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Reading the journal of a graveyard worker about having to use US taxes to bury an illegal's dead baby got me thinking. Well, not actually creating thoughts, but instead a pretty wordy rant, which is really my strong point, anyway.

What started me off was this:

"both parents are Illegal aliens and this is the second stillborn child."
and this:
"please don't forget, we as Americans are paying for the funeral expenses , hospital and medical exams as well."

My first thought:

Tell them that you'll bury the kid for free, but they have to get in with him.

Then, the underlying impact of possible causation after this:

"many individuals with the disorder are affected by mental retardation; low muscle tone (hypotonia); growth retardation; repeated infections during the first years of life; and/or malformations of the skull and facial (craniofacial) region. Such craniofacial features often include an unusually small head (microcephaly), widely spaced eyes (ocular hypertelorism), and/or vertical skin folds that cover the eyes' inner corners (epicanthal folds)."

Made me wonder if Mom got dipped in (or regularly drank) agricultural runoff along the Calif border or if she had other exposure factors like drug muling or picking up a UPID servicing a couple buses full of farmworkers from the back of a camper parked under a tree next to the fields on payday for laundry money.

I can see your outrage that several pennies of your tax dollars went to rent a box and some American dirt to wrap their genetic mistrial in, but unless they're smuggling dead babies in amongst the drugs to hide the smell from the dogs, it would appear you are burying a native born citizen of the United States who happens to have parents that are trespassing on US soil.

Followed by my opinion:

Had the child survived, I feel it would have every right to proper nutrition and medical care right up to the day it leaves the country with it's parents, welcome to return when it has achieved age of legal adulthood.
There's no reason to include Mom & Dad & Uncle Moe & the Dog & Mabel's nine kids just because one of them whelped out a waiter or a gardener while they were hiding from America after they hopped a fence into our yard.

Some came here to steal our jobs, export tax free wages, some to choke our neighborhoods with ubiquitous crack dealers, minds poisonous from cooking meth and niggar rich with inferior weed and high powered weapons, some are just here to escape the realities of life and hope to find it here.
With them, their families, over the fence uninvited to colonize like cancer, wives and mothers and squalling, grubby children gathered before the Offices of Human Services, all asking for food and clothes and shelter, an Exodus looking for a Food Stamp Moses with Section Eight and Color TV to lead them to the Liquor store.

If one of us had a kid in say, Russia, or China, or New Zealand, or any of a number of civilized and successful Nation/Cultures, the child would be welcome back when it became of age, but the parents would need to apply for a visa and work through the process if they desired to remain there.
While the months turn into years during the bureaucratic sausage factory's dependable ineptitude, the child stays with the parents in their own country, not in the place the child was birthed.

If the parents show they can qualify by meeting the normal requirements of education, earning potential, and lack of criminal habits or connection, they can try for a work VISA (just like people that didn't spew a flag bastard parachute into a McDonald's toilet in Reseda).
If they can show that they HAVE a job waiting for them, then, and only then, can the parents come into the country.

As an added bonus, when they bring Junior and his natal bond with the local geology, the kid, and only the kid (being the only one who is a citizen and not just here on a work VISA) may be covered for medical and nutritional aid and all that other shit IF THEY INCOME QUALIFY just like the poor folks that were born here, and he's a tax deduction.

That may not seem like a lot of help to those folks from other lands who are used to coming over without asking and getting free doctors, food, and housing, but it's fair.
As mentioned so succinctly, "We can't go to Mexico without a passport. And they sure as hell aren't going to give us free help."

It's the same deal those of us who have been here all our lives get.

If you are under 18, and a citizen, and your parents can't afford it, you may qualify for medical, nutritional, and housing aid. At least our society still tries to provide for it's own children.

If you're all grown up, then you're on your own; just think of the homeless as "Campers" like Reagan did.
The shelters are full, the social services budget has been overspent on one end and cut to the quick on the other.
Most places are now too overburdened from the massive flow of poor foreigners in this country illegally.

If you think the only jobs taken by the uninvited are ones that "Americans" won't do, look at the number of unemployed, underemployed, and homeless Americans that would do ANY job if it was available.

