Las Vegas Conference Day 1
I arrived in Las Vegas at 8:00 AM and went directly to my hotel and headed to the "Fight Against Illegal Immigration" Summit. To begin, I must say, the whole atmosphere of the conference felt as if everyone in attendance was there as part of a revolution - it was a serene feeling of a fight for freedom somewhat close to what the Founding Fathers of America must have felt. I realize many will dismiss that claim but after hearing the speakers this morning, there is no doubt in my mind. Illegal immigration is the ONLY issue that matters in America right now. Until this problem is solved, only then can we begin to crack down on the rest of our problems.
As most of the readers of my blog are from ALI PAC, I want to comment on William Gheen's speech. Simply put, he was amazing. He was a great speaker, funny, and had a "matter of fact" way about everything he said. Someone like William should be the leader of our cause. He puts everything in a way most people can understand it - whether they are for or against the issue at hand.
William began by asking us to put up our hand if we knew 77 hospitals along the border were closed due to bankruptcy because of illegal immigration. Most people put up their hands. Then he asked us to keep our hands up if we knew because of the mainstream press - every hand went down. His point was clear. If everyone knew about the horrible effects of illegal immigration (through the press, etc..) we wouldn't need a conference like this.
He had four main points which are near and dear to the hearts of all attendees:
1. Secure the border (obviously)
2. Take away all incentive to come here (welfare, health care, food stamps, etc..)
3. Crack down on employers who hire illegals
4. Deport the illegals serving sentences in our prisons after their time is done (that is the LEAST we can do, right?)
By taking away all benefit of being in our country illegally, there would obviously be no reason to come here. Of course, we all realize this, but this conference is about talking about ways to actually do it.
William summed it up with this. We have two things going for us.
1. 80% - 90% of Americans want to secure the border and deal with this issue
2. We have TRUTH on our side.
We will win. Change is happening and the election of 2006 will be the campaign of illegal immigration. I'll write more tomorrow with more from the conference. Here are a couple pictures from today.
William Gheen of ALI PAC talking at the conference
Family members of 911 victims spoke at the conference. This mother told the story of her fire fighter son as everyone in attendance, myself included, broke into tears.
Andy Ramirez was one of my favorite speakers of the day because of his passion and borderline anger at how our government has left us totally unprotected. Andy started Friends of the Border Patrol program in San Diego. A third generation Mexican-American, he gave a passionate speech about border control and how to solve the problem. Simply put, we must kick the Congressmen out of office who refuse to deal with the problem. In addition, we must withhold any and all donations to any candidate or party who will not secure the border!
As most of the readers of my blog are from ALI PAC, I want to comment on William Gheen's speech. Simply put, he was amazing. He was a great speaker, funny, and had a "matter of fact" way about everything he said. Someone like William should be the leader of our cause. He puts everything in a way most people can understand it - whether they are for or against the issue at hand.
William began by asking us to put up our hand if we knew 77 hospitals along the border were closed due to bankruptcy because of illegal immigration. Most people put up their hands. Then he asked us to keep our hands up if we knew because of the mainstream press - every hand went down. His point was clear. If everyone knew about the horrible effects of illegal immigration (through the press, etc..) we wouldn't need a conference like this.
He had four main points which are near and dear to the hearts of all attendees:
1. Secure the border (obviously)
2. Take away all incentive to come here (welfare, health care, food stamps, etc..)
3. Crack down on employers who hire illegals
4. Deport the illegals serving sentences in our prisons after their time is done (that is the LEAST we can do, right?)
By taking away all benefit of being in our country illegally, there would obviously be no reason to come here. Of course, we all realize this, but this conference is about talking about ways to actually do it.
William summed it up with this. We have two things going for us.
1. 80% - 90% of Americans want to secure the border and deal with this issue
2. We have TRUTH on our side.
We will win. Change is happening and the election of 2006 will be the campaign of illegal immigration. I'll write more tomorrow with more from the conference. Here are a couple pictures from today.
William Gheen of ALI PAC talking at the conference
Family members of 911 victims spoke at the conference. This mother told the story of her fire fighter son as everyone in attendance, myself included, broke into tears.
Andy Ramirez was one of my favorite speakers of the day because of his passion and borderline anger at how our government has left us totally unprotected. Andy started Friends of the Border Patrol program in San Diego. A third generation Mexican-American, he gave a passionate speech about border control and how to solve the problem. Simply put, we must kick the Congressmen out of office who refuse to deal with the problem. In addition, we must withhold any and all donations to any candidate or party who will not secure the border!
posted by Russ Ward at Saturday, May 28, 2005
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