“…The connection between “E-Verify” legislation and the future of America may seem a laughable stretch. But baby steps are needed to correct the nation’s errant immigration policies and enforcement measures before they become entrenched past the possibility of reversal. ..”

America’s existential threat
By Gary Reese
Florida Insider

March 15, 2010 —

It’s been said that the future is like a foreign country – people do things differently there. That’s probably why the geopolitical forecasts of noted futurist George Friedman read so odd at first glance.

Friedman is no alarmist in his book, “The Next 100 Years: A Forecast For the 21st Century.” To the contrary. Sure, some of his scenarios read outlandishly – most notably an outer-space repeat of the Pearl Harbor attack at about mid-century. Even so, Friedman is dismissive of the current commentariat talk that America is in slow, fatal decline. He also has no partisan agenda, and believes political actors like Barack Obama and George W. Bush are all but irrelevant in the unfolding pageant of world history.

Friedman brushes off the current Great Recession, massive government bailouts and the federal debt as roads to doom. Ditto for the threat of China as the next world superpower. He also dismisses the dangers of global warming, Islamic jihad and Iranian nuclear weapons. All these problems, writes Friedman, will eventually bead up and roll off the shrugging shoulders of an increasingly stout America.

Eventually, however – perhaps 70 years from now, when today’s newborns are ready to retire – there will arise a truly existential threat to our nation, he writes. Here’s a hint on the foreign country the author believes may be America’s downfall: It’s both the most unlikely and the most obvious one of all – Mexico.

According to Friedman, Mexican immigration eventually will bring about a cultural and political point of no return for America. He writes that in 20 years or so, there will emerge such a labor shortage here that, instead of lobbying to halt the continuing high levels of illegal immigration from Mexico, business and political interests will start actively recruiting even more (legal) immigrants from south of the border.

Many years later, when that temporary economic crisis has passed, America will “suddenly” find itself a bi-cultural and bilingual nation, as Canada is today. Demographically, legal and illegal Mexican immigrants will have effected a sort of re-conquest of Texas, California and the other parts of the American West forcibly taken from Mexico in the nineteenth century.

Friedman posits a late-21st-century America primed to fall into the sticky slog of unending inter-ethnic conflict, like, say, the Arabs and Israelis of today. Such conflicts can’t be solved for the simple reason that genuine solutions don’t exist. When people feel threatened, their tribal instincts almost always get the best of their noblest sentiments of tolerance and egalitarianism. They circle the wagons.

Friedman doesn’t predict civil war between Anglos and Latinos in America. He writes that the situation instead will become a permanent state of smoldering conflict that could shackle America as a world power. He foresees elected officials with divided loyalties between Washington and Mexico City. ..

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CONGRATS to Ms. Inger Eberhart for having a terrific guest column published in not one, but two Georgia newspapers today! Both the Sunday Macon Telegraph and the Sunday Athens Banner Herald editorial pages contain Inger’s column. HERE is a photo of Inger at a bill signing last year with Govenor Purdue.

Inger’s work was also published in the Marietta Daily Journal Friday.

In addition to being a dear friend of mine, Inger is a member of the board of Advisors of the Dustin Inman Society and we are proud to enjoy her help and support.

Speaking the truth in two Sunday editions is a terrific accomplishment! See the two posts below this and please comment!

Thanks Inger! Way to go!

Macon Telegraph

Are there jobs Americans won’t do?

By INGER EBERHART

Like most Americans, as an African American, I would find it quite refreshing to hear “leaders” in the minority community and editorial writers acknowledge the damage done by illegal immigration. The Americans most and first affected by the crime of illegal immigration are native-born Hispanics and African Americans.

“I don’t believe there are any jobs that Americans won’t take, and that includes agricultural jobs,” says Carol Swain, professor of law at Vanderbilt University and author of “Debating Immigration.’” “Illegal immigration hurts low-skilled, low-wage workers of all races, but blacks are harmed the most because they’re disproportionately low-skilled.”

Not the concept promoted by the uniformly constructed columns from the media elite who are now in panic mode because President Obama has not pushed for another amnesty for illegal aliens as promised during the campaign.

As if with one voice, editorial writers and guest columnists nationwide are hopefully promoting the notion that our economy, job market and national morality would somehow be boosted if we legalized 12-20 million illegals who were able to make it past our Border Patrol agents.

Nonsense.

A new Zogby survey finds that minority voters’ views are somewhat different than advertised by the “amnesty now” editorial writers. The poll of Hispanic, Asian-American and African-American likely voters finds that overall, each of these groups prefers enforcement and for illegal immigrants to return home.

As Dr. Steven Camarota of the Washington, D.C. based Center for Immigration Studies notes, “These views are in sharp contrast to the leaders of most ethnic advocacy organizations, who argue for increased immigration and legalization of illegal immigrants.

