Help Save Maryland Newsletter

STATEMENT BY BRAD BOTWIN, DIRECTOR

HELP SAVE MARYLAND

March 11, 2010

MARYLAND SENATE EDUCATION, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

“SB 844 – State Procurement – Employment of Unauthorized Aliens and the Federal E-Verify Program”

My name is Brad Botwin and I’m the Director of Help Save Maryland, a multi-ethnic, grass roots citizens’ volunteer organization with thousands of members across all Maryland Counties and Baltimore City. We are Democrats, Republicans and Independents; Blacks, Whites, Hispanics, Asians and Indians. We are opposed to the use of our tax dollars on programs and services to attract and sustain illegal aliens. HSM members work to educate fellow Marylanders regarding the financial, social and educational costs of illegal immigration at the state and local level.

Thank you for the opportunity to present my position on SB 844 before this Committee. SB 844 is a very important bipartisan piece of legislation which needs to become the law throughout Maryland.

This committee is fully aware of the economic hardship facing Maryland citizens. In my 26 years of living in Montgomery County, I have never seen so many empty storefronts and foreclosed homes. Neighbors and friends have lost jobs, the ability to neither maintain lifestyles nor afford college tuition for their children. Every county, city and school district across this great state is struggling with budget deficits, furloughs and severe cutbacks in services. I do not envy the difficult decisions you have to make regarding state budget cutbacks.

There are however, some relatively painless steps you can take to open up jobs for citizens, while at the same time increasing the tax base for the state as well as local governments. Enactment of SB 844 is one such step. Implementing the federal E-Verify program will reserve jobs exclusively for those with legal presence in Maryland. Jobs for citizens, who will in turn pay state and local taxes, lessening the pain of budget cuts for services and the furlough of state workers.

Anne Arundel County, with the support of the local Chambers of Commerce has already successfully implemented E-Verify for all county contracts. Frederick County is close behind, as is Washington County, where I recently testified in favor of E-Verify before a very positive Board of County Commissioners. In the coming weeks, HSM will be promoting the benefits of E-Verify to numerous other MD counties interested in creating jobs and strengthening their tax base.

E-Verify virtually eliminates Social Security fraud, improves the accuracy of wage and tax reporting, protects union and non-union jobs, and helps honest employers maintain a legal workforce. As a federal employee, I can’t think of many federal programs that provide so much positive employment and tax base benefits for effectively zero cost to our state. Is the system perfect? No. But perfection is the enemy of the good. The federal government continues to improve the effectiveness of E-Verify in the face of criminal attempts to cheat the system and the American people.

Maybe most the important benefit of E-Verify is that it allows your constituents to find or keep their jobs, their homes and their dreams. And for local employment generating businesses, it keeps unfair competitors, using non-taxpaying workers without legal presence in our state, out of business! Minority workers, especially law abiding Black and Hispanic citizens, are especially vulnerable to competition from illegal alien workers and the businesses that hire them.

In closing, I believe that SB 844 is important for the financial and economic well-being of all Maryland citizens, and our state and local governments. It deserves full bipartisan support and immediate passage. President Obama has implemented E-Verify for all federal contracts and contractors. Maryland needs to follow the President’s lead. Thank you. Help Save Maryland!

Brad Botwin, Director

Help Save Maryland

PO Box 5742

Rockville, MD 20855

240-447-1884

E-mail: HelpSaveMaryland@yahoogroups.com

Web Site: www.HelpSaveMaryland.com

March 10, 2010

PROTEST AGAINST CONGRESSMAN CHRIS VAN HOLLEN AND THE ACTION IN MONTGOMERY (AIM)

GROUP REGARDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, THURSDAY MARCH 11, 6:30PM, SILVER SPRING.

AIM EVENT STARTS AT 7:30PM

CAN’T MAKE IT TO ANNAPOLIS TO TESTIFY TOMORROW? COME TO SILVER SPRING ON THURSDAY EVENING!
Bethel World Outreach Ministries International
8242-52 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301.588.8099 Fax: 301.588.4947

http://www.ascensionsilverspring.org/article228973.htm

These are the same lovely folks who held the event at the St Martin’s Catholic Church in Gaithersburg with MoCo Exec Ike Leggett, and banned some of our Hispanic HSM members from entering the church.

Same pro-illegal alien gala combined with unconditional support for total Amnesty legislation, just a different venue. AIM’s special guest will be Congressman Chris Van Hollen, a major supporter of Amnesty and right- hand puppet of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Lets give Chris and the AIM-less ones a warm welcome Thursday night.

HSM members will be outside the venue at 6:30 PM handing out educational flyers. Bring banners against Amnesty, CASA de Maryland, AIM, Van Hollen etc. U.S. and MD flags always welcome. No need to go in at 7:30pm unless you want to hear Chris pander big-time. We will finish our outside protest at 8pm and call it a night.

As with Annapolis, we are not looking for a confrontation with the AIMsters or Van Hollen. Give them their space to enter and exit the venue. Just let them know verbally that we the taxpaying, voting citizens of Maryland “AIM” to seriously defeat the federal Amnesty legislation this session.

Originally published 05:00 a.m., March 10, 2010, updated 10:00 a.m., March 10, 2010

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Solving Maryland’s gang problems

Lawmakers in Annapolis are scrambling to pass a series of bills aimed at stemming the growing tide of gang violence across Maryland. This mad dash for legislation to strengthen the ability of law enforcement to identify, arrest and prosecute MS-13 and other gang members poses a question: Where have our elected officials been on this issue?

Gang-related violence and rape, drug dealing, prostitution and crime are nothing new to the law-abiding residents of Maryland. Seemingly new to the issue, however, are the political leaders and law enforcement authorities in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. No surprise that these two jurisdictions are also the playground for numerous illegal immigrants and host to multiple gang-related problems. Unfortunately for surrounding Maryland counties, the gang members do not respect county lines.

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson have taken a remarkably dishonest approach to public safety, relying on illegal immigrant support groups such as CASA de Maryland to dictate the terms for handling and arresting illegal-alien gang members. CASA even has lobbied Annapolis against legislation implementing the screening of all foreign nationals in our jails for fear of possible “Hispanic discrimination.”

Jurisdictions in Virginia, with lower rates of gang violence and fewer CASA-like groups, have instead successfully partnered with federal immigration and law enforcement authorities. As with economic development and lower taxes, it is time for Maryland to learn from her Virginia neighbors.

BRAD BOTWIN

Director, Help Save Maryland

Rockville, Md.

Last month I wrote a letter to the Herald Mail paper in Washington County asking why State Senator Munson (R-Wash County) voted for a $1 million dollar cash dump for CASA de Maryland’s new taxpayer funded hideout in Langley Park Prince George’s County. I asked what was he thinking? I thought, silly me, that Munson would just say oops, sorry, will never do it again and case closed.

But Senator Don Munson, a very nice man, is too clever to admit he made a simple mistake. Instead he published the letter below to defend his vote. Who knew Don Munson was fond of old run-down mansions in the middle of terrible neighborhoods which will be turned over the leading illegal alien, anti-citizen group in Maryland, CASA? Munson said the mansion is a “real Maryland treasure”.

And besides Munson states, the $$ was going to the building, not CASA! Funny, the dedication of the funds was presented to CASA last year by the likes of Senator Mikulski (D-MD), Executives Ike Leggett (D-MC)and Jack Johnson (D-PG) and other notable amnesty supporters. Munson must have lost his invitation.

With the quicksand now at Munson’s throat level, he argues that CASA doesn’t really take care of illegal aliens, just legal immigrants. Yikes! Don doesn’t seem to realize that CASA’s empire of Day Laborer Centers are for lawbreaking illegal alien workers. Workers who have entered the country illegally. Senator Don, even the CASA de Maryland website admits their clientele have NO DOCUMENTS.

Munson ends the letter by stating that HSM is a nativist/extremist organization anyway, so says the Southern Poverty Law Center. HSM’s multi-ethnic, citizen members usually get trash talk nonsense like that from the other side of the aisle from such notables as Delegate Gerron Levi (D-PG), who aspires to be PG County Exec and Delegate Ben Barnes (D-PG) who aspires to Broadway musicals.

Senator Munson is an honorable man who probably received weak staff advice when sending in this letter. I know we are on the same team however when it comes to CASA de Maryland and illegal immigration in Maryland.

March 9, 2010

Munson defends CASA de Maryland vote

To the editor:

I am writing in response to the letter to the editor written by Brad Botwin, director of Help Save Maryland, regarding my vote for renovation money for CASA de Maryland (“Munson’s vote helped illegal aliens,” page A4).

Botwin’s accusation that I voted to help illegal aliens is a distortion of the facts. What my vote did was protect a $1 million public works capital appropriation to help renovate the Langley Park Mansion in Langley Park, Md., the proposed site for the CASA de Maryland Inc. Multicultural Center.

The Langley Park Mansion is listed on the National Register of Historical Places – a real Maryland treasure. These funds were not to cover the operations of CASA de Maryland, but were specifically allocated for the project to renovate the mansion.

It should be noted that most of those serviced by CASA de Maryland are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. I do not support anything illegal. I have spent my career working hard to pass legislation that makes Maryland a safe, productive place to live. Supporting illegal immigration or any illegal act defeats the purpose of my life’s work.

Finally, it should be known that Help Save Maryland has been declared a nativist/extremist organization by the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that tracks groups such as the KKK and others.

Donald F. Munson
state senator
District 2

Ever Wonder why Students in Prince George’s County continue to lag behind almost all students across the state of Maryland? Below is a letter sent by a teacher in PG County who took offense to the groundbreaking People for Change/HSM Townhall on illegal immigration.

This is the way the message arrived, minus Angela Reyes’ e-mail address. I personally just “love” the Nazi comparisons. Just another hateful, misguided person. After reading this, I think Private schools are the way to go in PG County!

To: HelpSaveMaryland@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:23:01 +0000
From: “Angela Reyes”
Subject: Just a thought

To be distributed widely, rest assured:

I am a PG County citizen & employee, a relative & descendant of immigrants, & also an ESL teacher to immigrants. I am absolutely appalled by the 3/4/10 Gazette article about an anti-immigrant public forum held in Glenarden recently. Xenophobic groups & individuals like this are the reason why there is still a racism epidemic in the US today, although now not only against eachother as blacks & whites, but also against the “foreign intruders” as immigrants are labeled by hate groups. The article mentions some attending groups claiming that undocumented immigrants usurp government resources & do not pay taxes amongst other falsehoods when on the contrary, there are no government benefits that can be obtained without a social security # and not only do undocumented immigrants pay taxes (research: ITIN), but the majority (i.e. millions) will never see their payroll deductions at retirement like we do, due to the usage of an invalid social security # or because they have returned to their country. Still many fear filing taxes because of their status, & lose out on thousands over the years that they are owed in refunds. Where does one think all this money goes? It doesn’t take a genius to know it stays with its source, therefore how are they “bringing down the PG County economy” or any for that matter? Panelists at the forum also accused hardworking immigrants of contributing to “poverty by working jobs for less than minimum wage”, when that is foremost: a generalization, & secondly, that indicates not only a problem with the economy of the employee’s home country (which is not their fault), but a crime being committed by OUR OWN U.S. employers by not paying them at least minimum wage. I have witnessed immigrants taken advantage of on a daily basis in this county by employers overworking while underpaying them & sometimes not paying them at all amongst other employee abuses because employers know their victims have no recourse without any legal employee rights. This post-9/11 xenophobic air in America is such an ironic consequence of such a tragic event considering the hardly mentioned fact that multitudes of 9/11 victims were not only immigrants, but undocumented themselves. Some of these same victims’ relatives were deported & therefore separated from loved ones after 9/11 adding unspeakable insult to injury. Of course, those facts are hardly mentioned or remembered. What was more insulting was the ‘divide & conquer the minorities’ method being used in this forum (especially Help Save MD) pitting African Americans against immigrants (particularly Hispanics) when anyone with recent knowledge of US history remembers it was not too long ago that African Americans were ‘legally’ treated as ‘foreign intruders’ as well and if anything should unite with their oppressed brothers to avoid a repeated history. Above all, these “illegal aliens” as hate groups call them are not much different than we Americans, considering we all immigrated in one way or another to this country (unless one is Native American), but they were just unfortunate to have been trying to feed their families when there were no jobs available in their countries during a time when the only nearby country that was one of the richest in the world had also just been attacked by foreigners causing them to suspend previously-upheld amnesties for these forsaken people. This was AFTER some had already been waiting DECADES to reunite with loved ones. The current immigration system has been backlogged for decades causing inhumane separation of families including children for years on end. There is room enough for all of us here in this country whether one believes in a higher power or not. Ostracizing newcomers & accusing them of theft of what is “rightfully ours” echoes the sentiments of the Nazi era & that is not what we want PG County to represent. Immigration reform will come very soon as promised and then I wonder who the hate groups will have to hate then?

Illegal alien groups attack Obama and everyone else in their desperation for total Amnesty. Its not happening and they know it. The last paragraph says it all. Enforcement works.

Immigrant rights group slam Obama, Democrats for slow action with legalization bill
By N.C. Aizenman and Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 9, 2010; A02

Leaders of nearly a dozen grass-roots immigrant rights groups excoriated President Obama and congressional Democrats on Monday, accusing them of moving too slowly to legalize the status of undocumented immigrants and citing a record number of deportations in 2009.

“Our community is angry. Our members feel betrayed,” said Brent Wilkes, executive director of the League of United Latin American Citizens. “We never believed in our wildest dreams that President Obama would have a record like this.”

The critique, among the harshest to date from Obama’s erstwhile supporters, comes as the president is struggling to deliver on a campaign promise to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws and with time running out for legislative action before this fall’s midterm elections.

Advocates have promised to bring tens of thousands of demonstrators to Washington for a March 21 protest and to punish Democrats at the polls in November if an immigration bill is not brought to a vote.

“No legalization. No reelection,” Emma Lozano, executive director of the Chicago-based Centro Sin Fronteras, told reporters.

White House officials said the president will be meeting soon with Sens. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) to discuss the bipartisan immigration bill. The president’s “commitment to fixing our broken immigration system remains unwavering,” said Nicholas Shapiro, a White House spokesman.

Immigration advocates in Washington and lobbyists working with the two senators said privately that the effort amounts to political damage control.

“We just don’t see how this can happen in 2010. The best we can do is to get an outline [of a bill] out and have a couple of hearings,” said one lobbyist, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing talks. “This is a way for everyone to say, ‘We are doing something, and we are committed to getting something through Congress after the election.’ ”

That may not be enough, said Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum.

“A legislative show is not going to be acceptable,” he said. “The necessity here is a bipartisan piece of legislation that gets to the Senate floor, and that will be the marker that immigrant voters and others will use in November 2010 and November 2012 and beyond.”

In February, the immigration advocacy group America’s Voice reported that Hispanic voters could prove decisive this fall in 40 gubernatorial, Senate and House races. The list includes eight Senate seats, including the one held by Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), as well as those in California and New York.

The tough line at Monday’s news conference taken by the grass-roots groups — which tend to work directly with immigrants in local communities — stands in contrast to public statements by the main national immigrant organizations lobbying the White House and Congress. Those groups have refrained from criticizing the president so directly.

The outcry, however, reflects the growing disillusionment on the ground in Latino and immigrant communities.

“People are suffering. Millions and millions of people cannot drive, cannot go to school, live in fear,” said Dae Joong Yoon, the executive director of the Korean Resource Center in Los Angeles. “In 2008 many of our community members voted for change. . . . We’ve been waiting, waiting, waiting. But since then our president, our Congress members, have been in a deep sleep. So now we’re saying, ‘We can’t take it anymore! Wake up! Do something!’ ”

March 9, 2010

THURSDAY IN ANNAPOLIS – 2 Senate Bills to support

Federal E-Verify for Maryland employers, SB 844 - Ensures that only US Citizens/Legal Immigrants can get permission to work in MD. Preserves needed jobs on citizens in a time of high unemployment.

Proof of Identity for Voters SB 711 – Requires voters to show an official ID when they go to vote. What a novel concept for one of the most important responsibilities you have as a citizen…. voting.

IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT TO ANNAPOLIS TO TESTIFY, PLEASE CALL OR E-MAIL ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMEBERS LISTED TO TELL THEM YOU SUPPORT SB 844 and SB 711. Always make sure your name and address is attached to the e-mail so members will know what county you are from.

Special Thanks to Joyce for the list!

Senate Education, Health & Environmental Affairs Committee (EHEA)- 2010
Name	Dist. & County	Room # & Bldg.	Phone Extension	E-mail Address
Joan Carter Conway (D) Chairman	43- Baltimore City	#2 West Wing Miller	3145/3957	Joan.carter.conway@senate.state.md.us
Roy P. Dyson (D) Vice Chairman	29- Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s	102 James	3673/3928	Roy.dyson@senate.state.md.us
Richard F. Colburn (R)	37- Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, Wicomico	315 James	3590/3087	Richard.colburn@senate.state.md.us
David C. Harrington (D)	47- Prince George’s	#2 West Wing Miller	3745/3387	David.harrington@senate.state.md.us
Andrew P. Harris (R)	7-Baltimore & Harford	320 James	3706/3750	Andrew.harris@senate.state.md.us
Michael Lenett (D)	19 – Montgomery	202 James	3151/3740	Mike.lenett@senate.state.md.us
Paul G. Pinsky (D)	22-Prince George’s	220 James	3155/3144	Paul.pinsky@senate.state.md.us
Edward R. Reilly (R)	33-Anne Arundel	321 James	3568/3067	Edward.reilly@senate.state.md.us
James C. Rosapepe (D)	21-Prince George’s & Anne Arundel	314 James	3141/3195	Jim.rosapepe@senate.state.md.us Or senator.rosapepe@inbox.com

The Senate Education, Health, & Environmental Affairs Committee is located at:

2 West Wing, Miller Senate Office Building

11 Bladen Street; Annapolis, MD 21401-1991

Phone: 410-841-3661; 301-858-3661 OR 1-800-491-7122, Ext. 3661 (toll free)

From Baltimore/Annapolis area: dial 410-841 + Extension #

From Prince George’s & Montgomery County areas: dial 301-858 + Extension #

From all other areas in Maryland, dial: 1-800-492-7122 + Extension #

Address correspondence as follows:

The Honorable (Name)

Room # plus Building Name

(i.e., James Senate Office Building or Miller Senate Office Building)

11 Bladen Street

Annapolis, MD 21401-1991

Salutation: Dear Senator (Name)

To present testimony before the Senate Education, Health, & Environmental Affairs Committee, following are the Committee’s requirements: Anyone wishing to testify on any bill must sign the witness register by 12:40 p.m. If you have written testimony, please submit 20 copies to the committee staff by 12:00 Noon for distribution prior to the hearing; after 12:00 Noon, please submit at the time you testify. The order that bills are listed on the schedule is not necessarily the order in which they will be heard.

Help Save Maryland

March 8, 2010

THURSDAY IN ANNAPOLIS

This is an important week in Annapolis for bills we support on federal E-Verify for Maryland employers, SB 844; Proof of Identity for Voters SB 711; and Campaign finance for Foreign Nationals (disallowing it) SB 750.

All 3 bills will be in front of the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, Thursday March 11 at 1pm

EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Senator Joan Carter Conway, Chair
Senator Roy P. Dyson, Vice Chair

2 West Miller Senate Building, 11 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD 21401-1991
(410-841-3661 Annapolis/Baltimore Area; 301-858-3661 Washington, D.C. Area)

_______________________________________________________________________________ Anyone wishing to testify on any bill must sign the witness register by 12:40 p.m. If you have written testimony, please submit 20 copies to the committee staff by 12:00 Noon for distribution prior to the hearing; after 12:00 Noon, please submit at the time you testify. The order that bills are listed on the schedule is not necessarily the order in which they will be heard.

You can find information on all these bills and tips on testifying by going to the HSM website:

http://www.helpsavemaryland.com/index.php/Take%20Action:%20Annapolis%202010%20Session

I plan to arrive in Annapolis before 11am and will look for fellow HSM members and friends outside the hearing room. We need to sign in to testify as well as drop off statements. As with other hearings, please avoid contact with the CASA de Maryland, ACLU, SEIU Union, Identity Inc and of course any illegal aliens they sneak in to testify.

If you cant make it to the Hearing on Thursday, please contact the committee members by phone and/or e-mail and tell them you support the 3 bills. I will have a full committee member list up in the next day or so.

PROTEST AGAINST CONGRESSMAN CHRIS VAN HOLLEN AND THE ACTION IN MONTGOMERY (AIM)

GROUP, THURSDAY MARCH 11, 6:30PM, SILVER SPRING. AIM EVENT STARTS AT 7:30PM

CAN’T MAKE IT TO ANNAPOLIS? COME TO SILVER SPRING ON THURSDAY EVENING!
Bethel World Outreach Ministries International
8242-52 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301.588.8099 Fax: 301.588.4947

http://www.ascensionsilverspring.org/article228973.htm

We are also working hard in this important election year to shorten the political careers of those who support Amnesty or other legislation to promote illegal immigration, or inhibit law enforcement against illegal aliens in MD — Federal, State and Local MD officials.

SATURDAY IN ANNAPOLIS -BOND BILLS TO SUPPORT CASA DE MARYLAND AND IDENTITY INC.

Multiple bond hearings are scheduled from 9am thru 1pm on the House and Senate sides. Unlike a regular hearing session, bond hearings are fast and furious as the legislators vote to spend our cash.

Lets plan on overwhelming the hearing rooms with citizens opposed to giving another nickel of our tax dollars to CASA de Maryland and Identity Inc., the leading anti-citizen, pro-illegal alien groups in Maryland. As with a normal hearing no signs or banners please.

We attended the bond hearing last year and stunned the politicians who are not used to citizens standing up to their “god-like decisions” to spend our money. We helped cut the funding for the Latino Economic Development Corp (LEDC) by more than half. This time we want ZERO funding for CASA and Identity.

Will follow with detailed instructions later in the week on how to participate.

Brad Botwin, Director, HSM, 240-447-1884

DC Examiner – Page 32
Commentary
Friday 05 March 2010

Maryland should follow Virginia’s example

Re: “Lawmakers eye gang crackdown,” March 3

Lawmakers in Annapolis are scrambling to pass a series of bills to stem the growing tide of gang violence. This mad dash to strengthen the ability of law enforcement to identify, arrest and prosecute gang members begs the question: Where have our elected officials been on this issue?

Gang-related crime is not news to law-abiding citizens in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, but it seems to be to their political leaders and law enforcement authorities. No surprise that these two jurisdictions are also the playground for the majority of illegal-immigrant gangs.

MontCo Executive Ike Leggett and P.G. County Executive Jack Johnson have taken a remarkably dishonest approach to public safety by relying on support groups like CASA de Maryland to dictate the terms for handling and arresting illegal alien gang members. CASA has even lobbied Annapolis against legislation to screen all foreign nationals in our jails for fear of possible “Hispanic discrimination.”

Jurisdictions in Virginia, which have lower rates of gang violence and fewer CASA-like groups, have successfully partnered with federal immigration and law enforcement authorities. It’s time for Maryland to learn from our Virginia neighbors.

Brad Botwin
Director,
Help Save Maryland
Rockville

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A funny thing happened to me on my way to a “Klan” meeting last week: free speech erupted. I doubt any one changed their minds about illegal immigration, but it was refreshing to see a racially mixed audience of more than 100 in Prince George’s County exchanging ideas.

People for Change in Prince George’s County established a forum to discuss the impacts of illegal immigration on county residents. The audience was then given an opportunity to question panelists who favored enforcement of immigration law.

First up was an older, white woman who described herself as a member as a member of Marylanders against Racism. She then promptly called the panelists of two blacks and three whites, and perhaps the largely minority majority members of the crowd members of “the Klan” and racists before her mic was turned off. The woman continued to shout at the panel as the moderator asked the tolerant, meek, lover of mankind, if she had a question for the panel.

In fact, most the early questions came from white, socialist-sounding liberals who seemed to equate being Hispanic with being an illegal alien. Various panelists questioned the critics’ assumption, but the liberals’ only answer was, “You’re against Hispanics.”

“I would respect you and your like if you would follow them back to their country and lead a revolution,” D.C. mayoral candidate Leo Alexander said.

A self described Central American Solidarity Association (CASA) organizer was also given the opportunity to question the panel. However, the moderator did not give him an opportunity to correct “a lie,” mentioned earlier by panelist Brad Botwin of Help Save Maryland.

Botwin described a CASA de Maryland headquarters opening April 10 in Langley Park as a “work center.” David Thurston, a CASA organizer, told Examiner the building will not be used as a work center.

Help Save Maryland has long criticized CASA, which receives state funds, for not allowing members of HSM into CASA meetings and forums. “I don’t think [a debate with HSM] would be very productive,” Thurston said. “We just speak two different languages.”

The conversation has started; ideas have been placed in the marketplace of two ideas. Hopefully a more civil discourse will soon develop.

March 4, 2010

EXCELLENT HSM TURNOUT IN ANNAPOLIS

Thanks to those HSM members and supporters who stayed home from work to testify in favor of E-Verify legislation on Weds in Annapolis. Almost all who testified were in favor of the bill, save a couple of pathetic ACLU and CASA de Maryland reps. The illegal alien support groups have come to realize that they will be challenged and outnumbered by citizens at all hearings in Annapolis when it comes to fighting illegal immigration in Maryland.

More information will be provided in the next day or so for next weeks Annapolis hearings as well as the upcoming illegal alien church sponsored event featuring Congressman Chris Van Hollen in Silver Spring. Stay tuned!

ARTICLE ON GROUNDBREAKING PEOPLE FOR CHANGE/HSM TOWNHALL ON IMMIGRATION

Typical Gazette reporter and coverage of this historic event (Gazette is owned by the Wash Post). He can’t count as there were well more than 100 at the event – so many I did not get a taste of the food served!

