TEXAS IMMIGRANTS DEATHS DUE TO SANCTUARY CITIES (JAMES BRADLEY TARGETED)

TEXAS IMMIGRANTS DEATHS DUE TO SANCTUARY CITIES:

TRUCKER JAMES MATTHEW BRADLEY JR (BLACK MAN) SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS WERE IN THE TRUCK.

SANCTUARY CITIES ARE INDEED TO BLAME FOR THIS TRAGEDY.

I BELIEVE MR BRADLEY WAS TARGETED & TRICKED BECAUSE HE NEEDED MONEY TO PAY BILLS.

SOME IMMIGRANTS DON'T WANT TO PAY TAXES OR REGISTER AS LEGAL CITIZENS SO THEY ARRIVE ILLEGALLY.

THIS IS WHY STATES SHOULD COOPERATE WITH FEDS AND ICE AS IT RELATES TO LEGALIZING IMMIGRANTS.


Sources: The Blaze, CNN, Fox News


****** 10 Illegal Aliens Are Dead Because of Sanctuary Cities, Says Texas Lt. Governor


Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick put the blame for the deaths of 10 illegal aliens packed in the back of an 18-wheeler on sanctuary cities.

“[Sunday’s] tragedy is why I made passing Senate Bill 4 to ban sanctuary cities — which is now law — a top priority,” the Republican Lt. Governor posted on Facebook. “Sanctuary cities entice people to believe they can come to America and Texas and live outside the law. Sanctuary cities also enable human smugglers and cartels.”

Initially, eight people lost their lives from exposure to the heat and lack of water after human smugglers left 39 people locked in the back of a refrigerated trailer with a failed air conditioner. The death toll rose to nine later on Sunday and then to 10 early Monday.

“[T]hese people paid a terrible price and demonstrate why we need a secure border and legal immigration reform so we can control who enters our country,” Patrick wrote. “We continue to pray for the families and friends of the victims.”

Officials identified the driver of the truck as 60-year-old James Mathew Bradley, Breitbart Texas reported. He is a resident of Clearwater, Florida, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas. He is due in court Monday to face charges that will likely include murder and human smuggling.

Walmart employees became aware of the people being trapped in the trailer after one of the aliens approached them and asked for water. Police arrived at the scene shortly after midnight Sunday morning. At least 29 fire rescue units responded and two AirLIFE helicopters assisted in transporting the most critically ill patients.

Surveillance cameras showed a number of automobiles coming to pick up individuals in the trailer. Authorities suspect a human smuggling operation was underway.

Medical teams transported nearly two dozen people to local hospitals, including two 15-year-old males. All of the deceased illegal aliens are reported to be adult males.

Obama Grants Citizenship To 25 U.S. Military Service Members On July 4th: HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

President Obama Salutes New American Citizens

President Obama began his Independence Day celebrations by hosting a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members in the East Room of the White House.

It was the third time the President has hosted this kind of service, and he told the audience, which included the families of the service members who were taking the oath of citizenship, that it is one of his favorite things to do.

"It brings me great joy and inspiration because it reminds us that we are a country that is bound together not simply by ethnicity or bloodlines, but by fidelity to a set of ideas."

Before the President gave his remarks, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas presented the countries of the candidates for naturalization and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano delivered the oath of allegiance.

President Obama told the new citizens that is was an honor to serve as their Commander in Chief, and to be the first to greet them as "my fellow Americans."

With this ceremony today -- and ceremonies like it across our country -- we affirm another truth: Our American journey, our success, would simply not be possible without the generations of immigrants who have come to our shores from every corner of the globe.

We say it so often, we sometimes forget what it means -- we are a nation of immigrants.

Unless you are one of the first Americans, a Native American, we are all descended from folks who came from someplace else -- whether they arrived on the Mayflower or on a slave ship, whether they came through Ellis Island or crossed the Rio Grande.

Immigrants signed their names to our Declaration and helped win our independence. Immigrants helped lay the railroads and build our cities, calloused hand by calloused hand.

Immigrants took up arms to preserve our union, to defeat fascism, and to win a Cold War.

Immigrants and their descendants helped pioneer new industries and fuel our Information Age, from Google to the iPhone.

So the story of immigrants in America isn’t a story of "them," it’s a story of "us." It’s who we are. And now, all of you get to write the next chapter.

You can read the transcript of the President's full remarks here.


Sources: Disney, Yahoo News, White House, Youtube

Herman Cain Attacks Obama's Manhood To Divide Black Voters!

Herman Cain Q & A: Ballad of the Long Shot


Before you announced your campaign, you said that the liberal establishment is scared that “a real black man might run against Barack Obama.” Are you suggesting Obama isn’t really black?

