vdare--2020-02-10--Mexican Village Arms Children against Drug Gang

Sunday ’ s Washington Post had a front-page article reminding us of what a barbaric country lies to our south .
The accompanying photo shows young boys holding rifles with the headline , “ Amid gang peril , a Mexican village arms its children.
” What could possibly go wrong ?
Even proponents of armed self-defense ( like me ) see serious dangers with kids ’ immature brains that can not always judge what ’ s real and who exactly might be a real enemy .
Apart from the kiddie angle , we can see how completely Mexico is owned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mentions , Mexico had a record 35,588 homicides in 2019 , showing the nation next door is one of the more violent on earth .
President Trump should finish building the wall yesterday and reinforce it with armed troops .
It ’ s crazy to have an insecure border with such a savage nation .
AYAHUALTEMPA , Mexico – Before he picked up a rifle and joined a squad of armed children , Alex wanted to become a schoolteacher .
He ’ d teach anything – “ whatever the principal asks ” – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sounded pretty good .
He was 13 , a B student with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles bicycle who got nervous around the girls in his middle school .
Then , in November , as violence surged in the mountains of Guerrero state , the men of Ayahualtempa decided it was time for their sons to take up arms .
Alex was handed a hunting rifle and told to show up for daily training on the village basketball court .
He and his young comrades , some as young as 6 , marched @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tall as they were .
Their uniforms said “ Community Police ” in yellow letters .
When the photographers started coming , the boys were told to cover their faces with handkerchiefs .
Arming children to defend the town against a violent gang wasn ’ t a media stunt , Alex ’ s commanders insisted .
Yet if the images drew the government ’ s attention to a place Mexico ’ s security forces had forgotten , it would be a triumph of its own .
But were the boys training to defend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paraded in front of visiting photographers to send a message to the government , a plea for more resources ?
Sometimes even Alex wasn ’ t sure .
What he knew was that the gun was heavy and loaded , and the training felt real enough to him .
Alex ’ s father , Santos Martínez , looked at his son ’ s face , trying to gauge whether Alex was mature enough to join the force .
“ There was no fear in his eyes , ” Martínez said .
“ That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ready.
” Alex repeated the words of his commander : “ I ’ m preparing to defend my village.
” Mexico suffered 35,588 homicides in 2019 , a record .
It was another data point in a trend borne out across Ayahualtempa and thousands of towns like it : Every year , no matter who is in power , this country becomes more violent .
But violence takes dramatically different forms across Mexico , a nation splintered by turf wars .
In the northwestern capital of Culiacán , the Sinaloa cartel battles the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weapons .
In Ayahualtempa , a village of 600 indigenous people , the community police carry aging hunting rifles in their own war against a powerful drug cartel called Los Ardillos , which controls the neighboring town .
For years , Ayahualtempa had maintained its own defense force , dozens of armed men who patrolled the village and manned checkpoints and held overwatch positions on the roofs of unfinished homes .
Autodefensas , or self-defense forces , are legal in Guerrero state and recognized by the federal government .
But over the past @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the CRAC-PF , has been overwhelmed .
Twenty-six people have been killed since the start of 2019 in the force ’ s territory , which includes Ayahualtempa and 15 other towns .
Last month , 10 musicians from those towns traveling to a concert were shot and burned beyond recognition .
One of them was 15 years old .
Alex ’ s middle school was in what was considered to be enemy territory .
He stopped attending .
( Continues )

Sunday’s Washington Post had a front-page article reminding us of what a barbaric country lies to our south. The accompanying photo shows young boys holding rifles with the headline, “Amid gang peril, a Mexican village arms its children.”
What could possibly go wrong? Even proponents of armed self-defense (like me) see serious dangers with kids’ immature brains that cannot always judge what’s real and who exactly might be a real enemy.
Apart from the kiddie angle, we can see how completely Mexico is owned by criminal cartels.
As the article mentions, Mexico had a record 35,588 homicides in 2019, showing the nation next door is one of the more violent on earth.
President Trump should finish building the wall yesterday and reinforce it with armed troops. It’s crazy to have an insecure border with such a savage nation.


vdare--2020-02-09--Dems Not Debating Immigration In New Hampshire—All Agreed On Stealth Open Borders Campaign?

With the exception of Buttiegieg 's stupid joke that Trump was `` relying on 17th century security technologies like a moat full of alligators or a big wall '' ( which was actually about Trump and foreign policy ) there was no mention of immigration in the recent Democrat debate .
If you click on New Hampshire Democratic Debate Transcript , February 7 , 2020 , and control+F the text string `` migr '' you get nothing .
No mention of immigration , immigrants , migrants , emigration ... nothing .
It 's like they 're all agreed on Open @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to know .
Buttiegieg 's joke , by the way , was the kind of thing that if Trump said it , the NYT would headline with language like `` Trump 's false claim '' .
It 's false to say that Trump has no foreign policy ; many of his critics feel he has too much , although his demarche to North Korea is so far more successful than previous Presidents , and he has manage to get the OTHER members of NATO to contribute to their own defence .
It 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a `` moat full of alligators '' —that 's just something someone leaked to the New York Times .
It 's false to say that a big wall is a `` 17th century security technology '' —walls date back millennia ( Hadrian 's Wall , Great Wall of China ) and have been of major importance in the 20th Century Cold War ( Berlin Wall ) and have been increasing all over the world in the 21st century a trend known around here as `` The New Muralism '' .
See Border Walls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for examples .
It would be great , for example , if Trump were able to build something like Israel 's 21st Century fence .
It 's false to say that America 's security is enhanced more by sending gay McKinsey employees to play soldier in Afghanistan than it is by defending America 's Southern Border .
Ca n't load tweet https : //twitter.com/HudPowerBroker/status/1226711885074051072 : Sorry , that page does not exist Defending borders is what armies are for .
But how could any of these candidates defend the country from an invasion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even admit it 's happening ?

With the exception of Buttiegieg's stupid joke that Trump was "relying on 17th century security technologies like a moat full of alligators or a big wall" (which was actually about Trump and foreign policy) there was no mention of immigration in the recent Democrat debate.
If you click on New Hampshire Democratic Debate Transcript, February 7, 2020, and control+F the text string "migr" you get nothing. No mention of immigration, immigrants, migrants, emigration...nothing.
It's like they're all agreed on Open Borders but don't want the voters to know.
Buttiegieg's joke, by the way, was the kind of thing that if Trump said it, the NYT would headline with language like "Trump's false claim".
Mayor Buttigieg: "We do not have a 21st century strategy coming from this president. After all, he's relying on 17th century security technologies like a moat full of alligators or a big wall." #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/JXrkZjm6Jj — NBC News (@NBCNews) November 21, 2019
It's false to say that Trump has no foreign policy; many of his critics feel he has too much, although his demarche to North Korea is so far more successful than previous Presidents, and he has manage to get the OTHER members of NATO to contribute to their own defence.
It's false to say that Trump seriously wants a "moat full of alligators"—that's just something someone leaked to the New York Times.
It's false to say that a big wall is a "17th century security technology"—walls date back millennia (Hadrian's Wall, Great Wall of China) and have been of major importance in the 20th Century Cold War (Berlin Wall) and have been increasing all over the world in the 21st century a trend known around here as "The New Muralism".
See Border Walls Work...All Over The World, for examples. It would be great, for example, if Trump were able to build something like Israel's 21st Century fence.
It's false to say that America's security is enhanced more by sending gay McKinsey employees to play soldier in Afghanistan than it is by defending America's Southern Border.
Pete Buttigieg is misleading voters about his ‘military’ record. He pulled some strings and got in with no training, no boot camp, no anything and very briefly did office work in a cubicle on a base in Afghanistan for a few weeks and quickly left: https://t.co/tSBqJEgBzK — MARK SIMONE (@MarkSimoneNY) February 9, 2020
Defending borders is what armies are for.
But how could any of these candidates defend the country from an invasion of illegal immigrants when they won't even admit it's happening?


vdare--2020-02-08--Some Questions Just AREN'T That Complicated, Such As: Is Antonio Banderas a Person of Color? (No.)

No , it ’ s not .
The answer , by the way , is “ No.
” The actor @ @ @ @ @ and raised in Europe .
If Antonio Banderas wins the Academy Award on Sunday for @ @ @ @ @ Pedro Almodóvar film “ Pain and Glory , ” would it count as a win @ @ @ @ @ The question might have sounded puzzling even a year ago , but with ever-explosive debates @ @ @ @ @ popular culture ( see the publishing industry scandal over “ American Dirt ” ) , @ @ @ @ @ proper demographic designation became relevant with the arrival of the 2020 Academy Awards .
When @ @ @ @ @ Jan. 13 , some news outlets initially declared that Banderas was a “ person of @ @ @ @ @ actress and original song nominee Cynthia Erivo ( “ Harriet ” ) , perhaps in @ @ @ @ @ to the dismally monochrome slate of acting nominations .
Banderas ’ demo was called into @ @ @ @ @ who pointed out that the actor was born and raised in Spain .

