What a world we live in. Wearing a funny “illegal alien” costume, complete with orange jumpsuit, a green green card, and space alien mask, is tasteless. Actually being someone who jumps borders or overstays a Visa in violation of the law isn’t tasteless, I suppose.

(Calling a thing by its name is worse than being the thing even among Christians. Sad.)

I have no patience with hang-wringing Christians who’re “torn” over illegal immigration. Opposing illegal immigration and believing lawbreakers should be subject to the justice system aren’t the least bit unbiblical. I have no idea where they get the idea that saying anything negative about border-jumpers and visa-overstayers is wrong.

If you Christians think my stance on this issue is “unloving,” you’ll hate this: when I read about the Arizona (border state) rancher who held a group of trespassing illegal aliens at gunpoint until the police arrived, I wanted to give him a medal. That man had a right to defend himself and his family and protect his property.

This country has degenerated to the point where illegal aliens have standing to sue law-abiding citizens for exercising their own rights! Blood boiling stuff. Anyway, the criminals claimed that Roger Barnett violated their civil rights. It pleases me that a federal jury disagreed. Earlier this week, the jury found in favor of Barnett and against the illegal aliens, who should be sent back to Mexico immediately. (Source)

Unfortunately (an understatement!), the jury ordered Barnett to pay punitive damages for assault and “infliction of emotional distress.” Can’t win ‘em all. Some is better than none, though all would have been what we reasonable people call justice. I hope Barnett will appeal.

(Photo credit: Jack Kurtz/The Arizona Republic)

“Rosanna Pulido reminds me of me…She’s a woman, a racial ‘minority,’ a member of a so-called ‘disenfranchised,’ preferred, and protected group, [some of whom engage in] a myriad of disingenuous yet highly effective justifications to rely on skin color to get by in life and excuse the acts of badly behaving members of her racial group.”

I started writing for publication in 2002 and blogging in 2003, and I’ve had more than my share of nasty e-mails, 99 percent of which were ad hominem. Fortunately, I was not deterred by the “self-hater,” “race traitor,” “Aunt Jemima,” and “coon” epithets. Being called names made me more determined and more rebellious. Rarely did someone write to me attacking my arguments. When I did receive those e-mails, I read them carefully and learned how to strengthen my own positions.

I don’t blog as much about politics these days not because I’m intimidated. I’m just bored by it. There’s more going on in the world, and I want to write about it. The archives are here for the world to see, and I stand by every post.

Back to Rosanna Pulido. No doubt she’s received similar e-mail. It’s tough being a “voice in the wilderness” and having the guts to call a thing by its name. I can’t stand euphemistic talk or mealy-mouth attitudes or people who’re afraid to tell the truth.

I wanted to let readers know that the pro-enforcement, pro-Second Amendment, pro-life Pulido is running for Congress in Illinois.

Ms. Pulido, thanks for having the courage to speak up for what’s right. And don’t waste time thinking about the haters. They’re gutless.

Update: Michelle Malkin posts e-mail from haters. I’d say it’s typical. The well-reasoned stuff is atypical.

As Northern Virginia cracked down on illegal immigration (checking immigration status of arrestees, for example), lawbreaking aliens fled to places like Montgomery County, a well-known unofficial “sanctuary” county. Pro-enforcement folks in Virginia were called xenophobes for their trouble, as liberals declared themselves open and “tolerant” toward our border-jumping friends. Now, they’re singing a “racist” tune of their own. I do love it so.

From the Washington Post:

As of a week ago, eight of 16 people held in the county jail on murder charges had immigration detainers placed on them, meaning federal authorities might move to deport them after their criminal cases have run their course. Such suspects are not necessarily in the country illegally.

Police officials, however, have said two of the suspects — alleged gang members accused in the Nov. 1 shooting death of 14-year-old Tai Lam — are illegal immigrants whose status went undetected during previous arrests in the county.

“People in the mainstream are saying, ‘Wow, we could have had this person and we didn’t. What could have been done differently?’ ” said council member Michael Knapp (D-Upcounty).

The police could have prevented a murder…if only they’d checked the arrestee’s immigration status. “Serious” crime in the county has increased by 7 percent, and the police chief is following in the footsteps of xenophobic Virginia. He’s proposed to check the immigration status of people arrested for violent crimes. A liberal quoted in the story who believes law-abiding Americans should pay for illegal aliens’ healthcare supports the proposal.

