30 Eylül 2012 Pazar

It's Official: Hispanic Immigrants Need Welfare

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Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, admitted the obvious that Hispanic immigrants don't contribute to the economy and are dependent on welfare.
The Examiner September 12, 2012 by Joel Gehrke
HUD Secretary: Without Tax Hikes, Latinos Will Go To The 'Back Of The Line'
Congress must raise taxes on the wealthy "because there just isn't enough to go around," Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute today. 
"Latino growth has meant that often they're at the back of the line for housing assistance or other things," Donovan said during CHCI's annual Public Policy Conference this morning at the Ronald Reagan Building in D.C. "And the fundamental problem here (in part) is, are we going to continue to invest in those things? And if we continue to cut the budget for Section 8 housing and public housing and a whole range of other things -- if we don't fix this fiscal cliff in a fair way that actually asks higher-income Americans to pay their fair share -- Latinos are going to have to continue to wait in the back of the line, because there just isn't enough to go around. 


Although not news, it is certainly shocking that a Democrat Cabinet Secretary would admit the obvious.  Hispanic immigrants come here not only for welfare, but as the poster-children for a confiscatory tax system.

Some Immigration Work For ICE SVU

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It has been now confirmed why the Obama Regime was so resistant to using Department of Homeland Security (DHS) databases by various State election officials.  Florida has confirmed that to date 207 aliens have voted in Florida elections.  (h/t Election Law Center)
Supervisor Of Elections Clay County Florida Press Release
Florida’s Voter Eligibility Initiative Confirms 207 Non-Citizens On Voter Rolls Using SAVE Database, Around 8 Percent Of Voters Checked
TALLAHASSEE –The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE) database as well as personal admissions from illegally registered voters have confirmed 207 non-citizens have been on Florida’s voter rolls. The confirmed names will be provided to county supervisors of elections shortly after supervisors complete their federal training on how to use the SAVE database, which they are expected to do this week.
“The Voter Eligibility Initiative is already proving to be a successful process to identify illegally registered voters on Florida’s voter rolls,” said Secretary of State Ken Detzner. “We want every Florida voter to be confident that their vote is protected and not hurt in any way by the illegal activity of others. We know that every vote counts, especially here in Florida where only 537 votes decided the presidential election in 2000.”


Voting by aliens is illegal and the confirmation by Clay County gives U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations, currently seeking to become a national Special Victims Unit, the chance to actually enforce criminal sanctions against the both legal and illegal aliens who voted.
Give the Special Agents-in-Charge of the Miami and Tampa offices of ICE SVU a call:
Alysa D. ErichsSAC
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and
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ICE HSI Still Not Arresting Illegal Aliens

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In an unusual occurance, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (ICE HSI) actually acted to enforce immigration laws.  It even arrested one illegal alien.  However, in the same incident it failed to arrest dozens of other illegal aliens.  (h/t Creeping Sharia)
Hays Post September 11, 2012
Kansas Hotel Owners Indicted On Charges Of Hiring Undocumented Aliens
The owners of an Overland Park, Kan., hotel have been indicted on charges of knowingly hiring undocumented aliens who were paid less than other employees, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
Munir Ahmad Chaudary, 51, and his wife, Rhonda R. Bridge, 40, both of Overland Park, are charged with the following crimes:
One count of conspiracy to harbor undocumented aliens for personal gain.
– Five counts of harboring undocumented aliens for personal gain.
– Four counts of wire fraud.
The government is seeking to forfeit the proceeds of the crimes including two hotels the couple owns: The Clarion Hotel at 7000 W. 108th St. in Overland Park, and the Clarion Hotel at 11828 NW Plaza Circle in Kansas City, Mo...
In addition to the charges against the owners, one of the employees is being charged.Syed Naqvy, 34, Overland Park, Kan., a desk clerk, is charged with one count of making a false statement to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and one count of failing to depart from the United States as ordered.

However, the actual illegal alien employees were not arrested and deported:
None of the other undocumented workers is being arrested, Grissom said. They have been interviewed by immigration officials, who will decide what to do about their immigration status after the case has been concluded, Grissom said.
“This prosecution is aimed at unscrupulous employers who are a driving force behind illegal immigration,” Grissom said.
Well, the driving force behind illegal immigration is ICE HSI.  When you allow illegal aliens to remain in the United States, illegal aliens will see that as encouragement to come and remain.  It is not so much the unscrupulous employers but government employees who refuse to perform their lawful duties that aid and abet illegal immigration.  If these illegals are allowed to remain, that in itself will show that it is not the employers but the government who is the driving force behind illegal immigration.

Iowa Cops Doing ICE HSI's Work

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While U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Victims Unit (ICE SVU) continues to do work unrelated to terrorism, immigration or customs laws, the State of Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations is doing the work ICE SVU should be doing; arresting aliens who vote.  (h/t Election Law Center)
Fox News September 20, 2012 Associated Press
Three Noncitizens Charged With Voter Fraud In Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says three Council Bluffs residents have been charged with election misconduct.
Two Canadian nationals and a Mexican national were booked into the Pottawattamie County jail. The felony charges allege they registered to vote in Iowa and voted in at least one election.
The arrests followed an investigations by an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agent who was assigned to work with Secretary of State Matt Schultz to root out voter fraud.
Charged are 52-year-old Albert Harte-Maxwell, 49-year-old Linda Harte-Maxwell, and 40-year-old Maria Ayon-Fernandez, all of Council Bluffs.
A criminal complaint says Albert Harte-Maxwell voted in the 2010 general election and 2011 city election and Linda Harte-Maxwell voted in the 2011 city election. Maria Ayon-Fernandez voted in the 2010 general election.
ICE SVU doesn't like arresting aliens, but claims that its work is investigating criminal aliens.  Call Gary Hartwig, the ICE SVU Special Agent-in-Charge in Chicago, and let him know that he is missing out on three good criminal cases of alien voters.  All the work has been already done, so you can't say they are too busy.  All they have to do is copy and paste from the indictment.
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War On Language And Enforcement

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Another news item that exposes both the totalitarian nature of the radical left and their war on immigration law enforcement.  It appears that the press is incurious concerning the left's continued adherence to Communism's war on history and language as documented in the distopian novel 1984.
The Seattle Times August 28, 2012 by Manuel Valdes
Congress Members Urge Audit Of Border PatrolEleven congressmen sent letters urging a nonpartisan government watchdog to audit the U.S. Border Patrol's activities on the northern border, immigrant advocates said Tuesday.The Democratic lawmakers want the U.S. Government Accountability Office to investigate if Border Patrol agents are violating civil rights, undermining immigrant communities and adversely affecting public safety.