Reporter also gave top coverage to the racist comment by this wack-job women who seemed to be a disciple of Mao Tse-tung (she was old enough). We have a Black Event Moderator and 3 Black/2 White speakers on the dais and this women says its like a KKK Rally! lol. I would not know as the KKK is not fond of Jew boys like me!

Other than that, not a bad article! The word is out in Prince George’s County. No to tax dollars for illegal aliens, their support groups and pandering politicians. Yes to federal E-Verify and other programs to preserve and create jobs for citizens and their families.

Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Groups push for immigration focus in elections

‘This is more like a Klan rally,’ one attendee says

by Daniel Valentine | Staff Writer Gazette

Two activist groups hosted a public forum last week with hopes of making illegal immigration a prominent issue for voters in this fall’s elections.

“We want our elected officials to understand,” said moderator Sandra Pruitt, leader of watchdog group People for Change. “A lot of them haven’t come out to hear from residents on this issue … the huge impact it’s had.”

The forum was held Feb. 25 in Glenarden and sponsored by local groups People For Change and Help Save Maryland, who said illegal immigrants are draining government resources, crowding school classrooms and bringing down the Prince George‘s County economy.

The five panelists at the forum included Paulette Faulkner of Laurel, a candidate running for the county’s Democratic Central Committee; Brad Botwin, the head of Help Save Maryland; and Leo Alexander, a Democratic candidate for mayor in Washington, D.C., who is running on an anti-illegal immigration platform.

The panel also included Roy Beck of NumbersUSA, a Washington, D.C., group that advocates reducing all immigration to the country, and Monique Miles, a lawyer for the Immigration Reform Law Institute based in Washington, D.C.

“They cross our borders and create a tidal wave on our system,” Faulkner said. “These women come here pregnant or shortly after they come here, they get pregnant. They know if a child is born here, they are U.S. citizens and are entitled to benefits.”

Several attendees accused organizers and residents who spoke at the forum of racism.

“This is more like a Klan rally,” said College Park resident Karyn Pomerantz, who was booed by the crowd and had her microphone cut off while she was addressing the panel.

“I’d respect people like you a lot more if you’d follow [the illegal immigrants] back to their countries,” Alexander replied.

According to panelists, illegal immigrants contribute to extra government costs and overall poverty by working jobs for less than minimum wage and using government services. Several panelists said illegal immigrants must be deported and that local governments need to start using e-verify, a national database, to check that a company’s workers are legal before they are contracted for government work.

“One of the first things I plan to do is sign e-verify into law,” Alexander told the cheering crowd, saying that illegal immigration has cost Washington, D.C., residents “a loss of dignity and pride and self-respect” by taking jobs from residents.

Using national estimates from the Federation of American Immigration Reform, Botwin said Prince George’s County spends about $209 million annually on illegal immigrants based on its population of 800,000 people.

“There’s your budget deficit. Poof. Gone. If you got rid of illegal immigration,” Botwin said.

The two-hour meeting brought a group of about 60 people, including candidates for county executive and County Council, who said they attended to hear the concerns raised.

“We need to be cognizant [of the issue],” said Henry Turner of Bowie, one of six candidates running for county executive.

County Council candidates Juanita Miller and Jerry Mathis also attended, and received applause from the room.

Candidates said they were undecided on the issues raised when asked.

“I’ve got to be careful,” said Mathis, a Fort Washington resident running for the District 8 seat. “I’m curious as to what this is about. I have no thoughts whatsoever on immigration.”

Turner also said he was there as an observer.

“This is an important issue,” he said. “I want to find out from county residents. I need to listen and learn.”

Turner’s campaign Web site calls for having county contractors check their work force using the e-verify database run through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

“As taxpaying citizens, it’s up to us to make sure that everybody is getting value out of the taxes we are paying,” he said. “[E-verify] is a start.”

http://www.gazette.net/stories/03042010/prinnew123433_32549.php

March 2, 2010

REVOKE TAKOMA PARK SANCTUARY CITY STATUS

The recent Latino gang brawl in Ward 2 of the City should serve as a wake-up call for the entire Takoma community that all is not well on the public safety front. According to a police department crime alert email:

“On January 22, 2010, at approximately 2:53 p.m., Takoma Park Police were dispatched to the 6900 block of New Hampshire Avenue for reports of a large fight involving knives and bats. When units arrived on the scene, they observed approximately 10-20 subjects involved in multiple altercations in the parking lot in the 6900 block of New Hampshire Avenue adjacent to the residential property in the 600 block of East-West Highway. A group of seven to eight subjects continued to struggle in the area while three subjects broke away and fled towards the rear of 630 East West Highway running towards Auburn Avenue, Takoma Park, Maryland. Two individuals were rendered aid who were determined to be victims of the fight …. Multiple knives were obtained on the scene and from various subjects who were involved in the incident.”

According to witnesses, three Hispanic male participants in this fight fled into the back yards of Auburn Ave., jumping fences along the way in an effort to elude police. Upon coming to my end house on Auburn, they attempted to break into my house via my basement door. Finding the door locked, they jumped the fence to an adjoining property and eventually two of the three suspects were apprehended by police. While running through my back yard they discarded a large knife which was recovered by the police.

It is fortunate that the three fleeing gang brawlers did not encounter any homeowners while pursuing their backyard escape route. It is also fortunate for me, personally, that I was not at home when this incident took place. Since I enter and exit my basement door repeatedly during the course of the day I typically do not keep it locked when I am at home (a practice that will now change). Had I been home and the door been unlocked I would have been a victim of a home invasion with unknown, but clearly dangerous, consequences.

The realization that City residents are not safe on their own property and run the risk of encountering knife-wielding, home invading, gang members in broad daylight is startling and unacceptable, and a clear signal that something is amiss in the City’s approach to public safety, particularly related to violent Latino gang activity. A starting point for discussion should be the City’s Sanctuary Law. Under this law, which violates federal law, the police department is prohibited from inquiring about a suspect’s citizenship status or from contacting federal immigration authorities to ascertain whether a suspect is in the country illegally or has been identified as a violent illegal alien. Consequently, when violent suspects are detained, such as the participants in this gang brawl, City police are deprived of an important tool for removing them from our streets. Instead of facing possible deportation for their crimes these violent criminals often are returned to our streets to perpetuate their criminal activity. This misguided sanctuary policy creates dangerous conditions for our police officers and citizens alike.

The Takoma Park police department is by all accounts a well-trained and effective unit, and Chief Ricucci arguably may be the most competent head the department has known. In the past Chief Ricucci requested from the City Council permission to consult federal immigration authorities when a violent suspect is detained. The City Council denied the Chief’s request. Let’s allow the police department use of all possible tools at their disposal to combat crime in this City, by demanding that the City’s dangerous and illegal Sanctuary Law be stricken from the books. The alternative is more incidents of violent criminal activity by gangs in the City.

Revoking the City’s Sanctuary Law isn’t the complete answer to the City’s gang-related crime problems, but it is a start. Choose to do nothing and it could be your turn soon to have knife and/or gun wielding gang members come knocking on your door.

Jack Carson
Takoma Park, Maryland

Out of Left Field

I admit to not being a supporter of my former Congressman Albert Wynn (D-MD 4^th Dist) as he was clearly out of touch with his constituents. So when Donna Edwards defeated Wynn, I was pleased with the change. How quickly my pleasure has now turned to dread. Congressman Wynn was no doubt a leftwing liberal Democrat. But Ms. Edwards, well if this were a baseball field, her views on foreign policy, immigration and healthcare would move the left field foul line 50 paces to the left. She makes Wynn look like a staunch conservative.

Edwards was just one of fifty-four House Democrats to sign a January 21 letter to President Obama demanding that Israel eliminate security measures implemented to counter the terrorist threat from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. It’s all Israel’s fault according to Ms. Edwards. No mention of the almost daily mortar and missile attacks from Gaza’s terrorist government into Israel, threatening the lives of all freedom loving Israelis. What constituency is Edwards representing on this issue?

Edwards has a similar perspective on illegal immigration. She fully supports comprehensive immigration reform, better known as amnesty for all illegal aliens including known criminals and MS-13 Hispanic gang members. Doesn’t she know that Montgomery and Prince George’s County citizens are losing their jobs and homes, local police, fireman and teachers are being furloughed, and schools and hospitals are continually overrun with students and patients without legal presence in our state? No matter as Edwards continues to blindly promote open borders, full amnesty and healthcare for all illegal aliens. What constituency is Edwards representing on this issue?

Voting citizens in Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts demanded and forced real change. Will Maryland be next?

Brad Botwin

RESPONSE TO DEMOCRATS IN ANNAPOLIS WANTING TO FUND AN ADDITIONAL $500K TO CASA DE MARYLAND FOR A SO-CALLED “MULTI-CULTURAL CENTER IN LANGLEY PARK, PG COUNTY

The above “CASA” group does NOT belong in the U.S. It belongs in Central America, being the “Central American Solidarity Association”. They and the illegals they support also belong in their own Central American countries–not in the United States. They are not “immigrants”–they are agents of foreign governments meddling in our government, hijacking our politicians and corrupting our elected officials who should be looking after the U.S. Citizens’ welfare–not those of these illegal aliens dumped on us by the pathetic countries of which they are so proud. They are supporting politicians like yourself and your ilk who are the same type of corrupt scum that has created the horrid conditions they left behind in their own countries. The end result is that this country will become the same s–t as the countries they left behind.
Having violated our Sovereignty and our Immigration Laws (something they would never permit others to do in their own countries):

1) they steal our jobs,
2) depress our wages
3) destroy our law abiding small American businesses who cannot compete with their very expensive “cheap labor”
4) a great many do not pay taxes, being paid cash under the table then
5) send money to their own countries (money which should be staying here in the U.S., earned and spent by U.S. citizens to support our economy, not bail out theirs),
6) bankrupt our hospitals with their abuse of our emergency and medical services they get for free thereby driving up our healthcare costs and diminishing the quality of healthcare for our own U.S. Citizens, (they have succeeded in bankrupting California, where many emergency rooms have had to close and where the government has had to issue IOUs in lieu of paychecks to government employees and creditors)
7) they violate every zoning, housing and fire-code laws on the books in our neighborhoods, turning them into the same dumps they left behind in their own countries, and devaluating the properties of the U.S. Citizens. (Only God knows how many of them have contributed to the mortgage crises by their having obtained mortgages they could not afford, and how many of them under false and stolen identities.

For the sake of “Political Correctness” no one has even mentioned this though I am sure, from what I see in Hyattsville, their impact on the crisis has been significant. Having a 70-year old husband who instead of retiring has had to go back to consulting to make ends meet and unable to find a job myself at 57 years of age we cannot afford to play your political correctness games.

We have to face the reality of how to make our money last so that it does not run out before we die while at the same time paying outrageous taxes so you can squander it away on people who do not belong here and who “breed like rabbits” with the expectation that we, the American taxpayer, are going to provide for all their needs in the future.
they bankrupt our social services systems, availing themselves of food stamps, medicaid, and flooding our schools with their children driving up the cost of our education, which the American taxpayer has to pay to support
9) steal our identities with your blessings, committing all kinds of fraud under false and assumed identities and false or stolen Social Security Numbers. Despite your efforts we the people forced you to stop issuing new or renewed drivers licenses to illegal aliens in Maryland (Although we have to wait another four years for the full impact due to your pandering delay in enforcing the law!)
10) import Salvadoran and other foreign gangs and crime into our neighborhoods to the point where citizens are not safe in their own homes
11) while here illegally, they support and elect Marxists rulers in their own countries in the hope of their putting pressure on our own Government to turn it to their purposes and to meet THEIR needs not those of the U.S. citizens something they would never permit others to do in their own countries, recognizing it for what it is: an act of war and attempt to take over their country.

These people are a hostile attack on the U.S., its Sovereignty and its Citizens as are the organizations, such as CASA De Maryland who support, fund, organize and encourage them. As a U.S. citizen, I believe you are performing an Act of Treason for supporting their cause. You are misappropriating money I have worked hard to earn under the false pretense of providing services for my benefit and those of my fellow American Citizens and using it to support foreign agents which is what these illegals and their organizations are.

These people, who are all very proud of being Mexican, Salvadoran, Ecuadorians, etc., etc., etc., and are here ILLEGALLY violating all our laws and interfering with our government and corrupting politicians like you so that you put their interests above ours, the Citizens of the United States of American, should be rounded up by immigration officials and returned to their own countries of which they are so proud.

Let them organize there and protest THERE and ask THEIR own home governments and politicians whom THEY have elected why they cannot find a job in their own countries and why their needs are not being met in their own homes. Perhaps their governments should tax THEIR fellow citizens to pay for their social services in their countries instead of leeching off of ours.

My parents and I came to this country LEGALLY, fleeing communist persecution in our native land. We became naturalized citizens and renounced allegiance to any and all foreign countries. We cast our lot with our fellow Americans. We have worked and studied hard, paid our taxes and never, ever collected a penny of public assistance.

We love and observe all its laws, federal, state and all local laws and ordinances. These people have broken into our country illegally and are making demands of us the Citizens and of a government whose main priority should be to serve us. They are attempting to change this country to suit their needs and if they are allowed to continue they will make this country the same s–t and disaster they left behind.

Immigration laws need to be enforced to the fullest extent and they should be deported, along with their children, regardless of where they were born, back to their home countries.

BTW, we lived in Mexico and even though we were there LEGALLY, my sister, who was born in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, was not granted Mexican citizenship. No other country in the world, especially not those of Central, South America and Mexico, grants birthright citizenship. The only way a child can obtain birthright citizenship is if at least one of the parents is already a citizen.

Do not separate families. Anyone found here illegally should be sent back with their whole family including their children. Stop this bulls–t. Amigo, NO SE PUEDE.

P.S. I believe that you are looking forward to their (illegal alien) votes and I would not be at all surprised if CASA and other such organizations provided them with information to vote at our polls. Americans need to organize and we need our voter rolls to be reviewed and proof of Citizenship provided at our voting booths in all upcoming elections to make sure that the future of us the Citizens of the United States of America is not being decided by illegal Salvadorans, Mexicans, Hondurans, etc., etc., being sponsored by CASA de Maryland and other groups working for Marxism and for the likes of Hugo Chavez and the Castros.

NO SE PUEDE Y NO SE DEBE!

Marta, Montgomery COUNTY

Help Save Maryland

March 1, 2010

We have an opportunity to testify on Wednesday March 3, 2010, 1PM in Annapolis on E-Verify Legislation. It is important to note that this bill has bipartisan support – Republicans and Democrats working together to preserve jobs for Maryland citizens. If you do testify, please keep your statement “on the table” so to speak. No need to bash Hispanic illegal aliens, CASA de Maryland, ACLU, Catholic Charities and their ilk.

The economy, foreclosure and employment situation in Maryland is so bad that most delegates, outside of Montgomery and PG Counties are getting the message that we need to maintain and create jobs for citizens. E-Verify is an important step in the process of re-employing taxpaying citizens.

Be polite and to the point in your testimony. Thank the bill sponsors. However, do take names of those elected officials that challenge the bill and treat testifying citizens poorly. We are taking precious time away from our jobs to testify and deserve respect. With a smile on your face, remind problem delegates that you are with Help Save Maryland and that its an election year.

Have fun and be part of the process! Can’t make it to Annapolis Weds? Call or e-mail Committee members.

More hearing are scheduled for next week as well. Help Save Maryland!

HEALTH AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, Chair
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, Vice Chair

Room 240, House Office Building, Annapolis, MD 21401-1991
(410-841-3770 Annapolis/Baltimore Area; 301-858-3770 Washington, D.C. Area)

_______________________________________________________________________________ Anyone wishing to testify must sign the witness sheet no later than 15 minutes (60 to be safe) prior to the bill hearing. Oral testimony will be limited to 3 minutes per person. People wishing to testify are encouraged to testify in panels. If you would like to submit written testimony, please submit 35 copies to the committee staff no later than one hour prior to the bill hearing. The bill number must be clearly indicated on the written testimony. Any late testimony will be distributed at a later date. The order that the bills are listed on the hearing schedule is not necessarily the order in which they will be heard. Bills coming from Rules or Cross-filed bills from the Senate will be Sponsor-Only testimony.

HOUSE BILL 721

Delegates Miller, Bartlett, Beidle, Beitzel, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, DeBoy, Dwyer, Elmore, George, Haddaway, Impallaria, Jenkins, Kelly, King, Kipke, Love, Malone, McComas, McHale, Minnick, Myers, Norman, O’Donnell, Riley, Rudolph, Serafini, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stifler, Stull, and Wood

Entitled:

State Procurement – Use of Federal E-Verify Program to Prevent Employment of Unauthorized Alien Workers

Synopsis:

Declaring that it is the public policy of the State to restrict and deter the use of unauthorized alien workers in the performance of public contracts and grants in the State; specifying criteria for mandatory registration in a federal E-Verify program; prohibiting noncompliant persons or entities from performing specified contracts; imposing requirements on subcontractors, as specified; restricting eligibility for prequalification to contractors in compliance with specified provisions of law; etc.

To reach each Delegate by phone:
From Baltimore/Annapolis area: dial 410-841 + Extension # (FAX: 410-841-3850)
From Prince Georges & Montgomery County areas: dial 301-858 + Extension # (FAX: 301-858-3850)
From all other areas in Maryland, dial: 1-800-492-7199 + Extension #

Address correspondence as follows:
The Honorable (Name of Delegate)
Room #, House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401-1991

Salutation: Dear Delegate (Name)

Anyone wishing to testify on any bill must sign the witness register approximately one hour before the hearings begin. If you have written testimony, please submit 35 copies to the committee clerk for distribution at least 60 minutes before the bill hearings begin. The order that bills are listed on the schedule is not necessarily the order in which they will be heard.

Find your MD Representatives – http://mdelect.net/ Type in your home address.
Write down Delegate names, room and phone numbers, e-mail address

DIRECTIONS & PARKING: From Route 50 – Take Exit 24 onto Rowe Boulevard towards Annapolis, turn right at 2nd onto Taylor Avenue, then 5th right on far side of Navy-Marine Stadium (near jet plane) into Stadium Parking Lot Gate 5 (pay $5) Walk to bus shelter at Parking Lot and board Free Shuttle to Government Buildings. Shuttle runs every 15 minutes. Ask to be dropped at Lawyers Mall/Senate/House Buildings. Reverse instructions when heading home.

DRESS – Business casual is fine. Look good as you are representing HSM!

Bring snacks/food and drinks as facilities are very limited.
BRING PHOTO ID to gain entrance to the buildings. NO knives, guns, signs, etc.

BRING – reading material as these hearing can go on for hours. Use the free time to meet other HSM members in the hallway and corridors.

BE PREPARED – to share the hallway and hearing room with the taxpayer funded female lobbyists from the illegal alien support group CASA of Maryland, the ACLU and mindless SEIU union members who support illegals

PLEASE DO NOT BOTHER OR ENGAGE THE CASA, ACLU OR SEIU UNION REPS.

Questions Contact: Brad Botwin, Director, HSM -240-447-1884, bb67chev@aol.com

Help Save Maryland

February 28, 2010

TOWNHALL IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY A SUCCESS!

People for Change in Prince George’s County/Help Save Maryland Townhall was a great success. Excellent turnout and in-depth dialogue with concerned citizens on the impact of illegal immigration on jobs, taxes and our quality of life in Maryland. Sandy Pruitt and Jerry McLaurin of People for Change deserve our support and thanks for having the moxie to host this historic and groundbreaking event in Prince George’s County. With the help of Sandy and Jerry, the Black Community is awakening to this issue, despite the lies and deception from their current state and local elected officials, and the illegal alien support groups.

So concerned were the illegal alien support groups (CASA de Maryland and others) about this event that they sent their minions to try to disrupt the session. One women from a left-wing group allegedly concerned about racism actually compared the speakers (3 Black, 2 White) and our public Townhall to a Ku Klux Klan meeting. Nice touch! And the CASA de Maryland rep, a wet behind the ears Hispanic “community organizer” tried to downplay the significance of the new, taxpayer funded CASA de Maryland “Multicultural Center” in the heart of Langley Park (Prince George’s County) as a huge magnet for illegal alien day laborers, MS-13 gang members and crime.

Next Steps in Prince George’s County – PFC/HSM and other groups along with concerned citizens will be pushing for the implementation of the federal E-Verify Program at the state and county level. We will be testifying in Annapolis later this week and next as needed to ensure that tax dollars and needed jobs are reserved for citizens only through use of the E-Verify system!

MOCO COUNTY EXECUTIVE IKE LEGGETT – LAWLESS & CLUELESS TO THE BONE

What is wrong with this picture? Let’s follow the trail of rape, murder, unemployment, furloughs, and budget deficits in Montgomery County& now PG County, and then you tell me if MoCo County Executive Ike Leggett should have the key to his executive office shower ($100K+ installation) taken away:

1 - Leggett statements pander to illegal aliens at Gaithersbug Catholic Church event Wednesday night. Same event where HSM members turned away:

*Ilegal aliens will have the same rights and privileges of legal
citizens in Montgomery County.

*Illegal aliens will have the same access to affordable health care.

*Illegal aliens will pay in state tuition in County schools.

*Illegal aliens will have the same rights and access in the county
affordable housing program as legal residents in the county.

2 - Gazette Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 Leggett ready to axe citizens

Leggett mulls layoffs of 250; budget gap grows

Snow removal cost for two storms tops $25 million

by Erin Cunningham | Staff Writer http://www.gazette.net/stories/02242010/montnew191259_32548.php

3 – Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 Gazette

Bond set at $1 million for Silver Spring men accused of rape

Police say both men raped 11-year-old girl, who helped identify two suspects

by Jason Tomassini | Staff Writer http://www.gazette.net/stories/02252010/montnew162822_32567.php

Ultimate chutzpah! – “Casa de Maryland will hold a candlelight vigil and peace gathering in response to the crime at 6:30 tonight at the corner of Carroll Avenue and Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring.” These 2 alleged Hispanic rapists from Montgomery County, now along with a third Hispanic suspect from Langley Park, PG County, are all illegal alien Day Laborers attracted to the metro area in great part by MC County funded CASA de Maryland run Day Laborer Centers at Piney Branch and other locations!

4 –

Guatemalan gets 15 years for rape of UMd. student – Illegal Alien lived in Laurel, PG County

By: Scott McCabe
Examiner Staff Writer
February 26, 2010

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Guatemalan-gets-15-years-for-rape-of-UMd_-student-85422817.html#ixzz0gqtAAUDr

5 –

Man accused of promising marriage, having sex with abducted Md. girl – PG County Suspect

By: Freeman Klopott
Examiner Staff Writer
February 26, 2010

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Man-accused-of-promising-marriage_-having-sex-with-abducted-Md_-girl-85416442.html#ixzz0gquA7TTH

WITH REGARD TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND UNNECESSARY CRIME AND RAPE, AS MONTGOMERY COUNTY GOES SO GOES THE REST OF MARYLAND. MOCO EXECUTIVE IKE LEGGETT IS THE LINCHPIN FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND THE RELATED CARNAGE IN OUR STATE.

Over the next 2 weeks there will be hearings in Annapolis on implementing the federal E-Verify program in Maryland. It’s an important first step in turning our lawless politicians away from supporting illegal alien criminals. We will also be testifying for E-Verify at the county level.

We will also have an opportunity to rally against MD Congressman Chris Van Hollen, a leading supporter for healthcare and other services for the illegal alien community.

JOIN US IN PERSON IN ANNAPOLIS OR AT YOUR COUNTY COUNCIL/COMMISSION. OR MAKE CALLS/SEND E-MAILS. MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.

HELP SAVE MARYLAND!!!!

Help Save Maryland

February 24, 2010

HELP SAVE MARYLAND MEMBERS NOT WELCOME AT ST. MARTIN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GAITHERSBURG!

Men who can best be described as thugs turned away members of Help Save Maryland from the doors of St. Martin’s Catholic Church tonite! A number of HSM members were screened at the door and blocked from entry by Hispanic bouncers. They were instead told to listen to Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett presentation from the street. They also badmouthed our members in Spanish, not realizing they were fellow Latinos who understood every word! Were the bouncers members of St Martin’s, part of Ike Leggett’s security team or on loan from CASA de Maryland, I do not know at this time. More information to follow.

The following is copied from the front page of St. Martin’s website:

“Welcome to St. Martin’s Catholic Community, a community of faith that strives to live the message of Jesus each and every day. Recognizing our talents and resources, we, the parishioners of St. Martins, prayerfully dedicate ourselves to teach as Jesus did, and to build a faith community which reaches out in loving service to others.”

Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland

People for Change hosts forum on affects of illegal immigration

February 23, 9:00 PMDC Immigration ExaminerAndy Arnold

If you do not believe a black/brown divide exists in Prince George’s County show up at the James R. Cousins, Jr., Municipal Center in Glenarden Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The split has also moved to the District’s mayoral race. And it is fueled by Democrats.

Sandy Pruitt, leader of People for Change, will moderate a discussion between five locals who oppose illegal immigration. Numbers USA President Roy Beck is scheduled to speak on the impact of illegal immigration and effective lobbying techniques. Former Maryland child support enforcement officer Paulette Faulkner is scheduled to discuss how illegal immigrants take advantage of tax dollars through social services. Monique Miles, an attorney for Immigration Reform Law Institute, will talk about legal options for those who have been hurt by the undocumented.

E-verify, the federal government’s data base allowing employers to check the legal status of potential employees, will be supported on two sides. Brad Botwin, leader of Help Save Maryland, is expected to update attendees on immigration-related proposals in Annapolis. He will also encourage E-verify in Prince George’s County, according to a flyer advertising the event.

Finally, Leo Alexander, a candidate for mayor of DC, is scheduled to link high unemployment, undocumented workers and the impact of illegal immigrants in the District. Alexander favors E-verify.

