“Medicaid covers special emergency services for illegal immigrants, a program that costs more than $100 million annually in Georgia”. Mike King, AJC editorial board March 15, 2007. Read it here while link is good.

Who finances the illegal alien/open borders lobby?

The same folks who profit from the taxpayer subsidized labor and increased markets. See below for a list taken from MALDEF’s Website on its corporate donors in its annual report.

As always: Follow the money.

MALDEF info here.

MALDEF CORPORATE AND
FOUNDATION PARTNERS
$100,000 +
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Ford Foundation
The California Endowment
Gessler Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym,
LTD
James Irvine Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Open Society Institute
Rockefeller Foundation
The Sandler Family Supporting Foundation
The State Bar of California
Tides Foundation
$50,000-$99,999
America’s Charities
AT&T Foundation
Bank of America
California Community Foundation
David and Lucille Packard Foundation
General Motors Corporation
Houston Endowment, Inc.
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Levi Strauss Foundation
Ronald McDonald House Charities
The Rosenberg Foundation
SBC Communications, Inc.
Washington Mutual
$10,000-$49,999
AARP
ABC7
Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
BP
Carnegie Corporation
Citigroup
The Coca-Cola Company
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund
Exelon Corporation
Fannie Mae
Ford Motor Company
Fried, Frank Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
The Gas Company, A Sempra Energy Utility
KB Home
Lopez Foods, Inc.
McDonald’s Hispanic Operators Association
Moriah Fund, Inc.
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Prudential Financial
Sapelo Foundation
Shell Oil Company
Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood LLP
State Farm Insurance Company
The David and Katherine Moore Family
Foundation
The Sapelo Foundation
Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc.
University of Notre Dame
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc
The Walt Disney Company
Wells Fargo
$1,000-$9,999
ABN AMRO and the LaSalle Banks
ACS State and Local Solutions
AFL-CIO
AG Accounting, Inc.
Aguirre International
AltaMed Health Services Corporation
America Online
American Medical Response
Applied Industrial Materials Corporation
Arnold & Porter LLP
Association of Mexican American Educators
Athens Services
AU Washington College of Law
Bahan & Associates
Baker & Hostetler, LLP
Baker & McKenzie
Banco Popular North America
Bank of the West
Barnes & Thornburg
Bell Boyd & Lloyd
BFI
Bickerstaff, Heath & Smiley, Pollan, Kever
& McDaniel, LLP
Blum-Klover Foundation
The Boeing Company
Bousquet Dennis & Assoc.
Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.
Branton & Hall, P.C.
CBS/KCAL TV
City National Bank
ConocoPhillips, Inc.
Cox, Castle & Nicholson, LLP
Diaz Foods
DuPont
E.J. De La Rosa & Co., Inc.
Education Associates of America
Families in Schools
Fidelity Investments
Firebaugh Leadership Committee
Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.
Frost National Bank
Gardner Carton & Douglas
Georgia Power Company
Goldman Sachs & Company
Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen &
Dardarian
H-E-B Grocery Company
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Hogan & Hartson
HOY Chicago
Institute for Latino Studies-NDU
Intercultural Research Association
Irell & Manella, LLP
Jenner & Block
JP Morgan Chase
Katalina Enterprises, LLC
Kirkland & Ellis
KTLA-TV Charities Fund
KTTV Fox 11
La Agencia De Orci y Asociados
Latham & Watkins
Law Offices of Frank Herrera, Jr.
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Linebarger, Goggan, Blair, Pena &
Sampson, LLP
Littler Mendelson Foundation, Inc.
Lord Bissell & Brook
Los Angeles Arena Company
Marriott International Inc.
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
Merrill Lynch
Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C.
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Narvaez Law Firm, PA
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights
Action League
National Association of Letter Carriers of
the United States
National Education Association
NBC / Telemundo
New Century Financial Corporation
Nissan North America, Inc.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Office Depot

Info on rally here.

Speakers for Dustin Inman Society HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE rally Lafayette Park, Washington D.C. April 22 3:30PM – 5:30 PM

* Terry Anderson – The Terry Anderson Show , KRLA radio Los Angeles

* Roger Hedgecock – Hold Their Feet to the Fire organizer and well-known radio talk show host KOGO San Diego

* Roy Beck – Author and President, NumbersUSA.com

* Col. Al Rodriguez – Chairman, You Don’t Speak for Me.

* Bob Park – Founder Veterans for Secure Borders, Chairman, Pro English

* Lupe Moreno – Co-founder Latino Americans for Immigration Reform

* Dan Sheehy – author: Fighting Immigration Anarchy

* Rick Oltman – Californians for Poulation Stabilization (CAPS)

* Martha Zoller – Radio talk show host The Martha Zoller show , WDUN 550, Gainesville Georgia, author “Indivisible”

* K.C. McAlpin – Executive Director, Pro English

* T.J. Bonner – President, National Border Patrol Council

* Peter Gadiel – 9/11 Families for a Secure America

* Frosty Wooldridge – Author

* William Gheen – ALIPAC

* D.A. King – President, The Dustin Inman Society, columnist, the Marietta Daily Journal

With a special announcment from Mark Edwards – TheWakeUpAmerica.com

( * Confirmed )

We have a permit from the National Park Service and will peaceably assemble to demand secure American borders, equal application of American laws and oppose any repeat of the “one-time” path to citizenship for illegal aliens of 1986. The rally will conducted entirely in English.