The Zogby poll also exploded many of the myths of monolithic Hispanic views on illegal immigration and enforcement. Most members of minority groups do not feel illegal immigration is caused by limits on legal immigration, instead, members feel it’s due to a lack of enforcement.

Hispanics: Just 20 percent said illegal immigration was caused by not letting in enough legal immigrants; 61 percent said inadequate enforcement.

When asked to choose between enforcement that would cause illegal immigrants in the country to go home or offering them a pathway to citizenship with conditions, most members of minority groups choose enforcement:

Hispanics: 52 percent support enforcement to encourage illegals to go home; 34 percent support conditional legalization,

Asian-Americans: 57 percent support enforcement; 29 percent support conditional legalization,

African-Americans: 50 percent support enforcement; 30 percent support conditional legalization.

We are endlessly bombarded with the worn out and absurd concept that the majority of Americans who demand border security and equal protection under the law — even immigration law — are somehow “anti-immigration.” We already take in more immigration than any nation on the planet.

No one can envy the job of the propagandists who are charged with convincing us that we need amnesty for 12-20 million more workers or welfare recipients while Americans and real immigrants struggle.

Officially, national unemployment sits at 10 percent and the numbers are even worse for black males. That group suffers an unemployment rate of more than 17 percent. Each time the federal government conducts raids on employers who employ illegals — formerly shut out poor Americans fill the job slots. Many times, wages then go up.

It’s just not true that undocumented workers are doing the jobs that we won’t do.

Honesty on immigration is at a premium these days. Americans should make a decision on whom to believe: The writers and ethnic-based groups with an agenda or the voice of the people who demand a fair chance at jobs.

Inger Eberhart is a resident of Acworth. HERE

Eberhart: Illegal immigration hurts low-wage minorities

Athens Banner-Herald

Published Sunday, March 14, 2010

As an African American, I’d find it quite refreshing to hear “leaders” in the minority community and editorial writers acknowledge the damage done by illegal immigration. The Americans first and most affected by the crime of illegal immigration are native-born Hispanics and African Americans.

“I don’t believe there are any jobs that Americans won’t take, and that includes agricultural jobs,” says Carol Swain, professor of law at Vanderbilt University and author of “Debating Immigration.” “Illegal immigration hurts low-skilled, low-wage workers of all races, but blacks are harmed the most because they’re disproportionately low-skilled.”

That’s not the concept promoted by the media elite, now in panic mode because President Obama has not pushed for another amnesty for illegal aliens as promised during the campaign. As if with one voice, editorial pages nationwide are promoting the notion that our economy, job market and national morality somehow would be boosted if we legalized the 12 million to 20 million illegal immigrants in this country.

Nonsense.

A new Zogby survey finds that minority voters’ views are somewhat different than advertised by the “amnesty now” media crowd. The poll of likely Hispanic, Asian-American and African-American voters finds that overall, each of these groups prefers enforcement of immigration law and wants illegal immigrants to return home.

As Steven Camarota of the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies notes, “These views are in sharp contrast to the leaders of most ethnic advocacy organizations, who argue for increased immigration and legalization of illegal immigrants.”

The Zogby poll also exploded many of the myths of monolithic Hispanic views on illegal immigration and enforcement.

Most members of minority groups do not feel that illegal immigration is caused by limits on legal immigration, as many ethnic advocacy groups argue; instead, members feel it’s because of a lack of enforcement. Just 20 percent of Hispanics said illegal immigration was caused by not letting in enough legal immigrants; 61 percent said inadequate enforcement of the law was responsible for illegal immigration.

When asked to choose between enforcement that would cause illegal immigrants in this country to go home, or offering them a pathway to citizenship with some conditions, most members of minority groups choose enforcement.

Fifty-two percent of Hispanics support enforcement to encourage illegals to go home; 34 percent support conditional legalization. Fifty-seven percent of Asian Americans support enforcement; 29 percent support conditional legalization. Fifty percent of African Americans support enforcement; 30 percent support conditional legalization.

We are bombarded endlessly with the worn-out and absurd concept that the majority of Americans who demand border security and equal protection under the law – even immigration law – are somehow “anti-immigration.”

We admit more legal immigrants than any nation on the planet. Most people can see we don’t need even more “guest workers.”

No one can envy the job of the open-borders groups who are charged with convincing us that we need amnesty for illegal immigrants while Americans and real immigrants struggle.

Officially, national unemployment sits at 10 percent, and the numbers are even worse for black men, where the unemployment rate is at 17 percent. Each time the federal government conducts raids on employers that employ illegals, formerly shut-out poor Americans frequently fill the job slots.

It’s just not true that undocumented workers are doing the jobs that we won’t do.

Honesty on immigration is at a premium these days. Americans should make a decision on who to believe: the media elite and ethnic-based groups with an agenda, or the voice of the people who demand a fair chance at jobs and the promised nation of law.

