Friday, June 22, 2007

Letter: Retired U.S. Border Patrol Agent

In April of last year I wrote an open letter to a prominent Senator who is no longer in office.

That letter is more relevant today than it was last year.

Soon the U.S. Senate will vote on a massive amnesty bill while trying to hoodwink the American public into thinking it is a "reform" bill. Illegal aliens come to this country primarily for two reasons:

1. To get employment. (They will work for half or less what a legal alien or a U.S. Citizen will accept).

2. Illegal aliens come to this country to get benefits such as free medical care, public schooling, low-income housing and other benefits of a free society that our ancestors bought and paid for with blood, lives and severe sacrifice.

Yet, those who sneaked across the border in the dead of night have marched on our streets demanding rights and privileges dearly bought by Americans since the Revolutionary War. They have paid nothing except, perhaps, a smuggling fee of $3000 or less.

Our Congress Critters of the liberal persuasion and those in the pockets of the cheap labor pimps want to roll out the benefit carpet to them.

Under this horrendous bill, a "Z" visa recipient will get everything he always dreamed of: A bonifide social security card, a job, (likely at a still much reduced rate), in-state tuition and free education for his anchor babies or foreign born offspring. He will receive all the benefits that a regular "Green Card" holder except he additionally gets a free pass for document fraud, social security fraud, having already been ordered deported, unpaid medical bills, a criminal history check that is so laughable and cursory and hurried as to be non-existent.

There are other crazy provisions as yet undisclosed. Perhaps even the co-authors of this bill, (NCLR, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others) besides Kennedy, Kyl and Bush don't even know the extent of the giveaway of American Birthright contained in this outrageous bill.

In other words, the "Z" visa holder gets everything he always wanted simply by having broken our laws. What many of the public don't realize is that the "Z" visa is just as good as jumping through the hoops and getting a "Green Card". Except that the Green Card holder has to submit to more extensive checks and balances.

The "Z" visa is good for life, renewable every 4 years. We know that the renewal process will consist of the elbow movements of a bureaucrat with a rubber approval stamp.

Additionally, all the requirements attached to upgrading from the initial "Z" visa will be waived. Just as in the '86 Amnesty Act, there is a "hardship" provision which means that fees don't have to be paid and any other requirement will be waived.

Below is the letter I mentioned above. Nothing has been changed except the addressee.

It is now addressed to Sen. Trent Lott. I don't expect him to even read it as he and the others have simply closed their minds while opening their pocketbooks to "special" interests.
Dear Senator Lott:

There is a huge amount of propaganda and myths circulating about illegal aliens, particularly illegal Mexican, Salvadorian, Guatemalan and Honduran aliens.

1. Illegal aliens generally do NOT want U.S. citizenship. Americans are very vain thinking that everybody in the world wants to be a U.S. citizen. Mexicans, and other nationalities want to remain citizens of their home countries while obtaining the benefits offered by the United States such as employment, medical care, in-state tuition, government subsidized housing and free education for their offspring. Their main attraction is employment and their loyalty usually remains at home. They want benefits earned and subsidized by middle class Americans. What illegal aliens want are benefits of American residence without paying the price.

2. There are no jobs that Americans won't do. Illegal aliens are doing jobs that Americans can't take and still support their families. Illegal aliens take low wage jobs, live dozens in a single residence home, share expenses and send money to their home country. There are no jobs that Americans won't do for a decent wage.

3. Every person who illegally entered this nation left a home. They are NOT homeless and they are NOT Americans. Some left jobs in their home countries. They come to send money to their real home as evidenced by the more than 20 billion dollars sent out of the country each year by illegal aliens. These illegal aliens knowingly and willfully entered this nation in violation of the law and therefore assumed the risk of detection and deportation. Those who brought their alien children assumed the responsibility and risk on behalf of their children.

4. Illegal aliens are NOT critical to the economy. Illegal aliens constitute less than 5% of the workforce. However, they reduce wages and benefits for lawful U.S. residents.

5. This is NOT an immigrant nation. There are 280 million native born Americans. While it is true that this nation was settled and founded by immigrants (legal immigrants), it is also true that there is not a nation on this planet that was not settled by immigrants at one time or another.

6. The United States is welcoming to legal immigrants. Illegal aliens are not immigrants by definition. The U.S. accepts more lawful immigrants every year than the rest of the world combined.

7. There is no such thing as the "Hispanic vote". Hispanics are white, brown, black and every shade in between. Hispanics are Republicans, Democrats, Anarchists, Communists, Marxists and Independents. The so-called "Hispanic vote" is a myth. Pandering to illegal aliens to get the Hispanic vote is a dead end.

8. Mexico is NOT a friend of the United States. Since 1848 Mexicans have resented the United States. During World War I Mexico allowed German Spies to operate freely in Mexico to spy on the U.S. During World War II Mexico allowed the Axis powers to spy on the U.S. from Mexico. During the Cold War Mexico allowed spies hostile to the U.S. to operate freely. The attack on the Twin Towers in 2001 was cheered and applauded all across Mexico. Today Mexican school children are taught that the U.S. stole California, Arizona, new Mexico and Texas. If you don't believe it, check out some Mexican textbooks written for their schoolchildren.

9. Although some illegal aliens enter this country for a better life, there are 6 billion people on this planet. At least 1 billion of those live on less than one dollar a day. If wanting a better life is a valid excuse to break the law and sneak into America, then let's allow those one billion to come to America and we'll turn the USA into a Third World nation overnight.

Besides, there are 280 million native born Americans who want a better life.

I'll bet Bill Gates and Donald Trump want a better life. When will the USA lifeboat be full? Since when is wanting a better life a good reason to trash another nation?

10. There is a labor shortage in this country. This is a lie. There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of American housewives, senior citizens, students, unemployed and underemployed who would gladly take jobs at a decent wage.

11. It is racist to want secure borders. What is racist about wanting secure borders and a secure America?

What is racist about not wanting people to sneak into America and steal benefits we have set aside for legal aliens, senior citizens, children and other legal residents?

What is it about race that entitles people to violate our laws, steal identities, and take the American Dream without paying the price?

For about four decades American politicians have refused to secure our borders and look after the welfare of middle class Americans. These politicians have been of both parties. A huge debt to American society has resulted. This debt will be satisfied and the interest will be high.

There has already been riots in the streets by illegal aliens and their supporters. There will be more. You, as a politician, have a choice to offend the illegal aliens who have stolen into this country and demanded the rights afforded to U.S. citizens or to offend those of us who are stakeholders in this country. The interest will be steep either way.

There will be civil unrest. There will be a reckoning. Do you have the courage to do what is right for America? Or, will you bow to the wants and needs of those who don't even have the right to remain here?

There will be a reckoning. It will come in November of this year, again in 2008 and yet again in 2010.

We will not allow America to be stolen by third world agitators and thieves.

David J. Stoddard

U.S. Border Patrol (RET)

Hereford, Arizona
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