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December 12, 2007
by William Gheen
President of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC
ALIPAC
www.alipac.us
In August of 2005, I was called for an interview by THV-TV News out
of Little Rock Arkansas to comment on Governor Mike Huckabee's
comments complaining about an Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) raid on local chicken plants, which resulted in the arrest of
119 illegal aliens. What I said during the interview is even more
relevant today "Governor Huckabee is known nationally as an illegal
alien’s best friend!"
At the time, Mike Huckabee was known nationally for supporting
in-state tuition for illegal aliens, which is massively opposed by
American voters four to one! This plan forces American taxpayers to
subsidize tuition for illegal aliens, thus replacing American
students in the limited seats in colleges, while providing the wrong
message and encouraging more people to illegally immigrate and bring
their children into the U.S. to be trained for jobs, it is illegal
for them to have!
The fact that Mike Huckabee would support a policy change despised
by 80% of those he swore to represent in public office says a lot
about what we could expect from the man as President.
Furthermore, his open denouncement of ICE raids in Arkansas is
probably the result of his heavy financial support from Open Borders
corporations like Tyson Foods. In Arkansas, the chicken processing
lobby is so powerful they call it "Big Chicken".
While the public was cheering the raids, Tyson Foods was upset about
ICE raids and so was their bought and paid for politician Mike
Huckabee!
Tyson Foods Inc., has their global headquarters located in
Springdale, Arkansas and they are the worlds largest processor and
marketer of chicken, beef, and pork. They were large contributors to
Mike Huckabee as Governor and now their federal political action
committee, TYPAC, is backing his campaign for President.
Tyson Foods Inc. is one of the most egregious corporate violators of
our Federal laws against hiring illegals in America!
In 2003, the U.S. Justice Department claimed that 15 Tyson plants in
nine states had been conspiring since 1994 to recruit illegal
immigrants, and that this practice was known by senior executives at
Tyson corporate headquarters. It was determined in court that Tyson
managers had been intentionally working with organized crime
elements and temporary service agencies to import illegal alien
workers, replace their American workers, and drive down wages. Tyson
agreed to join the basic pilot program to screen new employees in
2004, but later raids continued to find large numbers of illegal
aliens working for Tyson!
Earlier this year, the company supported the thrice-failed
"Comprehensive Immigration Reform" amnesties that were pushed in the
U.S. Senate. These legislative attempts to legalize Tyson's illegal
labor workforce failed due to massive public opposition with Zogby
polls showing only 3% of Americans approving of how Congress was
handling the issue! The backlash was so massive that angry calls to
lawmakers, which were ranging 50 to 1 opposed, overloaded and shut
down the entire Capital phone system!
Mike Huckabee is now experiencing a surge in the polls as GOP core
voters continue to abandon John McCain and Rudy Giuliani for their
pro Amnesty pro illegal alien records and stances. This is bringing
Huckabee's immigration stances into the limelight for scrutiny and
his campaign is fully aware that missteps on this issue can send him
back down the ladder like McCain and Giuliani.
That is why his campaign has released the "The Secure America Plan"
which details his 9-point plan to facilitate the "enforcement of our
immigration laws and results in the attrition of the illegal
immigrant population"
This is exactly what America wants to hear, America wants to hear
about reducing the number or illegal aliens in America. Americans
want illegal aliens to return to their home nations as current law
dictates!
However, there is a big problem with Huckabee's plan. While most of
the provisions will be positively received by the American public,
especially voters, his promises to crack down on employers, build a
fence, and bolster the border patrol are all nullified by positions
number 3 and 9.
Huckabee makes it clear that illegal aliens will have to leave the
U.S. However, what he is advocating is the 'touch back' provision
which was a trick fielded by the supporters of the failed
"Comprehensive Immigration Reform" amnesty bills in the U.S. Senate
this year.
In position #9, Huckabee says he would increase visas and expedite
immigration processes so "those patiently and responsibly seeking to
come here legally will not have to wait decades to share in the
American Dream"
Such changes would clearly increase legal immigration levels, which
already stand at 1.4 million per year, making America the most
generous nation in the world for legal immigration. The majority of
the American public, while generally supportive of legal immigrants,
is in no mood for such a massive expansion of legal immigration
levels considering the intense public backlash against illegal
immigration.
Huckabee's intent to expedite legal immigration ties into the real
problem with his plan. This is revealed in item #3, where he would
grant amnesty to illegal aliens by having them sign up with the
government and then leave the U.S. for a day or two and later on
pick up new documents across the border to walk back in and say
"Look at me! I came in legally this time!"
What a devilish farce! Millions of illegal aliens in America would
quickly have no fear of immigration law enforcement and would be on
the "path to citizenship" receiving benefits at the taxpayers’
expense. This provision would in effect nullify all of the other
immigration enforcement promises of Mike Huckabee.
The mere fact that Mike Huckabee's campaign is imitating the tactics
that the pro Amnesty lobby in Washington, DC deployed earlier this
year tells us exactly who he serves and that he is willing to try
and deceive the American public to accomplish his political agenda!
