Category: Other Immigration

Are immigrants taking jobs natives want?

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Yes, at least that is what the British are experiencing these days (hat tip: Infinicat).   Here is an article in the London Daily Mail last week.

More than 100,000 young Britons may have been pushed into unemployment by the recent waves of economic immigrants from Eastern Europe, according to a new report by a leading economic thinktank.

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Since 1997, 1.5 million foreign workers have entered the British workplace, with many of these arriving from Eastern Europe in just the past three years, according to a report by the influential economic analysts, the Ernst & Young ITEM Club.

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During the same three years, the number of unemployed British 18 to 24 year olds has increased by 100,000.

Steven Camarata at the Center for Immigration Studies writing at Frontpage Magazine says the same thing is happening in America.

Help Save Maryland — Impressive!

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Last night I and a friend travelled to Rockville, MD for a meeting of “Help Save Maryland” an organization that is definitely going places.  Director Brad Botwin describes the organization, born in Montgomery County but spreading rapidly throughout Maryland, on its website as follows:

Help Save Maryland.com is a grassroots organization dedicated to preserving Maryland’s counties, cities and towns from the negative effects of illegal aliens.

Participants in the meeting, held at the Rockville Library, heard a presentation on what citizens could do about illegal immigrant problems they face from Joe Beahn of the Baltimore office of the US Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).   Enthusiastic attendees kept Mr. Beahn answering questions well beyond the official end of the meeting. 

For more information and how to join “Help Save Maryland” go here.   Botwin described plans in the works for joint efforts involving grassroots activists in Virginia and Washington, DC to join with Maryland to seek help from Judicial Watch:

……a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation, promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law.

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Judicial Watch fulfills its educational mission through litigation, investigations and public outreach.

Coincidentally, we learned that a fantastic national website called Illegal Alien Activity Tracking System (IAATS) is published right here in our own back yard, Washington County.   You have to see this!

Take this immigration quiz!

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I’m going to give you some quotes and you tell me who said them.  Your choices are:

A. Pat Buchanan (author and former candidate for President)

B. Robert Spencer (Jihad Watch)

C. Congressman Tom Tancredo

D. Mark Steyn (Columnist and author)

E. Yale Law (where Bill and Hillary met) professor, Amy Chua, daughter of immigrants

…..are all immigrants really equally likely to make good Americans?   A, B, C, D, E

Around the world today, nations face violence and instability as a result of their increasing pluralism and diversity. Across Europe, immigration has resulted in unassimilated, largely Muslim enclaves that are hotbeds of unrest and even terrorism. The riots in France last month were just the latest manifestation. With Muslims poised to become a majority in Amsterdam and elsewhere within a decade, major West European cities could undergo a profound transformation.  A, B, C, D, E

The greatest empire in history, ancient Rome, collapsed when its cultural and political glue dissolved, and peoples who had long thought of themselves as Romans turned against the empire. In part, this fragmentation occurred because of a massive influx of immigrants from a very different culture. A, B, C, D, E

America’s glue can be subverted by too much tolerance. Immigration advocates are too often guilty of an uncritical political correctness that avoids hard questions about national identity and imposes no obligations on immigrants.  A, B, C, D, E

…..the special preference for family members should be drastically reduced.  A, B, C, D, E

…..more stringent English proficiency requirements for citizenship should be set up.  A, B, C, D, E

It’s up to each immigrant community to fight off an enclave mentality and give back to their new country. A, B, C, D, E

Illegal immigration, along with terrorism, is the chief cause of today’s anti-immigration backlash.  A, B, C, D, E

Immigrants who turn their backs on American values don’t deserve to be here.  A, B, C, D, E

By now, I think you know what answer I’m looking for.  If you said E for each statement above you would have an A on this quiz.   When I read this Opinion piece in Sunday’s Washington Post I was incredulous.  The first thing that came to my mind was the Post would never in a million years have published this prominently on the front page of the opinion section if it had been written by A, B, C, or D above, but a Chinese woman Yale Law Professor makes it O.K.    

My second thought was for Professor Amy Chau and the hell she is going to get for being so truthful (and politically incorrect).

Federal agents raid store in Hagerstown, MD yesterday

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Although this has nothing to do with refugees, it has lots to do with where we live, near Hagerstown in Washington County, MD.   And, I am bringing this to you as a reminder to be on the lookout for similar activity in your communities.   It will be sharp eyes and the willingness of regular people to to speak up that will make all the difference in helping to protect our American cities and towns.

What follows is information provided by the Hagerstown Police Department:

Hagerstown Police Department

50 N. Burhans Blvd

Hagerstown Maryland 21740

301-790-3700

News Release

Incident Information

Incident: Search and Seizure Warrant Executed

Location: Nadia’s Convenience Store @ 200 W. Franklin St Hagerstown Md

Date & Time: Thursday December 6, 2007 at 1:00 PM

On Thursday December 6, 2007 detectives with the Hagerstown Police Department and agents with The US Department of Agriculture Office of the Inspector General executed a Federal Search and Seizure Warrant at Nadia’s Convenience Store at 200 W. Franklin St. The warrant was a result of a year and a half long investigation into illegal electronic food stamp transactions being done by the store. During the investigations transactions were made for cash in exchange for food stamp benefits. No one was arrested at this time. Agents with the Inspector Generals Office seized evidence from the store which will be reviewed by them. The case will then be presented to the US Attorney for possible charges. Nadi’s Convenience Store is owned by Mohammed Tariq Khan, who was present during the execution of the warrant.Supervisor: Sgt. Jim Robison.

It is unclear whether Mr. Mohammed Tariq Khan is a US citizen or when he might have immigrated to America.   There has also been no suggestion that any money has left the country.

Apparently the nearly $30 billion a year Federal Food Stamp Program is fraught with problems especially as it relates to small grocery stores.    This 2006 story in USA Today will give you more information on what to look for with this scam at small grocery and convenience stores.   Here is one of the criminal cases cited by USA Today:

Criminal penalties for individuals convicted of food stamp fraud are more severe. A Dearborn, Mich., man pleaded guilty last month to committing more than $380,000 in food stamp fraud over 20 months. Wissam Salameh, 32, manager of a BP gas station and convenience store in Detroit, was convicted of trading cash for food stamp benefits. Salameh, who will be sentenced in February, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

One of the methods that criminals can use to steal from the Federal government goes something like this:    The store might purchase food stamps from someone at half their value and then seek reimbursement for the whole value from the Dept. of Agriculture.   As of this time, we do not know what the nature of the possible crime was that prompted the removal of many boxes of material from the store yesterday.