Illegal Immigration Bill being debated now!

The “Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007” is being debated in the US Senate right now! (S. 1348). We know that the democrats will allow the path to citizenship parts of the bill to go through while denying funding to the enforcement portions, just like in 1986. Please contact the Arkansas Senators and tell them to oppose this 86 amnesty renamed.

Mark Pryer- D.C. office (202) 224-2353 Little rock office (501)324-6336

Blanche Lincoln- D.C. office (202) 224-4843 Little Rock office (501) 375-7064
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Here is a live thread about the debate.-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1837184/posts?q=1&;page=51

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Dave Elswick 102.9 KARN will also have a discussion about illegal immigration. His show is from 2:15pm-6:00pm-
http://www.920karn.com/default.asp

To call the show- 501-433-0092 Toll Free Statewide: 1-800-264-0092 Free Call from your Alltel Wireless phone at: #920

Senate Amnesty and organizing Northwest Arkansas

The Morning News, along with TV station KHOG 40/29 recently held an immigration forum which was 30 minutes long and was invitation only. The people of NW Arkansas have elected leaders who are opposed to illegal immigration and want immigration reform. In light of the many events occuring regarding immigration, KeepArkansasLegal is looking to organize immigration reform activist in Northwest Arkansas. We will begin contacting people there about when/where to meet in the area and would like any input you can provide.
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The US Senate recently made a backdoor deal with The White House concerning illegal immigration. The plan is similar to the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform " plans that failed to pass last Congressional Session. This watered down amnesty will be protrayed by the leftist media as a good thing for the US on both a national and local level.

An example of pro-illegal alien reporting include a recent special report by The Morning News titled Immigration: Perception v. Reality. As the title suggest, The Morning News mixed legal immigration with illegal immigrants which put illegals in a better light and made opponents of illegal immigration look xenophobic.
http://www.nwaonline.net/projects/immigration/

One of their facts claims that illegals don't obtain social services by stating, "Most social services require proof of citizenship to obtain, but children born in the country to illegal immigrants are citizens and qualify."

First of all, if this were true, nobody would have had a problem with the Arkansas bill that required proof of citizenship to obtain welfare (SB206). The study also complety ignores ID theft and welfare fraud. The Morning News didn't provide any financial estimates, so here are some of the FAIR estimates that didn't make the report:

http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_research9e51

-Congress in 2003 enacted an appropriation of $250 million per year (for 4 years) to help offset medical costs of illegal aliens. This amount has been allocated among the states based upon estimates of the illegal alien population and data on the apprehension of illegal aliens in each state. This amount compensates only a fraction of the medical outlays. For Arkansas, the proposed payment in fiscal year 2004 was $643,867.

-FAIR estimated based on 2004 data that educational expenditures for illegal immigration were costing the Arkansas taxpayer $89.5 million dollars annually. This cost was partially for educating students who were themselves illegally in the country ($37.3 million) and in part for the education of their siblings born in the United States to illegal residents ($52.2 million).

-In 2006 we estimated that Arkansas taxpayers are currently burdened with annual costs of about $117 million because of illegal aliens residing in the state. That estimate was based on only expenditures for education, emergency medical care and incarceration. We projected that those costs will rise unless we gain control over our borders and our worksites. If a new amnesty and increases in immigrants and guest workers were enacted, as proposed by business and ethnic advocacy groups, we project that the cost to the state’s taxpayers for those same programs would rise to $202 million per year in 2010 and to $356 million per year in 2020.

Another "fact" from The Morning News claims that, "Immigrants, illegal or otherwise, pay most taxes. Competing studies —one specific to Arkansas and others based on states with larger illegal immigrant populations —give conflicting conclusions on whether the taxes pay for the government services."

The evidence for this is based on studies done by The Urban Institute working with the Rockefeller Foundation, both leftist organizations. The Rockefeller Foundation concluded immigrants and their U.S.-born children contributed $19 million more to Arkansas’ state budget than their costs for services, including costs of education, health services and corrections.

However, the institute did not break down its findings based on legal status and assumed that no one else will perform the jobs illegals are doing. The study also forgot about how much the Federal Government was paying for illegals in Arkansas, the cost of narcotics due to illegal immigration, welfare and ID fraud, and the fact that most illegals are able to get tax rebates by claiming dependents.
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ICE Arrests 12 Illegal Aliens (On Army National Guard Base)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Release:
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.– Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today [Thursday] arrested nine males, two females and one juvenile male, all illegal aliens, employed by two different companies performing contract work at Camp Joseph T. Robinson Army National Guard Base. One of the companies who hired the workers was identified as El Nopal, a dining facility contractor. The other company, contracted to do landscape work, was not immediately identified. All of those arrested are Mexican nationals. All have been placed in removal proceedings for being in violation of U.S. immigration laws. Their immigration status makes it illegal for them to work in the United States. At this time, none of those arrested have been identified as having worked at the base in the past.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1832114/posts?page=1