Off to a nice start.  Let's look at the headline and first two paragraphs from the standpoint of Newspeak.
First the headline.  What does "audit" mean here?  In the tradition of "Freedom is Slavery" and "War is Peace," audit does not mean a forman review of an individual or organizations financial accounts, but closer to an investigation, a systematic examination or inquiry.  In one sense these Congressmen are interested in discovering the facts underlying U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) operations along our northern border. 
But the reality is more Orwellian, or as we shall say, Carollian, as in Alice in Wonderland, verdict first, trial later.  We know that the radical left has been on jihad against immigration enforcement, and in the northwest in particular, of late.  This blog has documented the war on immigration law enforcement in the northwest for some time, with the most recent example being the decision by a black U.S. Department of Agriculture official to claim that assisting the U.S. Border Patrol is violation of the civil rights of illegal aliens whom that official claims have a right to remain in the United States.  The Red left is upset that illegal aliens are being arrested and deported, and that is what they are concerned about.  And their purpose is not to audit the USBP, but to end immigration enforcement by the USBP.  Here "audit" does not mean "audit," it means "end arrests of illegal aliens in the northwest."
Next the first sentence.  We are told of "immigrant advocates."  Another Orwellian term.  In fact the apparently Mexican reporter regurgitates the phrase as instructed without any discernment.  But those advocates are not acting in favor of immigrants, but illegal aliens.  An example of the evolution in Newspeak that journalists perpetuate.  Illegal aliens becomes immigrants.  Part of the Red left's war on the English language.
Of course, this adaption of Newspeak, the perversion of language in the name of the Communist revolution that Orwell observed, has a purpose.  The normalization of illegal immigration.  And that is as much the purpose of this "audit" requested by these Democrats, in fact Stalinists by another name, as acutally finding out that the USBP arrests illegal aliens, whom, by the way, are predominately non-white.  Any "audit" will reveal that.  But there is no need for an audit.  We already know that most aliens arrested by the USBP are not only Hispanic, but specifically are Mexican nationals.  As Gomer Pyle says, "Surprise, surprise, surprise."
And we get to that in the next paragraph.  The Mexican reporter parrots the phrase "immigrant communities."  What community is that?  Why the illegal alien community.  Because that is the only community that has any concern with the USBP.  No other community, including legal aliens, has any fear.  Unless those legal aliens committed a deportable act, such as being convicted of a crime, or participating in alien smuggling, two of the most common reason "legal" aliens are deported.
Of course no article by a Mexican journalist is complete without factual errors as well, all in the name of the Red left's agenda of waging war on immigration enforcement.
"Reports suggests that Border Patrol agents may be targeting individuals on the basis of race or religion for extra scrutiny during border crossings...
News flash, the USBP does not conduct inspections of persons crossing the border at Ports-of Entry.  The USBP conducts patrols of the border and the rest of the United States mainly in search of violation of Title 8 of the United States Code which incorporates the administrative proceedings of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which regulates, among other things, aliens and their presence in the United States.  The Office of Field Operations of Customs and Border Protection and is responsible for inspecting and examining persons seeking entry to the United States.  And they question individuals, especially aliens, as to their admissiblity.
The Reds just can't get even basic facts correct.  However, it is not illegal to use race or religion as a basis for questioning.  But I am certain the article means ethnicity, as Hispanic is not a race, in fact, it for the most part means the language origin of an individual or their forebearers.  Hispanics come in a variety of races, including the much oppressed blacks of Mexico.
However, finding a Hispanic entering from Canada is a red flag, as there are few Hispanics, especially Mexicans in Canada.  And Canada is an entrypot for many illegal aliens, especially Mexicans and Koreans who enter Canada visa-free, but intend to proceed illegally to the United States.
However, back to our Mexican journalist's war on facts:
...and wrongfully stopping, interrogating, and arresting legal U.S. residents who are many miles from the border," the letter, sent July 31, states. "Border Patrol agents are also conducting operations outside places frequented by immigrant children and their families, including schools, churches and human services agencies."

 The first issue is the quasi-Orwellianism here:  ...many miles from the border..."  The implication here is that the USBP is acting outside its authority.  It is slyly suggested that USBP authority is restricted to the border, which it is not.  Border Patrol Agents legal authority is not restricted by geography.  It can seek out and question aliens as to their right to remain in the United States throughout the United States.  But our Mexican journalist did not question this obvious error by the radical groups and their lawsuit.  He obviously deliberately let it get by without addressing the facts underpining USBP authority to act regardless of geography. 
Now it is true that USBP is not stationed everywhere and there is a Memorandum of Understanding between the USBP and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that generally restricts USBP activity in certain areas of immigration law enforcement to some geographic areas, but that does not apply to border states nor does it limit the authority granted by Congress to the USBP.  It is merely a division of labor between USBP and ICE.
Next we get the allegation that USBP are arresting "..legal U.S. residents..."  Wow, that sounds shocking.  Even worse than questioning someone because of their "race" (ethnicity) or religion (radical Islamists). 
But in an Orwellian manner, it means nothing.  Surprise, surprise, even aliens lawfully admitted, which is what I presume they mean by "legal U.S. residents," can be arrested.  Such as for drug smuggling, alien smuggling, currency smuggling, visa fraud, aliens with criminal convictions, etc.  The USBP is not restricted to arresting what the article describes as "immigrants" by which they generally mean illegal aliens.  Many ostensibly legal aliens, generally meaning legal permanent residents, can and are arrested for both administrative immigration proceedings (deportation) and for criminal acts.  A green card does not give one immunity from arrest for criminal acts or for acts that can lead to deportation.  And the USBP is authorized by law to make those arrests.
Now to the purpose of the story.  Too many Mexicans are being arrested in the northwest.  First:
"Border Patrol agents are also conducting operations outside places frequented by immigrant children and their families, including schools, churches and human services agencies."