TOWNHALL MEETING

Understanding the Impact of Illegal Immigration on the Citizens

of Prince George’s County and the State of Maryland

Unemployment, Education, Tax Dollars, Contracts

WHAT EVERY MARYLAND CITIZEN NEEDS TO KNOW!

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010

6:30PM – 8:30PM

JAMES R. COUSINS, JR. MUNICIPAL CENTER

GLENARDEN GOLD ROOM

8600 GLENARDEN PARKWAY

GLENARDEN, MD 20706

Sandy Pruitt, Moderator

Leader, People for Change – www.pfcpgc.org

Panelists

Roy Beck

President, Numbers USA - www.numbersusa.org

Impact of Illegal Immigration on our Population, the School System, and Environment

Contacting your Legislators – effective lobbying techniques

Paulette Faulkner

Former employee, State of Maryland, Child Support Enforcement Office

How Illegal Immigrants are taking advantage of our tax dollars thru social services

Leo Alexander

Democrat Candidate for Mayor of DC – www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYY1jSyT_j8&feature=related

High unemployment, “undocumented” workers and the impact of illegal immigrants

Monique A. Miles, Esq.

Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) – www.irli.org

What are some Legal options?

Brad Botwin

Director, Help Save Maryland – www.helpsavemaryland.com

Immigration related bills in Annapolis

E-Verify for workers in Prince George’s County & state-wide- what needs to be done?

Refreshments will be served. Press and Media welcome

For more information contact: Brad Botwin, bb67chev@aol.com or 240-447-1884

Help Save Maryland

February 23, 2010

I can never get enough of Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett in action, especially when he is pandering to the Hispanic illegal alien community he helped create in Montgomery County.

So come on out to a special event:

Wednesday February 24, 7:30PM, at the St. Martin’s Catholic Church Hall (basement)

201 S. Frederick Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 http://www.stmartinsweb.com/go2/directions/

All our welcome, except federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

Ike Leggett, who will be fresh from his $100K+ executive shower/bathroom, is the keynote speaker at this event sponsored by Action in Montgomery ( an anti-citizen organization comprised of 30 local churches) and hosted by St Martin’s. I’m betting there will be cameo appearances by fellow All-Star panderers Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro and State Del Ana Sol Gutierrez. If we are lucky maybe Gustavo Torres of CASA de Maryland (Central American Solidarity Association) will slither in.

Ike is going to talk about funding for prospective illegal alien students at Montgomery College. (I wonder if Ike is going to bring along some Spanish language Census forms to fill out!?!?).

Sharing the dais with Ike will be a 23 year-old, fresh from El Salvador, who will be pleading for In-County tuition on behalf of many like herself that “don’t have papers”, but are yearning to go to our Community College on our dime! Now if ICE agents were invited they would have gladly provided this young lady with “detainer paperwork” as a first step towards her deportation.

When Montgomery County citizens are losing their jobs or being furloughed, fighting home foreclosures and struggling to fund college tuition for their own children, its great to know Ike Leggett is fighting for In-County Tuition for illegal alien students! Christ, even the hardcore panderers in Annapolis from Governor O’Malley on down are smart enough to not push In-State tuition for illegal aliens in an election year. Got to Love Ike Leggett!

Tell Ike Leggett and his drone colleagues at the Montgomery County Council what you think about In-County Tuition for Illegal Aliens.

Ike Leggett ocemail@montgomerycountymd.gov

Montgomery County Council county.council@montgomerycountymd.gov

See you Weds Night!

Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland

Help Save Maryland

February 22, 2010

TOWNHALL MEETING

Understanding the Impact of Illegal Immigration on the Citizens

of Prince George’s County and the State of Maryland

Unemployment, Education, Tax Dollars, Contracts

WHAT EVERY MARYLAND CITIZEN NEEDS TO KNOW!

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010

6:30PM – 8:30PM

JAMES R. COUSINS, JR. MUNICIPAL CENTER

GLENARDEN GOLD ROOM

8600 GLENARDEN PARKWAY

GLENARDEN, MD 20706

Sandy Pruitt, Moderator

Leader, People for Change – www.pfcpgc.org

Panelists

Roy Beck

President, Numbers USA - www.numbersusa.org

Impact of Illegal Immigration on our Population, the School System, and Environment

Contacting your Legislators – effective lobbying techniques

Paulette Faulkner

Former employee, State of Maryland, Child Support Enforcement Office

How Illegal Immigrants are taking advantage of our tax dollars thru social services

Leo Alexander

Democrat Candidate for Mayor of DC – www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYY1jSyT_j8&feature=related

High unemployment, “undocumented” workers and the impact of illegal immigrants

Monique A. Miles, Esq.

Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) – www.irli.org

What are some Legal options?

Brad Botwin

Director, Help Save Maryland – www.helpsavemaryland.com

Immigration related bills in Annapolis

E-Verify for workers in Prince George’s County & state-wide- what needs to be done?

Refreshments will be served. Press and Media welcome

For more information contact: Brad Botwin, bb67chev@aol.com or 240-447-1884

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POP QUIZ!

WHY IS CRIME LOWER IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA THAN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD?

WHY DO THE FAIRFAX POLICE WORK CLOSELY WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, WHILE MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE DO NOT?

ANSWER – MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE CHIEF TOM MANGER NO LONGER WORKS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA!

Program that IDs jailed illegal immigrants sought for deportation gets high marks

By N.C. Aizenman
Monday, February 22, 2010; B01

For nearly a year, Fairfax County’s Adult Detention Center has quietly helped pilot a far-reaching program designed to identify criminal illegal immigrants and assist the federal government in removing them from the United States.

Although controversy over civil liberties issues has surrounded similar efforts, the Fairfax program, Secure Communities, has had a lower profile. It automatically checks the digital fingerprints of anyone processed at the jail against immigration databases maintained by the Department of Homeland Security. If someone is found to be an illegal immigrant whom officials want to deport, an officer of DHS’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE, calls the jail’s booking desk within an hour to place a “detainer” on the person.

Fairfax, which will mark the one-year anniversary of its enrollment next month, was among the first of only 116 jurisdictions nationwide to participate. Prince William County, the District and Prince George’s County, which enrolled more recently, are the only other Washington area jurisdictions to sign up. The Obama administration plans to expand the program, which costs about $200 million a year, to all 3,100 local jails nationwide by 2013.

In Fairfax, 619 inmates were targeted for removal in 2009 because of the program. About 474 illegal immigrant inmates were identified by other means, for a total of 1,093 — a 40 percent increase from 2008, even though the jail’s population shrank slightly.

About a third have been deported. The rest are in immigration proceedings or serving their sentences.

ICE officials said it’s difficult to attribute all of the increase to Secure Communities. If the program hadn’t been in place, they said, they might have mounted other equally effective efforts in the jail.

But Fairfax Sheriff Stan G. Barry, who runs the detention center, gave the program high marks. “It’s been absolutely fantastic,” he said. “We’ve been able to identify a lot more individuals who are threats to our community and have them removed.”

Officials point to the Fairfax police arrest March 27 of a Belgian man accused of solicitation of prostitution. The Secure Communities check revealed that he was in the country illegally, had encountered local police more than a dozen times under various aliases and had been convicted of crimes that ranged from assault to attempted armed robbery.

It’s possible that the man might have been caught even if Fairfax didn’t use Secure Communities. Since July 2008, the Virginia legislature has required jail officials to notify immigration authorities of any foreign nationals in their custody.

However, inmates can lie about their citizenship. And in the past, during periods when many inmates were brought through the jail at once, sheriff’s deputies often lacked the time and training to take a closer look, Barry said.

“It involved a lot of guesswork,” he said. When deputies did call ICE, there was no way to ensure that ICE agents followed up.

The immigration databases that the Secure Communities program taps are not infallible. They list only foreigners who entered the United States on a visa or who were caught trying to sneak in but later released. Those who have never crossed paths with immigration authorities are not singled out — the same as U.S.-born citizens. But ICE officials can investigate further.

Secure Communities gives federal officials full control over which illegal immigrants are deported. The Obama administration has announced that its priority is to remove those guilty of violent or serious crimes. (Being in the country illegally is a civil violation, not a criminal offense.)

By contrast, under a similar but more controversial program known as 287g, after the legal provision that created it, local jail officials are trained and deputized to determine which inmates are illegal immigrants and to decide whether to pursue deportation. Immigrant advocates worry that this offers local officials who might be prejudiced against immigrants a way to target them.

In Frederick County, one of a handful of Washington area jurisdictions that participate in 287g, Sheriff Charles A. Jenkins said his policy is to target every inmate identified as an illegal immigrant for deportation.

That has amounted to 605 inmates since the jail enrolled in 287g in April 2008, Jenkins said, about 9 percent of the total jail population. Jenkins said that deporting even low-level offenders is beneficial.

“One of the first persons we processed [for deportation] was driving under the influence of alcohol through a school zone during school hours at 30 miles over the speed limit,” Jenkins said. “Is he any less of a threat to the community than a [top-level] offender? I would argue no.”

Barry said he supports leaving discretion with federal authorities. “In an ideal world of unlimited resources, should we deport everyone who committed an offense? Sure. But we can’t deport everyone,” he said.

To Barry, who was considering enrolling in 287g when federal officials approached him about Secure Communities, perhaps the strongest argument is financial.

A smaller facility such as Frederick County’s detention center can conduct immigration investigations during its regular duties. But Barry estimated that using 287g would have required him to dedicate eight to 15 people at an annual cost of as much as $3 million. Secure Communities is funded entirely by the federal government.

Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington think tank that favors limits on immigration, said the automated nature of Secure Communities also can help insulate local officials from allegations that they are singling out immigrants through racial profiling — a concern that has dogged the 287g program.

“There’s no judgment call, no decision to make, like: ‘Is that a foreign name? Do I run it?’ ” Vaughan said.

Advocates for immigrants aren’t so sure. “We fear that police will be doing preemptive arrests to get people who they suspect of being immigrants into the jail system so that they will be checked through the Secure Communities program,” said Michele Waslin, senior policy analyst at the Immigration Policy Center.

Statistics from ICE suggest that agents pursue deportation of more than half of all eligible people who have committed serious crimes, compared with as few as a fifth of lower-level offenders. The trend is comparable in Fairfax.

However, the figures are imprecise. And the bulk of the 40,000 people who have been targeted for deportation under Secure Communities since the program’s inception in October 2008 are lower-level offenders. This is mainly because so many low-level offenders go through the system, said ICE spokesman Richard Rocha.

During a recent afternoon at the Fairfax jail, officials appeared to show restraint. A 29-year-old man with bleary eyes and dirty clothing who was brought in for public drunkenness at a gas station spoke only Spanish. His offense was a misdemeanor for which fingerprints are not taken at the jail, so no automated check of his nationality or immigration status was conducted.

A few minutes later, police officers escorted in a Moroccan-born man on a more serious charge: stealing merchandise off the loading dock at a nearby Macy’s. Deputy Sheriff Donald Fuller took his fingerprints on an electronic scanner connected to a computer, then clicked the button that would check them against the databases.

In this instance, the man turned out to be a legal permanent resident. ICE officials said they would monitor the case in the event he is convicted of a charge that cancels his legal status.

Help Save Maryland

February 21, 2010

Important dates for HSM members to be in Annapolis… plan your work schedule now

March 3: E-Verify (House bill)
March 11: E-Verify (Senate bill); Voter proof-of-identity (Senate bill)
March 23 : MD Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law (House bill); Report Immigration Status of Detained Suspects (House bill)

Go to www.HelpSaveMaryland.com and click on Take Action: Annapolis 2010 Session for more details.

What to expect in Annapolis

The Feb. 4 Maryland General Assembly hearings conducted by the Ways and Means Committee was an incredible performance of utter rudeness and arrogance. Although not surprised, at least 20 of us, both unacquainted rookie- and veteran-attendees, were unanimously dumbfounded by it.

Needless to say, Chairwoman Sheila Hixson’s leadership was embarrassingly lacking.

We went to listen, learn and/or testify on HB92 (Job Creation and Tax Credit Bill) and HB204 (Property Tax Assessment & Appeals Task Force). The only ones apparently worthy of any respect were the “professionals,” i.e. paid lobbyists and government staffers.

Otherwise, during citizenry testimonies, many elected officials were either inattentive, interrogating, condescending, mentally and physically wandering, snickering, ridiculing, even noticeably and publicly preoccupied with Twitter (see proof from Montgomery County’s Delegate Bill Frick on www.americans forprosperity.com and other laptop activities.

Their message seemed to be “hurry up and shut up!”

The arrogance we witnessed in Annapolis is exactly why millions of citizens nationwide have had enough of the politicians in their local communities, state capitals and Washington. Nov. 2 and recent elections will be the euphoric culmination of our campaigning and voting these jokers out of office.

Until then, any amount of help to end this citizen mockery will be a tremendous contribution in helping to take our country back.

Maureen Harper, Cambridge

ARTICLE

Counties push illegals to win census bucks

By: Brian Hughes
Examiner Staff Writer
February 21, 2010

With the 2010 census looming, local governments are targeting illegal immigrants to land federal funding tied to the population count.

Dispatching civic groups to speak with day laborers and delivering pleas from church pulpits, officials hope to ease worries about personal information being used for immigration raids.

Failing to count illegal immigrants, local officials say, will reduce federal funding around $1,000 a year for each ignored person. And counties are looking for ways to offset costs that arise from providing health care and school services to thousands of residents who don’t contribute taxes.

“The bottom line is we’re counting heads,” Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Sharon Bulova said. “We’ve done it for hundreds of years in this country — people who are citizens and noncitizens.”

The census details everyone living in an area, including undocumented residents. It is illegal for the U.S. Census Bureau to share the information with other agencies.

Local governments are turning to church leaders and nonprofit groups to make the case to low-income residents, non-English speakers and illegal immigrants, considered the most likely to avoid the 10-question survey.

Bulova delivered a census endorsement to a Korean church congregation Sunday and plans to visit a Fairfax County mosque in the upcoming weeks.

In addition to a “census faith event,” Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett plans a trio of “census festivals,” partially to appeal to the tens of thousands of Hispanics thought to be excluded from the last census in 2000.

Montgomery County officials have identified 42 areas ripe with residents least likely for census inclusion. In 2008, the Census Bureau estimated more than 14 percent of county residents were Hispanic.

Though county officials call the outreach economic survival — more than $400 billion in federal funding is tied to the census — anti-illegal immigration groups say it is coddling residents already draining the region of money.

“It’s a vicious cycle of lawlessness,” said Brad Botwin, founder of Help Save Maryland. “Ike Leggett is waist deep in this. He’s desperate for money. He’s made the bed. Now we have to lie in it.”

The census inroads made to immigrant communities have been curbed somewhat by a national movement for illegals to avoid the survey until laws are reformed to ease the path to citizenship. And they argue the count is used to justify crackdowns.

Census advocates say the boycott would divert federal money for schools, roads and senior citizens to other regions.

“That’s the wrong thing — that’s the wrong message to send out,” said Tony Reyes, chairman of the Prince William County Complete Count Census Committee. “All that’s going to do is be a detriment.”

For each person not counted, Prince William will lose $1,300 in federal funding each year, committee members said.

Immigration enforcement officials vowed to stay away from the data.

“We are focused on smart, effective immigration enforcement that focuses first on those dangerous criminal aliens who present the greatest risk to the security of our communities, not sweeps or raids to target undocumented immigrants indiscriminately,” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Spokesman Brandon Montgomery wrote in an e-mail.

Local census participation by legal residents generally eclipsed the 72 percent national average for the 2000 survey.

David Sherfinski contributed to this report.

bhughes@washingtonexaminer.com

Help Save Maryland Demands That Illegal Aliens Be Turned Away from Maryland House and Senate Hearings In Annapolis

DGS Commander Parker:

I greatly appreciate the assistance you have offered and eagerly await the details on what type of photo identification is suitable for entry into the House and Senate buildings and their respective legislative hearings.

As I explained on the telephone, I am very concerned that CASA of Maryland may bring busloads of probable illegal aliens to participate in House and Senate hearings as they have each of the past two years. While only the officers that processed them through the security check know what type of identification they used, I suspect many of them offered a CASA identification card or a Matricula Consular card as proof of their identity. Neither of these cards provides valid proof of identity and could result in illegal aliens and possibly even terrorists access to legislative hearing rooms.

Allowing illegal aliens to participate in legislative deliberations is also a serious concern from a political perspective. Foreigners and foreign entities should not be allowed to influence the law-making process and should not be allowed in hearings where they often fill up seats forcing citizens and legal immigrants to stand in order to participate.

I would encourage you to strengthen entry requirements into the House and Senate office buildings. My research so far which includes various calls to DGS police leads me to believe that almost any identification can currently be used. For improved security, I believe the photo requirement should be, at the minimum, a U.S. government or U.S State issued identification. While not foolproof—as Maryland has issued over 250,000 licenses to illegal aliens prior to June 2009—it would at least provide some measure of protection. Further, I would appreciate an investigation by DGS police into how to further strengthen entrance requirements given the “security hole” created by Maryland’s previous driver’s license policy.

Additionally, I would like to request that you contact the Baltimore Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office to request their assistance in determining whether the busloads of immigrants CASA brings to House and Senate hearings are legally present in the United States and if not, how to prevent their entry. The phone number for ICE’s Chief Counsel, George W. Maugans, is (410) 637-4060.

Sincerely,

Ken Aldrich

Help Save Maryland

Howard County Coordinator

Help Save Maryland

February 19, 2010

A POSTING BY LOW LEVEL PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY PARTY OFFICIAL, JOSEPH KITCHEN, UNFAIRLY ATTACKING TOWNHALL SPEAKER PAULETTE FAULKNER, HSM AND THE UPCOMING FEBRUARY 25 TOWNHALL MEETING ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

Democratic District 23A candidate joins with Tea Party organization on immigration

So if your a democratic candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates facing a crowded primary field, would you want to be associated with a group that has called President Obama a socialist, questioned his legal ability to be President, and at their convention called for bringing back the Poll Tax?

Paulette Faulkner, a candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 23A, will join a panel discussing on “understanding the impact of illegal immigration.” The event hosted by People for Change- Prince George’s County will also include representatives from other anti-immigration groups; Help Save Maryland, Immigration Reform Law Inst., and a candidate for Mayor of DC. Help Save Maryland is a group that is also closely aligned with the Maryland Tea Party movement.

Groups planning the panel say the purpose of the event is to ” understand the impact of illegal immigration on the citizens of Prince George’s and the state of Maryland.” One member of the planning group, Help Save Maryland, engaged in a very public back and forth with Prince George’s Delegate Ben Barns through the Gazette over this very topic.

Last year Leo Alexander, a candidate for DC mayor who will also be on the panel, was under a lot of fire for comments he made about the city’s immigration population. A very popular DC Column Loose Lips in the Washington Paper disregarded Alexander’s campaign because of his “anti-illegal-immigrant rhetoric.” A day later Alexander’s spokeswoman sent a blistering email to most of establishment DC saying her candidate had never made such statements. Papers throughout the city pointed to Alexander’s comments in reference to “illegal immigrants” taking residents jobs in most of the service industry. Since then Alexander who was then said to be the “the strongest candidate yet to declare”, has witnessed his campaign fall totally off the map.

Faulkner is apart of a very crowded field to replace Delegate Gerron Levi who is running for County Executive stands the same possibility of being written off by taking part in the panel. Her opposition which includes the other District 23A Delegate James Hubbard, Bowie City Councilwoman Geraldine Valentino-Smith, and more, are very likely to jump not only on this event, but note the fact that one of the key panelist includes a co-sponsor of the Maryland Tea Party. A democratic candidate in democratic Prince George’s sitting on the same panel with an organization who has called President Obama’s policies socialist and in fact openly question his legitimacy to be the Commander in Chief? A google of the group Help Save Maryland presents the reader with facts that the organization co-sponsored their January 10th rally in Annapolis and is listed as a member of the Tea Party Patriots. That group takes credit and pride in the fact that three democratic senators will retire instead of defending their US Senate seats. How democratic voters of District 23A will see one of the candidates for their nomination working with a group focused on defeating the party is a question voters will decide in September.

-While Joseph Kitchen is the Executive Vice President of the Prince George’s County Young Democrats, neither candidate, the democratic party, or the Prince George’s County Young Democrats contributed to this story. The views expressed are solely those of the author.

HELP SAVE MARYLAND RESPONSE TO FALSE STATEMENTS JOSEPH KITCHEN

Joseph Kitchen is a wonderful example of what is wrong in Prince George’s County and the rest of the state. While PG County citizens lose their jobs and homes, Kitchen prances about like Chicken Little, worrying more about his party’s dim future than the issues of unemployment, taxes, education and yes, illegal immigration.

Kitchen aligns himself with anti-citizen groups like CASA de Maryland and La Raza, who are only interested in taking jobs, in-state tuition and tax dollars from the hard working, honest citizens of Prince George’s County. PG Hospitals are bankrupt and schools overcrowded and under performing because of illegal aliens and politicians who think like Joseph Kitchen.

Paulette Faulkner was fired by the O’Malley regime for complaining about Hispanic illegal aliens stealing our tax dollars and services. She is a hero in Maryland as PG County citizens will find out at the Feb 25 event.

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the Kitchen!!

BRAD BOTWIN, DIRECTOR, HELP SAVE MARYLAND

CASA DE MARYLAND TRYS FOR ANOTHER $500,000 OF TAXPAYER FUNDS IN ANNAPOLIS

CASA DE MARYLAND (CENTRAL AMERICAN SOLIDARTY ASSOCIATION) WANTS MORE MARYLAND TAX DOLLARS TO COMPLETE THEIR SO-CALLED “MULTI-CULTURAL SERVICE CENTER, ON TOP OF THE MILLIONS ALREADY PROVIDED BY O’ MALLEY, MC’S LEGGETT AND PG’S JOHNSON. AND THAT’S NOT INCLUDING SENATOR BABS MIKULSKI’S FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

LET’S BE REAL, ITS A NEWLY REFURBISHED FEDERRAL,STATE AND LOCAL COUNTY TAXPAYER FUNDED ILLEGAL ALIEN CENTER FOR HISPANIC DAY LABORERS, GANG MEMBERS AND OTHER QUESTIONABLE USERS. LOCATED IN LOVELY LANGLEY PARK, PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, THIS STRUCTURE WILL ALSO HOUSE CASA DE MARYLAND SENIOR STAFF.

EARLIER THIS WEEK HELP SAVE MARYLAND POINTED OUT A$350,000 BOND FUNDING BILL FOR IDENTITY INC’S MS-13 GANG HANGOUT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. CASA IS TRYING THE SAME ROUTE FOR THEIR $500,000 GIFT, USING THEIR ANNAPOLIS CONCUBINES TO SLIP IN THE BOND REQUEST. CASA IS USING SENATORS (SB 1071) & DELEGATES (HB 1071) FROM BOTH PRINCE GEORGE’S AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES FOR THIS TASK.

HELP SAVE MARYLAND AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE IN ANNAPOLIS TO FIGHT THIS WASTE OF MONEY. BUT LETS GIVE ALL OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO SPONSORED THESE BILLS A WAKE UP CALL THAT WE ARE WATCHING THEM!

ANNAPOLIS SENATE SPONSORS – THE SAME USUAL LAWLESS, ILLEGAL ALIEN SUPPORTING SUSPECTS:

JAMIN B. (JAMIE) RASKIN
Democrat, District 20, Montgomery County

James Senate Office Building, Room 122
11 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3634, (301) 858-3634
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3634 (toll free)
e-mail: jamie.raskin@senate.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3166, (301) 841-3166

DAVID C. HARRINGTON
Democrat, District 47, Prince George’s County

Miller Senate Office Building, 2 West Wing
11 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3745, (301) 858-3745
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3745 (toll free)
e-mail: david.harrington@senate.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3387, (301) 858-3387

MICHAEL G. (MIKE) LENETT
Democrat, District 19, Montgomery County

James Senate Office Building, Room 202
11 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3151, (301) 858-3151
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3151 (toll free)
e-mail: mike.lenett@senate.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3740, (301) 858-3740

RICHARD STUART MADALENO, JR.
Democrat, District 18, Montgomery County

James Senate Office Building, Room 203
11 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3137, (301) 858-3137
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3137 (toll free)
e-mail: richard.madaleno@senate.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3676, (301) 858-3676

ANNAPOLIS DELEGATE SPONSORS – THE SAME USUAL LAWLESS, ILLEGAL ALIEN SUPPORTING SUSPECTS:

SAQIB ALI
Democrat, District 39, Montgomery County

House Office Building, Room 224
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3021, (301) 858-3021
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3021 (toll free)
e-mail: saqib.ali@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3375, (301) 858-3375

BENJAMIN S. BARNES
Democrat, District 21, Anne Arundel & Prince George’s Counties

House Office Building, Room 209
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3046, (301) 858-3046
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3046 (toll free)
e-mail: ben.barnes@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3346, (301) 858-3346

ANA SOL GUTIERREZ
Democrat, District 18, Montgomery County

House Office Building, Room 220
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3181, (301) 858-3181
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3181 (toll free)
e-mail: ana.gutierrez@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3232, (301) 858-3232

JOLENE IVEY
Democrat, District 47, Prince George’s County

House Office Building, Room 204
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3478, (301) 858-3478
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3478 (toll free)
e-mail: jolene.ivey@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3727, (301) 858-3727

HEATHER R. MIZEUR
Democrat, District 20, Montgomery County

House Office Building, Room 219
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3493, (301) 858-3493
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3493 (toll free)
e-mail: heather.mizeur@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3445, (301) 858-3445

DOYLE L. NIEMANN
Democrat, District 47, Prince George’s County

House Office Building, Room 203
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3326, (301) 858-3326
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3326 (toll free)
e-mail: doyle.niemann@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3403, (301) 858-3403

JOSELINE A. PENA-MELNYK
Democrat, District 21, Anne Arundel & Prince George’s Counties

House Office Building, Room 209
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3502, (301) 858-3502
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3502 (toll free)
e-mail: joseline.pena.melnyk@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3342, (301) 858-3342

SHEILA ELLIS HIXSON
Democrat, District 20, Montgomery County

House Office Building, Room 131
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3469, (301) 858-3469
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3469 (toll free)
e-mail: sheila.hixson@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3777, (301) 858-3777

VICTOR R. RAMIREZ
Democrat, District 47, Prince George’s County

House Office Building, Room 415
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3340, (301) 858-3340
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3340 (toll free)
e-mail: victor.ramirez@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3239, (301) 858-3239

HELP SAVE MARYLAND

February 17, 2010

TOWNHALL MEETING

Understanding the Impact of Illegal Immigration on the Citizens

of Prince George’s County and the State of Maryland

Unemployment, Education, Tax Dollars, Contracts

WHAT EVERY MARYLAND CITIZEN NEEDS TO KNOW!