We need to start, and do it today, by making sure that we know everyone that is crossing our borders.
If a dozen and a half unschooled Mexican-Indians can keep a steady flow of pot, cocaine, meth, and tar heroin rolling across the border by the truckload on a near daily basis for two dozen years, than it's not hard to imagine worse things rolling right in looking like a couple of tons of lettuce or a load of used tires.

We need to do this before we have an incident that historians recount with, "The Fate of the Once Great Nation of America will be somberly reflected upon as we remember their Frantic Cries for Help as the World Watched, Helpless to do a Thing..."

We also need to start sending our vast underground workforce back to their countries of origin.

On more than a few job sites, in every town, from coast to coast, there are non-American cash workers that are there for the soul purpose of diverting that cash from the American Economy and out of the country.

They sleep packed together, many to the same room, piled into the same van to work, back to the house to eat simply.
The money is sent back home, hundreds of dollars a week each worker, never taxed, never spent in the US; it's our Nation's Wealth stolen from our lands and we won't get it back.

Unfortunately, it's not just the laborers that export our money, it's the mega-stores and foreign corporations that we spend our paychecks at so every cent of profit can go right back to the home office overseas, out of the US economy and into theirs.
Think about where you spend your pay.
Buy local.

We've allowed our very land to be owned by citizens of other countries.
There are very few surviving nations that were foolish enough to sell their cities to foreign powers; friends we can trust, like Japan, Russia, China, and lately a flurry of Middle-Easterners. (and I don't mean they come from Indiana)

These families won't come up here and spend the cash on a car or a house or even clothes and groceries, because we already provide that for them.
Since their unreported income leaves the country, we help them because they tell us they're too poor to live here without aid.

If you can't be bothered to ask nicely, go through all the steps, and work for the privilege to live here, go back home, cause we didn't invite you to this picnic.

If you came here uninvited and you can't afford to raise the kids you squatted out here...
...take them home for a few years, and see if they live through childhood and it's sick days, bike wrecks, close calls, and chemical experiments.

If they do...
...feel free to send them back when they're of age.

We'll give 'em a rifle and send them off for a six year tour of duty to earn their respect for the policies and beliefs of the protectors of this Nation so they have an idea of what it feels like to be invaded by a foreign power, and what we usually do to those who come into our borders Uninvited.

Gee, that didn't take long for some clown to come up with a bucket of inaccurate justification....pulled this from the other blog:

Seeing the invisible

By David Mas Masumoto
01/25/08 16:53:59

I have worked with ghosts for decades. They've been part of our family's fields, and on many farms across our lands. They want to remain undetected, laboring in the shadows, avoiding scrutiny.
But it's not just agriculture that has ghosts; they're part of communities and businesses throughout the nation. They're commonly called undocumented workers, illegal aliens, unauthorized immigrants.
They escape the public spotlight, work underground and often demand little. In this election year, we have the opportunity to shed light on them. But the question is: How do they become visible? The words and terms we use to frame the debate will control the discussion.

Let's start with numbers. It's easy to toss around a figure, such as an estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., without stopping to do the math.
Twelve million is the entire population of Pennsylvania or the combined residents of Washington, Oregon, and let's toss in Montana and Idaho. Imagine these states evacuating everyone -- as some politicians clamor for the cleansing of our borders. The idea of "throwing out all illegals in 120 days" is simply unworkable.

Next, compare the terms illegal versus undocumented. It's easy to label these ghosts as illegals because then the solutions are simple: Toss them out because they've broken the law. Illegal connotes an absolute right and wrong, thus justifying extreme consequences.
Framing these people as criminals provides a rationale for harsh penalties.

Undocumented implies a lack of proper paperwork and processing. While possibly requiring penalties, undocumented places an emphasis on finding a solution and remedy to the problem -- what documentation should be required and how do we regulate the process?
The vast majority of these ghosts have committed victimless crimes. Most are not hardened criminals with records of aggravated assaults resulting in injuries or damage of property.

The term alien (often used with illegal) carries a subversive meaning. Aliens -- like weeds -- don't belong here. They're foreigners and strangers -- not part of us.
My grandmother was a resident alien and was required to register annually with the government. This wasn't a big issue until the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the start of World War II. Suddenly she became "the enemy" and a cry was launched to round up all these enemy aliens. Overnight, she had become part of the axis of evil against the United States.

