Can you just create a Bill of Rights?

By Dan Clements 11/13/15

A pro-amnesty group called United We Stay has put forward a Bill of Rights for illegal immigrants. The group calls illegal immigrants “law-abiding undocumented Americans.” My first observation would be that the illegal immigrant broke US law to get here, strike one. Too remain here and partake of our welfare state is strike two. To defraud the US government in matters of taxation and Social Security, is strike three. These so called “law-abiding undocumented Americans” are anything but law abiding, their very presence in the US is a violation of US law. The crimes some of them commit, from murder, rape, SS and IRS fraud are just naming a few of the crimes they commit.

They claim just because their children are born on US soil, that makes the child a US citizen. They claim their children are entitled to all sorts of benefits that are reserved for actual US citizens. Education, medical services, and to right to exercise certain freedoms in the US. John Feere from the Center for Immigration Studies was on my show and laid out the argument against the anchor baby theory. Episode 359:Birth right citizenship. An interview w/Jon Feere from CIS

Thomas Jefferson and the committee of five put forth in the Declaration of Independence “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” I agree that all men and women everywhere have these rights and more, that are given to them by God, but where we part company on exercising these is that you don't have the ability to practice these anywhere you like. In order to practice your rights you must be a legal resident of the country you want to practice these rights in. I can go to China and practice these rights but there may be some consequences that I may have to face for doing so. For one thing I'm not a legal citizen of China, and two China may not want me to exercise some of the rights. That doesn't mean I don't have those rights, it just means that China may restrict me from exercising these rights. Even if I were a legal citizen of China, the government still may not allow me to exercise these rights.

There is a legal process people go through to immigrate to a country, and the US has a process in place for legal immigration. When you circumvent that process, and come here illegally, you just forfeited any rights you may think you have! When criminals are tried and convicted in the US, they forfeit there liberty and pursuit of happiness. If you break the law, there are always consequences, or at least there should be.

This so called “Bill of Rights” for illegal immigrants is a joke and a slap in the face of what America and the men and women who founded it, stood for and thought. We have belittled what a “Bill of Rights” is and does by attaching it to everything from flying on airplanes, taxpayers, students, etc. And now we have people who are trying to convince us that law breakers have a “Bill of Rights.” Here are the so called “Bill of Rights” for “law-abiding undocumented Americans” and my commentary on each one;

1. Acknowledgment that we are already here, that we are human beings with a right to be, that our mere presence cannot be deemed illegal or our existence alien. (You broke the law coming into our country illegally, therefore you are illegally in the US and therefore alien to us in citizenship)

2. Affirmation that we are to be treated with dignity and respect, not just because of who we are, but who you are — historic beneficiaries of immigrant struggles for the freedom to be. (America's immigrant struggles were not with people coming here illegally, it was with the amount of people coming here and the concern that they wouldn't assimilate into the American culture. The freedom to be, is only guaranteed to those who have a legal right to be here)

3. Recognition of our right to be presented with a path to citizenship/residency as the first priority of future immigration policy combined with interim deferment of all law-abiding Undocumented Americans against detention and deportation. ( Again there is no such thing as “ law-abiding Undocumented Americans” You broke and continue to break the law by coming and staying here in the US!)

4. Compelled authorization of birth certificates for our U.S.-born children to ensure their constitutionally guaranteed right to citizenship. (Please refer to my conversation with John Feere of CIS)

5. Protection against cruel and unusual punishment, including the separation of our immediate families and incarceration without charges, hearings or representation. ( The fifth and fourteenth amendments to the US Constitution, guaranties due process rights for American citizens. In most countries they would deport illegal immigrants, because they broke their immigration laws. Our laws are very similar and deportation is the only remedy for coming here illegally. Due process would be to determine your immigration status, and if your found to be here illegally, then we send you and anyone with you who is here illegally back to your country of origin.)

6. Access to non-discriminating public education and in-state tuition to ensure that our children realize their full potential for themselves and the country. (Again there is no such thing as birthright citizenship as defined by United We Stay. Therefore illegal immigrants do not have a right to any services offered by our country.)

7. Guarantee of wage equality with a legal right to petition for wage theft or workplace mistreatment without jeopardizing our immigration status. (How do you get a job without fraud when you are here illegally? You can't therefore you just broke more laws by being here and trying to work here!)

8. Assurance of humanitarian treatment, including medical care. (We are good people here in America, and if it's emergency medical care that is required, it will be provided. We treat illegal immigrants better than most countries do, and tolerate them more than most countries do.)

9. Protection against detention or deportation when we report a crime as a victim of witness. (Again you are here illegally, you don't have the Fifth amendment protections an American citizen has.)

10. Guarantee of the Declaration’s unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. (You already have those rights, you just don't have the right to practice them here as a law breaker) 
    
    The bottom line is, if illegal immigrants came here through the legal process we would not be having this conversation. And because they come here illegally, they jump the line and disregard the rights of immigrants who came and are trying to come here legally! Most of the countries I have visited, when you break the law, there are consequences. Why do the ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, think they are about our laws?

Dan Clements is a member of the Constitution Party and the host of BACK II BASIC a Christian/political internet talk show. You can listen to Dan live from 9am-10:30am EST. M-F at www.blogtalkradio.com/dan-clements

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Cash for clunkers is a success? How do you figure that?

