Lee Dunn's List: ILLEGALS & ALIENS

• GREENSPAN   CALLS FOR LOWER WAGES FOR AMERICA'S SKILLED WORKERS
• By   Michael Cutler
    December 27, 2009
    NewsWithViews.com
• An   article appeared last week on the Kansas City Star website titled: "Work   visa program is rife with problems."
• This article was brought   to my attention by an old friend who had for years, until recently,   held a significant position on Capitol Hill.
• This   article is of great importance for a number of extremely important reasons   beginning with national security, although the article never even mentions   the issue of national security.
• As you read the article, please note   that the visa fraud discussed in the news report has been allegedly   ongoing for a decade.
• I would remind you that the terrorist attacks   of September 11, 2001 occurred more than 8 years ago.
• I would also remind   you that among the findings of the 9/11 Commission, to which I provided   testimony, was the fact that the terrorists who savagely attacked our   nation engaged in visa fraud and immigration benefit fraud.

  • NOTE: and I must add the Christmas Eve terrorist attempt by the young Nigerean national and radical Muslim, was enabled and abetted by what was first reported as a "general Visa" (to come and go as he pleased without restraints) and then it was reported he was allowed to get on a plane without benefit of a passport or visa and fly to the United States. It is further reported that Great Britain has denied him entry into that kingdom after it was learned he was receiving radical/terroristic training in Yemen and was placed on a "Watch List" by the UK. In addition, the young terrorist's own Father reported to the proper authorities that his son had been radicalized and thusly might prove a threat.
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• Indeed,   it has been reported that of some 94 terrorists who had been identified   as operating in our country in the decade leading up to the attacks   of 9/11, some 59 of those individuals had used immigration fraud and/or   visa fraud as a means of entering our country and/or embedding themselves   within our country, enabling them to hide in plain sight.
• As   I have noted in previous commentaries, our nation had suffered two terrorist   attacks in 1993: at the entrance to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia   when a lone gunman stood outside the entrance to the CIA gates in January   of that year and then one month later, on February 26, 1993 the World   Trade center was nearly brought down by an explosives-laden truck parked   in the underground garage at the World Trade Center complex.
• That explosion   took 6 innocent lives, injured hundreds of other people and inflicted   an estimated one half billion dollars to the complex of buildings including   the twin towers that had been among the most breathtaking edifices of   the New York City skyline.
• Those   vicious attacks had both been carried out by aliens from the Middle   East whose entry and presence in our country was facilitated by visa   fraud and immigration fraud.
• In   May of 1997 I was called upon to testify before the House Immigration   Subcommittee on the issue of visa fraud and immigration fraud.
• Clearly   our nation had opened its doors to those who meant us such harm and   yet, even with those lessons behind us, nothing was done to address   this serious vulnerability.
• The   terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 could not and would not have   happened had our government kept out the 19 terrorists who also employed   visa fraud and immigration benefit fraud as a means of entering our   country in preparation for the attacks.
• On   May 18, 2004 I was contacted by the minority counsel for House Subcommittee   on Immigration, Border Security and Claims. (The "Minority Counsel"   refers to the political party not in control of the Congress, hence   in 2004, this was the Democratic Party.)
• I   was told that there was to be a hearing before the subcommittee on the   issue of alien smuggling and I replied that if there was concern about   smuggling that the hearing must not be limited to the situation to be   found on our nation's borders, alone.
• Certainly the situation at the   borders is outrageous, but it is also estimated that some 40% of the   illegal aliens in our country did not run our nation's borders but were   actually admitted into the United States via the inspections process
• and then, in one way or another, those aliens we had admitted into our   country violated the terms of their admission by overstaying their visas,   accepting unlawful employment or committing and then being convicted   of committing serious crimes.
• I   also raised the issue of how easily aliens were able to game the immigration   system by gaining visas through fraud.
• The   Ranking Member of the subcommittee at that time was Sheila Jackson Lee.   I was gratified that she came to agree with me on these issues and proposed   legislation to create a fraud task force.