Mike Huckabee has is now promoting the Pence Plan that we call
SHAMNESTY!
One more President like that in the White House and we can kiss
America goodbye. We will have millions of illegal aliens who have
become untouchable by immigration authorities and millions more on
the way once America has shown she is defenseless against the Global
corporations pushing this agenda!
It gets worse, according to Michelle Malkin's article "Meet the
GOP's Border Control Cross-Dressers" (Dec. 11, 2007) Huckabee joins
McCain and Guiliani on the dishonest pro amnesty politician front!
It appears that Mike Huckabee has been pandering to the Open Borders
Hispanic racist group LULAC (League of United Latin American
Citizens), where he has promised them an 'open door' policy. He has
also criticized state legislators in Arkansas who wanted to require
proof of citizenship to register to vote! That really takes the cake
when you think about the fact Mike Huckabee wants illegal aliens to
be able to vote!
Even more disturbing is Mike Huckabee's decision to follow the
deplorable lead of Senator's Harry Reid and Ted Kennedy by deriding
Americans who are concerned about illegal immigration and opposed to
the Senate AMNESTY bills as "driven by racism or nativism."
In an attempt to build street credibility, the Huckabee campaign
claims they were inspired to create their plan from an article by
Center for Immigration Studies (Cis.org) Mark Krikorian. While Mr.
Krikorian is renowned for his concepts of attrition enforcement, he
is opposed to the Touchback amnesty provisions Huckabee's team built
in as this measure would nullify all of the other enforcement
provisions listed! Mr. Krikorian, while cited as a source by Mike
Huckabee's team, would probably call the plan another "No Amnesty
Amnesty".
Mike Huckabee is clearly an Open Borders fanatic.
This is why there is a shockwave moving through the immigration
enforcement movement after hearing of the endorsement of the
Huckabee campaign by Co-Founder of the original Minuteman Project,
Jim Gilchrist.
The embarrassing truth is that Jim Gilchrist has forced distance
between himself and the vast majority of other groups and leaders in
the immigration enforcement movement over the last year because of
his egotistical, unstable, destructive, and growingly bizarre
behavior. His behind the scenes actions have created a great deal of
alarm from groups such as ALIPAC who were a part of the original
Minuteman effort and who have supported Mr. Gilchrist in the past.
After Jim Gilchrist split with co-founder Chris Simcox of the
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, he quickly made enemies out of any
group that refused to take a side in the conflict. He would not
respect the neutrality of other sovereign groups and adopted an
"with us or against us" stance that drove many away.
Jim Gilchrist's last attempt to muster Minutemen volunteers fell
apart during the Laredo Texas operations he launched. While the
opening day had many attendees, within one week there were less than
ten volunteers on the border and Gilchrist himself was not even
present most of the time.
Since that time, Jim has been engaged in a bitter battle against the
Executive Board of his 501(c) organization after they terminated him
from his position as director, which has thrown the whole
organization into court battles. While most of our movement was neck
deep in the battle against the Senate "Comprehensive Immigration
Reform" amnesty bills, Gilchrist was busy sending out his next wave
of bitter e-mails decrying the actions of the "hijackers" of his
organization.
Many of us in the movement have been keeping quiet about these
problems, the threatening e-mails, and personal attacks, hoping that
Jim Gilchrist would fade into the background, where his reckless
behavior and failed organization could do no further harm to the
movement, which is much bigger than Minuteman. We had hoped that his
initial contributions to the cause in Minuteman 1 could be saved
from his actions of late. Today, the rest of the nation is painfully
learning what we know about Jim Gilchrist, due to his endorsement of
pro amnesty Open Borders Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.
Since the Minuteman Project is a tax-free nonprofit organization,
which is prohibited by law from endorsing candidates, one has to
wonder why Jim Gilchrist is making endorsements for President, which
will surely be challenged by other Presidential campaigns and pro
amnesty groups.
Perhaps Jim just skimmed over the Huckabee plan like many Americans
will do and fell for the bait? It is likely that he was so happy to
hear from a Presidential campaign in the midst of his isolation that
he jumped at the opportunity to be relevant again?
Jim Gilchrist and Mike Huckabee have made a terrible mistake by
supporting a Presidential campaign which has stances in favor of
"touchback" amnesty for illegal aliens, benefits for illegal aliens,
voting access for illegal aliens, "comprehensive immigration reform"
amnesty, expanded visa programs, and more legal immigration. They
are both attempting to give the illegal aliens, the US Chamber of
Commerce, and their supporting groups like Tyson Foods, LULAC, and
La Raza exactly what they want, while trying to dupe the American
public.
As Americans representing the 80% of our fellow countrymen and women
who oppose this radical Open Borders agenda, we must do all we can
to expose Mike Huckabee's true stances and record. We must also make
it clear to Jim Gilchrist that he has just erased any positive
contributions he may have made in the past to the immigration
enforcement movement by lending his support to an 'Illegal Alien's
best friend'.
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http://www.alipac.us
Post Office Box 30966, Raleigh, NC 27622-0966
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