Recall that it wasn’t long ago that Mr. Obama took a sunnier view of world affairs. The tide of war was receding. Al Qaeda was on a path to defeat. ISIS was “a jayvee team” in “Lakers uniforms.” Iraq was an Obama administration success story. Bashar Assad’s days were numbered. The Arab Spring was a rejoinder to, rather than an opportunity for, Islamist violence. The intervention in Libya was vindication for the “lead from behind” approach to intervention. The reset with Russia was a success, a position he maintained as late as September 2013. In Latin America, the “trend lines are good.”
“Overall,” as he told Tom Friedman in August 2014—shortly after ISIS had seized control of Mosul and as Vladimir Putin was muscling his way into eastern Ukraine—“I think there’s still cause for optimism.”
It’s
a remarkable record of prediction. One hundred percent wrong. The
professor president who loves to talk about teachable moments is himself
unteachable.
Add to the above, the rejection the King of Jordan and the Egyptian government in their request for a partnership that would aggressively join together to defeat ISIS.
He has allowed China to expand its military influence in Asia and we can underline our conclusion: He is unteachable and a threat to this country.
(Much of the above text belongs to an article in the WSJ, here.)
Next GOP debate run by the opposition: October 28.
Candidate criteria for the October 28, 2015 CNBC Republican Debate is as follows:
National polls will be used to determine a candidate's eligibility and placement on the stage. To be eligible to appear in either segment, a candidate must have at least 1% in any one of the methodologically sound and recognized national polls conducted by: NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, CNN and Bloomberg, released between September 17, 2015 and October 21, 2015.
To appear in the 8pm debate a candidate must have an average of 3% among these polls. The polls will be averaged and will be rounded up to 3% for any candidate with a standing of 2.5% or higher. Candidates who average below that will be invited to the 6pm debate.
National polls will be used to determine a candidate's eligibility and placement on the stage. To be eligible to appear in either segment, a candidate must have at least 1% in any one of the methodologically sound and recognized national polls conducted by: NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, CNN and Bloomberg, released between September 17, 2015 and October 21, 2015.
To appear in the 8pm debate a candidate must have an average of 3% among these polls. The polls will be averaged and will be rounded up to 3% for any candidate with a standing of 2.5% or higher. Candidates who average below that will be invited to the 6pm debate.
36 hours after meeting with Obama, Russia flies under its own cargo aricraft, to avoid radar, and bombs the Free Syrian Army.
Senator Rubio predicted this very type of Russian attack, two weeks ago, during the CNN presidential debates. If Rubio saw this coming, why not Obama? The answer to that last question is a single word: Incompetence. Worse yet, the one word answer might be the phrase, "He just doesn't give a damn." There is no difference in effect between the two answers.
"Area of armed activity" is the area controlled by the Free Syrian Army. The Southern border, presented without ISIS locations, (ISIS did not exist in 2012), but is the border along which ISIS now occupies. ALL of the Russian bombings took place in the region north of Damscus along the Western Region, up into Azaz. In other words, Russia did not come close to bombing ISIS on this first day of Russian hostilities.
"Area of armed activity" is the area controlled by the Free Syrian Army. The Southern border, presented without ISIS locations, (ISIS did not exist in 2012), but is the border along which ISIS now occupies. ALL of the Russian bombings took place in the region north of Damscus along the Western Region, up into Azaz. In other words, Russia did not come close to bombing ISIS on this first day of Russian hostilities.
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Under the Obama/Hillary regime, the rich have gotten richer and the poor, poorer.
The Koch Brothers are among the top 10 wealthiest Americans. You should know that the Koch Brothers are the only two Conservatives in that top ten grouping. And, while Obama is the "president of the Middle Class," and, Hillary the "champion of the Middle Class," both spend all of their free time with very rich and famous. Hell, Hillary has not driven her own car for 26 stinking years and the Obama's will be chauffeured for the rest of their pathetic lives. The hypocrisy is, truly, mind boggling.
