Importing Sino-Fascism? (VDARE)
http://www.vdare.com/misc/derbyshire/sino-fascism.htm

DMV eases license procedure for non-citizens (The Record, New Jersey)
http://www.bergen.com/news/dmvamend20011215.htm

Graduation speech cut short by hecklers (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/1335122p-1404788c.html

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

An old friend of ProjectUSA, Byron Slater of San Diego, is coordinating a lobbying trip this February to Washington, DC. Byron is a solid guy, and deserves your support.

Americans concerned about the long-term consequences of current U.S. immigration policy should join Byron in Washington. Think of it as your best and most interesting vacation ever.

For more information:
http://projectusa.org/wash-dc-lobbying.html

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

"But a democracy cannot get at the truth without experience, and many nations may perish for lack of the time to discover their mistakes."

Alexis De Tocqueville
Democracy in America

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

ProjectUSA:

So much criticism of you, so little credit given to you...until an emergency unveils part of the truth. A timeless symptom consistent with those of vision.

Thanks for the information and your hard work,

Bill Heimiller
Livonia, Michigan

Issue 103: Dec 5, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

Texans are giving high marks to President Bush's handling of America's war, according to a recent Scripps Howard Data Center survey. Eighty-six percent rate his performance as excellent or good.

Interestingly, however, according to the same poll, the percentage of Texans who want tighter restrictions on immigration is even higher. An astounding 93% (!) of Texans polled support tighter restrictions on visas for foreign students and other visitors.

Ninety-three percent is not a simple democratic majority. Ninety-three percent is an entire people demanding that our government finally do something about immigration.

But it would be a mistake to think this public demand for change is entirely a result of the September attacks; the public was fed up long before 9.11.

Consider the Bush Administration's proposal last summer to grant a blanket amnesty to Mexicans illegally residing in the United States. At the time, the cheap labor lobby and groups like La Raza (The Race) were clamoring to reward foreign line-jumpers with legal status, thus ensuring another massive wave of illegal immigration.

Business groups and the American Chamber of Commerce threw their weight behind the amnesty proposal. Ethnic identity groups supported it, as did the AFL-CIO. The two major political parties were racing to one up each other in extending the amnesty to include more people, and newspapers from coast to coast were turning out a steady stream of heart-wrenching stories about the struggles of individual illegal immigrants. With this mighty array backing amnesty, no one thought it could fail.

However, within days of the New York Times breaking the amnesty story, the Bush Administration was backing away from the proposal and amnesty was yanked off the table.

So what happened? With the entire establishment lined up behind amnesty, how could the proposal have failed so suddenly and so completely?

What happened was: public opinion. Americans reacted with outrage at this continuing assault on our laws, and the Administration backed down. There was a new wind blowing in America on immigration.

That wind continues to blow; the terror attacks have simply increased its velocity.
______________
Bush, war get high marks from Texans (Lincoln Journal-Star)
http://www.journalstar.com/nation?story_id=6893&past=

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

Now the Bush Administration is trying to push through Congress a last minute extension of the notorious 245(i) marriage amnesty.

(What the 245(i) amnesty does is allow people who are illegally in the United States to circumvent normal immigration procedures and become legal. All they have to do is get "married," and pay the government $1000.)

This is dangerous, because normally, for illegal aliens to become legal, they must return to their home countries, UNDERGO SECURITY CHECKS, and then apply to enter legally like everyone else.

After 9.11, it is stupefying that any politician would support 245(i), especially given the overwhelming public support for tightening immigration procedures.

Contact House Speaker Dennis Hastert and politely say:

Speaker Hastert, please do not allow the 245(i) marriage amnesty to go through. I am one of the overwhelming majority of Americans who wants tighter and more secure immigration procedures. The marriage amnesty program is full of fraud, and since it allows illegal aliens to skip security checks in their own countries, it presents a threat to Americans.

FAX: 202-225-0697
dhastert@mail.house.gov

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

People can be divided into two classes: those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, 'Why wasn't it done the other way?'

Oliver Wendell Holmes

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

Please send me the free ezine! I firmly believe that this insane unneeded immigration is the trojan horse that will destroy Amerika!

Sincerely Mike Javick
Great Falls, Montana

Issue 102: Nov 29, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

On last Sunday's McLaughlin Group, host John McLaughlin ended the program by asking the members of his roundtable whether they agreed that a temporary moratorium on immigration is needed to help America fix its broken immigration system.

In spite of the lessons of 9.11, the roundtable responded negatively. Tony Blankley of the Washington Times thought a temporary moratorium unnecessary. Eleanor Clift, contributing editor at Newsweek, submitted a flat out "no." And Michael Barone of U.S. News and World Report thought the idea ludicrous.

WRONG!

McLaughlin made the point that if a faucet is running into a stopped up sink and causing a flood on the floor, a sane person first shuts off the faucet before trying to mop up the flood.

The deluge of mass immigration -- both legal and illegal -- has clearly overwhelmed our system. For example, there are 350,000 deportees now running loose around the country who are mostly criminal aliens, and only 2000 Immigration and Naturalization Service agents available to search for them.

John McLaughlin is right: we desperately need a time-out from mass immigration while we get a handle on things. Moreover, Americans agree with him. A November 16 Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll found that 65 percent of Americans favor "temporarily sealing U.S. borders and stopping all immigration in the United States during the war on terrorism."

Bolster the Borders (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/35304.htm

Some Call Feinstein Legislation 'Racist' (Asian Week)
http://www.asianweek.com/2001_11_16/news_feinstein.html

New Report Unveils Systematic Racism (Asian Week)
http://www.asianweek.com/2001_08_17/news_racism.html

Survival of America (Yeh Ling-Ling in WorldNetDaily)
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25487

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

Columnist Michael Barone, the McLaughlin panelist who thought the idea of an immigration time-out ludicrous, is the author of the recent book, "The New Americans -- How the Melting Pot Can Work Again." In it, Barone claims that Americans have nothing to fear from current record-breaking levels of mass immigration because "blacks resemble Irish, Latinos resemble Italians, Asians resemble Jews." (In an email response to ProjectUSA, Mr. Barone admitted he did not know whom the Muslim

Barone means to reassure increasingly uneasy and skeptical Americans that they should have no concerns about the assimilation of the current wave of immigrants, since previous waves have always assimilated. But Barone ignores the fact that assimilation in the past has always been accompanied by long periods of little or no immigration -- lulls during which the assimilation process was given a chance to work.

You can write Mr. Barone and politely say:

I am one of the two out of three Americans who disagree with your opinion that the idea of a time-out from mass immigration is ludicrous. The history of immigration to the United States always included periodic lulls, during which assimilation worked its magic. I agree with John McLaughlin -- especially in light of 9.11 -- that it is definitely time for another temporary moratorium.

mbarone@usnews.com

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

"Though most Latinos in the U.S. are not immigrants, immigration policy has an important impact on the civil rights of all Hispanics, many of whom are often mistaken for immigrants."

The National Council of La Raza (The Race)
http://www.nclr.org/policy/immigrat.html

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

Yes, [immigration] is indeed a racial issue with me but at least I'm honest about it. Why can't you be?

Jesse Garza, reporter
JGARZA@onwis.com
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
26 Jun 2001

Issue 101: Nov 13, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

Our political leaders' responses to the still recent attacks of 9.11 leave many immigration reductionists with a strange mixture of frustration and optimism.

We are made optimistic by the new appreciation for common sense on immigration policy increasingly evident in Congress. For example, Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, who founded the House Immigration Reform Caucus months before the attacks, has seen caucus membership grow from less than a dozen representatives to nearly 60 since 9.11.

We can now imagine Congress putting an end to our selfish and irresponsible immigration policy -- a policy that now has U.S. population doubling within the lifetimes of today's children.

But then there's the frustration. Those of us who have been warning for years that America's reckless mass immigration policies present a clear terrorism threat are frustrated that we weren't listened to in the first place -- that it took the deaths of 4000 of our fellow citizens to bring action on a few of the many problems associated with mass immigration.

And we are frustrated, too, because while Washington now scrambles to fix some of the problems that we have been warning against, Congress is still largely ignoring other warnings from the immigration reductionists. Terrorism is only one of the problems associated with record-breaking mass immigration.

We are still warning that:

=> Mass immigration, and the importation of a cheap labor underclass during economic expansion, risks severe social upheaval during economic contraction (a country should do its own work).

=> Mass immigration, since it is now responsible for 100% of U.S. population growth (a growth rate higher than that of China's), is the number one threat to our environment and life-giving natural resources.

=> Mass immigration, on the scale we see now, increases the likelihood of serious ethnic conflict and political balkanization (in the absence of America's historical use of immigration "time-outs" to allow for assimilation).