 Well, nothing illegal about that.  Law enforcement should go to where the crimes occur.  That is the whole idea behind Compstat.  Law enforcement should allocate its resources where the crimes occur.  Hanging out in front of the Elks Club or the Whole Foods won't get you too many illegal aliens.  But surveilling the local mercado will certainly get a Border Patrol Agent an illegal alien or two, or three or more.  And that is their real objection.  They can't just be honest about that.  They need a little help from Newspeak.
And now the racial profiling accusation.  The USBP is, shockingly, arresting mainly people of one particular ethnicity.  Presumably Hispanics.  Presumably Mexicans.  That's profiling they object.The letter asks the Government Accountability Office to develop comprehensive data on arrests within 100 miles of the northern border to account for race and ethnicity of people apprehended. They want the watchdog to determine if there are "statistically significant racial or ethnic disparities in the rate of apprehension."
Well, most illegal aliens are Hispanic and most are Mexican as well.  Surprise.  So the GAO will find out that the USBP mostly arrests Mexicans and Hispanics.  Well, we already know that. 
The purpose though of this "audit" to find out what we already know is the cry "racial profiling" and hope to further the end of immigration enforcement in the Northwest by using a little Orwell and a little bait and switch.

29 Eylül 2012 Cumartesi

So It Begins

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Law enforcement officials in Arizona made the first arrests under the State's Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, commonly and inaccurately referred to as SB 1070.  (A bill, is not a bill when it becomes law.)  As predicted, the illegal alien relatives and the racist ethnic greivance lobby were up in arms and U.S. Immigrationa and Customs Enforcement Special Victims Unit (ICE SVU) for the most part ignored the illegal aliens arrested.
First from the City of Phoenix:
Arizona Central September 21, 2012 by Daniel Gonzalez
Phoenix Police: Officer Wasn't Wrong In ICE Arrest
Just days after police began enforcing the "show me your papers" provision of Senate Bill 1070, the Phoenix Police Department is facing an accusation that one of its officers used racial profiling to pull over a car with three Hispanic men who turned out to be in the country illegally.

It is the first allegation of racial profiling leveled against a local law-enforcement agency since a federal judge on Tuesday lifted an injunction allowing the controversial provision to go into effect. That decision followed more than two years of high-profile legal challenges from the U.S. Justice Department and from civil-rights and immigrant groups.

Phoenix police said Friday that they are investigating the incident, which occurred Tuesday, but said that after talking to the officer, they do not believe he did anything wrong.

Illegal alien groups quickly claimed racial profiling:
At a news conference on Friday, family members accused a Phoenix police officer of racially profiling Arturo Santiago Garcia-Gutierrez, 25, and two passengers on Tuesday just hours after the law went into effect.
Family members said Garcia-Gutierrez is from the state of Michoacan, Mexico, and has been living in Phoenix for about 11 years. They said he works as a cook at a restaurant and has never had a criminal record.
Sisters Alejandra Garcia-Gutierrez, 27, and Maria Isabel Garcia, 32, said their brother was on his way to the Desert Sky Mall in west Phoenix with two friends when the officer pulled them over at 7:04 p.m. near 24th and Jefferson streets.
When the three men refused to answer questions about their legal status, the officer drove them to the processing center of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Central Avenue and turned the three over to ICE agents.
And increduously the illegal aliens are claiming that the arresting officer admitted that he pulled the illegal aliens over because they looked Hispanic, which presumably means looks illegal.  Which is, by the way, correct.  But why would an officer admit an unlawful act to the subjects he was arresting?
"He told me, 'The only reason that the officer stopped me was because we looked Hispanic. If we looked Anglo they wouldn't have stopped us,' " Alejandra Garcia-Gutierrez said.
She said the officer asked her brother for his driver's license and when he said he didn't have one, he started asking "Are you legal or illegal?"
Interestingly, the tres amigos followed their instructions from the Treason Bar, which is to refuse to answer questions posed to them by police officers during a traffic stop.
She said her brother refused to answer any questions about his legal status.
However that did not help them at all.  Perhaps they should sue the Treason Bar for bad legal advice.
Thompson, the police spokesman, gave a different account. He said the officer pulled the vehicle over for making an improper turn. He said the driver did not have a driver's license and instead, when the officer asked him for another form of ID, he handed over a Mexican passport.
Hhhmmm, no driver's license, a Mexican passport, must be an illegal alien from Mexico.  And surprise, surprise, all three turned out to be illegal.
Thompson said the officer also noted that the driver did not speak English well. The combination of all of those factors gave the officer reasonable suspicion that the driver was in the country illegally, so he called ICE...
Thompson said the ICE agent interviewed all three on the phone and concluded they were in the country illegally and instructed the Phoenix police officer to bring them to ICE.
Thompson said the driver of the car was cited for a traffic infraction and driving without a license.
But facts don't matter to racist Mexican ethnic grievance lobby:
The Comites de Defensa del Barrio, an immigrant and Latino advocacy group, demanded Friday that the Phoenix Police Department investigate the incident.
"Racial profiling is something that is happening," said Salvador Reza, the director of the group.
Comrade Reza did not identify which race his fellow Mexicans were though.  Note that according to the Federal government there is no Hispanic race; Hispanics may be members of any race.
Then ICE SVU steps in:
Amber Cargile, a spokeswoman for ICE in Phoenix, issued a written statement confirming that the three were taken into custody by immigration officers.
She identified them as Garcia-Gutierrez, Martin Esteban-Jimenez and Jose Felipe Reyes. All three were issued notices to appear in front of an immigration judge, she said.
ICE, she said, uses "discretion on a case-by-case basis, taking enforcement action based on the merits of an individual's case and a comprehensive review of specific facts."Garcia-Gutierrez is being held at a detention facility in Eloy pending the posting of a bond.
ICE did not give a reason which "merits" merited Garcia-Gutierrez was arrested and custody, but they did state why another of the tres amigos was held:
Esteban-Jimenez is also being held in Eloy. ICE determined that he had been voluntarily returned to Mexico twice in 2009.
Esteban-Jimenez was held because he was a repeatd immigration violator, one of ICE's priorities.  However that priority did not extend to the last of the tres amigos:
Reyes has been released on his own recognizance, she said. ICE determined that Reyes had been voluntarily returned to Mexico once in 2002.
So, at least the tres amigos were not released with no charges, but then we get to the arrests by Sheriff Joe Arpaio:
The Daily Courier September 21, 2012
Arpaio Says ICE Refuses To Pick Up Illegal Immigrants
PHOENIX (AP) - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says a federal agency refused to pick up two illegal immigrants detained by his officers.
The sheriff says this marks the first time in recent years that Immigration and Customs Enforcement refused such a request.

