With yet another $3 million of your state taxpayer dollars budgeted under the "New American Initiative" (Page 2 of this year's budget sitting on the Governor's desk), the Illinois Coalition for Immigrants and Refugee Rights will continue their ongoing agenda as published in a story HERE ripping Illinois Review for questioning whether non-citizens are being encouraged illegally to register to vote. Their words:
Wednesday's "Always Right" column in the SouthtownStar focused on Illinois becoming the Midwest's land of milk and honey for illegal immigrants . . .
Downstate levees aren't the only endangered holdbacks Illinoisans are dealing with these days.
Throughout the state, from every border, we're threatened by illegal activity to which our governor and state Legislature have strategically opened the floodgates. As a result, they've taken the pressure off neighbors as Illinois absorbs the heartland's influx of illegal immigrants.
I've already heard from Midwest Coalition to Reduce Immigration's Dave Gorak, who was kind about the column, but made some additional excellent points . . .
Continue reading "Southtown Star: State government's pandering could be dangerous" »
by Rosanna Pulido
I was one of the 150 people at the Drake Hotel in Downtown Chicago Wednesday night who came to hear John McCain speak to Illinois Hispanics.
Personally, as an Original Minuteman who attended the Historic Minuteman Border Watch in 2005 on the Arizona/ Mexico border, and returning 2 more times for a tour of duty along our southern Border, I was especially looking forward to what John Mc Cain would say about illegal immigration.
This was a NO MEDIA ALLOWED EVENT! That is why I am reporting back to you, all of you folks who have fought so hard with your phone calls to Washington D.C. last summer, shutting down the Washington DC switch board and defeating the AMNESTY BILL. I am reporting back to you those of you who work tirelessly in your local cities and towns trying to get some public elected official to care and enforce the rule of law.
by Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum
The elected representatives in Oklahoma passed a law to stem the tide of illegal aliens and, faster than you can say "judicial supremacy," a federal judge blocked its enforcement. The court suspended key sections of the law even before it was due to take effect on July 1.
The Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act was designed to prevent illegal aliens from taking jobs from Americans and from evading taxes by working in the underground economy.
The Oklahoma law passed the State Legislature by overwhelming bipartisan veto-proof majorities (88-9 in the House, 41-1 in the Senate) and was signed by the Democratic Governor. Public opinion polls reported that the law enjoys 88 percent public approval, and it was recognized as a model for other states to copy.
by Rosanna Pulido
President Bush signs an Executive Order to fully implement the use of E-Verify for Federal Contracts. The White House Press Release states "It is the policy of the executive branch to use an electronic employment verification system because, among other reasons, it provides the best available means to confirm the identity and work eligibility of all employees that join the Federal workforce"
Let's set the record straight. The biggest complaints about the accuracy of E-Verify come from the Chamber of Commerce associations across the United States who have an unquenchable thirst for cheap labor. Does that surprise you. Here are some facts brought to you by Center for Immigration Studies.....
Federal "E-Verify" Program is an Effective and Business-Friendly Tool E-verify is a Congressional approved tool for employers nationwide.
Continue reading "E-Verify Executive Order is a Giant Step Forward" »
by Cal Skinner
One of the first articles on McHenry County Blog was "Will Those Illegally in Illinois Will Be the Biggest Beneficiary of Governor Rod Blagojevich’s 'All Kids' Health Plan?" It ran on October 24, 2005.
At a town meeting conducted by State Senator Pam Althoff and State Rep. Mike Tryon in Lake in the Hills on October 24, 2005, the question came up and impressed the Northwest Herald reporter and editor enough that it ended up on the front page of the paper.
Continue reading ""All Kids" means "all," but Gov doesn't know how many" »
by Phyllis Schlafly
Many arguments, pro and con, about how to deal with illegal aliens have been passionately debated over the past couple of years, but there are still other arguments that need public exposure. Mark Krikorian presents a new argument in his forthcoming book called "The New Case Against Immigration: Both Legal and Illegal."
The pro-more-immigration crowd argues that today's immigrants are just like immigrants of a century ago: poor people looking for a better life who are expected to advance in our land of opportunity. Krikorian's new argument is that while today's immigrants may be like earlier ones, the America they come to is so very different that our previous experience with immigrants is practically irrelevant.
The essential difference between the two waves of immigrants was best summed up by the Nobel Prize-winning advocate of a free market, Milton Friedman. He said, "It's just obvious that you can't have free immigration and a welfare state."
The term "welfare state" does not just mean handouts to the non-working. Our welfare state encompasses dozens of social programs that provide benefits to the "working poor," i.e., people working for wages low enough that they pay little or no income taxes.
Immigrants of the previous generation were expected to earn their own living, pay taxes like everybody else, learn our language, love America, and assimilate into our culture. Today's immigrants likewise come here for jobs not welfare.
UPDATE: DePaul's Conservative Alliance President Nick Hahn is scheduled to appear on The O'Reilly Factor tonight at 7:00 PM CST.
by Rosanna Pulido
Minuteman Founder Chris Simcox gave an excellent presentation to the De Paul forum on Monday night. He promised he would talk about illegal immigration and tales from the border and that's exactly what he did. Chris Simcox brought solutions to the table in his ongoing efforts to secure the borders of America. Chris spoke about the humanitarian efforts of the Minutemen and tried to bring some reality to the propaganda that the open-borders lobby chooses to pedal.
The fear-mongering at this event was brought to you courtesy of Charles R. Strain a religious professor from De Paul. The students were given a lesson in leftist tactics, don't talk facts about a subject, just attack your opponent's character. Yes, Chris Simcox talked about illegal immigration and Professor Strain talked about Chris Simcox's character with a mention here and there about the virtues of Marxist Liberation theology as it relates to illegal aliens.
Continue reading "UPDATED 1x: Chris Simcox: Tales from the border" »
by Rosanna Pulido
Minutemen groups of Illinois welcome American Patriot Chris Simcox to Chicago to tell the truth about illegal immigration, how it is destroying America and sending us into bankruptcy and hurting American workers.
Chicago, Illinois..... De Paul University’s Conservative Alliance will host a presentation on Monday, May 19Th. American Patriot and founder of the Historic Minutemen Arizona/Mexico Border Watch will address the De Paul forum about how illegal immigration is hurting American Workers, taxpayers, law-abiding citizens, and legal immigrants.
Continue reading "Minutemen welcome an American Hero to Chicago" »
The Illinois House of Representatives succeeded today once again in subverting Federal law by passing HB2747 Religious Ministry access.
Here are all of their votes now let's review ....they voted on HB 60 In State Tuition for illegal aliens and it passed 03/05/03 , Then they decided they would force businesses and Banks to accept an ID (Matricula Consular) that the FBI deemed a major threat to our national Security..SB 1623 they passed this bill on 05/27/05. Then there is Drivers certificates for illegal aliens passing 03/28/07. These brilliant guys and gals brought a law suit to Illinois courtesy of Department of Homeland Security because the Illinois House of Representatives chose to intimidate employers from checking if their workers were in the United States legally using the e-verify Federal program, HB1744 passed 04/19/07.
Congratulation to the Illinois House for once again sabotaging the Federal Governments guidelines for illegal alien detainees for ministry and creating their own laws. They obviously do not have enough to do in Springfield, they have to look for work.The brain child for this bill was Rep. Daniel Burke and his friends at ICIRR. To hell with the Feds they say, to hell with the Feds!