But…but…isn’t that…racist?

Crime’s a-rising in MontCo, and I’m glad anti-enforcement liberals see the connection between illegal aliens and crime. I’m glad they’re feeling and seeing the repercussions of unchecked “immigration.” I’m glad they’re learning that being pro-enforcement does not make one a racist. And for good measure, they are the living definition of hypocrisy. “Do as I say, not as I do.”

Let this be a lesson. The next time you call someone a racist or a xenophobe for wanting to keep his family safe and preserve his way of life, think about the consequences of your so-called open and tolerant attitudes. Along with the “vibrant” and positive aspects of a culture, you’ll also deal with the negative. What’s that other saying? You mess with the bull, you get the horns. I don’t know about yours, but from my perspective, America’s got enough home-grown crime. We don’t need to import it.

Every illegal alien is a criminal, whether they come here to work, steal, rape, or murder.

As you may know, illegal aliens are in the U.S. illegally. That is, they’ve broken the law to get here and their continued presence is a violation of that law. In 2001, the California legislature passed a law that allowed in-state tuition rates for illegal aliens who attend a California high school for at least three years and graduate. American citizens who live outside the state and wish to attend school here must pay out-of-state tuition.

A group has sued, calling the law unconstitutional on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against out-of-state students. The California Supreme Court will hear the case. (Source)

Nicholas Espiritu, a lawyer for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said these illegal alien students “have earned the right to be there” because they come from “very low-income areas and underperforming schools” but they’ve found ways “to really achieve and succeed in education despite almost every roadblock imaginable being put in their path.”

Comments like that would have sent me over the edge a couple of years ago (the right to be there?) Today, I can’t generate much ire. In the scheme of things, is it worth getting upset over? After I’ve shuffled off this mortal coil after my three score and ten, who’ll remember or even care about my views on the country’s illegal immigration mess? Why raise my blood pressure about something over which I have no control?

In March, the same court will hear arguments on Proposition 8, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional. Now that’s something to get worked up over. Isn’t it? What would happen if the court rules the law unconstitutional, allowing homosexual “marriage” in California? Will the sky fall? No. Such a decision would represent a mere cog in the wheel of degradation. God isn’t preserving his judgment until a certain point in the future. It’s happening now. Be prepared, and don’t forget about what’s really important.

Update: Reader Matthew J. e-mails: “California has a lot of military personnel who have kids who attend California public schools for three years. Unless that military member changes his/her residency to California (which some don’t want to do for say, tax reasons), their child—a legal child—must pay out of state tuition if they attend a California university.”

I gladly would have voted for this pro-immigration enforcement, pro-life opponent of homosexual “marriage” for president, but he’s too conservative for the Republican party. I have a better chance of marrying Denzel Washington than Tancredo has of becoming president of the United States. Ever.

At the Republican presidential debate last year, Tancredo debunked the “rounding up millions” myth. “We can’t round up millions of illegal aliens,” detractors say. We don’t have to, says Tancredo. Merely enforcing immigration laws would reduce illegal immigration.

That assertion has been proven correct over and over, as state and local governments take up the federal government’s slack and pass laws and ordinances that reduce economic incentives for illegal aliens and deter businesses from hiring them. These laws also give local law enforcement authority to question immigration status.

It happened in Northern Virginia and other localities. Local businesses are “suffering” because of the shortage of cheap labor, and there’s a noticeable decrease in hispanic students in schools. Illegal aliens, fearful of being asked immigration status, are packing up and going back to their home countries or moving to sanctuary cities and states.

Arizona has some of the toughest sanctions in the country against businesses that hire illegal aliens, signed by Democratic governor Janet Napolitano. Unethical business owners and so-called civil rights groups challenged the law penalizing businesses for knowingly hire illegal aliens.

Yesterday, the left-leaning 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the law. (Source)

The ground is shifting in the “immigration enforcement is a federal matter” debate. Unscrupulous groups and cheapskate business owners will challenge the ruling, of course. If you can hire a group of below-the-radar, malleable people for whom a low hourly wage is a fortune compared to where they come from, why give it up? I’d like to see the case reach the right-leaning-for-now Supreme Court. America’s lax immigration enforcement is a national security issue, and I don’t understand how some people fail to see the connection.

