With the impact of illegal immigration and unsecure borders only getting worse. States like Arizona have been forced to act on these problems with tough laws that will secure their borders and ease the burden on their social services.
The illegal immigration problem in America has been in the making for several years, with several causes, ranging from jobs Americans wouldn’t take and the cheap labor businesses needed and wanted to fill those jobs to the federal government’s policies.
So, instead of suing Arizona and possibly other states on what the federal government should be doing, the federal government should be working on a policy that will stop illegal immigration and secure our borders.
As always in any crisis or new law passed this nation shouldn’t lose sight of our civil liberties. That means people shouldn’t have to fear racial profiling by police because of their skin color.
Or immigrants who go through the legal process for citizenship and that America needs having to fear losing their place to illegal immigrants.
Sincerely,
Terry D. Adams
absolute refusal to listen to others in Washington and the public/voters. They have this perception that they are all knowing and
there is no discussion as to their decisions.
I think the state of AZ is well within their
rights in protecting themselves. They asked the Federal Govt., for help and they refused. To me their action was the only one open to them.
The Fed's should be ashamed and hide their face for approving the $1.5 million dollar PER
MILE FENCE they were told time and again would
not work. They keep building! Some friendly
fat-cat friends are getting filthy rich and we
are getting illegals as always.
I sent a suggestion for a fence system that would work at a hell of a lot less cost and
put hundreds of people to work at the same time. Not one person had the courtesy to reply. Apparantly, money is no problem.
I am afraid there is more to the problems in
Washington they we know about. And this is
frightening. WE need to find out what Obama is
hiding!
If our current administration (and past) would have done their job this would be a non-issue. Article IV, Section 4 of the US Constitution says The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic Violence.
Since we have a completely incompetent congress and executive branch, Arizona decided to do their job for them. It is despicable, sad and beyond the pale that our gov't would take legal action against the State of Arizona.
Most of the citizens' descendants of the US were immigrants. People in general are not against immigration but are against illegal immigration. For those on the left, the key word is illegal. The real slap is to the people who have immigrated legally.
'ignorant hick' so classified.
I agree completely with the remainder of your comment as evidenced by #1. I don't recall any prior
President, his Administration and Elected Officials
being out of touch with the public/voters as the current group. I am of the opinion that something is
going on that we don't know about yet that is surely responsible for the wrong course (road) we are being led. It is freightening! Perhaps just as
bad, this group absolutely refuses to listen, they
will not counter harmful accusations made against them and Glenn Beck is cleaning their clock and
having a field day. I appreciate your reply.
In my opinion it is just an expansion of the Executive Branch and increases the ever expanding unconstitutional usurpation of
power not granted to the Executive Branch and does absolutely show signs of reducing us to absolute despotism !
Such power could only be of use to Tyrants or Dictators and in no way should be excepted by the American people .
I must now ask the people . Is this separation of power ? If so , how is it ?
This might give some insight to Arizonas situation with a political factions appointed judge! Perhaps thats why the Constitution appears to have no bearing in this case.Political Ideology , Party loyalist.
Just saying !! Maybe they should be elected also and not appointed ! Seems Like Oath of Office means nothing . Lets Declare our Independence and do as it says we should . You know where it says its our right and not just our right but our duty to throw the bums out and alter or abolish . Just saying . Its a thought .
Excellent comments. Wish I had thought of them.
I guess a good example would be the two or three rulings by the Supreme Count. The last one could do us in!
Some idiots seem to think American only applies to United States citizens. You are actually a minority. "American" applies to all people in the Americas: Canadians, Mexicans, Native Americans, and all the Latinos of North and South America.
Maybe those in Arizona might like to know why your God want let them sleep at night and feel safe in their homes. Is it because maybe your God thinks they are racist to . I guess you would say your God according to the book of Geniuses created all things for man to use as man saw fit to use . Not how other man thought you should use it .
How many people have you not stood by who maybe smoke marijuana a simple plant made by your God who have had their door kicked in their property taken ,their kids taken ,put in jail or prison not allowed to get employment because of drug testing not allowed to vote etc.etc. What say you Pastor .
Do you remember the parable of removing the splinter from your brothers eye when you may have a log in your own ? Does your God believe it ok to just pick and choose for him. I'm just wondering . Pastor John I mean this with the up most respect. I am just fed up with double standards ,hypocrisy and distortions of the truth! Their once was a time when the Church stood by America what has happened?
