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David J. Stoddard, a U. S. Border Patrol agent (RET) living in Hereford, Arizona, provided testimony about immigration reform to a Congressional subcommittee on criminal justice, drug policies and human resources in 2002. Here are some of the key points from his testimony:
There are no jobs that Americans won’t do for a decent wage. Illegal aliens are doing jobs that Americans can’t take and still support their families. Illegal aliens are not critical to the economy, but they do reduce wages and benefits for lawful U. S. residents. There is no labor shortage in this country. Millions of unemployed and underemployed Americans would gladly take jobs at a decent wage.
Every person who illegally entered this nation left a home. Illegal aliens generally do not want U. S. citizenship. They want to remain citizens of their home countries while obtaining the benefits offered by the U.S. They send money to their real home to the tune of $20 billion dollars each year.
This is not an immigrant nation. There are 280 million native-born Americans. While it is true that this nation was settled and founded by immigrants, it is also true that there is not a nation on this planet that was not settled by immigrants at one time or another (including Mexico).
The U.S. welcomes legal immigrants. Illegal aliens by definition are not immigrants.
There is no such thing as the “Hispanic vote.” Hispanics are diverse in their political opinions, as are other sub-groups of Americans.
Mexico was not a friend of the U.S. During World War I and World War II Mexico allowed German spies to operate freely to spy on the U. S. During the Cold War, Mexico allowed spies hostile to the U. S. to operate freely from its territory.
If wanting a better life is a valid excuse to break the law and sneak into America, then no nation should resist invasion by the one billion who live on $1.00 a day. They all have the right to come to America and turn the U.S. into a Third World nation.
It is not racist to want secure borders and protect a nation’s sovereignty. La Raza (The Race), on the other hand, is racist. The more vocal advocates of La Raza hurl the racist epitaph at patriotic Americans who insist on National Sovereignty. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
It may be old news, but it’s as current as today’s headlines.
At the Risk of Repeating Myself ...
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Posted By: AZ Moderate Posted on: Mar. 26, 2007 at 10:33 PM  22 Comments
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Mar. 26, 2007 at 10:50:04 PM
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| SLOW MOTION TERRORISM ______________________________________________________ After 9/11, America staggered in shock. Meanwhile, Mexico fully expected the U.S. Government to secure our southern border. For roughly three months the human traffic over our Mexican Border slowed to a mere trickle while people waited to see what America was going to do. After it became apparent that real security measures were only taken against our own citizens, the Mexican Border traffic resumed with an unprecedented intensity. After all, illegal aliens, particularly illegal Mexican aliens, don't present a threat to U.S. Citizens. Do they? ______________________________________________________ Find out at: http://www.newswithviews.com/Stoddard/david.htm |
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Mar. 27, 2007 at 03:30:19 PM
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| TESTIMONY OF DAVID J. STODDARD, SUBMITTED TO U.S. SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DRUG POLICY AND HUMAN RESOURCES, REPRESENTATIVE MARK SOUDER, CHAIRMAN. February 22, 2002 Sirs: My name is David J. Stoddard; I am a resident of Cochise County, Arizona. I served my country for 30 years, first as a soldier in the U.S. Army and then as U.S. Border Patrol Agent for 27 years. O O o Currently the United States admits more people as immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers than all the other countries in the world combined. Right now one-fifth of the U.S. population is a foreign born or dependant child of foreign born residents. Since the 2000 Census, the population of the United States has increased by 3 million people according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
According to various Mexican media and official Mexican government sources, the country of Mexico has 18 million of its citizens residing illegally in the United States at this very minute. Mexico claims to have 30 million persons of Mexican decent in the United States. I have no reason not to believe these claims.
That was 4 (FOUR) years ago, and the illegal invasion from Mexico has only accelerated over that intervening time.
He goes on to say: Under Doris Meissner, the INS became a service-oriented organization because Ms. Meissner considered all aliens, legal and illegal as her "clients". Enforcement under the U.S. Border Patrol became non-existent except for a narrow corridor along the border. This encouraged illegal aliens to keep trying until they were successful in traversing that corridor beyond which they could live and reside as long as they wish and do whatever they want, while the services branch of INS does everything it can to make their status legal. This status quo has not changed under INS Commissioner James Ziglar.
It looks like these bureaucrats are much more interested in building a constituency base to enhance their power than in fulfilling the requirements of their job under the Constitution of the United States.