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kenny Wallis
President of KeepArkansasLegal
Little Rock , Arkansas
501-412-4063
http://keeparkansaslegal.blogspot.com/
keeparkansaslegal@yahoo.com


KeepArkansasLegal, an immigration reform group based in central Arkansas , commends the Army National Guard personnel, the Arkansas Police Department, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for taking part in the May 10th arresting of 12 illegal aliens working at Camp Joseph T. Robinson Army National Guard Base. We are glad that the 12 citizens of Mexico will be returned to the country that neglected them and that there were no terrorist activities that occurred. Since illegal aliens are only 4.4% of the US workforce, we know that Camp Robinson will be able to find assistance from the overwhelming majority of companies that uses legal workers.

This incident should be yet another wakeup call for the Federal, State and Local governments to stop pandering to the illegal alien agenda and fix our immigration system. We do not need the next Fort Dix terror plot, or the next drunk driving fatality involving an illegal alien, or the next 9/11 in the State of Arkansas . Letting a few greedy companies get cheap labor and allowing corrupt regimes to exploit their people is not as important as the safety of the Arkansas Taxpayer. Arkansas , Along with the rest of The United States of America, needs to follow the actions of the State of Georgia , which is starting to remove its illegal alien population by attrition and enforcement.

You can see more about this story on freerepublic.com or our blog keeparkansaslegal

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832114/posts

http://keeparkansaslegal.blogspot.com/2007/05/ice-arrests-12-illegal-aliens-on-army.html

keeparkansaslegal@yahoo.com
501-412-4063
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Six Good Reasons to Revisit Immigration Policy

While leftist are claiming it is Christian to allow illegal aliens to become citizens, at least 1 evangelical group is standing up to illegal immigration.


http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WA07E18#WA07E18
To: Friends of Family Research Council
From: Family Research Council President Tony Perkins May 9, 2007 - Wednesday

After arresting six radical Muslims with plans to massacre soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey, FBI special agent J.P Weiss said it best when he told reporters, "We dodged a bullet. In fact... we may have dodged several bullets." Unfortunately, what few seem to realize is that without serious immigration reform, Americans may not be quite so blessed next time. Of those accused in the Fort Dix terror plot, three are in the United States illegally. While we applaud the government for intercepting these men, the reality is that at least half of them should have been intercepted much sooner through our regular system of safeguards. Will it take another massive loss of innocent human life before Congress wakes up and recognizes the threat posed by our porous policies? As the House and Senate prioritize their issues for the coming month, this near-tragedy should put illegal immigration on the forefront of everyone's minds. We must confront radical Islam head-on, rather than pretending that it doesn't have an agenda. All too often Americans seem more fearful of offending people than they are of a devastating terrorist attack. Join us in urging Congress to promote true immigration reform that puts national security--not political correctness--first.

The Illegal Alien Ten Commandments (To leftist claiming amnesty/guest worker plans are Christian)

(I saw a press conference about this from the Lou Dobbs show last night and found out about this movement looking at stories on the web)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1830255/posts?page=1
Posted on 05/08/2007 10:40:48 AM PDT by pulaskibush
Many of those advocating an amnesty/guest worker program have decided to claim that Christianity on their side. A handful of leftist church leaders are preparing to grant sanctuary to illegal immigrants facing deportation in an effort to unite evangelicals behind comprehensive immigration reform. Jim Wallis of Sojourners called upon Christians to lobby for "compassionate" comprehensive immigration reform that treats illegal immigrants with grace. More about that story here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1800163/posts
What Jim Wallis and other "leftist Christians" fail to realize is that illegal aliens are the neglected citizens of other countries forced by poverty to leave their families and homelands. These neglected citizens are then transported by abusive human smugglers just to be exploited by companies like Swiftco. The cost and risk of illegal immigration is then put upon the American Taxpayer. This is the "compassion" that pro-illegals show.
The attempt to defend an evil practice with Christianity is not a new scam. American Slavery was seen as a way to “convert” Africans into Christians. If Jim Wallis has no problem encouraging human smuggling for cheap labor from Mexico, how can he object to human smuggling for even cheaper labor from an African country such as Sudan? Jesus did help the poor, but he also publicly criticized the corrupt government officials who caused poverty. Today's leftist Christian appears to give corrupt regimes a pass. With this twist in Christianity, the rules have to be “altered” to fit this agenda. Therefore, here are the new rules for the Pro-illegal Alien Agenda.

I. Thou shalt allow multi-million dollar corporations who exploit illegals to cheat the tax code and put the burden of the expenses of illegals on the American taxpaying worker.

II. Thou shalt ally with organizations that promote socialism, a form of government that has persecuted millions of Christians worldwide.