THE RICHEST OF THE RICH: FORBES 45 WEALTHIEST AMERICANS
1 Bill Gates $76billion
2 Warren Buffett $62billion
3 Larry Ellison $47.5billion
4 Jeff Bezos $47billion
5 Charles Koch $41billion
5 David Koch $41billion
7 Mark Zuckerberg $40.3billion
8 Michael Bloomberg $38.6billion
9 Jim Walton $33.7billion
10 Larry Page $33.3billion
11 Sergey Brin $32.6billion
12 Alice Walton $32billion
13 S Robson Walton $31.7billion
14 Christy Walton $30.2billion
15 Sheldon Adelson $26billion
16 George Soros $24.5billion
17 Phil Knight $24.4billion
18 Forrest Mars Jr $23.4billion
18 Jacqueline Mars $23.4billion
18 John Mars $23.4billion
21 Steve Ballmer $21.6billion
22 Carl Icahn $20.5billion
23 Michael Dell $19.1billion
23 Lauren Powell Jobs $19.1billion
25 Anne Cox Chambers $18billion
26 Paul Allen $17.8billion
27 Len Blavatnik $17.7billion
28 Charles Ergen $16.4billion
29 Ray Dalio $15.3billion
30 Donald Bren $15.2billion
31 Abigail Johnson $14.2billion
32 James Simons $14billion
33 Thomas Petterfy $13.5billion
34 Elon Musk $13.3billion
35 Patrick Soon-Shiong $12.9billion
36 Ronald Perelman $12.5billion
37 Steve Cohen $12billion
38 Rupert Murdoch $11.6billion
38 Stephen Schwarzman $11.6billion
38 David Tepper $11.6billion
41 John Paulson $11.4billion
42 Andrew Beal $11billion
43 Philip Anschutz $10.9billion
44 Charles Butt $10.7billion
45 Donald Newhouse $10.6billion
The above list comes from Forbes list of the 400 wealthiest Americans.
The above list comes from Forbes list of the 400 wealthiest Americans.
Obama appeared before the U.N. as a Muslim apologist. England's David Cameron followed with a correction to the Obama Doctrine. (You will love the correction).
When British Prime Minister David Cameron took the podium on Tuesday after President Obama, he had some frank talk for a United Nations summit on defeating the Islamic State.
And it was talk the president badly needed to hear – since he had had just finished warning against profiling Muslims because “violent extremism is not unique to any one faith.”
“Barack, you said it and you’re right — every religion has its extremists,” Cameron said, according to the Washington Times.
“But we have to be frank that the biggest problem we have today is the Islamist extremist violence that has given birth to ISIL, to al Shabaab, to al Nusra, al Qaeda, and so many other groups.”
No matter how much discomfort such plain talk might cause at the U.N., where the truth is generally a stranger to policy discussions, Cameron’s statement was a breath of fresh air.
And his follow-up remarks about home-grown terrorism was just as welcome. Western governments, who used to cherish liberty on their own soil, are too passive in protecting liberty at home. They must “root out the extremist preachers that are poisoning the minds of young Muslims in our countries,” Cameron said.
“We need to make sure we don’t allow the incubation of an extremist world view even before it gets to justifying violence . . . We’ve got to get it out of our schools, get it out of our prisons, get it out of our universities. I believe in freedom of speech, but freedom to hate is not the same thing ….The boy who straps a bomb to his chest and blows up an Iraqi town, the guy that stands in the desert with a knife, having just beheaded a British hostage or whoever, they don’t get there from a standing start. They have extremist views and an extremist mindset before they make that final decision to be an extremist terrorist.”
And the starting point, no matter how much Obama and the politically correct West might wish it otherwise, is in militant Islam.
Leading from behind has given us a Russia in control and ordering the U.S. out of Syria.
What really went on in that short one-on-one meeting between President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the United Nations Monday?
Americans may never know, but since that meeting, it’s becoming apparent who’s in charge in Syria, and it’s not the United States.
Appearing on “Special Report” Tuesday, Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer blamed the unprecedented “utter passivity of the United States” while the Islamic State added 7,000 jihadis to their ranks in the last few months.
“The real story is…what happened at the U.N.,” he said, “Putin essentially stepped in and took over Syria. He’s now the leader.”
