HONDURANS LOSE PROTECTED STATUS TO REMAIN IN UNITED STATES (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION)

HONDURANS LOSE PROTECTED STATUS TO REMAIN IN UNITED STATES (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION):

MOST HONDURANS HAVE LIVED IN U.S. SINCE 1999 YET THEY DID NOT APPLY FOR LEGAL CITIZEN.

HOW IS IT THEY WERE ALLOWED TO LIVE AND WORK IN ANOTHER COUNTRY ILLEGALLY FOR 19 YEARS??

WHAT ABOUT THE MS-13 GANGS?


Post Sources: Fox News, Daily Mail, PBS News, Washington Post, Youtube


***** Trump administration ends protections for 50,000 Hondurans living in U.S. since 1999


More than 50,000 Hondurans who have been allowed to live and work in the United States since 1999 will have 20 months to leave the country or face deportation, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced Friday, the latest in a series of DHS measures aimed at tightening U.S. immigration controls.

The Hondurans were granted temporary protected status (TPS) in 1999, shielding them from deportation, after Hurricane Mitch slammed their country and left 10,000 dead across Central America.

Under President Trump, DHS has been eliminating TPS programs one by one, arguing they were never designed to grant long-term residency to foreigners who may have arrived illegally or overstayed their visas.

In the past six months, DHS has ended TPS for nearly 200,000 Salvadorans, 50,000 Haitians and 9,000 Nepalis, giving those groups 12 to 18 months to prepare a departure or secure some other form of legal status.

According to a DHS statement, Nielsen “carefully considered conditions on the ground” before making the Honduras decision.

“The Secretary determined that the disruption of living conditions in Honduras from Hurricane Mitch that served as the basis for its TPS designation has decreased to a degree that it should no longer be regarded as substantial,” the DHS statement read.

“Since 1999, conditions in Honduras that resulted from the hurricane have notably improved,” the statement continued, adding that the country has made “substantial progress in post-hurricane recovery.”

It was not clear from the DHS statement which improvements Nielsen was referring to.

Honduras remains one of the most violent countries in the world and has been roiled by political instability since presidential elections last year whose legitimacy was rejected by the Organization of American States and other international observers.

Congress established TPS as a humanitarian program in 1990 to avoid deporting foreigners to countries that have been destabilized by natural disasters or civil strife.

The Trump administration hasn’t ended the protections for every eligible nation; in January, Nielsen extended TPS for nearly 7,000 immigrants from war-torn Syria.

More than 86,000 Hondurans received TPS protections after the hurricane, and the latest government estimates show that about 50,000 still depend on the designation to remain in the United States.

Last November, DHS ended TPS for 2,500 Nicaraguans who were also allowed to stay after Hurricane Mitch.

Hondurans were the second-largest group of TPS recipients after Salvadorans, and many have lived most of their adult lives in the United States, running businesses, purchasing homes and raising American-born children.

Critics of the Trump administration say forcing otherwise law-abiding immigrants out of the United States is shortsighted and heartless, particularly at a time when Honduras and some other nations are teetering from gang warfare and political unrest.

“There is little doubt that the White House has been driving these TPS decisions based on ideology, not based upon what is best for our foreign policy interests and for the region,” said Kevin Appleby, senior director of international migration policy at the Center for Migration Studies, a nonpartisan think tank.

“It makes the situation in Honduras and Central America worse and will assuredly come back to haunt us in time,” ¬Appleby said.

Honduras is a significant source of illegal immigration to the United States, and many of the families who joined the migrant caravan through Mexico that captured the attention of President Trump last month said they fled their country in fear for their lives.

They joined thousands of other Central Americans who arrive every month at the U.S. border with Mexico to request asylum, many of them families or women with children.

CHAIN MIGRATION IS SUPPORTED BY DEMOCRATS WHO NEED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO HELP WIN ELECTIONS; TRUMP SAYS NO DEAL (MEXICO)

CHAIN MIGRATION IS SUPPORTED BY DEMOCRATS WHO NEED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO HELP WIN ELECTIONS:

CHAIN MIGRATION IS NOT ABOUT COMPASSION, ONLY ABOUT POLITICS AND ELECTIONS.

IMMIGRANTS WITH HB2 VISAS ARE BRINGING OVER THEIR ENTIRE FAMILIES.

CHAIN MIGRATION IS IN FACT BACK DOOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WHICH IS STILL A CRIME.

TRUMP SAYS NO DACA DEAL WITH CHAIN MIGRATION.

MOST DACA DREAMERS ARE ADULTS (AGE 18-40) NOT CHILDREN.

AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO COMMIT IDENTITY THEFT ARE IMPRISONED BECAUSE IT IS INDEED A CRIME.

IN USA MEXICAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO PURCHASE SOMEONE'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ARE REWARDED WITH JOBS THEY AREN'T QUALIFIED FOR AND WELFARE AND FOOD STAMPS AND STUDENT AID.


~ MOST POOR MEXICAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS:

MEXICO DOESN'T WANT THE POOR PEOPLE SO MEXICAN GOV'T SENDS THEM TO USA BORDERS,

MEXICO IS ALSO SENDING THEIR GANG MEMBERS TO USA BORDERS SO THAT MEXICO IS SAFER FOR TOURISTS,

CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH,

DON'T WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH,

DON'T PAY TAXES,

DON'T WANT TO BECOME LEGAL CITIZENS,

ARE NOT WELL-EDUCATED,

ARE NOT FULLY VETTED VIA FULL BACKGROUND CHECKS OR MEDICAL EXAMS AND MANY ARE CRIMINALS FROM THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY,

DON'T POSSESS HIGH LEVEL SKILLS YET THEY ARE HIRED MORE OFTEN THAN AMERICAN CITIZENS TO WORK FOR LOWER WAGES,

MANY LOWER PAID MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS DO RECEIVE FOOD STAMPS,

DEMOCRAT LEADERS AND SOME GOP LEADERS ARE IN BED WITH BILLIONAIRE CEOS WHO WANT TO PAY LOW WAGES TO KEEP THEIR POCKETS FAT.



Sources: BBC News, Daily Mail, Breitbart, NPG, RT, Texas Tribune, Washington Examiner, Youtube



****** Now Trump says 'chain migration' of illegal immigrants' families can't be part of saving DACA as he moves toward immigration deal with Democrats


'Chain migration' is the legal ability of U.S. residents to sponsor their foreign relatives for immigrant visas, in a process that repeats itself over and over.

President Trump has already proposed a sweeping change to America's legal immigration system, limiting family visas in favor of a skills-based merit system.

As word spread that he might ink a deal with Democrats to save the DACA program, he insisted on Twitter that it won't enable more chain migration.

DACA is an Obama-era program that protects from deportation nearly 800,000 people who were brought to the U>S. illegally as children.

Conservatives fear giving them legal status would allow them to sponsor visas for the adults who broke the law by bringing them to the U.S. in the first place.

As he works toward a bargain with Democrats to resolve the status of nearly 800,000 illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, Donald Trump said Friday that he wont't embrace a solution that enables so-called 'chain migration.'

Chain migration refers to the legal right of citizens and other legal U.S. residents to 'sponsor' relatives living outside the country, bringing them one by one in expanding circles until extended families have immigrated.

'CHAIN MIGRATION cannot be allowed to be part of any legislation on Immigration!' Trump tweeted Friday, putting the words in upper case letters.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters on Friday that the president will lay out his specific proposals and their limitations in between 7 and 10 days.

Under proposals favored by some Democrats, people benefiting from the Obama-era 'Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals' (DACA) program could gain legal status or citizenship, opening up the possibility that they could help overseas relatives obtain lawful residence.

The Trump administration fueled speculation on Thursday, with deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters telling reporters aboard Air Force One that a 'responsible path forward' for DACA recipients 'could include legal citizenship over a period of time.'

'But absolutely by no means will this White House discuss amnesty,' Walters added, confusing journalists on the plane.

The prospect of elevating DACA recipients to citizenship status is troublesome for conservative Republicans who point out that while they were brought into the United States, giving them the right to sponsor their parents for legal immigration status could reward the adults who snuck them across the border.

Chain migration was made part of federal immigration law in 1965 with the Hart-Celler Act, which gave relatives of legal U.S. residents preference over other potential immigrants with skills the government had prioritized.

The law has made family reunification a central plank of American immigration policy since 1924, when Congress allowed citizens' and residents' spouses and unmarried adult children up to age 21 to ignore per-country quotas and emigrate to the U.S.