Will we have to wait for more disasters to occur before Washington moves prevent them?
______________
"Certainly, today's hearing focuses our attention on the threat of international terrorism on American soil and the porous nature of US borders."
Steven Emerson in House testimony (January 25, 2000)
http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/guestcolumnists/emerson09-12-01.htm

"Never did we realize then that people would take advantage of our generosity to the extent they have."
George W. Bush (October 28, 2001)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8797-2001Oct29.html

Information on the Immigration Reform Caucus
http://www.house.gov/tancredo/

"But even at America's doorstep, in a country that America counts as a close friend, there is deep anti-American sentiment."
[ original link ]

Beijing produces videos glorifying terrorist attacks on 'arrogant' US
[ original link ]

FAIR executive director Dan Stein's appearance on CBS's Sunday morning show
http://fairus.org/html/stein/sundaymorning1111.ram (video)

We Can't Afford to Be Cavalier About Our Borders (Senators Kyl & Feinstein)
[ original link ]

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

Please contact your local Congressperson by looking up his or her number in the government or "blue pages" of your local phone book. Ask them whether they are members of the House Immigration Reform Caucus. If not, why not? If so, congratulations!!

You can remind your representative that mass immigration is not only a threat to national security, there are also many other good reasons to implement an immigration time-out. (see above)

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

History is a vast early warning system.

Norman Cousins 1978

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

Please keep up the great work. There are state groups forming in every state. We have started radio ads in Oregon and our ranks are growing. ProjectUSA has been integral in helping these groups go on the offensive. We are happy to finally see Gallup and Zogby release polling data showing that ProjectUSA has been right all along. Only 6 percent of all Americans favor AMNESTY. I voted for Mr. Bush also but I will never do it again. I plan to vote for the Democrat who has the best chance of beating hi

John (last name withheld by request)
Salem, Oregon

Issue 100: Oct 26, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

ProjectUSA is proud to announce the formation of a new group of concerned attorneys that will work through the justice system to help Americans victimized by the non-enforcement of U.S. immigration law. American Lawyers for Immigration Law Enforcement (ALILE), which will run independently of ProjectUSA, was founded in August, 2001. ALILE is experiencing steady growth and has already undertaken two projects.

We find it remarkable that public support for raising immigration levels has never exceeded 14% in the forty years the Gallup organization has been tracking it, yet mass immigration has been at record levels for decades.

We believe this is a clear example of special interests in Washington trumping the will of the American people and neutralizing our laws.

Since its inception in 1999, ProjectUSA has been devoted to raising public debate on the issue of mass immigration, confident that, if debate were raised on the issue, public opinion would prevail, and the United States would begin to fix its reckless and incoherent immigration policies.

Immigration is now at the center of public debate, and, indeed, we're seeing considerable movement in our direction. Policy proposals that critics of mass immigration have been making for years are now moving rapidly through Congress, and unpopular proposals, like last summer's Bush/Fox cheap labor amnesty, are vanished -- at least for the time being.

One way we can capitalize on the momentum is through the justice system. Many of the successful battles of the Civil Rights movement were won in the courts, just as many of our battles -- built on public demand -- will also have to be won in the courts.
__________
American Lawyers for Immigration Law Enforcement
http://alile.org

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

You can help push Washington to start enforcing immigration laws. In the Government Pages of your local phone book, under U.S. offices/Congress, you'll find your Representative and Senators, and their local phone numbers.

Take a few minutes and leave a polite, but firm, message that you want to see immigration law enforced immediately.

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice, and…when they fail to do this purpose they become dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

It is now perfectly clear that both the Democratic and Republican Parties have sold their souls to the Pro-Immigration Lobby. The Republicans and their corporate backers see an endless pool of cheap labor, and the Democrats and their union backers see a potential goldmine of new members. Because the two parties have unfortunately fought each other to an electoral stalemate, each is terrified of saying or doing anything that might offend some ethnic voting block. Therefore, the only hope of restorin

Miles Brand
Brooklyn, NY
(received prior to Sept 11)

Issue 99: Oct 18, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) now admits there are some 300,000 aliens in the country who have been issued deportation orders, but, rather than being deported, have simply vanished.

Of course, shocking statistics associated with current immigration policy are by no means rare, but this one is particularly galling. Within those hundreds of thousands of foreigners living in the country outside the law, it can be safely assumed there lurk a number with murderous designs on the lives of American citizens. And, as far as we can tell, no one is even looking for them (numerous calls to the INS were unreturned).

If for no other reason than the safety and security of Americans, immigration law should be vigorously enforced; actual deportation of illegal aliens who have been ordered deported is one clear and immediate way to improve national security.

Unfortunately, there are only 2,000 INS investigative officers in the United States assigned to track down disappeared foreigners and enforce deportation orders (a job made more difficult because of widespread document fraud and our country's lack of an even remotely secure identification system).

Clearly, the INS is not up to the task of discharging deportation orders.

The obvious way to solve this problem is to enlist the help of a huge number of extra agents. Luckily, these "extra agents" already exist in the form of local and state law enforcement agencies.

And the legal foundation for enlisting their aid is already present in a provision known as Section 133 of the 1996 immigration reform bill. Section 133 lets the INS train and deputize local and state law enforcement officers so that they can make immigration arrests during the course of regular police work.

Americans are a patient and tolerant people, but these virtues are being sorely tested by the widespread feeling that immigration is out of control and that our incoherent and feckless immigration policy represents a real threat to American citizens.

There is far too much at risk not to avail ourselves of the simple and common sense solution -- already approved by Congress -- of letting local law enforcement officers help the INS.
__________
INS BACKLOG: Many illegals evade U.S. net (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

South Carolina Attorney General to Ashcroft: Local law enforcement will aid INS
http://www.fairus.org/html/stein/condonletter.htm

SPECIAL ORDER 40: "That no officer of the Los Angeles Police Department shall cooperate with the Immigration and Naturalization Service..."
[ original link ]

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

In an act that would've been unthinkable just two months ago, South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon has requested that U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft exercise his option to implement Section 133 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
(IIRAIRA) of 1996 and deputize an elite force of South Carolinians to aid the INS in battling illegal immigration.

Writes Mr. Condon to Mr. Ashcroft: "The State of South Carolina stands ready to assist the federal government enforcement against illegal immigration. Just as the United States government is fighting terrorism through the creation of a world wide coalition, we can fight terrorism through the creation of a nationwide coalition to enforce the immigration laws. South Carolina hopes to be the first state to enlist in the fight against illegal immigration."

We at ProjectUSA hope South Carolina is not the last state to enlist.

You can help by checking your phone book's blue pages for the number of your state attorney general and leaving a message that you support a similar effort in your state to let local and state law enforcement help the INS.

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

Abraham Lincoln

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

You guys are tops. I never wrote anyone before I took note of your organization, I now write the President at LEAST twice a week. I hope that I am one of many.

Travis Thompson
Atlanta

Issue 98: Oct 8, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

According to the Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette, Florence Babb, a concerned University of Iowa professor of anthropology and women's studies, emailed colleagues about what she called the growing "nationalist chauvinism" in the United States in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. In the emailed message, Babb urged colleagues to use their classrooms to counter this threat. According to the Gazette, her suggestion "angered at least one colleague."

What is remarkable about this is not that Professor Babb believes that a patriotic response to an attack on the country is "nationalist chauvinism" ("Professor Babbs" are a dime a dozen on American campuses); or that she shares the view common in the faculty lounge that the classroom of a secular, publicly funded university is the proper place to proselytize.

The remarkable thing is that apparently only one colleague actually objected to Babb's email.

For the pessimist who understands that the American professoriat not only exerts a great deal of influence on our society, but is also a kind of permanent self-selecting aristocracy, the possibility of a reversal of the foolish and damaging extremism represented by Professor Babb seems remote indeed.

The optimist, however, understands that, outside of not getting tenure, there is only one thing that makes a proselytizing professor tremble: losing the respect of his or her students. And, American students losing respect for the humanities professorship -- a la the 60s -- is something we can count on.

What started out as a well-intentioned and defensible civil rights movement a generation ago has turned into an extreme perversion of political equality, a shrill and unnatural fanaticism that is already becoming the object of youthful ridicule.
__________
Their Amerika: The song of the "counter-tribalists." (National Review)
http://www.nationalreview.com/15oct01/jos101501.shtml

Campuses see a downside to unity (Boston Globe)
[ original link ]

Patriotism is surging in schools nationwide (New York Times)
[ original link ]

Columbia University Professor Sam Freedman vs. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan: A poll
http://projectusa.org/poll.html

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

For the high priests of academe, open borders are a key tenet of the radical egalitarian canon. Borders, which are by nature exclusionary, violate the creed that everyone in the world is "equal."

Open borders, of course, translate into an attack on American sovereignty and the rule of law, since borders first of all separate legal (and Constitutional) systems.

In response to this threat to our nation, Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado has introduced a resolution which would affirm the commitment of Congress to preserving the sovereignty of the United States and the integrity of our borders. (http://projectusa.org/us_immigration_tancredo.html)

Please take a minute to:

1) Write your Member of Congress and ask him or her to cosponsor H. Con. Res. 220. If he or she refuses, ask what the objection to preserving the sovereignty of the United States might be.

2) Write Judiciary Committee Chairman Sensenbrenner and ask him to hold hearings on the resolution. sensen@mail.house.gov

If you do not know who represents you in Congress, you can find out here:

http://www.house.gov/writerep/

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

Therefore the poets honey their truth with lying; but religion-
Vendors and political men
Pour from the barrel, new lies on the old

Robinson Jeffers
American poet

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

I learned about your project through the New York Times, as one of your ads appeared in their paper -- at least a picture of one of your ads. Otherwise I would never have known there was anyone else concerned about this issue!