Two weeks ago, U.S. officials were warning that a Russian buildup in Syria was doomed to failure, Krauthammer explained. Now, those same officials have accepted that the Russians are there to stay.
And now Russia is truly calling the shots.
Fox News reported Wednesday that Russian officials have demanded that American warplanes “exit Syrian airspace immediately,” according to a senior U.S. official.
The official told Fox News that Russian diplomats sent an official demarche ordering U.S. planes out of Syria, adding that Russian fighter jets were now flying over Syrian territory. U.S. military sources told Fox News that U.S. planes would not comply with the Russian demand.A “demarche” is a formal diplomatic initiative made by one nation to another.
Text: http://www.bizpacreview.com/2015/09/30/krauthammer-slams-obamas-utter-passivity-russia-orders-american-planes-out-of-syria-257932
Want to know why we are losing the war to 30,000 ISIS fighters when we are the best army in the world?
Want to know why we are losing the war to 30,000 ISIS fighters when we are the best army in the world? It is because we are fighting ISIS via the internet and tweets.
I cannot begin to tell you how utterly stupid this Administration is . . . . just plain stupid. We could defeat ISIS in six weeks and yet, Obama has taken more than two years to accomplish absolutely nothing against ISIS' initial advances in Iraq and along the Syrian border. Like Fast and Furious, the IRS targeting scandal, the Benghazi cover-up, the gun running scandal (out of Libya into Syria), the EPA's refusal to comply with Supreme Court orders, the Iranian nuclear compromise, and on and on, the fight against ISIS is just another lie being told by this pathological bunch of losers. Only a child would come up with the following strategy, an intellectual 10 year old . . . . . and he won two elections.
Hollywood: The State Department says it’s losing the information war to ISIS—and is tapping HBO, Snapchat, and a screenwriter with deep CIA connections to help turn things around.
The Obama administration is turning to HBO, Snapchat, and a controversial, Oscar-winning screenwriter to help them fight ISIS.
I cannot begin to tell you how utterly stupid this Administration is . . . . just plain stupid. We could defeat ISIS in six weeks and yet, Obama has taken more than two years to accomplish absolutely nothing against ISIS' initial advances in Iraq and along the Syrian border. Like Fast and Furious, the IRS targeting scandal, the Benghazi cover-up, the gun running scandal (out of Libya into Syria), the EPA's refusal to comply with Supreme Court orders, the Iranian nuclear compromise, and on and on, the fight against ISIS is just another lie being told by this pathological bunch of losers. Only a child would come up with the following strategy, an intellectual 10 year old . . . . . and he won two elections.
Hollywood: The State Department says it’s losing the information war to ISIS—and is tapping HBO, Snapchat, and a screenwriter with deep CIA connections to help turn things around.
The Obama administration is turning to HBO, Snapchat, and a controversial, Oscar-winning screenwriter to help them fight ISIS.
Point of this post: Trust but verify . . . . and sometimes, don't trust any politician or party. (Yes, I am still a conservative, but . .)
Here is the subject headline and conservative media's view of what Obama said (read the headline and the first two sentences of the text):
‘We’re doomed’: Obama said something REALLY ‘chilling’ in UN address
This is where “hope and change” have led: President Obama told the United Nations he wants the whole world to become a “collective endeavor.”
In his address to the U.N. General Assembly Monday, Obama spoke one line that struck some people as chilling.
Now, read what Obama actually said:
“Together, we must strengthen our collective capacity to establish security where order has broken down” —@POTUS #UNGA
Question: Does the reader see the difference between the headline and text in contrast to Obama's actual statement? Understand that the headline and related commentary are from a conservative news "source" (I never use this source but receive it in my email box).
I assume the presidential tweet is the sum and substance of what he said, at the UN. Maybe not. But to quote this tweet and, then, make a statement that has nothing to do with the tweet quoted, is exactly what many of us on the Right hate.
Clearly, thw world needs to come together in an immediate effort to eliminate the likes of ISIS.
Clearly, thw world needs to come together in an immediate effort to eliminate the likes of ISIS.