Any desire to protect Americans from threats foreign and domestic and maintain a certain cultural and economic standard of living receded long ago, and our country is worse off for it. We’ll never know the extent to which we’ve allowed terrorist infiltration because of porous borders until another terrorist attack occurs. But who cares, right? All we want is to be entertained now. We’ll worry about terrorism later.

For more info, download the Federation for American Immigration Reform’s 14-page report in PDF, Immigration and National Security: A Checklist of Unfinished Reforms.

What has your town/city/state done to curb illegal “immigration?”

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You probably remember reading about a raid at Howard Industries, a transformer plant in Laurel, Mississippi, last week. Close to 600 illegal aliens were arrested in what’s being called “the largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history.”

I’ve blogged reams about this issue. While I sympathize with people trying to feed their kids and seek a better life, breaking the law is not the way to do it. There are rules and requirements, and it’s patently unfair to people waiting in line, so to speak, to enter and work in this country within the bounds of the law.

There was tension between legal and illegal workers, naturally, and some watching the raid applauded while others were being carted off. Legal workers were peeved that illegal aliens were being promoted to supervisory positions.

The company released a statement: “Howard Industries runs every check allowed to ascertain the immigration status of all applicants for jobs. It is company policy that it hires only U.S. citizens and legal immigrants.”

So how did so many illegal aliens slip through the cracks? The company uses E-Verify, a database that purportedly checks submitted info against government databases. Unfortunately, the databases can’t detect stolen Social Security numbers. Great plan! There’s an error rate, of course, but of the 600 people arrested, I think it’s safe to say that most are not authorized to work in the U.S. Hiring managers likely knew this but considered themselves covered since they’d run checks as required by law.

The point of the post is this: Apparently, hundreds of Americans, at least in Laurel, are willing to work when given a fair chance, contrary to what George Bush believes. They’re applying for jobs vacated by suspected illegal aliens.

I’ve read about Christians being “torn” over illegal immigration. Not this one. It’s not “un-Christian” to speak out against illegal “immigration” or try to stop it. It is un-Christian to claim to follow Christ while breaking the law and/or encouraging people to do the same, whether the law in question pertains to theft or jumping borders.

That’s pretty obvious and very simple, but some people insist on complicating it.

(Photo source: Erin Parker/Hattiesburg American)

Future President Barack Hussein Obama makes so many verbal gaffes, it’s barely challenging to find and expose the ignorance.

Race-pandering before the hispanic racialist group La Raza, BHO equated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the government agency charged with carrying out our nations immigration laws, with terrorism. He said:

“When communities are terrorized by ICE immigration raids…when all that is happening, the system just isn’t working, and we need to change it.”

Play the video below:

Let’s get this straight. Our future president believes it is akin to terrorism – the bombing and decapitating Al Qaeda’s doing all over the globe – for the United States to send its agents into communities to round up blatant lawbreakers. Forget, just for a moment, what he believes about unborn babies, and think about the implications of BHO’s statements.

Not only does he believe what La Raza believes – that the U.S. should have no immigration laws and no borders – but he thinks a nation, one that has nurtured him, protected him, and given him the freedom to speak, has no moral or legal authority to enforce its own laws! Truly maddening.

I take back what I wrote at the top. That’s no verbal gaffe. It’s what BHO believes, and it’s only a shadow of things to come once BHO is president. Immigration raids, in his opinion, are terrorist tactics and most likely will be halted once he takes office.

Others are free to comment on this post, but I especially want to hear from people who plan to vote for BHO. Does it not bother you at all that Obama likens immigration enforcement to terrorism? If it doesn’t, please provide a rational explanation why.

Also see Hot Air…

Later…McCain race-panders, too, of course.

Update: Even if BHO used a poor choice of words (which he does frequently), at the very least, he implied that immigration raids are somehow wrong, for crying out loud. Do you get that? It is wrong for the government to raid businesses and crack down on people who hire illegal workers and to round up workers who in some cases used other people’s social security numbers. Identity theft! For some people, BHO truly is the Messiah, isn’t he?

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• This Christian Isn’t “Torn” Over Illegals
• Enforce the Law, and They’ll Leave
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The question is, are we willing to do what it takes, within the law, to enforce our own laws? The only thing at stake is a little idea called the “rule of law.” No big deal.

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We don’t need to round up and deport millions of illegal aliens. Just enforce the law, and they’ll leave, he said. I always thought the “we can’t deport millions of people” argument was a fallacious one anyway, but no matter.