A real black man is not timid about making the right decisions, that’s what I meant. Look, I’m not getting into this whole thing about President Obama. It is documented that his mother was white and his father was from Africa. If he wants to call himself black, fine. If he wants to call himself African-American, fine. I’m not going down this color road.

But you’re saying he’s not really a black man.

Not in terms of a strong black man that I’m identifying with. I identify with a strong black man like Martin Luther King Jr., or my dad, Luther Cain Jr., who didn’t have a lot of formal education, but he had a Ph.D. in common sense.

It has been said that the Tea Party has embraced you partly to provide cover for some racism in its ranks — like, How could racists support a black guy?

There’s no validity to that whatsoever. People who are still making those accusations have no other way to intimidate the growing force of the Tea Party citizens’ movement.

At Tea Party rallies, you see signs referring to Obama as Kenyan. Are those racist?
Not if you’re from Kenya.

But he was born here.

I don’t think calling him a Kenyan is racist. Secondly, I think those kinds of signs have stopped because the leaders of the Tea Party movement have instructed their folks that we don’t need to do that kind of stuff.

Did I read that you once donated money to Bob Kerry?

I was a resident of Nebraska, and Bob Kerrey wasn’t just the Democratic senator from Nebraska; he was also a restaurateur. Yes, I contributed to his campaign. Republicans who want to crucify me for that can if they want. I have not been a lifelong voting Republican.

Why did you become one, by the way?

When I was an adviser to Jack Kemp in 1996, I was still a registered independent. Jack took me and as many other big black guys as he could to Sylvia’s, in the heart of Harlem. As we were walking into the restaurant, a very large black guy yelled out: “Black Republicans? There’s no such thing.” When I got back to Omaha, I registered as a Republican. It haunted me for three days that someone would dare tell me what party affiliation I should have.

You earned millions running Godfather’s Pizza, but you once said that unlike Mitt Romney or Jon Huntsman, you were unwilling to spend your fortune financing your campaign.

O.K., don’t use the term “fortune.” I don’t have a fortune. And since I made that statement, I have put some of my money in to prime the pump. What I learned is that a lot of donors were reluctant to contribute because I didn’t have immediate name ID, I didn’t have lots of money of my own and I’ve never held public office. Now things are starting to take off. Guess where it’s coming from? Medium- to small-dollar donors: $25, $50, $100. Why? Because the regular people are getting behind Herman Cain.

Waves of energized small donors?

It sounds very Obama ’08.
David Plouffe wrote a book about how he did Obama’s fund-raising strategy. And guess what we did? We read the book. Genius! Let me tell you something about Herman Cain, I don’t have a problem taking a good idea and using it, even if it did come from Obama.

When did you start referring to yourself in the third person?
I’ve always done that.

Since you were a kid? Like, “Herman Cain is going to the grocery store to get Mom some eggs?”

I don’t talk like that when I’m home. I don’t know. I’ve never really been conscious of it.

You said of the Great Wall of China, “I think we could build one” as a solution to our immigration problems. Are you concerned that as many as three million Chinese died building it?

My point was, if they could build that wall centuries ago without bulldozers, we can secure the border today. It could be a combination of walls and high-tech equipment. Now, if accidents happen, that’s one thing. But I think we can improve upon that ratio of three million people dying.


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Obama vs Illegal Immigrants: "Obey Law, Learn English"

Pres. Obama To Illegal Immigrants: "Admit You Broke The Law And Learn English"


President Obama pushes again for immigration reform.

He called for a bi-partisan effort from lawmakers and delivered a frank message to illegal immigrants: learn English!


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Sources: CNN, Youtube, Vancover Sun, Google Maps

Immigrants Share Why They Love & Appreciate Living In America...Land Of The Free

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What with the suffocating humidity, near-Biblical rain and dampened economic climate, there may be muted hip-hip-hurrays for the nation's birthday. But as the weekend's fireworks are cued up and patriots swarm the Mall, it's not hard to find denizens of the District who are just plain happy to be in this country.

For so many immigrants, the Fourth of July is as jubilant as the sky is spacious and the grains are amber. So to a random sampling, we posed a single question: What do you like about America?

Zee Bornilla, 64, from the Philippines. Living in U.S.: 18 years

(Interviewed while selling makeup at the Chanel counter inside the downtown Macy's): "I can work here. Not like in our country -- housewives don't work. That's how Filipinos are. The man is the head of the family. . . . And in our country there's no divorce. Even if you're suffering, you can't get out."

Hoa Le, 60, from Vietnam. Living in U.S.: 34 years

(Assembling hot dogs inside a food cart on George Washington University's campus): "We love that people here can get famous for cooking on TV. And I like the travel shows. [The hosts] go anywhere -- France! England! -- in an airplane."