Understand, it is not "OK" to make up arguments against Obama or the Left. Not "OK" and not needed. Why embellish when the Left is being run by those who do not tell the truth AS A MATTER OF POLICY or sell its legislative agenda without outright lying about its features ("You can keep your doctor, period").
Some of you believe that what is going on in the Middle East represents an Obama failure. I believe just the opposite. Obama says all the right things BUT, clearly, the facts are very different. What is going on in the Middle East is part and partial to what Obama has in mind. He does not want the US in a position of leadership in the Middle East. He does not want this country to be the strongest military nation in the world. He does not want allies that support traditional US policies. He rejects American exceptionalism at all levels.
He is the one who told Putin, "I will be more flexible after the (2012) elections," and that flexibility is exactly what we have seen in Obama's "failed" Middle East policies.
He is the one who told Putin, "I will be more flexible after the (2012) elections," and that flexibility is exactly what we have seen in Obama's "failed" Middle East policies.
One man has a high regard for issues of faith, the other is a secualr humanist.
On the flight back to Rome, Pope Francis was asked if he supported individuals,
including government officials (i.e. Kim Davis), who refuse to abide by some laws, such
as issuing marriage licenses to gays. His response? “Conscientious objection must enter into every juridical structure because it is a right.”
Understand, if Obama and the Dems can refuse to obey established federal law (sanctuary cities and marijuana laws as examples), why not the rest of the nation? There is no greater rhetorical scam than Obama telling those who still listen to him, "We are a nation of laws," this coming from a man who embraces chaos as a tool to political/domestic reform.
Understand, if Obama and the Dems can refuse to obey established federal law (sanctuary cities and marijuana laws as examples), why not the rest of the nation? There is no greater rhetorical scam than Obama telling those who still listen to him, "We are a nation of laws," this coming from a man who embraces chaos as a tool to political/domestic reform.
WSJ/NBC Poll as reported by Fox News: Trump and Carson are tied.
Trump 21 Cruz 5
Carson 20 Paul 3
Rubio 11 Christie 3
Fiorina 11 Huckabee 2
Bush 7 Santorum 1
Kasich 6 Jindal 1
Obama secretly planned to return GITMO via demands from the Cuban government.
Breitbart: Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, Cuban dictator Raúl
Castro insisted that, without the transfer of sovereignty of Guantánamo
Bay to the communist regime and the censorship of U.S. broadcasts
condemning human rights violations, the normalization of relations with
the United States cannot occur.
BTW, Congress cannot stop this return. When the treaty was written giving the US "ownership" of the property on which the new prison stands, it included provisions for its return and gave that responsibility to the Cuban government in agreement with our president.
- Prior to the ultra-sensitive talks conducted by the Obama White House to restore normal diplomatic relations, two of Hillary Clinton’s top aides conducted a two-year secret dialogue with Cuban Foreign Ministry officials focused on exchanging imprisoned U.S. citizen Alan Gross for the “Cuban Five” spies who were serving lengthy jail sentences in the United States.
- The secret talks between White House officials and Cuban negotiators close to Raul Castro came to an impasse in June 2014 over the administration’s demand that, in addition to Gross, Cuba release a CIA asset who had passed intelligence to the U.S. in the 1990s that led to the arrest of the Cuban Five spy network.
- It was during these talks that GITMO strategies were discussed. Obama has planned to use the "normalization of relations" between the two countries, since being defeated in his effort to close the prison during 2009 and 2010.
BTW, Congress cannot stop this return. When the treaty was written giving the US "ownership" of the property on which the new prison stands, it included provisions for its return and gave that responsibility to the Cuban government in agreement with our president.
Take a look at today's Drudge Report
Now you know why I really have nothing to write about. Its called "same old, same old," and, all I care about is the political news.
Obama to Bypass Congress on Syria, 'Global Warming'...
Plan to 'internationalize' Internet sparks constitutional concerns...
CNN's Jake Tapper works for the Marxist Progressive Party during the current presidential campagn.. Here is proof: (video)
As you may know, Tapper was the primary host of the second GOP debate. Tapper's assignment was to feature the dissension within the GOP: "So and so said this about you; how do you respond" a question asked over and over again. And now, his assignment is to refuse to accept Dr. Carson's explanation for his comments about Shira Law and its incompatibility with the US Constitution.