In 1965 about 32,700 immigrants entered the United States on the basis of their existing family relationships.

By 2001 the annual number of family-sponsored immigration visas had grown to nearly 677,000.

Last month Trump announced his backing for a broader plan that would limit legal immigration by placing an emphasis on a skills-based merit system instead of family connections.

Applicants from foreign countries would be rewarded if they can speak English, financially support themselves and bring skills that 'can contribute to our economy,' Trump said in early August.
House Speaker Paul Ryan told the Associated Press on Thursday that 'moving from what people describe as chain migration to a skills-based merit system makes a lot of sense, while keeping nuclear families intact.'

The president stunned many Republicans this week by entering into negotiations with top congressional Democrats over the DACA program.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced last week that the administration was terminating DACA itself, subject to a six-month delay intended to give Congress a window to decide recipients' fate.

The latest episode of the saga came amid Democrats' claims Wednesday night that Trump had promised to sign a bill formalizing DACA without including funding for the wall he has pledged to build between the U.S. and Mexico.

Trump himself tweeted Thursday that it wasn't true.

No deal was made last night on DACA. Massive border security would have to be agreed to in exchange for consent. Would be subject to vote,' he wrote.

But he has also offered a full-throated defense of DACA recipients, insisting that he intends to show 'great heart' in dealing with their situations.

'Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated and accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in the military? Really!' he said Thursday morning on Twitter.

'They have been in our country for many years through no fault of their own – brought in by parents at young age.'
Trump added that he would insist on a 'BIG border security' component to any immigration deal with Congress.

CHAIN MIGRATION IS BACK DOOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION; IT IS STILL A CRIME

CHAIN MIGRATION IS BACK DOOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION:

TRUMP SAYS NO DACA DEAL WITH CHAIN MIGRATION.

OTHER COUNTRIES IMPRISON MOST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS NOT REWARD THEM.


Sources: CNN, Texas Tribune, Twitter, Youtube



******* What is 'chain migration' and how could it disrupt a DACA deal?


President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted a new requirement of any immigration deal -- and it could throw a wrench in negotiations on how to protect young undocumented immigrants in limbo.

"CHAIN MIGRATION cannot be allowed to be part of any legislation on Immigration!" Trump tweeted Friday morning.

The term "chain migration" refers to immigrants coming to a country based on a connection to family. In the US, a small fraction of green cards are given out each year based on employment, with family connections being a much larger share.

That includes spouses, children and some extended family.

It was not immediately clear what specific item the President was referring to.

Trump has announced an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program started by President Barack Obama, which protected young undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children.

This week, however, he jumpstarted talks with congressional Democrats on ways to save the program and potentially keep "Dreamers" in the US.

The demand from Trump could complicate negotiations on the Hill.

While there is widespread support for the concept of a DACA deal, most likely paired with border security measures, the details reveal deep divisions between and among the parties that remain steep hurdles to overcome.

Republicans almost universally would want any deal to prevent any naturalized DACA recipients from being able to sponsor their parents or family for citizenship as well.

Trump has separately endorsed a bill from Republican Sens.

Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia that would eliminate some categories of family sponsorship and limit green cards to immediate family and minor children.

It would also cut a diversity lottery and overhaul employment-based green cards to put a heavy emphasis on highly skilled, educated and English-speaking applicants.

But that bill faces opposition on both sides of the aisle, including from some Republicans, who don't like that it slashes green cards annually in half and doesn't allow for low-skilled applicants.

Still, transforming the US system from a familial approach to a more merit-based system has widespread support, though past proposals that have gotten both sides on board did not cut overall legal immigration.

TRUMP SAYS NO DACA DEAL W/OUT WALL, BUT DEMS SAY YES HE AGREED TO DEAL (FRENEMIES)

TRUMP SAYS NO DACA DEAL W/OUT BORDER WALL, BUT DEMOCRATS SAY YES HE AGREED TO DEAL:

KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE AND YOUR FRENEMIES CLOSER.

IS THIS DEAL DONALD'S WAY OF STICKING IT TO GOP LEADERS WHO DISSED HIM OVER OBAMACARE?

TRUMP IS A BUSINESSMAN WHO JUST WANTS A DEAL BUT WILL HE ABANDON HIS BASE WHO ELECTED HIM?



Sources: ABC News, Bloomberg News, CBS News, CNBC, Fox News, NBC News, Youtube



***** Trump Says ‘No Deal’ Was Reached With Democrats to Extend DACA



President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that there was no deal with Democrats yet to extend protections for so-called Dreamers, but the president pleaded with congressional leaders to reach one, while he vowed to push ahead with his border wall "later."

"No deal was made last night on DACA.

Massive border security would have to be agreed to in exchange for consent. Would be subject to vote," Trump tweeted in a series of posts.

"The WALL, which is already under construction in the form of new renovation of old and existing fences and walls, will continue to be built," he wrote.

"Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated and accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in the military? Really!" Trump posted about DACA recipients. "They have been in our country for many years through no fault of their own — brought in by parents at young age. Plus BIG border security."

Trump did not deny reports that he would support a deal on DACA that didn't include the wall.

And, in brief comments to reporters Thursday, Trump said "the wall will come later" and that Republican congressional leaders were "on board" with the talks.

"We’re working on a plan. We’ll see how it works out," he said as he was departing to tour the hurricane damage in Florida. "We’re going to get massive border security as part of that."

"The wall is going to be built. It will be funded a little bit later," Trump said.

Later in Florida, the president said, "if the wall is going to be obstructed ... then we're not doing anything."

When asked if he supported amnesty, Trump cupped his hands to his lips and said, "DACA — the word is DACA."

Trump also said he was "not looking at citizenship" or "amnesty" for Dreamers but instead the discussion is about "taking care of people."

Earlier, the president said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., backed the plan.

McConnell's office said Trump had called Thursday morning, and the senator said in a statement, "We look forward to receiving the Trump administration’s legislative proposal."

Trump's tweets and remarks came just hours after he held a dinner meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after which the pair said they’d reached a deal with the president "to enshrine the protections of DACA into law quickly, and to work out a package of border security, excluding the wall, that’s acceptable to both sides."

Schumer and Pelosi, in a joint statement Thursday morning, added that Trump's tweets "are not inconsistent with the agreement reached last night."

The pair said "there was no final deal" but that "both sides agreed that the wall would not be any part of this agreement."
"The President made clear he intends to pursue it at a later time, and we made clear we would continue to oppose it," they said.

Dropping the demand for a border wall could make it easier for Republicans and Democrats to reach an agreement on DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which protects undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children.

Following the Wednesday night joint statement from Schumer and Pelosi, however, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted that, "While DACA and border security were both discussed, excluding the wall was certainly not agreed to."

But earlier Wednesday, White House legislative affairs director Marc Short told an industry trade group that the border wall does not have to be a part of an agreement on DACA, one attendee at the meeting said.

The Trump administration announced last week that the Obama-era program would end in six months. The president said as part of the announcement that, "I am not going to just cut DACA off, but rather provide a window of opportunity for Congress to finally act."

Ending DACA — a program allows undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children to remain and get work permits in the country — could affect as many as an estimated 800,000 people.

Sources told NBC News Wednesday night that Schumer and Pelosi told Trump they are prepared to deliver votes on a measure that would pair the existing DREAM Act text with additional border security that does not include the border wall funding.

Specifics on what type and level of border security were not disclosed.

The DREAM Act would have offered those who came to the U.S. as children the opportunity to potentially gain permanent legal residency.

The act was first introduced in August 2001 by Sen. Orin Hatch, R-Utah, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill. It has resurfaced several times, always failing to get through Congress.

At a press conference later Thursday morning, Pelosi said the DACA recipients wouldn't be granted amnesty under a DREAM Act deal with Trump, but would have "the opportunity to earn their path to citizenship."

"It’s a long path, a 15-year path, and this is an earned path," she said. "We’re not looking at amnesty; we were never looking at amnesty."

Discussion of a possible deal marked the second time in as many weeks that Trump spurned his own party to pursue an agreement with Democrats.

Last week, Trump struck a deal with Schumer and Pelosi that combined disaster aid for those affected by Hurricane Harvey with measures to keep the government open and extend the debt ceiling for three months, leaving some Republicans reeling.

News of another potential deal was met immediately with criticism from conservative Republicans.

