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To: sea_urchin who wrote (15798)7/29/2007 9:32:53 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 22250
 
Re: ...a terrorist outrage (allegedly perpetrated by Mexican smugglers) might be necessary to "nudge" the US government into action...

Only in theory.


Immigration or Iraq?

December 16, 2005--The situation in Iraq has been the dominant political issue of the past several years and will probably be the defining issue of the Bush Presidency. However, immigration is emerging as an issue that may play a critical role in defining the next Administration.

On December 15, the House of Representatives passed legislation calling for a barrier along the Mexican border. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Americans favor building such a barrier (an earlier survey found 60% support). There is substantially less support when voters are asked about building a "wall" between the U.S. and Mexico.

That earlier survey found that 75% of Americans consider immigration to be a somewhat or very important voting issue.

Already, 29% of Americans nationally consider immigration a more important voting issue than Iraq. That's barely half the 54% who consider Iraq more important, but it's remarkably high for an issue that both major political parties have generally avoided.

Among those who consider Immigration more important than the situation in Iraq, 79% favor a barrier to reduce illegal immigration along the Mexican border.

The regional impact of this issue cannot be overlooked. In Nevada, voters are evenly divided as to whether immigration or Iraq is more important. Rasmussen Reports will be measuring this topic in other border states over the coming months.

The partisan dynamic is also very significant. Democrats overwhelmingly say Iraq is the most important issue. Seventy-one percent (71%) of Howard Dean's party hold that view while only 15% name immigration as more important.

However, Republicans are evenly divided--42% say immigration is a more important issue while 41% name Iraq.

Among those not affiliated with either major party, 47% say Iraq is a more important issue while 30% name immigration.

A separate survey found that 54% of Americans had a favorable opinion of the Minutemen volunteers who patrolled portions of the Mexican border earlier this year.

Seventy-six percent (76%) of Americans say it is too easy for people from other countries to enter the United States.

The telephone survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted by Rasmussen Reports December 9-10, 2005. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. 37% of survey respondents were Republican, 37% Democrat, and 26% unaffiliated (see Methodology)

legacy.rasmussenreports.com



To: sea_urchin who wrote (15798)7/29/2007 9:53:42 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 22250
 
Re: The whole idea of the War on Terrorism, besides Zionist expansionary fantasy and stealing oil, of course, is to keep the "terrorists" as far away from the US as possible.

But Tijuana ain't that far away, Searle.... And tell me, what's the point of the US military barking up the wrong minaret in forlorn Iraq when wetbacks-turned-terrorists enjoy a field day in the US homeland?!? As the saying goes, First things first --Clue:

INVASION USA
Illegal aliens murder
12 Americans daily
Death toll in 2006 far overshadows total
U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, Afghanistan

Posted: November 28, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Joseph Farah
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com


WASHINGTON
– While the military "quagmire" in Iraq was said to tip the scales of power in the U.S. midterm elections, most Americans have no idea more of their fellow citizens – men, women and children – were murdered this year by illegal aliens than the combined death toll of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan since those military campaigns began.

Though no federal statistics are kept on murders or any other crimes committed by illegal aliens, a number of groups have produced estimates based on data collected from prisons, news reports and independent research.

Twelve Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens, according to statistics released by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. If those numbers are correct, it translates to 4,380 Americans murdered annually by illegal aliens. That's 21,900 since Sept. 11, 2001.

Total U.S. troop deaths in Iraq as of last week were reported at 2,863. Total U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan during the five years of the Afghan campaign are currently at 289, according to the Department of Defense.

But the carnage wrought by illegal alien murderers represents only a fraction of the pool of blood spilled by American citizens as a result of an open border and un-enforced immigration laws.

While King reports 12 Americans are murdered daily by illegal aliens, he says 13 are killed by drunk illegal alien drivers – for another annual death toll of 4,745. That's 23,725 since Sept. 11, 2001.

While no one – in or out of government – tracks all U.S. accidents caused by illegal aliens, the statistical and anecdotal evidence suggests many of last year's 42,636 road deaths involved illegal aliens.

A report by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Study found 20 percent of fatal accidents involve at least one driver who lacks a valid license. In California, another study showed that those who have never held a valid license are about five times more likely to be involved in a fatal road accident than licensed drivers.

Statistically, that makes them an even greater danger on the road than drivers whose licenses have been suspended or revoked – and nearly as dangerous as drunk drivers.

King also reports eight American children are victims of sexual abuse by illegal aliens every day – a total of 2,920 annually.

Based on a one-year in-depth study, Deborah Schurman-Kauflin of the Violent Crimes Institute of Atlanta estimates there are about 240,000 illegal immigrant sex offenders in the United States who have had an average of four victims each. She analyzed 1,500 cases from January 1999 through April 2006 that included serial rapes, serial murders, sexual homicides and child molestation committed by illegal immigrants.

As the number of illegal aliens in the U.S. increases, so does the number of American victims.

According to Edwin Rubenstien, president of ESR Research Economic Consultants, in Indianapolis in 1980, federal and state correctional facilities held fewer than 9,000 criminal aliens. But at the end of 2003, approximately 267,000 illegal aliens were incarcerated in all U.S. jails and prisons.

While the federal government doesn't track illegal alien murders, illegal alien rapes or illegal alien drunk driving deaths, it has studied illegal aliens incarcerated in U.S. prisons.

In April 2005, the Government Accountability Office released a report on a study of 55,322 illegal aliens incarcerated in federal, state, and local facilities during 2003. It found the following:

> The 55,322 illegal aliens studied represented a total of 459,614 arrests – some eight arrests per illegal alien;

> Their arrests represented a total of about 700,000 criminal offenses – some 13 offenses per illegal alien;

> 36 percent had been arrested at least five times before.

"While the vast majority of illegal aliens are decent people who work hard and are only trying to make a better life for themselves and their families, (something you or I would probably do if we were in their place), it is also a fact that a disproportionately high percentage of illegal aliens are criminals and sexual predators," states Peter Wagner, author of a new report called "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration." "That is part of the dark side of illegal immigration and when we allow the 'good' in we get the 'bad' along with them. The question is, how much 'bad' is acceptable and at what price?"

wnd.com