What ever happened to Proud to be American?
Posted 13 weeks 1 day ago byIn this political year and definately with this election for president, I have to ask one single question!
What ever happened to be Proud to be an American? or Proud to be a citizen of the Good ole USA?
When I was in Dallas earlier this week, I listen to the Mexican Consulate General speak to the media as he was leaving a meeting with the US State Department.
What he had to say was interesting. He said "Why can not the Americans allow the illegals to have a piece of the American dream? Why are the Americans so hateful to us Mexicans? Can not America not share with those who are less fortunate and looking for the elusive American Dream?"
I was floored! Then I got angry! Then I blew my top as the news reporter was making it sound that us citizens were being unfair and hateful to illegal aliens who are saying that they have to go back to Mexico. They even interviewed a lady with two kids who was an illegal who had been in Dallas for 14 years who had to leave America because her husband was deported and she was given 45 days to leave America because her kids were Born in the USA and were citizens but she was not! She was at the consolate general's office to get permission to bring her kids to Mexico and to enroll them in school there.
Although the situation is tragic, whose really responsible for what happened?
First, the American dream is open to all persons who are citizens of this grand country! Its not elusive nor is it being denied to anyone who are citizens!
If the illegals are feeling that they are being treated wrongly because they are here illegally, well they just better get over it! I am all for legal immigration! If they go back home and apply to become citizens of the US properly, they would have no problems nor would they be facing deportation or other problems.
They chose to come to the US illegally! They have broken the Laws of this country. Spend their time bankrupting the Healthcare system of this land, take away resources of legal citizens of the country. Those resources like schools, Food banks, state welfare, jobs and are 14% of the problem of the foreclosure problem. I just bid on a house that an illegal had bought on an FHA loan where he lied on the application. He could not make the payments so he started renting out rooms in the house to other illegal immigrant familes. In a 4 bedroom house with two bathrooms, some 24 illegal aliens lived there. The sheer mass of people living in the house and their violence and disrespect of the neighborhood and neighbors caused the neighborhood to have a meeting and they called INS. The Border Patrol along with Homeland Security came and raided the house and hauled some 32 illegals from the property.
Of those in the house, they had 12 MS 13 members and one FARC terrorist who was there. According to the bank, this is not isolated!
Illegals have no rights to items that are reserved for citizens of this country! They have no rights to schools, Welfare or other social services! Illegals have some basic human rights and are to be treated humanly! However, the American Dream is for those who are US citizens who are universally called globally Americans!
Illegals have no claim to anything here in America! Their very presence is a crime and they use up limited resources causing nothing but crime, and financial destruction where ever they are!
Although I am more than sure that there are a few good people and well meaning ones among the Illegals who try to act like responsible citizens of this country, they are the extreme and I mean extreme exception. Most meaning 98% do not act as responsible citizens. They use up resources and are reponsible for more than 50% of all crime in America!
Its time that the borders be secured and all illegals go home! Its not racism to ask illegals to go home! Its not being uncaring either! If anything, its for the benefit of everyone both the citizens and the illegals that this policy be done!
Why? For health and safety! Illegals represent an extreme high risk to the health and safety of this country! Secondly, to prevent slavery, and other crimes against those who would be illegal from those who would take advantage of the illegals who are always on the run and hiding from law enforcement. Most illegals are treated very badly in the work place because of their status. Thus those who hire them are just as bad as the illegals themselves.
But in any case if you remove the illegals from the country and prosecute the CEOs, board of directors and those who are responsible for hiring in a business, then what would that really mean to this great country?
1. Remove a 2 to 3 trillion dollar burdon from the healthcare system!
2. Remove a 600 billion dollar burdon from the Educational system!
3. Remove close to 50% of crime in America!
4. Remove a burdon to the prison system where 1 of every 5 is an illegal entering prison as of December 2007. See US justice report 12-1391 state of prisons report.
5. Allow for some 15 million Americans to get a job! Most of which are homeless and are fighting for the same jobs as the illegals are taking!
6. Improve national security because simply terrorist will not have an easy time getting across the border!
7. improve the economy because the burden and drain on resources will have been removed!
Its not hatred against illegals as persons. Its hatred of the effects that the illegals do!
Illegals do not respect the laws and the constitution of this country! They openly disrespect citizens of this country and openy say that they are proud to be from where ever and spit on America. You see them on TV burning the US flag, peeing on the flag and saying the most hate filled words against this country!