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, an anti-immigration hardliner tweeted Wednesday that, if there was an agreement,

"Trump base is blown up, destroyed, irreparable, and disillusioned beyond repair.

No promise is credible."

Trump did not deny reports that he would support a deal on DACA that didn't include the wall.

And, in brief comments to reporters Thursday, Trump said "the wall will come later" and that Republican congressional leaders were "on board" with the talks.

"We’re working on a plan. We’ll see how it works out," he said as he was departing to tour the hurricane damage in Florida. "We’re going to get massive border security as part of that."

"The wall is going to be built. It will be funded a little bit later," Trump said.

Later in Florida, the president said, "if the wall is going to be obstructed ... then we're not doing anything."

When asked if he supported amnesty, Trump cupped his hands to his lips and said, "DACA — the word is DACA."

Trump also said he was "not looking at citizenship" or "amnesty" for Dreamers but instead the discussion is about "taking care of people."

Earlier, the president said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., backed the plan. McConnell's office said Trump had called Thursday morning, and the senator said in a statement, "We look forward to receiving the Trump administration’s legislative proposal."

Trump's tweets and remarks came just hours after he held a dinner meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after which the pair said they’d reached a deal with the president "to enshrine the protections of DACA into law quickly, and to work out a package of border security, excluding the wall, that’s acceptable to both sides."

Schumer and Pelosi, in a joint statement Thursday morning, added that Trump's tweets "are not inconsistent with the agreement reached last night."

The pair said "there was no final deal" but that "both sides agreed that the wall would not be any part of this agreement."

"The President made clear he intends to pursue it at a later time, and we made clear we would continue to oppose it," they said.

Dropping the demand for a border wall could make it easier for Republicans and Democrats to reach an agreement on DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which protects undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children.

Following the Wednesday night joint statement from Schumer and Pelosi, however, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted that, "While DACA and border security were both discussed, excluding the wall was certainly not agreed to."

But earlier Wednesday, White House legislative affairs director Marc Short told an industry trade group that the border wall does not have to be a part of an agreement on DACA, one attendee at the meeting said.

The Trump administration announced last week that the Obama-era program would end in six months. The president said as part of the announcement that, "I am not going to just cut DACA off, but rather provide a window of opportunity for Congress to finally act."

Ending DACA — a program allows undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children to remain and get work permits in the country — could affect as many as an estimated 800,000 people.

Sources told NBC News Wednesday night that Schumer and Pelosi told Trump they are prepared to deliver votes on a measure that would pair the existing DREAM Act text with additional border security that does not include the border wall funding. Specifics on what type and level of border security were not disclosed.

The DREAM Act would have offered those who came to the U.S. as children the opportunity to potentially gain permanent legal residency.

The act was first introduced in August 2001 by Sen. Orin Hatch, R-Utah, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill. It has resurfaced several times, always failing to get through Congress.

At a press conference later Thursday morning, Pelosi said the DACA recipients wouldn't be granted amnesty under a DREAM Act deal with Trump, but would have "the opportunity to earn their path to citizenship."

"It’s a long path, a 15-year path, and this is an earned path," she said. "We’re not looking at amnesty; we were never looking at amnesty."

Discussion of a possible deal marked the second time in as many weeks that Trump spurned his own party to pursue an agreement with Democrats.

Last week, Trump struck a deal with Schumer and Pelosi that combined disaster aid for those affected by Hurricane Harvey with measures to keep the government open and extend the debt ceiling for three months, leaving some Republicans reeling.

News of another potential deal was met immediately with criticism from conservative Republicans.

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, an anti-immigration hardliner tweeted Wednesday that, if there was an agreement, "Trump base is blown up, destroyed, irreparable, and disillusioned beyond repair. No promise is credible."

A potential deal would also go against the views of former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, who as a White House aide was credited with helping Trump emphasize a message centered on economic nationalism.

Bannon, who following his White House exit returned as the head of Breitbart News, told CBS' "60 Minutes" last week he didn't agree with Trump's decision to give Congress a window to save DACA legislatively, and that "the guys in the far-right" and "on the conservative side" were "not happy" with it either.

DACA DREAMERS TRUE NUMBERS HIDDEN BY MEDIA - NOT 800,000......BUT MILLIONS; WHAT ABOUT BACKGROUND CHECKS??

#DREAMERS


DACA DREAMERS TRUE NUMBERS HIDDEN BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA - NOT 800,000......BUT MILLIONS:

MORE THAN 11 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE LIVING IN USA ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS (MOSTLY MEXICANS).

MANY COMPANIES HIRE THEM FOR LOW WAGES INSTEAD OF HIRING MORE SKILLED AMERICAN WORKERS.

MANY COMPANIES DON'T CONDUCT FULL BACKGROUND CHECKS ON IMMIGRANTS AND STILL HIRE THEM WHILE NOT HIRING US WORKERS WITH MINIMAL CRIMINAL RECORDS.

MANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DON'T HAVE WORK SKILLS AND MANY CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH YET THEY ARE BEING HIRED TO WORK INSTEAD OF US WORKERS FOR LOW WAGES.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS NEED TO BECOME LEGAL CITIZENS, PAY TAXES, COMPLETE FULL BACKGROUND CHECKS, LEARN ENGLISH AND NOT BE HIRED OVER AMERICAN WORKERS IF THEY'RE NOT TRULY QUALIFIED.


Sources: US INC., NY Times




***** What’s the Real Number of Illegal Aliens in the Country?



According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s population clock, the current population of the United States is approaching 325 million people.

One presumes that it includes the “official” current estimate of illegal aliens of 11 million.

Of course, that number is ridiculously low if you calculate the U.S. Border Patrol’s apprehension for the last 30 years, from 1985-2015.


Over that thirty year period, the Border Patrol apprehended 31,373,128 illegal aliens along the southern border, alone.

That does not include those apprehended on the East Coast coming from Cuba, the Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica or the other Caribbean Islands.

It doesn’t include numbers from the northern border with Canada and it doesn’t include those who overstayed their visas, thereby becoming illegal aliens. (“Visa overstays” are often, incorrectly, referred to as 40% of all illegal aliens.

Nobody really knows, because the U.S. still doesn’t keep track of those who have entered legally on a visa. But, that percentage isn’t close.)

For years, the Border Patrol (BP) officially used to report the “gotaway” rate, those who “got away” from apprehension.

For decades, it was felt that on a “good day,” the Border Patrol caught one in five illegal aliens, on a “bad day,” the number was one in seven.

That means that if every single day since 1985 was a “good day,” then for every one they caught, four “got away.”

4 x 31,373,128 = 125,492,512 illegal border crossings in the past 30 years.
And, that’s just across the southern border. But now, no more “gotaway rate.”

Retired Congressman Tom Tancredo, a good friend and ally in our fight to get our immigration laws enforced during the last two years of the Clinton Administration and all of the Bush Administration, had a good piece on Breitbart, August 6, titled, “Border Patrol to Illegals: Don’t Get Caught.”

He reports:

“… Obama’s Border Patrol has officially abandoned the use of the “Gotaway” number in weekly and quarterly reports of apprehensions. For decades, the Border Patrol routinely compiled and reported the Gotaway number as a supplement to the number of actual apprehensions.

Border Patrol agents knew and openly admitted that the number of illegal border crossers apprehended was only a fraction of the number of border jumpers.

Veterans and CBP retirees remember when that Gotaway number was three to four times the official apprehension number.

The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service recently calculated the Gotaway number to be at least 1.5.

Translated, that means the number of successful illegal entries is at least 150 percent above the number apprehended by the Border Patrol.”

Now, there is absolutely no reason to believe any number coming out of the federal government.

The Congressional Research Service number of 1.5 gotaways is laughable.

And, the number of illegal aliens in the country isn’t 125 million. There were multiple crossings by many people for years. I’ve heard of Border Patrol agents catching the same guy 6 or 8 times back in the 80s and 90s.

They didn’t finger print the illegals they caught for many years. They didn’t have computers back then, and when they finally did get computers, they weren’t linked together for several more years.

The various sectors couldn’t share the names, pictures and descriptions of those caught.

After about half a dozen arrests, followed by detention time, the illegal would just shift to another sector where the agents wouldn’t know him by sight. If he was coming through at El Paso, Texas, or El Centro, California, he would just move over a couple hundred miles and come across in the Tucson sector.

While the number of illegal aliens in the country isn’t 125 million, it isn’t the laughable 11 million number, either. That estimate is absolutely not credible.

