Immigration Watchdog Denounces Manipulation of Crime Data for Political Gain

2008-11-28
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Yesterday, the National Council of La Raza, MALDEF and other organizations held yet another news conference to try to silence the immigration policy debate in this country, reports the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). FAIR claims this outrageous behavior is part of a calculated strategy initiated after the defeat of the Senate’s immigration amnesty bill last year. FAIR states these groups have three major goals:

1. Silence legitimate immigration policy debate by claiming efforts to
advance interior immigration enforcement and state-local cooperation
cause “hate crimes.” They provide no proof whatsoever.

2. Manipulate the data regarding anti-Hispanic crime in this country in
order to deflect from real immigration issues facing the American
people.

3. Pressure the incoming Obama Administration first to halt all interior
and worksite enforcement and then to endorse amnesty legislation and an
increase in overall immigration.

“Let me be clear,” said Dan Stein, President of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), “that we join with all responsible Americans in condemning the murder of Marcelo Lucero.” Stein points out that La Raza and their allies maintain silence about ethnic and race-based gang violence and brutally violent crimes carried out by international drug cartels inside the United States.

Today these irresponsible advocacy groups are cynically using Mr. Lucero’s murder to promote their own policy agenda in an attempt to silence those they oppose. FAIR cites the following facts that refute their contentions:

– According to FBI data there were 595 anti-Hispanic hate crime
incidents committed in 2007 – an increase of 19 incidents, or 3.3
percent over 2006.

– The number of law enforcement agencies participating in hate crime
reporting in 2007 increased by 621 or 5 percent.

– The Hispanic population in 2007 increased by 1.45 million, or 3.3
percent.

– With the Hispanic population currently at 45.2 million, a Hispanic in
the U.S. has about a 1.3 chance in 100,000 to be a hate crime victim.
According to the National Weather Service, the odds of being struck by
lightning are 1 in 5,000.

– By contrast, there were 969 hate crimes incidents against Jews (out of
an estimated population of about 5.5 million) and 772 incidents
directed at homosexuals.

No link between anti-Hispanic hate crime and immigration debate.

“The organizations and individuals claiming that the small increase in the number of anti-Hispanic hate crimes have never presented one piece of evidence connecting these crimes to the debate about immigration,” says Stein. “There is none. Nor is there any reason to believe that even if there were no debate about immigration policy that the same crimes would not have occurred,” Stein says. FAIR challenges those making the accusations to present evidence of cause and effect.

A clear and orchestrated effort to silence debate about immigration policy.

From the very moment the Bush-Kennedy amnesty legislation was defeated in the senate in June 2007, pro-amnesty advocacy groups began making spurious accusations that the defeat of the bill was due to “a wave of hate.” In truth, amnesty was defeated by the sentiment of the vast majority of Americans that granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens was wrong and did not serve the best interests of the country.

“The irresponsible conduct of these organizations is reprehensible,” said Stein. “They simply do not want the immigration laws of this nation enforced. Rather than try to promote responsible solutions to today’s immigration crisis, they persist in trying to stifle vital public debate in a manner that is directly fueling widespread frustration and anger,” Stein concluded.


Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he’s a staff writer for the New Media Alliance (thenma.org). In addition, he’s the new editor for the House Conservatives Fund’s weblog. Kouri also serves as political advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty.

He’s former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed “Crack City” by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He’s also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He’s a news writer for TheConservativeVoice.Com and PHXnews.com. He’s also a columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he’s syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. He’s appeared as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com. Kouri’s own website is located at http://jimkouri.us

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  • Brittanicus

    Of course the open-border zealots are intentionally engineering the crime statistics and also trying to empower the population of America with propaganda and actual lies. One only has to research the statistics across the country, on the Internet of individual states costs on supporting the illegal alien occupation at the state and county level where made available.

