From: Douglas Strother
Subject: Press Release: PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS MUST BE THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF ANY IMMIGRATION REFORM
To: Douglas Strother
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS MUST BE THE PRIMARY
OBJECTIVE OF ANY IMMIGRATION REFORM
Lemon Grove, California, May 18, 2006 The
unwillingness of Democrats and Republicans to justly
enforce existing immigration law has allowed the
problem of illegal immigration to become nearly
intractable. The members of establishment political
parties have abdicated their duty and responsibility
of protecting these United States from invasion by
foreign powers as required by the Constitution. The
American Independent Party asserts that protecting the
life, liberty and property of citizens is the first
and most important duty of government.
Liberalization of American immigration laws is
upsetting the labor balance in our country, having an
adverse effect on our economy, and exposing our people
to terrorist threats. The mass importation of people
with low standards of living threatens the wage
structure of American workers, and frequently, the
political subversion of our American institutions.
Immigration now exceeds the number of new jobs which
the American economy has been able to produce.
Therefore The American Independent Party recommends
that:
- A moratorium be placed on all immigration to the
United States, except in individual hardship cases or
other individual special circumstances, until the laws
can be revised to better protect American workers and
taxpayers;
- United States immigration laws be re-written to
limit immigration to modest quotas of immigrants. We
oppose the use of immigration laws as a device to
effect major alteration of the cultural composition of
the nation;
- the United States discontinue all special
immigration programs such as that under which refugees
from various nations are being admitted to swell our
welfare rolls;
- every immigrant be carefully screened to guarantee
the loyalty to the United States of all persons
entering this country; and careful enforcement of the
naturalization laws be implemented to assure that only
fully-qualified persons be granted citizenship;
- every individual, group, and/or private agency which
requests the admission of an immigrant to the U.S., on
whatever basis, be required to commit legally to
provide housing and sustenance for such immigrant,
bear full responsibility for the economic independence
of the immigrant, and post appropriate bonds to seal
such covenants; and that
- laws be enacted and enforced to deport illegal
aliens, withhold from them all unemployment,
educational, welfare, Social Security, and other
governmental benefits, and penalize employers
knowingly hiring illegals. We urge that all public
employees, in whatever capacity, be required to
cooperate and assist in the enforcement of the
immigration laws.
We support the deployment of military personnel to our
borders as needed to protect and preserve our country
from immigrant invasion.
We oppose amnesty for illegal aliens, any new or
liberalized "Guest Workers" program, and/or the
extension of any law permitting the importation of
foreign workers in high tech or other industries.
We support amendment of the Constitution to preclude
automatic citizenship status to children born in the
United States of illegal immigrant parents.
Immigrants to the United States must live under and
obey our laws, just as do our citizens. Immigrants
are not entitled to raise a so-called "cultural
defense" when prosecuted for violation of our criminal
statutes.
The American Independent Party is opposed to the
employment of aliens by tax-supported agencies,
believing that tax-funded employment should be
reserved for American citizens in all cases where
there is a qualified citizen to fill the job.
The American Independent Party has been California’s
only Constitutionally-correct political party since
1967. A vote for the American Independent Party is a
vote for return to true Constitutional government.
For more information contact:
Nancy Shearer Spirkoff
State Chairman, American Independent Party
8158 Palm Street
Lemon Grove, CA 91945
(619) 460-4484
sdaip@cox.net
www.aipca.org
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