The
devil and a saint were debating whether
there was really a God. “Look,” said the Devil, holding a Bible, “even the
Bible says in Psalm 14:1 ‘There is no God.’”
The saint shook his head and began “swimming in a sea of doubt.” The devil
laughed, for he had tricked the saint who did not bother to read the Bible. The
devil had taken the Biblical verse out of context by covering the first part of
the verse with his thumb. The entire verse read: “The fool hath said in his
heart, There is no God.”
That is how certain members
of the liberal pro Democratic media report speeches by presidential candidate
Donald Trump—by covering or not reporting certain parts or distorting what he
said—in order to portray Mr. Trump as an evil person. For instance, the
headline of one article read: “Trump promises wall and massive deportation.”
Never in his speech in Phoenix did Trump talk about “massive deportation.”
Another article’s headline was: “Trump’s immigration rope-a-dope.” Trump’s
speech was straightforward; not dancing around the ring like Muhammad Ali
rope-a-dope.
Many people in America,
especially immigrants, want to know the true immigration policy of Mr. Trump.
Space limitations preclude quoting the more than 4,000-word speech in full. But
here are the most relevant excerpts from the full text of Donald Trump's speech
on immigration in Phoenix, AZ, on August 31, 2016 as reported in the Los
Angeles Times. (Google: “Transcript: Donald Trump’s full immigration speech,
annotated”.)
“The fundamental problem with
the immigration system in our country is that it serves the needs of wealthy
donors, political activists and powerful, powerful politicians…
Let me tell you who it
doesn’t serve. It does not serve you, the American people…
When politicians talk about
immigration reform, they usually mean the following: amnesty, open borders, and
lower wages. Immigration reform should mean something else entirely. It should
mean improvements to our laws and policies to make life better for American
citizens…
But if we’re going to make
our immigration system work, then we have to be prepared to talk honestly and
without fear about these important and sensitive issues.
For instance, we have to
listen to the concerns that working people, our forgotten working people, have
over the record pace of immigration and its impact on their jobs, wages,
housing, schools, tax bills, and general living conditions. These are valid
concerns, expressed by decent and patriotic citizens from all backgrounds, all
over.
We also have to be honest
about the fact that not everyone who seeks to join our country will be able to
successfully assimilate. Sometimes it’s just not going to work out. It’s our
right as a sovereign nation to choose immigrants that we think are the likeliest
to thrive and flourish and love us.
Then there is the issue of
security. Countless innocent American lives have been stolen because our
politicians have failed in their duty to secure our borders and enforce our
laws like they have to be enforced….
A 2011 report from the
Government Accountability Office found that illegal immigrants and other
non-citizens, in our prisons and jails together, had around 25,000 homicide
arrests to their names, 25,000.
On top of that, illegal
immigration costs our country more than $113 billion dollars a year. And this
is what we get. For the money we are going to spend on illegal immigration over
the next ten years, we could provide one million at-risk students with a school
voucher, which so many people are wanting.
While there are many illegal
immigrants in our country who are good people, many, many, this doesn’t change
the fact that most illegal immigrants are lower-skilled workers with less
education who compete directly against vulnerable American workers, and that
these illegal workers draw much more out from the system than they can ever
possibly pay back. And they’re hurting a lot of our people that cannot get jobs
under any circumstances.
But these facts are never
reported. Instead, the media and my opponent discuss one thing, and only one
thing: the needs of people living here illegally. In many cases, by the way,
they’re treated better than our vets. Not going to happen anymore, folks.
November 8th. Not going to happen anymore.
The truth is, the central issue
is not the needs of the 11 million illegal immigrants or however many there may
be—and honestly we’ve been hearing that number for years. It’s always 11
million. Our government has no idea. It could be 3 million. It could be 30
million. They have no idea what the number is…
But whatever the number,
that’s never really been the central issue. It will never be the central issue.
It does not matter from that standpoint. Anyone who tells you that the core
issue is the needs of those living here illegally has simply spent too much
time in Washington. Only the out of touch media elites think the biggest
problem facing America - - you know this, this is what they talk about, facing
American society today is that there are 11 million illegal immigrants who don’t
have legal status…
To all the politicians,
donors and special interests, hear these words from me and all of you
today. There is only one core issue in
the immigration debate, and that issue is the well-being of the American
people. . .
We will be fair, just, and
compassionate to all. But our greatest compassion must be for our American
citizens.
Let me tell you about my
plan…
Number One: We will build a
great wall along the southern border.
Number Two: We are going to
end catch and release.
Number Three: Zero tolerance
for criminal aliens.
Number Four: Block funding
for sanctuary cities.
Number Five: Cancel
unconstitutional executive orders & enforce all immigration laws.
Number Six: We are going to
suspend the issuance of visas to any place where adequate screening cannot
occur.
Number Seven: We will insure
that other countries take their people back when we order them deported.
Number Eight: We will finally
complete the biometric entry-exit visa tracking system which we need
desperately.
Number Nine: We will turn off
the jobs and benefits magnet.
Number 10: We will reform
legal immigration to serve the best interests of America and its workers, the
forgotten people.
These 10 steps, if rigorously
followed and enforced, will accomplish more in a matter of months than our
politicians have accomplished on this issue in the last 50 years. It’s going to
happen, folks, because I am proudly not a politician, because I am not beholden
to any special interest.
I will get this done for you
and for your family. We’ll do it right. You’ll be proud of our country again.
For those here illegally
today, who are seeking legal status, they will have one route and one route
only. To return home and apply for reentry like everybody else, under the rules
of the new legal immigration system that I have outlined above.
We will break the cycle of
amnesty and illegal immigration. We will break the cycle. There will be no
amnesty. Our message to the world will be this. You cannot obtain legal status
or become a citizen of the United States by illegally entering our country.”
(Atty. Tipon has a Master of Laws degree from Yale Law
School where he specialized in Constitutional Law. He has also a Bachelor of
Laws degree from the University of the Philippines. He placed third in the
Philippine Bar Examination in 1956. His current practice focuses on immigration
law and criminal defense. He writes law books for the world’s largest law book
publishing company and writes legal articles for newspapers. He has a radio
show, The Tipon Report, in Honolulu, Hawaii with his son Noel, senior partner
of the Bilecki & Tipon law firm. Office: American Savings Bank Tower, 1001
Bishop Street, Suite 2305, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. 96813. Tel. (808) 225-2645.
E-Mail: filamlaw@yahoo.com. Website: www.bileckilawgroup.com. He was born in
Laoag City, Philippines. He served as a U.S. Immigration Officer. He is a
co-author of “Immigration Law Service, 1st ed.,” an 8-volume
practice guide for immigration officers and lawyers. This article is a general
overview of the subject matter discussed and is not intended as legal advice.
No warranty is made by the writer or publisher as to its completeness or
correctness at the time of publication. No attorney-client relationship is
established between the writer and readers relying upon and/or acting pursuant
to the contents of this article.)
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