Retired sector chiefs have opined that it could be 40 million, or higher. One recently said it could be as high as 50 million. But, he added, “they” (the federal government) don’t know, and they don’t want to know.

And if the 40-50 million estimate is close to the real number, that makes the population of the United States closer to 360-370 million, without even adding in the “visa overstays” or those sneaking in from Canada or the Caribbean.

At the current rate of legal and illegal immigration into the United States, we will have a population of half a billion people by mid-century, just 34 years from now.

Think of what that means for your children and grandchildren.

The Border Patrol was apprehending over 1 million illegals a year on average right up to 2009.

Print out the page on Border Patrol apprehensions.

You might find the numbers and estimates useful in any current, or near future discussions with friends and acquaintances, or co-workers about border security, amnesty, border walls, that sort of thing.

Now you will be ready when the topic of illegal immigration comes up in casual conversation.

VETERANS WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY NOT BEING HIRED, ESPECIALLY MANY BLACK MALE VETS (AGE 50+), VET DISCRIMINATION

VETERANS WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY NOT BEING HIRED, ESPECIALLY MANY BLACK MALE VETS (AGE 50+):

VET DISCRIMINATION IS RAMPANT YET OFTEN IGNORED.

JOBLESS AND HOMELESS REMAINS THE PLIGHT OF MANY HONORABLE US MILITARY VETS........THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

NON-PROFIT AGENCIES ARE NOT USING FEDERAL MONEY TO ASSIST BLACK MALE US MILITARY HONORABLE VETS.

JOBS FOR HARDWORKING, RELIABLE VETS ARE GOING TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND UNSKILLED WORKERS.

YET COMPANIES ARE STILL RECEIVING FEDERAL MONEY TO HIRE VETS WHEN THEY ARE REALLY NOT HIRING VETS.

AND MANY COMPANIES WHO DO HIRE VETS PAY THEM VERY LOW WAGES.

WHERE ARE THE FEDERAL AUDITS FOR EMPLOYERS AND NON-PROFIT VETERANS' AGENCIES??


Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics



****** Employment Situation of Veterans Summary

For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, March 22, 2017



~ EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF VETERANS -- 2016

The unemployment rate for veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time since September 2001--a group referred to as Gulf War-era II veterans--
edged down to 5.1 percent in 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

The jobless rate for all veterans also edged down over the year to 4.3 percent.

About 36 percent of Gulf War-era II veterans had a service-connected disability in August 2016, compared with 22 percent of all veterans.

This information was obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly sample survey of about 60,000 households that provides data on employment and
unemployment in the United States.

Data about veterans are collected monthly in the CPS; these monthly data are the source of the 2016 annual averages presented in this
news release.

In August 2016, a supplement to the CPS collected additional information about veterans on topics such as service-connected disability and veterans' current or past Reserve or National Guard membership. Information from the supplement is also presented in this release.

The supplement was co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs and by the U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service.

For more information, see the Technical Note, which provides definitions of terms used in this release.


Highlights from the 2016 data:

--The unemployment rate for male veterans overall was not statistically different from the rate for female veterans in 2016.

The unemployment rate for male veterans (4.2 percent) edged down over the year, and the rate for female veterans (5.0 percent) changed little.

--Among the 453,000 unemployed veterans in 2016, 60 percent were age 45 and over,
36 percent were age 25 to 44, and 4 percent were age 18 to 24.

--Veterans with a service-connected disability had an unemployment rate of 4.8 percent in August 2016, about the same as veterans with no disability (4.7 percent).

--Nearly 1 in 3 employed veterans with a service-connected disability worked in the public sector in August 2016, compared with about 1 in 5 veterans with no
disability.

--In 2016, the unemployment rate of veterans varied across the country, ranging from 1.8 percent in Indiana to 7.6 percent in the District of Columbia.


The Veteran Population:

In 2016, 20.9 million men and women were veterans, accounting for about 9 percent of the civilian noninstitutional population age 18 and over.

About 10 percent of all veterans were women. In the survey, veterans are defined as men and women who have previously
served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and who were civilians at the time these data were collected.

Veterans are more likely to be men than nonveterans and also tend to be older.

In part, this reflects the characteristics of veterans who served during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam era, all of whom are now over 55 years old.

Veterans who served during these wartime periods accounted for 41 percent (8.5 million) of the total veteran population in 2016. Just over one-third of veterans (7.3 million) served during Gulf War era I (August 1990 to August 2001) or Gulf War
era II (September 2001 forward). Another quarter (5.2 million) served outside the designated wartime periods.


Gulf War-era II Veterans:

In 2016, there were 3.9 million veterans who had served during Gulf War era II (September 2001 forward).

Eighteen percent of these veterans were women, compared
with about 4 percent of veterans from World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam era.

Seventy-one percent of all Gulf War-era II veterans were between the ages of 25
and 44.

Among Gulf War-era II veterans, the unemployment rate for men was not statistically different from the rate for women in 2016.

The unemployment rates for both men (5.0
percent) and women (5.6 percent) were little changed from the prior year.

The unemployment rate for male Gulf War-era II veterans (5.0 percent) was little different than the rate for male nonveterans (4.8 percent) in 2016.

Among men age 25 to 34, Gulf War-era II veterans had a higher unemployment rate (6.6 percent) than did nonveterans (4.9 percent).

For the other age groups, unemployment rates of male Gulf
War-era II veterans and nonveterans were not statistically different.

Among women, the unemployment rate for Gulf War-era II veterans (5.6 percent) was not statistically different from the rate for nonveterans (4.6 percent) in 2016.

By age, unemployment rates for female Gulf War-era II veterans and nonveterans were not statistically different.

Employed Gulf War-era II veterans were about twice as likely to work in the public sector in 2016 as employed nonveterans--28 percent and 13 percent, respectively.

Among the employed, 16 percent of Gulf War-era II veterans worked for the federal government, compared with 2 percent of nonveterans.

In August 2016, 48 percent of Gulf War-era II veterans reported serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, or both locations.

These veterans had an unemployment rate of 4.8
percent, not statistically different from Gulf War-era II veterans who served elsewhere (6.0 percent).

Gulf War-era I Veterans:

Of the 3.4 million veterans who served during Gulf War era I (August 1990 to August 2001), 15 percent were women. Nearly all (98 percent) Gulf War-era I veterans were
age 35 and over in 2016, compared with half of Gulf War-era II veterans.

In 2016, the unemployment rate for male Gulf War-era I veterans was 3.5 percent, lower
than the rate for their Gulf War-era II veteran counterparts (5.0 percent).

The difference in the unemployment rates reflects, at least in part, the older age profile
of veterans who served during Gulf War era I. Younger people--whether veterans or nonveterans--tend to have higher unemployment rates.

Among women, the rates for Gulf
War-era I veterans (4.2 percent) and Gulf War-era II veterans (5.6 percent) were not statistically different.


Veterans of Other Service Periods:

In 2016, 5.2 million veterans had served on active duty during "other service periods," mainly between the Korean War and the Vietnam era and between the Vietnam era and Gulf
War era I.

All veterans from this period of service were 40 years or older at the time of the survey.

Twenty-six percent of these veterans were age 45 to 54 in 2016, another 34 percent were age 55 to 64, and another 39 percent were age 65 and over.

In 2016, 1 in 10 veterans of other service periods were women. Among veterans of other service periods, the unemployment rate for men was 4.1 percent, little different than
the rate for women (4.9 percent).


Veterans with a Service-connected Disability:

In August 2016, about 4.6 million veterans, or 22 percent of the total, had a service- connected disability.

Veterans with a service-connected disability are assigned a
disability rating by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the U.S. Department of Defense.

Ratings range from 0 to 100 percent, in increments of 10 percentage points, depending on the severity of the condition.

The unemployment rate for veterans with a service-connected disability was 4.8 percent in August 2016, about the same as veterans with no disability (4.7 percent).

The labor force participation rate for veterans with a service-connected disability (46.4 percent)
was lower than the rate for veterans with no disability (50.7 percent).

Among veterans with a service-connected disability, 30 percent had a disability rating of less than 30 percent, while another 37 percent had a rating of 60 percent or higher.

In August 2016, veterans with a service-connected disability rating of less than 30 percent were much more likely to be in the labor force than those with a rating of 60
percent or higher (54.7 percent and 29.9 percent, respectively).