Kyle Keranen, Student
Drake University
Des Moines, IA

Issue 97: Sept 27, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

ProjectUSA received the following letter on August 8, 2001 -- about one month before the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon…

"I'm the 4th N.V.P. of the Customs and Excise Union in Canada. We represent all Customs Officers and deal with border security issues all the time. At one point we were going to lobby the U.S. Congress hoping the added pressure would force our government to get serious about border security.

"Your issues are similar whether it is legal or illegal immigration. As with the millennium terrorist threat and Canada as a transit point, our system is seriously flawed…

"There are many land border locations where alien smuggling from Canada is big business. The same occurs daily at our international ports of entry such as Pearson International Airport in Toronto, due to the fact that we continue to use untrained and inexperienced staff. We're letting people into Canada with no idea who they are, unlike the U.S. system that detains refugees until they are properly processed. At one point the Immigration holding facilities were filled and Immigration gave the o

"We're the weak link with thousands of miles where criminals and terrorists can simply walk into your country. A serious concern for Americans I would think…

"If you want to know more, give me a call."

John King
(Interested parties may be put into contact with Mr. King by emailing request to ProjectUSA.)
__________
Agents see reason for concern about security between Canada and U.S.
[ original link ]

Border agents cry retaliation: They voiced concerns; work hours changed
http://www.freep.com/news/metro/patrol20_20010920.htm

Patrol agents (from story above) face suspension following remarks to newspaper
http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw41528_20010925.htm

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

We receive many emails from border and INS agents relating to the chaos at our borders. But few will speak publicly for fear of retribution from management (see three links above).

In a free society, these individuals should feel free to warn their fellow citizens of a serious threat to their safety without being silenced -- as were the two civic-minded Border Patrol agents in Michigan, Mark Hall and Robert Lindemann. These two concerned Americans are threatened with disciplinary action by Deputy Chief Patrol Agent John France of the Border Patrol for attempting to speak out about national security.

ProjectUSA attempted to find out whether there had been a public outcry on behalf of Mr. Hall and Mr. Lindemann and were told by Public Information Officer Michael Gilhooly that that information could not be divulged for reasons of "privacy."

Call Mr. France and tell him that "saving face" is not as important as saving the American people from terrorist threats. We deserve to know what is going on at our borders.

810 307 2160

Then, please call your Representatives in Washington, and express your support for a common security zone with Canada -- our real "most important relationship." Tell them you want to see immigration procedures standardized and information shared with our friends to the north.

You can easily find contact information at:

http://profiles.numbersusa.com/

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Bob Dylan

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

Caught with our borders down!

Has anybody else noticed that every time the feds collar another piece of garbage associated with this [attack] that there is an immigration violation involved? I was under the mistaken assumption that there was a branch of the government called the INS to oversee these matters (I'm so stoopid!).

Someone should stop by the INS building and see if anyone still works there. Can we now get control of the goddam borders? please?

Mitch
San Jose

Issue 96: September 21, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

A major advertising campaign linking immigration and population growth was launched this week in Manhattan.

The "Campaign for a Responsible Population Policy" is backed by political and academic leaders, along with local and national environmental, preservationist, and immigration-reduction groups. Spearheaded by ProjectUSA, the campaign consists of posters on sidewalk telephone kiosks in 40 locations between 20th and 96th Sts in Manhattan, and on both the East and West Sides.

The Campaign for a Responsible Population Policy has produced three different posters, each with a different message:

1) "U.S. population is now growing at a faster rate than China's"

2) "Immigration will double U.S. population in our lifetimes" (two children pictured)

3) "We are not faced with a single global population problem, but rather with about 187 separate national population problems" (agreed to by the United States at the 1994 UN Cairo conference)

Each ad includes a list of twenty signatories and the tag line, "Immigration. Talk about it."
__________
Campaign for a Responsible Population Policy (r-pop)
http://r-pop.org/

Graph featured in r-pop ads
http://r-pop.org/graph_large.html

Picture of kiosk ad

Bush likely to ask for stricter rules on immigration
Congress may tighten veritable open-door policy
[ original link ]

Let's not create fear in immigrants (Arizona Republic)
[ original link ]

ProjectUSA editor Brenda Walker has been tracking the dangers of fifth-column Islamic extremists living among us. See her article "Taliban USA?" written over a year ago.
http://www.limitstogrowth.org/WEB-text/taliban-usa.html

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

While these ads were contracted for months ago, increasing concern over an anti-immigrant backlash because of the attack on the World Trade Center makes this a propitious time for these ads to be in Manhattan -- the site of the attack.

Understandably, national security concerns have placed the immigration issue at the center of public debate.

Our ads remind people that immigration debate should focus on policy itself, not on singling out individuals; this is a good time to remember there are many important reasons to advocate a reduction in immigration numbers -- unsustainable population growth simply cannot continue.

There is a mayoral race coming up here in New York City (Mayor Giuliani is term limited out: Hail and farewell, Mayor). Some of the candidates might opportunistically and irresponsibly try to use these ads to begin to draw attention back to their campaigns.

ProjectUSA billboards have twice been removed by New York authorities, and one of the mayoral candidates, City Council Speaker Peter Vallone, led a press conference in 1999 announcing that the New York City Council had voted to condemn ProjectUSA's billboards 43-2. (The press conference followed a politician-led demonstration in front of one of our billboards. The condemned billboard's message was simple and fact-based: "Over 80% of Americans want less or no more immigration. Is anyone listeni

Unfortunately, most New York press coverage has been less than even-handed in covering our efforts. One New York television station did a hit piece that they ran two nights in a row, so incensed were they by our open proclamation of statistics and poll results.

And a large New York daily dubbed our billboards "Signs of Hate."

Please take a minute to call the media outlet below and request that: if any politician tries to make political hay out of the new immigration kiosk posters, please focus on the message, and refrain from ad hominem attacks on the messengers. (One of the kiosks is located at Times Square on the southeast corner of 48th Street and Broadway).

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.

Abraham Lincoln

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

Read a sampling of responses to our last ezine.
http://projectusa.org/ezine/ezine_links/emails-2.htm

Issue 95: September 16, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

Visible from the west-facing windows, the smoke still rises above the place where thousands of our fellow citizens remain buried under the wreckage of the World Trade Center.

Horror gives way to anger as the enormity of what has happened sinks in. We feel anger at our enemies, and anger at those who have permitted this to happen.

As our nation prepares to retaliate militarily for this gruesome attack, we must remember that one very appropriate way to honor the dead and comfort their loved ones will be to take concrete steps to lessen the chance, to whatever extent possible, of something like this ever happening again.

This means, in part, implementing a prudent border policy. Going after terrorists and improving airport security, while important, are not enough; America is vulnerable on many other fronts.

Many pro-borders activists can recall the seminal moment when he or she awoke to the serious implications of current immigration policy.

For the founder of ProjectUSA, it was walking down a street in Beijing and seeing a poster plastered on a nearby wall that was an advertisement in Chinese for an "English language school" in Beijing, upon graduation from which the "student" would receive a "free visa" to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada -- the "future summer resort city for Beijing." From there, the poster promised, "it is easy to get into the United States."

May many others find their seminal moments now.
__________
September 11, hours before the WTC attack, Bill Clinton told an Australian audience that he "supported the ultimate wisdom of a borderless world for people and for trade."
Read Steve Sailer's great piece (VDARE)
"The Gods Of The Copybook Headings With Terror And Slaughter Return."
http://www.vdare.com/sailer/copybook_headings.htm

Fortress North America: It's time for uniform, continental security (Toronto Sun)
http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSAttack010914/fisher.html

Terrorists' entry into U.S. shows vulnerability of visa system (Los Angeles Times, 2001)
[ original link ]

INS policies criticized as too lenient toward students (Houston Chronicle)
[ original link ]

Chinese researching sensors at USAF lab; Scientists working since 1995 on critical, high-tech R&D projects for Pentagon
http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=22752

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

It is essential that we do what we can to prevent a recurrence of the September 11th attacks. Policymakers should seriously consider taking these common sense steps:

=> implement a common security zone with Canada, standardizing point-of-entry procedures and sharing information;

=> massively beef up security and inspections at the Mexican border and scuttle the hugely reckless plan to open U.S. highways to Mexican trucks -- a plan experts agree will make human smuggling easier;

=> end the classification of legal permanent residents (LPRs) for military intelligence purposes as U.S. Persons, which practice prevents Intelligence Oversight of LPRs, who are, in fact, still technically foreign citizens;

=> eliminate student visas since, outside the financial benefit to universities, there is no real reason for them, and the potential downside is enormous;

=> implement "Sec 110," the border-exit system (torpedoed by former Senator Spencer Abraham and former INS Commissioner Doris Meisner) which would greatly aid authorities in tracking tourist (and student) visa overstays, and vigorously pursue and repatriate overstayers;

=> fully staff Immigration and Naturalization Service operations to authorized levels at all U.S. ports and entry points;

=> correct the inefficiencies and inaccuracies of the I-94 entry/exit form and make it more user-friendly;

=> reduce the number of forms and paperwork required to refuse entry at US airports under the ER and I-275 programs;

=> begin prosecuting U.S. citizens and LPR's who are apprehended attempting to smuggle their family members into the United States;

=> establish a tamper-proof national identity card that includes "biometric" information;

=> drastically curtail the ability of foreign governments and their business "fronts" to operate in the United States;

=> withdraw the probably well-intentioned but manifestly foolish House bill H.R. 1996 and Senate bill S. 799 which are intended to prevent racial profiling at U.S. Customs -- we must allow good cops to make fair judgments based on instinct and experience;

=> reject extension of the fraud-riddled marriage amnesty bill (Sec. 245i), which makes it more difficult for the INS to screen out undesirables since it allows illegal aliens in this country to remain and thereby essentially by-pass normal security checks (which should be improved) at American embassies abroad ;

=> implement another immigration time-out (H.R. 2712), similar to what we had between 1925 and 1965, in order to give the assimilation process time to counter the growing presence of unassimilated, impenetrable, culturally antagonistic ethnic enclaves.