From the Los Angeles Times:
No, it’s not. The answer, by the way, is “No.” The actor is a white man born and raised in Europe.
By DANIEL HERNANDEZ STAFF WRITER
FEB. 7, 2020 9:53 AM
If Antonio Banderas wins the Academy Award on Sunday for his leading performance in the Pedro Almodóvar film “Pain and Glory,” would it count as a win for people of color?
The question might have sounded puzzling even a year ago, but with ever-explosive debates on identity and authorship in popular culture (see the publishing industry scandal over “American Dirt”), the question of Banderas’ proper demographic designation became relevant with the arrival of the 2020 Academy Awards.
When the nominations were announced on Jan. 13, some news outlets initially declared that Banderas was a “person of color” along with lead actress and original song nominee Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”), perhaps in search of a silver lining to the dismally monochrome slate of acting nominations. Banderas’ demo was called into question almost immediately by those who pointed out that the actor was born and raised in Spain.


vdare--2020-02-05--Gateway Pundit "Stunned" By Mexican Poll, But VDARE.Com Readers Aren't Surprised (Donate To VDARE.co

Gateway Pundit "Stunned" By Mexican Poll, But VDARE.Com Readers Aren't Surprised (Donate To VDARE.com!)

Gateway Pundit reported a recent poll indicating that Mexicans want border control , and the title of the Gateway Pundit article called the poll a `` stunner . ''
It would n't really be a stunner if you 've been a faithful reader of VDARE.COM since at least this past summer .
While liberal activists derisively accused him of building and paying for “ Trump ’ s wall ” by putting Mexican troops on the border with Guatemala to interdict migrant caravans , a new poll shows a sharp increase of support so that now a super majority of Mexicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ López Obrador ( nicknamed AMLO ) in his efforts to secure Mexico ’ s southern border .
AMLO sent National Guard forces to the border last month to stop caravans from crossing through Mexico to the United States and deport them to their home countries .
The poll also shows a majority of Mexicans agree with the idea that Mexico is acting as “ Trump ’ s wall , ” but that has not impacted the strong support for AMLO or his extraordinary actions against the caravan migrants .
64 percent support closing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 73 percent support using troops to stop the flow of migrants .
AMLO ’ s approval rating is 71 percent .
Poll Stunner : Super Majority of Mexicans Support AMLO Blocking Migrant Caravans , Using Troops to Guard Border as 'Trump 's Wall ' , by Kristinn Taylor , The Gateway Pundit , February 4 , 2020 Yes , but it 's really not a `` stunner . ''
Mexicans do n't want their country overrun by illegals any more than Americans do .
See my blog post from last July about a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of those polled think migrants are a burden to Mexico , 51 % were in favor of using the Mexican National Guard against illegal aliens and 55 % thought illegals should be deported .
[ WaPo/Reforma Poll : Mexicans Don ’ t Want THEIR Country Overrun Either , Say Deport Central Americans ! ]
An even earlier poll , taken in June , found that 68 % wanted the National Guard on the Mexican Southern border , 67 % thought Mexico 's border should be militarized and that the migration to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 75 % support deportation of illegals , and 63 % thought the Mexican border should be closed to migrants , that last figure up from 54 % two weeks previously .
See MEMO FROM MEXICO : Mexican Media Elites Lighten Up On Trump—Rank-And-File Mexicans Agree With Him And Want Guatemala Border Closed !
Also , as I have reported in some of my other articles , the comment sections of Mexican articles reveal a get-tough attitude toward non-Mexican migration in Mexico .
So VDARE.COM is ahead of the curve on this and many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to consider donating .

Gateway Pundit reported a recent poll indicating that Mexicans want border control, and the title of the Gateway Pundit article called the poll a "stunner."
It wouldn't really be a stunner if you've been a faithful reader of VDARE.COM since at least this past summer.
From Gateway Pundit:
While liberal activists derisively accused him of building and paying for “Trump’s wall” by putting Mexican troops on the border with Guatemala to interdict migrant caravans, a new poll shows a sharp increase of support so that now a super majority of Mexicans are in favor of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (nicknamed AMLO) in his efforts to secure Mexico’s southern border. AMLO sent National Guard forces to the border last month to stop caravans from crossing through Mexico to the United States and deport them to their home countries. The poll also shows a majority of Mexicans agree with the idea that Mexico is acting as “Trump’s wall,” but that has not impacted the strong support for AMLO or his extraordinary actions against the caravan migrants. 64 percent support closing Mexico’s border to migrants and 73 percent support using troops to stop the flow of migrants. AMLO’s approval rating is 71 percent. Poll Stunner: Super Majority of Mexicans Support AMLO Blocking Migrant Caravans, Using Troops to Guard Border as 'Trump's Wall', by Kristinn Taylor, The Gateway Pundit, February 4, 2020
Yes, but it's really not a "stunner." Mexicans don't want their country overrun by illegals any more than Americans do.
See my blog post from last July about a previous Mexican poll which found that 64% of those polled think migrants are a burden to Mexico, 51% were in favor of using the Mexican National Guard against illegal aliens and 55% thought illegals should be deported. [WaPo/Reforma Poll: Mexicans Don’t Want THEIR Country Overrun Either, Say Deport Central Americans!]
An even earlier poll, taken in June, found that 68% wanted the National Guard on the Mexican Southern border, 67% thought Mexico's border should be militarized and that the migration to the U.S. through Mexico should be stopped, 75% support deportation of illegals, and 63% thought the Mexican border should be closed to migrants, that last figure up from 54% two weeks previously. See MEMO FROM MEXICO: Mexican Media Elites Lighten Up On Trump—Rank-And-File Mexicans Agree With Him And Want Guatemala Border Closed!
Also, as I have reported in some of my other articles, the comment sections of Mexican articles reveal a get-tough attitude toward non-Mexican migration in Mexico.
So VDARE.COM is ahead of the curve on this and many issues. Yet another reason you ought to consider donating.


vdare--2020-02-10--NYT: "Parasite" Won But Asian-Americans Are Still Oppressed by Not Being in Movies

From the New York Times opinion page : ‘ Parasite ’ Won , but Asian-Americans Are Still Losing The victory @ @ @ @ @ s film at the Oscars has nothing to do with representation of people like me @ @ @ @ @ , I was frequently asked if I knew Bruce Lee .
For my classmates , @ @ @ @ @ : me and Bruce Lee .

From the New York Times opinion page:
‘Parasite’ Won, but Asian-Americans Are Still Losing
The victory for Bong Joon Ho’s film at the Oscars has nothing to do with representation of people like me.
By Walter Chaw
Mr. Chaw is a film critic.
Feb. 10, 2020, 7:43 p.m. ET
… As a child, I was frequently asked if I knew Bruce Lee. For my classmates, there were two Asian people: me and Bruce Lee.


vdare--2020-02-10--"Significant Escalation" Against Sanctuary Cities And States—Based Bill Barr Following Federale/VDAR

"Significant Escalation" Against Sanctuary Cities And States—Based Bill Barr Following Federale/VDARE.com Advice!

I always felt like Cassandra , not that I knew what would happen , but that I had the solutions to problems that were easily solvable .
We suffered a year of lost control of the border because Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) leadership was lying to the President .
The surge of asylum seekers could have been stopped in two weeks with my plan of holding Mexico and Mexicans accountable for every third-country national who crossed the U.S.-Mexican border .
[ Attn : Stephen Miller—Trump Can Win The Border Fight In Two Weeks At No Cost ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ) , May 19 , 2019 ] I also had a secondary solutions for the asylum problem .
[ More Options For Trump On The Caravan : Make Applicants For Asylum Wait IN MEXICO , October 30 , 2018 ] and deploying the Brown Water Navy to the Rio Grande .
Well , one out of three ain ’ t bad , but by not using all my advice , a million illegal aliens got in the United States .
Not so good for America .
However , things are looking up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reading VDARE.com and my blog .
The Department of Justice ( DOJ ) is going on the offensive against Sanctuary Cities .
Included in this is my long advised solution to this criminal activity , prosecuting Sanctuary Cities for aiding illegal aliens , prohibited by Title 8 United States Code Section 1324 , Bringing In And Harboring Certain Aliens .
Attorney General William Barr announced Monday that there will be a “ significant escalation ” from the government against “ sanctuary ” cities , counties and states , including lawsuits against localities opposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigration policies .
The administration is attempting to crack down on local and state governments that have pledged to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation .
Barr announced lawsuits against the state of New Jersey and King County , Wash. , which includes Seattle .
[ Barr Announces ‘ Significant Escalation ’ Against ‘ Sanctuary ’ Localities , By Justine Coleman , The Hill , February 10 , 2020 ] Besides the lawsuits , it looks like meat is back on the menu .
Sanctuary Cities will be prosecuted for aiding illegal aliens under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be using Civil Rights laws against local prosecutors who give sweetheart deals to illegal and other aliens that are not offered to Americans .
I had been meaning to write on this issue , but never got around to it .
Great minds think alike .
Hopefully Based Bill will also be prosecuting Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf , who warned Oakland illegals of planned ICE raid , as well .
He should know that the U.S. Attorney ’ s Office for the Northern District of California and the Department of Homeland Security Office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Schaaf .