By: Dan Clements August 24, 2009

Almost 650,000 clunkers were removed from America’s highways and byways in what the Obama administration is touting as a resounding success. The final price tag will be around 2.9 billion dollars, give or take a million. And how did America benefit from this? Well let’s take a look and see.
Charities across America who relied on people to donate there clunkers for a tax deduction are hurting for cash that would have been generated from the sales of those clunkers at auction. 650,000 clunkers would have gone along way in funding these charities.
Used car lots are out about 650,000 cars. A lot of Americans rely on the use car market for their next car to get from point A to point B. An inexpensive used car could make the difference between getting to work and going hungry.
Auto repair shops are short 650,000 cars to work on. Clunkers need maintenance and auto mechanics need clunkers to maintain. It will be some time before more cars reach the status of clunker, so what are the auto mechanics going to work on in the mean time?
Auto parts store are short 650,000 cars to sell parts for. There are a lot of shade tree mechanics like me who do as much work on their own cars as we can to save a buck or two. Those shade tree mechanics and other non mechanics that traded their clunkers in won’t be visiting the auto parts store anytime soon.
Car dealers are in a credit crunch now, because our wonderful government is very slow in paying them the $4500 for each clunker they helped to take off the road. And a lot of the news cars bought were not from GM or Chrysler. They were from the other American auto makers and some foreign auto makers too!
The biggest looser in this whole mess was the American people! Capitalism took a big hit, and many American showed us all just how much they don’t mind being socialist! Isn’t legal plunder by the government a wonderful thing!
So was cash for clunkers a success? Only if you are bent on the total destruction of what America should be under the U. S. Constitution! Socialist world wide are praising the Obama administration for their work in this area. Socialist’s in America are thinking they are one step closer to a workers paradise. And they wonder why constitutionalists like me are upset at what is happening to our country!
We need to get back to the rule of law before it’s too late. And that means that we need to bring this rouge government back under the rule of law by any legal means necessary, or we won’t have any law left to live under!

Dan Clements is a member of the Constitution Party and the host of BACK TO BASIC a Christian/political internet talk show. You can listen to Dan live from 10am-12 noon EST. M-F at www.blogtalkradio.com/dan-clements and www.constitutionalwarrior.com
Copyright © 2009 by constitutionalwarrior.com. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is granted, provided full credit is given.

Socialists are nuts!

By; Dan Clements July 4th 2009

I was listening to Forbes on Fox news and they had a socialist on there, his name is Mike and I didn't catch his last name, and as far as I'm concerned it doesn't matter, all socialist sound the same and have the same message.
They were talking about health care and as usual the socialist were spouting lies about President Obama's plans for national health care. Mike was talking about shared risk and cost in a government run plan. Is he kidding? Are socialist that stupid? Do they think we are that stupid? Does anyone really believe that as a whole the nation will share the cost of a national health care plan? What kind of drugs are these folks on?
First, if the numbers that the administration are using about the uninsured are correct (and they are over inflated) then we will start with 50 million uninsured to put on the government doll. Then add another 119 million that will lose their current plans because employers will drop them off their plans in favor of reducing the cost of doing business. Then add all the illegal aliens and this is a formula for disaster.
Second, how many of these folks I just mentioned can afford to pay for their health insurance? The 119 million probably can, but what inventive do they have to keep paying when the government is willing to pick up the tab and pass the cost onto the tax payers? So if the vast majority of those receiving national health care don't pay for it were is the pool of payers to share and shift the cost? The only cost shifting I see will be to the American tax payers!
These socialist make me sick. They want to make sure everyone gets whatever they want in life no matter if they deserve it or not. Believe it or not not everyone needs or deserves health insurance or health care! You might think that's a cold hearted statement, but it is the truth!
Some people are just starting out in their young adult lives and they look at the cost risk of health insurance and decide they don't want insurance at this time in their lives. As people get older and start families, they reevaluate their lives and start getting insurance for the family to cover unexpected medical expenses. Towards the end of our lives is when we need the most insurance so we can live out are lives in some semblance of dignity.
There are those in America that go through their lives taking everything they can without giving anything in return, I'm talking about those in our society that can work and contribute, but refuse to! These are the people that do not need or deserve health insurance or care. First, if they needed insurance they should get a job and obtain it that way. Being poor is no excuse for not having health insurance. My wife and myself make just above minimum wage and we have health insurance. Second if you are not willing to work, why do you expect anyone else to carry you through life? There is a difference between able and not able to work, and I'm talking to those who are able to work but refuse to!
Bottom line is socialism is trickle up poverty. In order for socialist to sell socialism, they have to lie about it and try and tug on people's heart strings in order to make it palatable! By the time socialism makes people sick to there stomachs it's hard for people to turn away from it!
Don't let the socialist fool you, they are trying to take over every aspect of our country and our lives! And socialist like Mike are selling the American people down the river! People who are supporting, or promoting the socialistic moves of this government are traitors to freedom and liberty everywhere, especially here in America!

Dan Clements is a member of the Constitution Party and the host of BACK TO BASIC a Christian/political internet talk show. You can listen to Dan live from 10am-12 noon EST. M-F at www.blogtalkradio.com/dan-clements and www.constitutionalwarrior.com
Copyright © 2009 by constitutionalwarrior.com. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is granted, provided full credit is given.