• The   title of that hearing was:

   

  "PUSHING   THE BORDER OUT ON ALIEN SMUGGLING: NEW TOOLS AND INTELLIGENCE INITIATIVES"
• You   can read   the transcript of that hearing here.
• There   is an outrageous video of how an attorney conducts a seminar that instructs   other lawyers on how to not find qualified United States citizen workers   for H-1B visas for computer programmers and those who are employed in   the high tech industries and parallels the madness discussed in the   news report on H2-B visas that prompted my commentary.
• This news   article includes the actual covert video made of this seminar that   is guaranteed to set your blood boiling.
• Please   take the time to read the brief article and then watch the brief video.
• As   you watch that video I also want you to consider the testimony of Alan   Greenspan who, when he testified before the Senate Immigration Subcommittee   at the behest of the Chairman of that subcommittee, Senator Charles   Schumer,
• Greenspan called for opening up the H-1B visa program to lower   the wages of America's skilled workers!
• Hard to believe, but true!

  • And Obama's pal and "handler" has gone on the record stating that Americans must learn to live with less. This from one of the prime money men of the Democratic Party and a Hungarian Jew,now Naturalized American citizen, who during WWII worked for the Nazis ratting out other Jews.
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• Here   is a direct quote from his testimony at that hearing that was conducted   on April 30, 2009 and entitled,
• "Comprehensive Immigration Reform   in 2009, Can We Do It and How?"
• "Greatly   expanding our quotas for the highly skilled would lower wage premiums   of skilled over lesser skilled. Skill shortages in America exist because   we are shielding our skilled labor force from world competition. Quotas   have been substituted for the wage pricing mechanism. In the process,   we have created a privileged elite whose incomes are being supported   at noncompetitively high levels by immigration quotas on skilled professionals.   Eliminating such restrictions would reduce at least some of our income   inequality."
• When   you read the news   article I want you pay special attention to read the passages I   put in quotes above, but I would urge you to read the entire news report.
• Here   is a link   to Greenspan's testimony (don't take my word for what he said- read   it yourself!)
• Please pay special attention to the fact that the "leaders"   at the United States Department of Labor indicated that they did not   know if they had the authority to investigate fraud in the applications   that they processed!
• This   is about as sensible as a traffic cop on duty saying he didn't know   if he could issue summonses to drivers who run red lights!
• What   is the process of adjudicating applications for anything if the people   adjudicating the applications don't think they can look for fraud?
• Why   bother adjudicating the applications at all? Why not just have applicants   self-file and be done with it?!
• It   is interesting that prior to the Second World War, the United States   Department of Labor was in charge of administering the immigration laws   of the United States because back then, when apparently commonsense   prevailed, the concern was that foreign workers might undercut American   and lawful immigrant workers.
• (How   far we have gone in precisely the opposite direction since then!)
• Finally   I am compelled to make a point I have made on so many previous occasions-
• With all of this rampant fraud that permeates the entire immigration   system- how in blazes would our inept government even begin to make   certain that any sort of "Comprehensive Immigration Reform"   program would have any integrity whatsoever?
• This   is, of course, a rhetorical question. It is the equivalent of asking   if a frail and elderly hospital patient clinging to life on a respirator   would be able to run the New York City Marathon!
• The   news article exposes, yet again the massive failures of our government   to create an immigration system that has even a shred of integrity.
• The   price for this is being paid each and every day by citizens and lawful   residents of our nation who are being swindled out of jobs.
• The   price is also being paid by aliens who are being forced into virtual   indentured servitude through a dehumanizing and exploitive program.
• Finally,   these vulnerabilities in the system also provide easy access to our   nation to those who would do us grave harm.