You can help this week by offering a prayer for those who lost loved ones in the heinous attacks on Tuesday, and by offering a prayer for our country, that we may do the right thing now.

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

Innocence is lovely in the child, because in harmony with its nature; but our path in life is not backward but onward, and virtue can never be the offspring of mere innocence. If we are to progress in the knowledge of good, we must also progress in the knowledge of evil.

Mrs. H. O. Ward
U.S. author (1824-1899)

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

Read dozens of responses to Tuesday's ezine on the WTC attack:
http://projectusa.org/ezine/ezine_links/emails-1.htm

So far, all of the people defending Mass-immigration and calling Project USA racist, either live outside of New York, or is some immature college kid from the cornfield.

Let me tell all of you something....I was there. I survived. I saw the destruction of my city I grew up and worked in. I ran for my life as the greatest buildings in the world fell. As I see the news reports over and over again, it is clear who is responsible, and what needs to be done.

If these people were not allowed into my country unchecked, the WTC would still be standing, and many of my co-workers and friends would be alive. We must close the borders now, and all illegal aliens deported. We must take back America, even though it may be too late.

John D. Lictro
Brooklyn, NYC

Issue 94: September 11, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

With the coordinated terrorist attacks this morning at the World Trade Center and at the Pentagon, attention will likely be focused on the large number of foreigners among us. Given the extreme trauma our country is enduring right now, some of the voices raised will likely be immoderate, and may unfairly condemn entire groups.

Some, citing the Islamic tradition of "jihad," might blame Arab-Americans; others, citing linkage of U.S. foreign policy to the well-being of Israel, might blame Jewish-Americans; even others, citing the Chinese government's surreptitious support of America's enemies, might blame Chinese-Americans.

This is unproductive and should be rebuked: there is no such thing as group guilt. Blame lies squarely with the individual perpetrators of these shocking attacks.

Nevertheless, should responsibility for this terrorism be found to lie with foreigners, immigrants or illegal aliens, these attacks should spell the end of another kind of extremism: utter oblivion to the clear and present danger to American citizens of our government's refusal to implement a prudent border policy.

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

A year ago, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) was severely criticized for running ads in Michigan featuring a picture of Osama Bin Laden and asking why Senator Spencer Abraham was making it easier for terrorists to operate in the United States. (The Republican senator, citing a potential slow-down to "free trade," had torpedoed a bill that would have established a border-exit program, which would have made it easier for the United States to track foreigners in the coun

The criticism was, predictably, generally along the lines that such advertising was anti-Arab and racist.

Americans must reject the radical egalitarianism and extreme "one-worldism" that has rendered our country incapable of considering reality. There are those in the world -- like the Taliban, Iraq and China -- that do, in fact, mean us real harm.

America's border security is acutely inadequate. For example, an INS agent, who has asked to remain anonymous, reports to ProjectUSA that almost 100% of those who work as security screeners at the entry points of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport are non-citizens. (Anyone can check with the business office at DFW and talk with those who issue the security badges. Or, they can go to virtually any security gate and check it out for themselves -- particularly at Terminal A).

Here is how you can help: Look in the Blue Pages of your telephone directory. Under "Congress" in the U.S. Government listings, find the local numbers for your Representative and two Senators. Give them a call and demand support for an immediate immigration time-out while our nation fixes its broken immigration and security system.

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

The Republican Party, thanks in main to former one-term Michigan Sen. Spencer Abraham, had a hand in gutting this nation's immigration laws during the 1990s. But the Grand Old Party had plenty of help from the Clinton administration and its "CitizenshipUSA" program that rushed more than 1 million immigrants -- including thousands with criminal records -- through the naturalization process just in time for the 1996 general election.

Dave Gorak
Executive Director of the Midwest Coalition to Reform Immigration

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

The attacks on our country today illustrate more fully than anything that we as a country have lost control of our borders. We continue to let millions of people into this country every year without being concerned where they are coming from, who they are and why they are here. And it obviously includes people who would do our country extreme harm.

David A. Cabana
Davie, FL

Issue 93: September 10, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

George W. Bush, the Ned Flanders of U.S./Mexico relations, must be wondering what happened when his "close personal friend" Vicente Fox visited Washington last week.

By all accounts, the Mexican President caught the Bush Administration by surprise when he publicly put a deadline on amnesty for Mexican nationals illegally residing in the United States.

No doubt Fox, who is facing domestic political difficulties, was playing to the home crowd. Mexicans have long suffered under an inadequacy complex vis-à-vis the United States. The spectacle of a firm Mexican President striding potently into Washington, DC and thrusting his demands onto the U.S. government must have been sweet indeed (and a 3-minute standing ovation from Congress, to boot!).

George W. Bush submitted to his role perfectly, being reduced to complaining weakly of the complex nature of mass immigration, promising to "accommodate" his friend, and repeating yet again his flaccid and empty campaign slogan, "Family values don't stop at the Rio Bravo."

However, the Administration, caught between the demands of its cheap labor constituency on one hand and intense political opposition to mass amnesty on the other, much prefers the status quo, which is an endless series of mini-amnesties (a marriage amnesty here…a natural disaster amnesty there…).

Mini-amnesties can accomplish the same thing -- cheap labor-wise -- as one big amnesty, and they have the benefit of remaining largely below the radar for most Americans. Small -- but regular -- amnesties allow the Bush Administration to please the cheap labor lobby without incurring the wrath of the 1 out of 3 conservatives who say they would be less likely to vote for Bush if he supports an amnesty.

The problem for an ethnic-pandering Bush is that "below the radar" amnesties don't do any political good for Vicente Fox, a man who refers to himself as President of the 20 million Mexicans and Mexican-Americans living in the United States.
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A Marshall Plan for Mexico (Steve Sailer in VDARE)
http://www.vdare.com/sailer/marshall_plan.htm

"Interest in the debate is heating up. Forty-three percent have seen, read or heard something recently about immigration, up from 23% since May."
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/683691p-744893c.html

The big opportunity for George W. Bush
http://www.washtimes.com/national/pruden.htm

Ode to "compassionate conservativism"
http://lyrics.astraweb.com:2000/display.cgi?nirvana..in_utero..rape_me

Almost one-third of conservatives (32 percent) indicated that they would be less likely to vote for Bush if he supported an amnesty (Zogby)
http://www.cis.org/articles/2001/amnestypoll.html

Americans Clearly Oppose Amnesty for Illegal Mexican Immigrants
http://gallup.com/poll/releases/pr010906.asp

Truthmobile while Fox addressing Congress
[ original link ]

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

Notwithstanding the embarrassment to our country, those of us in the immigration time-out movement see a bright side to Fox's public shafting of his good personal friend, George Bush. By calling for a massive blanket amnesty for his countrymen illegally residing in the United States, Fox succeeded in putting the immigration issue on the front burner.

When the issue becomes the center of public debate, our side wins (since our arguments are correct and most people agree with us). We can point as evidence of this to victories like the defeat of pro-mass immigration Republican Senator Spencer Abraham in Michigan last year, and the recent political pounding administered to pro-mass immigration Democratic Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa. (see him squirm and falsely deny in a recent Washington Post letter to the editor: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-

We promise that Congressional voting records on immigration will increasingly be held up to public scrutiny. You can help by making sure you let your Congressperson know you oppose mass immigration, and are watching his or her vote on immigration-related issues.

A phone call is worth the time and effort. You can call Congress toll-free (877) 762-8762 or (800) 648-3516

Find your representatives and their immigration voting records at:
http://profiles.numbersusa.com/#USAMAP

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

An international political alliance is the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third.

Ambrose Bierce

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

I am a Republican and I have become disgusted with my own party on the immigration issue.

Richard Armantrout
Los Angeles County

Issue 92: September 1, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

The ProjectUSA "Truthmobile," a big red billboard on wheels advertising the Census Bureau statistic, "Immigration will double U.S. population in your child's lifetime," will arrive in Washington, DC early next week in time for President Bush's meetings with Mexican President Vicente Fox -- meetings at which U.S. immigration policy will be a central issue.