Joshua 23:2-10
2Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders and heads, its judges and officers, and said to them, "I am now old and well advanced in years. 3 And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, for it is the LORD your God who has fought for you. 4 Behold, I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes those nations that remain, along with all the nations that I have already cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west. 5 The LORD your God will push them back before you and drive them out of your sight. And you shall possess their land, just as the LORD your God promised you. 6 Therefore, be very strong to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left, 7 that you may not mix with these nations remaining among you or make mention of the names of their gods or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them, 8 but you shall cling to the LORD your God just as you have done to this day. 9 For the LORD has driven out before you great and strong nations. And as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day. 10 One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the LORD your God who fights for you, just as he promised you.
So God fought WITH Israel against governments and over their boundaries so that Israel could have its OWN GOVERNMENT with BOUNDARIES… This passage goes on to state that they (Kingdom of Israel) should not mingle with “them” (racism and intolerance in the Bible, NO WAY!). IF God was all about Love and Peace then why did he support the Israelites in killing other humans?
Need a reference from the New Testament? “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.” Jesus’ message was that we as Christians are bound by secular law (Government of Men).
Obviously at least two out of three of the Trinity recognized governments. I can’t find a Holy Spirit reference so I apologize.
"God commands us to love and accept all people." A place called Sodom comes to mind...
Good Pastor, please be mindful when you assume what GOD thinks.
I am a US Citizen of the sovereign United States of America !!!
To Pastor John .
I don't believe that any US Citizen has threatened violence against the illegal immigrants or been violent to them .
How ever I have seen the violent Latino protesters throwing rocks and attacking our border agents and our police and the Minute Men as well as our own Citizens. Kind of like the Black Panthers threaten to kill whites and white babies . So why is it white people get the wrap for being racists? Not all whites are from the same country.
Why are all whites grouped together while others get minority status by claiming their race from country of origin? White skinned people are from different countries around the world also .Why does the Census not count them the same way? Some whites are even from Africa.
I do understand we are all one Human race with one blood but I can see that certain other groups don't see it that way!! Equal is equal under Gods eyes as well as under our Nations Laws or at least it was supposed to be that way. Why isn't it ?
These people who hate "illegals" are exactly like King George trying to dictate and control. Thank goodness those people King George also tried to declare "illegal," like George Washington, didn't take it!
The United States was FOUNDED by illegal immigrants.
That is probably the stupidest thing that I have ever read on this site.
Not surprising that you agree with "Pastor John".
I don't think anybody hates illegals. People hate the results that their mass illegal migration is having on our economy, health care system, public school system and employment for our legal U.S. citizens.
You and Pastor John can swap your place on God's green Earth with any two of them, as far as I'm concerned.
Illegals aren't responsible for any of your self-perceived "problems." For example, the results on "our... health care system." The U.S. doesn't even HAVE a health care system!
There are no problems with your "economy." A bunch of legal U.S. citizens lived on credit cards, borrowed money for houses and cars they couldn't afford, and they didn't and don't want to work. And of course it collapsed. Illegal immigrants didn't make you go out and live on your credit card. Illegal immigrants didn't make you pay too much money for that crappy house.
You live in the richest country on earth. There is no "problem" with the U.S. economy. No one is starving. You idiots don't know what a "bad economy" is. You've got it made, and because you can't pay back your credit card and you liars can't uphold your agreements YOU made with your banks for the houses YOU signed mortgages on, you mistakenly believe you have a bad economy. That your word is not good and you don't pay your debts and you can't pay your credit card or your mortgage has NOTHING to do with anyone but YOU. Not legal immigrants, not illegals, not wall street, not politicians...YOU.
You're as easily manipulated by politicians exploiting your irresponsibility and hatred now as many German "citizens" were manipulated by the Nazi party. "If we do not learn from history...."
When they go to the hospital with no insurance, who pays? Somebody does. Sorry I called it a system for lack of a better term, but that doesn't hide the facts.
Car wrecks with no insurance, who pays?
Illegals getting WELFARE assistance. Yes, it does happen and is well documented. We can't afford it.
If you think there aren't any problems with the U.S. economy, then you obviously don't live here or know anything about us.
Your comments about credit cards and repaying mortgages makes you appear to be a shallow idiot.
I have friends who have lost their jobs in the construction field and others to illegals. Tell them everything is just fine.
You need to find somebody on your same level of intelligence to push your lame thoughts on, I ain't buying it.
Your rhetorical references to the Jews falls on deaf ears with me. There are no similarities.
You're just trying to make it a racial issue.
Good luck.
