According to the Pew Hispanic Center men make up only about half (49%) of all illegal aliens in the U.S. – Women: 35%, Children:16%.

About 5% of all the jobs in the U.S. civilian in labor force are held by people with no legal right to be in the United States…you may want to check to see if any of them have stolen your identity yet.

According to USA Today (Crime wears on Tijuana, San Diego February 5 2007) : Tijuana Mexico – population 1.2 million – saw one slaying a day in 2006 and roughly two kidnappings a week. Over the last 24 months, thirty victims were police officers, including three found decapitated. Kidnapping for ransom ? Close to 100 reported incidents last year.

Illegal alien stopped in process of stealing the American Dream. Twenty or thirty million more go unpunished.

Lawrenceville man charged with identity theft 02/10/2007

By Melissa Wilson
Staff Writer
melissa.wilson
@gwinnettdailypost.com

LAWRENCEVILLE — Gwinnett County police arrested a Lawrenceville man Thursday morning after evidence led officers to believe the 35-year-old man was responsible for using a New York man’s Social Security number and personal information to obtain a job.
Gwinnett County Police Department spokesman Cpl. Darren Moloney said Julio Chavez Cordero of 1495 Cedars Road has been charged with identity theft and was taken to the Gwinnett County Detention Center Thursday with no set bond.

Moloney said county investigators with the Electronic and Financial Crimes Unit began investigating the alleged theft in April after the victim, Edwin Santiago, discovered someone was using his Social Security number to open accounts.

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The Senate amnesty-again guest worker path to citizenship temporary worker plan is coming this week…passage will mean the end of the U.S. as any of us have known it. Please help stop amnesty-again!

IT WORLD reports:

A U.S. congressman who chairs a House Judiciary subcommittee says Congress could pass an immigration reform bill by July, including lifting the limit on how many high-tech engineers can come to the U.S. for jobs.

Representative Howard Berman, a Democrat from California, made the prediction while speaking at the first ever Tech Industry Summit in San Jose, California.

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From NUMBERSUSA.com

Congressional Immigration Action Center
Immigration Battle in Congress

Kennedy Readying Action on Senate Amnesty Bill

(February 23, 2007) The Washington Times this week reported that Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) plans to introduce an amnesty bill as early as the week of March 6, that includes an easier citizenship path for illegal aliens and weaker enforcement provisions than were in S. 2611, the Senate-passed bill from last year. The bill could be ready for floor action in April if the Senate Judiciary Committee, where it will be first considered, finishes work on the bill quickly.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) will begin hearings on the topic of “comprehensive immigration reform” on February 28, although Kennedy’s bill will not be marked up at that point. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez have been invited to discuss the President’s “commitment to comprehensive immigration reform” at the hearing.
(Click here to read the article.)

Reportedly, Sen. Kennedy had help drafting the bill from Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and outside lobbyists including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition (EWIC). According to Senate staffers contacted by the Times, these outside groups took a leading role in drafting provisions concerning worksite enforcement, according to Senate staffers questioned by the Times. The newspaper obtained internal emails that listed the following groups as other “key stakeholders” in workplace enforcement discussions:

American Civil Liberties Union
National Immigration Law Center
National Council of La Raza
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
The Times also noted that, other than Sen. McCain, Republican senators friendly to last year’s “comprehensive” bill were excluded from initial discussions. However, some of those Senators — including Sam Brownback (R-KS), former Judiciary Committee Chair Arlen Specter (R-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Republican National Committee Chairman Mel Martinez — reportedly were briefed on the nearly-completed draft during the week of February 12.

“Who has been in and out of negotiations this year signals to Republicans that Mr. Kennedy will introduce a bill that more resembles the original McCain-Kennedy bill than the compromise that was ultimately approved last year,” the Times reported.

ZOGBYPoll Shows Support for Official English at New High ( March 2006 )

Americans overwhelmingly want English to be declared the official language of the United States, according to a recent poll by Zogby International and commissioned by ProEnglish, an Arlington, Va.- based national organization that backs official English.

ProEnglish Executive Director K.C. McAlpin said, “Eighty-five percent of likely voters incorrectly think English already is the official language of the United States. But when informed that the United States does not have an official language, virtually the same number — 84 percent — agree that we should make English the official language of governmental operations.”