Unfortunately, the Bush Administration's immigration policy so far has been marked by euphemism, cynicism, retreats and missteps.

(On Friday, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer continued the pattern of general incoherence. Speaking of Mexican nationals who illegally enter the United States in search of higher consumption levels, Fleischer repeated the incomprehensible Bush campaign slogan that they were "driven to come here by family values.")

President Bush was exposed to the Truthmobile's Census Bureau statistic several times during last year's presidential campaign -- with no discernible effect. Immigration realists hope the simple, but important, message will finally sink in and replace campaign slogans as the basis on which to formulate a wise and far-sighted immigration policy.
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No solution in sight for immigration problem in time for next week's state visit by Mexican president (Boston Globe)
[ original link ]

Humorous 3-minute video of immigration incoherence in New Hampshire
http://www.projectusa.org/Resources/Bush-Nelsen.rm

New Poll Finds That a Majority of Americans Oppose Illegal Alien Amnesty and Favor Immigration Enforcement
http://www.fairus.org/html/07469108.htm

Picture of the Truthmobile (Washington Post)
[ original link]

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

Meanwhile, a recent USATODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll found that 67% of Americans said it should not be easier for illegal immigrants to become citizens.

And a Harris Poll commissioned by the Federation for American Immigration Reform released Thursday found nearly 2 out of 3 Americans believe Bush's amnesty proposal would encourage more illegal immigration.

Elected leaders should take note that, aside from the cheap labor lobby and ethnic identity power groups, amnesties and illegal immigration are deeply unpopular and might be potent issues in upcoming elections.

Phone the White House comment line during business hours at 202-456-1414
Or email: president@whitehouse.gov

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

"Most of us would suffer from scurvy if we didn't have Mexican workers picking produce."

Julianne Malveaux
USAToday
August 30, 2001

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

How do I get registered with ProjectUSA? I thought I was the only person who had concerns over America's irresponsible immigration practices. What a relief to find your website. I'm passing it on to friends and family.

Mark
Phoenix, AZ

Issue 91: August 27, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

You have to give President Bush credit. He isn't even trying to hide the fact that White House immigration policy is all about importing cheap labor.

In statements Friday in Crawford, Texas, Bush, visibly impatient with a reporter's question, continued to retreat from the word "amnesty," but said, "So long as there's somebody who wants to hire somebody and somebody willing to work, it seems like to me it's in our nation's interests to make sure the two go together."

Bush might as well have said, "The cheap labor needs of my corporate friends come first, regardless of the impact on low-income Americans, the environment, our sense of community, our educational and health care systems, or future generations."

Americans should ask themselves what the long term consequences of Bush's cheap labor policy would be, especially considering there are nearly five billion people in the world living in countries poorer than Mexico -- many of whom are probably "willing to work" in the United States.
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Words do matter and 'illegal' is one (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/editorial/1001522

Illegal Mexican immigrants get 'respect' from Bush (Washington Times)
[ original link ]

Bush: No Amnesty for Immigrants (AP)
[ original link ]

Average Mexican 25% richer than world wide average (CIA World Fact Book 2000)
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mx.html#Econ

4,922,522,781 people in countries poorer than Mexico (CIA World Fact Book 2000)
[ original link ]

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

In Crawford, President Bush also urged Americans to "respect" the illegal immigration of Mexicans who "walk across miles of desert to do work that some Americans won't do." (Not the immigrants themselves, it is important to note, but the act of illegal immigration itself).

It is bad enough that our government irresponsibly refuses to protect our borders and enforce our laws, but there is something almost unbelievably reckless about an American president urging Americans to "respect" (respect!) law-breaking -- particularly when it involves a huge, unregulated and irreversible influx of foreign nationals.

Furthermore, the myth that there are "jobs Americans won't do" needs to be debunked once and for all. All the jobs now performed primarily by illegal immigrants have traditionally been done by Americans, but for a living wage.

Between 1925 and 1965, the United States experienced virtually zero net immigration, and we still somehow managed to get our dishes washed, our lawns cut, and our children tended.

Also, during that time, we invented computers, had a healthy labor movement, initiated a space program that put men on the moon, made great strides in civil rights and environmental legislation, built the largest economy the world has ever seen, and successfully prosecuted WWII against two great powers on two fronts simultaneously.

The idea that somehow we suddenly can't run a country without an endless supply of foreigners is absurd.

Call President Bush and tell him:

I oppose your efforts to import cheap labor for your corporate friends. I think our country can, and should, do its own work.

Phone the White House comment line during business hours at 202-456-1414
Or email: president@whitehouse.gov

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

Blind faith in free trade is as much of a menace as protectionism.

Molly Ivins
Creators Syndicate Inc.
August 17, 2001

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

I would like to say that I believe that each country must solve its own problems and control its population. Bringing 500,000 people from China into San Francisco, a city of approximately 900,000, is not going to solve China's population problems, but impacts San Francisco beyond what most people can understand.

Joan Woodward
San Francisco, California

Issue 90: August 24, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

In an August 23 editorial, the Miami Herald prods President Bush to "rally support -- both in Congress and at the grassroots level" to implement a "sweeping plan for orderly immigration." This plan, which the Herald calls "commendable," would "allow undocumented immigrants already here to work legally and to earn some form of legal status."

If the Bush administration fails to rally this support, warns the Herald, "anti-immigration extremists -- who are building up opposition forces -- will torpedo this sensible new approach."

However, even in the most carefully worded polls commissioned by pro-amnesty organizations, roughly half of all Americans oppose another amnesty. For these 140 million extremists, another amnesty would simply be a reckless disregard for the public good driven by cynical political calculations meant to satisfy cheap labor lobbyists and ethnic identity activists.
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Sense at the Border
President Bush should rally support for immigration. (Miami Herald)
http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?p23682783

America Split on Granting Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants (CNS News)
[ original link ]

Proposal for amnesty raises some tricky ethical questions (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
[ original link ]

51 illegal immigrants found in back of truck (AP)
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1020150

Mixed-Up Europeans (Salt Lake City Tribune)
http://www.sltrib.com/08232001/opinion/opinion.htm

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

There is nothing "extreme," of course, about advocating a return to traditional and sustainable levels of immigration. Nor is it "extreme" for citizens to insist their country's laws be obeyed. In fact, Congresswoman Barbara Jordan said that it is it is "both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest."

It is, rather, the Miami Herald's position that is extreme.

The "earned regularization" amnesty supported by the Herald will only entice millions more desperately poor people from around the world to take a shot at an illegal and dangerous border crossing -- an act that claimed the lives of nearly 500 people last year.

No responsible editorialist should take the radical position that our country should advertise to the world -- a world that adds another United States in population every four years -- that we are not serious about our immigration laws.

The Miami Herald's position can only serve to increase the disarray of our nation's incoherent and capricious immigration policy.

A more sensible editorial would ask our President for a clear exposition of the long-term goals of U.S. immigration policy.

Miami Herald Comments:
http://www.miami.com/herald/content/contact/heralded_form.htm
305 376 3518

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

"Somebody else has to build our highways."

Jorge Castaneda
Mexican Foreign Minister
August 12, 2001 (Los Angeles Times)

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

Dear ProjectUSA,

Myself as an immigrant to this country of ours, I am also opposed to unchecked immigration.

I immigrated from Cuba to the U.S. when I was a child. My parents struggled and worked extremely hard to build a future for us and they were successful. I myself am a C.P.A. and my sister is a Doctor. We are grateful for all that this country has allowed us to accomplish here.

What I am seeing lately however is the mass immigration of people from all over Latin America pouring into the South Florida area. I have seen first hand the massive drop in low level/blue collar type jobs and this has affected all who do not have a specialized degree. My fear is that South Florida will never get over this because it seems that the flow of illegal immigrants, Miami especially, is completely unchecked.

Leonel
Miami, FL

Issue 89: August 20, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

In an August 19 letter to her home town paper, a Ms. Kristin Gannett-Sanchez of Mason City, IA writes that "many people don't know much about the current immigrant experience and have allowed themselves to be manipulated by rumors spread by national hate groups."

Left unclear was whether she was referring to ProjectUSA (which recently advertised in Mason City the Census Bureau rumor that "Immigration is doubling U.S. population in your child's lifetime"), or whether she was referring to the Census Bureau itself.

If she is anything like her state's governor, odds are she is referring to the former.

In an article in Sunday's Washington Post, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack objected to "Iowans being told by outsiders how they should think" about immigration (you'll note the governor's hostility to "outsiders" does not extend to those who are willing to work for cheap).

According to the article, the governor accused ProjectUSA and other groups of attempting to "generate a racially-tinged backlash" against immigrants.

Leaving aside the inflammatory nature of the governor's remarks, Vilsack should remember that what he refers to as a "backlash" against record-breaking mass immigration is nothing more than the participation of average citizens in the democratic process.

The Governor's plan to import cheap labor into Iowa from other countries was opposed by two huge petition drives begun by the citizens of Iowa themselves -- long before ProjectUSA or any other national immigration reduction group even heard of their efforts.

