Citizenship for Sale for a mere $1475 Better known as the 14th amendment birth tourism package

Washington Post --

in Shanghai China, $1475 can buy you a US passport and citizenship for your new baby.

"Zhou and Chao, a husband and wife from Taiwan who now live in Shanghai, run one of China's oldest and most successful consultancies helping well-heeled expectant Chinese mothers travel to the United States to give birth..."

the package, which includes a three months stay (two months before birth and one month after)takes advantage of one of the loopholes in the 14th amendment.

"Zhou and Chao insist that everything they do is legal, noting that the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, says anyone born on U.S. soil has the right to citizenship. "We don't encourage moms to break the law -- just to take advantage of it," Zhou said. "It's like jaywalking. The policeman might fine you, but it doesn't break the law."

"We are not snakeheads," he added, using the common term here for Chinese gangsters involved in smuggling illegal immigrants. "

the Chinese, have found a way to profit from the 14th amendment and to do it legally.

one thing I find very interesting in the article, is that the writer states that a some of the parents that bring their children over here to be born US citizens have no intention them selves in remaining in the United States. They are simply more concerned for their children's future unlike in my opinion those who cross the border illegally dragging their three-year-old child here apparently unconcerned at all for the type of future that they're placing their child into.

it still doesn't make it right, however, it is another reason to take another look at the 14th amendment.

over 25,000 people put their money where their mouth is concerning support for Arizona's law

Fox news --

Arizona governor Jan Brewer established a defense fund in late May to help pay for defending the state's law cracking down on illegal immigration now totals more than $1.2 million with donations from over 25,000 people.

25,000 people!

I guess in one sense, you can say that it's 25,000 people contributing to help fight against the US government.

Additional news --

Fox news --

governor Jan Brewer dropped her request to accept private contributions after her campaign rival Buz Mills suspended his campaign for governor.

"The Yavapai County businessman said Tuesday he suspended his campaign because the illegal immigration and border security issues had drowned out discussion of budget and economic concerns that prompted him to enter the race. "

he's either smart or chicken.

Take a picture the BP oil spill, and it is now a federal violation* subject to a $40,000 fine

News Busters --

the White House enacted stronger rules to prevent the media from showing what's happening with the oil spill in the Gulf Coast. The new ruling keeps photographers and reporters and anyone else from coming within 65 feet of any response vessel or booms out on the water or on beaches.

In order to get access, you have to get direct permission from Coast Guard captain of the Port of New Orleans. Violators of the new rule could face a fine of $40,000 and a class D. felony charge. more...

(more photos of oil spill)

working in the United States illegally -- you're fired!

New York Times --

Present Obama in a speech last week explained a two-step immigration policy where he promises tough enforcement against illegal immigration in the workplace and at the border while at the same time the enforcement on illegal aliens creates no drama, no trauma, no families being torn apart and no handcuffs."

Part of the new strategy is called "silent raids" where instead of sending large number of federal agents into a business and arresting the illegal aliens that happened to be on the premises at the time, a "quieter" and more cost effective method of enforcement is to send several federal agents into the business and scour the company's records for illegal immigrants.

Over the past year, ICE has conducted audits of employee files at more than 2900 companies and the agency has levied a record of $3 million in civil fines so far this year.

The audit forces businesses to fire every suspected illegal immigrant on the payroll, not just those that happened to be on the premises at the time of the raid. There are no arrests, no deportation and therefore no families are separated as a result of the raids.

" Even if discovered, illegal aliens are allowed to walk free and seek employment elsewhere” said Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee. “This lax approach is particularly troubling,” he said, “at a time when so many American citizens are struggling to find jobs."

John Morton, the head of ICE, said the goal of the audits is to create "a culture of compliance" among employers and leaves it up to the employers to fire workers who documents cannot be validated.

well, that's one of the things that "we" wanted was to take away the carrot that attracts illegal aliens to the country.

By making employers more accountable, should make it a little bit harder for illegal aliens to find work within the country. however, do you feel that the illegal aliens who are discovered as a result of these raids should just be allowed to walk free?

What about criminal charges against somebody using a stolen Social Security number or deliberately falsifying the INS I-9 form?

Isn't that a federal crime?

At least (even though the federal government profits from it) it's a step in the right direction.

what your opinion if Arizona loses?

Robin's commentary...

I've been reading a ton of news articles regarding the federal government's lawsuit against Arizona... and the majority of readers comments made on these articles are in favor of Arizona and are also setting a tone of anger against the federal government for even thinking about filing a lawsuit to protect illegal trespassers.

So in your opinion, what do YOU feel will happen as a result of this lawsuit no matter who wins?

In my opinion, if Arizona loses, the federal government and local governments are going to see an uproar from the people that they've never seen before.