No surprises, the Obama Regime is on a jihad against America's Toughest Sheriff.  But quel suprise, the U.S. Border Patrol picked up the illegal aliens:
The Border Patrol took custody of the pair.
So, there we have it.  An irrational application by ICE of their supposed priorities in one case and an administrative amnesty in another case.  But at least the USBP is still in the immigration law enforcement business, for the moment.

ICE SVU Off The Reservation

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Victims Unit (ICE SVU), officially but inaccurately known as Homeland Security Investigations, has taken another step away from its immigration law enforcement and customs law enforcement responsibilities.  Recently it took part in a Cops like sting on johns using prostitutes in Jessup, MD.
The Baltimore Sun September 26, 2012 Ian Duncan
Prostitution Sting In Jessup Nets 23 Arrests
Federal Agents Teamed Up With Local Police In Undercover Operation Targeting Men Soliciting Sex
Targeting human trafficking, federal agents participated in a joint operation with local law enforcement that led to the arrest of 23 men alleged to have solicited sex from undercover officers along U.S. 1 in Jessup.
The sting brought agents from Homeland Security Investigations, a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, together with officers from local and state police departments. While local law enforcement goes after so-called johns to deter prostitution, their value to federal authorities is as a source of information for cases against human traffickers.
That statement is nonsense.  Other than possibly identifying the street walkers as possible aliens, johns provide nothing to an ICE SVU investigation.
"This enforcement action was an effort to further HSI criminal investigations," said William Winter, the homeland security agency's special agent in Baltimore. "HSI together with our local and state law enforcement partners are committed to protecting Maryland communities and continue to identify and dismantle the criminal organizations involved in these illicit activities."
Were any illegal alien prostitutes arrested?  No.  Were any of the johns illegal aliens?
Apparently not:
Nicole Navas, a spokeswoman for the HSI, said that the agency requested the operation in the hopes of furthering its investigations of human trafficking. While the arrests were on state charges and the men are not implicated in human trafficking, she said they will be interviewed by federal investigators to glean information that may help crack a prostitution ring.
A much more effective tactic would be to target the prostitutes themselves with a sting operation rather than their customers.
It is clear ICE SVU was just looking to pad its arrest statistics.  And apparently not arresting illegal aliens is the official policy:
While the HSI is a part of the ICE, its agents build criminal cases that have an international connection rather than chasing immigration violations. It is the lead federal law enforcement agency charged with tackling human trafficking. In 2011, the agency indicted 444 people on trafficking charges and convicted 271 nationwide.
Which is not that great.  It looks like they have only a 50% conviction rate.  It shows that the so-called criminal investigators of ICE SVU don't have great cases.
Give ICE SVU Special Agent-in-Charge Walter Winter a call and ask him to start arresting illegal aliens instead of American citizen johns:
40 South Gay Street, 3rd Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
Main (410) 962-2620
Fax (410) 962-3469


ICE SVU Busts Cheese Smuggling Ring

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America now safe from Canadian cheddar!  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Victims Unit (ICE SVU) is on the job.  20 million illegal aliens still living in the United States though.
The Star September 27, 2012 by Richard Brennan
Niagara Police Officer Charged In Cheese Smuggling CaseThe Niagara Regional Police Service has taken the wraps off an investigation into an international “large-scale” cheese smuggling ring allegedly involving past and present officers of the force.
The cross-border investigation has been going on since January involving investigators from the regional force, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s border enforcement security task force and Canada Border Services Agency.
Or more accurately, Canada is safe from American cheddar.
Three men, Constable Scott Heron, 39, former Niagara Regional police officer Casey Langelaan, 48, and Fort Erie resident Bernie Pollino, 44, were arrested Thursday and “charged in regard to a large-scale smuggling scheme to distribute cheese products and other food items into Canada,” said a statement issued by the regional police.
Does ICE SVU not have a real job to do rather than be worried about smuggling Monterey Jack to the Canuks?


Janet Reno Napolitano Officially Recognizes Homosexual Marriage

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The lesbian head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has officially instructed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE ERO) to stop deporting homosexuals married to Americans (again).
SFGate September 28, 2012 by Carolyn Lockhead
Same-Sex Couples Officially Added For Deportation ReliefHomeland Security chief Janet Napolitano has officially clarified that the same-sex partners and spouses of U.S. citizens are eligible for relief under the Obama administration’s new policy of putting a lower priority on certain deportation cases.The action was a response to a letter from Congress led by House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat who for years has crusaded for immigration relief for same-sex couples. Heterosexual immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens are allowed to apply for immigration rights that are denied to same-sex couples under the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act...Steve Ralls, spokesperson for Immigration Equality, a gay rights group, said this is “one of the very first times LGBT families have been recognized within federal immigration policies.”The group’s executive director, Rachel B. Tiven, called the move a “huge step forward…Until now, LGBT families and their lawyers had nothing to rely on but an oral promise that prosecutorial discretion would include all families. Today, DHS has responded to Congress and made that promise real. The Administration’s written guidance will help families facing separation and the field officers who are reviewing their cases.” A DHS memo in June 2011 first listed factors that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the field should use when classifying certain removal cases as a “low priority” for removal, a policy known as “prosecutorial discretion.” The guidelines included family ties to a U.S. citizen. Obama officials said that they would include gays and lesbians in the family category. But there was no written policy. The Pelosi/Nadler letter asked the administration to put it in writing.
And not just those in an illegal and unrecognized homosexual marriage, but those just fornicating:
Napolitano has done so, including not only married spouses but “long-term, same-sex partners,” according to Napolitano’s letter.
There we have it, Janet Reno Napolitano just repealed an Act of Congress, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).  A mere Cabinet Secretary has overturned the Constitution.  It seems that homosexuals by their very nature are enemies of the Constitution.


Arrest And Deport Anita Caragan

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Florida is continuing to identify aliens, apparently mostly legal aliens, who are voting, and they are primarily Demoncrats.  (h/t Election Law Center)
Miami Herald September 28, 2012 by Daniel Chang and Sergio R. Bustos
Florida Sends Election Departments List Of 198 Potential Noncitizens; Some May Have Illegally VotedFlorida’s noncitizen voter-purge program roared back to life Wednesday when Gov. Rick Scott’s elections department produced a new list of 198 potentially ineligible voters — including 36 who might have cast ballots illegally.The list, along with a stack of documentation, was sent to the independent county elections supervisors who are ultimately in charge of maintaining and purging voter rolls.
At the same time, state attorneys for each of the concerned counties could begin examining whether to bring criminal charges against any noncitizen who has voted.
The decision to push ahead with the controversial program just 41 days before Election Day in the nation’s biggest battleground state is already the subject of three separate federal lawsuits from a coalition of liberal-leaning groups as well as President Barack Obama’s Justice Department.