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010

6:30PM – 8:30PM

JAMES R. COUSINS, JR. MUNICIPAL CENTER

GLENARDEN GOLD ROOM

8600 GLENARDEN PARKWAY

GLENARDEN, MD 20706

Sandy Pruitt, Moderator

Leader, People for Change – www.pfcpgc.org

Panelists

Roy Beck

President, Numbers USA - www.numbersusa.org

Impact of Illegal Immigration on our Population, the School System, and Environment

Contacting your Legislators – effective lobbying techniques

Paulette Faulkner

Former employee, State of Maryland, Child Support Enforcement Office

How Illegal Immigrants are taking advantage of our tax dollars thru social services

Leo Alexander

Democrat Candidate for Mayor of DC – www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYY1jSyT_j8&feature=related

High unemployment, “undocumented” workers and the impact of illegal immigrants

Monique A. Miles, Esq.

Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) – www.irli.org

What are some Legal options?

Brad Botwin

Director, Help Save Maryland – www.helpsavemaryland.com

Immigration related bills in Annapolis

E-Verify for workers in Prince George’s County & state-wide- what needs to be done?

Refreshments will be served. Press and Media welcome

For more information contact: Brad Botwin, bb67chev@aol.com or 240-447-1884

SAVE THE DATE! Thursday, February 25, 6:30-8:30pm, Glenarden, Prince George’s County, MD 20706

Please join us for the largest citizens’ Town Hall event of the New Year.

Topics include: Jobs, Unemployment & Illegal Immigration – federal E-Verify, 287g, and other enforcement measures

Sponsored by leading Maryland and national activists/organizations including:

People for Change in Prince George’s County

Help Save Maryland

NumbersUSA

Immigration Reform Law Institute

Federation for American Immigration Reform

Hear speakers from the sponsor organizations and other special guests from the Metro region.

Join fellow concerned citizens from around the state! Be part of the solution to Maryland’s unemployment and illegal immigration crisis!

WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS IN FUTURE MESSAGES

Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland

Help Save Maryland

February 12, 2010

REMINDER – HSM’s CITIZENS HOTLINE & REFERRAL SERVICE!

Help Save Maryland has a ”Legal Help Hotline & Referral Service” for those negatively impacted by illegal immigration.

Please carefully read the following 3 paragraphs:

* Have you or someone you know been hurt or hindered because of
zoning violations related to the presence of illegal immigrants?
(parking, fire safety, multi-family occupancy, declining property value,
unlicensed food vending, property management and landlord-tenant issues)

* Are you a business owner or do you know of a business owner who
has been hurt or disadvantaged because you/they follow the law and
refuse to hire illegal workers and your competitors hire illegal
workers? (competitive injury/unfair competition)

* Have you or someone you know been hurt or hindered because your
employer hired illegal workers and laid you off, reduced your hours,
reduced your income, or terminated your employment contract because it
was cheaper for them or “less hassle” for them to hire illegal
immigrants?

If you have information regarding the above, please contact HSM.

Please e-mail HSM with your concerns or comments at bb67chev@aol.com We will get back to you ASAP. Maryland’s citizens can and will fight back!

PROFOUND DISCONNECT OF US CONGRESS REPS WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS

By Frosty Wooldridge
February 4, 2010
NewsWithViews.com

Our U.S. Congress causes most Americans of both parties intellectual trauma, emotional fits and mental anguish. Every week, 545 individuals misdirect, obfuscate, cloud, suppress, deny or avoid dealing with serious issues facing our civilization. Fact: they don’t solve much, but they do perpetuate most of our problems.

You might read a compelling piece, “545 PEOPLE” by Charlie Reese that explains their profound disconnect with America, with her values, with her people and with the principles of the U.S. Constitution.

Reese said, “Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, why do we have deficits? Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, why do we have inflation and high taxes?”

Since 80 percent of the American people stand against both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, why have those wars continued for nine years at a cost of $1 trillion and incredible loss of life and misery? It’s beyond the scope of rational thinking or logical reasoning. Are those 545 crazy or are we crazy to keep electing them?

Everything going wrong in America today stems from their decisions in Washington DC. Yet, like lemmings, we continue voting them back into office.

Problems they have perpetuated:

1. 20 million Americans cannot secure a job. (Source: Brian Williams, NBC)
2. 35 million Americans subsist on food stamps. (Source: “One in eight Americans living on food stamps: 35 million,” Huffington Post, 11/29/09)
3. 13.4 million American children live in poverty. (Source: Katie Couric, NBC)
4. 20 million illegal aliens work and live in America in violation of U.S. laws. (Source: www.cis.org; www.numbersusa.com)
5. $12 trillion national debt.
6. Influx of 2.4 million legal and illegal immigrants annually. (Source: www.fairus.org; www.thesocialcontract.com)
7. Annual cost of immigrants to U.S. taxpayers: $346 billion. (Source: Edwin Rubenstein Report, www.thesocialcontract.com)
8. Millions suffering home foreclosures. (Source: CNN)
9. $700 billion annual trade deficit. (Source: Department of Commerce)
10. Educational breakdown across the country with as high as 76 percent dropout rates in major cities like Detroit, Michigan. (Source: Time Magazine, “Tragedy of Detroit”)

The list grows; it doesn’t diminish. It expands; it gets worse. The problems mount; but the Congress fiddles.

LET US UNDERSTAND AN EXAMPLE OF AN INDIVIDUAL CONGRESSMAN

You may think that writing or calling your Congress critter would bring solutions, rational decision making, and use of common sense for the common good. You would be wrong. You will receive a form letter.

I wrote my Congressman Mike Coffman and two senators Mike Bennet and Mark Udall in Colorado.

I mentioned that we needed to change the annual 1.2 million legal immigrants down to 100,000 a year, which worked from 1924 to 1964, in order to allow our civilization to become stable and sustainable. We do not need to add another 100 million people to this country within 25 years, most of it via immigration. Straight forward common sense!

Coffman wrote back, “I do not believe it is in the best interests to limit legal immigration to 100,000 individuals annually.”

“According to a study from the nation’s largest food bank operator, the number of Americans in need of food aid has jumped 46 percent in three years, including a 50 percent jump in the number of children needing food assistance, and a 64 percent increase in hunger in senior citizens’ homes,” said Daniel Tencer, journalist at www.rawstory.com “The study, Hunger in America 2010, found that 37 million people, or roughly one in eight US residents, received food aid in 2009. That’s a 46 percent jump from a similar survey carried out in 2006.”

Coffman expressed the same thinking as the Pope when he condemned Galileo for observing that the earth revolved around the sun instead of vice versa. Coffman showed (s) a complete lack of understanding that we’re already drowning in too many immigrants with 20 million illegals while adding 1.2 million legal immigrants annually—yet 20 million American citizens cannot obtain a job and another 35 million live on food stamps. Then, we face horrendous environmental problems with carbon footprint, ecological footprint, water shortages, energy crisis and more. That shows a HUGE disconnect from what our citizens face.

Next, I said that we need to stop giving away H-1B and H—2B visas because over 1.1 million IT workers in the USA suffer unemployment from the insourcing, offshoring and outsourcing of American jobs.

He wrote back, “While this may lessen the amount of people in our country, it will also place America at a competitive disadvantage moving forward. For that reason, I do not support eliminating the H-1B and H 2-B Visas.”

Is he nuts or what? We suffer 1.1 million unemployed Americans IT workers BECAUSE of those H-1B and H-2B visas!

He gave a bunch of other inane excuses to move on several other points, as did Udall and Bennet. I asked all of them to support International Family Planning which provides birth control for women of the world so they might bring down birthrates to two kids instead of having 10 kids that suffer starvation as do over 10 million children that die of starvation annually around the globe. Obviously, that’s one of the reasons they flee to the USA for a “better life.” (Source: World Health Organization)

He wrote back, “I oppose funding organizations which use taxpayer dollars to perform or fund abortions.” Understand this Mr. Coffman: over 46 million desperate women choose abortions annually, as a secondary form of birth control, because they weren’t given birth control through family planning organizations in the first place. And, for those who didn’t use birth control, a whopping 18 million humans die annually from starvation in overloaded countries. No thanks to the Catholic and Islamic churches!

If Coffman, Udall and Bennet along with the other 532 people walking around Washington DC would get off their fat elitist/narcissistic butts, and take action for the good of our citizens—we would see results instead of worsening drama across our country and the world.

We really need to vote out most of the incumbent members of Congress and inject new blood, new thinking and workable solutions. The current crop proves a rat’s nest of incompetence, corruption and neglect of our citizens.

“Comprehensive Immigration Reform is a classic example of the cure being far worse than the disease!

Any politician who supports Comprehensive Immigration Reform is working against the security of our nation and the well being of our citizens.

Any politician who refuses to work to secure our borders and create an immigration system that has integrity is either corrupt or too dumb to keep his (her) job.

Any politician, irrespective of party affiliation who favors Comprehensive Immigration Reform should be shown the door at the next election!”

Michael Cutler

YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK….ILLEGAL ALIEN WORKERS AT CASA’S (CENTRAL AMERICAN SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATION) TAXPAYER FUNDED DAY LABORER CENTERS ARE READY TO SHOVEL YOUR SNOW!! JUST SLIP THE WORKERS A FEW BUCKS UNDER THE TABLE. NO PROBLEM!

TAXES?? NO PROBLEM!

LEGAL STATUS?? NO PROBLEM! POSSIBLE CRIMINAL RECORD OR OUTSTANDING ICE WARRANT?? NO PROBLEM! DON’T ASK, DON”T TELL!!

INSURANCE IF WORKERS GET HURT ON YOUR PROPERTY?? NO PROBLEM!

THESE GUYS ARE THE EXPERTS – BEFORE ARRIVING FROM EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, MEXICO AND OTHER POINTS SOUTH OF THE BORDER THEY SPECIALIZED IN SNOW REMOVAL!!

Buried in snow?

We can dig you out!

The word out is that the nation’s capital area will be hit by another historic winter storm in a couple of hours. Supermarkets are as crowded as ever as people gather up for the weekend. Are you worried about all the snow you are going to need to shovel this weekend? Do you think you could use some help? We have the answer for you! Fortunately for the Greater Washington Area home and business owners, CASA’s honest, reliable and professional workers are experts in snow removal. This snow storm provides an excellent opportunity for our workers to get a good weekend of work, and for YOU to have your driveway cleared!
CASA runs 5 workers center across Maryland, 3 in Montgomery County, 1 in Prince George’s County and one in Baltimore County. The centers provide employment placement services, vocational training, educational courses, and support services to respond to the needs of hundreds of day laborers.

By hiring a CASA worker this weekend you will be making a difference! Some of you may already know that CASA de Maryland’s workers are experts in a wide variety of jobs, such as landscaping, moving, and carpentry. During the winter, our workers are employed with homeowners and contractors to remove snow from residences and businesses. As this storm approaches, our workers are ready to meet your snow removal needs.
If you could use a helping hand in shoveling snow at your home, business or organization, or you know a neighbor or friend that could use our services, contact Michael Petrick at 240-706-0630 or at mpetrick@casamd.org. You can also contact us at:
Baltimore
baltimorecenter@casamd.org
Prince George’s
PGcenter@casamd.org
Silver Spring:
silverspringcenter@casamd.org

Shady Grove:
shadygrovecenter@casamd.org

Wheaton:
wheatoncenter@casamd.org

BEFORE THE SNOW HIT CASA HUSTLED A FEW OF THEIR ILLEGAL ALIEN DAY LABORERS TO A PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE BALTIMORE FEDERAL BUILDING. CASA’S LEAD ORGANIZER, ELIZABETH ALEX (SALARY PAID FOR BY OUR TAX DOLLARS) WAS IN A TIZZY BECAUSE ICE AGENTS ARRESTED 7 ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM HONDURAS IN A RAID IN NEARBY ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.

I CAN ONLY ASSUME MS. ALEX WAS CONCERNED, NOT THAT ICE AGENTS WERE ACTUALLY DOING THEIR JOB, BUT THAT THESE ILLEGAL ALIEN WORKERS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TO SHOVEL SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND. LESS WORKERS AFFECTS CASA’S HEADCOUNT FOR JOBS PROVIDED AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE.

Protest quickly staged after raid leads to 7 being detained

Casa de Maryland says Hondurans are in custody

By Liz F. Kay and Andrea F. Siegel

Baltimore Sun reporters

February 5, 2010

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detained seven people from Honduras after a raid Thursday in Anne Arundel County, prompting a demonstration outside the Baltimore Federal Building.

ICE spokeswoman Ernestine Fobbs confirmed that an enforcement action took place and that seven Hondurans were in custody.

She said that because the investigation is continuing, she could provide only limited information. Fobbs did not disclose the name of the business where the Hondurans were working or the location of the business.

Protesters gathered outside the Federal Building in Baltimore late Thursday afternoon. About 15 people held signs and shouted slogans, including, “Reform not raids” and “Stop separating families.”

Leaders of Casa de Maryland, advocates for immigrants’ rights, said they were told that seven males, one of them a juvenile, were taken into custody at a Hanover restaurant.

Elizabeth Alex, Casa’s lead organizer for the Baltimore region, said there haven’t been many workplace raids under the Obama administration. Advocates had hoped that raids would stop until comprehensive immigration reform can be achieved.

“We’re unhappy we’re seeing a return to Bush-era policy,” Alex said.

“We would hope immigration enforcement would be reserved for people who are criminals,” she said later.

The protesters hoped that the detainees would be released on their own recognizance or be permitted to meet with legal counsel within 24 hours.

Alex said that people who have been detained after raids might be given contact information for lawyers but might not necessarily reach them before they are sent to detention centers in York, Pa., or on the Eastern Shore.

“Due process is part of the foundation of this country,” said Gustavo Andrade, senior organizing director of Casa de Maryland.

Lawyers for Casa waited 90 minutes in the ICE offices before they were told that they would not be allowed to meet with the detainees, Alex said.

ARTICLE

Why Are We Admitting Foreign Workers When Americans Are Out of Work?

by Ian de Silva (more by this author)

Posted 02/02/2010 ET
Updated 02/02/2010 ET

The fact that the State Department had issued a visa to the Nigerian “underwear bomber” may indicate how careless our visa process is, but to see how utterly oblivious to reality our immigration policy is, you need only to look at the numbers of visas issued to foreign workers just last year.

We are in the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression. Over 15 million Americans are out of work. You would think any sensible government would put a moratorium on all work visas until the crisis was over. But our government thinks that foreigners have a right to come here no matter what. Why else would our government issue over 450,000 visas to foreign workers in 2009?

Yes, over 450,000 foreigners were issued work visas last year — while over 15 million Americans were looking for work. Millions of Americans are taking any job they can find — if they can find anything at all. But our immigration policy would rather appease foreign interests than appeal to the needs of Americans.

Lest I am perceived as a nativist or xenophobe, I must point out that I am a naturalized American. But it would be dishonest of me to think, merely because I am an immigrant, that I should refrain from pointing out the truth about our immigration policy.

Let us take a closer look at the numbers. The first work visa category of interest is the H visa, generally used by foreign engineers, computer programmers, technical managers, etc. It is supposed to be a temporary visa, but it actually allows the bearer to work here for as long as six years. In 2009, over 278,000 people were admitted on that visa, 60,000 of whom were spouses and children of the workers.

As if the H visa is not insulting enough to displaced American engineers and programmers, the government has another visa to aid companies that traffic in cheap workers: the L visa, good for seven years. It is supposed to be only for those rare instances when a company needs a specialist from a foreign branch. In 2009, the government issued over 124,000 L visas.

Next is the P visa, generally used by foreign artists, athletes, and entertainers. In 2009, the government issued over 34,000 P visas, which included comedians and singers. Are we to believe that even joking or singing is a job that Americans won’t do now?

Another visa, the O visa, is similar to the P visa but is more selective, and is for foreigners with extraordinary abilities in science, arts, education, business or athletics. In 2009, over 16,000 such visas were issued.

Even if we exclude the spouses and children from the argument, we are still talking about more than 330,000 foreign workers who were issued work visas last year. Bluntly put, that is 330,000 jobs that could have gone to Americans but did not—thanks to the government’s complicity with corporate interests in displacing American workers and replacing them with cheap foreign workers.

The numbers mentioned so far are only half the story. The government also issues about one million “green cards,” which automatically allow the bearers to live here permanently and work for anyone, without having to obtain specific work authorization.

As of this writing, the 2009 statistics for green cards issued have not been released, but in 2008 (when the economy was bad enough) the number was 1.1 million. There is nothing to indicate the government would have retrenched the number in 2009. When you combine the temporary visas and green cards, probably 1.5 million foreign workers were admitted in 2009.

There is no question we need immigration reform. But liberalizing the current system by admitting more immigrants or by granting amnesty to illegal aliens is not the answer. That is not immigration reform. That is immigration corruption. What we need is a system that safeguards the American worker first and foremost and the foreign worker second and last. Our present system has it completely reversed.

Help Save Maryland – More Good News Out of Baltimore County

February 2, 2010

MORE GOOD NEWS OUT OF BALTIMORE COUNTY REGARDING E-VERIFY.

AND A WONDERFUL QUOTE OUT OF THE MARYLAND ACLU REP AJMEL QUERESHI. IF QUERSHI AND HIS BROTHERS AT THE CENTRAL AMERICAN SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATION (CASA DE MARYLAND) HAVE PROBLEMS WITH E-VERIFY, I SUGGEST HE STOP BOTHERING MARYLAND OFFICIALS & CITIZENS AND INSTEAD TAKE IT UP WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA. THE PRESIDENT SIGNED THE E-VERIFY PROGRAM INTO EFFECT FOR ALL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS LAST YEAR.

BRAD BOTWIN, HELP SAVE MARYLAND

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bal-md.co.council02feb02,0,6958561.story

Contractors working with Baltimore County could soon be required to verify the immigration status of their employees or risk losing county business.

The County Council enacted a resolution Monday, by a unanimous vote of the six members that were present. The resolution urges County Executive James T. Smith Jr. to ensure contractors vet new hires with the federal E-Verify program. The free, online system, operated by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration, allows an employer to compare details from a new hire’s employment eligibility form with information from more than 500 million federal records.

“Basically this has the teeth of a law,” said John E. Beverungen, county attorney. “But in this case, the text says ‘request.’ It looks like at the minimum this will start the discussion.”

Several area construction unions had urged officials to take the action, which they said would save their members’ jobs.

The resolution was drafted to “make sure we are not taking jobs away from those who should have them,” said Council Chairman John Olszewski, who co-sponsored the measure with Councilman Kenneth N. Oliver.

Those businesses that knowingly hire undocumented migrant workers could lose their contracts as well as the ability to bid on future work.

Representatives of Casa de Maryland, an immigrants advocacy group, and the ACLU questioned the accuracy of E-Verify and asked council members to review several reports on it.

“While I respect the desire to ensure the lawful ability to work in the U.S., I disagree with the means to do so,” said Ajmel Quereshi, an attorney for the ACLU.

Fewer new licenses in Maryland 1-20-10

ANNAPOLIS, MD. (AP) — The head of Maryland’s Motor Vehicle Administration says there was a 20 percent reduction in the number of new driver’s licenses issued in the seven months after a law took effect that requires first-time applicants to prove they are in the country legally.

Motor Vehicle Administration chief John Kuo says it is too early to tell how much of a decrease stems from the new state policy, which began June 1.

State lawmakers approved the change in the final hours of last year’s legislative session after much debate.

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Help Save Maryland February 2, 2010

The Baltimore County Council held a scheduled hearing tonight. One of the topics discussed was Resolution 5-10 supporting the federal E-Verify Program for all businesses in Baltimore County. Help Save Maryland supported the Resolution, which was drafted by Councilmembers John Olszewski and Kenneth Oliver, in the statement provided below.

Contact Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith and the entire Baltimore County Council to support the federal E-Verify program for all Baltimore County government contracts and for all businesses located in Baltimore County.

jimsmith@baltimorecountymd.gov county.council@baltimorecountymd.gov

Baltimore County is following the lead of Anne Arundel, Frederick and Washington Counties in implementing or soon to be implementing the E-Verify program. Jobs in Maryland should only be for those with legal presence in our state. No jobs for illegal aliens.

Please enjoy the quote from CASA de Maryland (Central American Solidarity Association), the illegal alien hugging, tax sucking organization regarding possible implementation of E-Verify in Baltimore County. We don’t need Comprehensive Immigration Reform, just enforcement of the law.

Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland

E-Verify urged for Baltimore County

Federal program would keep illegal immigrants off job sites

By Mary Gail Hare | The Baltimore Sun

February 1, 2010

At the urging of construction unions, Baltimore County Council members are pushing for a new requirement that contractors working for the county verify the immigration status of their employees or risk losing county business.

The council is scheduled to take up a resolution today urging County Executive Jim Smith to encourage contractors to vet new hires with the federal E-Verify program.

“If a business knowingly hires illegal aliens on a county contract, they should lose that contract and the ability to bid on future contracts with the county,” said Council Chairman John Olszewski, who introduced the measure with Councilman Kenneth N. Oliver. “These are tough times, and we want to make sure we are not taking jobs away from those who should have them.”

Councilman Kevin Kamenetz added, “This policy would essentially remind vendors that they have to obey all the laws.”

The resolution calls on Smith to encourage contractors to use E-Verify, an online system operated by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration that lets employers compare details from a new hire’s employment eligibility form with information from more than 500 million federal records.

A spokesman for Smith said the county’s purchasing office is looking into complaints by construction unions of contractors cutting costs by hiring undocumented immigrants, and how E-Verify might help. Spokesman Don Mohler said officials want more information before changing current policy.

The Ironworkers Union is one of several that have asked the council to “take steps to secure the livelihood of [its] constituents,” said Bernie Engel, the union’s business manager. A third of the Ironworkers’ 600 members are unemployed, Engel said. Their hourly pay rate, which includes health and retirement benefits, is about $40. Engel said workers in the United States illegally often get $12 an hour with no benefits.

“It is hard for a union guy to get a fair shake,” said Jimmy Saunders Jr., an ironworker for 25 years. “These low wages make it impossible for us to compete.”

Rod Easter, president of the Baltimore Building Trades Council, which represents 15 unions, called the council resolution “a step in the right direction.”

“We know illegals are working around the area,” he said. “No one is opposed to people who are legally in the country having opportunities to go to work. But, when you are illegally here and a contractor knowingly hires you, you are taking a job away from a law-abiding citizen, who lives here. Both the employer and illegal employee are committing a crime and should be punished.”

E-Verify has its critics. Marc Rosenblum, a senior policy analyst at the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute in Washington, described it as a good tool that improves continually, but said it still needs fine-tuning.

“Because of inaccurate information in some databases, a U.S. citizen or a legal immigrant may be wrongly not confirmed and denied employment,” he said. “The system also can tell an employer whether a name and Social Security number are in the database, but it is not an effective deterrent against identity theft.”

At CASA de Maryland, an immigrant advocacy group, director of services Kerry O’Brien said, “E-Verify can lead to discrimination against immigrants and distracts from the real issue. The council’s time would be better spent in calling on Congress for comprehensive immigration reforms.”

Olszewski said he drafted the resolution to “level the playing field” and to help recoup lost government revenues. State and federal income taxes are lost when illegal workers are paid under the table.”This policy will protect jobs and benefit the government as well,” Olszewski said.

Absent sanctions, Engel said, “Unscrupulous contractors will continue to exploit illegal immigrants on county-funded construction projects and pay substandard wages. This makes it impossible for a contractor paying a fair, living wage to be competitive in the bidding process.”

He told the council last week that it “should be concerned about our industry and whether our members can support their families and pay their mortgages.”

O’Brien said the real issue is a need for comprehensive immigration reform.

“Everyone is hurt by the current system,” she said. “Businesses, unions and workers.”

STATEMENT BY BRAD BOTWIN, DIRECTOR

HELP SAVE MARYLAND

“FEDERAL E-VERIFY PROGRAM:

OPPORTUNITIES FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY”

IN SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION 5-10

SUBMITTED TO THE BALTIMORE COUNTY

COUNTY COUNCIL

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD REGARDING RESOLUTION 5-10, THE FEDERAL E-VERIFY PROGRAM AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. MY OBJECTIVE IN SUPPORTING RESOLUTION 5-10 “EMPLOYMENT OF ILLEGAL ALIENS”, SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS OLSZEWSKI AND OLIVER, IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES WE FACE IN MARYLAND AND BALTIMORE COUNTY.

AND SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO PERSERVE AND EXPAND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITES AND THE OVERALL TAX BASE FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY CITIZENS.

I AM THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF HELP SAVE MARYLAND, A MULTI-ETHNIC, GRASS ROOTS, VOLUNTEER CITIZENS’ ORGANIZATION. CREATED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO WE NOW HAVE THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE.

WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE USE OF TAX DOLLARS ON PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ATTRACT AND SUSTAIN ILLEGAL ALIENS. OUR MISSION IS TO SIMPLY EDUCATE MARYLAND CITIZENS ON THE FINANCIAL, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL COSTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL.

WE ALSO PROVIDE A VOICE FOR OUR CITIZENS IN ANNAPOLIS AND AROUND THE STATE ON THIS GROWING PROBLEM.

LAST YEAR IN ANNAPOLIS, HELP SAVE MARYLAND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ELIMATING NEW DRIVERS’ LICENSES FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS. WE ALSO HELPED STOP AN EFFORT BY THE ILLEGAL ALIEN FRONT GROUP CASA DE MARYLAND (CENTRAL AMERICAN SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATION) TO PROMOTE IN-STATE TUITION FOR THOSE STUDENTS HERE WITHOUT LEGAL PRESENCE IN OUR STATE.

I AM A 25 YEAR RESIDENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WHICH ALONG WITH PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, IS THE CENTER OF THE ILLEGAL ALIEN PROBLEM IN OUR STATE. MY COUNTY COUNCIL AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ARE ACTIVE PROPONENTS OF THE ILLEGAL ALIEN COMMUNITY AND FRONT GROUPS SUCH AS CASA DE MARYLAND AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

HOW DO I KNOW THIS? JUST CHECK OUT THE STATISTICS FOR MY COUNTY’S BANKRUPT HOSPITALS, OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS, GROWING CRIME, GANG VIOLENCE, HOUSING CODE VIOLATIONS AND EXPLODING SOCIAL SERVICES BUDGETS.

BALTIMORE COUNTY SPENDS APPROXIMATELY $194 MILLION ANNUALLY ON EDUCATION, EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE AND JAIL COSTS FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS. (SEE ATTACHED FACT SHEET)

THAT FIGURE IS MORE THAN $209 MILLION FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY AND $234 MILLION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. STATE-WIDE THE FIGURE IS $1.4 BILLION ANNUALLY.

SHOCKINGLY THESE FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL COSTS OF WELFARE, FOOD STAMPS, HOUSING & ENERGY ASSISTANCE, NON-EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE, DAY LABORER CENTERS, ANCHOR BABIES, GANG PREVENTION FUNDING AND FUNDING FOR ILLEGAL ALIEN SUPPORT GROUPS SUCH AS CASA DE MARYLAND AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

DON’T ASSUME BALTIMORE COUNTY IS SAFE BASED ON ITS DISTANCE FROM MONTGOMERY AND PG COUNTIES. ILLEGAL ALIENS AND THEIR SUPPORT GROUPS ARE BRANCHING OUT ACROSS THE STATE. STATE AND LOCAL TAXPAYER FUNDED CASA DE MARYLAND DAY LABORER CENTERS, WHICH HELP FIND JOBS FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS AT THE EXPENSE OF CITIZENS, HAVE OPENED IN MONTGOMERY & PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTIES AND BALTIMORE CITY. I HEAR RUMOR THAT BALTIMORE COUNTY IS NEXT.

THESE CENTERS ARE MAGNETS TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL ILLEGAL ALIENS BEYOND THE ESTIMATED 250,000 ALREADY LIVING HERE IN MARYLAND, INCLUDING WANTED CRIMINALS AND HISPANIC MS-13 GANG MEMBERS.

WITH BUDGET DEFICITS FROM HERE TO ANNAPOLIS, WE CAN NO LONGER BE SO GENEROUS WITH OUR LIMITED TAX DOLLARS. A SIGNIFICANT DENT CAN BE MADE IN OUR STATE AND LOCAL BUDGET DEFICITS BY SIMPLY ENFORCING THE LAW AND PARTICIPATING IN A NUMBER OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO PROTECT CITIZENS AND JOBS.

WHAT AM I SUGGESTING AS A FIRST STEP? YOUR COUNTERPARTS IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY HAVE ALREADY SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED THE FEDERAL E-VERIFY PROGRAM FOR COUNTY CONTRACTS AND FREDERICK & WASHINGTON COUNTIES ARE MOVING FAST TO CATCH UP WITH ANNE ARUNDEL. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO MANDATED THE PROGRAM FOR ALL NEW FEDERAL CONTRACTS AND WORKERS. RESOLUTION 5-10 IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WHAT IS E-VERIFY? IT’S AN INTERNET-BASED SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS AN EMPLOYER, USING INFORMATION REPORTED ON AN EMPLOYER’S FORM I-9, TO DETERMINE THE ELIGIBILITY OF THAT EMPLOYEE TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES. IT’S A FREE SYSTEM TO USE AND OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.

E-VERIFY VIRTUALLY ELIMINATES SOCIAL SECURITY MISMATCH LETTERS (WHICH ARE PREDOMINATELY CAUSED BY ILLEGAL ALIENS USING FAKE SS#S), IMPROVES THE ACCURACY OF WAGE AND TAX REPORTING (WHICH MEANS A LARGER STREAM OF TAX REVENUES), PROTECTS JOBS (UNION AND NON-UNION) FOR AUTHORIZED U.S. WORKERS, AND HELPS U.S. EMPLOYERS MAINTAIN A LEGAL WORKFORCE.

OTHER BENEFITS FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY? E-VERIFY ALLOWS YOUR RESIDENTS TO FIND OR KEEP THEIR JOBS, THEIR HOMES AND THEIR DREAMS. AND FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, IT KEEPS UNFAIR COMPETITORS, USING NON-TAX PAYING, LOW WAGE ILLEGAL ALIEN WORKERS OUT OF BUSINESS.

OVERALL, E-VERIFY BECOMES A DISENCENTIVE FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS AND CASA DE MARYLAND TO EXPAND INTO BALTIMORE COUNTY TO USE YOUR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, JAILS, SOCIAL SERVICES AND MORE. CRIME AND GANG VIOLENCE WILL ABATE.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF RESOLUTION 5-10 IS THAT IT ENCOURAGES BUSINESSES TO USE E-VERIFY. THAT LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE STRONGER. IN ADDITION, THIS COUNCIL MUST TAKE THE FIRST STEP AND MANDATE THAT ALL CONTRATORS RECEIVING COUNTY FUNDS MUST PROVE THEY USE E-VERIFY. YOU CAN SET THE BAR FOR WHICH ALL BUSINESSES IN BALTIMORE COUNTY AND MARYLAND SHOULD FOLLOW.

E-VERIFY BECOMES EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN COMBINED WITH THE FEDERAL 287G PROGRAM, WHICH FREDERICK COUNTY SHERIFF JENKINS USES SUCCESSFULLY TO DETAIN, ARREST AND EVENTUALLY DEPORT ILLEGAL ALIENS IN HIS JURISDICTION. IT BECOMES A ONE-TWO PUNCH TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS, JOBS AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

ADDING A THIRD LEG OF REQUIRING “LEGAL PRESENCE” FOR ALL BALTIMORE COUNTY PROVIDED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES (HOWARD COUNTY DOES IT FOR NON-EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE), PRESERVES LIMITED TAX DOLLARS FOR THOSE THAT TRULY DESERVE IT — THE VOTING, TAXING PAYING CITIZENS OF BALTIMORE COUNTY.

I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MY VIEWS ON THE NEED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE E-VERIFY PROGRAM IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. I WOULD BE PLEASED TO APPEAR AT A LATER DATE BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO FURTHER DISCUSS MY REMARKS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

BRAD BOTWIN, DIRECTOR

HELP SAVE MARYLAND

PO BOX 5742

ROCKVILLE, MD 20855

240-447-1884

bb67chev@aol.com

www.HelpSaveMaryland.com

Date: December 4, 2009

Contact: Brad Botwin (240-447-1884)

Illegal Immigration Costs Baltimore County Residents $194,215,920.00 Per Year

TOWSON: Help Save Maryland (HSM) calculates that the cost of illegal immigration to Baltimore County taxpayers will be over $194,215,920.00 next year. This amount is the cost of public education, emergency healthcare and incarceration for illegal aliens. HSM bases its calculations on recent information provided by the Maryland Department of Planning and the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).

“Our citizens should be outraged,” said Judy Bach, the HSM coordinator for Baltimore County. “Given the difficult economic situation many Baltimore County taxpayers find themselves in, what household can afford to pay $790.00 each year to support people who are living here illegally?”

HSM’s calculations do not include the cost of other social services provided by the County, like day laborer centers and non-emergency health clinics. Nor do they include the value of state and county grants and contracts paid to organizations that serve a predominantly illegal clientele, such as CASA de Maryland, Identity Inc., Catholic Charities, Centro Familia and the Latino Economic Development Corporation.

“And we didn’t even begin to try to estimate the economic losses, and pain and suffering that will be inflicted upon Baltimore County residents next year due to the rising crime, gang violence, housing code violations and traffic accidents caused by illegal aliens,” said Brad Botwin, Director of Help Save Maryland. “If we had, the cost would be much, much higher.”

Help Save Maryland is a grass-roots, multi-ethnic, non-partisan citizens’ organization opposed to the use of tax dollars on programs and services for illegal aliens in Maryland. It has members in 23 counties & Baltimore City.

For more information, visit www.helpsavemaryland.com

January 27, 2010

ONCE AGAIN MARYLAND’S TOP ELECTED OFFICIALS IN ANNAPOLIS ( O’MALLEY, MILLER AND BUSCH) AND MONTGOMERY/PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTIES (LEGGETT AND JOHNSON) HAVE BEEN PLAYED FOR FOOLS BY GUSTAVO TORRES, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATION (CASA DE MARYLAND).

CASA IS FUNDED AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS TO THE TUNE OF MILLIONS EACH YEAR, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE FURLOUGHING TEACHERS, FIREMAN AND POLICE OFFICERS ACROSS THE STATE. FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS AND HOMES BUT O’MALLEY AND HIS ILK HAVE PLENTY OF CASH FOR CASA.

THE ARTICLE BELOW HIGHLIGHTS JUST WHAT GUSTAVO TORRES, A FORMER NATIVE OF EL SALVADOR AND COLLEGUE OF VENEZUELAN DICTATOR HUGO CHAVEZ, DOES WITH OUR $$$. HE BUSES IN ILLEGAL ALIENS TO PROTEST AGAINST OUR GOVERNMENT. GUSTAVO WANTS AMNESTY FOR HIS CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN FRIENDS.

TORRES HAD A ROUGH AFTERNOON. THE TURNOUT OF ILLEGALS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WAS QUITE POOR. HE COULDN’T EVEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO BLOCK TRAFFIC OR EVEN GET HIS PAID PROTESTERS ARRESTED. HOW EMBARRASSING!

WE DON’T NEED COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM. WE JUST NEED A GOOD DOSE OF E-VERIFY, 287G AND ENFORCEMENT OF LEGAL PRESENCE & THE LAW!

Lack of immigration reform protested in D.C.

By Tara Bahrampour
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 27, 2010; B02

About 150 activists gathered Tuesday in front of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters to deliver a “State of the Union” address that protested what they consider a lack of progress on immigration reform.

Holding signs and loudspeakers at a noon rally, the group of community organizers, advocates and faith leaders chanted “Si, se puede” (“Yes, we can”) before about 20 of them joined hands across 12th Street SW near Maryland Avenue, blocking traffic. They sat on the road and waited for police to bring out their handcuffs.

“We want to bring attention to the lack of movement on immigration reform,” said Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA de Maryland, one of the organizing groups.

Citing President Obama’s promises to pursue immigration reform in the first year of his administration, he said: “We were very excited, because the great majority of the Latino community said: ‘Finally, we have a president who looks like us, and he’s going to fight for us.’ . . .

“We want to let him know that if there’s no reforms, he’s not going to be reelected. The Latino community and the immigrant community are not going to believe him.”

The protest did not cause as much disruption as organizers had hoped. The police stood to the side, chatting, their cars parked on 12th Street. Traffic had been redirected to avoid the intersection.

“We hear they’re going to arrest us,” Torres said.

By 1 p.m., it became clear that they would not.

Organizers decided to move two blocks north, to the more heavily traveled Independence Avenue, where blocking the street might be taken more seriously. But no sooner had the human chain occupied the new location than traffic was redirected again. Department of Agriculture employees stood behind windows to watch the protesters beat on plastic paint buckets and march in a tight circle.

The protesters called on the Obama administration to immediately suspend deportations of immigrants with family members who are U.S. citizens and to pass the comprehensive immigration reform that they said Obama promised during his campaign.

Matthew Chandler, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, said the Obama administration is “committed to confronting this problem in practical, effective ways, using the current tools at our disposal, while we work with Congress to enact comprehensive reform.”

Hugo Rodas, 40, a Gainesboro resident from Guatemala, said he has had trouble finding construction work because he has no papers. “I’m here to ask for work,” he said. “I want a better life.”

About 2 p.m., the police picked up the seated protesters one by one and led them to the sidewalk, according to one activist, who added that no one was arrested.

HERE IS ANOTHER POSTER CHILD FOR WHY WE MUST FIGHT AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS. HE IS A THIRD WORLD DICTATOR RESIDING IN NY.

NY Mayor Bloomberg to promote immigration reform

Fri, Jan 1 2010

By Daniel Trotta

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged on Friday to promote a more open U.S. immigration policy during his third term, much as he made a campaign against illegal guns a hallmark of his second term.

“With leaders from across the country, we will assemble a bipartisan coalition to support President Obama’s call for comprehensive immigration reform that honors our history, upholds our values, and promotes our economy,” Bloomberg said upon being sworn in for his third term as mayor.

The White House has said it will aim for immigration reform in 2010, possibly including a path to citizenship for the 12 million immigrants who live in the country illegally.

Bloomberg, who considered running for president in 2008 as a political independent, raised his national profile by assembling a coalition of 500 U.S. mayors who banded together in a campaign against illegal guns.

On the hot-button issue of immigration, he favors more liberal laws on allowing immigrants into the country and legalizing those who lack documentation. That will draw opposition from advocates of tightening the border and deportation of illegal aliens.

“We’re committing what I call national suicide,” Bloomberg said on the NBC’s “Meet the Press” last Sunday. “Somehow or other, after 9/11 we went from reaching out and trying to get the best and the brightest to come here, to trying to keep them out.

“In fact, we do the stupidest thing, we give them educations and then don’t give them green cards.”

Bloomberg, a longtime Democrat, switched to the Republican Party before his first mayoral campaign in 2001 and was re-elected as a Republican in 2005. He dropped party affiliation for his third campaign.

The mayor was able to run for a third term after engineering changes in election law to extend term limits from two terms to three. He has vowed not to seek a fourth term.

Special thanks to Jeff Werner of Washington County Citizens United and Dave Schwartz of Americans for Prosperity for their extraordinary efforts to bring citizens together to demand the end of illegal immigration and return of rational leadership and fiscal responsibility to Maryland.

Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland

01/12/2010

Washington County urged to verify eligibility of contracted workers

By HEATHER KEELS
heather.keels@herald-mail.com

HAGERSTOWN — A local anti-illegal immigration advocate wants Washington County to require all of its contractors to use a free online system called E-Verify to check their employees’ eligibility to work in the United States.

Jeffrey A. Werner of Hagerstown presented his request to the Washington County Commissioners Tuesday. He was accompanied by Brad Botwin, founder and director of Help Save Maryland, a citizens’ organization that opposes the use of tax dollars on programs and services for illegal immigrants.

The commissioners did not respond to the request during Tuesday’s meeting.

Werner cited a 2009 report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR, that estimated Maryland’s illegal immigrant population at 250,000. Based on that figure, FAIR estimated that taxpayers in Maryland pay more than $1.4 billion a year, or $790 a year per household, for education, health care and incarceration of illegal immigrants.

“With budget deficits increasing from here to Annapolis, we can no longer be so generous with our limited tax dollars,” Botwin read from a prepared statement at the commissioners’ meeting. “A significant dent, however, can be made in our state and local budget deficits by simply enforcing the law and participating in a number of federal programs to protect citizens and jobs.”

One such program, Botwin said, is E-Verify, a system operated by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration.

By law, all U.S. employers must complete a Form I-9 for each employee, which involves examining employment eligibility and identity documents presented by the employee.

E-Verify strengthens that process by allowing employers to compare the information employees provide on their I-9 form to Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security records, according to the E-Verify Web site, www.uscis.gov/e-verify.

For example, Botwin said, E-Verify could catch a fake Social Security number that might otherwise appear legitimate to an employer.

Use of E-Verify is free, and a demonstration video and training Webinars are available through the E-Verify Web site.

The federal government already requires the use of E-Verify by federal contractors.

In Maryland, attempts to institute similar requirements have been shot down in the judiciary committee, Werner said. The only county in the state that requires the use of E-Verify by contractors is Anne Arundel, he said.

The Frederick County (Md.) Commissioners plan to consider the system in February, according to published reports.

Botwin said Help Save Maryland is also asking local Chambers of Commerce to promote voluntary use of E-Verify through measures such as stickers that can be displayed in windows.

Werner and Botwin said they also supported a program by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that trains law enforcement officers in local jurisdictions to allow them to detain, arrest and deport those without “legal presence” in their jurisdiction.

REMINDER – TRAINING EVENT MONDAY JANUARY 25 – OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO BE TRAINED TO HELP GET INTOXICATED ILLEGAL ALIENS OFF OUR STREETS

Seems like this county-funded crime reduction program could be improved by including loitering, urination in public, gang activities, etc. instead of just limiting this to “… alcohol related social issues.” Why not illegal alien or MS-13 gang related social issues? Here’s just another example of the opportunities the county has at it’s fingertips to tackle its illegal alien problem if it only wanted to.

TRAINED HELP SAVE MARYLAND MEMBERS WILL BE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM!! PLEASE ATTEND

Facts: Business Alliances serve as a community based umbrella organization under which local business owners’ work with State, County and City governments to customize and implement comprehensive prevention, education and enforcement programs. Efforts include a Cops in Shops and Extra Eyes program, free or reduced cost server training certifications and a media campaign. Alliance initiatives have a direct impact on the neighborhood’s alcohol related social issues.

Designed to help business owners who are having issues with public drunkenness in and around their business, Cops in Shops is a program where Police and alcohol inspectors posing as store employees, work inside establishments to assist business owners in preventing the sale of alcohol to intoxicated individuals and youth under the age of 21. Citizens trained by police, called “Extra Eyes,” work outside the businesses. Armed with police radios, they report violations occurring in parking lots or surrounding areas.

Additional resources such as free certified alcohol awareness, server training in various languages will be available to any business with an alcohol license in the City of Gaithersburg, downtown Wheaton and Long Branch, Silver Spring. Efforts will run throughout spring of 2010.

Extra Eyes, a Montgomery County Police Department program, is training civilian volunteers to work as “extra eyes” calling in suspicious activities to local police as part of a collaborative effort to reduce alcohol

related crime.

When?

Monday, January 25, 2010

from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Where?

Montgomery Co. Dept. of Liquor Control

2^nd Floor Training Room

16650 Crabbs Branch Way

Rockville, MD 20855

Interested? Have questions?

Call the Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control,

Community Outreach Office at 240-777-1989 or e-mail dlc@montgomerycountymd.gov.

Space is limited –Signup required!

LETTERS

Memo to O’Malley: Stop supporting illegals – Washington Times

This foolish and liberal policy is costing Maryland residents more than $1.4 billion annually. The costs imposed on taxpayers during these times of economic difficulties and budget deficits become even more of a burden because programs for education, seniors and other necessary services are being cut drastically. The annual fiscal burden amounts to approximately $790 per Maryland household. This is the reason why we are being taxed to death here: because our leadership in Annapolis chooses to support more than 300,000 unwanted Illegal Immigrants in our state.

It high time we pulled the plug on this waste of taxpayer money and quit coddling and supporting illegal immigrants in this state.

AL EISNER

Silver Spring, Md.

Needless Crimes Continue in Montgomery County – Montgomery County Sentinel

It may be a New Year, but for Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and his Police Chief Tom Manger, their old policy of not actively removing illegal alien criminals from our streets allows the murders and violence to continue unabated in 2010. I wonder how Leggett and Manger sleep at night knowing that the year-end murder in Rockville (“Police hunt for dead man’s missing roommate”, Sentinel, 12-31-09) and the violent carjacking in Silver Spring would not have happened had they simply allowed Montgomery County Police officers to work with federal authorities.

Most shocking was that Miguel Rodgiuez-Lainez, the alleged murderer, was in fact arrested by Manger last March for driving while intoxicated (DWI) and released with a light slap on the wrist. Leggett’s dangerous policy of not contacting federal authorities for such “minor infractions” as DWI allowed Rodriguez-Lainez back on our streets. Poor Manuel Oscar Martinez paid the price with his life for Leggett’s misguided views on illegal immigration, yet another example of the County’s post-mortem policing policy. Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents now know about the criminal illegal alien Rodriguez-Lainez.

ICE also now knows about Javier Gonzalez-Mena, a former convicted carjacker who was let back on our streets to do what he does best, carjack cars. This time he added a large knife to his flawed technique. Leggett and Manger are also not concerned about illegal alien criminals wandering our streets with knives, banning officers from contacting ICE for this “minor infraction”. Seems Mr. Leggett, thinking back to his days as a young lad in Louisiana when he carried a pocketknife, is concerned that illegal aliens could get deported for creating a similar fond memory. If only Chief Manger had the moxie to tell Leggett large machetes don’t fit in your pocket.

Brad Botwin

Director, Help Save Maryland

January 17, 2010

Help Save Maryland Newsletter

Help Save Maryland members were busy this week testifying in Washington County on the E-Verify Program (Jan 12) and participating with thousands of Marylanders at the Tea Party Tax Rally in Annapolis (Jan 13). Thank you all for coming out and supporting Help Save Maryland and our partner organizations. A lot more to come! Special thanks to Jeff Werner of Washington County Citizens United and Dave Schwartz of Americans for Prosperity for their extraordinary efforts to bring citizens together to demand the end of illegal immigration and return of rational leadership and fiscal responsibility to Maryland. Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland

01/12/2010

Washington County urged to verify eligibility of contracted workers

By HEATHER KEELS
heather.keels@herald-mail.com

HAGERSTOWN - A local anti-illegal immigration advocate wants Washington County to require all of its contractors to use a free online system called E-Verify to check their employees’ eligibility to work in the United States.

The commissioners did not respond to the request during Tuesday’s meeting.

One such program, Botwin said, is E-Verify, a system operated by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration.

By law, all U.S. employers must complete a Form I-9 for each employee, which involves examining employment eligibility and identity documents presented by the employee.

For example, Botwin said, E-Verify could catch a fake Social Security number that might otherwise appear legitimate to an employer.

Use of E-Verify is free, and a demonstration video and training Webinars are available through the E-Verify Web site.

The federal government already requires the use of E-Verify by federal contractors.

The Frederick County (Md.) Commissioners plan to consider the system in February, according to published reports.

Botwin said Help Save Maryland is also asking local Chambers of Commerce to promote voluntary use of E-Verify through measures such as stickers that can be displayed in windows.

REMINDER – TRAINING EVENT MONDAY JANUARY 25 – OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO BE TRAINED TO HELP GET INTOXICATED ILLEGAL ALIENS OFF OUR STREETS

TRAINED HELP SAVE MARYLAND MEMBERS WILL BE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM!! PLEASE ATTEND

Facts: Business Alliances serve as a community based umbrella organization under which local business owners’ work with State, County and City governments to customize and implement comprehensive prevention, education and enforcement programs. Efforts include a Cops in Shops and Extra Eyes program, free or reduced cost server training certifications and a media campaign. Alliance initiatives have a direct impact on the neighborhood’s alcohol related social issues.

related crime.

When?

Monday, January 25, 2010

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Where?

Montgomery Co. Dept. of Liquor Control

2^nd Floor Training Room

16650 Crabbs Branch Way

Rockville, MD 20855

Interested? Have questions?

Call the Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control,

Community Outreach Office at 240-777-1989 or e-mail dlc@montgomerycountymd.gov.

Space is limited -Signup required!

LETTERS

Memo to O’Malley: Stop supporting illegals – Washington Times

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and the General Assembly provide programs that benefit illegal aliens – and it is costing taxpayers heavily. Policies such as providing access to driver’s licenses, in-state tuition discounts and health benefits and a generally welcoming attitude contribute to an inducement that encourages illegals to continue to flood into our state.This foolish and liberal policy is costing Maryland residents more than $1.4 billion annually. The costs imposed on taxpayers during these times of economic difficulties and budget deficits become even more of a burden because programs for education, seniors and other necessary services are being cut drastically. The annual fiscal burden amounts to approximately $790 per Maryland household. This is the reason why we are being taxed to death here: because our leadership in Annapolis chooses to support more than 300,000 unwanted Illegal Immigrants in our state.

It high time we pulled the plug on this waste of taxpayer money and quit coddling and supporting illegal immigrants in this state.

AL EISNER

Silver Spring, Md.

Needless Crimes Continue in Montgomery County – Montgomery County Sentinel

Brad Botwin

Director, Help Save Maryland

www.HelpSaveMaryland.com

Help Save Maryland

MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY JUST FIGHTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ON A DAILY BASIS! PLEASE ATTEND THIS FUN EVENT AND HELP US INSTALL BASEBALL FIELD LIGHTS FOR USE BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY LITTLE LEAGUE, HS AND COLLEGE TEAMS. THANKS. BRAD

“Inside the Dugout: An Evening with Washington Nationals Manager &

Rockville Native Jim Riggleman”

Thursday, January 28, 2010, 7:00 – 10:00PM

Rockville Express Collegiate Baseball

Annual Benefit Dinner & Auction

Please join us on Thursday, January 28, 7:00 – 10:00PM, for an exclusive event hosted by Rockville Community Baseball, Inc. Meet the new Washington Nationals Manager Jim Riggleman, who will talk about his life, baseball, and what’s in store for the Nats, as well as take questions. Also come meet Rockville’s new Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio, C-Span Anchor Robb Harleston, and other surprise baseball notables. Have fun while supporting Express Baseball and the installation of baseball field lights at Montgomery College Rockville.