    The liberal national press adds to this major problem, by denying the ugly truth on crime statistics and the death toll, caused by the mayhem of foreign nationals running amok in our communities. Just identify the under-divulged deaths of the 3 Bolgna family members in San Francisco, with an illegal alien gang member peppering their car with a AK 47. Or the repugnant death of Jamiel Shaw in Los Angeles, because his murderer though he was another gang member. Police offers have been shot to death in routine Traffic stops in Texas.

    The list of thousands of innocent citizens and legal residents have been forgotten by a media, who are either frightened of being addressed as racists. Or a newspaper that sympathize for the criminal element found amongst foreign nationals.

    So many crimes are happening across America, that usually do not warrant any national press report. The question is, has this been going on for decades? That only because we have the Internet, instant communication that everybody knows almost immediately? Or is it because the masses of illegal people entering this nation, without being screened has brought with them a third world mentality? If it wasn’t for Independent Journalists like Lou Dobbs of CNN or O’Reilly from FOX, Glenn Beck, as the population of activists Americans would forever remain in the dark. Pro-immigrant zealots don’t like it, because the average citizen or legal resident has a say in this explosive issue. Regular citizens have become the first line of defense of corrupt politicians and the special interest lobby, that remain in collusion with far-left judges and extremist groups which border on tyranny.

    Americans do not have the financial backing of corporate farms, Foundations, business CARTELS of funds extracted from taxpayers without their knowledge. Funding anti-sovereignty, extremist entities like La Raza (the Race), Army of National Liberation and Mexicanos Sin Fronteras (Mexicans Without Borders, just to name two.

    Those who steal across our perforated fence, includes the criminal element that think they above above US law. Each day citizens are slain on the roads of America, by drunk illegal drivers. This is far from isolated case, because these accident reports are not necessary revealed by the biased press. Pedestrians have become ‘road kill’ daily, especially when the victims are innocent children. Do not expect to read about this carnage in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times. You need to dig deeper in rural newspapers or the e-media on the Internet, to find the unsuppressed facts.

    Then we have the violent street gangs protected by ‘Sanctuary cities’ like Los Angeles. The unsuppressed news reports will tell you about the child pedophiles, female assaults, murders, robbers and Social security theft that do not get wide press. Thousands of families are left to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. The pro-immigrant zealots use the same mantra, that citizens and legal residents commit these crimes also…? But why when we have our own inmate crowding our prisons, should we need to support illegal foreign nationals criminals. Today we cannot even deport them and breathe a sigh of relief, because it seems like days before the return via the porous fence to violate our penal laws.

    It seems like our ‘Rule of Laws’ are violated everyday, because the business empire demands cheap labor. Our corrupt politicians play games with American lives because they refuse to enforce immigration laws. The all encompassing is the Federal SAVE ACT(H.R.4088) that Speaker Nancy Pelosi is all but derailed along with the original two-tier border fence.We need ‘zero tolerance’ enforcement, that will give maximum arrest and detainment of predator employers of illegal immigrants. They are the main pariah in our society who should be locked away, as without work millions of illegal aliens will leave our country unable to make any income. LARGE FINES, CONFISCATION OF BUSINESS ASSETS AND PRISON TERMS should be heavily enforced.

    Because the inaction to obstruct illegal immigration by the Clinton administration and somewhat the Bush gang we have been buried under a real epidemic of illegal foreign nationals. Whether illegally here by overstaying their visa, jumping a ship or just slipping past our undermanned border security, they have become a financial burden to every American taxpayer. Because of the incompetence of our sitting governments since 1986 the barrage of millions of illegal entrance hasn’t stopped, so individual counties, have enforced their own immigration policies under the Federal law called 287 (g).

    Under the supervision of sworn U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementofficers. Under 287(g), ICE provides state and local law enforcement with the training and subsequent authorization to identify, process, and when appropriate, detain immigration offenders they encounter during their regular, daily law-enforcement activity. Many states have also enacted employer sanction law,but needs the added teeth of the SAVE ACT, which will strengthen its enforcement power. The E-verify system which was the original infant of the Federal SAVE ACT (H.R.4088) has been intentionally derailed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and other anti-sovereignty Democrats. However, in this year of a damaged economy the E-Verify enactment has been given a lease on life for five months.