Demoncrats are apparently the real problem:
Republicans are the least likely to be identified as potential noncitizens on the list when compared to independents and Democrats.
And note this, aliens are identified by ethnicity or race, for whites, but black aliens who vote are identified as African-American:
Hispanics are more likely than non-Hispanic whites or African Americans to be flagged, a Miami Herald analysis determined.

I think someone should go back to using black to describe blacks.
And it wasn't to hard to find these criminals:
But Anita Caragan of Panama City Beach, a U.S. resident who is not a citizen, told a Herald reporter that she has been voting “for a long, long time.” Records show the no-party-affiliation noncitizen has cast ballots in 10 Florida elections since 2000.
The 73-year-old Caragan, who moved to the United States in 1970 from the Philippines, said that when she was living in Norfolk, Va., more than 35 years ago, she renewed her driver’s license and registered to vote at the same time, without realizing it was illegal.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse.  Except for illegally voting aliens.
And Caragan has no apologies:
Her husband — 82-year-old Emiliano, who also immigrated from the Philippines and served 21 years in the U.S. Navy — is a citizen but said he wasn’t aware his wife isn’t supposed to vote with just a green card. Both are planning to vote in November.
“Of course we’re going to vote,” he said. “We both have voter registration cards.”
Well, there is a solution for arrogant aliens, criminal prosecution and deportation.  Call ICE SVU here:
Alysa D. ErichsSpecial Agent-in-Charge11226 NW 20th STMiami, FL 33172Main (305) 597-6000 Fax (305) 597-6227
She has a ready made case with a public confession of 18 USC 611, Alien Voting, to investigate and present to the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, whom can be contacted here:
Wifredo A. Ferrer99 NE 4th StreetMiami, FL 33132
(305)961-9001
(305)530-7087  Fax
(305)961-9001(305)530-7087
(305)961-9001(305)530-7087

28 Eylül 2012 Cuma

George Bush more popular than Newt Gingrich

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It may be a little hard to believe but there is fact at least one contemporary politician less reviled than former president George W. Bush. The Washington Post reports that 63% of Americans view the former House speaker unfavorably, with just 25% saying they approve of him personally. To punctuate Newt's dismal prospects, Rick Santorum remains as personally liked as Gingrich is disliked. I'm

Ground view: Obama in Everett

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As though Air Force One had just touched down on the tarmac, president Obama emerged from the tail end of a brand new Boeing 787 to address the crowd of workers and supporters that had converged on the Everett facility. He made his way to the podium, shaking hands with Boeing executives and engaging the crowd. The address was centered on America's resurgent manufacturing industry and booming

Auto bailout outrage a double edge sword for GOP hopefuls

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Even as president Obama touts the recovering auto industry as evidence that his policies are spurring economic growth, his would-be rivals continue to rail against the auto bailout. Ground zero in the debate is Michigan, home to America's vaunted car manufacturers, where there is a notable partisan divide on the controversial government intervention in the run up to the February 28th primary.

Guest blog: Major League Baseball's "bitter cup of coffee"

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By Doug Gladstone   Here's a hypothetical for you -- Let's say you've been working for Company A for seven years. Company A, which is led by Casey Dunivan, has a pension eligibility policy of 10 years. In other words, you work for Casey for 10 years, and you're guaranteed a lifetime retirement annuity that you can pass on to your loved one or designated beneficiary when you croak. What's

Guest Blog: Do Assad's Torture Chambers Justify NATO Intervention In Syria?

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The United Kingdom and France have been taking a tough line against the behaviour of President Assad of Syria. The Middle Eastern dictator is variously accused of a number of crimes against humanity. He has attracted particularly fierce condemnation for his treatment of protesters, who are reportedly publicly objecting to his regime’s continued rule over the country and Assad’s refusal to hold

27 Eylül 2012 Perşembe

This week has not been a good one for Mitt Romney.

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From The Washington Post:

This week has not been a good one for Mitt Romney.

First, his campaign pollster — the widely respected Neil Newhouse — put out a polling memo, seeking to discredit the idea of a post-convention bump for President Obama, that seemed decidedly defensive.

Then came his campaign’s controversial comments on the Obama Administration’s posture toward the Middle East, comments that Romney doubled down on during a Wednesday morning press conference even after it was revealed that the U.S. ambassador to Libya had been killed. That series of events has some within the party concerned that the race is slipping from them, or at least that their nominee is acting as though that’s the case.

“They allow tactics to dictate strategy, instead of vice versa,” said John Weaver, a Republican strategist. “Where is the narrative? Where is conduct representing what a President Romney would do?”

Added another Republican consultant granted anonymity to speak candidly: “I wished they’d panicked months ago; that’s when I started to. Their biggest problem is the state-by-state situation in the swing states, and that situation has been clear for a really long time.” (The Fix wrote about Obama’s Electoral College advantage on Wednesday morning.)

The source added that the “blooper” on Libya followed another misstep over the weekend, in which Romney’s comments on “Meet the Press” suggested he would retain some elements of Obama’s health care law if elected.

“How can you overturn Obamacare as your first act in office and then say that (the) parts (that test well in the polls) should be kept?” asked the source.

Steve Rattner: Beyond Obamacare

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Steve Rattner writes in The Wall Street Journal:

WE need death panels.
      
