The Victims of Amnesty

The main victims of yet another immigration amnesty are those who abide by the law and wait patiently for an immigrant visa number. Usually, in the past, when an amnesty is granted, either present quota immigrant visa numbers are used, or Congress creates a new quota for them. In either case, Congress will make a feeble effort to compensate for their crime by reducing quotas of legal immigrants in the immediate following years. Several decades ago, in the Pre-Kennedy years, Congressmen acted half way responsible and recognized the importance of maintaining immigrant quotas. It has to do with limiting immigration to numbers that we can absorb and assimilate. This means low enough quotas that will encourage the new immigrants to learn English, to obey American laws and adjust to our moral values. However, since 1987, our nation's leaders have thrown caution to the wind and politicians advocate virtually no limit to immigrants, especially illegal ones from third world countries.

Instead of exercising caution with respect to our sovereignty and our culture, Congress has created a huge bureaucracy called OBEMLA. OBEMLA's mission is to educate new immigrants in their native tongues.. What they have done is kill the incentive for largely illiterate immigrants from third world countries to learn English or assimilate into our culture or respect our moral values, include patriotism, of love for our country. These immigrants are taught by the left wing advocates of uncontrolled immigration that the United States as a colonial power stole this country from the Latinos, particularly the Mexicans.

This mode of thought gives the new immigrants an incentive to not assimilate; on the contrary to hold our Government in contempt. They are taught that the illegal invasion of the United States is justified in order for them to "take their country back." This psychology, encouraged and propagated by the subversive activists also supplies the new, illegal immigrants with a substitute for a legacy in the United States. Our legacy and history is part of the glue that holds Americans together and impels patriotism. Since illegal immigrants essentially have no legacy, other that that of a law violator who holds our country and Government in contempt. they therefore call themselves Reconquistadores. That has become a substitute for pride in their legacy. It is a rationale for what they really are: illiterate law violators with respect for none of our laws.

If we disregard the large numbers of would-be legal immigrants whose quota numbers are being stolen or usurped by the illegal aliens, then our country, our sovereignty and our country is the victim. The old argument that we are "a nation of immigrants" and that "diversity is good" are mere dissembling rationalizations of the irresponsible inaction of our Congress and President.

To see how long law-abiding immigrants have been waiting for legal immigrant visa quota numbers, see the monthly State Department Visa Availability Bulletin.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5560.html

Scroll down to the chart and pay particular attention to the dates under "Mexico." These dates are the the dates that legal Mexican immigrants filed their applications for the indicated visa quota numbers--the filing dates for those who are receiving their immigrant visas today. As you can see, they are oversubscribed (backlogged) for many years. Politicians like Mike Huckabee, proposed to "streamline" the immigration visa issuance "system," in his ignorant belief that it is bureaucratic inefficiency causing the backlog. The backlog is caused by the great numbers of applicants for immigrant visas in proportion to the numbers of visas available. It is absolutely essential that we maintain quotas, and rather reduce them if we are to retain the national identity of our country, its culture and moral values.

The above irresponsibility of those proposing amnesty should highlight the reckless proposals of politicians like Rick Perry. Perry is a strong advocate of another amnesty for illegal aliens. He does not say that; he uses doublespeak and accentuates the antithesis, saying that he is "against mass deportation," and for a "guest worker" program. If we stop to analyze these statements, we realize that the only illegal aliens that Rick Perry wants to deport are those guilty of serious crimes, and protect those illegal aliens who have not yet been convicted of anything other than violations of our immigration laws (which, incidentally, is a felony; see 8 USC 1324). Perry has already granted sanctuary to those illegal aliens that he wants to protect from deportation, and he is giving them enormous education tuition discounts (up to $100,000 per alien, as Mitt Romney pointed out), Medicaid, free school lunches for their children, subsidized housing and many other welfare benefits. Since Perry wants to allow "clean" illegal aliens to remain as "guest workers," it becomes obvious that he wants to create a sub-class of workers who will never be able to vote (and become a threat to the Republican Party), hold political office, work for the government or do anything other than cheap, stoop labor. One can readily see that this plan will not work, for eventually these "guest workers" will get full amnesty and eventually become voting citizens. When that happens, "Flip Flop" Perry will probably resume his membership in the Democrat Party (which he left when the political wind in Texas" showed that they were becoming the minority political party).

Rick Perry is a typical Texas politician. He knows all that he has to do is be a notch more clever than the State's voters. His rhetoric and polemics are honed to exalt the international corporations and fool the rank and file Texans. Whether it will work with the rest of Americans is yet to be seen. Since I consider him Bush III, I am not optimistic about his being rejected by Americans. As an Independent, Texan, I will again stay home at election day, if Perry is the "conservative" nominee.