McAlpin added, “Eighty-four percent is the highest level of support we have seen for official English in a national public opinion survey. The last Zogby poll on official English conducted in June 2005 found 79 percent support, which indicates public support may be rising.”

Demographic and political breakdowns showed overwhelming support across the board with 86 percent of whites, 71 percent of Hispanics, and 77 percent of African-Americans agreeing. By party affiliation 82 percent of Democrats, 91 percent of Republicans, and 77 percent of self-identified Independents agreed with making English the official language of the United States.

Ideologically, 86 percent of moderates, 87 percent of conservatives, and 78 percent of liberals and progressives, favored making English the official language.

More? Please see next blog down.

From the Marietta Daily Journal today: ( Great balanced reporting from Amanda Casciaro other area papers should take note)

Spanish documents cost cities thousands

By Amanda Casciaro
Marietta Daily Journal Staff Writer

MARIETTA – The influx of Hispanic immigrants into Cobb has sparked debate over everything from illegal immigration to translation of several public safety and code enforcement documents into Spanish.

Cobb and its cities each have addressed document translation differently, with Smyrna and Marietta leading the pack in taxpayer money set aside to help the growing Hispanic population understand common municipal rules and procedures.

Traffic tickets in Marietta, for example, are printed in English and Spanish, and Cobb has spent about $15,600 in the past two years translating and printing public safety and homeland security pamphlets.

“The important thing for us is to get compliance with our laws and ordinances,” said Marietta Mayor Bill Dunaway. “We need to communicate with whomever is here. With code enforcement, for example, we print documents in Spanish. We’re looking for compliance; we’re not looking at enforcing immigration laws.”

Marietta boasts the largest Hispanic population of Cobb’s six cities, where nearly 10,000, or 17 percent of the city’s 63,136 residents are Hispanic. Smyrna is No. 2 with 5,657, or about 14 percent of the city’s nearly 47,000 residents are Hispanic.

Smyrna translates code enforcement notifications, a guide to city ordinances and public safety coloring books into Spanish for school-aged children.

Aside from traffic tickets, Marietta translates waste collection schedules and homeland security pamphlets.

“The important thing for us is to get compliance with our laws and ordinances,” said Marietta Mayor Bill Dunaway. “We need to communicate with whomever is here. With code enforcement, for example, we print documents in Spanish. We’re looking for compliance; we’re not looking at enforcing immigration laws.”

Marietta boasts the largest Hispanic population of Cobb’s six cities, where nearly 10,000, or 17 percent of the city’s 63,136 residents are Hispanic. Smyrna is No. 2 with 5,657, or about 14 percent of the city’s nearly 47,000 residents are Hispanic.

Smyrna translates code enforcement notifications, a guide to city ordinances and public safety coloring books into Spanish for school-aged children.

Aside from traffic tickets, Marietta translates waste collection schedules and homeland security pamphlets.

Cobb has contracted for independent Spanish translation services for an Emergency Action Guide, pamphlets that list common code violations, burning regulations and “Eyes on Cobb,” a brochure that highlight common signs of terrorism.

“The issue is not about catering to illegal immigrants,” Cobb Commission Chairman Sam Olens said. “The issue is compliance with federal law and ensuring public safety. Those are the issues to where we’ve provided materials in Spanish.”

An executive order President Bill Clinton signed in August 2000 requires federal agencies provide translations so those with limited English proficiency can have “meaningful access consistent with, and without unduly burdening, the fundamental mission of the agency.”

All Cobb cities make homeland security, terrorism and public safety brochures printed at the expense of the federal government available at city halls.

Marietta, Smyrna, Cobb and Acworth, which posts rules at Lake Acworth and the beach in Spanish, go beyond federal mandates and Spanish translators in the courtroom.

“It’s just directional, informative things,” Acworth Mayor Tommy Allegood said. “Outside of our community, we have a large Hispanic group that uses a lot of our parks and recreation facilities. We just want to make sure we’re being responsible and others who are coming are going to be responsible to treat our parks and recreation facilities the way they should be treated.”

Austell, where about 11 percent, or 563, of the population are Hispanic, no Spanish translation aside from federal mandates are provided.

The same is true in Kennesaw, where and 6 percent, or 1,343, of the city’s roughly 27,000 residents are Hispanic.

