March 29, 2009

Sovereignty is unprofitable! Former Mexican president Fox still at it: Create North American Union

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Fox also delivered a message of hope — hope that someday Canada, the United States and Mexico, indeed the rest of Latin America, would function like the European Union.“It’s an extremely successful model,” said Fox, whose wife, Marta SahagĂşn, accompanied him. “My vision is to speed up the process of further integration.”

Fox acknowledged the difficulty of establishing a European Union-like structure in the Americas, given those who’d oppose it. But Fox said, “Hope is back again,” referring to the new U.S. president and the United States’ “capacity to fight for ideals.”

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One of my columns on this agenda HERE Another one HERE.

Our other Website focused on this insanity ( we ran out of money) HERE

March 28, 2009

AJC on HB 2- Georgia nears passing a law saying that we must obey the law that says we must obey the law – improvements to the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act of 2006 possible

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Georgia nears tougher line on illegal workers
By CAMERON McWHIRTER

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sunday, March 29, 2009

As the federal government begins pumping billions of stimulus dollars into Georgia, lawmakers here are cracking down on lax enforcement of a state law that prohibits taxpayer funds from going to illegal workers.

A bill likely to pass the General Assembly this week gives the state more power to force local compliance with a 2006 anti-illegal-immigration law. Supporters say the bill is needed because the previous law wasn’t enforced.

The measure would require local governments, state agencies and companies that do public business to show they are using federal databases to make sure they don’t hire illegal workers or provide them with public benefits. If they don’t, local governments would face cuts in state road funding and other penalties, and companies could have contracts revoked.

The proposed tightening of the state’s anti-illegal- immigration rules comes as the federal government has begun funneling stimulus dollars through state agencies and local governments. Anti-illegal-immigrant groups across the country have expressed concern that some of the federal money may end up going to illegal immigrants.

H.B. 2, initially sponsored by Rep. Tom Rice (R-Norcross), passed the House and was approved by the Senate Public Safety Committee last week with no opposition.

Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) told the committee that the bill was necessary because the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act, which Rogers sponsored in 2006, was being ignored by local governments.

“We are passing a state law that says you have to follow a state law that says you have to follow a federal law,” he told the committee. “It is very sad that we are at this point.”

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported in January that the 2006 law was not being enforced. The law required that governments and businesses working for them use E-Verify, a federal program that checks whether people can work in the United States. The law also required they sign up for another federal database program to check whether people were eligible for benefits. If people aren’t on the E-Verify list, they must be denied work. If they are not on the other database, they must be denied benefits.

The AJC found that while many governments in Georgia had signed up for E-Verify, no state agency was checking to see whether they were using it. The AJC found that 21 of 159 county governments and 234 out of 536 chartered cities and towns had not registered with E-Verify. Some told the AJC they didn’t know they had to do so, even though the law had been in effect for years.

In addition to the E-Verify problems reported by the AJC, few local governments and state agencies have signed up for the federal program checking public benefits.

Karen Weinstock, Atlanta office managing attorney for the law firm Siskind Susser and an expert on the 2006 law, said the state has never enforced it.

“Does it really stop people from not complying if they don’t want to comply?” she said. “Definitely not.”

Both supporters and opponents have been unhappy with the 2006 law. Supporters have said local governments are willfully ignoring the law’s requirements, while opponents have argued the law is confusing and a waste of resources.

“Cities and counties in the state have been laughing at the federal law. Now they are laughing at the state law,” said D.A. King, president of the Marietta-based Dustin Inman Society, an anti-illegal-immigration group.

King said counties and cities provide all kinds of public benefits, including licenses for businesses, and they need to be checking to make sure anyone who gets benefits is legally allowed to be in the United States.

Al Outland of the Georgia Municipal Association said the GMA opposes H.B. 2 because the state hasn’t clearly defined what a public benefit is, whether welfare, licenses or other services.

“It still remains unclear,” he said. “With a lack of clarity, compliance becomes difficult.”

Jerry Gonzalez, executive director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, said his group considers E-Verify “deeply flawed” and “a waste of time for American workers,” so any attempt to beef up the 2006 law was a mistake.

“Georgia should not be in the business of regulating federal immigration law,” he said. “Especially during these hard economic times, it just doesn’t make any sense.”

Under the new bill, the state Attorney General’s Office would define what constitutes a public benefit, while the state inspector general would review annual reports from governments for compliance. Governments would be required to post information about compliance with the law on their Web sites or annually in a newspaper. Companies have to provide affidavits they are complying with the law before they can be awarded contracts. If not, they could lose state road money.

State Inspector General Elizabeth Archer could not be reached for comment Friday.

The law would also require that any person jailed in Georgia be checked to see whether they are legally in the United States. Under the 2006 law, only people arrested for a felony or some misdemeanors were to be checked.

Michele NeSmith, research and policy development director for the Association County Commissioners of Georgia, said the requirements set out in the 2006 bill have been confusing, and rulings from the Attorney General’s Office “have been no help.”

“We want to comply. We just need to get guidance on how to do it,” she said.

Whatever her misgivings, the ACCG’s representatives at the committee meeting said nothing publicly.

