Bush’s Immigration Attitude

and His Emotional Ties to Hispanics.

“The princes of Zoan have become fools; The princes of Noph are deceived; They have also deluded Egypt…” (Isa 19:13)

“Great men are not always wise...” (Job 32:9a)

For a long time, I have been puzzled by President Bush’s unbridled determination to unleash millions, upon millions of poor, illiterate, unskilled, often sickly illegal Mexican aliens upon our nation. For many reasons, it has not made sense to me.

Until now!

Columnist Diana West has come up with ONE very cogent reason (probably among several) – Bush’s EMOTIONS. He is emotionally tied to this group of people in “his gut”. Over the decades of his life in Texas, he has experienced Hispanics (especially Mexicans) to be decent, hardworking and humane.

Diana West (and I) agree this is true of a large percentage of Mexicans. But, this is true of “half the world’s population”. Do we construct a new immigration policy on this emotionalism?

Below are some excerpts from Diana West’s intriguing proposition. Please, in order to truly grasp this perspective, read her whole column here: The President’s Gut.

“Now that the president has tried to revive the comatose Senate amnesty bill, at least as big a question…is why on earth he would want to… [W]hy this particular attempted win, which his political base sees only as betrayal?”

“‘It's a very emotional issue.’ That's what the president says by way of describing the acid turmoil his ‘comprehensive’ immigration reform push has caused, particularly among conservatives.”

“[I] get the impression he (wants) to dismiss his opponents' objections as volcanic eruptions of feeling, rather than legitimate and reasonable arguments.”

“[I]mmigration reform is a very emotional issue for Mr. Bush himself. Too emotional. When it comes to illegal aliens — in particular, illegal aliens from Mexico — the man seems to be governed by his gut. And that, of course, is no way to govern.”

“A strong emotional thread connecting Mr. Bush to the issue comes through stories about his beloved Mexican-born housekeeper/nannies, and through stories about his political associates with Mexican roots, such as Attorney General Alberto Gonzales…”

“‘When you grow up in Texas like... I did,’ Mr. Bush recently told McClatchy Newspapers, ‘you recognize the decency and hard work and humanity of Hispanics.’”

“A lovely testimonial, but hardly a criterion on which to offer amnesty to some 12 to 20 million illegal aliens, even if they are mainly Hispanic. Half the world's population are undoubtedly just as decent, hard working and humane, but that doesn't qualify the non-Hispanic billions (who haven't broken innumerable U.S. laws) for citizenship — at least not yet.”

“Mr. Bush not only imagines comprehensively reforming the illegal, mainly Hispanic millions into citizens, but also ‘assimilating’ them into Americans.”

“The president doesn't seem to have noticed that the multicultural states of America long ago junked the ‘assimilation’ process as being ‘Euro-centric,’ ‘racist’ and worse.”

“From his inviolate state of oblivion, Mr. Bush views ‘a backlash against newcomers’ as being the only conceivable threat to the assimilation process — and more. ‘I am deeply concerned about America losing its soul,’ he said, bemoaning the country's opposition to illegal immigration. ‘I am worried that a backlash to newcomers could cause our country to lose its great capacity to assimilate newcomers.’”

“This has nothing to do with Mr. Bush's ‘backlash’ bogeyman — which, frankly, sounds like another slap at Americans who want U.S. sovereignty upheld. Maybe Mr. Bush is just being emotional. But it's clear where his emotions lie, and it's not with conservatives. And I don't think they stop at the border, either.”

Harry Valentine, CHPA Founder/Publisher

P.S. Soon I will send you some 100-year-old quotations from President Theodore Roosevelt about aliens and citizenship. They encapsulate why so many people are repelled by this Immigration bill.

For further information about the immigration issue, you may want to review the following articles:

Executive Summary: The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer by Robert E. Rector and Christine Kim

Immigrants Shunning Idea of Assimilation by William Branigin

The Rules of Engagement by Michelle Malkin

Assimilation Is the Real Debate by Victor Davis Hanson

In L.A., a Sense of Future Conflicts by Michael A. Fletcher

Importing Poverty by William Hawkins

Prayer

“Lord, did President Bush ‘inquire of the Lord’ or is he ‘leaning on his own understanding’(see I Sam 23:2; Prov 3:3)?

“We don’t know, Lord, but You do. May Thy Will be done. No one else’s!” In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Immigration Bill: The Fix Is In!

