to be limited to that use. Lawmakers intended for local agency partners to use the authority for local law enforcement priorities and according to local needs, which may or may not be the same as federal priorities.
  
• Participating agencies credit the 287(g) program as a major factor in reduced local crime rates, smaller inmate populations, and lower criminal justice costs.
  
• 287(g) is cost-effective — much less expensive than other criminal alien identification programs such as Secure Communities and Fugitive Operations. For example, in 2008 ICE spent $219 million to remove 34,000 fugitive aliens (mostly criminals). In 2008, ICE was given $40 million for 287(g), which produced more than 45,000 arrests of aliens who were involved in state and local crimes. In Harris County, Texas, the billion-dollar ICE Secure Communities interoperability program found about 1,718 removable aliens in its first six months beginning late in 2008; meanwhile the locally paid 287(g) officers in the same jail system charged about 5,000 criminal aliens over the same time period.
  
• 287(g) is a force multiplier. In 2008, the Colorado state 287(g) unit alone made 777 immigration arrests. In that same year the entire ICE investigations office based in Denver, which covers all of Colorado and several other states, made a total of 1,594 arrests. In Maricopa County, Arizona, the local ICE detention and removal manager supervises five ICE deportation agents, who are supplemented by 64 additional locally paid county jail 287(g) officers who also identify and process criminal aliens.
  
• The largest number of agreements have been signed for 287(g) programs in correctional institutions, such as county jails or state prisons. These programs were responsible for 91 percent of the 287(g) arrests over the period we studied.
  
• The task force/investigative 287(g) programs provide equally important crime-fighting benefits and are a useful tool to address such illegal immigration-related crime problems as alien smuggling, drugs, street gangs, and identity theft.
  
• The Colorado, Arizona, and Alabama 287(g) programs have boosted ICE efforts to combat alien smuggling, which has been neglected since the agency's formation.
  
• Notwithstanding allegations from immigrant and civil liberties advocates, there have been no confirmed instances of racial profiling, discrimination, or other abuse of authority under the 287(g) program. There is no evidence whatsoever of a "chilling effect" on crime reporting in the 287(g) jurisdictions.
  
• The waiting list for 287(g) is long — reportedly one to three years from the time of request to join until implementation.
  
• The biggest obstacle to improving and expanding the 287(g) program is the lack of funding for bed space to detain illegal aliens discovered by local agencies to have committed crimes. As a result, ICE currently is removing fewer than half of the criminal aliens identified under 287(g). Several states have submitted proposals to ICE to help alleviate this problem, but ICE has not acted to increase funding for bed space, even as it claims to prioritize the removal of criminal aliens.

The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent research institution that examines the impact of immigration on the United States.

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Protecting Home Towns and Homeland 

illegals - Poll: Mexicans Say Amnesty Would Increase Illegal Immigration

From: kd Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 [FYI -- Mark Krikorian]

WASHINGTON (October 14, 2009) – A new survey by Zogby International finds that people in Mexico think that granting legal status to illegal immigrants would encourage more illegal immigration to the United States. As the top immigrant-sending country for both legal and illegal immigrants, views on immigration in Mexico can provide insight into the likely impact of an amnesty, as well as other questions related to immigration.

The results are available online at the Center for Immigration Studies' website. Among the findings:

• A clear majority of people in Mexico, 56 percent, thought giving legal status to illegal immigrants in the United States would make it more likely that people they know would go to the United States illegally. Just 17 percent thought it would make Mexicans less likely to go illegally. The rest were unsure or thought it would make no difference.
  
• Of Mexicans with a member of their immediate household in the United States, 65 percent said a legalization program would make people they know more likely to go to America illegally.
  
• Two-thirds of Mexicans know someone living in the United States; one-third said an immediate member of their household was living in the United States.
  
• Interest in going to the United States remains strong even in the current recession, with 36 percent of Mexicans (39 million people) saying they would move to the United States if they could. This is consistent with a recent Pew Research Center poll which found that about one-third of Mexicans would go to the United States if they could. At present, 12 to 13 million Mexico-born people live in the United States.
  
• An overwhelming majority (69 percent) thought that the primary loyalty of Mexican-Americans (Mexico- and U.S.-born) should be to Mexico. Just 20 percent said it should be to the United States. The rest were unsure.
  
• Also, 69 percent of people in Mexico felt that the Mexican government should represent the interests of Mexican-Americans (Mexico- and U.S.-born) in the United States.
  
• A plurality, 39 percent, of Mexicans thought that in the last year fewer people they know had gone to the United States as illegal immigrants compared to previous years. Only 27 percent thought more had gone. The rest thought it had stayed the same or were unsure.
  
• A plurality, 40 percent, also thought that in the last year more of the illegal immigrants they know had returned to Mexico compared to previous years. Only 25 percent thought the number returning had fallen. The rest thought it had stayed the same or were unsure.
  
• Both the bad economy and increased immigration enforcement were cited as reasons fewer people were going to America as illegal immigrants and more were coming back to Mexico.

Discusssion: As the nation begins debates the issue of immigration, the perspective of people in Mexico is important because Mexico is the top sending country for both legal and illegal immigrants. In 2008 one of six new legal immigrants was from Mexico and, according to the Department of Homeland Security, 6 out of 10 illegal immigrants come from that country.

