From Rich Pellegrino Date Friday, May 07, 2010 2:37 AM
To D.A. King ; Senator John Wiles; Chip@SenatorChipRogers.com

Gentlemen: Thankfully none of the anti-immigrant bills passed this session, and you all should be thanking God because even if they were passed, and if anyone tried to pull an Arizona stunt here, we will shut down the state, just like we’re doing in AZ and will do in any state, and the entire nation if necessary, until a sane and just federal immigration reform bill is passed and your attacks on my good neighbors are stopped. Soon they will be equal and great citizens of this great land–and believe me, we will not rest until that happens.
They will soon be your equal neighbors so why not put your very capable talents and energies into other more noble and positive endeavors befitting of true public servants and community leaders. My offer of aid below still stands.
Cheers!
Rich Pellegrino
404-573-1199

—– Original Message —–
From: Rich Pellegrino
To: D.A. King ; John Wiles ; Chip@SenatorChipRogers.com
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: you both from Rich Pellegrino in AJC report on SB 385 ( blog)

Thank you for forwarding this, D.A., as I was going to send it directly to both Wiles and Rogers myself (since I don’t believe in backbiting). Can you please forward it to Rogers’ private e-mail address as well and save me the hassle of searching for it.
And please add the following:

Enough is enough. You should know by now that enforcement doesn’t work as Georgia’s undocumented immigrant population has increased since your draconian laws and 287-G agreements have been implemented. Your mean-spirited antics targeting our good neighbors–hard working immigrants and their families who have built this state and country with their blood sweat and tears, just like your and my ancestors did in the past, and are doing no wrong– are over. You have crossed the line with this foolish “bounty” bill. You can pass all the new Jim Crow laws targeting them you want–but they will not be enforced. We have had it and will not tolerate any more random enforcement in Cobb or anywhere else. We will give this same message to the Governor if it passes the House and he dares to sign into law such racist and meaningless nonsense, and will call him out as the modern day George Wallace. We are giving this same message to the President and DHS (which we did 200,000 strong last weekend, which is just a drop in the bucket of the force we will mobilize if necessary). While we are working in Washington to end it at the Federal level either through immigration reform legislation or executive order, if Georgia tries to implement any more enforcement measures I am giving notice right here and now, we will do whatever it takes–non-violently– to stop you, just as we did in the 60’s (yes, I was there and risked my life to get rid of Jim Crow once before so this is relatively nothing and kid’s play). We have been in touch with and are receiving support from African American and other civil rights leaders here and nationwide, and are being trained and prepared to mobilize and resurrect Dr. King’s and Cesar Chavez’s civil disobedience movement on a scale not witnessed in history, and will use your backyard–Cobb County–as ground zero and as the “Birmingham,Selma and Montgomery” of this day. You are fore-warned.

On the other hand, and just to show that I and we are reasonable– if you want to be reasonable– if you really want to help your constituents with jobs, healthcare, and education, and are willing to consider stopping the targeting and blaming of immigrants, I am prepared to help marshal our considerable resources–both human and capital– which we have amassed to fight the above cause, and instead help provide you with assistance for your districts–especially for those who have or feel that they have been displaced or negatively impacted by the growth of the immigrant population here. We are doing this in other districts in GA and nationally with success. In fact, I have offered this before, both publicly through the media and events, and to the Cherokee County commission when it was considering anti-immigrant ordinances, and they took it under consideration before voting (and interestingly, withdrew their proposed ordinances). We will work with you and assist displaced workers until they find adequate replacement jobs (we have been doing job placement and recruitment workshops periodically), we will open up additional free healthcare clinics (have already helped open two in Cobb), and will provide volunteer support and funding for educational and housing issues. When I say “we”, I mean I am part of a coalition of businesses* (as a small business owner), a coalition of non-profits (as a board member of several), and a coalition of advocacy groups (as a director and board member of several). And these coalitions would all rather work together with you to solve the community’s problems rather than fighting draconian laws and those who promote them–which would be a much better use of all of our time and resources. So it is your choice–and if you choose this high road I will certainly apologize for any harsh rhetoric directed at you and will admit I was wrong about you and your motives (and may even support your re-election campaigns)—but if you are not willing to consider this offer then what other motive could you possibly have? (And please don’t insult my intelligence and give me the crap about “the rule of law”,”national security”, etc. , unless you really want to privately or publicly debate those reasons on their merits–which I will be happy to do anytime as they are so full of holes they make swiss cheese look solid.)
The ball is in your court….the carrot or the stick?