We believe this vindicates the claim by immigration realists that, while mass immigration is popular with the cheap labor lobby, ethnic identity political groups, the American Immigration Lawyers Association and others who stand to benefit financially or politically from continued mass immigration, it is not popular with the American people themselves. (And that includes people of ALL races, Governor).
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Immigration Foes Find Platform in Iowa.
National Groups Fight Governor on Recruiting Workers From Abroad (Washington Post)
http://projectusa.org/press/aug01/washpost-8-18-01.html

Move to legalize immigrants sparks backlash (Palm Beach Post)
http://projectusa.org/press/aug01/pbpost-8-16-01.html

Mexican Standoff (NY Press)
http://www.nypress.com/14/32/taki/bunker.cfm

No Surrender, No Compromise, Only Victory (Steve Sailer/VDARE)
http://www.vdare.com/sailer/no_surrender4.htm

Three minute video (Bush not answering a simple immigration question from ProjectUSA)
http://www.projectusa.org/Resources/Bush-Nelsen.rm

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

As continuing mass immigration intensifies pressures on our environment, on low income and middle class Americans, on our health care and educational systems, and on our sense of community, we should expect to see even deeper citizen resistance to current record-breaking levels.

President George Bush, whose administration recently proposed another mass amnesty for millions of citizens of foreign countries illegally residing in the United States, should take a political lesson from Gov. Vilsack, who has been forced to backpedal on his mass immigration scheme because of strong citizen opposition.

Sadly, our president dismisses Americans who think it is prudent to return immigration to traditional levels (while maintaining control over our nation's borders) with the flippant accusation that these concerned Americans just want to "build walls" around the United States. (This from the man whose most coherent statement so far on the long-term goals of immigration policy is "family values don't stop at the Rio Grande.")

Tell President Bush that he was not elected President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce or any other special interest group. He is supposed to be the president of all Americans, not just multinational corporations and ethnic identity power groups.

We, too, have a voice: No amnesty!

Phone the White House comment line during business hours at 202-456-1414
Or email: president@whitehouse.gov

Or go to the FAIR Action Network page to reach your Representative:
http://capwiz.com/fair/issues/alert/?alertid=46762&type=CO&azip=

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

"There's really only one group lined up against amnesty, and that's the American people."

Steve Camarota, Center for Immigration Studies
Palm Beach Post
http://projectusa.org/immigration_unpopular.html

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

It is a great comfort to know somebody is taking a stand! With the climate of today being so "politically correct" no one wants to address this issue for fear of offending. So many secretly back you on this but are shamed out of admitting it!

Melanie Robin Beyer
Waterford, Michigan

Issue 88: August 10, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

In a Thursday New York Times article by Eric Schmitt, "Pockets of Protest Are Rising Against Immigration," in which it is noted that the Federation for American Immigration Reform and ProjectUSA are experiencing a "second wind," an 18-year-old Iowan expresses opposition to mass immigration. "We've got to take care of our own people," she said, "and then we can start taking care of others."

We can expect to see more young people reacting against current policy, and here is why: If there is one thing the young are particularly adept at spotting (and condemning), it is hypocrisy in their elders. And few things today are more hypocritical than the position the Western establishment takes on immigration.

Gandhi resisted the English in India, and the West holds him an object of veneration. The Tibetans resist the mass immigration of Chinese into their country, and U2 throws them a "Tibetan Freedom" concert. The Native American Indians resisted the mass immigration of Europeans, and Hollywood celebrates their courage.

But let a Westerner advocate even a reduction in mass immigration, and he is not compared to Gandhi, or the Dalai Lama, or Chief Sitting Bull. He is more likely compared to Hitler.
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Pockets of Protest Are Rising Against Immigration (NY Times)
http://projectusa.org/press/aug01/nytimes-8-9-01.html

Ex-Gov. Lamm, Tancredo urge immigration moratorium;
Denver Hispanic activist characterizes proposal as racist
[ original link ]

Charges of racism cloud immigration arguments (CS Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/06/25/p17s1.htm

The Signs of Hate Lead From L.A. to New York (NY Daily News)
http://projectusa.org/press/aug99/dailynews8-15-99.html

U.S. Must Curb the Influx of Aliens (Glenn Spencer)
[ original link ]

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

In another article in today's New York Times, Schmitt reports that the U.S. and Mexico have agreed on a plan to allow permanent residency for "temporary" workers. [ original link ]

It is hard to imagine anything more blatantly hypocritical, and, in the unlikely event it goes through, another amnesty would turn the "pockets of protest" into serious widespread discontent as Americans would increasingly feel threatened by forces unleashed against them without their consent.

Yesterday's NY Times article was about the efforts of various immigration activist groups springing up around the country. Among those mentioned were the race-centered efforts of David Duke and the National Council of La Raza (The Race).

While it is important that public policy makers realize that racial politics is a considerable force, policy (and opinion) makers should also keep in mind that the vast majority of Americans are not racist, and thus their moderate and sensible voices on immigration policy should not be ignored.

But the Bush-Fox amnesty does exactly that. It irresponsibly ignores the moderate and sensible voices of the huge numbers of average Americans who are opposed to amnesties of any kind.

Unfortunately, the Bush Administration's reckless disregard for common sense and the average citizen may ultimately drive the immigration issue completely into the hands of radical groups like La Raza and the KKK.

Go to the link below, type in your zip code, and make yourself heard. We need a time-out from mass immigration, not more amnesties.

http://www.capwiz.com/fair/home/

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

"If we make peaceful revolution impossible, we make violent revolution inevitable."

John F. Kennedy

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

I admire your work in this area and hope that we may make a real difference. If the people in this country fail to be aware of the consequences of unlimited immigration, we will have no choice but to say goodbye to our way of life. It is a terrible prospect to contemplate and a distressing legacy to pass on to our children.

Gerald Shepardson
Stillwater, MN

Issue 87: August 3, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

As political strategists in Washington rush to one-up each other in the amnesty stakes, Iowans are demonstrating that mass immigration is extremely unpopular with large numbers of average Americans.

Iowa governor Tom Vilsack, who made national headlines prior to the 2000 elections by proposing that Iowa place itself above federal immigration limits, is taking a political pounding in his home state as grassroots activists respond to his reckless plan to import cheap labor from poor countries.

The intensity of the revolt against Vilsack's plan was featured on the CBS evening news with Dan Rather on July 27. The report included Iowans voicing their concerns about the effects of mass immigration on their communities, along with a good shot of the ProjectUSA Truthmobile.

These developments should encourage those elected leaders in Washington who already recognize the long-term negative consequences of current immigration policy, and serve as a wake-up call to those who continue to sacrifice the well-being of the country for short term political or financial gain.

Supporters of ProjectUSA -- as well as immigration reductionists around the country -- should also take heart from Iowa's example: citizen activism CAN trump powerful special interests and the forces of globalism.

The huge response to the efforts by local citizens in Iowa was mirrored in the response ProjectUSA received from two opinion surveys placed in the Mason City (IA) Globe-Gazette and the Fort Dodge (IA) Messenger (see: http://projectusa.org/States/IA/newspaper-ad-7-13-01.htm).

Even though the ads ran only once, and required respondents to fill out the survey, clip it, insert it in an envelope, address the envelope, stamp it, and send it, we have received over 200 responses. Of those, a grand total of five were supportive of current levels of mass immigration.
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Immigration looms as issue in 2002 race
http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4780934/15423308.html

An Iowa debate over newcomers
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/07/27/p1s2.htm

Yepsen: What Vilsack said then isn't what Vilsack is saying now
http://DesMoinesRegister.com/news/stories/c5917686/15477043.html

Project USA Director Craig Nelsen and Representative Jack Hatch
(Iowa Public Television debate transcript)
http://www.iptv.org/iowapress/transcripts/2847.html

Congressman Tom Tancredo's Mass Immigration Reduction Act of 2001 Recognizes Impact of Immigration on Nation
http://www.fairus.org/html/07465108.htm

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

Washington insiders should realize just how important the immigration issue is to Americans (and future generations), and how strongly the American people oppose amnesty.

You can go to the link below, answer the poll, and fill in your email address and zip code. Your view on amnesty will be forwarded to your representative.

(Currently, the poll shows that 82% of respondents oppose another amnesty) [ original link ]

***Special for Iowans: If you would like to take an active role in our continuing efforts in Iowa, please reply to this email and type "Iowa" in the subject line.

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

Illegal immigration, which erodes our identity, is a threat to America's survival. It's really not about who will be elected to govern the country in 2004, but whether, in the future, there will be any country left to govern.

Amnesty for illegals -- an attack on sovereignty
Don Feder in Jewish World Review
July 30, 2001

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

Project Folks, I'm a journalist who doesn't write about immigration but is fascinated by the pros and cons. It struck me today that your "cheap labor" tag is so very correct…The encouragement of immigration is just another symptom of (the) desire by many Americans to have others work at undesirable, non-union jobs for very low wages in order to help sustain the very comfortable lifestyles of those who have lived here for several generations.

Name withheld

Issue 86: July 29, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

On ABC's This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts (July 29), Senator Bob Graham said that while he does not support amnesties for illegal immigrants, he does support "earned legalization."

According to the Florida democrat, it is in the "humanitarian tradition of the United States to periodically allow those persons who have been here for a period of time -- and have demonstrated their good behavior -- to become citizens."

