With today’s issue of The Federal Observer, we will return to the roots of contributor, S. J. Miller’s twelve part series dealing with the title subject. Her experience and involvement in the passage of “Proposition 200″ in Arizona, makes her uniquely qualified as no other, to present the facts on this timely issue. For those of our readers, who are new to this publication, we invite you to study Sandra’s series closely, and use her words, as an educational tool. Some of the names of the players have changed, such as Ted Kennedy, but his ghost lives among us. As Arizona once again paves the way for action, Miller’s work will once again, set the nation afire.

The complete series originally began publishing on January 24, 2005 and concluded, February 18th of that year. It’s time has come, once again. (Editor)

SERIES OVERVIEW: After disasters like the Asian tsunami, and the Haitian earthquake, scam charities soon appear to capitalize on Americans’ sympathy and generosity. “How-to” Guides are often published to identify legitimate operators vs. scam artists.

With the emergence of immigration as a political issue, scam artists called politicians are seeking to exploit Americans’ sympathy and generosity. These politicians ally with illegal-immigration/ethnic groups such as LaRaza, MALDEF, LULAC and cheap-labor business groups (hotels, restaurants, agriculture). Trying to convince Americans of the need for “immigration reform,” they peddle little more than “bells and whistles” for appearance. Their deceptive and carefully-designed scams deliver victories for these special-interest lobbies, but are disastrous to Americans who suffer the negative impact and whose taxes subsidize this “cheap labor.”

Citizens new to the immigration issue may find themselves lost in the rhetoric advanced by those with a vested interest in injecting confusion to the debate. Columns in the series will introduce the essentials, followed by a description and exposure of various political sales-pitches, serving as a “How-to” guide for Americans to recognize and protect themselves from these self-serving con-artists.

First and foremost, don’t make the mistake of believing that these politicians and their allies want to “inform” you. Their goal is to completely shut down reasoned and informed public debate on immigration. One of their favorite methods is to create enough confusion that voters eventually throw up their hands in frustration and leave the entire matter to them. Don’t fall for this tactic; today’s immigration fiasco is the result of “leaving the entire matter to the politicians.”

The less you understand, the more likely you are to abandon the outraged letters and phone calls to your elected officials, and that’s exactly what they want. Informed voters interfere with the special lobby interests who enrich politicians’ campaign funds. Some newspapers have the same agenda, producing news reports every bit as garbled as politicians’ confusing rhetoric.

The current immigration system isn’t “broken” or “failed;” it’s just unenforced. Not unenforceable, mind you, just ignored. Americans don’t want so-called “immigration reform, they want strict enforcement of immigration laws, an end to illegal immigration and amnesties, and an end to the rampant lawlessness engendered by politically-correct refusal to enforce our civil laws.

Since the Bush Administration “immigration reform” proposals are 100% scam, any “expose’” must by definition address the deceit of their “compassionate immigration reform.” With that caveat, “Bush-worshippers” proceed at their own fury.

I must emphasize that every elected office holder is NOT a pandering politician, nor is every pandering politician elected. A notable group of exceptions are US House members of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, (formerly) headed by Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO). They know the true impact of immigration and seek to protect the interests of the American people rather than elitist lobbies.

If your congress-member hasn’t joined this group, contact the local office to find out why. After hearing your first “Immigration Reform” Scam sales pitch, you’ll be glad you educated yourself.

Next: Chapter I - Call it by the rightful name – ‘Illegal alien’

© S. J. Miller, 2005-2010. All Rights Reserved

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~ About the Author ~
S. J. Miller is a former veteran of the IT industry who sought another career rather than “follow the jobs” abroad, and a lifelong resident of border states, California, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada.