Fact or Fiction: Illegals do the work that Americans won't do?
(answer below)
        Since picking up the banner in the battle to secure our borders
from the steady stream of illegals more than two years ago,
Grassfire has heard (as many of you are as well) all the rhetoric
from those who disagree with our position.

Now in an effort to help you bring greater clarity and
understanding to the border crisis when discussing it with friends
and family, we dispel some of the more popular half-truths and
lies being told about the illegal immigration crisis.

++Myth #1--Illegal aliens pay taxes that benefit our economy
Not true. Most illegals are paid in cash and therefore pay no taxes.
Even in instances where they do pay taxes (only possible if they
use a fraudulent social security number or tax ID) they don't pay
enough to cover their expenses.

A visit to any L.A. County maternity ward will give you ample
proof of this. There thousands of women each year have babies
free of charge (and many return to have more).

Additionally, the vast majority learn who to use the system to
acquire food stamps and financial assistance.

++ Myth #2--Illegals come to the U.S. for jobs to support their
families back in their homeland.

This is partly true. However record numbers of those illegally
crossing the borders are women and children! What's more, there
are also record numbers of dead-beat dads who simply abandon
their families.

++ Myth #3--Illegals don't affect politics because they can't vote
Not true. The fact that they are counted in the census gives them
political power. Since representatives in Congress are fixed, it
creates a situation in state's that have a heavy influence of illegals.
Those "illegals" will likely be represented. As such, it takes away
representation from people in other states--people who are here
legally.


++ Myth #4--Illegals do the work that Americans won't do

Not true. Americans will do the work provided they are paid a
reasonable wage. But profit-greedy employers and corporations
are increasingly favoring cheap labor. Their profits soar, but at the
expense of American taxpayers who have to subsidize the labor
costs by supplying the illegal workforce (and their families) with
welfare, education, medical, housing assistance. Employers of
these people simply turn a deaf ear.


++ Myth #5--Illegal Immigration doesn't really affect me

Not true. As we have reported in the past, in non-border states like
Connecticut, North Carolina, Georgia and New Jersey, illegal
immigration is rampant. That means in each of these states,
benefits allocated to citizens are being taxed and stressed by
illegal infiltration. If the problem becomes severe enough (as in
California and Arizona) those services dry up. In both L.A., and
Tucson, AZ hospitals have been forced to close due to the
incredible strain of illegals.

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    As a teacher, I sat  dumbfounded last May 16, 2005, when the Rocky Mountain News inked a  story, "What Happened?" to a stunned Denver, Colorado audience. In a  five year study starting in 1999 in Denver Public Schools,
5,663  students started the eighth grade. Five years later, only
1,884 graduated  from high school. That's a 65 percent drop out/flunk out rate! That's  pathetic, if not frightening.

    What was the  cause? First of all, 30,000 illegal aliens, speaking 40 different  languages, attended Denver schools. Our classrooms suffered thousands of kids functionally illiterate in English with parents functionally illiterate in English and Spanish. The classrooms featured so much incompatible diversity that it created horrific tension, stabbings  and death.


Thus, American kids suffered a profoundly dumbed-down educational process.  One in five teachers quit or transferred out of those  Denver classrooms every nine month cycle during those five  years.

    Last week, the Denver Post  announced that 30 percent of teachers in Denver schools were  not coming back next year. This is a nationwide travesty. Why? As a  teacher, I taught in the inner city in the 1970s. It's exasperating beyond  understanding to walk into a classroom where children suffer learning  disabilities, broken homes, teen pregnancies at 14, 15, 16, multiple  languages and violent confrontations with other ethnic groups.
It's  impossible to teach. I left my idealism in the ghetto and escaped to a  suburban school. But, today, teachers can't escape because over 1.5 million illegal alien students with more than 100 languages attend our kids' schools nationwide. We witness a national breakdown in education.
Last week, Superintendent Roy Romer of Los Angeles public schools resigned in  frustration and defeat. California schools match the violence of  a war zone.

    Can you imagine such a failure  rate across the country? Can you imagine the consequences of an illiterate  generation leading this Republic into the 21st century? Folks, this  country won't make it. Where is the outrage?

    It  takes four aspects for a free and democratic society to maintain itself.  It requires a highly educated population that can write, read, think and  vote intelligently. It takes a similar moral code whereby everyone adheres  to the common good. It requires a similar code of ethics whereby citizens  adhere to honesty, doing what is right and maintaining those ethics  throughout the social fabric. Finally, it takes a similar language that  allows citizens to discuss, debate and resolve problems. We compromise all  four with an invasion exceeding four million new people into
the  USA annually?20 million  illegals to date and climbing. We allow the disintegration of our nation  without a whimper. Where is the outrage?