Well, maybe not death panels, exactly, but unless we start allocating health care resources more prudently — rationing, by its proper name — the exploding cost of Medicare will swamp the federal budget.        But in the pantheon of toxic issues — the famous “third rails” of American politics — none stands taller than overtly acknowledging that elderly Americans are not entitled to every conceivable medical procedure or pharmaceutical.        Most notably, President Obama’s estimable Affordable Care Act regrettably includes severe restrictions on any reduction in Medicare services or increase in fees to beneficiaries. In 2009, Sarah Palin’s rant about death panels even forced elimination from the bill of a provision to offer end-of-life consultations.        Now, three years on, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, Paul D. Ryan, has offered his latest ambitious plan for addressing the Medicare problem. But like Mr. Obama’s, it holds limited promise for containing the program’s escalating costs within sensible boundaries.        The Obama and Ryan plans are not without common ground; both propose an identical formula for capping the growth in Medicare spending per beneficiary. And both dip into the same toolbox (particularly lower payments to providers) to achieve a reduction of nearly $1 trillion in Medicare expenditures over the next decade from projected levels.        That’s where the agreement ends. Mr. Ryan believes that meeting the goal over the long term requires introducing more competition into Medicare through vouchers to purchase private insurance.
        But Ryan’s approach was rendered toothless when the issue’s brutal politics forced him to retreat from his initial tough plan to simply cap the growth in government spending on Medicare and stick the inevitable overage onto beneficiaries. Under his revised plan, private insurers would be required to offer the same level of benefits as traditional Medicare, meaning that any savings would have to come from unidentified efficiencies (the ever-popular “waste, fraud and abuse”).        If the cap was breached — as it almost certainly would eventually be — Mr. Ryan blithely says, “Congress would be required to intervene.” Fat chance; Congress regularly does the opposite when it rolls back caps on payments to doctors and hospitals.        Meanwhile, Mr. Obama’s hopes for sustained cost containment are pinned on a to-be-determined mix of squeezing reimbursements, embracing a selection of the creative ideas that have spewed forth from health care policy wonks and scouring the globe for innovations.        To Mr. Obama’s credit, his plan has more teeth than Mr. Ryan’s; if his Independent Payment Advisory Board comes up with savings, Congress must accept either them or vote for an equivalent package. The problem is, the advisory board can’t propose reducing benefits (a k a rationing) or raising fees (another form of rationing), without which the spending target looms impossibly large.
        That’s the view of the bipartisan Medicare trustees, whose 2012 report stated: “Actual future Medicare expenditures are likely to exceed the intermediate projections shown in this report, possibly by quite large amounts.”        To be sure, health care cost increases have moderated, in part because of the recession and in part because Medicare has been tightening its reimbursements. But those thumbscrews can’t be tightened forever; Medicare reimbursement rates are already well below those of private providers.        Let’s not forget that with the elderly population growing rapidly, even if cost increases for each beneficiary can be contained, Medicare would still claim a rising share of the American economy. Medicare needs to take a cue from Willie Sutton, who reportedly said he robbed banks because that’s where the money was. The big money in Medicare is not to be found in Mr. Ryan’s competition or Mr. Obama’s innovation, but in reducing the cost of treating people in the last year of life, which consumes more than a quarter of the program’s budget.        No one wants to lose an aging parent. And with price out of the equation, it’s natural for patients and their families to try every treatment, regardless of expense or efficacy. But that imposes an enormous societal cost that few other nations have been willing to bear. Many countries whose health care systems are regularly extolled — including Canada, Australia and New Zealand — have systems for rationing care.        Take Britain, which provides universal coverage with spending at proportionately almost half of American levels. Its National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence uses a complex quality-adjusted life year system to put an explicit value (up to about $48,000 per year) on a treatment’s ability to extend life.        At the least, the Independent Payment Advisory Board should be allowed to offer changes in services and costs. We may shrink from such stomach-wrenching choices, but they are inescapable.

A Watershed for Democrats and Unions - The Chicago strike shows that school reform is no longer a partisan issue.

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Joel Klein writes in The Wall Street Journal:

The Chicago teachers strike moved toward settlement over the weekend, but fell short. A question hanging over the negotiations: What has the strike really been about? From the press coverage, it seemed that if you asked 30 teachers why they were picketing, you'd get 30 different reasons. The economic differences and the noneconomic issues (regarding teacher evaluation and job security) were of a type that has been resolved elsewhere without a strike.

No, this strike feels more about attitude—"the mayor doesn't respect us"—than substance. And from the details of the proposed settlement that have been made public so far, both sides will make modest concessions that will leave their supporters somewhat disappointed.

In the long run, much more important than the settlement's specifics will be the fact that the strike occurred, especially during a presidential campaign in a city governed by the president's former chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. The Democrats and teachers unions traditionally have walked in lock step—so much so that, when I became schools chancellor in New York City shortly after serving in the Clinton administration, my former colleagues offered commiserations that went something like this: "Unfortunately our party is killing you, isn't it? We should be for the kids but, truth is, we're beholden to the unions."

The Democrats-teachers union alliance has been quietly changing over the past few years, but not without resistance and obfuscation. For a long time, unions and their allies have tried to portray reformers who supported greater accountability for teachers and more choices for families as part of a right-wing fringe out to "privatize" public schools, or privateers out to make money off children. Even known Democrats like Bill Gates and Eli Broad—who have given generously to support school improvement—were vilified as members of a "billionaires' boys club." Some critics suggested that philanthropists supported charter schools or firing bad teachers because they harbored a secret wish to open private schools that could make them another fortune.

Most Americans don't follow the inside game of school reform and don't know that it wasn't just Republican governors who were fighting the unions. So was a group long considered to be hard-core union allies: Democratic mayors.

In addition to Michael Bloomberg of New York (formally an Independent but at heart on most issues a Democrat), Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles, Cory Booker of Newark, Michael Nutter of Philadelphia, and Kevin Johnson of Sacramento have enthusiastically embraced reforms that unions opposed. The notion that these leaders want to "privatize" public education or are "disrespectful" of the teaching profession doesn't pass the laugh test.

To this list of big-city mayors now add Mr. Emanuel, maybe the most significant of all. He is from the heart of Obamaland—like the president, a Chicago politician who grew up deep inside the Democratic machine. Mr. Emanuel's willingness to be out front on school reform publicly signaled what insiders have long known: The president and his secretary of education, Arne Duncan, have implemented policies—such as insisting on rigorous evaluations of principals and teachers, closing failing schools, and supporting charter schools—that are aligned with those of the reformers.

The administration has avoided calling attention to its reformist inclinations during the election season, not wanting to alienate unions and teachers. But Mr. Emanuel decided to broadcast this fresh direction by not cutting any last-minute deals and letting the strike unfold—immediately following the Democratic convention, where harmony had reigned and the party emerged united. The Chicago teachers must have been stunned, almost as surprised as they were to find that the liberal media voices who are usually so reliable in supporting unions did not join them at the barricades.

Mayor Emanuel is not known for his soft-spoken manner. Even if he has to make some compromises in the strike settlement, the fact that he engaged in a standoff with the teachers union sounded a loud and encouraging note: School reform is increasingly and unashamedly becoming less of a partisan issue.

