More Logic Defied Conerning Illegal Aliens

Should the Census Bureau count illegal immigrants?: WASHINGTON - "Texas, Florida and Arizona each stand to gain an extra congressional seat in the next Census count because of their large illegal immigrant populations, according to a recent study. Conversely, states like Ohio, Michigan and Missouri could each lose a seat because they have fewer illegal immigrants."

This is bad, again. It's one more way that Illegals are affecting our political system.

We're a sovereign nation trying to uphold our own laws, in spite of the few within our own ranks who want to see something else happen. The problem is that those few seem to be getting more of what they want than the much larger majority in opposition.

But in this case, the issue is huge because it affects the representation of people in our federal lawmaking body, Congress. Those without polulations of illegals will lose power to those with large populations of illegals. And because it's within the American lawmaking system which has a winner-take-all approach, it's huge. Huger than huge.

There is an unknown here that may dismay those wanting an open border: will that greater representation manifest itself in the relaxation of immigration law support, or will it stiffen the resolve of Congress to enforce the law? Remember, the Minutemen come from these areas, and one assumes that the illegals will not be voting. At least, not yet. So what happens if these areas elect Minutemen to Congress?

The fact remains that this problem is of our own doing. Our own Census Bureau is causing it.

What's wrong with them?

It still seems to me that if they can count illegals, they can send that information over to ICE for a nice, tidy raid. Which moots all arguments that nothing can be done about the 12 million estimated to be here.

Damn, what's wrong with us?

The "I'll Be Damned" Department:

Senate Votes to Stop Spitzer Plan to Give Illegal Immigrants Driver’s Licenses - New York Times: "ALBANY, Oct. 22 — Spurred by overwhelming public opposition to Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s decision to allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses, the State Senate yesterday passed legislation that would overturn the policy."

Immigrant Proposal Divides Frederick - washingtonpost.com

Immigrant Proposal Divides Frederick - washingtonpost.com:

"I've been here 20-something years, and I've never seen something like this before," said Oscar Lazo, who also emigrated from El Salvador and runs a Mexican restaurant a few doors down. "It's like we are being chased out."

"We just came here to work hard and improve the economy of this county," Lazo added. "We are not coming here to create problems for the county."

My God, this is BS. Imagine - people down in Mexico wake from a siesta, and think, "Geez, America is in such rough economic shape. They need our help. I think I'll go there and help them."

Stop lying. You want what we've got and you don't care at whose expense it is. If you want to come here, you have to realize that we Americans (of all nationalities and stripes) have the duty to control the manner and amount of human influx into this country. We have the right to control it, and that's what we want to do.

Take the inflammatory comments and shove them back into Mexico.

More Proof Bush is an Idiot

FOXNews.com - Death Penalty Case Puts Bush and Texas at Odds Over Mexican's Fate - Local News |

The case of Jose Ernesto Medellin has become a confusing test of presidential power that the U.S. Supreme Court, which hears the case this week, ultimately will sort out.

The president wants to enforce a decision by the International Court of Justice that found the convictions of Medellin and 50 other Mexican-born prisoners violated their rights to legal help as outlined in the 1963 Vienna Convention.

That is the same court Bush has since said he plans to ignore if it makes similar decisions affecting state criminal laws.

"The president does not agree with the ICJ's interpretation of the Vienna Convention," the administration said in arguments filed with the court. This time, though, the U.S. agreed to abide by the international court's decision because ignoring it would harm American interests abroad, the government said.

Texas argues that neither the international court nor Bush has any say in Medellin's case.

Medellin was born in Mexico, but spent much of his childhood in the United States. He was 18 in June 1993, when he and other members of the Black and Whites gang in Houston encountered two teenage girls on a railroad trestle.The girls were gang-raped and strangled. Their bodies were found four days later.

Medellin was arrested a few days later. He was told he had a right to remain silent and have a lawyer present, but the police did not tell him that he could request assistance from the Mexican consulate.

Medellin gave a written confession. He was convicted of murder in the course of a sexual assault, a capital offense in Texas. A judge sentenced him to death in October 1994.

Holy Smokes! Power to the people!

The Buffalo News: Home: County clerks rebel over licenses: ALBANY — County clerks across New York State revolted Thursday against Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer’s new policy that will let illegal immigrants obtain driver’s licenses, with at least a dozen counties saying they would refuse to implement the controversial program.

Setting up a major legal confrontation, the clerks from 13 counties — including Genesee, Allegany and Monroe — called Spitzer’s policy a threat to the state’s security that was rushed into without the input from legislators, law enforcement and those on the front lines who issue the licenses.

“This is a matter of safety and security for New Yorkers and Americans,” said Saratoga County Clerk Kathleen Marchione, president of the statewide association of clerks, who led the rebellion against Spitzer.

Judge blocks Homeland Security and SSA on illegals

Judge extends block on illegal worker plan | Reuters: "SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. federal court judge on Monday extended an order preventing the Department of Homeland Security from launching a controversial new program to root out illegal immigrants in the nation's workforce."

What this article describes is a very bizarre action taken to keep illegal aliens in this country. We find the US courts, the AFL-CIO, ACLU, and varied civil liberties and business groups acting in concert, challenging Homeland Security's and the Social Security Administration's plan to identify illegals and stop illegal activity done by them.

Particularly of note, the SSA is trying to get a handle on people using social security numbers whose names do not match those numbers; this is, of course, identity theft, which is a felony, yet this judge has blocked SSA's effort. He is effectively promoting the felonious activity, because apparently he feels that this type of action may be discriminatory. Shit you not, he said this in his decision. So I suppose, now that I think about it from the judge's perspective, that all actions against criminal activity might be deemed "discriminatory," since those actions are leveled only against the lawbreakers and not everyone. I have a headache.

Read the article and see how even when your government tried to protect you, other elements of that same government thwarted those efforts.

My thoughts are that citizens need a recourse to recall lawmakers and judges who will not adhere to our own damned law.