“Chip Rogers is the majority leader, so I think it has a pretty good chance of passing,” NeSmith said later.

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Note from D.A. – as I spend nearly everyday in the Capitol educating Georgia legislators on the above, I think it needs to be noted that this AJC news report is as accurate, balanced and fair as I have seen in a long time.

Hezbollah uses Mexican drug routes into U.S

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Sara A. Carter — Washington Times

Hezbollah uses Mexican drug routes into U.S.

Hezbollah is using the same southern narcotics routes that Mexican drug kingpins do to smuggle drugs and people into the United States, reaping money to finance its operations and threatening U.S. national security, current and former U.S. law enforcement, defense and counterterrorism officials say…

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March 26, 2009

AJC on Gwinnett 287 g in Gwinnett

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Pros, cons of immigration enforcement heard at forum

Feelings were mixed when about 30 people turned out in Lawrenceville Tuesday night to talk about Gwinnett County’s implementation of a federal program aimed at illegal [aliens]. — Opponents pointed to a lack of direction in the enforcement in the program called 287(g), which is named for a section of the federal immigration law…

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March 25, 2009

Georgia Bills

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Chattanooga Times-Free Press

New bills targets illegal aliens

Three years after legislators passed the Georgia Security and Immigration Act, considered to be among the toughest in the nation, there’s still a strong push for tough reinforcement against illegal immigration in the state…

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China takes aim at dollar, urges new global currency

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Fox News

China takes aim at dollar, urges new global currency

China called for the creation of a new currency to eventually replace the dollar as the world’s standard, proposing a sweeping overhaul of global finance that reflects developing nations’ growing unhappiness with the U.S. role in the world economy… HERE

March 24, 2009

GOOD NEWS FROM FAIR: Nations Around the World Look to Reduce Immigration Levels and Target Illegal Immmigration

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Nations Around the World Look to Reduce Immigration Levels and Target Illegal Immmigration

The United States is not the only nation that is focused on immigration reform these days. Nations around the world have been reducing immigration levels, adopting zero-tolerance approaches toward illegal immigration, increasing enforcement measures, and introducing tougher penalties for supporters of illegal immigration.

The European Union has taken the lead in battling illegal immigration, proposing, for example, an array of stringent civil and criminal sanctions for European employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. (European Parliament Website, February 19, 2009). The EU’s new sanctions coincide with an uptick in national and local enforcement efforts, which are aimed at curtailing the growing problem of immigrant smuggling. (Adnkronos International, March 18, 2009). The illegal immigration problem in continental Europe has pushed EU member nations, such as Spain, to pay the travel costs and provide other financial incentives to encourage illegal immigrants within their borders to return to their points of origin. (Spiegel Online International, March 18, 2009).

Beyond the EU, Great Britain — which has witnessed its own substantial influx of Indian, Irish, and Polish immigrants in recent years — has instituted a so-called migrant tax, which charges foreign workers and students originating from outside of the European Union fees of ÂŁ50 (50 British Pounds) in order to offset the economic impact of mass immigration on the nation’s domestic social services. (Telegraph, March 15, 2009; and Spiegel Online International, Chart: “Europe’s Migrant Workers”). Australia’s Immigration Ministry has also recently announced plans to curtail the number of immigrants it will allow into the country by approximately 14 percent, largely in an attempt to reduce the number of immigrants who would be able to compete with native Australians for employment. (The Straits Times, March 16, 2009).

A lot more info HERE

Fayetteville, Ga. – Illegal alien sentenced to 30 years in prison

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Fayette Daily News — Fayetteville, Georgia

Illegal alien sentenced to 30 years in prison

A man who was living in Peachtree City will spend 30 years in prison after a Fayette County jury found him guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman in her apartment. — Ulises Chavez was sentenced Monday morning to 20 years for rape and 10 years for burglary, consecutively, by Superior Court Judge Johnnie Caldwell… [More “family values”]

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Criminal employers STILL want to hire illegal labor to save a buck or two

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Raleigh News and Observer

Hard times alter debate over illegal aliens

Business owners once said they needed illegal workers because there weren’t enough Americans willing to do dirty and lowly jobs. Now, unemployment is nearing 10 percent, and citizens are lining up for jobs they once would have rejected. Yet, some say, many employers still want illegal [aliens]…

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March 21, 2009

Mexican drug cartels thrive in suburban Atlanta

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CNN

Mexican drug cartels thrive in suburban Atlanta

Oscar Reynoso owed his bosses $300,000, and he was running out of time. — Gunmen snatched Reynoso and locked him in the basement of a home to try to settle the drug debt. — He was chained to a wall of the basement by his hands and ankles, gagged and beaten. His captors, members of a powerful Mexican drug cartel…

the city known for Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines has become a major distribution hub for Mexican drug cartels.

In fiscal year 2008, authorities confiscated about $70 million in drug-related cash in Atlanta, more than anywhere else in the United States, the Drug Enforcement Administration says.

This fiscal year, Atlanta continues to outpace all other U.S. regions in such seizures, with $30 million confiscated so far. Next are Los Angeles, California, with about $19 million, and Chicago, Illinois, with $18 million. More HERE

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