Independent Patriots for America

Our Warriors and military retirees must beg Congress for funds while the US Senate seems perfectly willing to expend over 2 Trillion Dollars in support of illegal aliens.

Can anyone deny the reflection of conspiracy in the US Senate?

The media report on June 9, 2007, “President Bush, trying to recover from a stinging setback on immigration will personally try in a visit to the Capitol next week to revive the embattled plan for legalizing millions of unlawful immigrants…to placate or outmaneuver conservative Republicans…”  is disturbing.  American’s have said “no” in very emphatic terms to “politically correct” legislation dealing with “illegal aliens” in America…why is this so hard to understand?

In 1986 during the Reagen Administration, one-time amnesty was given to illegal aliens in America with a goal of controlling our borders, account for people in America, and immigration in general. A specific aspect of the 1986 legislation was to prosecute employers who hired illegal aliens to perform work in America.

The prohibition against employers hiring illegal aliens is still the law of the land but not enforced by the federal government…employers are still hiring illegals with impunity, federal and state government look the other way. The 1986 Amnesty legislation failed, only encouraging more illegal aliens.

Just last year, legislation was passed that provides 2 billion dollars to build a fence on the southern border of the United States. Is it being done?…not really. Of some 700 miles of fence and other security measures authorized, eleven (11) miles has been completed. This legislation also authorized a large number of border patrol agents to be hired and trained as well as a host of other security measures. None is being carried out with a sense of urgency.

Now the President and others in the US Senate continue to seek more legislation duplicative of what already exists, rewarding law-breakers, adding enormous tax burdens on American citizens, jeopardizing national security, ignoring enforcement and execution of immigration legislation already on the books.

As I see it here’s the analogy: a water pipe breaks in the kitchen, pouring water all over the house…the first action is to start mopping the floor. Mopping up the kitchen floor while water is pouring out is not the first priority…turning off the water at the main valve is first priority. Common sense directs priority toward stopping the problem and then trying to clean up the mess…

Legislation is already on the books :

Employers hiring illegal aliens violate the law. Arrest employers – Enforce the law now

Build the authorized/legislated fence and other security measures that protect  America’s southern border. Enforce the law now

Hire and train authorized border patrol agents. Enforce the law now

This is not about being anti-immigrant, it’s about American sovereignty and national security…most of us are immigrants if we look back far enough. The fact is we just don’t trust Congress and politicians in general.

No more illegal alien band-aids until immigrant legislation on the books is executed.

Harry Riley, 111 Overview Drive, Crestview, FL 32539 850-689-1818, hmriley@cox.net

June 06, 2007

President Bush, Senators, and Representatives,
 
Awarding illegal immigration is wrong, a betrayal of American blood, a sell-out of America.
 
Retired BG Shaefer has made your job much easier, will bolster the integrity of immigration, and strengthen America’s national security.  All you have to do is put his plan into legislative form and vote “yea”.
 
“We don’t have to round them up.  Here’s Shaefer’s 6-point plan for stopping illegal immigration – while tearing down any and all walls so people don’t hurt themselves getting back out:
 
1. Stop providing free medical care and any other social service to those who enter or stay in this country illegally. Only exception – if they are the victim of a violent crime reported to the police.
 
2. Educate no child who is, or whose parents are, in the country illegally.
 
3. Change the law that makes an automatic citizen of anyone born in the US, even if born to Hamas parents here illegally.  At least one of the parents should be a US Citizen.  The dichotomy of this law is that while we deport the illegal parents we can not deport their minor children who were born here … thus those children become orphan wards of the state … disgusting.
 
4. Make it a criminal offense to rent lodging, whether for a night or a month, to anyone in this country illegally.  The same with selling a home.
 
5. Put employers who knowingly hire illegals in jail. First offense 48 hours and $500: second offense 30 days and $1000, 3rd offense 1 year and $10000.
 
6. Because all of the above makes it more desirable to obtain false US citizen ID: Get an illegal ID, you go to jail — there you can work (for free) at hard labor for three years.  Provide an illegal ID to someone, you go to jail where you can work (for free) at hard labor for three years and $15000 – for each ID.
 
The elegance of this plan is that it requires no fence or wall being built – our Border Patrol can now assume, however, since there is no economic incentive to come to America, that those crossing our border illegally are up to no good.  Deadly force would be authorized.
 
This plan also avoids the problem of over-taxing law enforcement agencies from wasting time trying to round up illegals – just get out of their way as they stampede out of the country.”
 