There aren't any problems with the U.S. economy. If you actually traveled anywhere outside your back yard in the U.S. you would know how good you have it. People in the U.S. don't know what a "recession" is, much less a "bad economy" or a "depression." That so many in the U.S. think the economy is "bad" because they can't keep living the high life and not working is laughable. Think the economy is bad? Look around at all the restaurants and bars and satellite dishes and cell phones! "Boo-hoo, the economy is bad, but I still got $50 / month to pay for satellite TV and time to stay parked in front of it!"
Why don't you go down to the hospital and see exactly who is there with no insurance and can't pay? Easily 90% are LEGAL, U.S. CITIZENS. Most of 'em are WHITE. You will probably see a lot of people you know down there because no one has insurance and those that do get canceled when they use it. See "U.S. has no health care system" above. An employee who works in the ER for ARMC confirmed what anyone can observe. On top of that, she said the Latinos are about the only people who come to the ER prepared to PAY for their services and actually PAY THEIR BILLS. Illegals may be the only people hospital staff are HAPPY to see.
Construction jobs: if you work in construction you know you have chosen probably the most unstable, unreliable career path one can choose. I think some people thought the crazy housing boom would go on forever. Well, there's a lesson for you. Not only could it not last long, but the boom and all the people who became "contractors" overnight and started building houses and thought every pasture in Madison County was going to be the next Reynolds Plantation are the very people who KILLED the housing market for probably at least the next decade, likely much longer. Illegals didn't cause that problem, the greedy developers, contractors, realtors, speculators, suppliers and "home investors not homebuyers" killed the market that, had they not been so greedy, would have grown slowly and sustainably over time like a big strong tree. Funny, no one had a problem with illegals when they were digging the ditches your "friends in construction" weren't willing to dig for the houses they were building.
Relentlessly we hear how the U.S. is about free market, capitalism, competition and all the rest of a failed belief system, but when some folks are willing to work harder and do more work and get the job, suddenly it isn't about free market competition anymore. It's not "fair." You want the entire world to follow capitalism, free markets and competition? Well, get ready to have your back yard mentality effectively erased and get ready to find out what it's like to compete with the big wide world...the rest of the world that actually KNOWS what economic hardship REALLY IS and KNOWS what WORK means. Hate to tell you, but some of the legal, U.S. citizen softies don't stand a chance in this "competition."
Car wrecks and no insurance? Go ask you local deputy who the problems are, or just read the police blotter. Driving without insurance is a big problem, but again the overwhelming odds are that the person who hits you and has no insurance will be a LEGAL, U.S. CITIZEN.
You've identified lots of problems. The REAL problem is you want to blame those problems on a minority who doesn't look like you or share your cultural background. Hence the comparisons to German Nazi strategies circa 1933. It's easier to hate and blame problems on a minority who doesn't look like you than it is to actually face and solve the actual problems. Take a peak at the men and women behind the curtain and you will see you're being played by that 2% who control 98% of wealth and resources. You have much more in common with the immigrants you are hating than you are willing to admit. The very people you hate should be your allies if you actually want conditions to improve for you, your family, your friends, and the rest of us. But it's easier for not-so-skilled politicians and businessmen to play on your hate and fear, divide and rule, and keep you, your friends in construction, and the immigrants all mired together in poverty fighting amongst yourselves for a few pennies.
Amongst the working class it's as true now as it ever was: united we stand, divided we fall. Put as much energy into unity as you waste on division and you may be surprised at the rewards your children could reap.
1- I don't care who is on welfare if they are legal U.S. citizens. There are plenty of cases of illegals receiving benefits,look it up.
2- The construction workers I was referring to are painters and sheet rockers,not contractors. They didn't lose their jobs to harder workers,they were lost to people who would worked for half the wages. People who shared a double-wide with 30 others who slept on the floor so that they could save their income to send to another country. Try competing with that.
3- I'm still having a hard time with this Nazi comparison. Did the Jews really look different than the Nazis? If so,why the need for the yellow star of David as identification? Lame.
4- I agree with you on one thing; slimey politicians are using this issue to stir racial hatred. But,I think most of us have formed our own opinions based on our experiences,not what we hear others say.
Finally, I'm just thankful that nobody seems to want to parade that damned Mexican Flag around anymore like they used to do. I wonder why?
One question for you .
I got laid of lost my insurance applied for WELL Care so my children would have insurance.
How was it that I recieved the application in Spanish if Illegals arent getting welfare????
Anyone who says "illegals" are on welfare is just wrong and/or ignorant. Anyone present in the United States illegally is not eligible for welfare.
You use such elegant contradiction of trems!