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Mar. 27, 2007 at 06:50:08 PM
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| Excellent AZ Mod. I don't know if you are repeating yourself, but no matter-this issue needs to be brought up again and again. There is a stupid bill circulating in the AZ Legislature. It would forbid schools from issuing "certificates" and having "graduation parties" for 8th graders. Why? Well, it seems in Mexico, that 8th grade is pretty much the end of the road school-wise for many students. And if AZ schools issue certificates/have a ceremony, then kids might become confused and think that is all the schooling they need. I am not making this up! Here is my theory. If someone is so dumb to think that 8th grade is good enough-let 'em go. We don't need them to pollute our No Child Left Behind/AIMS scores in high school. And they can take the lettuce pickin' jobs, become hotel maids etc. As Barry Young on KFYI said yesterday AM, Mexican law, by which US Law is now based....... |
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Mar. 27, 2007 at 08:46:16 PM
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| Barry Young . . . What a morning treat he is
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Mar. 27, 2007 at 08:52:44 PM
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| Well, considering he follows BRUCE JACOBS, he is like a ray of sunshine! I don't agree with Barry's views often, but he is entertaining and I do learn some things. I have listened to Barry for years. I guess it is like that sweatshirt or old pair of jeans. Completely worn out, but they are so comfortable you just can't throw them away. You just don't want to go out in public wearing them! |
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Mar. 27, 2007 at 08:58:36 PM
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| Lars, you summed it up succinctly when you pointed out that these people in positions of trust are violating that trust. They are more interested in building their own little empire with no concern for our nation, a concern which is their first and greatest responsibility. _____________________________________________________ I am repeating myself, indie616, because I wrote and posted this article about a year ago. But you are absolutely right that we need to keep this issue in front of us. Actually our laws are not based on anything like the Mexican laws indi616. If they were, we would be taken much more seriously by those that take advantage of us. For a thumbnail sketch of the pertinent parts of the Mexican Constitution, reference this article: http://www.voiceofarizona.com/content/p/5031/catid/2/artid/2487 Our constitution is in need of updating along the Mexican constitution’s lines: < Reference this for more detail: http://www.voiceofarizona.com/content/p/5031/catid/2/artid/2487 > Proposed amendments based on the Mexican Constitution: Amendment 28: Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country. Amendment 29: Americans shall have priority over foreigners under equality of circumstances for all classes of concessions and for all employment, positions or commissions of the Government in which the status of citizenship is not indispensable. Amendment 30: The American President and all American Congressmen, Senators, Cabinet Officers, Supreme Court Judges and clergy must be an American citizen “BY BIRTH." Amendment 31: Only Americans by birth or naturalization and American companies have the right to acquire ownership of lands, waters and their appurtenances, or to obtain concessions for the exploitation of mines or of waters or of ports. Amendment 32: Federal protection against undesirable aliens resident in the country is guaranteed. Amendment 33: In cases of suspected wrong doing by a foreigner, any person may arrest the offender and his accomplices, turning them over without delay to the nearest authorities. Amendment 34: The Federal Executive shall have the exclusive power to compel any foreigner whose presence he may deem inexpedient to abandon the national territory immediately and without the necessity of previous legal action. There, that should about take care of the illegal alien problem. It works for Mexico. _____________________________________________________ PS. please pardon my primitive copy and paste implementation of the links – I am still not able to use the new and improved comment mechanism. But don’t get me wrong - I’m just happy to be here … |
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Mar. 27, 2007 at 09:16:30 PM
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| AZ Mod. As happy as you are to be here, trust me, most of us (I think I can make that claim for the majority of fellow VOAZ-ers) are "more happy" that you have found the magic keys and returned. Your proposed amendments are truly a reflection of the sad state of affairs......it didn't have to be like this. Or perhaps more properly stated....it didn't have to come to this." |
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Mar. 27, 2007 at 10:12:34 PM
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| Please understand indie616 that it was a what-if proposal. I would fight tooth and nail to avoid such restrictive and discriminatory amendments to our greatly superior Constitution of the United States of America. This was simply a comparison of the mindsets of the two nations - very dissimilar in many ways, but most notably reflected in a society that strives to better itself for all people versus a caste-system society of the privileged few and the many destitute that are of no account to the system of power. And thank you for the warm expressions of welcome. It turns out that, although I still cannot use the new Technicolor 3-D wraparound comment system with woofers and tweeters, the problem I had with the “classic system” was pilot error – I finally stumbled onto the fact that I needed to select the classic system BEFORE entering the comment text. I was entering the comment, then clicking on the classic system link. I have been procrastinating over the idea of publicly posting a short Misc. article to exonerate VofA for my pilot error after they went to great lengths to keep me included. So far I haven’t done it because it feels like I am being self-important in cluttering the marquee with it. On the other hand VofA does deserve credit for a fallback remedy that does work, if the pilot flies it right. We’ll see. |
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Mar. 27, 2007 at 10:26:54 PM
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| Maybe computer hax0rs have sabotaged your machine AZ Mod.
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TESTIMONY OF DAVID J. STODDARD, SUBMITTED TO U.S. SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DRUG POLICY AND HUMAN RESOURCES, REPRESENTATIVE MARK SOUDER, CHAIRMAN.
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I submit to you that Mexico has instituted policies which encourage its citizens to sneak into the United States.
For example:
-Mexico has discontinued the government subsidies for propane, diesel, tortillas, beans, electricity, housing, bread and commodities for poor people.
-Mexico has opened additional consulates in practically every state in the union in order to assist its citizens obtain U.S. benefits, "rights" and to assure legal help in the instances of "discrimination" in employment, law enforcement and in any other legal matter.
-Lawyers retained at the behest of Mexican officials quickly take civil action against any U.S. citizen who chooses to protect himself or his property against illegal Mexicans. This is designed to deter any interference by U.S. residents in the free flow of aliens and drugs across our borders.
-Mexican school children, from the primary grades, are taught that the United States "stole" (from Mexico) the land now called California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado and Utah. Furthermore, these children are taught that were it not for the United States "stealing" California and the gold therein, that Mexico would be a superpower today. I have heard that with my own ears. That is no exaggeration.
-The President of Mexico actively encourages its citizens to illegally emigrate to the U.S. and in fact frequently refers to those who do so as "heroes".
-I can give you the names of eight high-level Mexican politicians who have left office in the last decade with a minimum of $700 million each. These ill-gotten funds could have been used for the good of the Mexican people.
Based on the above facts, I see no reason for any change in U.S. immigration laws. But I see a great need for change in the way Mexico imposes upon the United States. The American people are expected to provide free medical care, housing, education, food and other basic needs to illegal Mexican aliens. These are all services that should be provided to our own elderly, handicapped and poor.
I do see a need to alter the way in which the United States administers its immigration laws however.
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Read more at:
http://www.americanpatrol.com/CONGRESS/020222HEARINGS/StoddardTestimony020222.html
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