Last month I wrote about Prince William County’s efforts to crack down on illegal “immigration” in its midst. Yesterday, the Washington Post published another one of its notoriously gag-inducing stories about “poor illegal aliens” afraid of the police. I find them quite tedious, so I empathize if you don’t want to read this one. But if you must: “In N.Va., a Latino Community Unravels.”

I’m waiting, in vain I suspect, for the Post to do a sympathetic human interest story on how American citizens and legal aliens in Northern Virginia have been negatively impacted by people sneaking across the border, bringing all kinds of social pathologies with them, getting paid under the table, changing the character of the neighborhood, and on and on.

But no, all the Post seems interested in writing about is how illegal aliens are scared to pick up their kids at the school bus, laid-off restaurant DJs (yeah, you read it right), and empty churches. If I may digress for a moment, don’t illegal aliens who profess Christ see the incongruity between their illegal status and their status as Christians, who are required to obey the law? I mean, the Bible I read does command Christians to obey government authorities. Which Bible are they reading?

(Side note: The Post cares nothing about empty churches per se, it should be noted. Empty mosques, maybe. But the extent of its concern for the Christian faith begins and ends in the context of so-called oppressed minorities.)

Anyway, check out this sob anecdote: a “Latina” restaurant owner, an American citizen, takes out a huge loan and – get this – hires illegal aliens to work in it who she now has to lay off because illegal alien patrons are leaving the area. “‘If things keep going this way, I don’t know how I’m going to survive,’ said Sorto, massaging a sore arm her doctor blames on stress.”

Sickening, isn’t it? The woman should have heavy fines coming out of her ***. Perhaps she does. But all we know from the Post article is how stressed out she is to be losing her restaurant and laying off criminals. Cue the violins.

I don’t feel sorry for anybody – and I don’t care how many mouths he has to feed – who thinks he’s entitled to be here when he cheated his way in. To idiot American business owners who break the law and hire illegal aliens, may your suffering (and stress) increase.

It’s Friday, and it’s early, so I’m willing myself not to throw up. I’ll listen to some music instead.

(Photo credit: Jahi Chikwendiu — The Washington)

The DC area has been flooded with illegal aliens, especially Northern Virginia. Prince William County has authorized its law enforcement agencies to check the immigration status of people stopped even for minor traffic violations. (Source) Only the federal government can enforce immigration law (and deport people), but local governments are well within their rights to ask about immigration status and to report those who can’t or won’t prove it.

Frankly, this stinks of “too little, too late.” About 20 years too late. Millions upon millions of people are in this country illegally. While local ordinances like Prince William County’s are a necessary step to at least making a dent in the problem, illegal aliens will just pick up and move to “friendlier” counties. (MoCo MD is about to get a lesson in reaping and sowing.) Unless the country has a whole commits itself to securing the borders, stopping illegal “immigration,” and deporting people who don’t belong here, things won’t change.

Why should we expect illegal aliens to respect our laws when legal citizens don’t? It’s very frustrating, which is why I don’t blog about it often anymore. I want to read and write about topics that fuel my emerging fascination with the cultural impact of digital technology.

Illegal “immigration” isn’t one of those topics.

I don’t know what I was thinking coming up here without a jacket. I’m blogging from the hotel lobby because my room won’t be ready until three o’clock. (Idle hands are the blogger’s workshop.)

After this, I think I’ll brave the chilly weather and walk around. After all, I am in New York City. I’ve got to soak up some of the sights. I’ve always wondered, though, why anybody would want to live in a place with so many people per square whatever. No offense to New York City-ers. It’s nice to visit and all.

Anyway, I wanted you to read this story about states “turning up the heat” on illegal aliens. Says Missouri governor Matt Blunt:

“We will make every effort, implement every tool, and take every step to ensure the laws against illegal immigration are enforced.”

It does a patriot’s heart good to know an elected official has the bal…I mean nerve to talk like that on the record. In this ultra-PC world, can you believe a white American elected-to-office male would say that? I almost cried yesterday when I read Matt Blunt’s plain, direct words. Thank goodness for Americans like him. More from the article:

Forty-three states enacted 182 immigration-related laws this year, “an unprecedented level of activity,” according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

More than two dozen cities and counties have also introduced measures aimed at curbing illegal immigration, though many have been turned back by legal challenges.