The federal government filed suit against Arizona prohibiting them from enforcing federal immigration law

Fox news --

The Department of Justice on Tuesday claiming that the federal government has "preeminent authority" on immigration enforcement filed a lawsuit challenging the state's immigration policy claiming that the "invalid" law interferes with federal immigration responsibilities.

"Arizonans are understandably frustrated with illegal immigration, and the federal government has a responsibility to comprehensively address those concerns," Attorney General Eric Holder said in a written statement. "But diverting federal resources away from dangerous aliens such as terrorism suspects and aliens with criminal records will impact the entire country's safety. Setting immigration policy and enforcing immigration laws is a national responsibility. Seeking to address the issue through a patchwork of state laws will only create more problems than it solves."

... The United States Constitution forbids Arizona from supplanting the federal government's immigration regime with its own state-specific immigration policy," the suit says. "A policy that, in purpose and effect, interferes with the numerous interests the federal government must balance."

Already the high court is weighing a separate Arizona law establishing penalties for employers that don't check the immigration status of employees, which the Justice Department argues impinges on federal immigration authority. {WSJ}

Depending on the outcome, supporters of the measure hope that this will set the new precedent on immigration.



first of all, Attorney General Eric Holder is full of …..
"Diverting federal resources away from dangerous aliens..." that's about the same BS is saying I'm going to leave my front door unlocked and take my chances on who enters my house.

I want to take issue with several things at this article is saying.

1. Diverting federal resources away from "dangerous aliens" and "aliens with records" will impact the entire country safety." Okay, how do you know if they are "dangerous" or have a "record" if you don't check it when you get the opportunity?

2. "Supplanting the federal government's immigration regime with its own state specific immigration policy." Arizona is simply enforcing federal immigration laws.

3. "... a policy that, in purpose and effect, interferes with the numerous interests the federal government's must balance" like what, some type of trade deal with Mexico that we are not aware of? WorldNetDaily exclusive July 6, 2010


Anyway, here is my prediction if Arizona loses the lawsuit.

1. You will a record flood of illegal aliens entering the country because the only system in place to verify their immigration status would be the federal government and they've already proven that they are not interested in doing so.

2. Because of the record number of US citizens that are in favor of such laws such as Arizona's and the firm belief that the federal government has failed to do its constitutional duty in protecting our borders and our country, you're going to see an uprising (hopefully peacefully) of outraged citizens.


Voter outrage is already starting to show in the primaries in the fact that incumbents are not being reelected and tea party supporters are.
Comprehensive immigration reform (whatever the heck that means) that the president is trying to pass, you might as well forget it. NO AMNESTY!

While I am a firm believer that the children who were brought here at a very young age illegally who are now graduating from high school and know no other country than this one, that we should have some leniency towards them simply because we (government) for failing to enforce our laws have created these circumstances in which they now face, should be allowed some path to citizenship. All others, go home and come back to the front door and be welcome.

I would hope that if Arizona does lose this battle, that it along with the other states would in turn sue the federal government and demand since they so adamantly insists that enforcing immigration laws is their job, make them step up to the plate and do it.

While our immigration system is not perfect, it is the one that is currently in place and by circumventing the law itself just because you don't agree with it, does not make what you're doing right, and even more so, it is unfair to the millions of legal immigrants who spent the time money and trouble to become Americans.

Is anybody offended by Independence Day?

Robin's commentary --

As I was searching the Internet and online news medias for articles to blog about, I got to thinking about all the things that have been going on in the 21st century and the effect from the politically correct crowd. And I got to wonder if anybody was actually offended by Independence Day Fourth of July.

Think about this for a minute...

On Memorial Day, the question was asked at my workplace, "what is it and why should I care?"

So I put the question out there regarding Independence Day.

Other than beer, fireworks and an extra day off, do you really know or really care what Independence Day is?

are we taking our independence for granted thinking that we could never lose it?

Growing up, just before Christmas, we were bombarded with tons of children's shows about saving Christmas. I never gave it much thought; Christmas will always be here. Who would want to ever kill Christmas?

More importantly, who would ever think that Christmas could ever be offensive.

in the 21st century, we have to fight to keep the Christmas tree, a Christmas tree.

Then I see headlines like this one...

Arlington, Massachusetts school bans American flag, Pledge of Allegiance in schools.

The world is a much different place now. The teachings in our schools now are isolating our children from the "violence" of the world and rewriting our history and how we gained our freedom and I personally believe that it is our ignorance and a lack of patriotism, which will be the downfall of America.

And the next time that somebody demands to place a foreign countries flag in place of our own on our own soil, that I suggest that you really take a close look at the words below about what our flag, the red white and blue really stands for.

For those of you that have served in the armed forces to protect our freedoms, I say thank you for your service and contributions.