Romney Comments at Fundraiser on Taxes and Entitlements Draw Fire, Fuel Debate

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From The Wall Street Journal:

A video of Mitt Romney at a private fundraiser, where he characterized nearly half the population as beholden to the government, sparked a political firestorm Tuesday and also a vigorous policy debate about taxes and entitlements.

Some 49% of the population lived in a household that received some type of government benefit in mid-2011, according to census data, up from 30% in the 1980s. Roughly one in seven households receives food stamps, a number that has risen sharply alongside the bad economy.

But the mix of benefits that touch nearly half the population varies more widely than Mr. Romney suggested. For example, 16.2% of Americans received Social Security benefits and 14.9% were covered by Medicare. Most people receiving these benefits have paid taxes to fund the programs for decades.

"The bulk of entitlement benefits go to people who earned them by working," said Robert Greenstein, founder and president of the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, making a point that liberal critics have used to challenge Mr. Romney's characterization of the federal safety net.

It is also true that roughly 47% of Americans didn't pay federal income tax in 2010, according to the latest data from the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. That is largely because of targeted tax breaks such as assistance for the working poor and deductions for children in moderate-income families.

In 1992, 27% of households didn't pay federal income tax, according to the JCT. Many of those people do pay payroll taxes as well as state and local levies.

The growth in entitlement spending rankles conservatives who say the programs are growing out of control. They also argue that a declining percentage of people paying federal income taxes carries a danger of dividing the country into "makers" and "takers," where the latter have no skin in the game when it comes to federal budget policies.

GOP retreat on taxes likely if Obama wins - Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.): “If you deal with the Medicare issue, then Republicans are far more open to looking at revenues.”

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From The Washington Post:

Senior Republicans say they will be forced to retreat on taxes if President Obama wins a second term in November, clearing the biggest obstacle to a deal with Democrats to defuse a year-end budget bomb that threatens to rock the U.S. economy.

Republicans have long resisted tax increases of any kind. But taxes are a major battleground in the campaign between Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, Capitol Hill veterans say, and the victor will be able to claim a mandate for his policies.

“This is a referendum on taxes,” said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), a senior member of the House Budget Committee. “If the president wins reelection, taxes are going up” for the nation’s wealthiest households, and “there’s not a lot we can do about that.”

With Election Day still more than six weeks away and the president holding a thin lead in national polls, Republicans say they are not conceding that an Obama victory is the likely outcome. But they are beginning to plan for that possibility.

If Romney wins the White House, Republicans say, their strategy is clear: They would push to maintain current tax rates through 2013, giving the new president time to draft a blueprint for overhauling the tax code and taming the $16 trillion national debt.
But if Obama wins, the GOP would have no leverage — political or procedural — to force him to abandon his pledge to raise taxes on family income over $250,000, according to senior Republicans in the House and the Senate.

So they are beginning to contemplate a compromise that would let taxes go up in exchange for Democratic concessions on GOP priorities.

“I hope, obviously, the status quo doesn’t prevail” on Nov. 6. “But if things stay as they are, and all the players are generally the same . . . finding a responsible reform for Medicare is the secret to unleashing very productive talks that would put in place a balanced solution to our fiscal problems,” said Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.). “If you deal with the Medicare issue, then Republicans are far more open to looking at revenues.”

26 Eylül 2012 Çarşamba

Federal Court to Obama Administration: Stop Deporting Defense Witnesses

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It looks like you can add defense witnesses to the list of immigrants that are a deportation priority of the Obama administration.  Sandra Hernandez of the L.A. Times has reported that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stern warning to the federal government, who apparently has made a habit of deporting witnesses that are able to provide material testimony that would assist in the defense of defendants in criminal proceedings.
The case involves an individual that was ultimately convicted of the crime of alien smuggling under 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2)(B)(iii).  There were four immigrants that were willing to be potential witnesses.  The three immigrants that were willing to testify in a way that was favorable to the prosecution were permitted to remain in the United States.  The one immigrant that gave statements on multiple occasions exonerating the defendant was deported.
Judge Alex Kozinski issued the following decision:
May the government deport an illegal alien who can provide exculpatory evidence for a criminal defendant before counsel for that defendant has even been appointed? We believe the answer is self-evident, as the government recognized in an earlier case where it moved to vacate a conviction after it deported witnesses whose testimony would have exculpated defendant.
This is not the first time that the government admitted to deporting defense witnesses.
We had assumed... that the government would refrain from putting aliens whocould provide exculpatory evidence beyond the reach of thecourt and defense counsel. But whatever wisdom the UnitedStates Attorney for the Southern District of California gainedin Ramirez-Lopez appears to have applied to that case and thatdefendant only. We change that today.
Needless to say the 9th reversed the conviction, and remanded the case back to the lower Court to decide whether to dismiss charges with prejudice as a consequence of the Government's (mis)conduct.
This is not the first time I have seen deportation used as a weapon against defense witnesses.  In one of my own cases a Special Agent from ICE testified under oath that he threatened my defense witness with deportation if he wasn't willing to testify for the Government.
Apparently, the government has forgotten that their duty is not to win at any cost, but to ensure that justice is done.
Thankfully, we have the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to remind them.
Click here to read the full opinion of the Court.

Realizing Liberty: The Use of International Human Rights Law to Realign Immigration Detention in the United States

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Professor Denise Gilman of the University of Texas School of Law has written an issue paper on the U.S. immigration detention system from a human rights perspective.  It is entitled "Realizing Liberty: The Use of International Human Rights Law to Realign Immigration Detention in the United States."
Here is the abstract:
This article takes a comprehensive look at the extensive U.S. immigration detention system from a human rights perspective. The article represents a first effort to synthesize and present recently-developed international human rights standards and apply those rules to the U.S. immigration detention system. It engages in an in-depth analysis to identify the changes necessary to realign U.S. law and scale back immigration detention in accord with international human rights law. The article proposes that U.S. courts should effect those changes through the interpretation of constitutional and statutory provisions in light of the international human rights law standards. This use of the human rights standards is appropriate, because the standards represent binding obligations for the United States as a matter of international law and closely track U.S. constitutional law principles relating to civil detention in contexts less contentious than immigration. The article demonstrates how the application of international human rights law standards can bring rationality and humanity to U.S. immigration detention by revitalizing the right to liberty, which constitutes a core conception in both international human rights law and U.S. constitutional law.
The paper is 72 pages, and can be downloaded in its entirety here.