Ironically, tens of thousands of Italian and German immigrants were also resident aliens but they were somehow different. The majority of them did not register, yet they were not evacuated and imprisoned in relocation camps.

The phrase immigrant worker reframes the debate. These ghosts contribute to local and regional economies. They are wanted. They fill jobs often few will do. They're a type of economic refugee, fleeing the poverty and economic conditions of one country and seeking a better life here. A century ago we called these people ancestors.
By using terms like immigration, we expand our perspective globally.

We are not alone in the debate. Europe also struggles with very similar questions. As we talk of the globalization of economies, where does labor fit in? From a different perspective, are the ghosts I speak about part of a modified outsourcing economy? With a proper guest-worker program, instead of exporting jobs to another country, why not import the labor and keep jobs here? Why is offshoring considered efficient and good for business while a guest-worker program is labeled exploitive?

A final term -- unauthorized immigrant -- acknowledges the lack of processing and following necessary procedures required to enter the United States. However, it also raises the question that lies at the heart of this issue: What is the proper authorization? Rather than an emotional reaction to an imagined threat, this approach calls for a national debate and a discussion of what should be required as we work toward a workable solution. We have the power to make tough and difficult decisions.

We are challenged by a simple question: How do we define these ghosts? How do we give them body? So long as we deny these millions "their body," the public will believe simple-minded answers can work.
The ghosts I know have identities. They are real people, not numbers. They do real work. With "a body," these ghosts can begin to claim their place in our world, leading to their own self-definition.

It's easy to attack the invisible, but try to live a day without these ghosts -- the faceless workers in our fields who help grow our foods, in construction who build our homes, in service industries like hotels and restaurants we patronize. How foolish if the public tried to stay in hotels or work in places that are "100% free of undocumented workers" or eat foods that are "certified illegal alien-free"?
We need to stop ignoring these ghosts and demand more of our leaders and ourselves. We need to end the bickering about whether something sounds like amnesty instead of exploring meaningful responses such as a fair and just guest-worker program. How different could our perspective become if we started calling these ghosts economic refugees fleeing poverty?
It would be refreshing if politicians would admit there's not a simple solution and stop relying on the latest poll or a focus group-tested sound bite that doesn't alienate their political base. We, the public, must then ask ourselves: Do we have the political will to find a workable solution? Do we want to see the invisible?

We have an opportunity to act responsibly and build a rational immigration policy based on economic realities rather than some vague cultural threat. These ghosts are woven into the economic and social fabric of our nation. The words we choose will define who these people are. We can give names to the nameless and make them real.

Just a few notations on this guy's take:

"These ghosts contribute to local and regional economies. They are wanted. They fill jobs often few will do."
"The vast majority of these ghosts have committed victimless crimes."

They take jobs from residents that belong here, then send the money out of the country without paying taxes or contributing to unemployment insurance, social security, disability, driver's fees (like license, registration, and insurance), or the rest of the infrastructure that binds, supports, and protects our community. That is extremely harmful, the taxpayers who follow the rules are the victims, and I don't want it. It's a BIG burden.

"They're a type of economic refugee, fleeing the poverty and economic conditions of one country and seeking a better life here. A century ago we called these people ancestors. With a proper guest-worker program, instead of exporting jobs to another country, why not import the labor and keep jobs here?"

We have a proper guest-worker program. It's how my "ancestors" got into this country to work their asses off legally while paying their taxes. Not by invading a foreign nation by stealth and hiding from the authorities so they could plunder it with criminal activity.

"Try to live a day without these ghosts -- the faceless workers in our fields who help grow our foods, in construction who build our homes, in service industries like hotels and restaurants we patronize."

These are all jobs I have made a living at, and would again, but cannot find an opening in my own community because all the jobs are taken by illegal aliens. I have put in over 200 applications over the last year, and am still looking for work, and would be love to work in a hotel, or in a restaurant, or back in construction. I could live quite well without them, and so could the rest of the country.

They are not ghosts. They are foreign invaders.

Goat