It is my long held belief that the Leftist Media has no right to vet GOP candidates, in view of the fact that they did not vett Barack Obama. This interview and Tapper's assignment are reasons enough to make my case.
Blood Moon over the weekend
From the Jerusalem Post: Sky-watchers around the world are in for a treat Sunday night and Monday
when the shadow of Earth casts a reddish glow on the moon, the result
of rare combination of an eclipse with the closest full moon of the
year. The total "supermoon" lunar eclipse, also known as a "blood moon"
is one that appears bigger and brighter than usual as it reaches the
point in its orbit that is closest to Earth.
The astronomical event occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit, making it appear much larger and brighter than usual.
The astronomical event occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit, making it appear much larger and brighter than usual.
Yahoo sides with the Marxist Dissidents in our country as it critiques Carly Fiorina.
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:15 minutes ago
Carly Fiorina defends Bush-era torture and spying, calls for more transparency
— Positioning herself as a steely advocate of aggressive
counter terrorism programs, Republican presidential candidate Carly
Fiorina offered a vigorous ddefense (of Bush's anti-terror tactics).
Editor's notes: I don't know about others, but I despise "Yahoo." It may be the poorest of all search engines. For certain, however, it is the most Marxist of all news services in this country.
I posted the above to demonstrate Yahoo's rhetorical antics. Nothing original about its reporting, simply more of the Progressive talking points.
While Yahoo stands in agreement with John McCain and other spinless leaders, in decrying the use of waterboarding three of the worst of capture Islamic terrorists. Understand that we knew nothing about Islamic terror in 2001. We needed information, badly, and we needed that information "NOW."
Look, if man in partnership with others, had one of my kids and he was sitting in my front room, tied to a chair, the last thing I would do would be to give him cookies and milk, read him his rights, and wait the courts to put him on trial. At some point, "human rights" must take a back seat to the rescue of the innocent . . . . period.
It is obvious that this bunch of leaders, Obama and Company, would have never entered the fight to rescue Europe, during WW II.
But the point of this post is this: to demonstrate the feckless partisanship of Yahoo and its ties to the Radicalized Left.
Editor's notes: I don't know about others, but I despise "Yahoo." It may be the poorest of all search engines. For certain, however, it is the most Marxist of all news services in this country.
I posted the above to demonstrate Yahoo's rhetorical antics. Nothing original about its reporting, simply more of the Progressive talking points.
While Yahoo stands in agreement with John McCain and other spinless leaders, in decrying the use of waterboarding three of the worst of capture Islamic terrorists. Understand that we knew nothing about Islamic terror in 2001. We needed information, badly, and we needed that information "NOW."
Look, if man in partnership with others, had one of my kids and he was sitting in my front room, tied to a chair, the last thing I would do would be to give him cookies and milk, read him his rights, and wait the courts to put him on trial. At some point, "human rights" must take a back seat to the rescue of the innocent . . . . period.
It is obvious that this bunch of leaders, Obama and Company, would have never entered the fight to rescue Europe, during WW II.
But the point of this post is this: to demonstrate the feckless partisanship of Yahoo and its ties to the Radicalized Left.
Trump on immigration: Grade - a solid B+. Yesw, you just might like this plan (btw it says nothing about mass deportations).
Immigration Reform That Will Make America Great Again
The three core principles of Donald J. Trump's immigration planWhen politicians talk about “immigration reform” they mean: amnesty, cheap labor and open borders. The Schumer-Rubio immigration bill was nothing more than a giveaway to the corporate patrons who run both parties.
Real immigration reform puts the needs of working people first – not wealthy globetrotting donors. We are the only country in the world whose immigration system puts the needs of other nations ahead of our own. That must change. Here are the three core principles of real immigration reform:
1. A nation without borders is not a nation. There must be a wall across the southern border.
2. A nation without laws is not a nation. Laws passed in accordance with our Constitutional system of government must be enforced.