Massimo Fabbri, 30, from Italy. Living in U.S.: nine years

(Prepping for dinner at Posto restaurant in Adams Morgan, where he's executive chef): "In Tuscany -- I was just there two weeks ago -- they're kind of sitting in a limbo. They know what they like and they stick with it. You still find the crouton with bruschetta, crouton with chicken liver pâté. But here if I don't change the menu in a couple of months, I always hear comments at the bar: 'Is there anything new?' People just love, love, love to try new things."

Natacha Saint-Val, 31, from Haiti. Living in U.S.: seven years

(Recruiting downtown for the U.S. Army, for which she's a specialist stationed in Hawaii): "The one thing I like a lot about this country is the access to education. I'm from a Third World country. In most other countries, education is practically a luxury. In this country, most people take it for granted."

Juan Aguilar, 21, from Mexico. Living in U.S.: four years

(Pushing a snow-cone cart around Mount Pleasant): "Las mujeres de este país son bonitas. Son dulces. Son amables." ("The women in this country are pretty. They are sweet. They are friendly.")

Tesfalidet "Tess" Gherezgher, "Old enough," from Ethiopia. Living in U.S.: 32 years

(Greeting guests at the St. Gregory Hotel on M Street, where he works as a doorman): "This is the promised land. You know what the Bible says -- they will emigrate to the West! . . . My daughter, she is 17 and she has Down syndrome, and here she gets care. Every day, my daughter thanks God."

Marilou Valenzuela, 62, from the Philippines. Living in U.S.: 16 years

(Awaiting, at Union Station, the family for whom she's a nanny to return from Boston): "By working here, the amount of dollars goes a long way [in the Philippines]. We were able to build better houses and living conditions there for our family and other relatives."

Lucas Salas-Orono, 27, from Argentina. Living in U.S.: seven years

(Entering a Berlitz classroom at Thomas Circle, where he teaches Spanish): "I like all the investigative shows. And I love all the sports here."

Maynor Corea, 25, from Nicaragua. Living in U.S.: nine years

(Boarding an Amtrak train at Union Station): "The high technology the military has. I think it's amazing. The tools they use not just for war, but a lot of research."

Nadir Shyotis, 46, from Sudan. Living in U.S.: 27 years

(Finishing lunch at 24 Seven, a Mediterranean restaurant on U Street): "Freedom of religion. I can express my feelings about religion openly, freely, without being hunted or being charged with any felony."

Eliana Morgana, 45, from Bolivia. Living in U.S.: 27 years

(Taking a break at Eurospa Morgana, the nail-and-hair salon on K Street that she owns): "The freedom -- that's what I like most. The freedom to do whatever you want and to politically and economically succeed. Because in our country, you know, everything is political . . . and you have to basically leave, especially if you want to make a life for your kids."

Afroza Akter, 35, from Bangladesh. Living in U.S.: eight years

(Selling scented oils behind the counter of Atlantis Fragrances on U Street): "I like my store. It smells good. People like my store, too, because we have soaps and lotions. You need to clean. All cleaning stuff is here. And you can get good smell in the house. When you go home you can relax with the incense."

Zema Mirza, 21, from Bangladesh. Living in U.S.: five years

(Rolling a suitcase through Union Station with her aunt): "Acceptance. The amount of diversity you have here and the way people mix with each other. Growing up in Bangladesh, it's largely a homogenous population, but there's so much inequality. It's so striking, it's right there. [In the United States] I don't think you can identify someone's class right away, whereas where I grew up it's easy to identify someone's economic background, from where they can get in -- literally certain stores or residential areas -- to the way they dress."

Harsha Ravigopal, 26, from India. Living in U.S.: four years

(Ushering his visiting family members through Union Station): "Free spirit. Entrepreneurship. You have an idea, you make money. My company's boss started 10 years back in health care, and now: $120 million sales per year."

Shyamala Ravigopal, 48, from India

(Visiting from Bangalore to see her son, above): "I like how America is very industrious. People are very industrious. Right from the child to the age of [motions upward with hand], people are working. That I like. Here I see 80-year-old man, 85-year-old man, working. They don't depend on anyone. They're able to live on their own."

Sushada Saichur, 57, from Thailand. Living in U.S.: 33 years

(Lounging on a leopard-print divan inside Shears Hair Salon, which she owns, on 15th Street): "I like CNN. I'm a boring person. . . . I love the United States. And I'm grateful that I'll be able to spend this Fourth of July with my son, First Lieutenant Seth Varayon, who just returned from Afghanistan and is now stationed in Kentucky, home of the 101st Airborne. . . . I used to -- when my son was young -- go to the best place I love [for the Fourth of July], along the GW Parkway on the Virginia side. . . . That one experience was super. People set up tents, and some tents were so elaborate. One of the tents . . . had pillows, and they made a fence for themselves using . . . what do you call them? Flamingos. Little plastic pink flamingos."


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Sources: Washington Post, Wikipedia, Google Maps