“We’re not a foreign country. I don’t have anything against foreign languages, obviously, but it creates a problem for us if we don’t have people speaking English,” Austell Mayor Joe Jerkins said. “I like to see them here. They work hard and they’re good citizens, but they need to learn the language.”

Kennesaw Mayor Leonard Church said because his city doesn’t have a large Hispanic population, translation services outside of routine police and court work isn’t needed.

“Especially in traffic enforcement out on the road, if people don’t understand what’s going on, we have to have someone there. We have to be able to communicate with them so that’s why we have people who are bilingual in that area,” Church said. “If (translations) become something we need to do, I’m sure we will. But right now, we don’t. I don’t know; that could change.”

Smyrna Mayor Max Bacon, whose city provides the most in translation services aside from Marietta, said helping residents understand has nothing to do with enforcing immigration law.

“I’ve had people call me and say, ‘Why are you printing this information in Spanish? I don’t appreciate it,'” Bacon said. “Especially with issues that deal with fire, health and safety, I’m more than obligated. I certainly wouldn’t want to be burdened with the thought that someone lost their life because we didn’t print it. I think I have a moral obligation that if I know we have a large population, we need to let them know the laws in their language.”

A push by the Cobb Republican Party to make English Cobb’s official language would eliminate any document translation aside from what’s federally required Cobb and its cities adopt it.

“I think the core of it, really, is dealing with the illegal versus legal question,” Cobb Republican Party Chairman Anthony-Scott Hobbs said. “If you’re here legally, there shouldn’t be that much of an issue with you learning English. If you’re here illegally, one, you’re breaking the law, and two, you’re living under the veil of secrecy and not learning the language.”

Spanish translations, opponents say, aren’t about safety; they’re about being politically correct.

“I think that it’s a politically correct pandering move on the part of any government involved,” said anti-illegal immigration advocate D.A. King of east Cobb. “I would wonder if decades ago, any of the documents were printed in Polish, Celtic, Greek or Italian. This is a government effort that will slow any promise of assimilation.

“It’s a huge mistake, not to mention a waste of taxpayer dollars.”

Members of the Hispanic community disagree, saying municipal governments can’t expect immigrants to speak perfect English upon arrival, and safety should come first.

Not providing Spanish translations when necessary “shows more of a feeling that you’re not welcome here as opposed to opening arms and saying, ‘You know what, we’ll work with you,'” said Dan Vargas, a leader in the county-sponsored Cobb Hispanic/Latino Initiative. “I think it has to come from both sides. I think Latinos have to reach out and want to learn the language – and people need to understand there are others here who want to work, want to live the American dream like everybody else. You don’t need obstacles in your way to do that.”

Marietta Daily Journal Staff Writer Michael French contributed to this report.

acasciaro@mdjonline.com, mfrench@mdjonline.com

Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama on immigration and border security “We need to prioritize immigrants by what they bring to the country”.

Pretty radical stuff, ehh? More from the Decatur Daily newspaper ( Alabama)

“An Irishman with a master’s degree is second in line to an uneducated brother of somebody (from Mexico).

“Right now people who don’t have family connections — who are extraordinarily talented, who’ve studied English, who know advanced math and science — can’t get in. All because the chicken plant wants some people who work for $5 an hour.”

Immigrants who fail to meet standards designed to further U.S. interests become a drain on our economy, he said.

“An immigrant who comes here without a high school degree would take nearly $100,000 more out of the government than the he pays in,” Sessions said.

“There’s this myth that everybody’s going to come in and their grandson’s going to be the senator from Pennsylvania. But it’s not really so. People that came from developed nations like Japan tend to already have educations and are able more quickly to assimilate to the disciplines of United States. They do well.”

Sessions said any immigration policy should start with border control.

“We absolutely can secure the border,” Sessions said. “It’s not that hard. We’ll soon have twice as many border patrol agents. Fences are a very important part of it. If somebody’s going to be a temporary worker, the government needs to give them an ID with a fingerprint that can’t be easily forged. No business should hire a temporary worker that doesn’t have that card.”

Sessions blamed U.S. business and agricultural interests, along with the Bush administration, for reluctance on securing the border with Mexico.

Read more here. Why not Jeff Sessions for president?