3. A nation that does not serve its own citizens is not a nation. Any immigration plan must improve jobs, wages and security for all Americans.
Make Mexico Pay For The Wall
For many years, Mexico’s leaders have been taking advantage of the United States by using illegal immigration to export the crime and poverty in their own country (as well as in other Latin American countries). They have even published pamphlets on how to illegally immigrate to the United States. The costs for the United States have been extraordinary: U.S. taxpayers have been asked to pick up hundreds of billions in healthcare costs, housing costs, education costs, welfare costs, etc. Indeed, the annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011. The effects on jobseekers have also been disastrous, and black Americans have been particularly harmed.
The impact in terms of crime has been tragic. In recent weeks, the headlines have been covered with cases of criminals who crossed our border illegally only to go on to commit horrific crimes against Americans. Most recently, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, with a long arrest record, is charged with breaking into a 64 year-old women’s home, crushing her skull and eye sockets with a hammer, raping her, and murdering her. The Police Chief in Santa Maria says the “blood trail” leads straight to Washington.
In 2011, the Government Accountability Office found that there were a shocking 3 million arrests attached to the incarcerated alien population, including tens of thousands of violent beatings, rapes and murders.
Meanwhile, Mexico continues to make billions on not only our bad trade deals but also relies heavily on the billions of dollars in remittances sent from illegal immigrants in the United States back to Mexico ($22 billion in 2013 alone).
In short, the Mexican government has taken the United States to the cleaners. They are responsible for this problem, and they must help pay to clean it up.
The cost of building a permanent border wall pales mightily in comparison to what American taxpayers spend every single year on dealing with the fallout of illegal immigration on their communities, schools and unemployment offices.
Mexico must pay for the wall and, until they do, the United States will, among other things: impound all remittance payments derived from illegal wages; increase fees on all temporary visas issued to Mexican CEOs and diplomats (and if necessary cancel them); increase fees on all border crossing cards – of which we issue about 1 million to Mexican nationals each year (a major source of visa overstays); increase fees on all NAFTA worker visas from Mexico (another major source of overstays); and increase fees at ports of entry to the United States from Mexico [Tariffs and foreign aid cuts are also options]. We will not be taken advantage of anymore.
Defend The Laws And Constitution Of The United States
America will only be great as long as America remains a nation of laws that lives according to the Constitution. No one is above the law. The following steps will return to the American people the safety of their laws, which politicians have stolen from them:
Triple the number of ICE officers. As the President of the ICE Officers’ Council explained in Congressional testimony: “Only approximately 5,000 officers and agents within ICE perform the lion’s share of ICE’s immigration mission…Compare that to the Los Angeles Police Department at approximately 10,000 officers. Approximately 5,000 officers in ICE cover 50 states, Puerto Rico and Guam, and are attempting to enforce immigration law against 11 million illegal aliens already in the interior of the United States. Since 9-11, the U.S. Border Patrol has tripled in size, while ICE’s immigration enforcement arm, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), has remained at relatively the same size.” This will be funded by accepting the recommendation of the Inspector General for Tax Administration and eliminating tax credit payments to illegal immigrants.
Nationwide e-verify. This simple measure will protect jobs for unemployed Americans.
Mandatory return of all criminal aliens. The Obama Administration has released 76,000 aliens from its custody with criminal convictions since 2013 alone. All criminal aliens must be returned to their home countries, a process which can be aided by canceling any visas to foreign countries which will not accept their own criminals, and making it a separate and additional crime to commit an offense while here illegally.
Detention—not catch-and-release. Illegal aliens apprehended crossing the border must be detained until they are sent home, no more catch-and-release.
Defund sanctuary cities. Cut-off federal grants to any city which refuses to cooperate with federal law enforcement.
Enhanced penalties for overstaying a visa. Millions of people come to the United States on temporary visas but refuse to leave, without consequence. This is a threat to national security. Individuals who refuse to leave at the time their visa expires should be subject to criminal penalties; this will also help give local jurisdictions the power to hold visa overstays until federal authorities arrive. Completion of a visa tracking system – required by law but blocked by lobbyists – will be necessary as well.