Kiss Our Nation “Goodbye”

“You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.” (Mk 10:42)

Hi, everybody! Sorry for being so quiet for the past ten days! I have been trying to get the “scoop” on the status of the so-called “reforms” in the Immigration bill. My report to you is:

THE FIX IS IN!

As you will read (and I pray you do) in the linked column: Who's Winning the Immigration Battle? by William Rusher, the Elites are IGNORING you and me and doing whatever they deem best for themselves and their associates, despite the massive bipartisan objections of the voters who have been phoning, rallying, writing and visiting offices, all to no avail. The Elites simply DO NOT CARE what we think!

Rather than express more of my disgust, let me give you some excerpts from Rusher’s column. Please read it all, because he sums up all the problems very succinctly. If the bill passes, you, I and our children can kiss our orderly, law-abiding Christian-based nation completely “goodbye”!

“The [pro-‘reform’ bill] coalition is simply too powerful for anything as unfocused as mere American public opinion to resist for long. For one thing, it includes the entire Democratic Party…The Democratic strategists realize that if they can only put the 12 million or more illegal aliens already here on a track to eventual citizenship, two-thirds of them can be depended to vote Democratic when they get there…That's a net gain of 4 million votes in every national election after roughly 2020, and that figure will only grow as more Hispanics flood in under the other provisions of the ‘reform.’”

“The other wing of the coalition consists, paradoxically, of people who mostly vote Republican. But they are businessmen who depend on cheap immigrant labor to fatten their profits, and who are willing to do whatever it takes to keep the current influx of Mexican laborers coming. Their spiritual ancestors were the pre-Civil War slaveowners, who really knew about cheap labor. The businessmen in question are hugely influential in the Republican Party.”

“Now, there is nothing inherently wrong with immigration, or with Hispanic immigration. It is perfectly true that America has always welcomed immigrants, and has prospered hugely from their contributions. But the flood of Hispanic immigration in the past three decades, both legal and illegal, has simply overwhelmed the normal assimilative capacities of American society.”

“[I]t will transform the United States into a bilingual, bicultural hodgepodge with quite possibly fatal internal divisions.”

“‘Border enforcement’ has been a standing joke for 20 years.”

“And bear in mind that when the ‘reform’ bill is finally passed (as it very probably will be), its enforcement will be in the hands of the Democratic party, which seems likely to sweep the 2008 elections to spank George Bush for Iraq. How much of that ‘fence’, do you suppose, will actually be built on the Democrats' watch?”

“We are in the grip of a coalition of businessmen without foresight and politicians without scruples. And anyone who lives through the next fifty years will see the United States transformed from a proud English-speaking nation in the West European tradition into a polyglot multicultural mess.”(emphases mine)

Harry Valentine, CHPA Founder/Publisher

(P.S. – For the next few days, I will be sending you further selected articles on this topic.)

Prayer

“Lord, we welcome people from foreign lands. But the borders You established (Acts 17:26), must be respected and honored, as well as the Rule of Law. Many of our senators seem to be feathering their own nests and ignoring what seems orderly, wise and gracious as well as the people who elected them.

Please, Lord, help us – for ‘the help of man is worthless’ (Ps 60:11). In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

With “Friends” Like Edwards and
the Media, Who Needs Enemies?

“Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, ‘A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Syria.’” (2 Chron 20:2)

Can you believe the blindness and stupidity of former Senator John Edwards (D., N.C.)? With a straight face under his $400 haircuts he asserts that “There is no war on terror – it’s for bumper stickers.”

This is in the midst of the attempted slaughter of our soldiers at Fort Dix, N.J., by Muslims from Albania and the planned attack by Muslims on JFK’s oil tanks. By God’s Grace these plots were exposed and foiled (Mt 10:26; Jn 3:25).

Can you believe it? The liberals and Democrats do not believe there are Islamic terrorists dedicated to murdering your family and mine because we are “infidels.”

Can you believe the New York Times buried the JFK bomb story on page 30? According to Gary Bauer, “CBS and one other major network managed to report the story without once mentioning the word ‘Muslim’ or ‘Islam’”(emphasis mine). It is pitiful and deceitful!

Well, what will these people do about the information discovered by Todd Bensman of the San Antonio Express – News?

As I reported in my last Alert, he has exposed the bribery – induced human pipeline for Islamic terrorists from Syria to Mexico to Texas. They come from state sponsors of terrorism (see excerpt #6 below).