I always felt like Cassandra, not that I knew what would happen, but that I had the solutions to problems that were easily solvable. We suffered a year of lost control of the border because Department of Homeland Security (DHS) leadership was lying to the President. The surge of asylum seekers could have been stopped in two weeks with my plan of holding Mexico and Mexicans accountable for every third-country national who crossed the U.S.-Mexican border. [Attn: Stephen Miller—Trump Can Win The Border Fight In Two Weeks At No Cost (In Fact, Mexico Will Pay For It),May 19, 2019] I also had a secondary solutions for the asylum problem. [More Options For Trump On The Caravan: Make Applicants For Asylum Wait IN MEXICO, October 30, 2018] and deploying the Brown Water Navy to the Rio Grande. Well, one out of three ain’t bad, but by not using all my advice, a million illegal aliens got in the United States. Not so good for America.
However, things are looking up. Based Bill Barr has been apparently reading VDARE.com and my blog. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is going on the offensive against Sanctuary Cities.
Included in this is my long advised solution to this criminal activity, prosecuting Sanctuary Cities for aiding illegal aliens, prohibited by Title 8 United States Code Section 1324, Bringing In And Harboring Certain Aliens.
Attorney General William Barr announced Monday that there will be a “significant escalation” from the government against “sanctuary” cities, counties and states, including lawsuits against localities opposed to the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies. The administration is attempting to crack down on local and state governments that have pledged to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation. Barr announced lawsuits against the state of New Jersey and King County, Wash., which includes Seattle. [Barr Announces ‘Significant Escalation’ Against ‘Sanctuary’ Localities, By Justine Coleman, The Hill, February 10, 2020]
Besides the lawsuits, it looks like meat is back on the menu. Sanctuary Cities will be prosecuted for aiding illegal aliens under 8 USC 1324.
Barr, speaking at the National Sheriffs’ Association 2020 Winter Legislative and Technology Conference, said the department is “reviewing the practices, policies and laws of other jurisdictions across the country” to see if they follow laws banning the “harboring or shielding” of undocumented immigrants, Axios reported.
Barr will also be using Civil Rights laws against local prosecutors who give sweetheart deals to illegal and other aliens that are not offered to Americans.
He added the department will be “meticulously reviewing” the actions of district attorneys who he said have been “charging foreign nationals with lesser offenses for the express purpose of avoiding the federal immigration consequences,” according to media reports.
I had been meaning to write on this issue, but never got around to it. Great minds think alike. Hopefully Based Bill will also be prosecuting Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, who warned Oakland illegals of planned ICE raid, as well. He should know that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California and the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General sabotaged a case against Schaaf.


vdare--2020-02-10--Leftist Complain BITTERLY About Trump's "Invisible Wall" Of Immigration Reduction

Leftist Complain BITTERLY About Trump's "Invisible Wall" Of Immigration Reduction--His Supporters Should Give Him Credit!

For years during the Obama Administration we talked about Obama 's `` Administrative Amnesty '' , whereby Obama failed badly in his duty to deport illegals .
( Immigration activists who called him the `` Deporter-in-Chief '' were falling for his propaganda . )
And Obama 's informal Administrative Amnesty was before he came out with the incredibly corrupt and illegal DACA program .
Well , Donald Trump 's changes to administrative rules amount to an `` Administrative Immigration Restriction '' program .
The Left sees this .
Here 's a description of what 's happening : Observers note that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fill a book .
The administration abandoned attempts to convince the House and Senate to reduce legal immigration via the traditional route of passing a new law after Congress rejected bills the White House either designed or supported .
Given the failed efforts in Congress , lowering the number of legal immigrants by executive , regulatory and administrative means has become more important within the administration .
The latest statistics show efforts by administration officials to reduce legal immigration have , from their perspective , started to bear fruit .
Favorable court rulings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mean even lower levels of legal immigration to the United States and fewer U.S. citizens allowed to have their spouses , parents and children come live with them in America .
New Data : Legal Immigration Has Declined Under Trump , by Stuart Anderson , Forbes , January 13 , 2020 Stuart Anderson , the author of that , is not a man of the Left , he ’ s a pro-immigration , pro-business libertarian policy wonk , who worked for Cato , and believe it or not , was “ Executive Associate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Commissioner at the Immigration and Naturalization Service ” under George W. Bush—when Bush thought he could get an amnesty through Congress .
In 1995 , Anderson gave VDARE.com editor Peter Brimelow ’ s Alien Nation a snarky review in the Washington Times.. Also by Anderson in Forbes : New Data Show H-1B Denial Rates Reaching Highest Levels , April 10 , 2019 .
At the American Friends Service Committee , they ’ re not pro-business , they ’ re anti-American , and feel that the US government under Trump is engaging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Replacement : The Trump administration continues to make changes both small and drastic to U.S. immigration policies .
While Trump ’ s cruel policies at the border and his ramping up of deportations and ICE raids have garnered the most attention and outrage , his other efforts to transform legal immigration have been no less radical .
As administration officials and conservative commentators have said , deportations alone may not halt the demographic changes taking place in the country–so the administration is aggressively reshaping the legal immigration system .
[ Emphases added .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigration system explained , by Peniel Ibe , American Friends Service Committee , November 27 , 2019 More attacks on Trump for his actions on legal immigration : • How The Trump Administration Uses 'Workarounds ' To Reshape Legal Immigration , by Joel Rose , NPR , October 10 , 2019 • Trump Has Built a Wall of Bureaucracy to Keep Out the Very Immigrants He Says He Wants , by Sinduja Rangarajan , Mother Jones , December 2 , 2019 • Trump just quietly cut legal immigration by up to 65 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ October 9 , 2019 • Immigrant Population Growth in the U.S. Slows to a Trickle , by Sabrina Newman , NYT , September 26 , 2019 • Report : Trump 's Travel Ban Could Soon Get Even Bigger , by Alison Durkee , Vanity Fair , November 1 , 2019 .
• What Does Trump ’ s Invisible Wall Look Like ?
by Mina Dixon Davis , Children 's Defense Fund , December 23 , 2019 • How Trump 's 'invisible wall ’ policies have already curbed immigration , by Amanda Holpuch , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ invisible wall : how his 2018 immigration policies built a barrier , by Amanda Holpuch , Guardian , December 25 , 2018 Given how much hate the Left is giving Trump for this , maybe his supporters should give him some credit ?

See also National Data: TREMENDOUS Trump Triumph—January Data Show Continued Immigrant Population Collapse
For years during the Obama Administration we talked about Obama's "Administrative Amnesty", whereby Obama failed badly in his duty to deport illegals. (Immigration activists who called him the "Deporter-in-Chief" were falling for his propaganda.) And Obama's informal Administrative Amnesty was before he came out with the incredibly corrupt and illegal DACA program.
Well, Donald Trump's changes to administrative rules amount to an "Administrative Immigration Restriction" program.
The Left sees this. Here's a description of what's happening:
Observers note that Trump administration efforts to reduce immigration could fill a book. The administration abandoned attempts to convince the House and Senate to reduce legal immigration via the traditional route of passing a new law after Congress rejected bills the White House either designed or supported. Given the failed efforts in Congress, lowering the number of legal immigrants by executive, regulatory and administrative means has become more important within the administration. The latest statistics show efforts by administration officials to reduce legal immigration have, from their perspective, started to bear fruit. Favorable court rulings and another four years in power would mean even lower levels of legal immigration to the United States and fewer U.S. citizens allowed to have their spouses, parents and children come live with them in America. New Data: Legal Immigration Has Declined Under Trump, by Stuart Anderson, Forbes, January 13, 2020
Stuart Anderson, the author of that, is not a man of the Left, he’s a pro-immigration, pro-business libertarian policy wonk, who worked for Cato, and believe it or not, was “Executive Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning and Counselor to the Commissioner at the Immigration and Naturalization Service” under George W. Bush—when Bush thought he could get an amnesty through Congress.
In 1995, Anderson gave VDARE.com editor Peter Brimelow’s Alien Nation a snarky review in the Washington Times..
Also by Anderson in Forbes: New Data Show H-1B Denial Rates Reaching Highest Levels, April 10, 2019.
At the American Friends Service Committee, they’re not pro-business, they’re anti-American, and feel that the US government under Trump is engaging in a plot to obstruct the Great Replacement:
The Trump administration continues to make changes both small and drastic to U.S. immigration policies. While Trump’s cruel policies at the border and his ramping up of deportations and ICE raids have garnered the most attention and outrage, his other efforts to transform legal immigration have been no less radical. As administration officials and conservative commentators have said, deportations alone may not halt the demographic changes taking place in the country–so the administration is aggressively reshaping the legal immigration system. [Emphases added.] Trump's attacks on the legal immigration system explained , by Peniel Ibe, American Friends Service Committee, November 27, 2019
More attacks on Trump for his actions on legal immigration:
Given how much hate the Left is giving Trump for this, maybe his supporters should give him some credit?


vdare--2020-02-10--National Data: TREMENDOUS Trump Triumph—January Data Show Continued Immigrant Population Collapse