  • Christmas Eve 2009 flight from Amsterdam to Detroit where an Islamic Nigerean national sought to detonate a bomb and kill 290 of his fellow passengers.
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• The   question is, when will this change?
• Apparently this will not change   until we the people change the people who we send to Washington!
• Any   politician who refuses to work to secure our borders and create an immigration   system that has integrity is either corrupt or too dumb to keep his   (her) job.
• Any politician, irrespective of party affiliation who favors   Comprehensive Immigration Reform should be shown the door at the next   election!
• If   you find yourself to be in agreement with this commentary, I ask that   you forward it to as many of your friends and family members as possible   and encourage them to do the same.
• Next   year each and every member of the House of Representatives is up for   reelection.
• Next year more than one third of the members of the United   States Senate will have to face their constituents.
• They need to be   reminded that they work for us, We the People!
• However,   the practice of good citizenship does not end in the voting booth, it   only begins there.
• The   large scale apathy demonstrated by citizens of this nation has emboldened   elected representatives to all but ignore the needs of the average American   citizen in a quest for massive campaign funds and the promises of votes   to be ostensibly delivered by special interest groups.
• There is much   that we cannot do but there is one thing that We the People absolutely   must do- we must stop sitting on the sidelines!
• The   collective failure of We the People to get involved in make our concerns   known to our politicians have nearly made the concerns of the great   majority of the citizens of this nation all but irrelevant to the politicians.
• I   implore you to get involved!
• Any   American who has lost his job certainly has enough time on his (her)   hands to get involved!
• Any   American who fears the loss of his job must make effective use of his   spare time to make certain he keeps his job! (Remember, the job save   may be your own!)
• If   this situation concerns you or especially if it angers you, I ask you   to call your Senators and Congressional "Representative. This is   not only your right- it is your obligation!
• You need to politely but   pointedly, demand to know what they are doing to protect our nation.
• You need to ask them how they are protecting you and your families.
• You can also forward this commentary to them.
• All   I ask is that you make it clear to our politicians that we are not as   dumb as they hope we are!
• © 2009 - Michael Cutler   - All Rights Reserved

• Michael   W. Cutler graduated from Brooklyn College of the City University of New   York in 1971 with a B.A. in Communications Arts and Sciences. Mr. Cutler   began working for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in   October 1971 when he entered on duty as an Immigration Inspector assigned   to John F. Kennedy International Airport. In August 1975 he became a Criminal   Investigator (Special Agent) for the INS at NYC.  

  He rotated through   virtually every squad in the Investigations Branch. From 1988 until 1991   he was assigned as the INS representative to the Unified Intelligence   Division (UID) of the DEA in New York. In 1991 he was promoted to the   position of Senior Special Agent and was assigned to the Organized Crime,   Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) which required that he work with   members of other law enforcement agencies including the FBI, DEA, ATF,   U.S. Customs and local and state police as well as law enforcement organizations   of other countries including Israel, Canada, Great Britain and Japan,   to conduct investigations of aliens involved in major drug trafficking   organizations. He retired from the INS in February 2002, after a career   that spanned some 30 years.  

  Finally, Michael   Cutler has appeared on numerous television and radio programs including   Lou Dobbs, Fox News, MSNBC and many other television and radio news-oriented   programs to discuss the enforcement of immigration laws.  

  E-Mail: mcutler007@aol.com

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• What a Cyber Attack Means to You
• related: Al-Qaeda Attack on US Soil within Months
    ...Attack 'Certain'
    Intel Chief: U.S. at Risk of Crippling Cyber Attack
• February 4, 2010
    By Holly Deyo

• How clever is cutting border security when:
   

   

   

  1. We already have millions of illegal immigrants pouring through the borders
    2. History shows terrorists do enter through both U.S. borders and
    3. In the last three days, headlines scream that it's a 'certainty" we will be hit with a new terrorist attack in '3-6 months'
   
• They climb fences, swim the Rio Grande, walk through open-fence border areas and pay coyotes to truck them across. Some crawl through southern border tunnels, some use water routes and others, as in the case of Ahmed Ressam, simply drive into Washington through Canada.
• Can opting for security laxness be anything but a deliberate act of letting down of the guard? Surely 20 million illegal aliens is evidence enough that we need more border security – not cuts.