P.S. The same offer goes to you, D.A.–we will be happy to aid your constituents in the same ways if you and they will back off from blaming others–in this case, immigrants–for their predicaments; you can still work against the open border and North American union advocates. And Wiles and Rogers, feel free to write or contact me privately if you wish.

*Good article on immigration reform from the perspective of the business community…Fw: Tamar Jacoby: New heartland voices on immigration | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Opinion: Viewpoints
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-jacoby_19edi.State.Edition1.268aa14.html

Cheers!

Rich Pellegrino
404-573-1199

—– Original Message —–
From: D.A. King
To: John Wiles ; Rich Pellegrino
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 10:03 PM
Subject: you both from Rich Pellegrino in AJC report on SB 385 ( blog)

Rich Pellegrino

March 24th, 2010
6:18 pm

This is just political grandstanding on the backs of the most vulnerable. These same politicians did it on the backs of blacks–now it is “browns” who built their homes, took care of their kids and picked their food. If it does become law it will never be implemented or enforced. And if they try to enforce it: listen closely and read my lips–we will shut them down just like we shut down Bull Conner,
George Wallace and those before them. Believe me, if Wiles and Rogers and their ilk could, they would be wearing white hoods and night riding. It is easy to see their stripes….

Rich Pellegrino

March 24th, 2010
6:27 pm

Tell it like it is: please study the history of your country–”like it’s always been done”–who came here “legally”–the Irish (no, smuggled in for cheap labor), the Italians (no, changed their names and came in with false papers through Canada), the British (robbed, lied, cheated and killed their way in, then made treaties which they illegally broke), the blacks (brought in against their wills and against every moral and statutory law by the same people calling others illegals in the south today). How did the Mexicans get here by the millions–you and I invited them(that’s right–the government and every capitalist corporation in America–invited them for cheap labor). So don’t try and whitewash your guilt by some pollyanna view of history. They are no more “illegal” than you or I or the thousands who drive illegally over the speed limit on 285 every day in Atlanta. Let’s take the mote out of our own eyes and then we can see a little more clearly.

Dave Gibson — The Examiner

“…On Friday, Ernesto Hernando Avalos, 23, was sentenced by an Orange County, Ca. judge to 26 years to life in prison for the brutal murder of his boss. The day laborer repeatedly attacked his boss with a shovel, and then crushed his head with a pickaxe.

The victim, Woo Sung Park, 45, of Rancho Santa Margarita, was the owner of a landscaping business. He was murdered by Avalos while on a job at a home in Irvine.

Police arrived on the scene, after a call from a neighbor, and ordered Avalos to drop the shovel. He did, but then he grabbed the pickaxe and caved-in Park’s skull.

Police used a non-lethal weapon to subdue Avalos.

According to court documents, Avalos admitted to police that he had been using methamphetamine and became angry with his boss, after he told him he was working too slowly.”

Perhaps, Arizona protester was referring to this murder in her warning to Americans

A few days ago, a video emerged which shows just how violent and hateful those protesting Arizona’s new immigration enforcement law have become. — One of the demonstrators can be heard shouting: “We will not stop! We will take up our shovels and pickaxes and we… we will use them against you! Believe that!” HERE with VIDEO

Secular Stupidest

Obama wants a”pathway to citizenship” for these folks?

[Watch Entire Video] – There was an immigration protest in Downtown Atlanta which revealed some shocking discoveries. The speakers spoke almost entirely in Spanish, but a few speakers spoke in English and called for “black, brown, and progressive whites” to stand together and fight the “culture that opposes all things public…”

Don’t miss Comrades Georgia state Senator Vincent Fort and Rep. Pedro Marin screaming to the crowd of “revolutionaries.” The common goal? “Communism.”

Boris Epshteyn
FOXNews.com
May 05, 2010

A Legal Immigrant’s Take on Arizona’s Immigration Law

As a legal immigrant, I neither empathize with nor support those who break the law in order to gain admission into the United States of America.

I am a legal immigrant. My family and I emigrated from Russia to New York in 1993. We applied for permission to do so in 1990. Throughout those three years we went through numerous background checks and interviews and we waited patiently to be granted the right to move to America.

