Illegal Alien Stories On the Web

Here are some of the illegal alien articles from the last couple of days. Macleans.ca Migrants rush to Arizona border anticipating passage of guest-worker plan - The shelter's manager, Francisco Loureiro, said he has not seen such a rush of migrants since 1986, when the United States allowed 2.6 million illegal residents to get American citizenship. This time, the draw is a bill before the U.S. Senate that could legalize some of the 11 million people now illegally in the United States while tightening border security. Migrants are hurrying to cross over in time to qualify for a possible guest-worker program - and before the journey becomes even harder. "Every time there is talk in the north of legalizing migrants, people get their hopes up, but they don't realize how hard it will be to cross," Loureiro said. See? This is what I said. We first have to make the border as secure as possible then decide what to do with those law-breakers already here. But it is not enough to speak in the right cadences. You need to know how to articulate and frame your goals. Americans instinctively know the difference between these two civil rights crusades. Blacks were owed. For centuries they had been the victims of a historic national crime. The principal crime involved in the immigrant crusade is the violation of immigration laws by the illegals themselves. Real Clear Politics But it is not enough to speak in the right cadences. You need to know how to articulate and frame your goals. Americans instinctively know the difference between these two civil rights crusades. Blacks were owed. For centuries they had been the victims of a historic national crime. The principal crime involved in the immigrant crusade is the violation of immigration laws by the illegals themselves. To be sure, that is not a high crime. But it does not behoove one who has stealthily stolen into another's house to then make demands about rights -- or to march under the banner of ``The National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice.'' Justice? On what grounds do those who come into a country illegally claim rights? They seek good will and understanding. And Americans might give it -- but on request, not on demand. This article is of course on the subject of comparing illegal aliens with blacks and how their struggles are not the same. Townhall.com There is only one group of people with less credibility on the immigration issue than Washington politicians. It is the illegal immigrants protesting violations of their "rights" while parading the Mexican flag and disrespecting the one symbolizing the great nation from which they're demanding favors. Send-A-Brick Project The Send-A-Brick Project was created by concerned citizens to send bricks to Washington encouraging our Congressmen to stand tough on border security. Each brick sends a message to our Senators and Representatives that we want our borders secured before any other action is taken on illegal immigration. We believe that if everyone who visits this site sends a brick to their Congressmen, we will send a BIG message that the American public wants secure borders NOW. WorldNetDaily While presidential press secretary Scott McClellan today failed to directly address a question about the Council on Foreign Relations' desire for establishing a coordinated border around North America, he defended President Bush's record on U.S.-Mexican border enforcement and admitted illegal aliens meet "an important economic need." If we need them, fine as long as they come here legally and do what they say they will do. This is just more of the Administration's big talk and no action on the illegal alien problem. RealClearPolitics In the fierce debate over illegal immigration, the particular terms used by those who argue our porous borders are not a serious problem can tell us a lot. There are somewhere between 8 and 15 million citizens from Mexico and Latin America in the U.S. unlawfully. Those who want cheap labor or relatively unimpeded entry into the U.S. for even more people try to mask the almost inconceivable enormity of the problem through euphemism as well as name-calling of their opponents. Very good article.