III. Thou shalt claim that illegals are the needed by the economy even though they are less than 5 percent of the workforce.

IV. Thou shalt accuse anyone who criticizes illegal immigration of being racist, xenophobe, “uncompassionate” and other names regardless of their argument.

V. Dishonor United States sovereignty, laws, citizenship, culture, and the effort of legal immigrants to become citizens by legalizing illegals.

VI. Thou shalt allow anyone to commit crime who happens to be an illegal, poor, minority, female, and has kids.

VII. Thou shalt ignore the drugs, weapons, criminals, diseases, and terrorists that enter this country because of illegal immigration.

VIII. Thou shalt ignore the fact that 2,158 Americans are killed every year by illegal aliens. More than by Iranian and Syrian backed terrorist in Iraq.

IX. Thou shalt only show “compassion” to Hispanics when it can be blamed upon the United States of America and ignore the suffering Hispanics in their Countries by negligent governments.

X. Thou shalt ignore the belief in Jesus Christ, The Ten Commandments, the un-born, government corruption, family values, and other Christian values to make your definition of “compassion” as the requirement for being a Christian.

City Churches Plan to Offer Sanctuary to Illegal Immigrants

(I don't know if any Arkansas organizations are taking part in this attempt to defend illegal immigration with the left's version Christianity)

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200703/NAT20070313a.html

By Nathan Burchfiel CNSNews.com
Staff WriterMarch 13, 2007(CNSNews.com) -
Churches in major cities across the country are preparing to grant "sanctuary" to illegal immigrants facing deportation in an effort to unite evangelicals behind comprehensive immigration reform, according to a pastor organizing the effort.Rev. Alexia Salvatierra, executive director of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE), said Monday that Christians will fight to prevent families from being divided when illegal immigrant parents are deported, leaving behind children who are legal residents."There are congregations all across this country that see this as a moral issue," Salvatierra said during a discussion on immigration at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. She said the religious community has "a tradition of being the voice for those who have no voice.
"Salvatierra, an ordained Lutheran minister, said the program will begin in Los Angeles, where CLUE is based, and spread to other major cities. Each participating congregation will care for one family with citizen children whose parents face deportation. She said each participating church would adopt a "decent, law-abiding family."Salvatierra did not reveal further details of the project, but suggested that it could violate prohibitions on giving aid to illegal immigrants. "There are traditions," she said, "of moments when it is God's call to break the law."Rev. Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners Call to Renewal, said there are some laws "that are just bad laws, immoral laws," and he called upon Christians to lobby for "compassionate" comprehensive immigration reform that treats illegal immigrants with grace."The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you," Wallis said, quoting the biblical passage of Leviticus 19:34.
Several passages in the book of Leviticus outline rules applying to Israelites and the "aliens" living among them. The passages require that the aliens abide by the same standards as the Israelites."The way the system is operating is driving people to do bad things," Wallis said, telling Cybercast News Service that fixing the "broken" immigration system, including increasing border security, is a bigger concern than punishing undocumented residents for breaking the law.Wallis said immigration reform is one of the "great moral issues" facing the nation and criticized conservative Christian leaders like Focus on the Family President James Dobson for focusing on traditional values issues like abortion and homosexuality and not addressing other issues such as immigration and poverty.
In August 2006, as immigration bills were hotly debated in the U.S. Congress and in massive protests around the country, a Chicago area church became a focus of attention when it gave "sanctuary" to an illegal immigrant.Elvira Arellano, an illegal immigrant whose son is a U.S. citizen, sought refuge at Adalberto Memorial United Methodist Church in Chicago in a bid to avoid deportation for working with a fake Social Security number. Officials have yet to act on their threat to arrest her inside the church.
Tom McClusky, vice president of government affairs for the conservative Family Research Council (FRC), told Cybercast News Service that his organization doesn't have a firm policy on how to deal with the illegal immigrants residing in the United States."We certainly think something needs to be done about enforcing the borders before you can even address the 11 million or so who are here," he said, adding that immigration is "definitely not one of our core issues."Responding to Wallis' criticism that faith-based organizations like FRC don't address immigration, McClusky said Wallis "might confuse what the role of the federal government is and what the role of the individual is."He said that FRC doesn't believe the government should dictate how Christians respond to illegal immigrants and that the organization believes churches should be allowed to offer charity to illegal immigrants without facing punishment. "It's not their job to look for green cards," McClusky said of charities.Carrie Gordon Earle, a spokesperson for Focus on the Family, told Cybercast News Service that the organization doesn't focus on immigration issues because its board of directors, which sets the group's agenda, has "not directed us to expand into the area of immigration.""It's an issue that demands both justice and compassion," she said, adding that 'we care about all families, whether they have entered the country legally or illegally."