To Whom It May Concern: I am disavowing any agreement with and support of the group calling itself Save Arizona... and hereby remove myself from its list of supporters. Why, after initially signing on with the group? I almost hesitate to say it's really simple, but it really is. After careful consideration and a bit of research I believe this is a racist, bigoted, right-wing group. And being that, their modus operandi is radical activism; it works to create havoc, disharmony, and even hate and fear within a community and the general society as well. I do not believe in any of that. So, there it is, pretty simple. This group IS what I'm NOT.
Now, having set forth my disclaimer of support for the Save Arizona... group, I believe, as most citizens do, I'm sure, that Arizona has the sovereign right, and duty, to enact laws to protect its citizens and all other legal residents of the state. Arizona also has the duty to enforce the laws, state and federal, that manage or control immigration. If these laws are written in a manner that permits, even unwittingly or though misperception or malice, the denigration, harsh or brutal treatment, or wrongful processing as an alien of anyone who is or is suspected to be a person who is in the state illegally (an illegal alien), the law must be changed.
Illegal Alien Support--Truth or Fiction
Here is an email I received which, if true, is really galling. I've tried to research the truth of the "facts" contained in the email but have found no evidence to either affirm or dispute the claims. I have taken the liberty of editorship in inserting this message.
My name is d'Lynn. I'm a disabled Vietnam vet....which means I receive a veterans administration disability pension, which also means "I'm broke!" Just one step ahead of being homeless every month, an d that's not an idle statement or an "Oh, whoa is me" dire complaint. There’s a point to this, so hang in there a minute or two and read on.
There's a 25-year-old illegal immigrant woman living in Florida , with eight kids. Yes, eight "anchor babies" and she receives just shy of $1,500 per month per kid, plus medical [and] food stamps....You do the math on that yourself. I'd say that she was schooled early in how to make it in the system. Twenty-five years old, eight kids... yep, she started early.
You can whip out the calculator if you want, but this women who never has paid a dime in taxes of any kind here in this country illegally. She hasn’t paid one one cent in medical for all the “anchor babies,” makes more in one month, legally, than I receive in over a year and a half in disability payments and I can't even get food stamps!...Technically I am eligible for “Social Assistance.” I was told it would be a walk through – a gimme – being disabled. No problem, and in the very next breath I was also informed that under the law the amount I received in “Social Assistance” would be deducted from my disability pension....
She's here illegally and with just one kid would make over twice what I receive per month. She has eight and she’s not a stand-out case. She’s not alone. That's the way the system works. Millions of illegal immigrants know this, [they] know how the system works and know how to use it. (Haven't you seen the pamphlet? It's handed out all along our borders, "The Illegal Immigrants' Guide to Keeping America Just The Way It Is.") and that's just the way it works.
Did you know that the federal government provides a “refugee” in this country with a monthly “stipend” of $1,890, plus $580 a month in “Social Assistance?” That’s $2,470 a month, tax-free. That's two and a half times what I’m allowed to receive as a disabled vet. And just what did they do to earn this? All you have to do is show up on our collective doorstep, raise your right hand and swear that you're a refugee and, bingo, receive $30,000 a year, tax-free. That's more than someone making $15 an hour, and they have to pay taxes to boot!...
The point to this “story?” Just why are you paying such high taxes to support this incredibly screwed-up government? Why? And I’m not proposing you stop paying your taxes. That's wrong. There are good programs and reasons to pay your taxes and support our government.
What am I proposing? It's quite simple. Vote.
The government, our government, is broken and we as the voters serve as the maintenance crew. We fix it . . . . . by voting.
If your state Senator has been in office more then two terms, vote 'em out at the next election. If your state representative has been in office more then two terms, vote 'em out of office. We put term limits on just about every publicly-elected official in the country except the House and Senate. Why?...
I don't care how much you believe your Senator or Representative is doing a good job. They're not! Look at the government you have, that we have. How can you state they are doing what you want as the voter that put them there? How?
Vote them out of office. Do it.
Change the course of this country's history by what you are granted and guaranteed under the law. Vote! And if you have the guts, the anger, the outrage, start a petition in your state for a state-wide initiative to be placed on your next state ballot. Limiting the terms of office for your state senators and state representatives to your federal government to two terms.
The federal government will never pass such a law, but you can. You can get it done. You can force it. You can make it a law.
This is the first step in “getting it right.” Just vote. It's simple. It's easy, dammit!
This first step will send a very clear message. It’ll work. It’ill put “us” back in control of “them.” As it should be. As it was intended in the first place.
Are you an American? Born and raised? Then vote!
Side note: I sent this e-mail to a little over one hundred on my e-mail list. If you believe I’m wrong or misguided or you simply don't agree, that's fine. Go right ahead a delete this e-mail. No problem. Sorry to have bothered you. But if you think I just might have a worthwhile idea, something we can easily accomplish, something that could be a small part at getting this country back under “our” control, then please pass this along.
REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER !!
Illegal Alien Financial Support
Here is a letter (via the web) that I sent to my senator from Missouri, Claire McCaskill:
I am hearing many stories these days about illegals getting money from our government and also getting free health care and subsistence. Examples:
(1) If an immigrant is over 65, they can apply for SSI and Medicaid and get more than a woman on Social Security, who worked from 1944 until 2004.
(2) Florida ER doctor: "I live and work in a state overrun with illegals. They make more money having kids than we earn working full-time. Today I had a 25-year old with 8 kids -- that’s right 8; all illegal anchor babies and she had the nicest nails, cell phone, hand bag, clothing, etc. She makes about $1,500 monthly for each; you do the math."
So, the question is, "Do illegal aliens receive government subsidies, taxpayer money and other free assistance?" If so, why?
I am hearing many stories these days about illegals getting money from our government and also getting free health care and subsistence. Examples:
(1) If an immigrant is over 65, they can apply for SSI and Medicaid and get more than a woman on Social Security, who worked from 1944 until 2004.
(2) Florida ER doctor: "I live and work in a state overrun with illegals. They make more money having kids than we earn working full-time. Today I had a 25-year old with 8 kids -- that’s right 8; all illegal anchor babies and she had the nicest nails, cell phone, hand bag, clothing, etc. She makes about $1,500 monthly for each; you do the math."
So, the question is, "Do illegal aliens receive government subsidies, taxpayer money and other free assistance?" If so, why?
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