Yet they expect to have every benefit, right and have open access to all the resources that America affords its citizens! In fact, they do not care if they take resources from American citizens at all. They could care less if they caused a child here in America to go hungry because the illegals used up the resources of the food banks and welfare system where there is limited funds!
Its time to say to the illegals, go home!
If you want to live and work in America, Apply for it legally!
If you want to be a citizen of the US, fine... Apply for it legally!
Its time that we had strong leadership to stand up for the American way of Life! Its time that we had leadership who will stand up for the citizens of this country!
After all, the legal hispanics in the country by some 70% want the illegals sent home too. Its only the far extreme liberal and highly vocal 30% who want amesty or some extra rights that only benefit some illegals over the rest.
In any case, its not right! Illegals have no rights as they claim! They are not guaranteed anything by the constitution nor by any laws of this land as to access to schools, healthcare or other resources! The laws in fact, say that illegals have no rights to those items!
Basic human rights yes. Basic rights against improper prosecutions, yes. But that is it! All other state laws are null and void because they can not supercede Federal laws on this subject!
So to California, New Mexica and Deleware, they are violating Federal laws. Its time that the federal government stand strong and remove federal funding to those states for everything until those states decide that they will abide by the current federal laws concerning illegal aliens!













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Anon
Submitted on July 15th, 2008 by PabloI agree
Illegals have every
Submitted on July 13th, 2008 by AnonymousIllegals have every opportunity to benefit from all the rights and priveledges the United States has to offer, when they become citizens of the United States.
Until then, they are illegal occupants of this nation and should be treated as such.
That doesn't mean they should be treated inhumanely, or harshly. Only that they should be treated firmly in accordance with the law. If they are here illegally, they should either start the legal process for temporary worker status, for citizenship, or be sent home. Period.
If a United States citizen goes illegally to another country, and then starts demanding "rights" not in accordance with that countries laws, then that person should expect the same treatment, and I would hope they would get it.
The U.S. supreme court, for instance, recently affirmed what most Constitutionalists already knew: That U.S. citizens have the personal right to keep and bear arms.
If one leaves this country, either north to Canada, or south to Mexico, then that right ends at the U.S. border.
At the southern border, large signs proclaim a message to this effect: "You are leaving the United States and entering Mexico. Firearms and ammunition are illegal in Mexico. You will do prison time if you possess firearms or ammunition in Mexico."
Fairly plain and to the point. I wouldn't expect for the Mexican authorities to bend the rules for me. Mexican authorities should not expect the United States to bend the rules for them.
We HAVE been bending the rules for far too long. We don't need new laws to protect our border, we need to actually enforce the laws already on the books, and allow our Border Patrol agents to do their jobs without tying their hands behind their backs.
We are at war with terrorist
Submitted on July 13th, 2008 by koolmom21Praetorian,
I -like Pablo-would like to know also. Do you actually believe what you laid out and do you truly believe we on this forum would believe it? No offence but I would like to see your facts.
The people in the know say that we have a better chance for American citizens dying in our streets today then during the Cold War. We are at war with terrorist and are borders are WIDE OPEN!
We all need to remember-they are here ILLEGAL. My heart goes out to the ones that are just trying to live a better life BUT my heart goes out to the people of our nation MORE.
They are illegal and need to go though the steps to become legal. If they were legal they could contribute to the nation instead of taking away from us. They need to have a criminal check and need to learned our language and learn the laws of our land. These people are the only ones we want or need here.
The terrorist are not stupid. They know that they can get across our borders any time they want. They also are very good at recruiting others to do the same.
People say that no one in our country would work for such a low paid. They should not work for such a low paid. We have a law in our land it is called minimal wage. Their are plenty of people willing to and -do work for minimal wage. The cheep employers need to hang their heads in shame and they need to be held accountable.
praetorian
Submitted on July 12th, 2008 by PabloDo you actually believe the BS you laid out?
Illegals cause between 3 and 5 trillion dollars worth of debt to this country.
They bankrupt the healthcare system, they are the cause of 50% of crime and are fast filling up the prisons around the country, they take away government programs away from citizens of this country who is guaranteed to have access like welfare, food stamps and job programs.
I never said we had to militarize the border. However, I did say use the military to secure the border on both the Canadian and Mexican border. Once secured, then the Border Patrol and Homeland security can have realistic coverage and security that they are charged with.
I also said to put in to jail or prisons the CEOs, Board of Directors or those responsible for hiring illegals.
There is no silver bullet or simple solution to the problem. It will take a three pronged approach to solve it.