Incredibly , President Trump ’ s stealth immigration triumph continues—the January job report , released last Friday [ PDF ] , shows once again that the immigrant workforce population is falling .
And immigrant displacement of American workers , well down from its peaks , continues to flatline .
January marked the fifth straight month of absolute decline in the foreign-born working-age population ( 16 years+ ) .
It dropped by 547,000 , or 1.27 % compared the same month last year—the same absolute and percent changes as in December .
Both months exceeded year-over-year drops for November and October @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and 0.99 % , respectively , although they lag October ’ s 1.68 % shrinkage .
This five-month decline follows a protracted slowing in the immigrant workforce growth rate that can be traced back to early 2018 .
This current immigrant workforce decline now actually exceeds that seen in the 2008 Great Recession .
Back then immigrants were leaving at the rate of 300,000 to 400,000 a month , year-over-year .
Since September , they have bailed at 400,000 to 725,000 a month .
And back in 2008-9 , the outflux was driven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is strong .
Meanwhile , the Bureau of Labor Statistics ( BLS ) reported that the economy added 225,000 payroll jobs in January .
With modest upward revisions to the prior two months ’ data , this brought the three-month average to 211,000 jobs .
While the unemployment rate edged higher to 3.6 percent , the employment-to-population ratio rose 0.2 percentage points to 61.2 percent , a new high for the recovery .
And our analysis of the Household Survey of Employment , on which our monthly displacement analysis rests , shows a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with native-born Americans losing positions , albeit marginally , while immigrants gained them .
• VDARE.com ’ s immigrant employment index , set at 100.0 in January 2009 , rose to 126.4 from December ’ s , a 0.3 % gain .
• The Native-born American employment index fell slightly to 108.9 from November ’ s 109.1 , a 0.1 % loss .
• The New VDARE American Worker Displacement Index ( NVDAWDI ) , our name for the ratio of immigrant to Native-born American employment growth indexes since Jan. 2009 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s 115.5 , a rise of 0.5 % .
It ’ s been moving sideways in a narrow range since mid-2019 , While January was only a fair month for native-born American workers , 2019 was a great year for them – as seen in the chart below .
The displacement chart shows Native-born American workers lost ground to their foreign-born competitors throughout the Obama years .
This accelerated significantly in the months leading up to the 2016 election .
Trump has not yet reversed the Obama damage , but he does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in his own first years under control .
From January 2017 through January 2020 Trump presided over a labor market in which immigrants gained 1.376 million jobs , a 5.3 % increase , while native-born Americans gained 5.257 million , a rise of 4.2 % .
In percentage terms , the immigrant/native-born gap in job creation under Trump —1.1 percentage points in favor of immigrants—is comparatively low .
As recently as April it was 7.1 percentage points , with immigrant employment rising 8.9 % from the start of his administration , while native-born @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way of looking at American worker displacement : The immigrant share of total U.S. employment .
A smaller immigrant share denotes less displacement of native-born American workers : Since hitting 17.8 % in February 2019 , the immigrant share of total employment has drifted downward .
May through July were particularly good – native-born Americans gained jobs each month , while immigrants lost them .
More good news : data in the January report show that on three important metrics—working-age population , employment , and labor force participation rate—native-born American workers outpaced immigrants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ months : • The native-born American working-age population grew by 1.808 million , a gain of 0.84 % ; the corresponding immigrant population fell by 547,000—a 1.3 % loss .
For the fifth consecutive month , the number of working age immigrants declined , year-over-year .
• Native-born American employment rose a whopping 2.345 million , up 1.8 % ; Foreign-born employment fell 315,000 , off by 1.15 % .
Another comeback month for American workers ; as recently as last June immigrants gained jobs nearly three times as fast , year-over-year .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ or looking for work ) fell by 497,000 , a 1.73 % decline ; the native-born labor force jumped by 1.89 million , a 1.42 % gain .
• Both the immigrant and native-born unemployment rates ( seasonally unadjusted ) fell to 4.0 % .
In percentage terms , the native-born rate fell by 9.1 % versus 11.1 % fall for immigrants .
Advantage immigrants—though once again this “ positive ” was made possible by a decline in the immigrant labor force .
By contrast , the unemployment rate for native-born Americans fell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ labor force .
• The labor-force participation rate for native-born Americans rose by 0.3 % points , versus a 0.4 % point decline for immigrants .
Another month of increased confidence ( vis a vis the same month last year ) on the part of American workers .
The data also show that 5.38 million native-born and 1.12 million immigrants were unemployed in January , but over the last year unemployment numbers have declined for both groups .
Immigrants actually enjoyed a larger percentage decline ( 13.9 % ) than native-born Americans ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happening when Trump has not passed any legislation reducing immigration and when a recent record illegal surge ( which reversed the panicky post-election “ Trump Effect ” outflow ) is only just receding ?
Apparently through relentless administrative action—for example Trump ’ s Muslim ban ( upheld by the Supreme Court ) and ever more thorough adjudication by USCIS .
Note also that Trump has sharply reduced the “ refugee ” intake , from Obama ’ s peak of 85,000 to a proposed 18,000 for fiscal 2020..
There have been disapproving discussions of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it has been described as the “ invisible wall ” : Trump Got His Wall , After All , by Rachel Morris , Huffington Post , Nov 24 , 2019 .
Another example of administrative action : After a January 27th ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court , the Department of Homeland Security can now implement the new “ public charge ” rule of inadmissibility [ Supreme Court Allows Trump To Enforce ‘ Public Charge ’ Immigration Rule , by Susannah Luthi , Politico , January 27 , 2020 ] .
DHS announced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on February 24 , 2020 .
In the bad old days “ public charge ” was defined narrowly , counting only cash benefits .
This conveniently left out big ticket transfer payments like Medicaid , housing subsidies and food stamps .
( VDARE.com pointed out that the “ public charge ” rule had been sabotaged by bureaucrats back in 2001 .
But the new definition of “ public charge ” is comprehensive .
The new rule grants DHS officers vast discretion to determine whether the applicant might become a “ public charge ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They would be empowered to collect reams of personal financial information and reject any applicant whose income is lower than 250 % of the poverty line , even if that person is employed or has a financial sponsor .
And it gets better .
The new regulations give officials leeway to ban legal immigrants based on an evaluation of 20 different factors , ranging from public benefits to English language proficiency [ A federal court just blocked Trump ’ s attempt to quietly cut legal immigration by up to 65 % , The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigration restrictionists a reality , by Nicole Narea and Alex Ward , Vox , Nov 27 , 2019 .
Now out of date , thanks to SCOTUS ! ]
All but the highest-earning immigrants would be kept out – good news for struggling native-born Americans .
They need it .
The discouraging news in the January report : anemic wage growth .
Despite a hot job market , wage growth shows little evidence of accelerating .
The increase over the last year was 3.1 % .
This compares with a peak pace of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ annualized rate for the last three months ( November , December , January ) compared with the prior three months ( August , September , October ) is just 2.8 % .
Only when U.S. employers , long addicted to a steady stream of cheap immigrant labor , finally acknowledge that the good old days are over , will President Trump ’ s “ Blue Collar Boom ” really begin .
Edwin S. Rubenstein ( email him ) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants

edwin@esrresearch.com (Edwin S. Rubenstein)