The spewing of such vile hatered from some one preaching how we should all love each other . Since you are a person who is very misguided I can have some sympathy for you. How ever your comparisons are way off. Has anyone mentioned hating the illegals here but you. NO !!
Let me ask you this . Is it ok to punish Legal US citizens for breaking the Laws of this country and then turn a blind eye to Illegal Foreign Nationals breaking the Law right off comming here with out premission. What Country can we go to and get away with that ? Iran maybe or perhaps Venezuela. Perhaps we should let all people who wish to do this country harm
have a free pass.
Its not about race or hate its about protecting this country against people bringing disease back that we have spent millions to get rid of. Its about giving people like you the freedom to spew your Anti American hate . Maybe we shouldnt make sure the radical terrorist dont over run us so you can live under shari law . Then we will see how much freedom you have to speak out with your misguided opinion .
Perhaps we might like to know we arent just getting all the criminals from South America .
Remember Castro when he dumped all his criminals on us . Its not about hate ,race or not wanting them here . Its about making sure we absolutely dont get all the criminals or people who just want to come here and cause problems. Come here legally and let us know you are here who you are and thats it . If you want in my house come to the front door and ask my permission .Dont try to sneak in under the cover of darkness and sneak in my back door !
Well, now you're getting somewhere. U.S. Border patrol estimates 12-15 million "illegal immigrants" in the U.S. That's 12-15 MILLION human beings. OK, you want to enforce the law. That requires locating, arresting, processing, providing due process for, housing, feeding, and eventually transporting 15 million people. Oh, and when the legal citizen child of 2 deported illegal immigrants loses his/her parents, you will have to pay to support that child via the welfare you apparently don't want to pay for until that legal citizen is 18. Need I go further? You say you are opposed to people on welfare, but your "solution" would increase the welfare rolls 10-fold. You are a good 30 years too late to wage the battle you so desperately wish to wage. It's not possible to arrest 15 million people, much less house, process and deport them all. If you started today and accomplished the phenomenal, unachievable feat of deporting 100,000 human beings a year, it would still take ONE HUNDRED FIFTY YEARS.
Part of your question, "Is it ok to punish Legal US citizens for breaking the Laws..." is makes for a useful analogy. Legal citizens break the laws everyday. Let's take speeding for example. When one speeds or commits other traffic misdemeanor offenses, one can actually be put in jail for 6 months to 1 year. Does that mean that the most effective way to deal with traffic offenses is to give everyone who commits those crimes 6 months or a year in jail? Are you willing to pay at least quadruple the amount of tax you pay now just to get started?
Clearly you don't want to consider the big picture, but we reap what we sow. Consider this: why is it that our Mexican neighbors immediately to the south, one of only 2 of our absolute closest American neighbors, have endured REAL economic hardship and utter poverty while the U.S. has become and continues to be the wealthiest nation on earth with easily the most spoiled citizenry in the history of humankind? Could the U.S. have perhaps assisted our neighbor and seen them as something other than cheap labor and resources to be exploited? Why do you think so many countries south of the border have willingly chosen and democratically elected non-capitalist systems and leaders, many of whom were only deposed by unconstitutional U.S. financed coups and assassinations? Is this our message of freedom and democracy? To assassinate democratically elected leaders? Again, just some points to ponder. Perhaps if we had invested wisely in our brothers and sisters to the south and shared the wealth then we would have no illegal immigration today. Perhaps we would have more customers for our products and services as well.
Clearly you wish to continue to be divided and ruled by that 2% who control 98% of wealth and resources. That is your choice. But you have effectively answered your own concerns about illegal immigration and any solutions to the problem with your question I have quoted above. Should the laws be enforced? Should all illegal immigrants be deported? Perhaps. But unfortunately for you and those who share your views, or even those who don't share your views and really do want to put every traffic speeder away for a year, your war is already over and the illegal immigrants already won. Crunch some numbers and see what it would cost in new jails and manpower to locate, arrest, and deport 15 million people. It's not even remotely possible. All the manpower and troop mobilizations COMBINED in U.S. history pale in comparison. And that's assuming no citizens are mistakenly caught up in the process (gee, that would never happen, right?) and that every case proceeds smoothly and no mistakes were made (right, that doesn't happen either!).