1. Secure the Border
2. Stop the hiring of illegals
3. Send the illegals already here home.
Short of those three things happening, nothing will work and what ever proposal will fail like all previous ones.
Illegal aliens do not make up in profits what it costs to have them here.
Thus use the right information! Legal immigration does create more profits than they use. Illegal immigration does not! Illegal immigration does not add one single dollar to anything! It costs between 3 and 5 trillion dollars by their very presence.
They cause a drain in educational system, welfare, homes, jobs, healthcare and justice/ prisons systems just to name a few.
Illegals do not pay taxes because they can not. Most are not here for jobs anyway but are here for crime!
Even your most liberal congressmen can not deny that fact that 4 of every 5 cross the border for the purpose of some criminal enterprise. Its one of those facts that just annoys pro illegal aliens because they can not dispute it.
America just can no longer afford to carry financially the cost of illegals along with all their damages to this nation. Its getting worse not better.
Although the use of the amount of money is often used, its not just money. But because of the type of government and society we have, everything is expressed in terms of money.
But there are things that can never be expressed that way. 50% of all crime is one. How many victims are left by this effect. The effects of MS13 who is the most violent gang in America today who is most run by illegals and responsible for most of the innercity crimes in most larger cities in America. Their idea of solving problems is to murder those who get in their way, tell on them or anyone who is in any other gang. That is their policy!
So I ask you again, do you believe the BS you are pushing?
Proud American But Disagree With You
Submitted on July 12th, 2008 by praetorianThe number of issues you bring up are so numerous that I can't elaborate on all, but I will say that I believe:
1) America can and should militarize the southern border so that we all can stop scapegoating illegal immigrants as the cause of all our ills
2) It never will because the corporations, the lifeblood of our economy, need illegal immigrants to operate and stay competive. Congress knows this.
3) The profits generated through this type of labor more than make up for the costs of the immigration
4) There will never be amnesty because then where will all the cheap labor come from? That lesson was learned in the 1980's. Congress knows this too.
Nothing stays the same---
Submitted on July 12th, 2008 by janmbOnce upon a nation --we could absorb more foreigners but this is another century and we are pretty FULL UP at this juncture.
Not only will the newcomers suffer---the whole nation of natural citizens will suffer the consequences of overloading the economy and gov't This is happening right now.
Rom
Submitted on July 11th, 2008 by PabloAll those exclaimations were put in to make a point of truths and address lies that are common on this topic.
If you read it as I wrote it, then it makes a strong statement!
Its like me making some kind of noise or banging my fist on the desk to say pay attention! This is true and people should be as upset with this problem as I am.
Granted that is unrealistic. But, it was my hope to see it happen.
Illegals In America
Submitted on July 11th, 2008 by REEDDARRELLPablo I just emailed your blog to my local paper. I had sent a email to the letter to the editor on illegal aliens,which did not get published .But an artical on a latino festival made the paper.My letter was in no way derogatory toward any mexicans.I only ask when the city fathers were going to do something about ALL the illegals in our town,I believe legal immigrants should be welcomed into the American culture and DREAM.what I would like to ask everyone that has an opinion on illegal aliens,to please send an email to and tell your pro's or con's
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Submitted on July 11th, 2008 by tomcatin4uIt's all about the money, Open border's to ship faster, Lowwer security so Illegal's can be hired by Illegal Company's that don't pay worker's comp on Illegal's or SSI or Tax's, why some don't even pay min wage.
So Old saying Money Talk's is very True.
Yep
Submitted on July 11th, 2008 by rom12921We are a country based on law. Drifting from the absolutes in the Constitution reminds me of the phrase that is something like. You have to stand for something or fall for anything
Why all the exclamations!?
Pablo
Submitted on July 10th, 2008 by koolmom21Please check out my blog
-Majority of Americans-
http://redblueamerica.com/blog/2008-07-1...
I think you will like this article
Submitted on July 10th, 2008 by koolmom21The only way to dampen illegal immigration and its attendant train of criminals and terrorists—short of an economic revolution in the sending countries or an impregnably militarized border—is to remove the jobs magnet. As long as migrants know they can easily get work, they will find ways to evade border controls. But enforcing laws against illegal labor is among government’s lowest priorities. In 2001, only 124 agents nationwide were trying to find and prosecute the hundreds of thousands of employers and millions of illegal aliens who violate the employment laws, the Associated Press reports.
This article is long but excellent.
The Illegal-Alien Crime Wave
Heather Mac Donald
http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_th...