Incredibly, President Trump’s stealth immigration triumph continues—the January job report, released last Friday [PDF], shows once again that the immigrant workforce population is falling. And immigrant displacement of American workers, well down from its peaks, continues to flatline.
January marked the fifth straight month of absolute decline in the foreign-born working-age population (16 years+). It dropped by 547,000, or 1.27% compared the same month last year—the same absolute and percent changes as in December. Both months exceeded year-over-year drops for November and October, which saw declines of 1.00% and 0.99%, respectively, although they lag October’s 1.68% shrinkage.
This five-month decline follows a protracted slowing in the immigrant workforce growth rate that can be traced back to early 2018.
This current immigrant workforce decline now actually exceeds that seen in the 2008 Great Recession. Back then immigrants were leaving at the rate of 300,000 to 400,000 a month, year-over-year. Since September, they have bailed at 400,000 to 725,000 a month. And back in 2008-9, the outflux was driven by economic malaise. Now the economy is strong.
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Meanwhile, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the economy added 225,000 payroll jobs in January. With modest upward revisions to the prior two months’ data, this brought the three-month average to 211,000 jobs. While the unemployment rate edged higher to 3.6 percent, the employment-to-population ratio rose 0.2 percentage points to 61.2 percent, a new high for the recovery.
And our analysis of the Household Survey of Employment, on which our monthly displacement analysis rests, shows a modest 89,000 employment loss for the month, with native-born Americans losing positions, albeit marginally, while immigrants gained them.
In January 2020:
Immigrants gained 88,000 jobs, an increase of 0.3%
Native-born Americans lost 177,000 jobs, a 0.1% decline.
VDARE.com’s immigrant employment index, set at 100.0 in January 2009, rose to 126.4 from December’s , a 0.3% gain.
The Native-born American employment index fell slightly to 108.9 from November’s 109.1, a 0.1% loss.
The New VDARE American Worker Displacement Index (NVDAWDI), our name for the ratio of immigrant to Native-born American employment growth indexes since Jan. 2009, rose slightly, to 116.0 from December’s 115.5, a rise of 0.5%. It’s been moving sideways in a narrow range since mid-2019,
While January was only a fair month for native-born American workers, 2019 was a great year for them – as seen in the chart below.
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The displacement chart shows Native-born American workers lost ground to their foreign-born competitors throughout the Obama years. This accelerated significantly in the months leading up to the 2016 election. Trump has not yet reversed the Obama damage, but he does seem to have gotten the displacement deterioration in his own first years under control.
From January 2017 through January 2020 Trump presided over a labor market in which immigrants gained 1.376 million jobs, a 5.3% increase, while native-born Americans gained 5.257 million, a rise of 4.2%. In percentage terms, the immigrant/native-born gap in job creation under Trump —1.1 percentage points in favor of immigrants—is comparatively low. As recently as April it was 7.1 percentage points, with immigrant employment rising 8.9% from the start of his administration, while native-born American employment gained 1.8%.
Another way of looking at American worker displacement: The immigrant share of total U.S. employment. A smaller immigrant share denotes less displacement of native-born American workers:
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Since hitting 17.8% in February 2019, the immigrant share of total employment has drifted downward. May through July were particularly good – native-born Americans gained jobs each month, while immigrants lost them.
More good news: data in the January report show that on three important metrics—working-age population, employment, and labor force participation rate—native-born American workers outpaced immigrants by comfortable margins over the past 12 months:
Employment Status by Nativity, Jan.2019-Jan.2020 (numbers in 1000s; not seasonally adjusted) Jan-19 Jan-20 Change % Change Foreign born, 16 years and older Civilian population 42,909 42,362 -547 -1.27% Civilian labor force 28,686 28,189 -497 -1.73% Participation rate (%) 66.9 66.5 -0.4pts. -0.60% Employed 27,381 27,066 -315 -1.15% Employment/population (%) 63.8 63.9 0.1pts. 0.16% Unemployed 1,305 1,124 -181 -13.87% Unemployment rate (%) 4.5 4.0 -0.5pts. -11.11% Not in labor force 14,223 14,173 -50 -0.35% Native born, 16 years and older Civilian population 215,331 217,139 1,808 0.84% Civilian labor force 133,419 135,308 1,889 1.42% Participation rate (%) 62.0 62.3 0.3pts. 0.48% Employed 127,583 129,928 2,345 1.84% Employment/population (%) 59.2 59.8 0.6pts. 1.01% Unemployed 5,835 5,380 -455 -7.80% Unemployment rate (%) 4.4 4.0 -0.4pts. -9.09% Not in labor force 81,912 81,831 -81 -0.10% Source: BLS, The Employment Situation December 2019, Table A-7, February 7, 2020. PDF
From January 2019 to January 2020:
The native-born American working-age population grew by 1.808 million, a gain of 0.84%; the corresponding immigrant population fell by 547,000—a 1.3% loss. For the fifth consecutive month, the number of working age immig rants declined, year-over-year.
Native-born American employment rose a whopping 2.345 million, up 1.8%; Foreign-born employment fell 315,000, off by 1.15%. Another comeback month for American workers; as recently as last June immigrants gained jobs nearly three times as fast, year-over-year.
The immigrant labor force (working or looking for work) fell by 497,000, a 1.73% decline; the native-born labor force jumped by 1.89 million, a 1.42% gain. Advantage native-born Americans.
Both the immigrant and native-born unemployment rates (seasonally unadjusted) fell to 4.0%. In percentage terms, the native-born rate fell by 9.1% versus 11.1% fall for immigrants. Advantage immigrants—though once again this “positive” was made possible by a decline in the immigrant labor force. By contrast, the unemployment rate for native-born Americans fell despite another healthy rise in the native-born labor force.
The labor-force participation rate for native-born Americans rose by 0.3 % points, versus a 0.4 % point decline for immigrants. Another month of increased confidence (vis a vis the same month last year) on the part of American workers.
The data also show that 5.38 million native-born and 1.12 million immigrants were unemployed in January, but over the last year unemployment numbers have declined for both groups. Immigrants actually enjoyed a larger percentage decline (13.9%) than native-born Americans (7.8%.)
How is this happening when Trump has not passed any legislation reducing immigration and when a recent record illegal surge (which reversed the panicky post-election “Trump Effect” outflow) is only just receding?
Apparently through relentless administrative action—for example Trump’s Muslim ban (upheld by the Supreme Court) and ever more thorough adjudication by USCIS. Note also that Trump has sharply reduced the “refugee” intake, from Obama’s peak of 85,000 to a proposed 18,000 for fiscal 2020.. There have been disapproving discussions of this phenomenon in the Leftist media where it has been described as the “invisible wall” : Trump Got His Wall, After All, by Rachel Morris, Huffington Post, Nov 24, 2019.
Another example of administrative action: After a January 27th ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Department of Homeland Security can now implement the new “public charge” rule of inadmissibility [Supreme Court Allows Trump To Enforce ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Rule, by Susannah Luthi, Politico, January 27, 2020]. DHS announced that the rule will go into effect on February 24, 2020.
In the bad old days “public charge” was defined narrowly, counting only cash benefits. This conveniently left out big ticket transfer payments like Medicaid, housing subsidies and food stamps. (VDARE.com pointed out that the “public charge” rule had been sabotaged by bureaucrats back in 2001.
But the new definition of “public charge” is comprehensive. The new rule grants DHS officers vast discretion to determine whether the applicant might become a “public charge” at any point in the future. They would be empowered to collect reams of personal financial information and reject any applicant whose income is lower than 250% of the poverty line, even if that person is employed or has a financial sponsor.
And it gets better. The new regulations give officials leeway to ban legal immigrants based on an evaluation of 20 different factors, ranging from public benefits to English language proficiency [A federal court just blocked Trump’s attempt to quietly cut legal immigration by up to 65%, The policy would have made the goals of immigration restrictionists a reality, by Nicole Narea and Alex Ward, Vox, Nov 27, 2019. Now out of date, thanks to SCOTUS!]
All but the highest-earning immigrants would be kept out – good news for struggling native-born Americans.
They need it. The discouraging news in the January report: anemic wage growth. Despite a hot job market, wage growth shows little evidence of accelerating. The increase over the last year was 3.1%. This compares with a peak pace of 3.5% hit last February. The annualized rate for the last three months (November, December, January) compared with the prior three months (August, September, October) is just 2.8%.
Only when U.S. employers, long addicted to a steady stream of cheap immigrant labor, finally acknowledge that the good old days are over, will President Trump’s “Blue Collar Boom” really begin.
Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants


vdare--2020-02-10--Patrick J. Buchanan: Long Before Trump, We Were A Divided People

In a way , Donald Trump might be called The Great Uniter .
Bear with me .
No Republican president in the lifetime of this writer , not even Ronald Reagan , united the party as did Trump in the week of his acquittal in the Senate and State of the Union address .
According to the Gallup Poll , 94 % of Republicans approve of his handling of his presidency , in his fourth year , despite the worst press any president has ever received and the sustained hostility of our cultural elites .
Only Bush I in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Bush II in the first months of the 2003 Iraq War registered support like this .
Only one Republican , Sen. Mitt Romney , and only after having consulted God himself , joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi and voted with Sen. Chuck Schumer 's caucus to bring down the president .
When have Republicans ever exhibited the home-team enthusiasm they demonstrated during that State of the Union address and the post-acquittal gathering in the East Room ?
When have working- and middle-class voters shown such support for a Republican as they do for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for November , this is a party united .
But not only is Trump the great uniter of the GOP .
He is the great uniter of Democrats .
Every Democrat but three in the House voted to impeach and remove him .
Every Democrat in the Senate voted to convict and expel him from office and prevent his ever running again .
In Iowa and New Hampshire , evicting Trump from the Oval Office seemed the one issue that animated every candidate .
Getting Trump out of the White House seems far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ troops out of the endless Middle East wars .
But while he has made more than a small contribution to our savage partisanship , is Trump really the cause of the uncivil war in America ?
Or is his presidency , like Gettysburg , simply the battlefield upon which America 's cultural and political war is currently engaged ?
Consider .
Bernie Sanders ' nationalization of health care and abolition of private health insurance for 150 million Americans is grounded in a socialism that has never been reconcilable with Trump 's belief in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a belief reflected in Trump 's tax cuts for corporations and individuals and his deregulation policies .
Democrats ' unanimous support for `` reproductive rights '' is in eternal conflict with the traditionalist belief in a God-given right to life , as well as with Trump 's pledge to nominate justices who will overturn Roe v. Wade .
Still , the battles over the Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas predated by decades the battle over Brett Kavanaugh .
Immigration may determine the destiny of the West .
Yet , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wall , an end to deportations , extending welfare benefits to border-crossers and granting sanctuary from border security agents for criminals here illegally .
That Americans of European descent , 90 % of the nation in 1960 , close to 60 % today , will , in 20 years , be less than half of the population , is for Democrats a cause of ceaseless celebration .
America , they contend , will be a far , far better place than we have ever known when a far smaller share of the population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , credal , cultural and ethnic diversity , the better the country .
Yet , Americans of European descent , headed for minority status , provide 85-90 % of all Republican votes in presidential elections .
What Democrats are cheering portends the demographic death of the GOP .
Republicans are a more nationalist and populist party than they were in the Bush presidencies .
But the Democratic Party has become a politically correct institution where Joe Biden is forced to explain stands that he took when he was a moderate Democratic senator from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ busing of children from neighborhood schools into inner-city schools was attacked as racist .
He had to apologize for his friendship with Southern senators like Jim Eastland and his role in the Clarence Thomas hearings .
He has been made to confess for voting to authorize the 2003 war on Iraq .
Biden is far to the left of where he used to be as a senator .
Apparently , he has not moved far enough .
Even James Carville is castigating his own party 's candidates for talking about `` reparations or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there . ''
`` It 's like we 're losing our damn minds , '' said Carville .
Is Trump responsible for what Carville himself sees as an irrationality and irresponsibility taking on epidemic proportions inside the Democratic Party ?
Or has Trump 's success maddened Democrats into manifesting who they are and what they believe , and what may yet prevent them from being taken seriously as a party that can lead the nation ?
We were divided long before Trump got here , and we will remain so long after he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower : Will America Survive to 2025 ?
are available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority .
His latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