The unemployment rate For veterans with a disability rating of less than 30 percent was 4.4 percent, not
statistically different than for those with a disability rating of 60 percent or higher (3.8 percent).

Among veterans who served during Gulf War era II, 36 percent (1.4 million) had a service-connected disability.

Of these, 76.0 percent were in the labor force in August 2016, lower than the 86.6 percent for veterans from this period with no service- connected disability.

Among Gulf War-era II veterans, the unemployment rate for those with a service-connected disability was 5.4 percent, little different from those with no disability (5.7 percent).

In August 2016, about a quarter (901,000) of veterans who served during Gulf War era I had a service-connected disability. Their labor force participation rate (64.0 percent)
was lower than the rate for veterans from the era who did not have a disability (86.7
percent).

The unemployment rate for Gulf War-era I veterans with a service-connected disability (5.3 percent) was not statistically different than that for Gulf War-era I
veterans without a service-connected disability (4.2 percent).

Among the 1.6 million veterans with a service-connected disability from World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam era, 14.1 percent were in the labor force in August
2016 , lower than the 25.3 percent of veterans from these periods who did not have a
service-connected disability.

The unemployment rate of veterans with a disability from these wartime periods was 3.7 percent, about the same as their counterparts with no disability (3.8 percent).

About 669,000 or 13 percent of veterans who served during other service periods reported a service-connected disability in August 2016.

The labor force participation rate for these veterans (37.8 percent) was lower than their counterparts without a
service-connected disability (50.3 percent), while the unemployment rate was not statistically different for veterans with a service-connected disability (2.0 percent)
and those with no disability (4.8 percent).

Regardless of period of service, many veterans with a service-connected disability worked in the public sector. In August 2016, 31 percent of employed veterans with a
disability worked in federal, state, or local government, compared with 19 percent of
veterans with no disability and 13 percent of nonveterans. In particular, 20 percent of employed veterans with a disability worked for the federal government, compared
with 7 percent of veterans with no disability and 2 percent of nonveterans.


Reserve and National Guard Membership:

In August 2016, about one-third of Gulf War-era veterans (August 1990 to present) were current or past members of the Reserve or National Guard.

Labor force participation rates were higher for veterans who were current or past members of the Reserve or
National Guard (83.6 percent), compared with veterans who were never members (80.6
percent).
Among Gulf War-era veterans, those who were current or past members of the Reserve or National Guard had an unemployment rate (4.0 percent) that was not
statistically different than those who had never been members (5.6 percent).

KENNEKA JENKINS IS MURDERED YET MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL REMAINS SILENT (BUT HE SCREAMED FOR DACA)

#RAHMEMANUEL

KENNEKA JENKINS WAS MURDERED YET CHICAGO MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL REMAINS SILENT:

HOW IRONIC RAHM SPOKE UP LOUD FOR DACA DREAMERS BUT KEEPS HIS MOUTH SHUT FOR KENNEKA.

PERHAPS IF KENNEKA WERE LATINO RAHM WOULD CARE.

WHAT A SHAME BLACK VOTERS ARE BEING REPLACED AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE, NOT EVEN BLACK LEADERS.

#KENNEKA


Sources: Chicago Tribune, CBS News



**** What we still don't know about Kenneka Jenkins' freezer death — despite what's on social media



Nearly three days after Kenneka Jenkins was found dead inside a walk-in freezer in a Rosemont hotel, police have said very little about what happened to the 19-year-old.

No cause of death has been released and police won't say if there were signs of trauma on her body when it was discovered early Sunday morning at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Yet that has not kept thousands and thousands of online commenters from accusing and making threats against people they think set Jenkins up and then attacked her. "The day of punishment will come," one person posted, though police have not even said whether a crime has been committed.

Much of the speculation is based on a livestream video that was apparently broadcast from a hotel room shortly before Jenkins disappeared.

The video — which has gotten more than 4 million views — features a woman in mirrored sunglasses talking to the camera. Reflected in her glasses is the other side of the room, where Jenkins appears to be sitting.

The video has been shared more than 53,000 times and has drawn nearly 35,000 comments. Some viewers claim to hear her cry for help, others hear someone say she is being attacked.

But words are often garbled or obscured by music or other people talking. The images reflected in the woman's sunglasses appear clear at times, but it's still hard to tell what exactly Jenkins is doing.

Investigators say they have been reviewing the Facebook video as well as surveillance video, and have been talking with people who were in the room. But they have said very little so far about what they have found.

Here is a timeline of events that unfolded over the weekend at the hotel, as disclosed by family and police, followed by what we do not know about the case.

Yet that has not kept thousands and thousands of online commenters from accusing and making threats against people they think set Jenkins up and then attacked her. "The day of punishment will come," one person posted, though police have not even said whether a crime has been committed.

Much of the speculation is based on a livestream video that was apparently broadcast from a hotel room shortly before Jenkins disappeared. The video — which has gotten more than 4 million views — features a woman in mirrored sunglasses talking to the camera. Reflected in her glasses is the other side of the room, where Jenkins appears to be sitting.

The video has been shared more than 53,000 times and has drawn nearly 35,000 comments. Some viewers claim to hear her cry for help, others hear someone say she is being attacked.
But words are often garbled or obscured by music or other people talking.

The images reflected in the woman's sunglasses appear clear at times, but it's still hard to tell what exactly Jenkins is doing.

Investigators say they have been reviewing the Facebook video as well as surveillance video, and have been talking with people who were in the room. But they have said very little so far about what they have found.

Here is a timeline of events that unfolded over the weekend at the hotel, as disclosed by family and police, followed by what we do not know about the case.

• 12:48 a.m. Sunday. Jenkins is pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. The cause of death remains undetermined after an autopsy the next day, pending further studies and investigation.

• Around 5 a.m. Sunday. Martin is allowed to see her daughter's body. She says the body had been removed from the freezer, which appeared to have been defrosted. “Her hair had soaking water up on there," she told reporters.

What We Don't Know

• What Jenkins was doing between the time she left home at 11:30 p.m. Friday and the time the video began around 1:35 a.m. Saturday.

• Who was in the hotel room. Police have not said how many were in the room and whether Jenkins knew all or most of them.

• What witnesses have told police about what went on in the room. Do they contradict each other?

Jenkins' mother has said her friends’ stories about what happened have changed. Is anyone considered a suspect?

• Whether Jenkins left alone or with someone, and whether anyone else was with her at the front desk.

• Who finally found Jenkins? How? Police have not said whether video shows her entering the freezer or whether there was anyone with her.

• We don't know how Jenkins died or whether there were signs of trauma. Jenkins' family said they were initially told by police that Jenkins apparently let herself into the freezer while drunk and died inside.

But a police spokesman said on Monday that nothing has been ruled out.

The medical examiner's office says the cause of death remains undetermined pending further studies and investigation.

• Police initially said the freezer was running at the time, but a spokesman later appeared to back off that comment.

It's also unknown whether there was a lever inside that would have allowed Jenkins to get out.

DACA CONGRESSIONAL FIX EQUALS ILLEGAL MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS REPLACE BLACKS IN 21st CENTURY AMERICA (2020)

#DACA


DACA FIX EQUALS ILLEGAL MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS REPLACE BLACKS IN 21st CENTURY AMERICA (2020):

BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS WILL INCREASE BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE BEING REPLACED.

WHY SHOULD WALL STREET CEOS PAY BLACK JOB APPLICANTS $15.00 AN HOUR WHEN THEY CAN PAY ILLEGAL MEXICANS $10.00 AN HOUR??

IT'S NOT FEAR, IT'S NOT HATE, IT'S OBVIOUS REALITY AND CONGRESS IS CELEBRATING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

INCLUDING BLACK CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS MEMBERS.

PRAY BLACK VOTERS AND START ASKING QUESTIONS OR BECOME EXTINCT.


Sources: Thought Crime, CNN, Yvette Carnell, Universal Films, YouTube


**** Blacks Finally Notice They're Being Replaced By Mexicans



The burgeoning Mexican invasion has begun to take on many of the outward trappings of the so-called (and badly misnamed) civil rights movement of the 1960s.

This includes adopting much of the rhetoric of Martin Lucifer Koon, Jesse Jackson, Ralph Abernathy, etc. In some of the mass demonstrations which took place on May 1st, the beginning of the Aztlan Revolution, the Mexicans even carried pictures of Martin Luther King and sang "We Shall Overcome" in Spanish.