My status as a legal immigrant shapes my perspective on the illegal immigration issue in general, and Arizona Immigration Law SB 1070 recently adopted by the state of Arizona in particular. When confronted by critics of this legislation, who have urged me to empathize with illegal immigrants, I draw the following comparison: when a person goes into a bank with a check and receives cash for it, that person follows the legal and proper procedure for obtaining money; however, when a person robs a bank with a gun, that person, too, has received cash, but by way of committing an illegal act. Both individuals leave the bank with money, however, one is a law abiding citizen while the other is a criminal.

As a legal immigrant, I neither empathize with nor support those who break the law in order to gain admission into the United States of America. The background checks and interviews that we experienced as a part of the legal immigration process proved to the American authorities that my family did not harbor a criminal past, communicable diseases or extreme views. Those who skirt the procedures are not only breaking the law by entering the country illegally, they are robbing the United States of the chance to vet them. These illegal aliens disrespect the American rule of law. They disrespect legal immigrants like me who stood in line to come here. And they disrespect all American citizens at large who are kept safe by the immigration rules and processes.

It is counterproductive to denounce the Arizona bill as the left has at every turn. It would be much more constructive to offer Arizona and its citizens an alternative — something the federal government has failed to do. Arizona’s illegal immigration problem manifests itself in overcrowded schools and hospitals, rampant violence and has left Phoenix with the second highest kidnapping rate in the world, right behind Mexico City.

Arizona has exercised its constitutional right to deal with the problem that has bankrupted the state. Polls show that 70 percent of Arizonans and a majority of Americans support the measure.
President Obama has led the charge against Arizona’s new immigration law. He is capitalizing on this divisive issue for political gain by wrongfully painting supporters of the bill as racist.

As president of the United States, it is Mr. Obama’s job to protect its citizens. He should not frivolously interfere with states as they deal with the problems that they face, especially those, such as illegal immigration, that federal institutions do not deal with adequately. Speaking both as a legal immigrant and an American citizen, I urge President Obama to put away his political interests. If his opposition to the legislation is truly genuine, then he needs to step up offer real alternatives to SB 1070.

Boris Epshteyn is a political strategist, attorney and business consultant in New York City. He served as a communications aide on the McCain – Palin 2008 presidential campaign. He is a frequent guest on Foxnews.com’s “The Strategy Room” and appears occasionally on other Fox News Channel programs

HERE
. Contact him at boris@strategy-llc.co

Dave Gibson — The Examiner

Illegal alien sentenced to five years for molesting two local girls

On Tuesday, Leonel Torres-Lopez, 24, was sentenced by York-Poquoson Circuit Court, substitute Judge Thomas Nance to five years in prison on two counts of aggravated sexual battery. His victims were two York County girls, ages 7 and 9. — Judge Nance actually sentenced Torres-Lopez to 20 years in prison on each count…

HERE

Phoenix Business Journal

La Raza, service and food unions to boycott Arizona

…The National Council of La Raza, the Service Employees International Union and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union say the boycott will be in place until the Arizona law is repealed or rejected by the court. — Arizona’s new immigration law allows Arizona police to question and arrest suspected illegal [aliens…. criminals] on trespassing charges…

The May Day angry mob you won’t see

By Michelle Malkin · May 3, 2010

HERE

Pennsylvania State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe

Illegal Immigration: Metcalfe to roll out Arizona-style measure

With no less than $728 million in annual state taxpayer costs resulting from Pennsylvania’s estimated and growing 140,000 illegal alien population, Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will introduce the newest and toughest addition to the National Security Begins at Home legislative package….

HERE

Michelle Malkin — Family Security Matters

The jihadists’ deadly path to citizenship

America’s homeland security amnesia never ceases to amaze. In the aftermath of the botched Times Square terror attack over the weekend, Pakistani-born bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad’s U.S. citizenship status caused a bit of shock and awe. The Atlantic magazine writer Jeffrey Goldberg’s response was typical…

HERE

Associated Press

Official: Mayor can’t challenge Arizona immigration law

A proposed legal challenge to Arizona’s new immigration law took a hit Monday when the Phoenix city attorney said Mayor Phil Gordon doesn’t have the power to target the law without the support of the City Council. — Gordon was hoping to file a lawsuit to stop the law requiring local and state law enforcement officers to question people about their immigration status…

HERE