In a way, Donald Trump might be called The Great Uniter.
Bear with me. No Republican president in the lifetime of this writer, not even Ronald Reagan, united the party as did Trump in the week of his acquittal in the Senate and State of the Union address.
According to the Gallup Poll, 94% of Republicans approve of his handling of his presidency, in his fourth year, despite the worst press any president has ever received and the sustained hostility of our cultural elites.
Only Bush I in the first months of the 1991 Gulf War and Bush II in the first months of the 2003 Iraq War registered support like this.
Only one Republican, Sen. Mitt Romney, and only after having consulted God himself, joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi and voted with Sen. Chuck Schumer's caucus to bring down the president.
When have Republicans ever exhibited the home-team enthusiasm they demonstrated during that State of the Union address and the post-acquittal gathering in the East Room? When have working- and middle-class voters shown such support for a Republican as they do for Trump at his mammoth rallies? Heading for November, this is a party united.
But not only is Trump the great uniter of the GOP. He is the great uniter of Democrats. Every Democrat but three in the House voted to impeach and remove him. Every Democrat in the Senate voted to convict and expel him from office and prevent his ever running again.
In Iowa and New Hampshire, evicting Trump from the Oval Office seemed the one issue that animated every candidate. Getting Trump out of the White House seems far more important to Democrats than getting U.S. troops out of the endless Middle East wars.
But while he has made more than a small contribution to our savage partisanship, is Trump really the cause of the uncivil war in America? Or is his presidency, like Gettysburg, simply the battlefield upon which America's cultural and political war is currently engaged?
Consider. Bernie Sanders' nationalization of health care and abolition of private health insurance for 150 million Americans is grounded in a socialism that has never been reconcilable with Trump's belief in the superiority of the private sector, a belief reflected in Trump's tax cuts for corporations and individuals and his deregulation policies.
Democrats' unanimous support for "reproductive rights" is in eternal conflict with the traditionalist belief in a God-given right to life, as well as with Trump's pledge to nominate justices who will overturn Roe v. Wade.
Still, the battles over the Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas predated by decades the battle over Brett Kavanaugh.
Immigration may determine the destiny of the West.
Yet, Democrats believe in tearing down Trump's wall, an end to deportations, extending welfare benefits to border-crossers and granting sanctuary from border security agents for criminals here illegally.
That Americans of European descent, 90% of the nation in 1960, close to 60% today, will, in 20 years, be less than half of the population, is for Democrats a cause of ceaseless celebration.
America, they contend, will be a far, far better place than we have ever known when a far smaller share of the population is white. The greater the racial, credal, cultural and ethnic diversity, the better the country.
Yet, Americans of European descent, headed for minority status, provide 85-90% of all Republican votes in presidential elections. What Democrats are cheering portends the demographic death of the GOP.
Republicans are a more nationalist and populist party than they were in the Bush presidencies. But the Democratic Party has become a politically correct institution where Joe Biden is forced to explain stands that he took when he was a moderate Democratic senator from Delaware.
His opposition to the forced busing of children from neighborhood schools into inner-city schools was attacked as racist. He had to apologize for his friendship with Southern senators like Jim Eastland and his role in the Clarence Thomas hearings. He has been made to confess for voting to authorize the 2003 war on Iraq.
Biden is far to the left of where he used to be as a senator. Apparently, he has not moved far enough.
Even James Carville is castigating his own party's candidates for talking about "reparations or any kind of goofy left-wing thing out there."
"It's like we're losing our damn minds," said Carville.
Is Trump responsible for what Carville himself sees as an irrationality and irresponsibility taking on epidemic proportions inside the Democratic Party?
Or has Trump's success maddened Democrats into manifesting who they are and what they believe, and what may yet prevent them from being taken seriously as a party that can lead the nation?
We were divided long before Trump got here, and we will remain so long after he departs.
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Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.


vdare--2020-02-11--This Day In VDARE.com History: Texas—Mexican Woman Is Sentenced to 8 Years for Voter Fraud

Rosa Maria Ortega ’ s mug should be made into a poster warning about voter fraud and plastered near every polling place in America .
There ’ s nothing like hard time in the big house to show a government ’ s seriousness about a crime — and voter fraud needs to be prioritized , particularly when the perp is a moocher illegal alien .
Mexicans do not have America ’ s best interests at heart .
Ortega ’ s crime rated a front-page spot on the New York Times ’ Saturday edition .
Details about the case show the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Ortega checked a box on her driver ’ s license form showing she was not a US citizen , but she indicated on a voter application that she was an American citizen and eligible to vote .
Sweet that she got a nice long sentence .
A few more cases like that and word will get out that there is a new sheriff in Washington DC .
Mexican woman in Texas sentenced to 8 years in prison for voter fraud , Fox News , February 11 , 2017 A Mexican citizen living @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eight years in prison for voting illegally in elections in 2012 and 2014 .
Rosa Maria Ortega , 37 , was found guilty Wednesday on two counts of illegal voting after she falsely claimed to be a United States citizen and voted at least five times between 2012 and 2014 .
A jury sentenced her Thursday to eight years in prison and a $ 5,000 fine .
The Dallas News reported Ortega voted in the November 2012 election and May 2014 GOP primary runoff in Dallas County .
According to Fox 4 News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ question after she tried to register to vote twice in Tarrant County .
Both applications were denied .
She had voted in five elections in Dallas before her registration was canceled in April 2015.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton – for whom Ortega voted in 2014 – assisted in the prosecution .
“ This case shows how serious Texas is about keeping its elections secure , and the outcome sends a message that violators of the state ’ s election law will be prosecuted to the fullest , ” he said .
According to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ born in Monterrey , Mexico and brought to the U.S. by her mother as an infant .
More than a decade later , her mother was deported and Ortega became a permanent resident .
In her defense , Ortega testified that she didn ’ t understand the differences between the rights granted to citizens and the rights granted to legal residents .
“ My mom just used us to get stamps .
She never gave us love or guidance .
She got deported , ” she said , according to Fox 4 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I always on my knowledge thought I was a U.S. citizen because I never knew the difference of U.S. citizen and U.S. resident .
And the point is if I knew , everything would ’ ve been the correct way.
” The Dallas News reported that prosecutors showed that Ortega has checked a box on her driver ’ s license form indicating she was not a citizen .
However , the Dallas County election administrator said Ortega had filled out a voter application and checked that she was a citizen in 2015 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after President Trump made an unsubstantiated claim that he would have won the popular vote if millions had not voted illegally .
In addition to the long prison sentence , Ortega is likely to be deported , her lawyer Clark Birdsall said .
“ She ’ ll do eight years in a Texas prison , ” he told the Times .
“ And then she ’ ll be deported , and wake up blinking and scratching in a country she doesn ’ t know .
”

Originally posted February 11, 2017
Rosa Maria Ortega’s mug should be made into a poster warning about voter fraud and plastered near every polling place in America. There’s nothing like hard time in the big house to show a government’s seriousness about a crime — and voter fraud needs to be prioritized, particularly when the perp is a moocher illegal alien. Mexicans do not have America’s best interests at heart.
Ortega’s crime rated a front-page spot on the New York Times’ Saturday edition.
Details about the case show the Mexican has been comfortable as a liar: Ortega checked a box on her driver’s license form showing she was not a US citizen, but she indicated on a voter application that she was an American citizen and eligible to vote.
Sweet that she got a nice long sentence. A few more cases like that and word will get out that there is a new sheriff in Washington DC.


vdare--2020-02-11--This Day In VDARE.com History: Heather Mac Donald On Sharpton Profiling Suit: Whites, Not Blacks, Fr

This Day In VDARE.com History: Heather Mac Donald On Sharpton Profiling Suit: Whites, Not Blacks, Frisked Disproportionately, Feb 11, 2007

James Fulford writes : The post below was published on this day in 2007 , during the Bloomberg Admininistration , when crime-fighting Mayor led a program to get illegal guns out of the hands of criminals with a program called `` stop and frisk '' .
He 's apologized for saving all those lives , but his enemies are using video of him saying that they should be searching more blacks than whites .
We knew this 13 years ago , and so did Mayor Mike .
The difference is , we 're not apologizing .
Heather Mac Donald has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the subject of racial profiling .
( See Heather MacDonald Debunks Racial Profiling , and Profiling Again ) Her latest effort is a response to Al Sharpton 's threat to sue the NYPD for stopping and frisking African-Americans `` disproportionately . ''
The Amsterdam News , a paper serving African-Americans in the New York area , includes the helpful information that `` anyone who believes that they were racially profiled by a stop and frisk should join the class-action suit . ''
and a contact number for Sharpton 's National Action Network .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
|Sharpton launches anti–stop-and-frisk class-action lawsuit , by Nayaba Arinde , February 8 , 2007 ] The NY Post has a story on it , too , [ Al Pledges ‘ Frisk ’ Suit , By Brian Hamacher , February 5 , 2007 ] but they do n't seem to consider it their journalistic duty to put money in the pockets of Sharpton 's lawyers .
Here 's Heather 's answer to allegations of wrongdoing by the NYPD : As long as blacks commit crime in numbers wildly disproportionate to their representation in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to show higher involvement with blacks than with whites .
According to victims and witnesses , blacks committed 68.5 percent of all murders , rapes , robberies , and assaults in New York last year , though they are only 24 percent of the city ’ s population .
Whites , who make up 34.5 percent of New Yorkers , committed 5.3 percent of those crimes .
Blacks are nearly 13 times more likely to commit violent crimes than whites .
In light of this massive disparity in crime rates , the police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inevitable .
Last year , 55 percent of police stops were of blacks—a proportion far below the 68.5 percent of violent crime that blacks commit—while 11 percent of stops were of whites , nearly double their 5.3 percent contribution to violent crime .
[ Why Cops Stop and Frisk So Many Blacks | Blame high black crime , not police racism .
by Heather Mac Donald , City-Journal.org , February 7 , 2007 ] So , in point form , we have • As a result of immigration , internal migration , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three New Yorkers is white .
• Whites commit very little crime , but are stopped about twice as often as our crime rate would seem to indicate .
See here for a possible reason , and good luck to anyone who wants to try a profiling suit .
• Blacks commit lots more crime , but are stopped less often than their crime rate share would warrant .
And one more thing • While 55 percent of the suspects were black , another 29 percent of the suspects were Hispanic .
Someone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigration does n't just include nannies and busboys , and chicken pluckers , it now includes 29 percent of the suspected criminals in New York .