So as we go into the weekend celebration, stop for a moment and give thanks to the freedoms that we enjoy today.




RED SKELTON: I — me, an individual, a committee of one — pledge — dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity — allegiance — my love and my devotion — to the flag — our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there is respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom is everybody's job — of the United — that means that we have all come together — States — individual communities that have united into 48 great states; 48 individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose, all divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common cause and that's love for country — of America and to the Republic — a republic, a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people — for which it stands. One nation— meaning, so blessed by God — indivisible — incapable of being divided —with liberty — which is freedom, the right of power to live one's life without threats or fear or any sort of retaliation — and justice — the principle or quality of dealing fairly with others — for all — which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine.

if you wonder why the government is so messed up, check out this representative

Fox news --
at a town hall meeting, a member of the Minutemen seriously asked Representative Stark regarding the security of our borders, Representative Stark mocks him with ludicrous answers.

"we can't get enough minutemen armed.we'd like to get all the Minutemen arm so they can stop shooting people here." Was Starks reply.

After some prodding from the audience for a serious answer, Stark continued...

"if you knew anything about our borders, you would know that's not the case. Our borders are quite secure, thank you."

without regurgitating the whole conversation, I highly recommend viewing the video because it is just unbelievable how a representative is basically making fun of some very serious questions that are being asked.

after watching this video, you can deftly see why a lot of people are starting to take Ray Stevens advice in the video below.

in Portland, not paying your sewer bill could cost you your property

KGW TV --

Portlanders who refuse to pay their sewer bills, may discover that their overdue bill has been converted into a property tax debt.

The reason why the city of Portland is forcing this "trade-off" is because unlike water, gas and electricity, sewer services cannot actually be shut off when a customer is delinquent in their payments.

"They will eventually lose their property through a tax foreclosure if they don't pay it," said John Popenuk, City of Portland Customer Service Supervisor."

$300,000 in consumer sewer debt to the County assessor's office will be transferred this week.

Wait a minute; you got to be kidding me.
With taxes and fees constantly forever on the rise, it's no wonder why the city is experiencing delinquency.

However, look where some of the money for this utility charge is going for.

In a May 19, 2010 article of the Oregonian, Portland Mayor Sam Adams officially unveiled his $450 million budget proposal calling for steep increases in water and sewer fees... with some of that money going towards according to Willamette Week, $500,000 for new community college scholarships which Mayor Sam Adams says will "get our youth on track in high school." In addition to park tree maintenance and river planning. The budget also included a new $15 or $30 annual fee for homeowners who live in neighborhoods that receive "leaf pickups" in the fall.

WHAT!!!

Utility fees going for college scholarships?

Okay, I have no problem with school scholarships; however, I do have a problem with being forced to be one of the unwilling contributors to the scholarship like the people of Portland are with their utility bill.

And they wonder why people do not trust the government.


Additional information on the rate hike at KATU

How should we feel about other countries sticking their nose in our business?

CNCnews --

Lawyers for Mexico Tuesday asked a federal court in Arizona to declare the state's new immigration law which will take effect July 29 as unconstitutional arguing that the country's own interests and citizens are at stake.

"Citing "grave concerns," Mexico said its interest in having predictable, consistent relations with the United States shouldn't be frustrated by one [and at least 17 more to follow] U.S. state.

Mexico also said it has a legitimate interest in defending its citizens' rights and that the law would lead to racial profiling, hinder trade and tourism, and strain the countries' work on combating drug trafficking and related violence.

"Mexican citizens will be afraid to visit Arizona for work or pleasure out of concern that they will be subject to unlawful police scrutiny and detention," the brief said.

Governor Jan Brewer and other supporters' say the bill (law) is intended pick up where the federal government has failed in enforcing immigration laws and to pressure illegal immigrants to leave the United States. Opponents of the law argue that the Arizona law and others like it lead to racial profiling.

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon stated on June 8 at the law "opens a Pandora's box of the worst abuse in the history of humanity..."

well, how does it feel?

Having another country tell us what laws that we should have or not have in our own country.

Of course, we (the United States) do that all the time to other countries.

However, in this case, the Arizona law and other communities that are following suit with their own versions of the law have obviously struck a nerve with Mexico as they are worried about the financial impact to their own country as Americans are finally starting to stand up and insisting that if you're going to be in this country, that you do so legally.

Not too much to ask I think.

In addition, Americans are finally starting to tell the politically correctness crowds that we no longer have to be afraid to speak up.

If Mexico is really concerned about the possibility of racial profiling or abuse of their people, then I would highly suggest that Mexico join forces with the United States and be serious about securing the border and working with us instead of against us.

The US government may feel differently about this, but the people of the United States (the real government) would consider Mexico's involvement in a border security as a great gesture on their part.