Illegal Immigrants Don’t Get It

May 1, 2006

Millions of illegal immigrants and their supporters started rallies this year to show Americans and Congress that they are here to stay and we had better get used to it. They also demanded legal reforms to give them blanket amnesty. They haven’t been successful… so far.

In the latest tactic, illegal immigrant supporters called for a nationwide walkout on May1st to show how important to illegals are to the economy.  The following statement shows their vehemence and divisiveness: 

"What you will witness (Monday) is history in the making, when people will follow their own convictions, their own passions, their own determination in their push for legalization," said Armando Navarro, coordinator of the National Alliance for Human Rights in California. "The intent is to show in one day that we have the purchasing power to paralyze and cripple the U.S. economy."        http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-04-30-immigration-boycott_x.htm

What we now have is a formal call to terrorize Americans by paralyzing and crippling our economy.  This is unacceptable. Illegals must not decide the future of our country and have no right to say how our government is run. Yet they think this is their country and we must bend to their will.

Illegals do jobs that most lower income Americans would accept if wages were higher. Illegals depress wages because businesses owners who hire them are content to pay low wages in cash without paying taxes legitimate business must pay. This conspiracy started in the early 1970s in growing fields of California and has culminated in today's terrorist threats.

Existing immigration laws should have been enforced long ago, but the Bush administration ignored them to benefit their business allies. They were hoping the number of illegals would grow and become so large that little else could be done except to give them amnesty.

Let's stop this.

It has been illegal to hire undocumented workers for twenty years. Let’s enforce our laws and start to publically pressure businesses who hire them. The INS must start doing their job with raids as in the past and consumers must boycott businesses which illegally hire workers.

The May 1st walkout will have little economic impact because illegal immigrants and their supporters think they have more influence than they do. They just don’t get it. The real power lies with legal residents and U.S. citizens who can pressure the government to expel those who take more than they give back to our society. It is only the right thing to do.