This "tradition," which began 15 years ago with the massive and "one-time" 1986 amnesty is still being observed by the Bush Administration and its friends in the cheap labor lobby. (On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee, agreeing to the Administration's request, extended the marriage amnesty known as "Section 245i.")

The world adds another United States in population -- net -- every four years and, according to the Census Bureau, "all of the net annual gain in global population will, in effect, come from the world's developing countries." Clearly, if given the chance, there is a huge and growing supply of persons in the world who would likely come to America in search of higher consumption levels.

Unless Congress acts to lower the number of legal immigrants to traditional levels, and unless President Bush stops handing out amnesties (blanket or otherwise), we can expect to stick America's young with an overcrowded, polluted and, potentially, politically balkanized country.

This would not be fair to anyone…including recent immigrants.
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245(i) EXTENDED FOR ONE MORE YEAR
http://www.fairus.org/html/stein/stein1.htm#extend245i_0727

World Population Profile: 1998 -- Highlights
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/wp98001.html

An Analyst's View: It's a mistake to depend on foreign farm labor (Mark Krikorian)
[ original link ]

Mexican-Americans cast only 3.0% of votes in 2000 (UPI)
http://www.vny.com/cf/news/upidetail.cfm?QID=205385

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

In his argument for an "earned legalization" amnesty, Senator Graham repeated three times on "This Week" that he "knew of no proposals for mass round-ups and mass deportations" of the millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.

The Senator, of course, is trying to make it appear that the only choice here is between mass deportation and mass amnesty. He knows that mass amnesty is far more politically palatable than mass deportation, and if he can succeed in making Americans think that these are the only two choices, Americans will support an amnesty.

But guest worker program advocate Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX), who appeared on the Sunday morning talk show with Senator Graham, correctly pointed out that amnesties encourage more illegal immigration, are unfair to those prospective immigrants who wait their turn to enter the country legally, and deny the American people the right to control U.S. borders.

A firm and well-crafted guest worker program is a step in the right direction. But to gain popular support, it must include the following features: a new tamper-proof identification card; local law enforcement working with the Immigration and Naturalization Service; U.S. employer provided health insurance for temporary workers; an end to automatic citizenship for babies born to illegal immigrants; strict time limits with financial incentives to return; legal and labor rights for guest workers; and

Senator Phil Gramm: Phil_Gramm@gramm.senate.gov
Senator Bob Graham: 202 224 3041

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

"Before the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens, the United States had had only three official amnesties: in 1865 and 1868 after the Civil War for supporters of the Confederacy, and in 1977 for draft resisters who had gone abroad…In short, the 1986 amnesty turned out, by the INS' own findings, to have been simply a giveaway of American legitimacy."

Georgie Anne Geyer (syndicated columnist)
Washington Times, Feb. 22, 2001

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

Please keep the free speech coming! I find the reaction to your movement fascinating. It's as informative as the billboard data itself. You may never know the impact your actions are making.

William Heimiller
Detroit, Michigan

Issue 85: July 22, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

On July 16, ProjectUSA filed suit against the City of New York and the Port Authority of NY/NJ for unfairly singling out ProjectUSA's factual billboards about immigration, and unconstitutionally forcing the removal of these advertisements.

According to a story in today's New York Times, "In 1999…the city removed two signs…put up in Brooklyn and Queens calling for the curtailing of immigration. Last summer, the city removed a third sign on a Port Authority building near the Brooklyn Bridge. The sign read, 'Immigration is doubling U.S. population in our lifetimes.'"

Since ProjectUSA's inception over two years ago, city and state officials in New York have acted injudiciously in regard to the organization's attempts to stir democratic debate on the important issue of immigration. (One NYC Councilman, Guillermo Lanares, after a vote in which the City Council condemned ProjectUSA 43-2, publicly linked the organization to the shooting of Jewish children in Los Angeles).

However, the current suit addresses only those actions the city took against the billboard companies with whom ProjectUSA has worked.

The suit seeks an end to this abuse of government power aimed at preventing ProjectUSA from participating in the democratic process. The suit also seeks a declaration that the defendants have acted unconstitutionally.
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Immigration Critic's New Project: Billboard Lawsuit (New York Times)
http://projectusa.org/press/jul01/nytimes-7-22-01.html

More information and pictures of the billboards can be found at:
http://projectusa.org/free_speech.html

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

According to Sunday's New York Times article about ProjectUSA's lawsuit, the interim director of the New York branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Donna Lieberman, claims that ProjectUSA has not approached the NYCLU for assistance with the lawsuit.

This is actually not true.

ProjectUSA has asked the NYCLU twice for help, even going to their offices in Lower Manhattan and meeting with an NYCLU lawyer on August 13, 1999. Unfortunately, even though NYCLU director Norman Siegel had said by telephone that ProjectUSA seemed to have a "classic" First Amendment case, others in the organization said that it would be politically difficult for the ACLU to support our suit because there is a strong and growing faction within the organization that is interested in somethi

However, in the New York Times article, Ms. Lieberman is quoted as saying the NYCLU "would consider supporting the case."

While we have not yet heard from them, we welcome the NYCLU's support and its commitment to a basic American freedom and cherished cultural tradition. If you too believe free speech should come before any particular political agenda, you can encourage the NYCLU to support ProjectUSA by calling:

(212) 344-3005 (press 0 )
(members of the media: 917 224 8879)

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

"Power concedes nothing without a demand... it never did, and it never will. Find out just what the people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..."

Frederick Douglass
August 4, 1857

Issue 84: July 19, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

The Bush-Fox amnesty plan announced this week was a trial balloon that popped almost immediately. Now, pressure will surely increase for some kind of "guest worker" program to address what remains a serious problem: what to do about the more than 11 million foreign nationals illegally residing in the United States.

The world adds another U.S. in population every four years, and a growing number of Americans agree that common sense demands something be done about our botched and incoherent immigration policy.

The two immediately obvious solutions to the problem of millions of foreign nationals illegally residing in the United States -- mass amnesty or mass deportation -- are both politically unfeasible. For that reason they should be rejected.

However, a humane and sensible plan to document illegal immigrants and allow them to come out of the shadows as legal temporary guest workers might be a workable alternative.

But to gain the support of the American people, any temporary foreign worker program needs to contain the following features:

=> Management. A new tamper-proof identification card must be devised that includes a thumb-print of the bearer, and an easily accessible national databank through which employers could check the legal status of potential employees.

=> Enforcement. Local law enforcement must be given the training and resources necessary to assist an overwhelmed Immigration and Naturalization Service in helping immigrants become and remain documented.

=> Time limits. Temporary foreign workers must be limited to a two-year stint, and then they must return to their home countries for a period of at least a year in order to give everyone a fair chance to use the program.

=> Required savings. A percentage of the workers' salaries while they work in the United States must be set aside in a special account collectible only upon return to their country of citizenship.

=> Health care. U.S. employers who use temporary foreign workers must provide them with health insurance.

=> Anchor babies. The misinterpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment, which grants automatic citizenship to babies born to foreign nationals illegally in the United States, must be ended.

=> Proper sequence. The temporary foreign worker program must contain a start-up phase that would limit use of the program only to those illegal immigrants already in the country.

We can expect the ethnic identity and cheap labor special interest lobbies to fight this sensible, fair, and politically palatable solution. But if they do, they will only expose their motives as unrelated to humane solutions or the well-being of the American people.
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Commentary: Say no to guest-workers (Michael Lind, UPI)
http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=200249

Benefits of a guest-worker program (Phil Gramm, The Washington Times)
http://www.fairus.org/html/stein/philgramm_070201.htm

A Politically Polite Way to Handle Immigrants (Los Angeles Times)
[ original link ]

Amnesty for Undocumented Mexicans (Diane Rehm Show-audio-50 mins with Steve Camorata)
http://www.wamu.org/ram/2001/r1010718.ram

Guestworker Programs: A Threat to American Agriculture (Mark Krikorian, CIS)
http://www.cis.org/articles/2001/back801.html

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

Senator Phil Gramm initiated the current push for a "guest worker" plan, but Gramm spokesman Don Stewart told ProjectUSA on June 25 that there has been no decision on whether participants in any sort of temporary foreign worker program would be limited first to those workers already illegally in the country.

This is a crucial point. Such a stipulation is the only acceptable way to "regularize" the status of illegal immigrants and allow them protections as legal workers with legal rights.

And by insisting illegal immigrants register first, and thereafter participate in the program on the same footing as everyone else, America can mostly avoid rewarding lawbreaking. Furthermore, standing firm on this point will send a message to the world that the United States is finally becoming serious about enforcing immigration law.

In a well-crafted documented foreign worker program, undocumented workers now in the United States would be given six months to register and become documented. Encouragement could be provided by insisting that those who fail to become documented would be subject to expedited deportation. Those who register, however, will enjoy a regular work stint of two years -- a time period that will allow preparation for an easy, safe and humane return home.

You can contact Senator Gramm and ask him to insert this common sense provision into any new "guest worker" program: document undocumented workers first.

Americans must not let special interests sabotage reasonable solutions to the problem of illegal immigration, or the issue will be finally left in the hands of persons like David Duke and Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez.