Measures vary widely but many focus on penalizing employers of undocumented workers, restricting public benefits, and making it hard for illegals to find places to live.

Oklahoma’s new law is widely seen as the toughest in the nation, making it a felony to transport or harbor people without legal status, requires local law enforcement and businesses to enforce federal immigration restrictions, and reduces public benefits for illegal immigrants.

“Illegal aliens will not come to Oklahoma or anywhere else if there are no jobs waiting for them. They will not stay here if there is no government subsidy,” said the law’s sponsor, Oklahoma Rep. Randy Terrill, a Republican who believes the measure will make illegal immigrants “self deport.”

Forty-three states, people. Forty-three states have acted this year to ease the burden of illegal “immigration.” Supposedly, Oklahoma has the toughest laws. It’s not Washington politicians and the rest of the elite who’re feeling the unpleasant effects of this scourge the most. It’s everyday folks like you and me. Sure, judges are striking down some of the measures, but the message to illegal aliens is clear. As Tom Tancredo said during a presidential debate, we don’t have to deport millions of illegal aliens. Just take away the jobs and welfare, and they’ll go home.

As more states make their territory “unfriendly” for criminal aliens, other states will enact laws to stem the tide of illegals seeking refuge within their borders. Bye, bye.

Power to the people. I do love it so…

(Reuters photo)

Ever wonder why black folks are wasting time worrying about random nooses when hispanic gangs in Southern California are “systematically” targeting “innocent black civilians” because they’re black? (Source)

(See Media myths about the Jena Six)

As I’ve said time and time again on this blog, raising a ruckus over hispanic-on-black and black-on-black violence is not lucrative to the professional civil rights establishment, not soul-satisfying to blacks who see white racism in every corner, and not sexy enough for jaded liberal journalists to bother covering.

Those fools are too busy fixating on white-on-black violence, or even the mere suggestion of white-on-black violence, as relatively rare as it is.

Where are the Jacksons, Sharptons, and so-called black community leaders? NAACP (dig that splash page!), why the deafening silence? Hey, black readers who send me hate e-mail, are you trying to track down e-mail addresses for these hispanic thugs so you can bravely tell them a thing or two? Are you organizing a protest or a campaign to raise awareness about what’s happening in LA? Those thugs deserve your hate more than I do. But I understand why you won’t. It’s a lot safer and more soul-satisfying to send nasty missives to a blogger, especially one who won’t kill you.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t tell you that hispanic gangs are also marking rival black gang members for death. Frankly, I don’t give a darn if thugs kill each other. Do you? Good riddance, I say. Does that make me insensitive? Un-Christian? Whatever.

Pardon the interruption. You may resume your regularly scheduled noose whining…

(Photo credit: Zone Zero)

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Surely you’re not getting your news from this blog. You’ve probably read and heard the latest news on the illegal “immigration” front already, but if not, here’s a bit to chew on:

Local

Prince William County, Virginia, has joined other local counties and cities in the effort to alleviate some of the burden placed on law-abiding citizens and residents by the presence of illegal aliens within its jurisdiction (Herndon stands out as a defiant leader). Yesterday, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to deny illegal aliens services paid for by taxpayers (Bravo!) These include housing assistance, business licenses, and drug counseling. More important is this: police will be allowed to ask about legal status. (Source)

As expected, so-called immigration groups will ask for an injunction, and they’ll probably get it. Hopefully, state measures will be strong enough to withstand legal challenge. Earlier this year, the Virginia House of Delegates passed a measure that would block public funds to charities and other organizations that provide services to illegal aliens.

Federal

Back in August, I was all excited about the federal government’s plan to crack down on employees whose Social Security numbers were “questionable.” A federal judge in Mexifornia threw a bucket of ice-cold water on that plan. (Source)

Every time we take one step toward fixing some of this damage…

(Photo source: Jahi Chikwendiu – The Washington Post)

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*It moderates my intense anger over issues like illegal "immigration."

As you may be aware, a refugee is “one who flees in search of refuge, as in times of war, political oppression, or religious persecution.” A nation’s attempt to enforce its own immigration laws is akin to a time of war, oppression, and persecution, eh? Interesting.

Adios! Come back when you have the proper papers and some respect for the rule of law. Without it, America wouldn’t be a very cool place to live.

The irony is almost painful…

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