THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VII, Issue # 48, March 8, 2005
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
HOW TO STOP THE FLOOD OF ILLEGAL ALIENS
By Tom DeWeese
THE CONTINUING PROBLEM OF UNCONTROLLED IMMIGRATION: THE MASSIVE INFLUX OF ILLEGAL ALIENS INTO THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- INUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN NATION BY PEOPLE WHO CARE NOTHING ABOUT AMERICA'S
HERITAGE & NATIONAL CULTURE, HAVE NO ALLEGIANCE TO THE U.S.A., REMAIN LOYAL TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY, CHOOSE
NOT TO LEARN THE COMMON LANGUAGE OF AMERICANS, IGNORE & VIOLATE AMERICAN LAWS, & TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
& OVERBURDEN SERVICES FUNDED BY AMERICAN TAXPAYERS -- THREE THINGS THAT CAN & SHOULD BE DONE TO REGAIN
CONTROL OF OUR SOUTHERN BORDER & STOP THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM MEXICO INTO THE U.S.A.
FULL STORY:
The issue that will define our era and determine the American nation’s future is illegal immigration. Political debate is full of schemes like
“guest worker” programs and temporary worker cards to allow illegals to “fill jobs that Americans just don’t want to do.” Such
programs are really just political doublespeak from politicians who lack the intestinal fortitude to protect the borders of the United
States of America.
The truth is U.S. President George Bush is pushing the guest worker plan because he is trying to appease Mexican President Vicente Fox,
who wants the borders between Mexico and the U.S.A. and Canada open, just like the national borders of the member-states the
European Union. Prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.A., President Bush and Vicente Fox agreed to consider granting
permanent residency, “green cards,” to as many as three million Mexicans living illegally in the United States. The plan was
temporarily sidetracked in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, but now the White House has put it back on the agenda.
Fox thinks that the best way to save Mexico’s failing economy is to grab hold of the U.S. economy in what his administration calls
“very common objectives.” Fox’s plan offers very little advantage to the United States.
Economically speaking, the plan offers no hope to solving Mexico’s institutional ills. The reason is that Mexico’s economic problems
are created by the fact that Mexico is a Socialist country that denies private ownership of property to its people, and taxes businesses
to pay for just about any confiscation scheme its corrupt government can dream up.
It’s the same old story. Socialism can’t survive without a free market to prop it up. Mexico has sunk to the depths of Socialist depravity
and now desperately needs the U.S. economy to save it. Apparently, Fox has never considered fixing his own economy. Like all
drowning despots, his only plan of action is to cling to our economy, until it too starts to sink under the weight of a hoard of illegal
aliens. These alien law breakers, with Fox’s help and encouragement, are rushing across the border for American goodies.
In an orchestrated plan to actually help Mexican citizens illegally cross our nation’s sovereign border, the Mexican government is
creating tools to instruct them, in detail, how to do it. Once they are in our nation, Fox’s government then provides identification for the
illegals to help them obtain American documentation and services.
Specifically, the Mexican government is distributing to its citizens a colorful new comic book with advice on how to cross the border.
The 32-page book, The Guide for the Mexican Migrant, was published in December, 2004, by Mexico’s Foreign Ministry. Using
simple language and colorful drawings, the book offers safety information for illegal border crossings. The book also provides a primer
on their legal rights, once they get across the border, and gives advice on living unobtrusively in the United States.
The drawings provide dramatic depictions of undocumented immigrants wading through a river, running from the U.S. Border Patrol,
and crouching near a hole in a border fence. On other pages, they hike through a desert and are caught by Border Patrol agents. The
book gives no tips on how to obtain a U.S. visa, yet it offers border crossing safety tips such as, when crossing rivers, “Thick
clothing increases your weight when wet, and this makes it difficult to swim or float.”
“This is more than just a wink and a nod,” says Rick Ottman, Western Field Director for the Federation for American Immigration
Reform. “This is so transparent, this is the Mexican government trying to protect its most valuable export, which is illegal migrants.”
Ottman is referring to the fact that illegal Mexicans are taking billions of dollars out of the U.S. economy each year and sending the
money back to Mexico. In fact, illegal immigration is one of Mexico’s biggest growth industries.
The comic book is being distributed as a free supplement to El Libro Vaquero, a popular cowboy comic book, distributed in
five Mexican states (Zacatecas, Michoacan, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Jalisco) that send the majority of illegals to the United States. The
government plans to print 1.5 million copies.