Contact D.A. King for further information. Dking1952 AT comcast.net
www.TheDustinInmanSociety.org

SIGN UP FOR ALERTS FROM LA RAZA!

In preperation for the coming amnesty-again battle , sign up for alerts from the open borders lobby.

I have been on the e-mailing list of the National Council of La Raza for years…I hope that you will get on to stay informed and see what they advise the illegals to do to influence Congress.

Hint: Do the opposite. Oh yeah…for those of you who don’t already know: The “LA RAZA” in the Nationmal Council of La Raza? En Espanol: THE RACE. No kidding.

Click here for La Raza Homepage…sign up for alerts on the lower right side. (Action Center)

I encourage you to look around their Website…especially the financial statement and the corporate partners page.

D.A.’s Mexican matricula consular ID cards in a Mexican newspaper: Reposted

September 12, 2006

One of my matricula consular ID’s on Google…and in a Mexican newspaper

Being the proud owner of my own Mexican matricula consular ID cards (I have three, the name on one I keep to myself) has proven invaluable to illustrate the ease of forgery and access to these little laminated stealth amnesty cards.

A Mexican newspaper, El Porvenir in Monterrey, has posted an article on its site (under “legal”) that reports on the efforts in Mexico to convince the Mexican House of Representatives to accept the matricula consular ID…like the United States does.

To understand the Mexican matricula consular and the banking industry’s blatant disregard for any effort at Homeland Security, please read the September BLOG post here.

Photos from the 2005 Hold their Feet to the Fire event here.

HERE for a flyer.

You can join D.A. King, Roger Hedgecock and a record number of talk show hosts from all over the country in the “Hold Their Feet to the Fire” trip to Washington DC, April 21-25, 2007. This visit to our nation’s capital (including the Capitol building) is an experience you will never forget.

This trip includes training you will use to lobby the House of Representatives and Senate to do the right thing and secure our borders now! You can start now by downloading the information (flyer) about the trip by clicking here. You may copy this document and provide it to as many of your friends, relatives and co-workers as you like.

You will have the opportunity to tour the many wonderful sights, museums, monuments and historical treasures in and around Washington DC. Previous visits have included a “behind the scenes” tour of the Capitol hosted by Congressman Brian Bilbray and Congressman and Presidential candidate, Duncan Hunter. There are early indications a similar tour may be hosted by Congressman Bilbray once again this time. This is something which cannot be missed! You will see and learn things you will treasure for life. It makes you proud to be an American.

Current plans include a rally in front of the White House (this promises to be even bigger and better than 2005!). There are also plans for a dinner to benefit the Border Patrol Agents who were wrongfully prosecuted and convicted for doing their jobs of securing our border against illegal drug smugglers. On the last evening is a wonderful dinner to wrap up the event.

Each day, after you lobby the House members and Senators, you will have the opportunity to come to “radio row” where talk show hosts from all over are broadcasting live and report your experience to be shared with listening audiences from all over the country. You can make a huge impact with your lobbying efforts.

Mark your calendars now for April 21-25 for this incredible event. Please encourage all of your friends and relatives to join you there. If you have any school age children, you may also wish to consider the incredible education they could obtain by joining you to experience first hand, our federal government in action.

call Sandy Carter Travel now at 619-523-0090 for more info.

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See my own Mexican matricula consular card (s) here.
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Media release from Congressman Dr. Tom Price:

For Immediate Release
Thursday, March 8, 2007 Contact: Jim Billimoria
202-225-4501

Price Challenges Others to Help Close Illegal Immigration Loophole

Washington, DC – Rep. Tom Price (GA-06-R) issued the following statement today after co-sponsoring the Photo Identification Security Act (H.R. 1314). This legislation would stipulate the specific forms of identification necessary to attain a credit card or bank account.

“The current loophole in federal law is an invitation to illegal immigration,” said Price. “We should not reward those coming here illegally by allowing them the services afforded to American citizens, which results in back-door amnesty.”

“The current law does a disservice to the American people and our financial institutions. I am confident that greater clarification in this area will help stem the tide of illegal aliens, which has been promoted due to a lack of clarity on the issue.

“Our financial institutions should not be operating under obscure parameters that do not serve our nation. In working with the banking community, we can strengthen these regulations to help protect America. I call on all Members of Congress to join in this important work.”

Highlights of the Photo Identification Security Act:

Any official business with the federal government or financial institutions will require one of these forms of identification:

A Social Security card with a government-issued identification card (including state driver’s licenses)
U.S. or foreign passport
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Photo Identification Card
Mexican government-issued Matricula Consular Cards are not accepted.
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I am in the U.S. on a temporary visa. Can I get a Social Security number?

See here.