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• Government can find big $$ to send Congress to Copenhagen and waste millions on pork barrel issues and countless other spendthrift endeavors.
• Money consideration is a poor trade-off for national security.
• Surely in Obama's trillion-dollar budget, he could find a few million to beef up border security.
• It seems like the administration is trying to facilitate disaster instead prevent it. Not all, but some in positions of authority are treating our futures with thumb-to-nose disregard.
• It's yet another reason – on an already lengthy list – to vote the bums out.
• This should put a clear face on what's been elected to office.
• Transparency – for a Change
• Have you noticed prior to Saturday's revelation how government officials danced around news of another terrorist attack? It's months or years later we hear about numerous thwarted attempts.
• Today is different. There is no minimizing the threat. No brush-off of information. Even as prepared as Stan and I are, goosebumps pricked my body in trepidation.
• IF terrorists perpetrate a cyber attack, you might feel like you'd be better off than in a WMD strike.
• Thoughts of an unknown bug contaminating our food supply, contracting some horrible disease or being paralyzed by a nerve agent is scary enough. Frankly, a nuclear detonation would be more tolerable than a "crippling" cyber attack. A nuke's painful effects would be more manageable and less enduring, ground zero aside. Fact.
  
• Probed Like Tender Meat
• For years now, we've had warning that a cyber attack might one day morph into reality.
• Hackers have tested utilities and caused blackouts in Central and South American and Mexico.
• As expected, China and Russia are at the heart of U.S. power grid probes.

  • "Mongol" Cousins...
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• They've already embedded malicious code in our power grid and trial runs have plagued foreign utilities.
• In other arenas, China has detailed plans to disable the U.S. aircraft battle carrier fleet.
• Countless millions have been stolen in banking hacks along with personal records. Part of this problem stems from people using too easy passwords like "12345" or "password".
• Two years ago the Pentagon was penetrated resulting in the banning of using external hard drives and the White House suffered an "unprecedented" cyber attack.
• Last July the New York Stock Exchange and White House were targeted with malware.
• And today, Google enlisted the NSA to fight cyber attacks.
• China has already hacked Google's email accounts – not quite as big a drama as infrastructure, but this company is savvy to what hacking can do.

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• We've had more than ample warning. A cyber attack is our "unprotected back door".
• We've already experienced just the tip of the 'berg with denial of service (DNS) attacks and very slow internet traffic. (Part of this traffic may be attributed to heavier Net usage since more people are unemployed.)
• Any of the above scenarios paints a horrible scenario, but taken together in a "crippling attack"... it's unthinkable.
• What This Means to You
• Nearly everything you do and use each day has some connection to computers and cyberspace. Computers run all facets of banking, store inventories, check approvals. Without computers every purchase would be cash only transactions WHILE product was still available.
• This assumes clerks can make change without the aid of a cash register.
• People depending on monthly social security or dividend checks would have a very difficult time. If you think unemployment numbers are rough now, just wait.
• Internet business would be crushed. So would many brick-and-mortar establishments. No power, no product, no business.
• Gas and diesel from source to station would cease.
• ALL utilities - zapped. You'd have no lighting, no heat, no air conditioning, no water.
• Most treatment plants only have enough chlorine to purify water for 5-7 days. Its automated chlorination system would shut down.
• Hospitals would be severely handicapped. How long would it be until medications and antibiotics were unavailable?
• Police forces would be overrun with criminals and panicked people alike. Without question, martial law would be enacted immediately.
• If you haven't purchased a firearm, it would be too late. Gun sales are all predicated on computer-driven background checks.
• You wouldn't know what happened because there'd be no TV, no radio. Maybe there's a power outage? you wonder.
• The penny drops as military troops invade every city. What's wrong? Wondering changes to dread. Something horrible has happened.
  
• The most dependable source of information is ham operators with battery- or generator-powered units. Information would pass neighborhood to neighborhood, from other individuals that had workable receivers.
• Heed the Warning
• This is just a quick overview of the misery involved in a "crippling" cyber attack. Repercussions were glossed over by media in these recent announcements, lumped together under "infrastructure" targets. No one outlined how all-encompassing and devastating this is.
• For your own safety and well-being, these are things you must consider . You've got a few months to get ready. This is one of these rare disasters when you get advance notice. Make the most of it.
• http://standeyo.com/NEWS/09_Sci_Tech/100204.what a.cyber.attack.means.html

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