The object of the "New Civil Rights Movement" is to extort at economic gunpoint citizenship for millions of illegal Third World immigrants, and thus make sure that white people are forever outnumbered and outvoted in their own country, the country their ancestors made.

The next step, of course, will be separation from the United States and the creation of Aztlan, a Hispanic nation in the southwestern U. S. Get used to hearing that name, folks. It's going to be part of our future from now on.

But many among the artificially created black middle class which has been brought into being by affirmative action and the Democratic party are starting to become uneasy.

The blacks do have enough rudimentary intelligence to see and to understand that the great American pie is no longer limitless, and that the bigger the slice of the white man's pie that is given to the Mexicans and other illegal Third World immigrants, the smaller the slice of that pie which will be given to negroes.

The apprehension is also becoming acute among black blue collar workers who, like their white counterparts, can see with their own eyes that their jobs are being taken by $5.00 per hour illegals. Some liberals and "black intellectuals" (pardon the oxymoron) also object to the Mexicans adopting the trappings of the 1960s civil rights movement, pointing out that the Mexicans are Johnny-come-latelies to the racket.

What might be called the "classic liberal" objection to the Mexicans aping the apes, so to speak, and plagiarizing the symbols and appurtenances of the 1960s crusade, is that blacks technically speaking were American citizens after 1865.

According to the legend, they supposedly endured centuries of enslavement, rapes, lynchings and discrimination before they started marching. (In actual fact, of course, the old South under segregation was nowhere near as bad as it is pictured by liberals who want to re-write history, but that's another subject.)

In essence, the blacks are saying to the Mexicans, "We wuz here first, muddafukkas, go find you own corner." There is a large element of one gang trying to muscle in on the other's turf here. Who will end up with the biggest piece of the action, i.e. the white man's tax dollars?

The blacks or the spics? Bluntly, on a level playing field as they fight over America's carcass, my money is on the spics.

The potential for conflict between the New Civil Rights Movement and the old is the most acute in the area of low-skilled black workers who must compete with immigrants for entry-level jobs.

One thing must be conceded to the Mexicans: their first generation of immigrants that crossed the river will at least work hard.
So when an employer has $100 an hour budgeted for labor and he is faced with a choice of hiring twenty illegals who will work like ants at $5.00 an hour, or ten lazy back-talking coons at $10.00 an hour who will lie around all day smoking joints and drinking wine, who is he going to pick?

DACA REPEAL EXPOSES BLACK LEADERS vs SELL-OUTS (“GET OUT BLACK VOTERS”)

#DACA


DACA REPEAL EXPOSES BLACK LEADERS vs BLACK SELL-OUTS:

IT'S OFFICIAL........CBC MEMBERS REPLACE BLACK VOTERS.

BLACK LEADERS THROW LEGAL BLACK VOTERS UNDER THE BUS FOR ILLEGAL HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS AND POLITICS.

BLACK LEADERS ARE NOW SAYING HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS BUILT AMERICA NOT BLACK SLAVES.

DEAR LORD IS BLACK AMERICA DOOMED FOREVER??


Sources: The Grio, CNN, Human Events, Universal Films, Youtube


**** Does rise of Latino population spell doom for the Congressional Black Caucus?



As a result of redistricting efforts in New York, and rapid growth in Harlem’s Latino population, which is now larger than the black population, this community’s black residents may no longer have a leading voice in their district.

Congressman Charles Rangel, who represents the district, was able to withstand an ethics scandal that threatened his seat. But a rising Latino population could mean the end to black power in Harlem.

Changing demographics throughout the nation, combined with retiring lawmakers and redistricting, have members of the Congressional Black Caucus concerned that they will lose long-held black seats.

While much attention has been paid to gentrification and its consequences for historically African-American enclaves, there has been little discussion of the impact of the nation’s Latino population, now the largest minority group in the U.S.

According to the 2010 census, Latinos increased from 12.5 percent of the U.S. population in 2000 to 16.3 percent in 2010.

Blacks only increased from 12.3 percent to 12.6 percent during the same time period. Now, 50.5 million Hispanic-Americans outnumber 38.9 million African-Americans.

And in the New York metropolitan area, blacks, Latinos and Asians now make up a majority of the more than 19 million people in the area.

For the first time, the Hispanic poverty rate (28.2 percent) has surpassed the black rate (23.4 percent) nationwide.

This turn of events is due to lower participation of immigrant groups and non-English speakers in government assistance programs.

Black urban areas are emptying out and impoverished Latino groups are moving in.

As a result of redistricting efforts in New York, and rapid growth in Harlem’s Latino population, which is now larger than the black population, this community’s black residents may no longer have a leading voice in their district.

Congressman Charles Rangel, who represents the district, was able to withstand an ethics scandal that threatened his seat. But a rising Latino population could mean the end to black power in Harlem.

Changing demographics throughout the nation, combined with retiring lawmakers and redistricting, have members of the Congressional Black Caucus concerned that they will lose long-held black seats.

While much attention has been paid to gentrification and its consequences for historically African-American enclaves, there has been little discussion of the impact of the nation’s Latino population, now the largest minority group in the U.S.

According to the 2010 census, Latinos increased from 12.5 percent of the U.S. population in 2000 to 16.3 percent in 2010.

Blacks only increased from 12.3 percent to 12.6 percent during the same time period. Now, 50.5 million Hispanic-Americans outnumber 38.9 million African-Americans.

And in the New York metropolitan area, blacks, Latinos and Asians now make up a majority of the more than 19 million people in the area.

For the first time, the Hispanic poverty rate (28.2 percent) has surpassed the black rate (23.4 percent) nationwide.

This turn of events is due to lower participation of immigrant groups and non-English speakers in government assistance programs. Black urban areas are emptying out and impoverished Latino groups are moving in.

According to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, the “ghetto” as we know it is changing from black to Hispanic.

The population of 133 historically black communities fell 36 percent since 1970, while black population growth slowed down and blacks moved to new areas.

Only 7 percent of blacks live in traditional ghettos, down from 33 percent in 1970.

African-Americans are moving back to the South and out of the big cities into the predominantly white suburbs, in the dramatic fashion in which they migrated to the North from the late 1800s to the 1950s.

Atlanta, for example, increased its number of black people by half a million in 10 years.

This reverse migration represents a major demographic shift: As the South’s share of African-Americans (57 percent) is at its highest point in over half a century, the five counties with the highest proportion of blacks — Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Cook (Illinois), Wayne (Michigan) and Kings (New York) — all shed black folks in the past decade.

Far more dramatic that the black reverse migration, however, is the ascendancy of Latinos across the nation, including in the South and other areas where few to none existed a few decades ago.

Of the 12 states with the largest rise in their Latino population, nine were in the South, including top-ranked South Carolina, followed by Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, North Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia and Virginia.

The non-Southern states are Maryland, South Dakota and Delaware. And of the 12 states with the largest number of Hispanics, the Southern state of Georgia ranks 10th, and North Carolina is 11th. California ranks first, followed by Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, Arizona and other states.

Latinos became a majority in 191 of the nation’s 366 metropolitan areas, which account for 83.7 percent of the population of the U.S. In 2000—when Hispanics were more typically found in the border states of the Southwest—the group was a majority in 159 metropolitan areas.

Some of these areas include Atlantic City, New Jersey, Chicago, and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Further, Omaha, Nebraska, Oklahoma City, Lakeland, Florida and Madison Wisconsin, all experienced faster Latino growth compared to blacks. Cities with particularly sizable declines in blacks include St. Louis, Detroit, Cleveland and New York.

Whites declined in all metro areas, and Asians increased in all but five.

In the city of Chicago, where blacks, whites and Hispanics are roughly equal, black and Latino mayoral candidates were rejected in favor of a white candidate — Rahm Emanuel, former White House chief of staff under Obama.

Latinos in Georgia increased from 435,000 to 850,000 in a decade. North Carolina has doubled its Latino population in the past 10 years, and 63 of the state’s 100 counties are at least 5 percent Latino.

Texas, which is a majority-minority state of 25 million people and 45 percent white, is around 38 percent Latino.

The state grew 20.6 percent since 2000, adding 4.2 million new people.

Latinos were responsible for 65 percent of that growth, and 95 percent of the 1 million additional children. Texas’ white population grew by only 4.2 percent, and the black population by 22 percent.

Latino growth gave Texas four additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, more than any other state. Latinos will receive three new seats in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and Hidalgo and Starr Counties in the Rio Grande Valley.

The news came following complaints that Republican lawmakers were ignoring the Latino population and manipulating the redistricting process for political gain.