Earlier:Bloomberg on Who Commits Gun Crimes
James Fulford writes: The post below was published on this day in 2007, during the Bloomberg Admininistration, when crime-fighting Mayor led a program to get illegal guns out of the hands of criminals with a program called "stop and frisk". He's apologized for saving all those lives, but his enemies are using video of him saying that they should be searching more blacks than whites. We knew this 13 years ago, and so did Mayor Mike. The difference is, we're not apologizing.
Heather Mac Donald has done good work in the past on the subject of racial profiling. (See Heather MacDonald Debunks Racial Profiling, and Profiling Again) Her latest effort is a response to Al Sharpton's threat to sue the NYPD for stopping and frisking African-Americans "disproportionately." The Amsterdam News, a paper serving African-Americans in the New York area, includes the helpful information that "anyone who believes that they were racially profiled by a stop and frisk should join the class-action suit." and a contact number for Sharpton's National Action Network. [Email them][Frisk this! |Sharpton launches anti–stop-and-frisk class-action lawsuit, by Nayaba Arinde, February 8, 2007]
The NY Post has a story on it, too, [ Al Pledges ‘Frisk’ Suit, By Brian Hamacher, February 5, 2007 ]but they don't seem to consider it their journalistic duty to put money in the pockets of Sharpton's lawyers. Here's Heather's answer to allegations of wrongdoing by the NYPD:
As long as blacks commit crime in numbers wildly disproportionate to their representation in the population, police data are going to show higher involvement with blacks than with whites. According to victims and witnesses, blacks committed 68.5 percent of all murders, rapes, robberies, and assaults in New York last year, though they are only 24 percent of the city’s population. Whites, who make up 34.5 percent of New Yorkers, committed 5.3 percent of those crimes. Blacks are nearly 13 times more likely to commit violent crimes than whites. In light of this massive disparity in crime rates, the police stop-and-frisk data are not just reasonable but inevitable. Last year, 55 percent of police stops were of blacks—a proportion far below the 68.5 percent of violent crime that blacks commit—while 11 percent of stops were of whites, nearly double their 5.3 percent contribution to violent crime. [Why Cops Stop and Frisk So Many Blacks | Blame high black crime, not police racism. by Heather Mac Donald, City-Journal.org, February 7, 2007]
So, in point form, we have
As a result of immigration, internal migration, and white flight, today only one in three New Yorkers is white.
Whites commit very little crime, but are stopped about twice as often as our crime rate would seem to indicate. See here for a possible reason, and good luck to anyone who wants to try a profiling suit.
Blacks commit lots more crime, but are stopped less often than their crime rate share would warrant.
And one more thing


vdare--2020-02-06--Unimaginable: More Than 1,500 Aliens With ICE Detainers Released From The Orange County Jail In 2019

Unimaginable: More Than 1,500 Aliens With ICE Detainers Released From The Orange County Jail In 2019, Many Re-Offended

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ’ s ( ICE ) Acting Director Matthew T. Albence has repeatedly expressed concerns about how state or local policies limiting cooperation with ICE can lead to more crime .
According to data recently released from the Orange County Sheriff ’ s Department , in the two years since the implementation of California ’ s State Bill 54 ( SB54 ) , the sheriff ’ s department has rearrested more than 400 of those they released on whom ICE had active detainers .
The aliens who were rearrested include those with charges including @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weapon , child sex offenses , domestic violence , identify theft , and driving under the influence .
“ I applaud Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes for his continued efforts to explain why these sanctuary policies do not make sense when it comes public safety .
This is exactly what ICE has said time and again .
These policies do nothing but ensure that criminals are released back into the community , where many re-offend , instead of being turned over to ICE .
These are preventable crimes , and more importantly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Sheriff Barnes clearly demonstrates , all communities are safer when local law enforcement works with ICE.
” - Acting ICE Director Albence • A total of 1,507 inmates released from the Orange County Jail had ICE detainers .
• 492 inmates were released to ICE upon completion of their local sentences in accordance with SB54 regulations .
• The remaining 1,015 inmates were released without notification to ICE due to limitations by SB54 • 238 of those individuals were rearrested on additional charges .
• A total of 1,823 detainers were placed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• 823 inmates were released to ICE upon completion of their local sentences in accordance with SB54 regulations .
• 1,106 inmates were released without notification to ICE due to limitations by SB54 • 173 of those individuals were rearrested on additional charges .
The Orange County Sheriff ’ s Department noted these numbers only reflect those arrested on new charges at the Orange County Jail ; these statistics do not account for individuals who may have been released and committed crimes in other jurisdictions .
SB 54 restricts law enforcement from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regarding certain offenders .
“ SB 54 has made our community less safe .
The law has resulted in new crimes because my deputies were unable to communicate with their federal partners about individuals who committed serious offenses and present a threat to our community if released , ” said Don Barnes , Orange County Sheriff-Coroner .
“ The two-year social science experiment with sanctuary laws must end .
Rather than protect our immigrant community , the law has enabled offenders to be released , often times back into the immigrant communities they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ICE lodges detainers on individuals who have been arrested on criminal charges and who ICE has probable cause to believe are removable aliens .
The detainer asks the other law enforcement agency to notify ICE in advance of release and to maintain custody of the alien for a brief period of time so that ICE can take custody of that person in a safe and secure setting upon release from that agency ’ s custody .
When law enforcement agencies fail to honor immigration detainers and release serious criminal offenders onto the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ability to protect public safety and carry out its mission .

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Acting Director Matthew T. Albence has repeatedly expressed concerns about how state or local policies limiting cooperation with ICE can lead to more crime. According to data recently released from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, in the two years since the implementation of California’s State Bill 54 (SB54), the sheriff’s department has rearrested more than 400 of those they released on whom ICE had active detainers. The aliens who were rearrested include those with charges including: rape, assault with a deadly weapon, child sex offenses, domestic violence, identify theft, and driving under the influence.
“I applaud Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes for his continued efforts to explain why these sanctuary policies do not make sense when it comes public safety. This is exactly what ICE has said time and again. These policies do nothing but ensure that criminals are released back into the community, where many re-offend, instead of being turned over to ICE. These are preventable crimes, and more importantly, preventable victims. As the data released by Sheriff Barnes clearly demonstrates, all communities are safer when local law enforcement works with ICE.” - Acting ICE Director Albence
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department data showed:
In 2019:
A total of 1,507 inmates released from the Orange County Jail had ICE detainers. 492 inmates were released to ICE upon completion of their local sentences in accordance with SB54 regulations. The remaining 1,015 inmates were released without notification to ICE due to limitations by SB54 238 of those individuals were rearrested on additional charges.
In 2018:
A total of 1,823 detainers were placed on inmates at the Orange County Jail. 823 inmates were released to ICE upon completion of their local sentences in accordance with SB54 regulations. 1,106 inmates were released without notification to ICE due to limitations by SB54 173 of those individuals were rearrested on additional charges.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department noted these numbers only reflect those arrested on new charges at the Orange County Jail; these statistics do not account for individuals who may have been released and committed crimes in other jurisdictions.
SB 54 restricts law enforcement from notifying, transferring and communicating with ICE regarding certain offenders.
“SB 54 has made our community less safe. The law has resulted in new crimes because my deputies were unable to communicate with their federal partners about individuals who committed serious offenses and present a threat to our community if released,” said Don Barnes, Orange County Sheriff-Coroner. “The two-year social science experiment with sanctuary laws must end. Rather than protect our immigrant community, the law has enabled offenders to be released, often times back into the immigrant communities they prey upon, and create new victims.”
ICE lodges detainers on individuals who have been arrested on criminal charges and who ICE has probable cause to believe are removable aliens. The detainer asks the other law enforcement agency to notify ICE in advance of release and to maintain custody of the alien for a brief period of time so that ICE can take custody of that person in a safe and secure setting upon release from that agency’s custody. When law enforcement agencies fail to honor immigration detainers and release serious criminal offenders onto the streets, it undermines ICE’s ability to protect public safety and carry out its mission.


vdare--2020-02-11--Bloomberg on Who Commits Gun Crimes

Bloomberg on Who Commits Gun Crimes

Audio of @ MikeBloomberg ’ s 2015 @ AspenInstitute speech where he explains that “ you can just Xerox ( copy ) ” the description of male , minorities 16-25 and hand to cops .
Bloomberg had video of speech blocked .
Perhaps because of the problematic explanation he gives for # StopAndFrisk pic.twitter.com/Fm0YCi4ZRy Ninety five percent of your murders , and murderers , and murder victims , fit one M.O .
You can just take the description , Xerox it , and pass it up to all the cops .
They are male , minority , sixteen to twenty-one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York , that ’ s true in virtually every city in the union .
And that ’ s where the real crime is , you ’ ve got to get the guns out of the hands of the people that are getting killed .
So you got to be wondering , spend the money , put a lot of cops in the street .
Put those cops where the crime is , which means in the minority neighborhoods .
So one effect , one of the unintended consequences is , people say , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kids for marijuana , they ’ re all minorities .
Yes , that ’ s true .
Why , because we put all the cops in the minority neighborhoods , yes that ’ s true .
Why we do it ?
Because that ’ s where all the crime is .
And the way you should get the guns out of the kids ' hands is to throw them against the wall and , and frisk them .
Then they start , they say I don ’ t want to , I don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They may still have a gun , but they leave it at home .
”