Cooperate with local gang task forces. ICE officers should accompany local police departments conducting raids of violent street gangs like MS-13 and the 18th street gang, which have terrorized the country. All illegal aliens in gangs should be apprehended and deported. Again, quoting Chris Crane: “ICE Officers and Agents are forced to apply the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Directive, not to children in schools, but to adult inmates in jails. If an illegal-alien inmate simply claims eligibility, ICE is forced to release the alien back into the community. This includes serious criminals who have committed felonies, who have assaulted officers, and who prey on children…ICE officers should be required to place detainers on every illegal alien they encounter in jails and prisons, since these aliens not only violated immigration laws, but then went on to engage in activities that led to their arrest by police; ICE officers should be required to issue Notices to Appear to all illegal aliens with criminal convictions, DUI convictions, or a gang affiliation; ICE should be working with any state or local drug or gang task force that asks for such assistance.”
End birthright citizenship. This remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration. By a 2:1 margin, voters say it’s the wrong policy, including Harry Reid who said “no sane country” would give automatic citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants.
Put American Workers First
Decades of disastrous trade deals and immigration policies have destroyed our middle class. Today, nearly 40% of black teenagers are unemployed. Nearly 30% of Hispanic teenagers are unemployed. For black Americans without high school diplomas, the bottom has fallen out: more than 70% were employed in 1960, compared to less than 40% in 2000. Across the economy, the percentage of adults in the labor force has collapsed to a level not experienced in generations. As CBS news wrote in a piece entitled “America’s incredible shrinking middle class”: “If the middle-class is the economic backbone of America, then the country is developing osteoporosis.”
The influx of foreign workers holds down salaries, keeps unemployment high, and makes it difficult for poor and working class Americans – including immigrants themselves and their children – to earn a middle class wage. Nearly half of all immigrants and their US-born children currently live in or near poverty, including more than 60 percent of Hispanic immigrants. Every year, we voluntarily admit another 2 million new immigrants, guest workers, refugees, and dependents, growing our existing all-time historic record population of 42 million immigrants. We need to control the admission of new low-earning workers in order to: help wages grow, get teenagers back to work, aid minorities’ rise into the middle class, help schools and communities falling behind, and to ensure our immigrant members of the national family become part of the American dream.
Additionally, we need to stop giving legal immigrant visas to people bent on causing us harm. From the 9/11 hijackers, to the Boston Bombers, and many others, our immigration system is being used to attack us. The President of the immigration caseworkers union declared in a statement on ISIS: “We've become the visa clearinghouse for the world.”
Here are some additional specific policy proposals for long-term reform:
Increase prevailing wage for H-1Bs. We graduate two times more Americans with STEM degrees each year than find STEM jobs, yet as much as two-thirds of entry-level hiring for IT jobs is accomplished through the H-1B program. More than half of H-1B visas are issued for the program's lowest allowable wage level, and more than eighty percent for its bottom two. Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the U.S., instead of flying in cheaper workers from overseas. This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program. Mark Zuckerberg’s personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorities.
Requirement to hire American workers first. Too many visas, like the H-1B, have no such requirement. In the year 2015, with 92 million Americans outside the workforce and incomes collapsing, we need companies to hire from the domestic pool of unemployed. Petitions for workers should be mailed to the unemployment office, not USCIS.
End welfare abuse. Applicants for entry to the United States should be required to certify that they can pay for their own housing, healthcare and other needs before coming to the U.S.
Jobs program for inner city youth. The J-1 visa jobs program for foreign youth will be terminated and replaced with a resume bank for inner city youth provided to all corporate subscribers to the J-1 visa program.
Refugee program for American children. Increase standards for the admission of refugees and asylum-seekers to crack down on abuses. Use the monies saved on expensive refugee programs to help place American children without parents in safer homes and communities, and to improve community safety in high crime neighborhoods in the United States.
Immigration moderation. Before any new green cards are issued to foreign workers abroad, there will be a pause where employers will have to hire from the domestic pool of unemployed immigrant and native workers. This will help reverse women's plummeting workplace participation rate, grow wages, and allow record immigration levels to subside to more moderate historical averages.
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