WHERE: The Historic Glenview Mansion, 603 Edmonson Drive, Rockville 20851

DINNER: Buffet by Blue Ribbon BBQ with beverages and open seating

TICKETS: $50 per person, includes free parking

BENEFIT: Silent and live auctions for East Coast vacations, tickets to sporting

events, Nationals and other memorabilia, youth baseball lessons, and more.

Be sure to get your free caricature, compliments of Express sponsor TD Bank!

Purchase tickets online at www.RockvilleExpress.org Limited tickets available at the door.

Contact Brad Botwin at bb67chev@aol.com or 240-447-1884 for more information.

Rockville Community Baseball is a 501(c)3 nonprofit volunteer organization, part of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Collegiate Baseball Summer League. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

www.RockvilleExpress.org

January 11, 2010

Help Save Maryland Action Alert

REMINDER – TEA PARTY RALLY IN ANNAPOLIS Help Save Maryland is a co-sponsor of the Wednesday January 13, 2010 Tea Party Taxpayer rally in Annapolis and will be one of the many speakers that evening. We have $1.4 billion reasons to participate – that’s how much O’Malley and his cronies across the state spend on education, emergency healthcare and jail costs for aliens each year. And that number is growing rapidly! We can’t afford illegal immigration in Maryland anymore. See the full costs by county on www.helpsavemaryland.com It is important that we help support the great efforts of Americans for Prosperity and the other MD groups co-sponsoring the rally. Make No Mistake – AFP Opposes Illegal Immigration and Amnesty for Illegal Aliens! Please go to the rally website and sign up. http://site.marchonannapolis.com/ Location – Lawyers Mall – 7:00PM -8:30PM. The mall surrounded by the State House, Governor’s Mansion, and the Mike Miller Senate Office Building. Make sure you bring your photo ID. This is the same location of HSM’s 2009 rally. Transportation – Also take advantage of the buses that have been setup on the website. Buses are leaving from about 12 counties, some with multiple locations. Its cheap and reliable transportation to get you safety to and from the rally. Sign up for bus transportation on the website. Bring signs opposing illegal immigration & CASA de Maryland, flags, snacks, lots of clothing, hat, gloves, etc. Dress Warmly. If you are driving: Parking
Park at the Navy Marine Corps Stadium – Lot D. Enter through Gate 6 off of Taylor Avenue. Shuttle
A FREE shuttle bus will be provided to and from the parking lot. BUDGET EVENT MONDAY JANUARY 11 IN GERMANTOWN Please attend and ask Ike Leggett when is he going to realize that MC residents pay more than $234 million each year on education, emergency healthcare and jail costs for illegal aliens. Cut off funding for illegal aliens and groups like CASA de Maryland, Catholic Charities and Identity Inc. Furlough illegal aliens, Not Montgomery County police, teachers and firemen. If Ike tries to cut you off and take away the microphone, remind this one-term wonder about his website quote: “A cornerstone of my administration has been to bring everyone to the table and give them a voice in the outcome” What chutzpah! Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will sponsor five budget forums in January to seek input from residents about the challenges facing the County in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Budget. These sessions are hosted by the Regional Services Center Directors and the Regional Services Center Citizens Advisory Boards and are open to residents from any part of the county. Staff from the County’s Office of Management and Budget will make presentations and be available to answer questions. The public is encouraged to attend and provide input on the upcoming challenges decision makers will face.

Monday, January 11, 2010, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.

Upcounty Regional Services Center
12900 Middlebrook Road, Meeting Room A

Germantown, Maryland

TRAINING EVENT MONDAY JANUARY 25 – OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO BE TRAINED TO HELP GET INTOXICATED ILLEGAL ALIENS OFF OUR STREETS

TRAINED HELP SAVE MARYLAND MEMBERS WILL BE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM!! PLEASE ATTEND

related crime.

When?

Monday, January 25, 2010

from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Where?

Montgomery Co. Dept. of Liquor Control

2^nd Floor Training Room

16650 Crabbs Branch Way

Rockville, MD 20855

Interested? Have questions?

Call the Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control,

Community Outreach Office at 240-777-1989 or e-mail dlc@montgomerycountymd.gov.

Space is limited -Signup required!

Olga Bernstein Senior Executive Administrative Aide

Mid-CountyRegionalCenter

2424 Reedie Drive

Wheaton, MD20902

Tel. (240) 777-8103 Fax. (240) 777-8111

E-Mail: Olga.Bernstein@montgomerycountymd.gov

www.HelpSaveMaryland.com

January 6, 2010

Help Save Maryland Action Alert

Help Save Maryland has become a sponsor of the January 13, 2010 Tea Party rally in Annapolis and will be one of the many speakers that evening. We have $1.4 billion reasons to participate – that’s how much O’Malley and his cronies across the state spend on education, emergency healthcare and jail costs for aliens each year. And that number is growing rapidly! We can’t afford illegal immigration in Maryland anymore. See the full costs by county on www.helpsavemaryland.com It is important that we help support the great efforts of Americans for Prosperity and the other MD groups co-sponsoring the rally. Please go to the rally website and sign up. http://site.marchonannapolis.com/

Location – Lawyers Mall – 7:00PM -8:30PM. The mall surrounded by the State House, Governor’s Mansion, and the Mike Miller Senate Office Building. Make sure you bring your photo ID. This is the same location of HSM’s 2009 rally.

Transportation – Also take advantage of the buses that have been setup on the website. Buses are leaving from about 12 counties, some with multiple locations. Its cheap and reliable transportation to get you safety to and from the rally. Sign up for bus transportation on the website.

Bring signs, flags, snacks, lots of clothing, hats, gloves, etc.

If you are driving:

Parking
Park at the Navy Marine Corps Stadium – Lot D. Enter through Gate 6 off of Taylor Avenue.

Shuttle
A FREE shuttle bus will be provided to and from the parking lot.

Directions From Baltimore:
I-97 South to US 50/301 East – Toward the Bay Bridge
Take Rowe Blvd (MD70) Exit – Toward Historic Annapolis
R on Taylor Ave

From Washington DC:
Capitol Beltway to US 50 East – Toward Bay Bridge
Take Rowe Blvd (MD70) Exit – Toward Historic Annapolis
R on Taylor Ave

From Eastern Shore:
Take US 50 West – Cross Bay Bridge
Take Rowe Blvd (MD70) Exit – Toward Historic Annapolis
R on Taylor Ave

From Southern Maryland:
Take US 301 North to US 50 East – Toward Bay Bridge
Take Rowe Blvd (MD70) Exit – Toward Historic Annapolis
R on Taylor Ave

From Western Maryland:
Take I-70 East to Exit 80 (MD32-S)
Take I-97 South to US50/301 East – Toward the Bay Bridge
Take Rowe Blvd (MD70) Exit – Toward Historic Annapolis
R on Taylor Ave

IT IS GOING TO BE VERY COLD. COLDER TEMPERATURES THAN WE EXPERIENCED AT THE HSM RALLY IN 2009. DRESS PROPERLY!

Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland

www.HelpSaveMaryland.com

January 4, 2010

Help Save Maryland Newsletter

Seems the alleged criminal in the article below, Javier Gonzalez-Mena, was actually in Montgomery County Police hands back in 2004 for the same crime. Guess they forgot to check his immigration status. Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 Gazette

Good Samaritans rush to help elderly carjacking victim

Helpful citizens chase suspect, lead police to arrest after incident in parking lot

by Jeremy Arias | Staff writer When a 78-year-old woman was threatened with a knife in an attempted carjacking in Silver Spring Sunday afternoon, a group of citizens rushed to her aid, subdued the criminal and helped police to identify the man.Javier Gonzalez-Mena, 27, of the 23300 block of Brewer’s Tavern Way in Clarksburg, was arrested shortly after the incident when a responding officer recognized the criminal from descriptions given by the victim and witnesses, said Montgomery County Police spokesman Cpl. Dan Friz. Neither the victim nor the citizens who intervened sustained any injuries.At approximately 12:47 p.m., Gonzalez-Mena approached the victim next to her car in the parking lot of the Bestway grocery store at 8540 Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring, displayed a knife and demanded the keys to her 2000 Honda Civic. After handing him the keys, the victim, who uses a cane, headed toward the store, calling for help. A number of passersby responded to her cries and apparently charged the suspect, who dropped the knife and fled before being brought down, Friz said.”There was a physical altercation, which would lead me to believe they probably tackled him, took him to the ground,” Friz said. “He did incur a black eye; obviously the average citizen isn’t as well-trained as a police officer in dealing with criminals and use of force, [but] I guess they were pretty ticked off that he was trying to take advantage of this older woman.”Gonzalez-Mena was able to flee the citizens before police officers arrived on the scene, but officers located him on Arliss Street in Silver Spring, and, after a short foot chase, he was taken into custody, Friz said.”He was brought [to the station] for an interview, and he gave a pretty weak story,” Friz said. “Both the victim and several witnesses positively identified him.”Gonzalez-Mena has been charged with attempted carjacking, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, reckless endangerment, second-degree assault and possession of a dangerous and deadly weapon, among other offenses, and is being held without bond, according to a county police press release. He was convicted in 2004, also for carjacking, Friz added. Court records did not yet list an attorney for Gonzalez-Mena as of Tuesday morning.When asked about the intervention of citizens in the attempted carjacking, Friz praised the willingness of the citizens to help but also cautioned that the department’s main concern is to avoid injuries wherever possible.”We sincerely appreciate the help, but our biggest concern is we don’t want other people being hurt,” he said. “In this case the guy had a knife. … When in doubt, call us; get a good suspect description and let us know.”A SIMILAR STORY WAS COVERED IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL ON DECEMBER 31, 2009. POLICE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ-LAINEZ, ALLEGED TO HAVE STABBED HIS ROOMMATE TO DEATH IN ROCKVILLE. MC POLICE HAD RODRIGUEZ-LAINEZ IN CUSTODY BACK IN MARCH ON A DWI CHARGE. GUESS THAT FORGOT TO CHECK HIS IMMIGRATION STATUS. LETTER TO EDITORWonderland on the Pike

It’s bad enough that Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, and the entire Montgomery County Council (Democrats Andrews, Berliner, Elrich, Ervin, Floreen, Knapp, Leventhal, Navarro & Trachtenberg), back the rights of illegal aliens over those of county citizens, including Montgomery County Police Officers. (County backs immigration policy over police concerns, Examiner, 12/15/09). Leggett and the Council are elected officials and have no loyalty to anyone but their next re-election campaign.

It’s more troubling however when County Executive Ike Leggett’s handpicked Chief of Police Tom Manger and the top County Attorneys, officials sworn to uphold the law, follow like zombies in the development, implementation and justification of policies on behalf of these elected officials. Policies which are clearly biased against the safety and welfare of all Montgomery County citizens.

But the ultimate injustice was when a taxpayer funded illegal alien support group, Identity Inc., joined the public debate regarding the County’s role in cooperating with federal immigration authorities. Identity Inc. Director Candace Kattar seemingly threatened the Fraternal Order of Police Union (FOP) when she stated the FOP was creating an “increasingly diverse, harmful and potentially dangerous situation by the threatening a lawsuit (against the county), and asked the County Council whether it intended “to send any public message” to the FOP and Hispanic community.

Kattar runs a taxpayer funded “counseling and rehabilitation center” for wayward Hispanic MS-13 gang members. If the Police were allowed to do their job and cooperate with federal authorities these gang bangers would be back in El Salvador where they belong. And Kattar would be reading Tarot cards on the boardwalk at Ocean City. Instead the Montgomery County Council, despite the projected $600 million deficit in 2010, just funded a second larger gang facility for Identity Inc to manage to run in upper Montgomery County.

Brad Botwin, Director

Help Save Maryland

IF WE CHANGE THE WORD “TERRORISM” IN THE ARTICLE BELOW AND MAKE IT “ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION”, IMPLEMENT THE TARGETED ENFORCEMENT OF E-VERIFY, 287g AND “LEGAL PRESENCE”, MANY OF MARYLAND’s PROBLEMS AND GROWINGS COSTS WOULD JUST GO AWAY! — GANG VIOLENCE AND CRIME, SCHOOL OVERCROWDING, BANKRUPT HOSPITALS, DAY LABORER CENTERS, HOUSING CODE VIOLATIONS, ANCHOR BABIES, ILLEGAL WORKERS, COUNTERFEIT DOCUMENTS, VOTER FRAUD, NON-EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE, ETC. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN MARYLAND — WE KNOW THE PROBLEM & WE KNOW THE PROFILE. WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR RESOURCES ON PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS, NOT ATTRACTING AND SUSTAINING ILLEGAL ALIENS AND THEIR SUPPORT GROUPS LIKE CASA OF MARYLAND & CATHOLIC CHARITIES. On Terrorism it’s Time to Know, to Profile, and to Discriminate by Newt Gingrich (more by this author) Posted 12/30/2009 ET

After the Christmas Day near disaster in Detroit, it is time for Americans to demand effective anti-terrorist actions.

Over eight years after 9/11 and 30 years after the Iranian illegal seizure of the United States embassy and the 444 day Iranian hostage crisis, Washington is still avoiding being intellectually honest about the war we are in.

Our Politically Correct Government is Making Life More Miserable For the Innocent

America is long overdue for a serious global strategy that includes targeting threats such as the terrorist killer at Fort Hood, the individuals recently arrested in Detroit, Denver and New York, and the five Americans detained in Pakistan.

The scale, persistence and sophistication of the enemy requires an honesty, a clarity, and a scale appropriate to the response.

Once again, instead of targeting the source of the threats, our politically correct government decides to make life more miserable for the traveling public by imposing hopelessly meaningless rules such as not allowing passengers to leave their seats in the last hour of the flight. Bound by cultural sensitivities, the default reaction of the bureaucracy is to review the procedures and wring its hands ineffectively.

Today, because our elites fear politically incorrect honesty, they believe that it is better to harass the innocent, delay the harmless, and risk the lives of every American than to do the obvious, the effective, and the necessary.

It’s Time to Be Honest About What We Know

Before a lot more Americans are killed we must acquire the courage to tell the truth and to act on that truth.

It is time to be honest about what we know.

We know our opponents are radical extremists of the irreconcilable wing of Islam (Islamists, some would call them).

We know they have an ideology which is anti-female, desires to impose fundamentalist Sharia as a form of law, is hostile to other religions and is prepared to kill the innocent to achieve their goals.

We know how to identify these enemies but our elites have refused to do so.

Protecting the Rights of Terrorists Has Been More Important than Protecting the Lives of Americans

In the Obama Administration, protecting the rights of terrorists has been more important than protecting the lives of Americans.

That must now change decisively.

It is time to know more about would-be terrorists, to profile for terrorists and to actively discriminate based on suspicious terrorist information.

The United States should track down the owners of every website that promotes terrorism and systematically root them out. It should be as dangerous to a person promoting terrorism as it is to execute an act of terrorism.

The same should apply to the electronic communications of every known radical (and using these communications to track down every unknown radical).

The United States Must Actively Root Out Every Terrorist Website

The people behind these websites should be barred from getting a U.S. visa if not in the United States (concurrently, we should make it easier — not harder — for non-terrorists to get visas because we want to encourage the law abiding while discriminating against the potential terrorist).

An integrated data base for threats should have been expected, we now learn that it does not exist. This must be fixed.

It should be reasonable for the flying public to have expected that when the Nigerian terrorist’s father reported he was going to a terrorist training camp he should automatically have been barred from getting a visa and from flying into the United States.

We Need a “Grand National Strategy” That is Bigger Than the Debate Over Afghanistan

The emergence of Yemen as the new planning, equipping, and training center for terrorism should remind us we need a worldwide “grand national strategy” (to use the World War II term) that is far bigger than our current debate over Afghanistan.

Americans should also note that ABC News is reporting that two of the plotters to blow the Amsterdam to Detroit flight out of the air were released from Guantanamo in 2007, attended an “art rehabilitation program” in Saudi Arabia, were released and took up senior leadership positions in al Qaeda in Yemen. Americans should also know that nearly half of the remaining detainees in Guantanamo are from Yemen.

The recent arrest of five Americans in Pakistan and the report there are 25 British citizens training to be bombers in Yemen should remind us this is a global war.

Moreover, the report that 74 Guantanamo detainees who have been released are back in the war trying to kill Americans should stop any further effort to close Guantanamo or to release terrorists.

The New Honesty Should End Any Thought of a Civilian Trial in New York for KSM

This new honesty about the threat should end any thought of a civilian trial in New York for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad with its dangers for exposing American intelligence information. All terrorists including would-be bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab should be tried in military tribunals as part of a serious war strategy.

The Attorney General and every Justice Department appointee whose law firms provided pro bono counsel for terrorists should be fired and replaced with lawyers who believe the lives of Americans are more important than the rights of terrorists.

The United States must have a policy of effective interrogation to understand our enemies and disrupt their planned attacks (read Marc Thiessen’s column from yesterday).

We Need a New Homeland Security Secretary Who Knows We Need a New Strategy

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano’s claim that the Detroit bomber was allowed to board a plan with explosives hidden in his underwear proved the system worked is proof we need a new Homeland Security Secretary who knows we need a new strategy and a new focus.

These are the first steps toward defeating the extremists.

We should take them before there is a tragic attack that kills a lot of people.

We have been warned. Again.

Will we now act?
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

www.HelpSaveMaryland.com

December 18, 2009

Help Save Maryland Newsletter

Every week I am asked why Help Save Maryland’s volunteer members and our partner organizations spend so much of their free time conducting outreach and education efforts for our fellow Marylanders. The answer is simple. Love of our Country, State, family, friends and fellow citizens. On the issue of illegal immigration we are being mislead and betrayed by our elected officials at all levels of government, and by front groups like CASA de Maryland, Catholic Charities and Identity Inc, which use our tax dollars against us to promote their illegal alien clientele. Just read the three pieces below. It makes me ill, and it makes me want to work even harder to eliminate these injustices. Over the next few weeks while you are celebrating the holidays with family and friends, think about those extra steps you can take in 2010 to make your voice heard in Annapolis, in your Community, and in the Press & Media. Stand up to our misguided elected officials and their minions. We can and we will win the battle against illegal immigration. Help Save Maryland! Wednesday, December 16, 2009

EDITORIAL: Psssst … Let’s nail the sheriff

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., is no stranger to hardball tactics, so he probably isn’t fazed by being on the receiving end of rough politics. Still, that doesn’t excuse the Obama administration’s apparent ideological vendetta against him.

By the (il)logic of the administration and its allies at the American Civil Liberties Union, Sheriff Arpaio should not set up a phone tip line to search for immigration violators, and he is not allowed to tell the public about federal immigration enforcement policies even if he is merely disputing demonstrable falsehoods told about him; yet the Justice Department can set up an anonymous tip line to gather evidence against the sheriff.

Of course, the administration isn’t much worried about consistency. Moral grandstanding is its game, and its intended prize is the scalp of a pestilent sheriff.

Mr. Arpaio is famous as a tough, lock-’em-up lawman who has housed prisoners in tent cities and even made them wear wimpy pink clothing for identification. What really enrages liberals, however, is his arrest of many thousands of illegal immigrants over the years. In 2008, he was sued, by plaintiffs represented by the ACLU, for purported civil rights violations involving ethnic profiling of Latinos in the county. Among the lawsuit’s allegations was the claim that the “telephonic hot line” he set up to unearth suspected immigration violations was, by its very nature, sure to generate “false, inaccurate and racially motivated reports about Latino residents.”

In March, the Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation against the sheriff. Even though a Department of Homeland Security audit has since found no evidence of ethnic profiling, the Justice Department investigation continues. Meanwhile, officials from both federal departments were caught improperly collaborating with each other in the course of the investigation. Worse, Homeland Security officials accused the sheriff, quite implausibly, of going soft on illegal immigrants – and when the sheriff played audio tapes proving that it was the department that ordered him to let some illegals free, Homeland Security told him he was in violation of a gag order. In short, the administration’s position was that he had no First Amendment right to correct the public record.

At some point earlier this month, the Justice Department set up an anonymous tip line, 877- 613-2137, to encourage complaints against the sheriff.

Tip lines to solve specific crimes are a common law enforcement tool, but this one is unusual. “I’ve never seen one directed at a particular entity like the sheriff,” said Robert N. Driscoll, an attorney for Sheriff Arpaio and himself a former deputy assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s civil rights division. In other words, tip lines are to find an unknown criminal when a crime is discovered, not to find a crime to pin on a specific individual.

Sheriff Arpaio probably can handle just about anything the administration throws at him. The public, however, will suffer if the Justice Department’s dirty tricks are allowed to go unchallenged. Political vendettas should not enjoy the status of legitimate law enforcement.

December 16, 2009 Washington Times

Hill Hispanics renew immigration-reform push

Stephen Dinan

Tossing another hot potato on the 2010 congressional schedule, top Hispanic Democrats outlined Tuesday a major immigration-reform proposal that is more generous to illegal immigrants than the last two bills that failed to make it into law in the past three years.

Backers of overhauling the nation’s immigration laws have concluded that, having failed to win support from businesses and immigration-enforcement advocates in the past, they would write a new bill without any compromises.

The new legislation would kick local authorities out of the business of immigration enforcement, establish new due-process protections for illegal immigrants and create a new pathway to citizenship that would require only that illegal immigrants pay a very small fine and would not require them to return to their home country first.

“What we need to do right now is not complicated. Our nation’s immigration policy should be pro-family, pro-jobs, pro-security,” said Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, Illinois Democrat, who wrote the bill and took over leadership on the issue after the death of Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Mr. Gutierrez was greeted as a hero by dozens of immigrant rights supporters at a Capitol Hill rally introducing the bill.

The pathway to citizenship would require illegal immigrants to pay a $500 fine and complete a criminal-record check in exchange for legal status. After six years, they could apply for a green card signifying legal permanent residence if they prove they are learning English and civics and paying taxes. The bill would apply to anyone who could show he or she was in the U.S. as of Tuesday – the day the legislation was introduced in Congress.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, is working on the Senate version of the bill and supporters in both chambers say they want a debate next year – something President Obama has also called for.

But the poor jobs picture and upcoming midterm elections make that a tough sell for many lawmakers. Republicans have already signaled they will argue the economy is not strong enough to legalize millions of illegal immigrant workers who are filling jobs that could be done by Americans and legal immigrants.

One key change from the 2006 and 2007 bills is that backers have dropped a guest-worker program to allow for a steady stream of temporary workers in the future. Businesses wanted the program but labor unions have balked, arguing it drives down wages.

Dropping guest workers has cost Mr. Gutierrez the support of a former ally, Republican Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona, who in previous years had teamed with the Democrat to introduce immigration bills.

“I know how committed he is to this issue. However, this is a flawed bill,” Mr. Flake said. “It repeats the mistakes of the ‘86 reform – massive legalization without a temporary worker program to accommodate future labor demands.”

He also said that Mr. Gutierrez watered down the tough legalization provisions that were in the bill they sponsored together in the last Congress.

That previous bill called for a $2,000 fine – four times the fine in the new bill – and had required illegal immigrants to return home at some point before obtaining a green card.

The new bill also carves out special visas that would go specifically to countries that already send a high number of illegal immigrants. Backers said this would be a safety valve on illegal immigration.

Our Friends At NUMBERS USA Released This About the Amnesty Bill:

Our chief House opponent, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), has introduced a bill that is much, much more radical than any Amnesty bill ever introduced.

Some features are so outrageous you may think we are making them up. But it’s all true!

The bill outlaws all state and local laws against illegal immigration. It overthrows laws like those in Arizona, Oklahoma, and Georgia that punish companies for hiring illegal aliens.
It eliminates the 287(g) program in which local law enforcement helps identify and detect illegal aliens for the feds.
Job verification would no longer be possible, because this bill would ELIMINATE E-Verify! All our gains in verification over the last decade would be destroyed if this bill were to become law.
All Illegal Aliens in U.S. as of day-before-yesterday will be given immediate Amnesty.
The only ones not given the Amnesty are those who’ve committed a “serious crime.” BUT, if the criminal is above 65 years old, no problem–they get the amnesty. (New industry–older criminals smuggled into U.S. to escape punishment in home countries?)
Importation of foreign-workers or permanent immigrants will be GREATLY increased.

GOV O’MALLEY NEEDS MORE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS!

Annapolis – Republican leaders in the House and Senate today condemned
Governor Martin O’Malley’s call for another federal bailout for
Maryland

’s budget. They also called upon the Spending Affordability
Committee to significantly reduce the spending recommendations for the FY
2011 budget.

” Maryland is in desperate need of true fiscal leadership,” said House
Minority Leader Anthony O’Donnell. “Governor O’Malley’s total lack
of fiscal responsibility has put the state in this precarious position and
he needs to stop looking to everyone else to solve these tough problems.
First he raided all the surplus revenues, then he increased taxes and
government spending, then he advocated for a horrendously flawed slots plan.
The federal government bailed him out once already and now he is seeking
more federal taxpayer dollars? That is not leadership.”

“My concern is that Governor O’Malley’s first reaction is whining for
a federal bailout,” said Minority Leader Allan Kittleman. “The failure
of Governor O’Malley’s budget policy is evident by the fact that his
three years of misguided leadership has resulted in a $2 billion deficit
with no solution except begging for federal funds.”

“Governor O’Malley and the Democratic leadership on the state and
federal level are mortgaging our children’s future,” said Senate
Minority Whip Nancy Jacobs. “The only way to sustain state and federal
spending levels will be to increase taxes which will have a catastrophic
impact on this economy. As we come together for the holiday season and
watch our children and grandchildren unwrap their Christmas gifts, I shudder
to think about the massive national debt we are also passing on to them.”

