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logelly:
February 05, 2010 - 10:01 AM
People need to shut their mouths before they talk. first off grab a dictionary and look up the term racist. secondly I believe strongly with Mr. Bob Kellar and have felt strongly about illegal immigration for years. the USA pays a ton a money to each year to help Illegals and we can not afford to anymore. they get everything for free while the people who pay taxes have nothing to show for it. Our Great Country needs to put our foot down and do something before there is nothing left. God Bless the USA.
Brian_Baker:
February 05, 2010 - 10:26 AM
Good for Kellar! He should stick to his guns!
Whitman and McKeon mouth the usual weinie response to liberal demagoguery.
Kellar's absolutely correct. Every time someone speaks out against amnesty, the usual suspects come crawling out of the woodwork trying to divert and obfuscate the issue with that old canard: the race card.
Kellar simply called them on their nonsense.
Kudos to Kellar.
happymominscv:
February 05, 2010 - 10:41 AM
I agree with the above comments. Why should he apoligize? More of us need to speak out agaist the invasion! It's about time someone said something! I applaud Mr. Kellar!!!
befree:
February 05, 2010 - 10:49 AM
. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments.
Verify at:
http://tinyurl..com/zob77
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
Verify at:
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fisc...
3. $2..5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
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http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fisc...
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent
on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPT...
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPT...
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
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http://transcripts.cnn.com/%20TRANSCR...
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
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http://transcripts.CNN.com/TRANSCRIPT...
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
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http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/061...
9. $200 Billion dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSC%20R...
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US .
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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPT...
11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries.. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the US from the Southern border.
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12. The National policy Institute, estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.'
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http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute..o...
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances to their countries of origin.
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http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm
14.. 'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One million sex crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States .'
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braddon:
February 05, 2010 - 11:40 AM
If a man announces to the world that he's a racist, we should take him at his word. If he's not a racist and just used the term to make some twisted point, then he's an idiot. Either way, I would rather have illegal immigrants living next door to me than Councilman Kellar.
meerob:
February 05, 2010 - 12:17 PM
While I understand Bob Keller's frustration, I also believe that individuals in positions like his need to know that words are powerful and throwing out the "racist" term moves his speech in to a whole other category, the category of hate. Additionally, when speaking to crowds like this (that are frustrated and upset); you have to be careful, as it can be perceived that being a racist is okay...as long as it's for America. And we all know that back in the day many white Americans felt that owning slaves and treating blacks a 3/5th’s a white person was okay, because it helped America. After all the slaves picked cotton, raised their children, etc. It helped the growing economy of early America…according to many white Americans back then. We all know that they were wrong. Hate and Racism should never be tolerated. Let's all understand that words are powerful and every person that holds office should know that. I do think Bob Keller needs to apologize, not for his beliefs but for his poor choice of words.
blazingmonk:
February 05, 2010 - 12:26 PM
befree - Your numbers are grossly exaggerated. I will agree there is a huge problem and the numbers are large but when you throw out incorrect numbers the focus then turns on why you are giving wrong information instead of the real debate about illegal immigration. Please be care and more accurate with the information you throw out.
really:
February 05, 2010 - 12:28 PM
Kellar has a brass set and tells it the way it is. All these politicans are afraid of the truth.
If all our elected officials did their jobs we would not be in this situation.
You GO Bob, you are NOT a racist your just telling it like it is.
If Mr. Mc Keon and the rest of them did their jobs we would not be in the financial state we are in now!
I say Bob you need to run for Mc Keon's seat or the Governors office!!
Manq:
February 05, 2010 - 12:40 PM
That is just exactly what I have come to expect from Mr. McKeon. It is more important to him to posture himself for re-election than to serve his constituents or enforce our existing laws.
What the heck has McKeon done on illegal immigration lately anyway?
Minerva:
February 05, 2010 - 12:56 PM
Thank you for providing your links of proof on the immigrant and undocumented worker problem. I believe these figures are what the debate should be about.
What affect does the broken immigration system have on our economy?
Where do these funds come from?
Who is encouraging such funding and policies to exist?
Who benefits and if we are a law abiding nation why are such funds being allocated?
Are undocumented workers being used in nefarious ways that the American citizens don't know about or would be astounded to know?
Who is up for that conversation?
Livelovelaugh:
February 05, 2010 - 01:46 PM
Your parents taught you right!
lls_in_scv:
February 05, 2010 - 01:48 PM
Thank you Bob Kellar for not waivering.
To Minerva, I'm including a link to our LA Cty Supervisor, Michael D. Antonovich website, regarding the some of the expenditures the CTY of LA made in 2009 for the children of illegal immigrants.
excerpt:
"August 11, 2009—Figures from the Department of Public Social Services show that children of illegal aliens in Los Angeles County collected nearly $22 million in welfare and over $26 million in food stamps in June, announced Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich. Projected over a 12 month period – this would exceed $575 million dollars."
http://antonovich.co.la.ca.us/Pages/P...
http://antonovich.lacounty.gov/Pages/...
http://antonovich.lacounty.gov/Pages/...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9jt8T...
JimmyStewart:
February 05, 2010 - 01:51 PM
I agree with Bob Kellar! It is time for honesty about this issue. Bob is no racist but that's how the opposition wants to "profile" him! Who are the ones who really profile people?? With no evidence of racism, just that they disagree they flippantly throw out the racist title. What's a man to do when they won't listen to the meaning of your words??? This is the real crime.
lls_in_scv:
February 05, 2010 - 02:21 PM
Don't know what happened to the links that I copy/pasted in to my earlier comment. Here are some better links to check:
http://www.numbersusa.com/content/fil...
http://antonovich.co.la.ca.us/Pages/P...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9jt8T...
http://antonovich.lacounty.gov/Pages/...
http://www.the-signal.com/news/archiv...