Phil_Gramm@gramm.senate.gov

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

"America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair."

Arnold Toynbee

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

We love your newsletter. Keeping on fighting for some common sense in U.S. immigration policies.

Ralph Buglione
Lakeland, FL

Issue 83: July 16, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

Citing sources in the Bush Administration, New York Times immigration reporter, Eric Schmitt, reported Sunday that the administration is weighing another mass amnesty -- a top priority of the Mexican government.

Since the election of President Vincente Fox, Mexican officials have grown increasingly assertive in their demands on behalf of the roughly 7 million Mexican citizens illegally residing in the United States. These demands include -- in addition to amnesty -- tax-payer-funded welfare assistance, education benefits, free health care, and driver's licenses.

Involving itself in issues traditionally left to the American people, the Mexican government is marking out a new and aggressive role for itself.

However, as noted in the Times piece, opposition to the Bush-Fox plan will be fierce.

Broad and diverse cross-sections of American voters are deeply concerned over the current record-breaking levels of mass legal and illegal immigration, and many are particularly disturbed by the specter of another mass amnesty. They cite a 1999 Immigration and Naturalization Service study that found amnesties, unsurprisingly, encourage even more illegal immigration.
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Bush Aides Weigh Legalizing Status of Mexicans in U.S.
[ original link ]

Immigration from Mexico -- Study Examines Costs and Benefits for the United States
http://www.cis.org/articles/2001/mexico/release.html

University Ups Estimate of Illegal Population to 13 Million
http://www.fairus.org/html/4-9-01.htm

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

The Bush Administration, which has been criticized for being overly responsive to corporate pressure, appears to be following a July 3 Wall Street Journal editorial, "Open Nafta Borders? Why Not?" which spoke favorably of amnesties.

But amnesties are simply unacceptable.

No matter how beneficial they are to some businesses in the short term, amnesties reward lawbreaking and are unfair to those immigrants who play by the rules and enter the country legally.

Furthermore, increasingly frequent amnesties tell the world that the United States is not serious about its immigration policy; it is no wonder that America is now referred to by the 1.2 billion inhabitants of China as the "Open Gate."

The Bush Administration needs to back off this irresponsible and unpopular position. (In an unscientific CNN poll today, opposition to the amnesty has a nearly 4-1 lead: http://www.cnn.com/)

The White House
202-456-1414
president@whitehouse.gov

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

"...if we have immigration laws on the books, they should be enforced."

Senator Hillary Clinton
July 13, 2001 (NY Newsday)

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

The post-Americans among Bush's advisors are in the ascendancy. Bush himself seems to have a child-like fascination with "I wonder what it would be like if Mexico and the U.S. were the same country."

Roy Beck
Arlington, VA

Issue 81: July 7, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

In response to questions about the widespread resistance to his plan to import cheap labor from poor countries, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack said that "groups such as Project USA exploit the 'issues to advance their own political agenda.'" (Des Moines Register, July 5, 2001)

The organized resistance to mass immigration in Iowa predates ProjectUSA, of course, but in one way, the governor is right. From its inception in May, 1999, ProjectUSA's primary goals have been to raise the immigration issue in open public debate, de-link it from the issues of race and diversity, and inform Americans of simple Census Bureau statistics on mass immigration.

Until very recently, most news stories about immigration failed to mention explosive population growth, or mass immigration's negative impact on the environment and working Americans. Instead, they consisted of enthusiastic accounts of increased "diversity," or of heart-rending tales of the struggles of individual immigrants.

But Americans deserve to have the basic facts if our democracy hopes to craft a wise immigration policy. We should not, through fear, apathy or ignorance, condemn the next generation to an overcrowded, polluted and, very possibly, balkanized nation.

Iowans fight immigration
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4780934/15209627.html

Charges of racism cloud immigration arguments
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/06/25/p17s1.htm

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

Mass immigration promoters in Iowa are in full retreat.

Less than two years ago, Governor Vilsack was irresponsibly proclaiming Iowa the new Ellis Island and advocating Iowa put itself above U.S. immigration limits.

Today, supporters of the governor's scheme are backpedaling furiously. In a June 26 Mason City Globe Gazette editorial, the chair of the Mason City New Iowans Committee, Lori Henry, pointedly assured concerned residents that the $50,000 grant to Mason City for the governor's pilot program will have nothing to do with importing foreigners. And at a City Council meeting July 3rd, she went further, promising that the money will only go for things like Welcome Wagons.

We see the change in Iowa as proof that mass immigration, while popular with the cheap labor lobby, the professionally ethnic, the immigration lawyers and some racists, is very unpopular with the American people themselves. This is particularly true when people learn that immigration, if Congress does not act, will double U.S. population within the lifetimes of today's children.

You can contact your Representatives and tell them it is time for our nation to end the shameful and irresponsible practice of harvesting the cheap labor of poor countries. You can find your Senators and Congressperson -- and their records on mass immigration -- at: http://www.numbersusa.com/ (click on "Congress vote records").

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

"The rich require an abundant supply of the poor."

Voltaire

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

Our Governor was here at the Clear Lake celebration, rode in the parade (35,000 spectators) and spoke. Janice drove the Truthmobile in the parade and was well received. She handed out some of your surveys [ original link ] and any other literature she could find to give to people since they seemed to come up and want whatever she was giving out. She was treated "royally" by all the people on the parade route. All this on July 4th.

Mae Greene
Mason City, IA

Issue 80: July 1, 2001

+== TIME OUT PROJECT ==+

In 1999, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsak suggested Iowa put itself above federal immigration limits and turn Iowa into another Ellis Island. Claiming there was something called a "labor shortage" in the state, the governor openly admitted that importing cheap labor was the justification for his plan.

Iowans, however, were less than enthusiastic about the governor's proposal; many Iowans were not happy with a plan that would further lower wages in a state where wages are already so low relative to other regions of the country that Iowa has a difficult time retaining its own young people.

ProjectUSA, joining the majority of Iowans, criticizes as politically irresponsible and environmentally unsustainable such short-sighted schemes to harvest the cheap labor of other nations. Already immigration levels are so high that the United States is growing at a faster rate than China. We question the wisdom of continuing to promote such massive growth and have been active in Iowa raising public debate about this important issue.

Now, the controversy surrounding our efforts has helped make Iowa an emerging battleground state on immigration policy.
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"Town hall meeting to examine immigration" Mason City (IA) Globe-Gazette
http://www.globegazette.com/news/2001/062001/week4/24/ni4.shtml

"Charges of racism cloud immigration arguments" Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/06/25/p17s1.htm

"Labor shortage overstated, research group contends" Des Moines Register
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4789010/14999603.html

"New Arrivals in Iowa Are Immigration Signs," New York Times
http://projectusa.org/press/june01/new-york-times-6-24-01.html

The Iowa poll: "Immigration and meat-packing," Des Moines Register
http://desmoinesregister.com/extras/iowapoll/200011/immigration.html

+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+

In the face of strong criticism, Governor Vilsack has publicly backed off his suggestion to exempt Iowa from federal immigration policy, but the councils he created to "accommodate the needs of newcomers" and propagandize for "diversity" continue to actively advance his agenda.

Three towns in Iowa have been declared "model cities" for the governor's proposal, and now one of the towns, Mason City, finds itself at the center of the mass immigration battle. While some in the Mason City business community eagerly await the increase in consumers and cheap labor that the governor's plan promises, community reaction against the high-handed state policy has been fierce.

Reacting to the criticism, City Councilmember and chair of Mason City's New Iowans Committee, Lori Henry, 641-423-4478, in a guest editorial printed Tuesday in the Mason City Globe-Gazette, assures residents that the governor's plan is not really an attempt to lure immigrants to Iowa, but, rather, is now only an attempt to attract both immigrants and non-immigrants currently living elsewhere in the United States.

Most residents, of course, recognize Ms. Henry's new plan as unworkable or silly and her recent assurances as nothing more than a strategy to slip the plan through against the express will of the majority of Iowans.

At their meeting Tuesday evening, the City Council in Mason City, which has scheduled a vote on the implementation of the "New Iowan" plan, will be presented with more than 1500 signatures on a petition against the governor's scheme.

One thousand, five hundred signatures, in a city of 29,000, is a significant number -- especially given that democratic debate on this issue has been largely squashed by the use of insults like "racist."

Here is how you can help: Please take a minute and call _______ with the following message: The majority of Iowans, according to a Des Moines Register poll, oppose transforming Iowa into a state that is reliant on an endless stream of cheap foreign labor. Please oppose Governor Vilsack's reckless plan. Tell the governor to stop using Mason City as a tool to push through his cheap labor agenda. A country should do its own work.

+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+

"I know no country in which, speaking generally, there is less independence of mind and true freedom of discussion than in America."

Alexis de Tocqueville
Democracy in America

+==EMAIL OF THE WEEK==+

We make the appearance of controlling our border by publicizing expensive border policies to limit illegal immigration, and at the same time provide amnesties, 245i policies, and enact legislation to further provide magnets for illegal immigration. If that is not stupid, I have no idea what "stupid" is.

Richard Pelto
Kenmore,WA