The answer to my last question is, “Nothing!” They are the Elites and Bensman’s stuff is very politically incorrect. The liberals in general, and media specifically, have an agenda: embrace Islam, ruin President Bush’s reputation, destroy what’s left of the Judeo-Christian culture in the Western world, and obtain POWER, at all costs! They will knowingly (and blindly) sacrifice anyone or anything to do this, because pagans’ primary goal is POWER.

So, please keep your pastor and yourself informed! Be Watchmen! Warn! Challenge! And most importantly, PRAY!

Here are excerpts from Bensman’s report:

“Al Nawateer restaurant (in Damascus, Syria) is a place where dreams are bartered and secrets are kept…where clandestine human smuggling rings have sprung up to help refugees move on — often to the United States.”

“They come to be solicited by someone who, for the right price, will help them obtain visas from the sometimes bribery-greased consulates of nations adversarial or indifferent to American security concerns.”

“Americans from San Antonio to Detroit might find themselves living among immigrants from Islamic countries who have come to America with darker pursuits than escaping war or starting a new life.”

“U.S.-bound illicit travel from Islamic countries, which started long before 9-11 and includes some reputed terrorists, has gained momentum and worried counterterrorism officials”

“‘But it's easy. You fly to Moscow, then Cuba and from there to Guatemala.’”

“The 43 countries of interest are singled out because terrorist groups operate there. Special-interest immigrants are coming all the time, from countries where U.S. military personnel are battling radical Islamist movements, such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and the Philippines. They come from countries where organized Islamic extremists have bombed U.S. interests, such as Kenya, Tanzania and Lebanon. They come from U.S.-designated state sponsors of terror, such as Iran, Syria and Sudan.”(emphases mine)

Harry Valentine, CHPA Founder/Publisher

P.S. – Please click on Todd Bensman’s whole article. I have excerpted only a small portion.

Prayer

“Lord, we need Your help, guidance and Presence. Please revive Your church and awaken America’s Leaders. May You grant them Your wisdom, and hearts that seek You. Also please expose and stop evil leaders and their plans. In the name of Jesus, Amen.”

Breaching America: How Terrorists Are “Immigrating” Through Our Borders

Re: Irresponsible Leaders, Thus says the Lord:

“His Watchmen are blind; They are all ignorant; They are all dumb dogs; They cannot bark.” (Is 56:10)

I am linking you to the first of a very courageous and illuminating series of articles by Todd Bensman, a writer for the San Antonio Express-News.

Perched on the Mexico – United States Border, Bensman has written a series called:

“Breaching America: The potential danger of illegal immigration from Islamic countries.” He has actually traveled to Syria and followed the route which TERRORISTS use to enter (be smuggled into) our country.

Does anyone care? President Bush? Senators Kennedy and McCain? Democrat/Republican Supporters of the Amnesty Bill? Major Media?

Obviously not! As you will see in Part 3 of this devastating report, Islamic terrorists from countries of “special interest” can follow the pipeline and cross our southern border with ease.

Below are excerpts from Bensman’s introductory article. Please click here to read the whole piece. It is horrifying!

“Americans from San Antonio to Detroit might find themselves living among illegal immigrants from Islamic countries who have come to America with darker pursuits than escaping war or starting a new life.”

“U.S.-bound illicit travel from Islamic countries, which started long before 9-11 and includes some reputed terrorists, has gained momentum and worried counterterrorism officials as smugglers exploit 2 million Iraq war refugees. The irony is that the war America started to make itself safer has forced more people regarded as security threats toward its borders.”

“A stark reminder of U.S. vulnerability at home came this month when six foreign-born Muslims, three of whom had entered the country illegally, were arrested and accused of plotting to attack the Army's Fort Dix.”

“Politically immigration can be a faceless issue. But beyond the rhetoric, the lives of real people hang in the balance. A relatively small but politically significant number are from Islamic countries, raising the specter, some officials say, of terrorists at the gate.”

“The story of Boles' journey to America — born over a plate of tabouli, orchestrated by a polite smuggler and culminating with an early-morning river crossing at Los Indios — serves as a lens on the pipeline and raises worrisome questions.”

“Who else besides Boles has crossed the Rio Grande, and with what intent?”

Harry Valentine, CHPA Founder/Publisher

Prayer

“Lord, the enemies of this country which You established are coming in like a flood. Many of our leaders are ‘dumb dogs’, not true watchmen. We fix our eyes on You, Lord, and cry for HELP. Who have we but You?” (Ps 121:1-2; 124; Is 59:19; Ezek 33:7)