National News Come all ye illegal immigrants!

[Tee]

San Francisco advertises services for illegal immigrants - Los Angeles Times

SAN FRANCISCO -- This city has long considered itself a compassionate place, promoting gay marriages and expanded homeless welfare programs.

Now officials are extending a very public welcome to undocumented workers.

This week, the city launched a campaign featuring TV and radio ads, billboards and bus signs reminding residents of its status as a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants. The $83,000 blitz will include brochures distributed at police stations and hospitals, promising safe access to city services regardless of residency status.

"We're inviting people to come out of the shadows and take advantage of services," said Mayor Gavin Newsom. San Francisco has tried to make this point clear for years.

Since it became a sanctuary city in 1989, the city has barred employees from assisting federal officials with immigration investigations or arrests. But Newsom said recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in San Francisco and the Bay Area convinced him the city needed to do more.

City officials wanted to remind illegal workers that the city would not play a part in any possible discrimination they might encounter at the hands of the federal government, the mayor said.

Hmmm....Sounds like a mutany. If they wont abide by and enforce federal law, then maybe it's time to cut off their federal funding.

While numerous communities -- including San Jose, Oakland, Seattle and Miami -- consider themselves sanctuary cities, none of the others has launched a campaign to advertise that fact, officials here say.

Los Angeles does not consider itself a sanctuary city, but officials say police will not take part in federal immigration raids. "Our officers are not immigration officers," said Matt Szabo, a spokesman for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

A spokesman for Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich called San Francisco's program "a tragedy."

"It's an insult to the people who waited in line and filled out forms so they would do things right," said Tony Bell. "For them, it's a slap in the face."

Newsom deflected such criticism. "We're not trying to convince people in Los Angeles," he said. "We're trying to assist people in our own city and county."

San Francisco's ads -- written in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and Russian -- encourage residents to seek services and report crimes without fear of being deported.

Newsom, a Democrat who is considering a run for governor in 2010, said he hopes it will have an effect at shelters and psychiatric intake units.

He acknowledged that much of the reaction to the sanctuary program has been negative, attracting even more criticism than his stand on gay marriage.

"We've heard from 'The O'Reilly Factor' types," he said. "But we're convinced that this is the right thing to do."

Hmmm. Sounds just like Dodge City.

So not only are the legal citizens being forced to pay for healthcare and other programs for illegals, we are also paying for the advertising campaign to push it on them. Now, that's a slap in the face!

Wonder when our local leaders will start running ads like this......

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by Tee

Wonder when our local leaders will start running ads like this......

They already have in an indirect way.

1st, there is the word of mouth from one illegal person to another. When the bank vault of benefits is sitting wide open word travels fast.

2nd, When you run for city commission and state that illegal immigration in Dodge City is a Federal problem...(and we know how that goes), well you just basically announced that nothing will happen to you if you are illegal.

We get slapped in the face each and every day. If we weren't working so many hours a day we could march and wave flags and demand rights and all that jazz...but most of us are too busy working to have time to fight for our rights....

[Made in the USA]

CBS Evening news (I know, Katie Couric, but this news item is good) has been running a series on "Illegal Immigration". Tonite, they told how many women are sneaking across the border to have their kids "Free" in the US, so that they can be US citizens and eventually sponsor their parents. Costing one hospital in Texas over 200 million dollars a year in unpaid health care. Estimates are in the billions, cost to taxpayers for free health care. They said, quote, "Many women enter the hospital still wet, from swimming across the Rio Grande"! Since US law does not allow hospitals to check "Citizen" credentials, the hospital is required to treat them for free! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[Detector]

Cost? How about $338.3 billion a year

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year. | FAIR: Immigration and Welfare

2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs
such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. Center for Immigration Studies

3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
Center for Immigration Studies

4. $12 Billiondollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of
English!
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP.../01/ldt.0.html

5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the
American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
CNN.com - Transcripts

6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
CNN.com - Transcripts

7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP...1/ldt..01.html

8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare and
Social Services by the American taxpayers.
http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens. CNN.com - Transcripts

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's
two-and-a-half times that of white non-illegal aliens.. In
particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional
crime problem in the US .
CNN.com - Transcripts

11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens
that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal
aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs,
cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from
the Southern border. Homeland Security Report.
http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

12. The National Policy Institute, "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be
between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41
and $46 billion annually over a five year period."
http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.o...eportation.pdf

13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to
their countries of origin.
Wooldridge - How Much Further Into This Nightmare?

14. "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex
Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States ."
http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml

[jeezeweeze]

Wonder if the government can sanction States ?

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

[WizardofOz]

I wonder if the sanctuary cities are able to use the money they spend on advertising, welfare, and other social service to in turn receive federal grant money or benefits. Seems to me that they would need to get some kind of reimbursement otherwise it would bankrupt their funds.

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by Detector

Cost? How about $338.3 billion a year

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year. | FAIR: Immigration and Welfare

2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs
such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. Center for Immigration Studies

3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
Center for Immigration Studies

4. $12 Billiondollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of
English!
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP.../01/ldt.0.html

5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the
American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
CNN.com - Transcripts

6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
CNN.com - Transcripts

7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP...1/ldt..01.html

8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare and
Social Services by the American taxpayers.
http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens. CNN.com - Transcripts

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's
two-and-a-half times that of white non-illegal aliens.. In
particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional
crime problem in the US .
CNN.com - Transcripts

11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens
that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal
aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs,
cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from
the Southern border. Homeland Security Report.
http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

12. The National Policy Institute, "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be
between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41
and $46 billion annually over a five year period."
http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.o...eportation.pdf

13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to
their countries of origin.
Wooldridge - How Much Further Into This Nightmare?

14. "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex
Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States ."
http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml

That's really compelling stuff. I wonder how our city commissioners would respond to that? "But they contribute to the economy..." errrrrrrrrr

[Made in the USA]

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

I wonder if the sanctuary cities are able to use the money they spend on advertising, welfare, and other social service to in turn receive federal grant money or benefits. Seems to me that they would need to get some kind of reimbursement otherwise it would bankrupt their funds.

Welcome to Dodge City! The solution here, for bankrupt funds, is to just charge the hard working legal citizens more in order to support the blood suckers. The next move is to tax the tax!!