The path Congress is on with S-1348 is a threat to law, legal citizens well being, and puts American national security in jeopardy…you will pay in 2008 for this fool-hardy scheme but the damage to America will already be done if you persist…….recovery to America may not be possible.
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Harry Riley

President Bush, Senators,

S-1348, an amnesty bill, must be killed or it becomes the first fatal blow to the American Republic.

Where has the moral judgment we expect from Congress and the Presidency in support of America gone?

Given the importance of this issue, the Senate leadership as well as the minority party has betrayed the American people by pursuing such a travesty.

Do we see conspiracy in an attempt to usurp the United States Constitution? Are you all failing your oath to “protect and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic”?

As an American, I want to see a reflection from President Bush and the US Congress that puts the security of the United States first…the immigration bill rewards illegal aliens, penalizes Americans to pay the aliens way, and threatens National Security.

The temperature is indeed rising in America but it’s not from “global warming”…an anger, even hatred of political surrender of America is bubbling closer to the surface.

Sincerely,

Harry Riley

Can America survive two more years under the present Administration and Congress??  Every day it appears more hopeless as those in positions of responsibility in Washington, D.C. mangle any sense of responsibility common sense would expect.

President Bush is a nice man, I believe he tries and I like him, but he is not a leader.  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Leader Pelosi reflect the attitude of mis-guided missiles…in fact it’s difficult to name any rational member of Congress these days……..or for that matter, see any on the horizon.

President Bush seems to have his head in the posterior cavity of his body as he continues to champion illegal alien border crossers above the security of America…an insult to American citizens…to think we can’t see through the politics is simply ignorant…I’m convinced the President is unable to determine that he is surrounded by incompetent advisors.

Leaders in Congress continue idiotic political battles over war funding while warriors lives are lost, bodies are maimed, blood spilled, widows numbers grow, family devastation ignored…the leadership in Washington, D.C. is cold, callous, and without conscience…how they can ignore the blood of our warriors and family impact while pursuing political games is despicable at best.

President Bush’s approach to immigration is simply condoning illegal activity, betraying American citizens, and is proposing amnesty, pure and simple..why?  He has said over and over “we are a nation of laws” but he cannot muster the intestinal fortitude to enforce our laws…he should do the right thing and begin deportation of every illegal alien detected in America, and do it now.

One only has to total the crime associated with illegal aliens, terrorist plots(read recent plans to kill soldiers at Ft Dix, New Jersey), drain on medical care, safety on highways, melting pot impact, to name a few,  in understanding failure of government to do it’s job…this is not about picking on someone, discrimination, et al., its about the law, about protecting America.

The track record of America of late seems to be one of, start wars, throw the warm bodies in the mix, allow enough to die to create a political issue, start the spin for political advantage in continuining or ending the war, allow the forgotten to continue to die….  Only a radical, catastrophic national event will get the virus out of Congress…….with 435 new Representatives and 34 new Senators last November, many hoped there might be some recognition of reality….wrong, business as usual.

America’s enemies see victory on the horizon as spineless politicians crumble and the white flag is being readied for hoisting……..only this time surrender will be followed by an incalculable cost.  I fear America is indeed lost forever.

Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret., Crestview, FL

American Leaders Are Ignoring The Illegal Alien Crisis - WHY?

Terrorist coming in the back-door

With all the bickering back and forth about Bush and his authority, etc, most of you fail to realize that Mr. George W. Bush has already proven that his interest are more on attacking middle eastern countries than on honestly protecting this great country.

Our southern border is the subject of his total neglect. Most don’t seem to realize it, but we have a national crisis right here at home which Mr. Bush totally ignores.

Since I am neither democrat nor republican, I judge our president only by their actions, or lack thereof. And, I see many faults with this president. His fascination on waging a war half way around the globe, while totally disregarding the war against thousands of illegal immigrants crossing our southern border with total impunity, is beyond belief.

It has been stated that recently, someone (I don’t have the facts about who it was) hired a mariachi band and a circus elephant, and marched, riding upon the elephant’s back, loudly across our southern border just to see how easy it was to enter this country through other than legal channels. He wasn’t stopped by anyone!

My point is that this country is indeed in a fight with terrorist. But while Bush concentrates on a war against terrorist on the other side of the globe, we are left with open borders where a great many of those coming into this country, illegally, are not of Mexican nationality.

Living in Texas, and perhaps seeing more of this illegal immigrant mess than others do, I need to tell you that this country is being quickly overwhelmed, via illegals entering our country from Mexico, and Bush does absolutely nothing about it at all.  With all the powers Mr. Bush has as president, he has failed to use them to protect the borders of this country, no matter how many troops he places in Iraq.

Ralph Jenkins
Fredricksburg, TX