Audio of @MikeBloomberg ’s 2015 @AspenInstitute speech where he explains that “you can just Xerox (copy)” the description of male, minorities 16-25 and hand to cops. Bloomberg had video of speech blocked. Perhaps because of the problematic explanation he gives for #StopAndFrisk pic.twitter.com/Fm0YCi4ZRy
Ninety five percent of your murders, and murderers, and murder victims, fit one M.O. You can just take the description, Xerox it, and pass it up to all the cops. They are male, minority, sixteen to twenty-one. That’s true in New York, that’s true in virtually every city in the union. And that’s where the real crime is, you’ve got to get the guns out of the hands of the people that are getting killed. So you got to be wondering, spend the money, put a lot of cops in the street. Put those cops where the crime is, which means in the minority neighborhoods. So one effect, one of the unintended consequences is, people say, Oh my God, you're arresting kids for marijuana, they’re all minorities.
Yes, that’s true. Why, because we put all the cops in the minority neighborhoods, yes that’s true. Why we do it? Because that’s where all the crime is. And the way you should get the guns out of the kids' hands is to throw them against the wall and, and frisk them. Then they start, they say I don’t want to, I don’t want to get caught. They may still have a gun, but they leave it at home.”


vdare--2020-02-11--Trump In New Hampshire: “The Well-Being Of American Citizens”, NO Mention Of Increased Legal Immigra

Trump In New Hampshire: “The Well-Being Of American Citizens”, NO Mention Of Increased Legal Immigration, And Fact-Checking The Fact-Checkers

Trump held a rally in New Hampshire , pictured below : It 's indoors because it 's in New England in February , but it 's sold out , which means that a lot of New Hampshiremen and women had to line up outside for a while .
Trump did mention immigration , but not , as we like to check , increasing legal immigration .
Here 's Trump at 29:07 in his speech : After years of building up other countries , we are finally rebuilding our country .
Or no issue haveWashington Democrats more thoroughly sold out the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , right ?
Before I came into office , the far left 's policy of open borders allowed deadly drugs to flow freely into our country , and that 's what they want .
[ Audience Boos ] I see them campaigning right down the street .
It 's really boring to watch , but I try and watch .
I have an obligation to watch , really boring stuff , but they want open borders .
They want thousands and thousands of people to pour into our country , many of whom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for .
OK ?
I mean , murderers , rapists , and some other things .
They 're going to be poisoning our children with drugs , including right here in New Hampshire .
And you have one of the biggest drug problems in the country , and we brought it down 18 % .
But we have to do better .
18 % .
Washington Democrats put the needs of illegal immigrants before the well-being of American citizens .
They want to let anyone into our country from all around the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We 're going to give you free health care .
We 're going to give you free education .
We 're going to give you more than our vets are getting .
We 're going to give you—every family will get a free Rolls-Royce .
You know I said that , Matt .
I said that to them .
And some of the fake news picked it up , and they said , President Trump said every family coming into our country illegally gets a brand-new free Rolls-Royce .
He lied .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ gave me a Pinocchio .
The MSM said he was wrong about immigrants getting free cars , and then they said he was wrong about them giving him a Pinocchio on free cars .
Here 's the NYT a couple of years ago : At an October rally in Arizona , Mr. Trump criticized Democrats for allowing undocumented immigrants to apply for driver ’ s licenses .
“ Next thing you know , they ’ ll want to buy ’ em a car , ” he speculated .
“ Then they ’ ll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough , we want — how about a Rolls-Royce ?
” A day later , at a campaign rally in Nevada , Mr. Trump presented this theory as reality , telling supporters that Democrats wanted to give cars and licenses to undocumented immigrants in addition to free health care and education .
After the claim was debunkedby news outlets , Mr. Trump responded by ridiculing the news media for mentioning the Rolls-Royce , which was not the actual subject of the fact checks .
“ They said he gets a Pinocchio for that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a campaign rally in Mississippi , referring to The Washington Post ’ s rating system for false claims .
“ They got me !
” Links in original , emphasis added .
Deciphering the Patterns in Trump ’ s Falsehoods , by Linda Qiu , December 29 , 2018 , Let me rebunk the false claim here—all illegals are eligible for licenses , healthcare and education under the Democrats ' plans , and refugees have been getting free cars for years , as we reported here almost 20 years ago , when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ here—all illegals are eligible for licenses , healthcare and education under the Democrats ' plans , and refugees have been getting free cars for years , as we reported here almost 20 years ago , when the NYT said that there were `` false rumors '' that Somali refugees were `` getting free cars , courtesy of the government '' .
`` Free cars '' also `` courtesy of the government '' ?
Our journalistic investigators could have stumbled upon the strange case of the refugee resettlement organization with the used car dealer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government expense are very much a part of refugee resettlement .
It works like this : All non-governmental organizations [ NGOs ] involved in settling refugees – the so-called `` refugee contractors '' such as the Roman Catholic charities and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society - are using the incredible expanding DHHS Office of Refugee Resettlement Matching Grant program ( ORRMG ) .
Now 24 years old , the program was started to encourage direct private giving to refugees .
It provided matching federal monies , first equaling and eventually doubling every dollar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Matching grant '' refugees are a subset of the contractor 's refugee caseload .
They have agreed to forgo welfare ( except for food stamps and free medical care ) for 4 months while participating in the program , which is oriented towards placing the refugee in a job .
But the refugee contractors tend to pick refugees who are already job-ready .
And , after just 4 months , the refugee can leave the program and go on welfare anyway .
In total , the NGO refugee contractor can expect a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a limit of $ 2,000 per refugee - which can be multiplied by the number of refugees participating in the program .
The refugee contractor 's staff salary and administration overhead can be covered with this money .
And the NGO refugee contractor can put up only 20 % of its match in actual money - the rest can be donated goods valued at , well , whatever they can get away with .
Enter the free cars .
One of the most effective ways for the refugee contractor to raise money is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ donations .
With a car valued at , say , $ 2,000 as its `` match , '' the refugee contractor claims $ 4,000 from the government – twice the value of its `` contribution . ''
A refugee receives a free car - presto , free cars at government expense .
( And , in this case , the refugee contractor must also show that it spent a whopping $ 400 in cash , but that could be imputed overhead . )
Only about a third of recent refugees participated in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a free car .
I made several calls to the Office of Refugee Resettlement to determine how many .
But , apparently , no one at ORR knows - even though , under ORRMG guidelines , the contractors must show how they meet their `` match '' for each claim .
But we do know that Catholic Social Services in Lincoln , Nebraska is dealing in so many cars under ORRMG it was required by the state to register as a used car dealer !
Paranoids Can Have Enemies .
Refugee `` False @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you still wanted to make this a `` false claim '' by saying refugees are different from illegals , they 're not .
People come in illegally and claim refugee status , refugees get rejected and refuse to leave , still being illegal .
And if you still wanted to make this a `` false claim '' by saying refugees are different from illegals , they 're not .
People come in illegally and claim refugee status , refugees get rejected and refuse to leave , still being illegal .
Charities ignore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cars , what they 're concerned about is the tax deduction .
But finally , the only mention of legal immigration is Trump 's boilerplate phrase `` With your help , we will lift millions of more of our citizens from welfare to work , dependence to independence , and poverty to prosperity .
Together , we will elect a Republican Congress to create a fair , sane , and lawful system of immigration . ''
Pessimists may see that as supporter for some Kushnerian increase in legal immigration , but I do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The fact that he does these rallies where he speaks to crowds leads the Left to call him a `` demagogue '' , which literally means `` speaks to the people '' .
Pessimists may see that as supporter for some Kushnerian increase in legal immigration , but I do n't think Trump would say that .
The fact that he does these rallies where he speaks to crowds leads the Left to call him a `` demagogue '' , which literally means `` speaks to the people '' .
But these rallies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people who vote for him—and if he spoke up for increased immigration , he 'd get booed .
This `` listening to the people '' thing is n't demagoguery , it 's called `` democracy '' .

Trump held a rally in New Hampshire, pictured below:
Trump rally in Manchester pic.twitter.com/vD0XeXGjzK — Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) February 10, 2020
It's indoors because it's in New England in February, but it's sold out, which means that a lot of New Hampshiremen and women had to line up outside for a while.
Trump did mention immigration, but not, as we like to check, increasing legal immigration. Here's Trump at 29:07 in his speech:
After years of building up other countries, we are finally rebuilding our country. Or no issue haveWashington Democrats more thoroughly sold out the American people than a thing called immigration, right? Before I came into office, the far left's policy of open borders allowed deadly drugs to flow freely into our country, and that's what they want. [Audience Boos] I see them campaigning right down the street. It's really boring to watch, but I try and watch. I have an obligation to watch, really boring stuff, but they want open borders. They want thousands and thousands of people to pour into our country, many of whom are not exactly what we're looking for. OK? I mean, murderers, rapists, and some other things. They're going to be poisoning our children with drugs, including right here in New Hampshire. And you have one of the biggest drug problems in the country, and we brought it down 18%. But we have to do better. 18%. Washington Democrats put the needs of illegal immigrants before the well-being of American citizens. They want to let anyone into our country from all around the world, Just come on in, folks. We're going to give you free health care. We're going to give you free education. We're going to give you more than our vets are getting. We're going to give you—every family will get a free Rolls-Royce. You know I said that, Matt. I said that to them. And some of the fake news picked it up, and they said, President Trump said every family coming into our country illegally gets a brand-new free Rolls-Royce. He lied. He lied. He lied. They gave me a Pinocchio. Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, Factbase, February 10, 2020
The MSM said he was wrong about immigrants getting free cars, and then they said he was wrong about them giving him a Pinocchio on free cars. Here's the NYT a couple of years ago:
But these rallies also allow him to listen to the people who vote for him—and if he spoke up for increased immigration, he'd get booed. This "listening to the people" thing isn't demagoguery, it's called "democracy".


vdare--2020-02-10--Leftists Complain BITTERLY About Trump's "Invisible Wall" Of Immigration Reduction—His Supporters Sh

Leftists Complain BITTERLY About Trump's "Invisible Wall" Of Immigration Reduction—His Supporters Should Give Him Credit!