And I haven't even mentioned the philosophical arguments entailed. Such as the creation of a police state that would be required to even begin enforcement where all citizens would be required to carry and produce upon demand at all times all documents demonstrating citizenship. Hey, hope you have your papers when you're fishing and swimming down on the river or YOU may be sitting down at the local ICE jail hoping someone believes what your story. But, no need to address the philosophical arguments, as fun as that can be, because the reality is arresting 15 million people simply cannot be done. And again, to carry out enforcement would require you to pay at least 4 times (really, if you crunch the numbers it's probably at least 10 times) the income tax you currently pay. Are you ready to put your money where your hate, uh, belief in "law enforcement" is?
As some wise man once said, "Ain't gonna happen!"
I can tell every time when you are about to talk trash !! When your lips move when you begin to type or speak .If you don't like The United States feel free to leave . People Like you are the biggest threat to us all and this Great Nation. You don't ever take anything in context and just make it up as you go .
There are at least 50 million or more nonviolent drug users in this country far more than the Illegal's and you and people like you don't seem to think its a problem spending billions on a drug war they cant win . Spending Billions to jail and house them . So why cant they get rid of 12 to 20 million illegal's if the government thinks they can stop illegal drug use and sales here by locking up 50 million Legal US citizens ?
You say Mexico is broke because? Its our fault and we should help them . Why cant they change their own government if they don't like it their ? When did the US or its tax paying citizens become responsible to do what they should be doing for themselves. We didn't elect their corrupt Government they did . How many Millions are we already sending to Mexico and have been? For what it just seems to continue to get worse there ? Here is the real common sense question which I am sure you cant answer without first having any ! Why would those coming here to escape such corrupt and violent conditions just want to bring it here with them ? Explain that one!
Also, on a side note: Please read a little more about WORLD history; by the time of the revolutionary war, Great Britain was a parliamentary government with little power provided by the monarchy. The subjects of the colonies referred to him as the "tyrant" because he was the de jure head of state; however the parliament was the de facto ruler (just as they are now). The colonist paid much lower taxes than their cousin in England. The reason that they paid any tax at all was because of the continued westward expansion by the colonists. The British Government set a line for the western frontier (Proclamation Line)of the colonies and told the colonists that the border was as far as they could provide troops to protect the colonists. The colonist went beyond that border and then when they were attacked by Native Americans, they complained that they should have been protected by British troops. Parliament decided that if they had to continue providing troops to defend colonists that refused to stay on the east side of the frontier border, they would have to foot some of the bill to house and support those troops.
I'm finished.
What Country were they Illegal's in ?
England where they didn't live or want to live anymore. You must be off your med's dude.
Terrorists !! Where do find that term in History ? Again Anti American BS with no real comparison with what's happening today with the Illegal's. First of all we didn't leave the US to go to England nor did we perpetrate any terrorists acts against Great Britain !!
You seem to have your History wrong .
The colonies were the ones being repeatedly attacked by the Brit's and King , Taxed without any representation Before leaving one of the reasons they left was that they were being overrun by foreigners and attacked while the King and Parliament did nothing to stop it ! Sound familiar ! Perhaps a quick read of The Declaration Of Independence might give you true insight to reality if you don't decide to put your own spin on it. Oh yeah and by the way how's that we are paying less now in taxes that we did under Bush working out for you?
Seems to me like he gave more tax cuts than this President did . Now this President wants to take them away.Just like the Obama administration continues to blame Bush for their problems . Guess what he was a Senator for 3 years during that time . Sounds like another black man blaming some gray haired white man from the past for all his short comings and problems !! In psychology its taught that living in the past makes you psychotic and living in the future makes you a psychotic that the only reality to be sane is right now this moment .No person or thing can change the past and no person knows the future.
Did you stand up and fight against all the Unconstitutional legislation to give special treatment to minorities or are you one who has gained from them .
So before you call this about racism or hate you had better take a good look at yourself and what's really been going on in this country since the 70's .Why is it all others but whites are counted from country of origin in the Census ? Why does any entity that receives Federal funds have to give first consideration to minorities and not whites . Isn't that racism and discrimination ? All whites aren't racists anymore than all Blacks aren't or all Latino's aren't and whites are from many different countries of origin but they aren't counted that way . What's the saying not by color of skin but content of character !
What part of that discrimination have you benefited from ? This hole deal with Illegal Immigration isn't about either its about . Nobody has said they don't want or hate the people coming here Illegally but you and people like you who continue to push the Marxist Communist Lies about the US and what this is really all about . Most people are sick and tired of the Lies ,double standards and hypocrisy being rumored across this land . Forced on the people without their consent and the voice of most of the Legal US citizens not being herd and if you would do your research you would see allot of those who don't want Illegal's coming are in fact Legal Immigrants of Latino heritage so stop spreading your lies and Anti American Hate !!