“Governor O’Malley’s patterns never change, it is always the same
story,” said House Minority Whip Christopher Shank. “As mayor of
Baltimore

, he looked to the state to bail him out of his budgetary problems.
As Governor he has gone to the taxpayers, state employees, vulnerable
populations, and now twice to the federal government. Some have compared
this to going to MasterCard and asking them to increase your credit limit
because your Visa card is maxed out. The state needs to stop spending and
live within its means, just as our citizens do.”

“It is clear that the Governor lacks the fortitude to manage our fiscal
house, and needs the legislature’s guidance,” said Delegate O’Donnell.
When the Spending Affordability Committee meets this evening, it needs to
send a strong message to the Administration that this fiscal
irresponsibility will not be allowed to continue.”

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Help Save Maryland Newsletter

Help Save Maryland members and friends from multiple counties were are the airways Saturday morning participating in Gov Ehrlich’s WBAL 1090 AM broadcast and WFMD 930 AM “Frederick Forum”. Illegal immigration was the issue of the day! All participants provided factual input for listeners to better understand the tremendous financial and social costs being shouldered by Maryland taxpayers. Gov Ehrlich was pleased to hear that HSM has developed county by county breakouts (24 in all) of the rising costs of illegal immigration in our state ($1.4 billion plus annually). Go to www.HelpSaveMaryland.com to find out how much your county pays to attract and sustain illegal aliens. Download a copy and send it to your federal, state and local officials. If your county breakout is not yet listed on the website, contact me at bb67chev@aol.com and I will forward the paper directly to you. Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland O’Malley rebukes Ehrlich in town hall meeting

http://www.examiner.com/x-3108-Baltimore-Republican-Examiner~y2009m12d12-OMalley-rebukes-Ehrlich-in-town-hall-meeting

RANDALLSTOWN, Md. – During a town hall earlier this week, Governor Martin O’Malley answered many questions from curious Marylanders. The last question asked during the meeting proved to be the most interesting.

A “Steve of Annapolis” asked a question concerning former Governor Bob Ehrlich, although he never mentioned Ehrlich by name:

“A certain radio talk show host keeps claiming he scrimped and saved and left the state in great shape with a one billion dollar surplus, and he blames you for the present budget gap. What’s up with that?”

After brief laughter, O’Malley responded that “People say all sorts of crazy things on the radio, you know.”

O’Malley then concluded his answer by stating, “When the last fellow went out, he left us with a bigger problem than any governor ever left a successor… [A]ll of you did the right thing and changed management.”

CONTACT O’MALLEY AND LET HIM KNOW HOW $1.4 BILLION OF OUR TAX DOLLARS ANNUALLY GOES DOWN THE RAT HOLE SUPPORTING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS!

mom@gov.state.md.us

Comprehensive Immigration Reform to be Introduced Dec. 15

December 11, 2009

Rebecca Dreilinger (202) 225-8203

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Washington D.C.) On Tuesday, December 15, Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) will introduce new legislation, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (CIR ASAP), to the U.S. House of Representatives. Gutierrez will be joined by members of many different faiths and backgrounds, including the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Black Caucus, Asian Pacific American Caucus and Progressive Caucus.

Who:
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (IL-4), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Task Force

Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-12), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (NY-11), Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus

Rep. Mike Honda (CA-15), Chair of Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

Rep. Lynn Woolsey (CA-6), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus

Rep. Judy Chu (CA-32)

Rep. Joseph Crowley (NY-7)

Rep. Pedro R. Pierluisi (PR-At large)

Rep. Jared Polis (CO-2)

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-9)

Rep. Jose E. Serrano (NY-16)

Other Members of Congress

What:
Introduction of Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation

When:
12:30 pm, Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Where:
Room 2220, Rayburn House Office Building

“We have waited patiently for a workable solution to our immigration crisis to be taken up by this Congress and our President,” said Rep. Gutierrez. “The time for waiting is over. This bill will be presented before Congress recesses for the holidays so that there is no excuse for inaction in the New Year. It is the product of months of collaboration with civil rights advocates, labor organizations, and members of Congress. It is an answer to too many years of pain -mothers separated from their children, workers exploited and undermined security at the border- all caused at the hands of a broken immigration system. This bill says ‘enough,’ and presents a solution to our broken system that we as a nation of immigrants can be proud of.”

Maureen Wood

Progressives for Immigration Reform

105 2nd St. NE

Washington, DC 20002

202-543-5325

THE GOOD – ARTICLE ON HSM PARTNER PEOPLE FOR CHANGE

Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009

Activist group grows from reviews to election action

People for Change searches for candidates to form slate

by Daniel Valentine | Staff Writer Gazette

After two years of holding town halls, organizing protests and sharply critiquing officials, a group of Prince George’s County activists is now pledging to run its own ticket of candidates in the 2010 election.

Supporters of the group People for Change gathered at a College Park sports bar last week for their first fundraiser, which organizers said will pave the way for government changes. “We need new leadership across the board,” said Sandra Pruitt, one of the group’s founders, at the reception Dec. 3 of about 40 active residents.

By late spring, People for Change plans to field its own candidates or provide support for those seeking government offices, said Pruitt, an Internet consultant from Mitchellville. “Right now, we’re a coalition without candidates,” she said. Pruitt said the group has about 50 active members and is still trying to draft a platform of positions.

She said illegal immigration is one of their cornerstones, and the group shares a contingent with Help Save Maryland, a Montgomery County-based organization that has staged protests against organizations that aid the Hispanic community. “We are against illegal immigration,” she said. “It’s a burden on our tax system, a burden on our schools. Some may say that we’re racist. We’re not. We’re just about our tax dollars not being used on illegal immigration.”

The group has also campaigned against civil unions for homosexual couples and advocated against last year’s referendum allowing slot machines in the state. The fundraiser could mark a new phase for the group that has been a frequent critic in county politics since members came together in 2006 with plans to engage residents who feel ignored by lawmakers. “We could throw a monkey wrench in these races,” Pruitt told supporters at the event. “Right now, if you’re a state senator with a slate, you’re pretty much guaranteed election.”

The coalition began by name in January 2007 as a gathering of education critics and has since expanded its operations to include the larger county government. When the group turned out in March to protest a council resolution paving the way for a soccer stadium in the county, then-Council Chairwoman Marilynn M. Bland (D-Dist. 9) of Clinton called a recess and walked out before group members could speak. The action brought People for Change out a second time the next week, with members waving signs calling for her to step down. The protest did not force any change in the council leadership, but the stadium deal was soon rejected by a majority of the council amid cost concerns.

The group caused a stir in Laurel in September when members filed a court action to set up a second polling place in the city for a special election, claiming the single location made it too difficult for poor and minority voters to access. The court case was dismissed. Laurel officials are now considering expanding polling locations, but have said it is not in response to People for Change. And when leaders held a public forum in October, at least 20 People for Change members and supporters came out complaining about elected members – so much that it prompted Del. Melanie Griffith (D-Dist. 25) of Upper Marlboro to issue a widely distributed e-mail decrying “haters” in the county the day after the forum. “I am defining haters as those who choose hateful attack politics that seek to embarrass public servants and gain media attention under the guise of promoting an issue or agenda,”

Griffith wrote at the time in an e-mail titled “Stop the Maddness [sic].” Griffith has declined to say who the e-mail referred to, but Pruitt said she believes the delegation chairwoman was referring to People for Change. “Yes, she got a bit ticked,” Pruitt said. “We just say what people wish they could say.” Griffith declined to comment about the group when reached this week. “I encourage the citizens of Prince George’s County to avail themselves of the democratic process,” Griffith said of next year’s election. “I hope they pay particular attention to groups that pose solutions” over personal attacks.

Many incumbents are reluctant to discuss People for Change. While some say the group has made strong points regarding the need for more government transparency, their confrontational approach rubs some the wrong way. “It’s one thing to have passion,” said Laurel City Council President Gayle Snyder, who said she was confronted by the group during the recent election. “But to come in and slam your fist on the table, especially the first time you’ve met them? It’s completely the wrong way to work anything out.”

Several hopeful candidates attended the fundraiser, including Charles Lollar, a Charles County Republican running against Congressman Steny Hoyer (D- Dist. 5) of Mechanicsville next year. “This is a good group,” Lollar said. “They’re going to be very important next year.”

Other candidates included Joseph Wright, a county prosecutor who is running for state’s attorney. “Any coalition group can be vital,” said Wright, who declined to say if he supports the group’s platform.

Unemployed Natives Available for Work

Report Finds Huge Number of Less-Educated Americans Not Working

Contact: Steven Camarota, 202-466-8185, sac@cis.org

WASHINGTON (December 10, 2009) – The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has released a new study detailing the U-6 unemployment rates among native born workers. U-6 is a broader measure of employment that includes the unemployed, people who would like to work but who have not looked for a job recently, and those involuntarily working part-time. A look at these numbers shows the situation is particularly bad for minorities, the young, and less-educated Americans. These are the workers who face the most competition from immigrants – legal and illegal.

The study, “A Huge Pool of Potential Workers: Unemployment, Underemployment, and Non-Work Among Native-Born Americans,” is authored by CIS Director of Research Steven A. Camarota and Demographer Karen Jensenius.

Among the findings:

As of the third quarter of 2009, there are 12.5 million unemployed native-born Americans, but the broader U-6 measure shows 21 million natives unemployed or underemployed.

There are 6.1 million natives with a high school education or less who are unemployed. Using the U-6 measure, it is 10.4 million.

In addition to those less-educated natives covered by U-6, there are another 18.7 million natives with a high school education or less not in the labor force, which means they are not looking for work.

The total number of less-educated (high school education or less) natives who are unemployed, underemployed, or not in the labor force is 29.1 million.

To place these numbers in perspective, there are an estimated seven to eight million illegal immigrants holding jobs.

As of the third quarter of 2009, the overall unemployment rate for native-born Americans is 9.5 percent; the U-6 measure shows it as 15.9 percent.

Nationally, the unemployment rate for natives with a high school degree or less is 13.1 percent. Their U-6 measure is 21.9 percent.

State with the highest U-6 rates for less-educated natives are Michigan, California, Arizona, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Nevada, Illinois, and Georgia.

The unemployment rate for natives nationally with less than a high school education is 20.5 percent. Their U-6 measure is 32.4 percent.

Nationally, the unemployment rate for young native-born Americans (18-29) who have only a high school education is 19 percent. Their U-6 measure is 31.2 percent.

Nationally, the unemployment rate for native-born blacks with less than a high school education is 28.8 percent. Their U-6 measure is 42.2 percent.

The unemployment rate for young native-born blacks (18-29) with only a high school education is 27.1 percent. Their U-6 measure is 39.8 percent.

Nationally, the unemployment rate for native-born Hispanics with less than a high school education is 23.2 percent. Their U-6 measure is 35.6 percent.

The unemployment rate for young native-born Hispanics (18-29) with only a high school degree is 20.9 percent. Their U-6 measure is 33.9 percent.

Nationally, the overall unemployment rate for immigrants (legal and illegal) is 9.9 percent. Their U-6 measure is 19.6 percent, which is significantly higher than the rate for natives.

The unemployment rate for immigrants with less than a high school education is 12.3 percent. Their U-6 measure is 27.4 percent. The unemployment rate for young immigrants (18-29) with only a high school education is 12.2 percent. Their U-6 measure is 25.2 percent.

The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent research institution that examines the impact of immigration on the United States.

THE BAD — AN EXAMPLE OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION NIGHTMARE IN MARYLAND AND ESPECIALLY MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Living with their choices

Teenage sisters sought freedom in pregnancy, and one found confinement

By N.C. Aizenman

Washington Post Staff Writer

Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:04 PM

When the Marquez sisters set out to get pregnant, Edelmira was 14 and Angela was 15. Having babies, the girls thought, would force their Salvadoran-born parents to stop trying to keep them and their teenage boyfriends apart.

Edelmira was the first to succeed, giving birth to a baby girl in the eighth grade. She regretted it almost immediately, and warned her sister not to get pregnant.

But Angela, whose round, brown eyes and shy smile are so similar to Edelmira’s they could almost be twins, stayed quiet.

“I didn’t want her to know I was still trying,” Angela recalls, sheepishly. “When I used to see my sister play with her baby, I was like, ‘She’s so cute, I want my own.’ ” Shortly before her 17th birthday, Angela got her wish: a baby girl, just like Edelmira’s.

Even as the teen pregnancy rate for other racial and ethnic groups has fallen substantially in the past 15 years, it remains stubbornly high among Latinas. As many as one in four Hispanics born in the United States to immigrant parents has a child before her 20th birthday, according to a statistical analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Child Trends, a nonpartisan research center. Only Hispanics who come to the United States as immigrants have a higher teen birth rate.

Teen parenthood often adds an extra hurdle for the offspring of Latino immigrants. Many are already struggling to get enough education to overcome their parents’ high level of poverty, limited schooling and lack of legal status.

The impact on the Marquez sisters, who were born in Maryland and live in Silver Spring, has been profound. Angela, 17, who dropped out of Montgomery Blair High School even before she became pregnant, has put off taking classes toward a GED until her baby is older.

Edelmira, a 16-year-old sophomore, says she is determined to graduate. But she missed so many days of school last year that she didn’t get full credit, and this year she has already been absent 15 days.

Both girls still have had an easier life than their mother, Ana Ayala, who dropped out of school in the fourth grade to help pay the family bills and was 16 when she left El Salvador to make the daunting illegal trek north. Now 39 and a legal permanent resident, Ayala has worked in a hospital cafeteria for a decade.

After years of straining to pick up English phrases from her bosses, Ayala can understand a fair amount. But when it comes to speaking English, her voice grows soft and her tone tentative.

By contrast, her daughters navigate their American surroundings with the casual self-assurance of natives. If Edelmira wants to organize a day trip to the beach, she Googles the destination on one of the school computers. If Angela calls the cellphone company and gets the language prompt, her answer is a resolute “English!” And both sisters chose names for their babies that could have been plucked from the registry of a suburban country club: Edelmira settled on Ashley; Angela named her child Kimberly.

Hidden romances

Yet the girls are also coming of age amid the longest sustained wave of immigration in U.S. history. The constant influx of newcomers has given the brick apartment buildings where the Marquez sisters live the feel of a Central American village, with its own informal economy functioning entirely in Spanish.

Need a prepaid phone card to call San Salvador? A petite woman in the building a few doors down sells them out of her living room. Need a haircut? Head to the sisters’ cousin a few flights up. Feel like an afternoon snack? Poke your head out the window and call over to the elderly man pushing an ice cream cart hung with bells and the sign “Helados y Paletas ‘Tito’. ”

Against this backdrop, the U.S.-born Latino kids in Angela and Edelmira’s circle have fashioned a subculture that draws far more inspiration from the South than the North. Even their friends who are fluent in English prefer speaking to each other in Spanish. When Edelmira watches television, she flips on her favorite Mexican soap opera, “Verano de Amor” (Summer of Love). When Angela takes 9-month old Kimberly out for a stroll, she is careful to conceal her under a blanket to prevent strangers from putting “el ojo,” the Central American version of the evil eye curse, on her.

And when the neighborhood boys first started vying for the sisters’ attention, it was the foreign-born ones who had come here in their early teens who seemed most appealing.

U.S.-born guys “are so — I don’t know, if they’re not in a gang, they still don’t take life seriously,” Angela says. “They don’t like to work. . . . They just leave you pregnant, and that’s it.”

Edelmira, then 12 and the bolder of the two, fell for a tall Salvadoran with long, glossy hair. Roberto was 15 and had sneaked across the border months earlier.

Angela, then 14, started seeing his friend Franklin, a soft-spoken, broad-chested 18-year-old Honduran construction worker. He had made his own illegal journey here several years before and had already earned enough to buy a car.

The girls were careful to conceal their romances from their parents, who are divorced.

Their father, Jose Marquez, who arrived from El Salvador at 15 and owns a construction subcontracting business, was particularly strict. The sisters were to come home directly after school and stay there for the rest of the day. Boyfriends were out of the question.

It was weeks before Marquez and Ayala realized that their daughters, then starting the eighth and ninth grades, had started skipping class to hang out with Roberto and Franklin. Edelmira would just erase the school’s phone messages before her mother got home from work.

When their little brother tattled, their parents’ solution was to put the girls on the next plane to El Salvador.

“We thought maybe then they’d forget these boys and come back ready to focus on their studies,” Ayala says.

The girls spent the next five months in a remote mountain town. By the time, they returned to Maryland in late winter, they had missed so much school that their parents agreed to let them wait until the next school year to enroll again. In the meantime, the sisters immediately resumed dating Franklin and Roberto in secret.

When their parents learned what was happening from a neighbor, a livid Marquez, who is 36 and speaks excellent English, drove the girls to the Silver Spring police station. He threatened to have Franklin and Roberto arrested, and the girls fixed with ankle-monitors.

“We knew the courts wouldn’t actually do that. We were just saying all that to make an impression on them,” Ayala says.

But the girls took their parents at their word. That night, the sisters fled to Franklin’s apartment. It was in the days that followed that they made the decision to have babies. Just as they had hoped, their parents have grudgingly accepted Roberto and Franklin since the babies were born.

“A parent always forgives their child,” Ayala says with a sigh. “I’ve told my daughters they’ll always have my support.”

She recently agreed to let Franklin move into one of the two bedrooms of her small apartment with Angela and their baby. He pays $450 for the privilege, but it’s still a sacrifice for Ayala: She shares the other bedroom with Edelmira and 1 1/2 year-old Ashley, while the girls’ younger brother, Jose, and a friend of Franklin’s sleep on couches in the living room.

Similarly, even after a long day at the cafeteria, Ayala often drives Edelmira and Ashley to a correctional facility 40 minutes away so they can see Roberto, who is serving an 18-month sentence for first-degree burglary. He was arrested in February after he and two friends scuffled with the owner of a house they were trying to burglarize.

Straddling two worlds

Although Angela speaks of getting a job in a store or fast-food restaurant one day, her daily routine would be familiar to many newly arrived, Central American housewives: Wake up at 4 a.m. to cook Franklin breakfast and pack his lunch before he heads to his bricklaying job. Catch a few hours’ sleep before it’s time to feed baby Kimberly and Edelmira’s daughter, Ashley, whom Angela babysits while her sister is in school. Change diapers, gossip with visiting friends and wash baby bottles for the next couple of hours until late afternoon, when Franklin walks through the door. Shuffle back to stove to pat out tortillas for Franklin’s dinner.

Edelmira never found schoolwork as excruciating as her sister did. But her attendance has long been sporadic. “It’s not that I don’t want to go. I like school,” she says. “It’s just we wake up too early. Sometimes I wake up, take a shower and, once it’s time to leave, I’m like ‘Nah, I’m just going to sleep.’ ”

When Edelmira does go to school, it’s like a brief excursion to an exotic planet. At Montgomery Blair, the banks of gleaming Dell computers give many classrooms the look of Mission Control. Students who are into drama get to perform in “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “The Mikado.” Students in the science-oriented magnet program learn how to measure the molecular mass and pressure of various gases before the end of freshman year.

Yet as Edelmira wades through the packed halls, she is only dimly aware of these undercurrents. She doesn’t belong to any after-school clubs. In her science class, she is just beginning to learn that matter can exist as a gas.

At home, she doesn’t have a computer. She almost never opens a book. When she says she’s doing well in a class, she means she’s not failing it. She doesn’t worry about how she’ll do on the PSATs or SATs. She has no idea what the tests are for.

Her worries are an immigrant’s preoccupations: Will Roberto get deported after he completes his sentence?

Her dreams are an immigrant’s fantasies: Maybe some day she and Roberto could save enough to move to El Salvador. They could open a tienda. Or maybe, she says, thinking bigger, she could get a job at San Salvador’s airport, stamping passports like those women in sleek uniforms she noticed on her last visit.

Once in a while, hints of other options reach the sisters’ world, like the afternoon one of their longtime pals brought over her 17-year-old friend Jocelyn, who is also a teen mom.

The sisters didn’t know Jocelyn well and peppered her with questions.

“How old were you when you had your son?” Angela asked.

“Fifteen.”

The girls nodded understandingly. Four of their close friends have babies. Three more are pregnant.

“What’s his name?” Edelmira asked.

“Diego.”

Then Jocelyn mentioned that she has an older sister who would be graduating from St. Mary’s College, a four-year liberal arts school.

The sisters raised their eyebrows in surprise.

“Wow,” Angela said.

There was an awkward pause. No one could seem to think of a follow-up.

Finally, Angela broke the silence.

“I love the name Diego,” she said.

“Yeah, no one in my family has it,” Jocelyn said.

“Just like Ashley!” Edelmira exclaimed, perking up now that the conversation was back on familiar ground. “Nobody in my family has that name!”

Staying in school

If the adults in their lives also rarely speak of college and only vaguely explain the benefits of high school, they have at least constantly stressed the importance of graduating.

When Edelmira started Silver Spring International Middle School already several months pregnant, one of the counselors made a point of alerting the teachers and making sure they worked with her to help her make up any lessons she might miss due to doctor’s appointments. Similarly, Eastern Middle School, to which Edelmira switched halfway through the year, arranged for a private tutor to teach her at home for a month after she gave birth.

Edelmira credits the extra help with motivating her to stay in school. But, in many ways, doing so has only heightened her initial misgivings over having her daughter at such a young age.

If she didn’t have to care for Ashley, Edelmira says, she could get some of that after-school tutoring her teachers always talk about. Or, she adds, a faraway look coming over her, she could join that dance troupe she’s seen rehearsing near the cafeteria.

“You lose so many privileges when you have a baby,” she says. “You can’t go out. Everywhere you go, you have to take her.”

Angela doesn’t share her sister’s regrets. She smiles with genuine pleasure as she describes the fun she has with Kimberly.

“When you have your own baby, you could do anything with her,” she says. “You can change her outfits any time.” And yet . . .

The sky was beginning to darken as the sisters walked with their babies to the small playground behind the apartment complex.

Angela parked Kimberly’s stroller next to a four-way seesaw and perched on one of the seats. Edelmira sat on another, hugging Ashley to her chest.

Suddenly, their cousin Josue bounded onto one of the remaining seats, sending everyone bobbing up and down in a gale of giggles and squeals.

Angela said as she caught her breath. “I miss this.”

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December 4, 2009

Help Save Maryland Action Alert

JOIN HELP SAVE MARYLAND, PEOPLE FOR CHANGE IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM (FAIR) AND OTHER CITIZEN GROUPS!

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 12-1 PM, AT CASA OF MARYLAND’S LAWLESS DAY LABORER CENTER, 734 UNIVERSITY BLVD E (NEAR PINEY BRANCH RD), SILVER SPRING 20903.

LIVE COVERAGE OF OUR EVENT BY WFMD 930AM FREDERICK RADIO!

Don’t let the threat of a few raindrops and snowflakes scare you off. The Rally Against CASA of Maryland and Illegal Immigration in ON!

HSM Members are driving in from Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, and Washington Counties.

LETS SHUTDOWN CASA OF MARYLAND. BRING AMERICAN AND MARYLAND FLAGS, SIGNS, POSTERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

CASA HAS BEEN DRAINING OUR BUDGETS AND ATTRACTING CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS, DAY LABORERS AND MS-13 MEMBERS INTO OUR COMMUNITIES FOR TOO LONG. TIME TO END THE CRIME AND LAWLESSNESS. TIME TO END THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CASA AND OUR TAX DOLLARS. TIME TO END THE CAREERS OF FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL POLITICIANS WHO SUPPORT CASA OF MARYLAND & ILLEGAL ALIENS!

PARKING IS AVAILABLE AROUND THE CORNER FROM CASA AT NEW HAMPSHIRE ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON 8720 CARROLL AVENUE (INTERSECTS UNIVERSITY & PINEY BRANCH), SILVER SPRING 20903.

MET IN THE PARKING LOT BEFORE 12 NOON AND MARCH ON CASA TOGETHER! Montgomery County Police will be out if force to control those without “legal presence” in our state.

THIS EVENT IS JUST A WARMUP FOR OUR 2010 PLANS TO TAKE ON ANNAPOLIS!

Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland 240-447-1884

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November 30, 2009

Help Save Maryland Action Alert

A NEW STUDY BY THE FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM (FAIR) HIGHLIGHTS THE $1.4 BILLION DOLLAR PLUS ANNUAL COST TO TAXPAYERS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS IN MARYLAND. TAX DOLLARS WASTED ON EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, INCARCERATION, LOST JOBS & TAX REVENUE AND MORE! (SEE PRESS RELEASE BELOW AND LINK TO FULL REPORT)

IT’S TIME FOR THE CITIZENS TO TAKE MARYLAND IN A NEW DIRECTION. NO LONGER WILL WE ALLOW OUR FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS ON PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR THOSE WITHOUT LEGAL PRESENCE IN MARYLAND.

ALL TAXPAYER FUNDING MUST ALSO BE TERMINATED FOR ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING CASA OF MARYLAND, CENTRO FAMILIA, CATHOLIC CHARITIES, LATINO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, IDENTITY INC AND DOZENS OF OTHER FRONT GROUPS FOR THE ILLEGAL ALIEN COMMUNITY.

JOIN HELP SAVE MARYLAND AND OTHER CITIZEN GROUPS ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 12-1 PM, AT CASA OF MARYLAND’S LAWLESS DAY LABORER CENTER, 734 UNIVERSITY BLVD E (NEAR PINEY BRANCH RD), SILVER SPRING 20903.

LETS BEGIN WITH A RALLY TO SHUTDOWN CASA OF MARYLAND. BRING SIGNS, POSTERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

PARKING IS AVAILABLE AROUND THE CORNER FROM CASA AT NEW HAMPSHIRE ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON 8720 CARROLL AVENUE (INTERSECTS UNIVERSITY & PINEY BRANCH), SILVER SPRING 20903.