Asking people in Mexico their views on immigration can provide insight into the likely impact of an amnesty for illegal immigrants and other questions related to immigration. This survey is the first to ask people in Mexico if they thought legalizing illegal immigrants in the United States would encourage more illegal immigration. The survey was conducted in August and September of 2009 and consisted of 1,004 in-person interviews of adults throughout Mexico. The findings show that a majority of people in Mexico think that an amnesty would make it more likely that people in Mexico would come to the United States illegally. This is especially true for people who have a member of their households living in the United States.

It is important to note that respondents were asked specifically about whether an amnesty would make illegal immigration more likely, not just immigration generally. Other questions in the survey explore attitudes about migration to United States generally, recent trends in migration, and loyalty to the United States. The results may give pause to those lawmakers who think that an amnesty/legalization for illegals immigrants would reduce illegal immigration in the future. The findings of this survey indicate that an amnesty would encourage more illegal immigration, at least from Mexico.

Methodology: The in-person survey done in Mexico for the Center for Immigration Studies by Zogby International was of 1,004 persons 18 years of age and older. The sampling framework was the most recent (2009) electoral sections defined by the Federal Electoral Institute. A multi-stage sampling procedure was employed that first randomly selected 100 electoral sections proportional to size. Second, two house blocks were randomly selected from each section. Within each block five households were selected using a systematic random procedure. The margin of error for the entire sample is +/- 3.1% for a 95% confidence level. Margins of error are larger for sub-groups.

The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent research institute that examines the impact of immigration on the United States

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o'amnesty - Ask the Indians 'toon photo

From: burd Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009
  Ask the Indians what happens when you don't control immigration.

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o'who? playing defense on healthcare for illegal aliens

 From: Jim Robb NumbersUSA Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009  Subject: We've got momentum on illegal-alien healthcare

source: http://www.numbersusa.com

This time last month, Congress was ready to go on recess.  In late July, only our allies in Congress had admitted the obvious:   Congress' main healthcare bill (H.R. 3200) was written to allow illegal aliens to easily slip into subsidized healthcare programs meant for Americans.
In a letter I wrote to you a month ago, I asked for many of you to go to your Congressmen's town hall meetings and speak up to expose this huge loophole that would cost taxpayers billions.  I also asked you to fax and phone Congress.  Of course, Roy asked you to do the same things in his blogs and Action Alerts. We provided faxes, talking points, and directions to town hall meetings.

The exciting news is that many of you DID go. Our issue WAS raised.  A month ago, I had little hope our issue would get much attention, since the focus of the healthcare debate was on several other hot button issues.

Well, about 10 days ago, I started seeing in newspapers that Americans at town hall meetings were raising this issue over and over again with Congressmen on their home turf.  Politely.  Knowledgeably, but firmly.  "No free healthcare for Illegal Aliens."  And, "Change H.R. 3200 to require mandatory verification of legal residency for subsidized healthcare."
Many open-borders Members of Congress got red and even purple-faced, denying that their bill would do any such thing.  But most of our friends in Congress, those with good immigration gradecards, freely agreed that the bill was [is] a  blank check to defraud the American taxpayer.
By last week, even President Obama felt he had to address this issue at a town hall meeting.  Naturally, he denied that illegal aliens would get the free healthcare.  But the point is that our issue has gone from back burner to front burner, where it belongs.  Now every news article discusses this issue.  Once again, our NumbersUSA members came through!
I say to President Obama and House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Reid, on behalf of the nearly 1 million members of NumbersUSA:

"There can be no health system reform until illegal aliens stop getting subsidized healthcare.  Period.  We'll shoot down the WHOLE THING if you refuse to fix this problem."

Why do we feel so strongly?  Listen to what our member Evelyn wrote me last week:

Thank you for e-mailing me.  I am one you speak of that live from month to month.  I also have paid in SS since 15.  My husband passed when my three children were young and I raised my children myself without all the state help.  I thought I would be protected when I reached this age.  I pay my rent and utilities,  I have help from my church for groceries or I wouldn't eat very well.  To say the least I am very unhappy with the fact that [illegal aliens] get all the medical free,   yet I can't receive the help I deserve.  I asked for physical therapy and was refused.  Yet being a retired nurse, I've seen illegal aliens lay in ICU running up hundreds of thousands in medical bills because they were running from police and were in car accidents. -- Evelyn J. of Arizona

Gary S. of New Mexico wrote that he has run up $32,000 in medical debts in the past two years even though he is insured!  And he's steamed that illegal aliens seem to find a way to get their healthcare without paying anything.
Obama's talking about pushing this healthcare bill and the cap-and-trade bill through this Fall and then he'll turn to immigration.  That includes a mass amnesty for illegal aliens!
If we don't keep free healthcare for illegal aliens out of this healthcare bill. . . we're half beaten on amnesty already.
The ONLY way our side can even the odds is for members who have never given before to pitch in financially.  Did you know that NumbersUSA is UNIQUELY dependent on first-time donations?  So, even if it's only $5 and if you can afford it, please hit that red button and give a little today.

I don't know if you're in a position to make your first ever donation to NumbersUSA, but we are in a MAJOR legislative fight with this healthcare bill.  We haven't met the minimum for this month.  So if you're able to help this month, I would deeply appreciate it.   We do not take your dedicated volunteering or your sacrificial giving lightly.  I can promise you we budget very carefully to put your donations into the fight!  Thanks for your continued, unwavering trust and backing.

KEEP THE FAITH, AND NEVER GIVE UP! JIM ROBB, Vice President, Operations, NumbersUSA JimRobb@NumbersUSA.com


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