According to the census, most of California’s growth was due to Hispanics, who increased 28 percent to 14 million and achieved near population parity with whites, while Asians rose 28 percent to 14 million.

Whites dropped 5.4 percent to below 15 million, and black Californians fell 1 percent to 2.2 million people.

In the U.S., the Latino vote increased the most in California and Florida, with Latinos accounting for 23 percent and 34 percent of each state’s vote, respectively.

Latino voters are likely have an impact in key political battleground states such as Colorado, Florida, Nevada and New Mexico in 2012.

At the same time, conservative Republican backlash against Hispanic growth is evident in a number of Southern states.

Tough immigration laws in Georgia—with an undocumented population of about 425,000 — and Alabama — with around 125,000 undocumented immigrants and a 145 percent Latino growth rate since 2000—have scared away Latino migrant labor.

Alabama farmers are now considering using prison labor to replace the Latino agricultural workers that fled following the passage of that state’s immigration legislation.

In South Carolina, which leads the nation in Latino population growth, the state’s immigration law allows police to ask the immigration status of people during routine traffic stops if there is a “reasonable suspicion” they are undocumented.

That law was partially blocked by a federal judge in Charleston.
The court struck down the traffic stop provision of the law, and the ban on transporting or harboring an undocumented immigrant.

Federal courts have also blocked parts of immigration laws in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana and Utah.

In the South, Obama victories in the former Confederacy strongholds of Virginia, North Carolina and Florida in 2008 were attributed in part to black and Hispanic turnout, a factor which is poised to change race relations in the South.

Nationwide, blacks and Hispanics were a larger share of voters in that election year.

African-Americans are no longer the only minority group, and in some cases not even the dominant minority group in the South, which means that politicians will have to pay attention to the needs and concerns of Latinos.

Taking advantage of demographic shifts, a black-Latino coalition with moderate and liberal whites could provide a remedy to waning black political clout, and a counter to the white Republican political dominance of the South.

With Latinos as one of every 12 voters in Georgia (whose minority adult population is 41 percent), North Carolina and Virginia, a rising black and Asian population can alter the Southern political landscape.

DACA ENDS TEMPORARILY; TRUMP PUNTS PROGRAM TO CONGRESS TO FIX IN 6 MOS

#DACA

DACA ENDS TEMPORARILY; TRUMP PUNTS PROGRAM TO CONGRESS TO FIX IN 6 MOS:

ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO THE USA IS STILL A CRIME JUST AS ILLEGAL ENTRY IS STILL A CRIME IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

ILLEGALS COST MORE TO EDUCATE, SUCK UP JOBS, DON'T PAY TAXES AND DRIVE DOWN AMERICAN WAGES.

DREAMERS ARE NOT ANIMALS NEITHER ARE THOUSANDS OF BLACK MEN INCARCERATED AND KILLED BY POLICE THE LAST 8 YRS WHILE OBAMA WAS IN OFFICE.

FIXING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WILL CLOSE THE GAP OF DIVISION BETWEEN BLACKS AND HISPANICS.

PERHAPS THAT IS WHY CONGRESS DOESN'T WANT TO FIX IT.


Sources: CNBC, CBS News, CNN, Youtube


***** Trump administration is ending DACA immigration program, AG Sessions says


President Donald Trump is ending the Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of people who entered the United States illegally as children, with a six-month delay intended to allow Congress to act.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who announced the Trump administration decision on Tuesday, argued that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was an unlawful overreach by President Barack Obama and said he could not defend it.

It sets up a potential rush for lawmakers to pass a bill protecting so-called dreamers before the Trump administration's deadline. It is unclear if the GOP-held Congress, which has failed to pass similar legislation in the past, can do so in the near future as it faces multiple crucial deadlines to approve legislation.

Public opposition to rescinding the program had mounted recently amid protests around the country. Top Republican lawmakers like House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, as well as technology sector leaders, had pushed Trump not to scrap DACA.

Trump allies like Sessions urged him to end the program, arguing it will be difficult to defend in court. Critics have said that Obama exceeded his authority with the policy.

"Simply put if we are to further our goal of strengthening the constitutional order and rule of law in America the Department of Justice cannot defend this overreach," Sessions said Tuesday.

Scrapping DACA, which started in 2012 under Obama, could affect roughly 800,000 young people registered under the program.

It gives the immigrants a two-year period of protection from deportation and permit to work in the United States.

Here's what the Trump administration will do, according to the Department of Homeland Security:

Acting DHS Secretary Elaine Duke has issued a memo formally rescinding DACA and starting what the administration calls an "orderly wind down."

The government will not process any new applications or requests for DACA protection.

People currently protected will not be affected before March 5, 2018, "so Congress can have time to deliver on appropriate legislative solutions," according to Duke.

In a tweet Tuesday, the president said Congress needs to "get ready to do your job" on DACA. Trump did not signal what, specifically, what action he wants Congress to take in relation to the program.

Republican state officials had threatened to sue the Trump administration over DACA if had not been rescinded by Tuesday.

As a candidate, Trump pledged to end the program, but later softened his stance, saying he wanted to treat the immigrants with "heart."

On Friday, Trump said he had a "great feeling for DACA."

"We love the dreamers," Trump said, using the name for the people protected under DACA. "We love everybody."

The decision could drag on American GDP.
In a statement Tuesday, Ryan criticized the Obama executive order but called for Congress to act to protect dreamers.

"It is my hope that the House and Senate, with the president's leadership, will be able to find consensus on a permanent legislative solution that includes ensuring that those who have done nothing wrong can still contribute as a valued part of this great country," the Wisconsin Republican said.

In an open letter Thursday, nearly 400 U.S. executives, including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon's Jeff Bezos, urged Trump to retain the protections.

DREAMERS ARE NOT ANIMALS NEITHER ARE THOUSANDS OF BLACK MEN INCARCERATED AND KILLED BY POLICE

DREAMERS ARE NOT ANIMALS NEITHER ARE THOUSANDS OF BLACK MEN INCARCERATED AND KILLED BY POLICE THE LAST 8 YRS WHILE OBAMA WAS IN OFFICE.


Sources: Huffpost, YouTube


****** The Black Male Incarceration Problem Is Real and It’s Catastrophic


“We have more work to do when more young black men languish in prison than attend colleges and universities across America.” President Barack Obama

In a recent article the widely held belief surrounding the number of black men incarcerated outnumbering the number of black men enrolled in higher education was refuted. The piece is titled “The myth that there are more black men in prison than in college, debunked in one chart”.The author appears to believe through proving this assertion about prison and education ratios to be inaccurate either a point of great progress can be demonstrated, or an overstatement of calamity about the state of African American men can be corrected.

Yet the real issue is the number of people in prison should never be similar to the number educated. For most in our country this in fact holds true, but for black men the two numbers are in fact close and that is the inescapable problem. The supposed myth on its face may in fact be incorrect. There may be more black men in college than in prison, but the truth still stands that there are a socially catastrophic number of black men behind bars in the United States. Let me give a bit of context for this discussion. Referencing the same article above

“The Census estimates that approximately 18,508,926 people in the U.S. population are black males, of all ages...The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Prisoner Statistics Program reports that in that same year, 526,000 were in state or federal prisons, and, as of mid-year 2013, 219,660 were in local jails, making for a total of about 745,000 behind bars”
To give a lens for viewing this data India is a country of 1.2 Billion people, the country in total only has around 380,000 prisoners. In fact, there are more African American men incarcerated in the U.S. than the total prison populations in India, Argentina, Canada, Lebanon, Japan, Germany, Finland, Israel and England combined.

As stated by Nicole Porter in the piece“Politics of Black Lives Matter”

...countries have the policies and prison populations they choose. Between 1965 and 1990, a period during which overall and violent crime rates tripled in Germany, Finland, and the United States, German politicians chose to hold the imprisonment rate flat, Finnish politicians chose to substantially reduce theirs, and American politicians generally enacted policies that sent more people to prison, along with lengthened prison terms.
Today in the United States there are approximately 18 million black men, and nearly 161 million women of all races. According to the Sentencing Project the total number of women incarcerated in America is about 200,000. Even more shocking despite the population of black men being about a tenth the size, there are nearly 4 times as many black men incarcerated in comparison to women of all races in the U.S.