The below from Bob Barr in the March 2, 2007 Washington Times:

Immigration indigestion
By Bob Barr
Published March 2, 2007

It is often said that “politics makes strange bedfellows,” but it is the immigration debate that is making even stranger bedfellows — causing otherwise conservative Republican members of Congress to clamor for draconian restrictions on businesses and for greater mandatory use of Social Security numbers.

When word surfaced recently that some banks, such as Bank of America, were allowing individuals to open accounts, apply for credit cards and obtain home mortgages even though they did not possess a Social Security number, it was not Big Government Liberals who rose up in arms to stop “greedy” financial institutions from offering such services. It was Small Government Republicans, like Colorado’s Tom Tancredo and Californians Ed Royce and John Doolittle, who waxed indignant that banks engaged in such a free market activity as extending credit to someone who proved creditworthy but did not have a Social Security number.

The reason for this strange behavior by otherwise conservative Republicans? Illegal immigration. From fear that allowing banks to continue engaging in commercial transactions such as extending credit to persons without Social Security numbers encourages illegal immigration, conservative Republicans have introduced legislation prohibiting financial institutions from extending mortgages to anyone who cannot establish their bona fides by producing a valid Social Security number. Some apparently go so far as to consider prohibiting banks from even issuing credit cards to such individuals.

Thus is being writ another chapter in the long and unfortunate march of the Republican Party to the pinnacle of Big Government; a march that figured prominently in the party’s 2006 electoral losses but which continues seemingly unabated in the new, 110th Congress.

If such heretofore conservative stalwarts as Tom Tancredo and John Doolittle now champion increased government power to mold private businesses into their preferred image, is there really any hope left for the dwindling camp of Reagan Republicans who sincerely and consistently dislike government power?

This is only part of this mindless drivel from the now Libertarian former Congressman…please read the rest here.

Libertarian position on borders below…from the Libertarian National Committee Website.

The Libertarian Party has long recognized the importance of allowing free and open immigration, understanding that this leads to a growing and more prosperous America. We condemn the xenophobic immigrant bashing that would build a wall around the United States. At the same time, we recognize that the right to enter the United States does not include the right to economic entitlements such as welfare. The freedom to immigrate is a freedom of opportunity, not a guarantee of a handout.

A policy of open immigration will advance the economic well-being of all Americans. All major recent studies of immigrants indicate that they have a high labor force participation, are entrepreneurial, and tend to have specialized skills that allow them to enter under-served markets. Although it is a common misconception that immigrants “take jobs away from native-born Americans,” this does not appear to be true. In 1989, the U.S. Department of Labor reviewed nearly 100 studies on the relationship between immigration and unemployment and concluded that “neither U.S. workers nor most minority workers appear adversely affected by immigration.”

Put Barr in the “borders are too expensive” catagory.

English as official language amendment passes first hurdle under the Gold Dome

Or: What I did with my Tuesday
( Note from D.A. – the AJC seems happy to spread the message of the ACLU, but less so to report what I actually said…more on that later)

Panel OKs amendment making English official language

By BRIAN FEAGANS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 03/07/07

A proposed constitutional amendment that would reaffirm English as the state’s official language took its first step toward the ballot box Tuesday, gaining unanimous approval of a House subcommittee.

English is already the official language of Georgia by statute. But Rep. Timothy Bearden (R-Villa Rica), sponsor of HR 413, said he wants to give voters a chance to cement it into the state constitution in 2008. Protecting English is critical now, he said, in light of the federal government’s inability to control the flow of illegal immigrants who aren’t assimilating into American society.

“We’re all brought together by one thing,” Bearden told members of a House Judiciary subcommittee. “It’s the bond of the English language.”

Some 28 states have an English law, according to U.S. English Inc., which advocates for English as an official language. All eight times the question has gone to voters in other states, they’ve voted “yes,” Bearden said Tuesday.

But high hurdles may await in the General Assembly, where two-thirds of both the House and the Senate must approve the resolution before it can go to voters.

Bearden had been pushing a different bill — HB 21 — that would have required Georgia agencies and communities to print documents in English only. But he dropped that effort after critics, including legal experts, said the bill could bring unintended consequences such as jeopardizing plea deals with defendants who don’t speak English well.

The new resolution lays out eight instances in which using languages other than English is allowed. They include protecting public health and safety, guarding criminal defendants’ rights, and promoting trade and tourism. An executive order signed by then-President Bill Clinton in 2000 also requires government entities that receive federal funds to provide reasonable access to speakers of other languages.

Even so, Bearden said his resolution would relieve Georgia driver’s license officials from having to provide exams in languages other than English. They currently offer the exams in at least 12 languages.

Maggie Garrett, legislative director for the ACLU of Georgia, said the resolution is unnecessary. Studies show immigrants are learning English just as fast today as in the early 20th century, she said.

But anti-illegal immigration advocate D.A. King, president of the Marietta-based Dustin Inman Society, spoke in a language all the legislators could understand. Polls, King said, consistently show widespread support for English as an official language.

PLEASE read the complete article here.

Please send a note of support and thanks to Representative Bearden here.

Read about the ACLU and English as America’s common language here.