   Last  Monday, February 20, 2006, the Rocky Mountain News reported, "Mile-High Drug Hub" making Denver the leading center for drug  distribution in the United States. It's part of MS-13 Gang's dispersal of  $128 billion in drugs crossing our border with Mexico  every year. Ironically, Congress guards South Korea's border with 37,000  troops with our billions in tax dollars, pats down gray-haired ladies at  our airports, spends $80 billion annually on the war on drugs, but leaves  our border unguarded allowing that $128 billion in drugs to cross year  after year. Additionally, terrorists from any country can walk over the  Mexican border with a 99 percent chance
of succeeding. Where is the  outrage?

    With a growing illegal alien  population exceeding 300,000 in Colorado, the state House legislators  on Wednesday of last week defeated six bills to stop illegal alien  migration. One particular bill, HB 1134, would have given cops the ability  to arrest, detain and deport illegals. It was soundly defeated after  dozens of citizens, including this Coloradan, testified to support the  bill's passage.

    I demanded, "We are tired  of being collateral damage for illegal
aliens. We're tired of being raped,  killed, robbed and our schools being rashed by multiple languages while  our m edical systems take better care of illegals than our own  citizens."

    Representative Francesca  Natividad Coleman remarked that it was a Federal issue. I retorted,  "We're the ones getting killed and raped here locally and we're tired of  it." Last year, three Coloradans were killed by illegals; Greeley, Colorado  suffered 270 hit and run car accidents alone; eight rapes by illegal  aliens in Boulder and thousands of robberies. Where is the outrage?

    To top off the crisis in  our Denver schools, the Rocky Mountain News reported the next day,  February 21, 2006, "Welfare Surges 45%" with an increase of 4,743 cases.  They said it was tough job hunting, but neglected to mention that 300,000  illegal aliens in Colorado stole jobs from Coloradans in  every sector: drywall, construction, landscaping, fast food, house  painting, janitorial, paving and dozens of other jobs formerly worked by Coloradans. Where is the outrage?

    Denver  Mayor Hickenlooper hired illegal aliens long before he was mayor and one  of his illegal employees, Raul Gomez-Garcia, killed Denver police officer  Don Young last May. Hickenlooper stood in direct violation of federal laws  and could have been fined $2, 000.00 per illegal alien hired (estimated at  70 working in his restaurants) and he could have gone to prison for five  years. Governor Owens actually endorsed a booklet showing
illegal aliens  how to imbed themselves in Colorado. He aided and abetted illegal  aliens, but didn't receive a slap on the wrist. Where is the outrage?

    Since it's happening in my state  with 300,000 illegal aliens, can you imagine what is happening in  California with three million? Or,  North Carolina with one million? How about Illinois with one  million illegals?  How about Texas with 1.5 million? I know Texans  pay over $4.1 billion annually for educating their massive load of student  illegals Where is the outrage?

    We're  being colonized with over nine million illegal alien Mexicans crashing  our schools, medical systems, language, culture, parks, tax and welfare systems. One look at the headlines of major newspapers across  the country echoes and mirrors the Rocky Mountain News. Where is the  outrage?

    It stupefies me beyond  comprehension that Americans sit back and watch this invasion of their  country without any outrage. Worse, without any response! More than  that--without a concern for their own kids' future!  Even more horrific,  the line of immigrants from Mexico (and the world) shows no  sign of stopping, as the number of Mexicans grows from their current 106  million to 200 million in this century.

    As  I open this can of worms weekly; as I expose this accelerating
national  crisis weekly; as you experience its quickening day by day?  I would think  the outrage would reach fantastic levels. But it is not! In fact, Bush,  Congress and governors of all 50 states not only watch it happen they actively aid and abet it Arlan Specter of Pennsylvania wants to add another one to  two million legal immigrants annually. Senators John McCain and Ted  Kennedy want to give amnesty to 20 million illegals and add more in
a  guest worker program. Utah's Chris Cannon welcomes millions of  Mexicans as he encourages their takeover of our country. His sidekick Senator Orrin Hatch mirrors that sentiment. Representative Joe Baca of  California actively promotes the takeover of California by Mexico as  he endorses "Reconquista of Aztlan." As Mark Twain said, "Suppose you were  an idiot; and suppose you were a member of Congress; but then, I repeat  myself."  Twain got it right, but where is the  outrage?

    While 85 to 95 percent of the  American public wants our borders secured, they stand around quietly  sucking their thumbs while doing nothing. However, the outrage and  arrogance of millions of illegal alien migrants in America advances like Paris, France's recent experience with
immigration? 10,000 fire bombed cars and a month-long conflagration! We watched stupidly as if it won't happen to us. Think again!

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PROBLEM SOLVED

 Bring our entire troops home from Iraq to guard the border. When
they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, hand him a
canteen, a rifle, and some ammo, and ship him to Iraq. Tell him if he
wants to come to America he must serve a tour in the military. Give
him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it. After his
tour in Iraq, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended
this country. He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal
patriot.