Obama Administration Forcibly Removed a Combined 928,000 People from the United States in 2011

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The Department of Homeland Security has released the Immigration Enforcement Actions report for 2011.  
Here is the statistical breakdown from the report:

• CBP found 212,000 foreign nationals inadmissible for entry into the United States.
• DHS made 642,000 apprehensions of foreign nationals; 76 percent were natives of Mexico.
• ICE detained approximately 429,000 foreign nationals, an all-time high.
• DHS returned 324,000 foreign nationals to their home countries without a removal order.
• DHS removed 392,000 foreign nationals from the United States.
• Reinstatements of final orders accounted for 130,000, or 33 percent, of all removals.
• Expedited removals accounted for 123,000, or 31 percent, of all removals.
• The highest targeted countries of nationality  for removal being Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
• 32% of all people found to be inadmissible from the United States were citizens of Mexico.
• Mexican nationalsaccounted for 67 percent of total detainees.
• Mexicans accounted for 83 percent of expedited removals.
• 82% of all reinstatement of removals were against citizens of Mexico

In total, if you combine the number of people found indamissible (212,000), with the number of people officially removed (392,000), and the people that were returned to their native countres without a removal order (324,000), we are talking about a total of 928,000 people that the current administration forcibly returned to their native country in 2011, a disproportionately large percentage of which being Hispanic.

So folks, those are the numbers.  As you can see the Obama administration's deportation grinder continues to relentlessly destroy families in this country through deportation, with no foreseeable end in sight.
Here is the cold harsh reality: this President is waging an aggressive war against immigrant communities, and the statistics show that you should be particularly concerned if you are Hispanic.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez: No Promises from Obama to Move Quickly on Immigration Reform if Reelected in November

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The Hill reports that the esteemed Congressman from Illinois, Luis Gutierrez (D), has indicated that he has received no assurances from the White House that if President Obama is reelected that he will "move quickly" to address comprehensive immigration reform.
So what?  The President isn't willing to fall into the same trap that he did last time he was campaigning by making MORE promises that he can't keep.  He is learning from his mistakes.  I call that "Change."No quick movement from the White House on immigration reform.  Got it.
But the President must AT LEAST have a vision for what immigration reform will EVENTUALLY look like in his last four years?  He's got a plan waiting in the wings, RIGHT?  
Wrong.The Hill reports an "emphatic" "NO" from Congressman Gutierrez.
No immigration reform strategy has been communicated to the leading pro-immigration reform voice in the Congress by the White House, and we are less than two months away from the Presidential election.Ok, for those keeping score, let's get this straight: (1) no promises to work quickly on immigration reform, and (2) no strategy in the works.
Really?
This latest disappointment comes on the heels of the President (pandering) on Univision where he stated that immigration reform was his biggest failure.
So Mr. President, let me ask you this: if immigration reform is in fact your "biggest failure" why isn't it even listed as an important issue on your campaign website?
Ohhh right... your website is in English.
The immigration reform message is only meant for Spanish speaking voters.
Regardless, Congressman Gutierrez is "positive" that we will see immigration reform in term two, but astoundingly, it is because THE REPUBLICANS are going to lead on the issue.  
REALLY?  
The Republicans?
Yup, you heard it right.  The Republicans are going to lead on the issue.  Not President Obama.  The Republicans.
Gutierrez points to Republicans like Jeb Bush, and Marco Rubio who will take the lead on immigration reform, and will introduce their own reform legislation: “because the Republicans are going to take such a beating in this election that they’re going to propose [their own plan].”
So it appears that Obama's immigration reform strategy is to win soundly in November, garnering the Hispanic vote in the process, but once in office provide no leadership by doing nothing, and solve the problem by allowing THE REPUBLICANS to take the lead through the introduction of their own immigration reform legislation.
I guess I just don't know what to say to that.Well, what about Mitt Romney?  Did he also talk immigration on Univision?
You betcha.
Just like the President, Romney didn't offer any solutions, but appears to have reversed his tone on his previous "self-deportation" plan stating that if elected: “We’re not going to round up people around the country and deport them.” 
Well, at this point, I guess we just need to take what we can get.
Vote Gary Johnson for President in 2012.
Seriously.

Report: Immigrants in Detention Subjected to Punitive and Long-Term Solitary Confinement and Denial of Due Process

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Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) have conducted an investigation of more than a dozen immigration detention facilities and county jails that partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain immigrants awaiting removal from the United States.  
They discovered the existence of "egregious human rights violations" resulting from the Obama administration's widespread and arbitrary use of solitary confinement as a punitive measure against immigrant detainees.  They further found that immigrant detainees in solitary confinement are regularly subjected to excessive force, harassment, and/or abuse by corrections officers.
The following is from the summary of the report:
Investigators found that solitary confinement in immigration detention facilities is often arbitrarily applied,significantly overused, harmful to detainees’ health, and inadequately monitored. Some people give up and stopfighting their immigration cases so they will not have to spend another day in “the hole.” 
These individuals arethen deported to countries they may not remember, or worse, to countries where they have been persecuted ortortured. In short, the use of solitary confinement within the immigration detention system places enormouspressure on immigrants attempting to stay in the United States to abandon their options for legal relief, theirfamilies, their communities, and often the only country they have ever known.
This isn't the first report that has been issued condemning the current administration for abusing immigrant detainees.  The administration has known about the occurrences of abuse in immigration detention for years, but has done virtually nothing to correct the problem.
Click here to read the full report.

25 Eylül 2012 Salı

The Romney Etch A Sketch

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Mitt Romney's detractors have made some very Kerryesque assertions about the former Massachusetts governor. Some say he's a flip flopper, others that he simply has "no core". Whether for his switch from pro-choice to pro-life, flip-flop on government healthcare mandates or even stem cell research, Romney has demonstrated a certain flexibility in his ideology. On an issue-by-issue basis, the

The gas price myth

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A majority of Americans believe that President Obama can act to lower the cost of a gallon of gas, but what exactly can he do as president? Well the answer is this: not a whole lot. Despite public opinion and political rhetoric, the price of gas is dictated by global markets, supply and demand, and the cost of crude oil. In fact the cost of crude oil and refinement alone account for over 80% of

Two years of Obamacare

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Republicans love to deride the Affordable Care Act as an unconstitutional disaster. It embodies everything they despise about Obama and exemplifies their point about government overreach and the erosion of American liberty. In fact the visceral hatred of the law has been crystallized in the collective minds of its detractors and summarized by one, all-encompassing word that conjures powerful