To give a more appropriate contrast than just black men in college and black men incarcerated, lets look at the debated education vs incarceration reality for white women and black men comparatively. According to the Census in total there are about 8.5 million white women in college, and there are just 60,000 white women incarcerated. For black men the numbers are as listed above, there are about 1.4 million black men enrolled in higher education, and a cataclysmic 745,000 behind bars, with another large sum on probation and parole.

So in the end the contrasting of college enrollment vs. incarceration is not the key comparative. While it is part of an analysis, only by applying it with more depth can we see a fuller and more accurate picture. It is more important to look at these rates and be honest about the advantaged, and disadvantaged. The key is that as then presidential candidate Barack Obama stated “We have more work to do...” We can only take steps and start this work by asking the hard question of why historical differences in both opportunity and misfortune have left us such a disparity in access to opportunity for all.

DACA PROGRAM TO END IN 5 MOS IF CONGRESS DOESN'T FIX LEGALLY (CAMPAIGN PROMISES)

#DACA

DREAMERS PROGRAM TO END IN 5 MOS IF CONGRESS DOESN'T FIX LEGALLY (CAMPAIGN PROMISES):

MANY LEGAL LATINO, WHITE, BLACK, ASIAN & INDIAN STUDENTS ARE DENIED COLLEGE AID DUE TO ILLEGAL STUDENTS RECEIVING IT.

DEMOCRATS GAVE ILLEGALS EVERYTHING FOR THEIR 2016 VOTES BUT THE ILLEGALS VOTED FOR TRUMP.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS NOT LEGAL CITIZENSHIP.

DEMOCRATS CAN'T KEEP USING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO REPLACE WHITE & BLACK LEGAL VOTERS.

ANOTHER REASON WHY DEMOCRATS LOST IN 2016.


Sources: AP, Michael Savage, CBS News, NY Daily News, Alex Jones, Reuters, Yahoo News, YouTube


**** AP sources: Trump expected to end 'Dreamers' program



........ From Sasuhou, Yahoo News Commenter

< "Per our local reports, there are over 500,000 illegals in the Houston area alone. They are all getting money for what happened because we are a state that will not leave you out alone, but most understand that the money they will take could easily be going to the USA legal victims of the hurricane. So, yes build the wall Mr. President! I am a disowned Latina, and I know my people. Once they are allowed to stay, you will see the border saturated with more minors trained in what to say when crossing and demanding every free benefit they can get. Smugglers read a single sentence like this to rapidly increase the number of young illegal immigrants they cross. For those illegals who personally argue of how hard they work, you have to be honest to yourself, and recognize that while you work, you are also trying to cheat the system because after all, “El que no tranza no avanza” right? This famous Mexican accepted phrase says basically that he, who doesn’t cheat, doesn’t advance. The fact is that illegal immigrants will pull at your heart's strings with scripted lines to make you feel guilty and sorry for them. They talk about families being separated when most already directly LEFT their children back in their countries for many years before bringing them here, also illegally. How can you wish rape upon your “loved” one when according to a stunning Fusion investigation, 80 percent of women and girls crossing into the U.S. by way of Mexico are raped during their journey. Many complain that the wall will be about 25 billion dollars, but the USA has been paying for it for the longest time. At least lets get back something physically solid for it. Year after year, we have paid well over the 25 billion on getting every illegal and their families food stamps, housing, health care, free child birth, welfare checks, almost free education that USA students don't get, scholarship money that should go to your children, some even free cell phone service, free entertainment in the case of the illegal minors who at least under Obama got taken to waterparks and movies for weekly fun time. Just by minimizing the money that Mexicans take from us when we spend on them, we will be getting the money back from Mexico. I am tired of seeing so many Mexican license plates, even luxury cars of known drug dealers’ daughters, outside the benefit offices of my border town. At least we need to lose less. Please, defend the young citizens of this our USA."

......... From Chris, Yahoo News Commenter

< "As a college educator, I have seen countless Dream Act recipients being awarded a higher education virtually for free while so many young people born in this country have been forced to put off their schooling or to work nearly full time schedules in order to finance their tuition. Not fair at all."

...........From Biagio, Yahoo News Commenter

"Shame on Obama for implementing this program that ignored Federal laws and causing inequality in immigration. I am for equality and believe all immigrants should go through the same equal system, no one is above the law and no one should circumvent the laws and put themselves in front of other LEGAL immigrants. I am an immigrant and I support equality in immigration!!"

............. From Koalasalad, Yahoo News Commenter

"I welcome all fellow immigrants with open arms. But illegals are not immigrants, they're intruders."



~~~ WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, but with a six-month delay, people familiar with the plans said Sunday.

The delay in the formal dismantling of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program would be intended to give Congress time to decide whether it wants to address the status of the so-called Dreamers in legislation, according to two people familiar with the president's thinking. But it was not immediately clear how the six-month delay would work in practice and what would happen to people who currently have work permits under the program, or whose permits expire during the six-month stretch.

It also was unclear exactly what would happen if Congress failed to pass a measure by the considered deadline. Two people familiar with the president's thinking spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter ahead of a planned Tuesday announcement.

The president, who has been grappling with the issue for months, has been known to change his mind in the past and could still shift course. The plan was first reported by Politico Sunday evening.

Trump has been wrestling for months with what to do with the Obama-era DACA program, which has given nearly 800,000 young immigrants a reprieve from deportation and the ability to work legally in the form of two-year, renewable work permits.

The expected move would come as the White House faces a Tuesday deadline set by Republican state officials threatening to continue sue the Trump administration if the president did not end the program. It also would come as Trump digs in on appeals to his base as he finds himself increasingly under fire, with his poll numbers hanging at near-record lows.

Trump had been personally torn as late as last week over how to deal with what are undoubtedly the most sympathetic immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. Many came to the U.S. as young children and have no memories of or connections to the countries they were born in.

During his campaign, Trump slammed DACA as illegal "amnesty" and vowed to eliminate the program the day he took office. But since his election, Trump has wavered on the issue, at one point telling The Associated Press that those covered could "rest easy."

Trump had been unusually candid as he wrestled with the decision in the early months of his administration. During a February press conference, he said the topic was "a very, very difficult subject for me, I will tell you. To me, it's one of the most difficulty subjects I have."

"You have some absolutely incredible kids — I would say mostly," he said. adding: "I love these kids."

All the while, his administration continued to process applications and renew DACA work permits, to the dismay of immigration hard-liners.

News of the president's expected decision appeared to anger advocates on both sides of the issue.

"IF REPORTS ARE TRUE, Pres Trump better prepare for the civil rights fight of his admin. A clean DREAM Act is now a Nat Emergency #DefendDACA," tweeted New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat.

But Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican who has called DACA unconstitutional, warned that a delay in dismantling it would amount to "Republican suicide."

"Ending DACA now gives chance 2 restore Rule of Law. Delaying so R Leadership can push Amnesty is Republican suicide," he wrote.

It would be up to congressional lawmakers to pass a measure to protect those who have been covered under the program. While there is considerable support for that prospect among Democrats and moderate Republicans, Congress is already facing a packed fall agenda and has had a poor track record in recent years in passing immigration-related bills.

House Speaker Paul Ryan and a number of other legislators urged Trump last week to hold off on scrapping DACA to give them time to come up with a legislative fix.

"These are kids who know no other country, who are brought here by their parents and don't know another home. And so I really do believe that there needs to be a legislative solution," Ryan told Wisconsin radio station WCLO.

The Obama administration created the DACA program in 2012 as a stopgap to protect some young immigrants from deportation as they pushed unsuccessfully for a broader immigration overhaul in Congress.

The program protected people in the country illegally who could prove they arrived before they were 16, had been in the United States for several years and had not committed a crime while being here. It mimicked versions of the so-called DREAM Act, which would have provided legal status for young immigrants but was never passed by Congress.

As of July 31, 2015, more than 790,000 young immigrants had been approved under the program, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The House under Democratic control passed a Dream Act in 2010 but it died in the Senate. But since Republicans retook control of the House in late 2010, it has grown increasingly hardline on immigration, killing the Senate's comprehensive immigration bill in 2013 and failing to even take up a GOP border security bill two years later because of objections from conservatives.

Many House Republicans represent highly conservative districts. The primary upset of the former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to a conservative challenger in 2014 in a campaign that cast him as soft on illegal immigration convinced many House Republicans that pro-immigrant stances could cost them politically.

So despite Ryan's personal commitment on the issue and his rhetoric in favor of the young immigrants, action to protect them may be unlikely in the House — absent intense lobbying from Trump.