Once over the border and safely tucked away in a U.S. city, the illegals need some form of identification to help them get jobs and
government services. Again, the Mexican government is providing the answer for its “citizens.”
The Mexican government has issued more than 800,000 slick, pocket-sized identification cards to both legal and illegal immigrants.
Of course, those immigrants who have come to this nation using legal means have no need for the cards. So, the cards really are
specifically designed to help illegals gain a foothold in this country. Called “matricula consular” cards, they are being distributed
across the United States through the Embassy of Mexico and its 45 consulates in the U.S.A.
The cards list the holder’s birth date, place of birth, and U.S. address. The Mexican government is openly lobbying U.S. cities, police
forces, local government agencies, and banks to accept the cards as official identification.
With the blessing of the Bush administration, the Mexican government’s matricula cards are now accepted as a form of ID at 74 of the
nation’s 9,000 banks. Illegal aliens, who have already broken our immigration laws by entering the country illegally, can cash checks
and open bank accounts. Yet there is nothing to assure that the cards carry accurate information, and there is no means to check the
background of the person holding the card.
True to its promises to the Fox government, the Bush administration has been silent, refusing to act on these unprecedented actions
by a foreign government actions which are little more than a planned invasion of our nation. In truth, Fox’s policy is leading to virtual
colonization of the United States by Mexico. Americans pay the bills, clean up the messes and watch our standard of living
diminishing, while illegals swamp hospitals, schools, and communities.
Fortunately, not all of our U.S. Representatives are turning a blind eye to this invasion. The President’s guest worker proposal is
meeting staunch resistance from Conservative Republicans in Congress. Representative Charlie Norwood (R-GA) has called on the
President to drop the plan, saying it would be “detrimental to our national and economic security.” Norwood has introduced the
“Clear Law Enforcement for Alien Removal Act” (CLEAR), which would force the government to enforce immigration laws and round
up illegal aliens.
Most recently, Congressman Scott Garrett (R-NJ) introduced “The Financial Customer Identification Verification Improvement Act”
(H.R. 815). Though a mouthful of a name, H.R. 815 will “prohibit the use of identification cards issued by foreign governments,
including matricula consular cards, for purposes of verifying the identity of a person who opens an account at a financial institution,”
says Rep. Garrett. His bill will help foil the Mexican government’s outrageous efforts to undermine the sovereignty and independence
of the United States.
The Bush administration has tried to make the illegal immigration issue sound like an impossible problem to stop. The guest worker
scheme is sold as a Band-Aid, as we throw our hands in the air to surrender. Such bunk is nothing more than snake oil to cover very
bad policy.
The fact is illegal immigration would be fairly easy to fix. First, allow the U.S. Border Patrol to do its job, like it tried to do in Los
Angeles a few months back, when officers began to round up illegals in the Hispanic neighborhoods. They were stopped by the
“suits” in Washington.
Second, stop providing U.S. taxpayer funded programs like hospital care, access to public schools, and welfare handouts. Plans to
provide Social Security payments to illegals should never be considered. Stop granting automatic citizenship to babies born to illegal
immigrants (known as “anchor babies”). This would stop the practice of running across the border just in time to give birth.
Finally, pass H.R. 815 and stop this outrageous attempt by the Mexican government to claim United States territory as their private
annex. The Mexican government has no right to meddle in U.S. policy.
Politicians can puff up and spew rhetoric about guest worker programs and filling jobs Americans don’t want, but the truth is our
nation is being flooded by people who don’t care about our heritage and national culture. They have no allegiance to this country, and, in fact,
remain loyal to their home country. They choose not to learn our language, and they ignore our laws. Our taxpayer-funded services
are diminishing, as hospitals and schools are facing overcrowding and bankruptcy. This is no foundation on which to build our
nation’s future.
Stop the flow of goods and services to illegal aliens, round up those already here, and strengthen the border. This will solve the
problem. It’s really pretty simple. Passing H.R. 815 to stop acceptance of the matricula consular cards is a good start.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Immigration & Illegal Aliens
Tom DeWeese is the Publisher and Editor of The DeWeese Report and President of the American Policy Center, a
grassroots activist think tank headquartered in Warrenton, Virginia. The Center maintains an Internet website at
www.americanpolicy.org.
Copyright 2005 Tom DeWeese
Published with Permission of Tom DeWeese
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