MET IN THE PARKING LOT BEFORE 12 NOON AND MARCH ON CASA TOGETHER!

BRAD BOTWIN, DIRECTOR, HELP SAVE MARYLAND 240-447-1884

The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Marylanders

Maryland has a fast growing illegal alien population of about a quarter million persons, more than quadrupling since 2000. Between 2000 and 2008, the state’s foreign-born population has grown by 34.6 percent while its native-born population has increased by 3.3 percent. . Public school enrollment of students who require special instruction in English has soared even more, rising by 93.5 percent from 2000 to 2008 while overall enrollment declined slightly.

This illegal alien population represents a major burden on the state budget and is borne by Maryland’s taxpayers. The costs imposed on law-abiding Marylanders are unfair and unwelcome even in the best of times, but are especially burdensome at a time when the state has been cutting jobs and funding for schools and health care. Furthermore, the state is facing what the Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute projects will be a $2 billion deficit in the 2010 budget.

In 2008, the foreign-born population in Maryland represented nearly one in every eight residents (12.4%), and illegal aliens constituted more than one-third of that immigrant population. This illegal immigrant population costs the state’s taxpayers more than $1.4 billion per year for education, medical care and incarceration. The annual fiscal burden amounts to about $790 per Maryland household headed by a native-born resident.

In addition to the fiscal cost estimates in this study, there are additional burdens caused by illegal aliens, i.e., foreign remittances that they sent abroad constitute a major drain on the state’s economy. The Inter-American Development Bank estimated that remittances from Maryland just to Latin America and the Caribbean amounted to $921 million in 2006.

If this amount had been earned by American workers, it would have been spent locally, and it would have generated sales, production and jobs in the state as well as increased tax collection.

The more than $1.4 billion dollars in costs incurred by Maryland taxpayers annually result from outlays in the following areas:

Education

Based on estimates of the illegal immigrant population in Maryland and documented costs of K-12 schooling, Marylanders spend more than $966 million annually on education for an estimated 80,800 children of illegal aliens. An additional amount of nearly $250 million is spent on providing special English instruction to an estimated 35,000 children of illegal aliens. About 9.6 percent of the K-12 public school students in Maryland are children of illegal aliens.

Health Care

Taxpayer-funded, unreimbursed medical outlays for health care provided to the state’s illegal alien population amount to about $167 million a year.

Incarceration

The cost of incarcerating illegal aliens in Maryland’s state and county prisons amounts to about $29 million a year not including related law enforcement and judicial expenses or the monetary costs of the crimes that led to the incarceration.

Some state and local taxes are received from illegal immigrants even from those working off the books. But, those same tax collections, or more likely an increased amount, would occur if the jobs were done by legal workers. So, unless it is illogically assumed that no legal U.S. or immigrant or foreign guestworker would do the jobs now done by illegal workers, it makes little sense to consider this a true offset to the tax burden. The estimated amount of the taxes currently collected from Maryland’s illegal workers is about $204 million per year.

These fiscal costs would be considerably higher if other cost areas such as assistance programs for needy families or welfare benefits for American workers displaced by illegal alien workers or resulting from depressed wages were included in the calculation.

The current proposal to adopt an amnesty for the illegal aliens would not lessen the burden if enacted. Rather, it would increase the access of this population to additional social welfare benefits and allow them to legally apply for the state’s reverse tax benefit known as the Earned Income Tax Credit.

These costs are not inevitable. State and local policymakers have several means at their disposal to discourage settlement of illegal aliens. Maryland and some local jurisdictions, on the other hand, are permissive towards illegal immigration. Marylanders concerned about the impact on their state and local communities should demand an end to those policies.

Read the full report

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November 2009

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November 23, 2009

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Keystone Cop Leadership in Montgomery County

Montgomery County Councilman Mike Knapp (Democrat – Dist 2) has been upset that fellow Democrat council members Leventhal and Navarro were getting all the press working with CASA of Maryland and helping illegal aliens open bank accounts at Wachovia Bank. So Knapp decided to go a step further.

Knapp hosted a forum for taxpayer funded illegal alien support groups Identity Inc and CASA of Maryland. This allowed both groups to bus in their illegal alien clientele to complain about “mistreatment” at the hands of Montgomery County Police Officers. Knapp even provided Spanish translators, at taxpayer expense so that the illegals could tell their sad tales.

During the meeting Knapp, who is not a lawyer or Catholic Priest by trade, seeming took depositions/confessions from the illegals without the permission or knowledge of the Montgomery County State’s Attorney, Chief of Police or frankly average citizens. Just illegals and their taxpayer funded support groups.

Why is Knapp having public meeting without prior knowledge to the general public? How can he justify spending tax dollars on ethnic centric events like this when the county budget is in the red? Is Knapp supporting the bogus case against two County officers stationed in Gaithersburg who are being penalized for doing their job of getting illegal alien gang members off our streets?

Is Knapp trying to create the allusion of hope for Hispanic illegal aliens who should rightly be detained and deported? Why does Knapp provide funding to CASA and Identity Inc when they knowing aid and abet illegals, to the detriment of Montgomery County citizens? When is Knapp going to meet with legal citizens to allow taxpayers to air their complaints about CASA, Identity Inc and the growing Hispanic illegal alien community??

Contact Mike Knapp Councilmember.Knapp@montgomerycountymd.gov 240-777-7955

Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

Probe of officers continues

Immigrant community troubled by case of Montgomery Village man turned over to federal agents

by Sebastian Montes | Staff Writer Gazette

As the investigation continues into two Montgomery County officers who allegedly helped federal immigration agents apprehend a Montgomery Village man six weeks ago, Latino residents used a forum with county leaders to describe a pattern of run-ins and perceived mistreatment by police.

Most of the stories told Thursday night at County Councilman Michael J. Knapp’s forum at South Lake Elementary School echoed aspects of the Sept. 22 incident in Montgomery Village. The man in that incident says he was apprehended by county police without being charged with a crime and handed over to agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The incident has stoked suspicions in the immigrant community that officers are not abiding by a February policy that states that county police can refer people to ICE only when they are arrested and charged with specific violent crimes.

Most of the 50 residents expressed their fears at the forum, which Knapp (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown organized to hear first-hand experiences. One man said an officer broke his license in half. Another said an officer threw his license into the trash. Another man described how he was handcuffed on the street for an hour-and-a-half because an officer thought he had a gang-related tattoo. The tattoo is of his initials, the man said. “What’d they stop me for, being Latino?

No matter what you do, whether you do something right or something wrong, you’re never going to come out well,” the man said. “… And you know what’s sad? It happens so often, I didn’t think it was a big deal.” Their stories were translated into English for Knapp by Diego Uriburu, deputy executive director of Identity, a Gaithersburg-based nonprofit that works with at-risk youth. “The point we’re trying to make is how often these things happen, and the impunity some officers think they have because they know that in most cases, no one will ever know about it,” Uriburu told Knapp.

“The word spreads around and this community becomes more and more isolated.” Knapp (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown said that such encounters are more a reflection of law enforcement’s ongoing struggle to figure out the best response to gangs. “No one’s figured that out well, and unfortunately, racial profiling happens – it shouldn’t, but it does,” he said. Meanwhile, the Montgomery Village man is home on electronic monitoring pending a decision by federal authorities on whether to grant him a special visa while he cooperates with the police investigation.

Federal immigration authorities stayed the man’s deportation two weeks ago and released him from a detention center in Pennsylvania, where he was being processed for deportation to his native El Salvador. The man – who had a deportation order against him at the time of the incident – believes he was handed over to ICE in retaliation for an earlier complaint in which he said Marshall accused him of being a gang member and lost his driver’s license in July. He also alleged that he was assaulted by a different officer during the Sept. 22 incident.

The police probe has focused on Officers David Marshall and Scott Zimmerman, who were assigned as gang investigators at the county’s 6th District station in Gaithersburg. Police procedures give Chief J. Thomas Manger 90 days to weigh recommendations and issue his findings, said Capt. Paul Starks, a police spokesman.

Only the officers and the complainant are told of the findings. However, Manger has said that he will be “very forthcoming” once appropriate. Marshall, Zimmerman and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35 have declined to discuss the case. The officers have been on active duty throughout the probe, Starks said – Marshall on patrol beat in the 6th district while Zimmerman took a temporary assignment last week at the police academy.

The assignment changes were not related to the investigation, Starks said. U Visas are typically given to victims of domestic violence and witnesses helping in a prosecution or criminal investigation. In the Montgomery Village case, police signed off on the visa application to keep him from being deported before the investigation is complete.

Brad Botwin, director of Help Save Maryland, said he isn’t interested whether police figure out what happened, given the chilling effect he believes the incident has had on officers who want to share intelligence with ICE agents. “Did it happen, didn’t it happen – I don’t know,” Botwin said. “But I think that at the end of the day, he was wanted by ICE and this is wasting my tax dollars. He has a [deportation order]; he shouldn’t be in the country. End of story.”

More Questionable Leadership in Montgomery County

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is never one to pass on an opportunity to spend or try to spend taxpayer dollars even for the most ridiculous of reasons. Executive bathroom for his use only, overstaffed security detail for his protection, charging citizens for emergency ambulance use and most recently a helicopter fleet for his favorite Police Chief despite the Chief’s aversion to enforcing the law.

But this new Ike spending idea is just the best yet and its a win-win! It helps illegal aliens in their adventures in crossing the streets of the County without getting hit by cars and to funnels more taxpayer money to the illegal alien support group CASA of Maryland. A two-run homer for Ike Leggett!

Where did Leggett come up for the funds for this truly novel program? County funds, when we are laying off county workers and under funding schools? Federal Stimulus Funds needed for citizen job creation??

Contact Ike and tell him it would be more cost effective to use the funding to pay to train police officers under the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement 287(g) program. Lets get illegal aliens off our streets, not across them!

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett ocemail@montgomerycountymd.gov 240-777-1000

For Immediate Release: 11/19/2009

Leggett Launches Pedestrian Safety Promotion Teams Along Piney Branch Road Corridor; Area Has Highest Number of Pedestrian Collisions in County

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett today announced the launch of pedestrian safety promotion teams that will intercept pedestrians who are engaged in risky behaviors and provide them with information about safe walking practices. This effort along Piney Branch Road between Flower Avenue and the Prince Georges County line is part of the County’s overall strategy to make pedestrian safety improvements

where the most pedestrian collisions in the County occur. The education initiative also includes ads at local movie theaters and on Ride On buses and bus shelters.

“We believe our approach of targeting engineering, education and enforcement resources in areas with the highest rate of collisions will have a significant impact on improving safety for those most at risk,”

said Leggett. “In partnership with the State Highway Administration (SHA), we have developed an action plan to keep pedestrians safe along Piney Branch Road. Conducting a grassroots intervention, especially

during the holidays when more pedestrians are walking after dark, is the first step in a long-term plan that we hope will dramatically improve pedestrian safety and accessibility in the Piney Branch area.”

The safety promotion teams are comprised of bi-lingual staff from CASA de Maryland, Inc. who will work several days a week between Thanksgiving and Christmas, distributing information on safe walking, driving and biking in both English and Spanish. They will also provide reflective items to help pedestrians be more visible in the dark. In addition to on-street interventions, the teams will conduct pedestrian safety education at stores, apartment complexes, organized community events and religious institutions.

Between January 2003 and December 2007, the 1.6 mile Piney Branch corridor had 26 pedestrian-or bicycle-related crashes, one of which was a fatality. Piney Branch Road is a state-owned road, so the County and

SHA are working together to improve safety. A team of County Department of Transportation (DOT) and SHA engineers conducted a pedestrian and bicycle road safety audit along the road and identified nine locations

needing engineering improvements, with the highest priority being the entrances to the Panam Latino Market and LA Market near the intersection of Piney Branch and University Boulevard.

“The State Highway Administration is proud to be partnering with Montgomery County to improve pedestrian mobility throughout the county,” said SHA District Engineer Darrell Mobley.

Many of the needed engineering improvements are major long-term projects (see table below), but in the short term, staff have already trimmed foliage that obstructs line of sight; retimed signals to meet

new standards that allow for more pedestrian crossing time; repaired broken street lights; and installed “Stop For School Bus When Red Lights Flash” signs. Over the next six months, DOT will install a new

sidewalk at Piney Branch and Flower Avenue, and PEPCO will ensure a consistent level of street lighting.

Leggett also announced that the County is currently constructing traffic calming measures on Carroll Avenue in front of New Hampshire Estates Elementary School. When engineers conducted the Piney Branch

safety audit, residents, community groups and school representatives asked for improvements near the school that include curb bump outs with crosswalks; pedestrian refuge islands; extensive signage to warn

motorists that pedestrians are present; curb, gutter and sidewalk modifications to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) standards; and minor roadway repairs. The work should be completed in December.

“As a result of community outreach and advocacy in the New Hampshire Estates neighborhood, pedestrian improvements are being made along Carroll Avenue,” said Mary Kendall, Maryland International Corridor

CSAFE program director. “I want to thank the many residents in this neighborhood who spoke up and made their voices heard because they wanted a safe route to school and home. I also want to thank the

Montgomery County Department of Transportation’s (MCDOT) Division of Traffic Engineering and Operations (TEO), which is making the improvements along Carroll Avenue. Efforts to improve pedestrian travel

along Carroll Avenue have been underway since April 2009. The residents and other community stakeholders in this area are looking forward to a continued partnership with the local government.”

To better target educational efforts along the Piney Branch corridor, DOT engaged Casa de Maryland staff to interview nearly 600 pedestrians in either English or Spanish and gauge their perception of walkability along Piney Branch. Pedestrians were asked how often they walk and for what purpose, what they know about pedestrian safety rules and whether they typically comply with them, whether bus stops are accessible and whether they feel safe as a pedestrian.

CASA de Maryland, Inc. Executive Director Gustavo Torres said, “One-on-one peer education has proven to be a particularly effective way of teaching Latino populations about health and safety concerns. Hearing about issues of importance from another member of the community gives the information provided more credibility. People in the community readily respond to our approachable and dedicated staff. Latinos are dying at disproportionately higher rates than other pedestrians, but we can make a difference if we work together, and ….I know our partnership with the County will help us achieve long-term, coordinated and comprehensive solutions.”

Key findings of the on-street survey were:

● Spanish speaking residents walk more and for multiple purposes compared to English speaking residents who generally walk for a single purpose;

● Most people understood basic pedestrian safety rules. Spanish speakers were more likely to know when to properly cross with the crossing signal and to cross at intersections and crosswalks than English speakers.

● Both groups said they don’t use crosswalks when they’re in a hurry or the crosswalk is too far away.

● Those who use the crosswalks feel less safe than others – probably prompting them to be more careful about obeying safe pedestrian crossing rules.

The engineering action plan for the Piney Branch corridor includes specific location recommendations and installation of countdown pedestrian signals; high-visibility pavement markings for crosswalks;

lighting at bus stops; upgrades to intersection push buttons; and upgrades to meet ADA standards throughout the study area.

The plan to improve pedestrian safety for Piney Branch also includes enhanced enforcement efforts. Next week, Police will kick off their “Shop With a Cop” promotion, a Countywide effort with a focus on

Piney Branch to promote overall holiday and pedestrian safety. Police also plan to conduct enhanced enforcement efforts, issuing warning citations to pedestrians who don’t follow pedestrian safety laws and

ticketing drivers who speed, drive aggressively or do not stop for pedestrians in crosswalks.

Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland

Quote by Jon Feere -”So far the Obama Administration has adopted the Mary Poppins strategy where they hope a spoonful of enforcement will help the amnesty go down”

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CITIZEN SAFETY & TRUST NEEDED, NOT HELICOPTERS

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. - George Orwell

Despite the continued economic downturn and severe state and county budget shortfalls, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and his Police Chief Tom Manger are making the rounds begging for a Police Aviation Unit (“Helicopters improve safety, make sense financially”, Gazette, 9/23/09). It’s a seemingly two-year “free lunch” as Uncle Sam provides the helicopters while confiscated drug and organized crime monies pay the fuel and maintenance costs.

Leggett, McCarthy and Manger are mere pawns of the Hispanic illegal alien community and their taxpayer funded support groups. As the ramifications of the September 1 policy memo continue to unfold and become public, all three gentlemen may be looking for a helicopter ride out of town.

Brad Botwin, Director
Help Save Maryland

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett ocemail@montgomerycountymd.gov

Montgomery County Council county.council@montgomerycountymd.gov

But Leggett and Manger are being less than truthful with the citizens of Montgomery County regarding all aspects of their law enforcement strategy. The false bravado of helicopters being “force-multipliers to fight crime” and making police “smarter and more efficient in keeping our community safe”, are just hollow promises. Recent unpublicized and unwarranted changes in Montgomery County Police policy and procedures have effectively neutered police officers in the field, jeopardizing the safety and well-being of all County citizens.

Last year, almost a dozen Montgomery County citizens were brutally murdered by illegal alien gang members and day laborers, including 14-year old honor student Tai Lam and 83-year old Holocaust survivor Lila Meizell. The public uproar was such that Leggett, Manger and Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy modified and strengthened police procedures regarding illegal aliens. A major part of the February 11, 2009 policy modification, forced in part by the actions of Help Save Maryland, Judicial Watch and other citizen organizations, was the ability of police officers to freely communicate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding the “legal presence” of all suspects before they committed a serious criminal act. It was a positive step toward eliminating Manger’s “post-mortem” police tactics and was approved by Leggett despite heavy lobbying from CASA of Maryland and other taxpayer funded illegal alien support groups.

On September 1, 2009, with the stroke of a pen and under a total media blackout, Leggett, Manger and McCarthy fully striped the rights of all police officers to communicate with ICE. This new policy ban covers all operations and discussions with ICE except in the most heinous of crimes. Equally devastating, officers can no longer routinely run the names of potential suspects though ICE’s vast database of wanted illegal aliens, actions that could have saved the lives of Tai Lam, Lila Meizell and countless other crime victims (Chandra Levy for example, would be alive today had DC Police months earlier run her suspected killer’s name through ICE). Helicopters won’t solve the needless pain, suffering and loss inflicted on the Community because of this new lax and secretive policing policy. Montgomery County is now an official, full-fledged sanctuary for illegal alien criminals.

Most disturbing, the September 1 policy change shockingly places the Montgomery County Police in a weaker position to serve and protect citizens then prior to Leggett’s highly publicized earlier February 11 modifications. We can thank the illegal alien support group Identity Inc, a sister organization of CASA of Maryland and Catholic Charities for causing Leggett, Manger and McCarthy to backtrack and abandon community safety and their professional credibility for the fool’s gold of Hispanic community political support. Our three County officials cling to the delusive phantom of illegal alien amnesty as their savior from the coming community backlash over weakened law enforcement leadership and procedures.

Chief Manger and his senior officers of course denied the existence of the September 1 policy change memorandum. It was only when Help Save Maryland members waved the “non-existent document” under their collective noses at the Chief’s October 17 monthly Latino Liaison meeting did the Chief’s tone change. But it’s too late for Leggett, McCarthy and Manger, as this poorly attempted cover up and backdoor appeasement to the illegal alien community regarding citizen safety will have consequences far beyond the secretive three page policy memo.

Chief Manger, less than three years from a needed retirement, has truly lost what little credibility he has left with Montgomery County citizens. He has sold out public safety and the fleeting memories of the near dozen citizens murdered at the hands of illegal alien criminals. Equally important, Manger has lost the trust and respect of his rank and file officers who are now helpless in getting criminal illegal alien gang members and day laborers off our streets. Relations with ICE have also been severely strained.

www.HelpSaveMaryland.com

Help Save Maryland Newsletter

Help Save Maryland and People for Change in Prince George’s County continue to expand cooperation on key issues impacting citizens in Prince George’s County and around the state!

Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland

Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 Gazette

Needed change in Prince George’s County

| Rising unemployment; declining job opportunities for citizens; ever-increasing state and local income, sales and property taxes; growing fees for government services; county budget deficits combined with uncontrolled spending; stagnant small business openings; lack of contracts going to minorities; outsourcing of jobs to other jurisdictions or non-citizens; no high-end retail; growing housing foreclosures; strip malls being approved for development while many businesses at strip malls are folding; rising crime and gang violence; financially challenged hospital system; increasing numbers of county residents without legal presence; and a crumbling transportation and school infrastructure.

Welcome to Prince George’s County.

What is the response by our state and local officials to the many economic and financial challenges facing Prince George’s County? More of the same misguided leadership. Raise taxes, increase spending, cut services, fire/furlough government employees – including police officers, firemen and teachers – while maintaining unnecessary pet programs. The citizens can no longer afford or tolerate this type of political leadership. We require leaders that are responsive to the needs and aspirations of the working families and small businesses of Prince George’s County.

We are calling for a new generation of elected officials from Upper Marlboro all the way to Annapolis. Some of our current representatives lack the vision to understand that income, sales and property taxes must be lowered, state and local budgets trimmed of waste, and all publicly expenditures justified as adding to the common needs and benefit of the taxpaying, voting citizens of Prince George’s County. Our goal is to create a county which provides a family-friendly, crime/gang-free and stable economic environment for its citizens, and which attracts and maintains private sector jobs and small business opportunities.

We demand that all federal, state and local officials in Prince George’s County pledge the following:

1. Move from a top-down approach to a bottom-up approach so that citizens are at the table when decisions are being made that affect their livelihood and communities.

2. Put in place a strategic communications system to engage and inform citizens.

3. Lower state income and sales taxes, as well as local property taxes.

4. Cut or eliminate state and local spending for nonessential programs and services, with citizens having direct input to the process.

5. Trim the waste out of spending for essential programs and services including education, health care and welfare.

6. Implement the Federal E-Verify Program for all state and local government contracts to ensure that tax dollars are only spent on contractors who hire taxpaying citizens.

7. Require “legal presence” for all Prince George’s County programs and services, terminating non-citizens from access to all directly or indirectly taxpayer-funded activities (this excludes emergency medical care and K-12 education).

8. Facilitate cooperation with local business organizations and public schools to create local jobs, business development and enhanced education opportunities.

Wake up Prince George’s County!

Mitchellville resident Sandy Pruitt, leader of People for Change in Prince George’s County, and Rockville resident Brad Botwin, director of Help Save Maryland.

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 Gazette

Federal buildings hosted ‘inappropriate’ immigration program

Last week there was much angst over the Smithsonian Institution allowing the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a non-partisan, 501(c) 3 non-profit, to use the Postal Museum for an annual members’ event. The Smithsonian, under pressure from illegal immigrant support groups, stated never again would groups like FAIR, which supports enforcing U.S. immigration laws and legal immigration, use their facilities.

How strange, then, that on Tuesday, Sept. 29, the U.S. Agency for International Development, Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Department of Commerce are jointly hosting a National Hispanic Heritage Month Program, strangely titled “Embracing the Fierce Urgency of NOW!” – which probably sounds better in Spanish. These federal agencies invited Raul Yzaguirre, Past President of the National Council of La Raza (“the Race”) as the featured speaker.

Talk about inappropriate! La Raza is a nationwide, partisan Hispanic group that aggressively supports open borders, illegal immigration, health care and driver’s licenses for those without legal presence in the U.S., amnesty and a slew of other lawless, anti-U.S. citizen positions. Government workers are being pressured to attend the event to hear the propaganda dished out by Yzaguirre. Doesn’t sound like a good use of federal facilities, government workers’ time or my tax dollars.

Paul Mendez, Silver Spring

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GLOBALIZATION FOLLIES

NY Times Editorial Page Coddles Illegals with “Crimes Against the English Language”

By Alan Tonelson

Monday, October 05, 2009

Extra!! Extra!! The GLOBALIZATION FOLLIES crew has found a front-runner for the 2009 “Euphemism of the Year Award” – specifically The New York Times editorial page. Apparently it’s no longer enough to describe illegal aliens with such by-now-familiar standbys as “immigrants lacking documentation” (as in “Oops! I’ve lost that darned green card!”). The Times has now concocted an even less intellectually honest label for the Open Borders crowd to use.

This triumph of intellectual dissembling came in an editorial condemning federal enforcement actions likely to lead trendy clothing company American Apparel to fire 1,800 employees working in the country illegally. Along the way, Times writers came up with this clever rhetorical device to divert attention from these workers’ law-breaking behavior: They designated the employees as “would-be Americans.”

Technically, of course, this description is correct – at least for many of the illegals. But what’s next at the Newspaper of Record? Re-classifying thieves as “would-be property owners”?

Source: “Broken in U.S.A.,” The New York Times, September 30, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/opinion/01thu2.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper

Subject: Petition to Stop Anti-Official English Bill

Our federal government is increasingly caving in to the demands of radical, anti-assimilation groups who are calling on our government to provide services in all kinds of foreign languages.

That’s why I must ask you and all U.S.English members to send a direct message to our elected officials by signing our Petition to the 111th Congress to Reject H.Con.Res. 3, a harmful anti-Official English resolution introduced in Congress by Rep. José Serrano. This resolution states:

“… that the United States Government should pursue policies that … provide services in languages other than English … and recognize the importance of multilingualism to vital American interests …”

This resolution clearly aims to undermine our efforts to make English the official language of the United States and adds fuel to the radical pro-multilingual movement in America.

So please join with all U.S. English members by signing your petition today and demand our elected officials reject this outrageous resolution and uphold English as our nation’s common unifying language.

P.S. I need your help to send a powerful message to our elected representatives that we reject any shift in language policy that does not uphold English as our nation’s common language. That’s why I urge you to be counted among constituents from your district who have already signed our Petition – and help U.S.English stop this outrageous anti-Official English resolution from being passed.

http://www.usenglish.org/hconres3petition

www.HelpSaveMaryland.com

By whois2811 September 19, 2009

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