This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a
solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better
life for themselves. If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway
without the canteen, rifle, or ammo.

Problem solved

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PASS THIS ON EVERYWHERE ...... OUR NATIONAL SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON IT!

ATTENTION US CITIZENS .....
If this doesn't get your bowels in an uproar, you ain't got any ... !!

Didn't I read recently that some spokesperson for a Spanish speaking
organization predicted "we'll take over the United States"? It's easy to understand
how if you read and understand the following statements. Remember, the
numbers listed below are for ONLY one year 2005!

If you are a rational human being, you just have to ask yourself WHY we are
putting up with this shit! . Can the answer be near the bottom highlighted in
red for you? Could some of these trillions be "buying" the votes of our
Senators? Remember, this amount is only for the year 2005. Even if you cut these
stats in half, the case is a
slam-dunk.

ITEM ONE: CRIME
62% of all "undocumented immigrants" in the United States are working for
cash and not paying taxes, predominantly illegal aliens, working without a green
card;
95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens;
83% of warrants for murder in Phoenix are for illegal aliens;
86% of warrants for murder in Albuquerque are for illegal aliens;
75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and
Albuquerque are illegal aliens;

ITEM TWO: BIRTHS
More than 380,000 "anchor babies" were born in the United States in 2005 were
to parents who are illegal aliens; making those 380,000 babies automatically
U.S. citizens. 97.2% of all costs incurred from those births were paid by the
American taxpayer;
More than 66% of all births in California are to illegal alien Mexicans on
Medi-Cal whose births were paid for by taxpayers;

ITEM THREE: PRISON INMATES
24.9% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals
here illegally;
40.1% of all inmates in Arizona detention centers are Mexican nationals here
illegally;
48.2% of all inmates in New Mexico detention centers are Mexican nationals
here illegally;
29% (630,000) convicted illegal alien felons fill our state and federal
prisons at a cost of $1.6 billion annually;

ITEM FOUR: SOCIAL ILLS
More than 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages;
More than 53% of all investigated burglaries reported in California, New
Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Texas are perpetrated by illegal aliens;
More than half of all gang members in Los Angeles are illegal aliens from
south of the border;

ITEM FIVE: WELFARE THEFT
More than 43% of all Food Stamps issued are to illegal aliens;
More than 41% of all unemployment checks issued in the United States are to
illegal aliens;
58% of all Welfare payments in the United States are issued to illegal aliens;
Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties in the United States are
illegal aliens;
Less than 2% of illegal aliens in the United States are picking crops , but
41% are on welfare;
Over 70% of the United States annual population growth (and over 90% of
California, Florida, and New York) results from immigration;

ITEM SIX: "SPANISH-ONLY" (SEGREGATION!)
14 out of 31 TV stations in L.A. are Spanish-only;
16 out of 28 TV stations in Phoenix are Spanish-only;
15 out of 24 TV stations in Albuquerque are Spanish-only;
21 radio stations in L.A. are Spanish-only;
17 radio stations in Phoenix are Spanish-only;
17 radio stations in Albuquerque are Spanish-only;

ITEM SEVEN: ASSAULT ON OUR SCHOOLS
More than 34% of Arizona students in grades 1-12 are illegal aliens;
More than 24% of Arizona students in grades 1-12 are non-English-speaking;
More than 39% of California students in grades 1-12 are illegal aliens;
More than 42% of California students in grades 1-12 are non-English-speaking;
In Los Angeles County, 5.1 million people speak English. 3.9 million speak
Spanish;

ITEM EIGHT: CRIME INVOLVING CARS
More than 71% of all apprehended cars stolen in 2005 in Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona, Nevada and California were stolen by illegal aliens or transport
"coyotes";
47% of cited/stopped drivers in California have no license, no insurance and
no registration for the vehicle. Of that 47%, 92% are illegal aliens;
63% of cited/stopped drivers in Arizona have no license, no insurance and no
registration for the vehicle. Of that 63%, 97% are illegal aliens;
66% of cited/stopped drivers in New Mexico have no license, no insurance and
no registration for the vehicle. Of that 66%, 98% are illegal aliens;

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NOW .. ARE YOU READY TO GET PISSED OFF??

The cost of immigration to the American taxpayer in 1997 was a NET (after
subtracting taxes immigrants pay) $70 BILLION a year, [Professor Donald Huddle,
Rice University]; The estimated profit to U.S. corporations and businesses
employing illegal aliens in 2005 was more than $2.36 TRILLION dollars;

The lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for the average
adult Mexican illegal alien is $55,000.00 cost to the American taxpayer in a
5-year span.


You, personally, are giving $11,000 every year to illegal aliens.