    A new AMNESTY is in the works from President elect Obama, McCain which will flood America with even more of poor, illiterate foreign labor. McCain is a ‘dark horse’ because his original stand with pro-illegal immigrant groups. How can we trust either McCain to seal our border, when he is a hard-core globalist? Most globalists are open border, free market zealots, whose agenda is the free movement of cheap labor in the North American Continent, which under Bush’s Imperial rule has decimated America’s industrial base. Hopefully Obama and his thrall will renegotiate NAFTA, CAFTA and any other free trade treaties. Perhaps this way, farmers and many poor from South of the border will return to their farming communities. If not being drowned by the corporate agriculture that has eaten up the small farms in this nation. Free trade agreements have had a major damaging influence on both sides of the international Southern border, that from Mexico millions have sought refuge from a corrupt government, from drug dealers and desperate poverty, which our parasite businesses exploit. Our nation has become the the safety valve for our Southern neighbors, because without it the Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and other nations could explode into civil unrest. The wealthy of foreign lands for countless years have saved themselves from potential revolution, by using America a scapegoat. Although in many ways our own governments are to blame for this problem that isn’t going away.

    AMERICANS HAVE BECOME A CASH COW FOR THE IMPOVERISHED OF CORRUPT FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

    OBAMA WILL HAVE A WAR ON HIS HANDS IF HE TRIES TO IMPLEMENT A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP, OVER HONEST IMMIGRANTS WHO FILLED IN THE FORMS AND WAITED PATIENTLY IN OTHER COUNTRIES FOR THEIR RIGHT TO BE HERE.

    CUT OFF STATE WELFARE PAYMENTS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. 37 million people illegal aliens here, according to Tucson sector Border Patrol union local 2544–NOT 13 MILLION, AS THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN MANIPULATED BY THE LIBERAL NATIONAL PRESS AND SPECIAL INTEREST LOBBY. An additional half-million coming every year.

    TELL CALIFORNIA’S TAXPAYERS TO PASS (H.R.1942), TO TERMINATE ALL FREE WELFARE HANDOUTS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS! The corrupt LIBERAL-politicians and judiciary stole your future away from you by pandering to illegal foreign nationals.
    It is estimated that the cost to supporting illegal aliens is over a $1trillion dollars a year in government handouts.
    Read about http://www.judicialwatch.org winning court cases against parasite employers, illegal immigrant groups and corrupt politicians.
    http://www.numbersusa.com is your HQ, to find the ugly facts not lies. http://www.capsweb.org has different petitions to fight the illegal alien pestilence.
    Read about the unrevealed war going on at http://www.americanpatrol.com

    Our future free of OVERPOPULATION, is up to YOU?

    NUMBERSUSA. LIBERTY POST, IMMIGRATION NEWS INDEXER, JUDICIAL WATCH, UNIPAC, GRASSFIRE, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION JOURNAL These sites report the news, not to be found in the restricted corporate media.

  • Bambino

    Anyone ever notice that kooky lefties and liberals have the mindset of an adolescent?

    –Don’t think like me?

    “You must be a hater, man…”

    –Express an honest opinion about modern society?

    “Keep your misogynistic, sexist, racist (etc.) comments to yourself…”

    Unfortunately these almost infantile accusations are effective in silencing most debates or arguments (sigh) by switching the focus.

    Ever gone toe-to-toe with a liberal in a battle of ideas?

    Their “philosophy” seems to me at times to be nothing more than hyper-estrogen-fueled female thinking: impulsive, irrational and HEAVY on emotion:

    “Boo hoo. It’s just not fair that…”

    “Our country has lots of $$$ to help them…”

    “Well, they have lots to give…”

    Liberals are kind of like barking dogs…

    (Please excuse me as I alsmot erroneously employed the phrase (and validated the concept of) “female logic” in the previous paragraph. My apologies.)






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