• Inger Eberhart of Acworth is a member of the board of advisors of the Dustin Inman Society, which works against unsecured American borders and illegal immigration.

Originally published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, March 14, 2010

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Women constitute forty-five percent of the Mexican “migrants” in the United States
09 Mar 2010 09:49 AM PST

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Fortyfive percent of the Mexicans in the United States are women who live in very poor conditions, according to a Federal Government official.

Nearly 5.3 million Mexican women live in the United States without papers. California and Texas are the preferred states for establishing residence with Illinois, Georgia, New York, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and Washington.

Of the Mexicans more than 24 years old, 60% do not have upper level
education (above 6th grade) while 13% of migrants from other regions of the world and 10% of U.S. citizens have the same level of education. Seven percent of Mexicans in the USA have university educations.

The government points to the international economic crisis impacting Mexican “migrants” with unemployment at 14.6 percent. Some 63% of the “migrants” are employed in maintenance, cleaning, food preparation, agriculture and manufacturing, while 13% are executives, professionals and technicians.

Less than 98% of the Mexicans in the United States take root and settle as aliens.

(Translator’s note: The Mexican government and the Mexican media make no distinction as to legality and illegality of its citizens in the USA. So, the above statement; “Less than 98% of the Mexicans in the USA take root and settle as aliens”, also means, “A little more than 2% of Mexicans who migrate legally and illegally to the United States ever intend to return to Mexico”.)

A common theme among the major newspapers in Mexico today has to do with the inequality and abuse of women, unequal pay, domestic violence and disparity in society.

Immigration & the SPLC

Panel: Stopping ‘Hate’ Is Really about Stopping Debate

WASHINGTON (March 10, 2010) – After the collapse of the Senate amnesty bill in 2007, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) joined with the National Council of La Raza and others to launch a campaign to smear the three largest mainstream groups making a case for tighter enforcement and lower immigration. At the center of this campaign was the designation of the Federation for American Immigration Reform as a ‘hate group’ and the spread of that taint to Numbers USA and the Center for Immigration Studies. The announced goal was to pressure journalists and policymakers not to meet or speak with these organizations. Touted as an effort to ‘stop the hate,’ it was a thinly disguised move to stifle debate.

CIS will release a report next week examining the SPLC and its role in this campaign. “Immigration and the SPLC: How the Southern Poverty Law Center Invented a Smear, Served La Raza, Manipulated the Press, and Duped its Donors,” authored by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Jerry Kammer, will be released at a panel discussion on Thursday, March 18, at 9:30 a.m. at the Murrow Room of the National Press Club, 14th & F streets NW. The report will be online at www.cis.org.

The panel will include:

Jerry Kammer, author of “Immigration and the SPLC” and Senior Research Fellow at CIS. Prior to joining CIS, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for his work in helping uncover the Duke Cunningham congressional bribery scandal. He received the Robert F. Kennedy Award for humanitarian journalism for his work in Mexico for the Arizona Republic.

Ken Silverstein, Washington Editor for Harper’s Magazine and author of “The Church of Morris Dees” in the November 2000 issue of the magazine.

Carol Swain, Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University and author of The New White Nationalism in America (Cambridge University Press, 2002) and editor of Debating Immigration (Cambridge University Press, 2007).

Moderator: Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of CIS.

RSVP for the panel to press@cis.org. For information about the report, contact the author at gjk@cis.org.

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Dear editor

Access to verification program is limited

I found the AJC article “Strict immigration law lacks ‘teeth’ ” (News, March 2) somewhat misleading regarding the comments made by the district attorney. The reporter spoke with my staff yet failed to add comments explaining why the course of action proposed by the district attorney was not feasible.

E-Verify is a program through which employers may check the immigration status of individuals they intend to employ. Access to this program is limited to the actual employer. In the case of workers on a construction project, only the contractor or subcontractor employing the worker is authorized to use this system.

Prior to beginning the expansion at the Cobb County jail, we talked with immigration authorities about utilizing the 287(g) program to verify the immigration status of individuals hired by Turner and its subcontractors to work on the project. We were advised that this would not be allowed. Under our 287(g) agreement, we do not have the authority to check the legal status of anyone that is not arrested and brought into jail custody.

Cobb County Sheriff Neil Warren

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“In 1960, meatpacking workers earned 15 percent more than the average manufacturing wage in the U.S.. By 2002, they were earning 25 percent less than the average in manufacturing. Government data also show that between 1980 and 2007 real wages in the industry, adjusted for inflation, dropped by a staggering 45 percent…Thus transformed, the industry employs a workforce whose standard of living has suffered severely. In 1960, meatpacking workers earned 15 percent more than the average manufacturing wage in the U.S.. By 2002, they were earning 25 percent less than the average in manufacturing. Government data also show that between 1980 and 2007 real wages in the industry, adjusted for inflation, dropped by a staggering 45 percent…”

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