Reclaim America: Oust Politicians Who Support Illegals
Saturday, March 20, 2010
By Michael Cutler
NewsWithViews.com
Rep. Lamar Smith
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Formation
of a new Congressional caucus- "Reclaiming
American Jobs" co-chaired by Congressional Representative Lamar
Smith.
Many
of you may know that I have testified before more than a dozen Congressional
hearings since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in an effort
to provide my perspectives and concerns based on my 30 years of experience
as an INS officer. What you may not know is that I actually first testified
before a Congressional hearing that was conducted by the House Subcommittee
on Immigration and Claims on May 20, 1997 on the topic:
“VISA
FRAUD AND IMMIGRATION BENEFITS APPLICATION FRAUD”
The
link
to the transcript of that hearing.
That
hearing was called for by Representative Lamar Smith who, at the time,
chaired the subcommittee and was greatly concerned about how the terrorists
who committed terrorist attacks in the United States in 1993 were able
to enter our country and embed themselves after they arrived.
I
have worked with Congressman Smith for more than 15 years on immigration-related
issues and he has consistently demonstrated real leadership where the
immigration issue is concerned and is continuing to demonstrate that
leadership as the Ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee.
This
coming Monday, March 22 I will be in Washington, in conjunction with
the efforts of the caucus that Congressman Smith co-chairs, to provide
insight and perspectives, along with other experts, to Congressional
staffers, on the huge harm being done to our nation and especially the
citizens and lawful immigrants of our nation who have lost their jobs
to illegal aliens.
Each
year our nation admits more than one million lawful immigrants who,
by virtue of their lawful immigrant status are on the pathway to United
States citizenship from the very moment that they acquire lawful immigrant
status. This huge number of lawful immigrants actually exceeds the number
of lawful immigrants of all of the other nations of the world, combined!
The
need to secure our borders against illegal entry and illegal aliens
is not an anti-immigrant issue but is, in fact a pro-immigrant position.
Securing our borders against illegal aliens, among whom are criminals
and, undoubtedly terrorists and supporters of terrorist activities protects
our citizens and lawful immigrants alike from violence and the loss
of jobs. This is, in fact the purpose behind our nation's immigration
laws.
As
I like to point out, the difference between and immigrant and an illegal
alien is comparable to the difference between a houseguest and a burglar.
It
is important that we support those relative few members of Congress,
such as Lamar Smith, who stand behind the citizens of our nation, especially
as other members of Congress seek to provide a disastrous massive amnesty
program for millions of illegal aliens whose true identities, backgrounds,
possible affiliations with criminal or terrorist organizations is unknown
and unknowable. It is also worth noting that Comprehensive Immigration
Reform cannot be administered by United States Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) in a manner that provides even a shred of integrity
because that beleaguered agency is utterly unable to deal with its massive
workload without getting slammed by the onslaught of applications that
would result from Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
The
consequence is that the rate of fraud in the system is nothing short
of astronomical. To have USCIS attempt to deal with the administration
of Comprehensive Immigration Reform would be comparable to having a
wheel-chair bound patient on a respirator attempt to run the New York
City marathon!
If
our country is to survive and if our children and their children are
to get their share of the "American Dream" the citizens of
this nation must take their citizenship seriously!
We
the People must be the best citizens we can be, citizens who are worthy
of the gallantry demonstrated by our valiant men and women in the military,
law enforcement and firefighters, who routinely go in harm's way in
defense of this nation and our citizens.
My
goal in writing this and other commentaries is to point out our nations
many failings before more victims pay the ultimate price for the incompetence
and ineptitude of our government.
The
first step in problem-solving is to first identify the problems and
vulnerabilities and then devise strategies to overcome them.
Any
politician who refuses to work to secure our borders and create an immigration
system that has integrity is either corrupt or too dumb to keep his
(her) job. Any politician, irrespective of party affiliation who favors
Comprehensive Immigration Reform and the outrageous betrayal that this
would represent given the national security implications that this program
would have, should be shown the door at the next election!
If
you find yourself to be in agreement with this commentary, I ask that
you forward it to as many of your friends and family members as possible
and encourage them to do the same.
Later
this year, each and every member of the House of Representatives is
up for reelection. Later this year more than one third of the members
of the United States Senate will have to face their constituents. They
need to be reminded that they work for us, We the People!
However,
the practice of good citizenship does not end in the voting booth, it
only begins there.
The large scale apathy demonstrated by citizens of this nation has emboldened
elected representatives to all but ignore the needs of the average American
citizen in a quest for massive campaign funds and the promises of votes
to be ostensibly delivered by special interest groups. There is much
that we cannot do but there is one thing that We the People absolutely
must do- we must stop sitting on the sidelines!
The
collective failure of We the People to get involved in make our concerns
known to our politicians have nearly made the concerns of the great
majority of the citizens of this nation all but irrelevant to the politicians.I
implore you to get involved!
If
this situation concerns you or especially if it angers you, I ask you
to call your Senators and Congressional "Representative. This is
not only your right- it is your obligation!
All
I ask is that you make it clear to our politicians that we are not as
dumb as they hope we are!
We
live in a perilous world and in a perilous era. The survival of our
nation and the lives of our citizens hang in the balance.
This
is neither a Conservative issue, nor is it a Liberal issue- simply stated,
this is most certainly an AMERICAN issue!
Michael W. Cutler graduated from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in
1971 with a B.A. in Communications Arts and Sciences. Mr. Cutler began
working for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in October
1971 when he entered on duty as an Immigration Inspector assigned to John
F. Kennedy International Airport. In August 1975 he became a Criminal
Investigator (Special Agent) for the INS at NYC.
He rotated through virtually every squad in the Investigations Branch. From 1988 until 1991
he was assigned as the INS representative to the Unified Intelligence
Division (UID) of the DEA in New York. In 1991 he was promoted to the
position of Senior Special Agent and was assigned to the Organized Crime,
Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) which required that he work with
members of other law enforcement agencies including the FBI, DEA, ATF,
U.S. Customs and local and state police as well as law enforcement organizations
of other countries including Israel, Canada, Great Britain and Japan,
to conduct investigations of aliens involved in major drug trafficking
organizations. He retired from the INS in February 2002, after a career
that spanned some 30 years.
Finally, Michael Cutler has appeared on numerous television and radio programs including
Lou Dobbs, Fox News, MSNBC and many other television and radio news-oriented
programs to discuss the enforcement of immigration laws.
E-Mail: mcutler007@aol.com
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