THE American Citizens Handbook on Immigration

Clements Jarboe

• Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781646547395
• eBook ISBN: 9781646547401
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

Back Cover Thomas Jefferson wrote "a well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to democracy."The American Citizens' Handbook's mission is to bring that line of thinking to the forefront of the immigration arena.What started as a search for a questionable confirmation of a lone statistic ended after close to two years of research, being a candid conversation from a concerned citizen on inaccurate data with self-serving agendas.Inside this cover, you will discover startling information that brings to light that the new class of victim is the US citizen.You will seehow immigrants, legal and illegal, use the additional child care credit to claim billions in fraudulent claimsthat there are credible statistics showing that there are more than 20, 000, 000 illegal immigrants in the US, with 60 percent of those having lived in the country for over a decadethat the top 10 H-1B employers use the visa program to send American jobs offshorehow the lack of assimilation interferes with our children's education in the UShow illegal immigrants that arrive at an early age are more likely to be incarcerated than those who arrive at later agesthe impact that birth tourism plays in this country with over five hundred Chinese companies offering the servicehow immigration profoundly redistributes political power at the federal levelthe fact that sanctuary laws fall hardest on the backs of the American Citizens in that area.The American Citizens' Handbook on Immigration shows how society is putting the citizens of this great country second.The content has been said to be articulate, factual, and informational.Thomas Jefferson would be proud.

Chapter 12

Unintended Consequences

“The Democratic Party’s most recent desperate attempt to win an election if not illegally then at least immorally involves doing just that: Granting rights of our nation’s citizens to its illegal aliens.”

—Law Enforcement Today, January 9, 2020

This last chapter was not in the original planned conversation. It was much later in the process that this conversation raised its head to be heard.

As is the case in many instances, the original idea and plan gets hijacked by people and organizations with good intentions.

In compiling the facts and dealing with the accusations of illegal immigrants and immigrants being victims, it became clear that the unintentional victim in this immigration scenario is the American citizen.

Keep in mind that the American citizen bears some responsibility for this, as we have allowed forces to infiltrate our rights, values, and culture through our lethargic voting actions.

In 2016, 61.4 percent of the citizen voting-age population reported voting, a number not statistically different from the 61.8 percent who reported voting in 2012.

In the aftermath of Clinton’s loss, some Democrats have argued that the low voter turnout was driven by Republican voters’ suppression efforts, such as strict voter ID laws and early voting cuts. But the research shows that these types of efforts have little to no impact on voter turnout. And again, US voter turnout has been fairly stable in presidential elections—typically fluctuating between around 55 and 60 percent.

Voter participation also depends on the state where you vote. According to a Wall Street Journal analysis on state participation, fewer Americans vote when their states are less competitive in races between Democrats and Republicans.

While solutions to the voting dilemma remain fluid, the turnout rate in the US may also come down to the age of the country’s democracy. One Harvard University study found that citizens from advanced democratic nations tend to abstain from voting.

Here’s a list of the five closest 2016 states, according to the Cook Political Report’s running tally, ranked from narrowest margin by percentage to widest:

1. Michigan 0.3 percent
   Trump 47.6 percent, Clinton 47.3 percent
   Difference: 13,080 votes
2. New Hampshire 0.4 percent
   Clinton 47.6 percent, Trump 47.2 percent
   Difference: 2,701 votes
3. Wisconsin 1 percent
   Trump 47.9 percent, Clinton 46.9 percent
   Difference: 27,257 votes
4. Pennsylvania 1.2 percent
   Trump 48.8 percent, Clinton 47.6 percent
   Difference: 68,236 votes (99 percent reporting)
5. Florida 1.2 percent

Trump 49 percent, Clinton 47.8 percent

Difference: 114,455 votes

One could say that those numbers put to rest the excuse that “my vote doesn’t count.”

An excellent example is the 2018 democratic primary in the fourteenth congressional district, when incumbent and well-known Joseph Crowley was upset by newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The registered voters turned out in an anemic 13 percent, allowing the challenger to win with just under 17,000 votes.

When our elections become as tight as they have been, truly each vote matters.

With that being said, as citizens of this great country, we need to be ever vigilant in this privilege to make sure it’s not corrupted.

This leads me to the point of illegal immigrants being part of the process or, in my perspective, not being part of the system.

This chapter will address the disturbing trends and ramifications of the following:

1. illegal immigrants getting driver’s license
2. illegal immigrants’ impact on congressional reappropriation
3. mail-in voting and ballot harvesting
4. health ramifications on the border and beyond

1. Illegal immigrants getting driver’s license.

In an effort to encourage more Americans to register to vote, Congress and then president Bill Clinton enacted the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) in 1993. Commonly referred to as motor voter, the law mandates that “states provide individuals with the opportunity to register to vote at the same time that they apply for a driver’s license or seek to renew a driver’s license.” The law also directs states to “offer voter registration opportunities at all offices that provide public assistance and all offices that provide state-funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons with disabilities.”

Since the NVRA’s passage in 1993, the number of registered voters has increased every year. According to the Bipartisan Policy Institute, the share of the voting-age population that is registered to vote has increased from 68.4 percent in 1992 to 70.0 percent in 2012. Politico reported that over 200 million people were registered to vote before the 2016 election.

Certainly, the NVRA simplified the process for registering voters by allowing individuals to register when they applied for driver’s licenses. For practical reasons, states do not differentiate licenses between citizens and aliens. Plenty of legal immigrants apply for and receive licenses every day. While they have equal access to a driver’s license, legal immigrants, as noncitizens, do not have the right to vote. But because of the NVRA, almost all of them were presented the opportunity in their license application to register to vote, and many (often mistakenly) selected that they wanted to be registered to vote. This process usually involved simply checking off a box on the application, which was then sent off to the state board of elections.

Often, the fact that an individual was an alien was lost in translation, and many were mistakenly registered to vote in federal and state elections. To understand how common this mistake is, recently, the California DMV discovered that 1,500 legal immigrants were registered to vote within a span of only five months.

The Boston Herald said in their opinion piece published “Illegal Immigrants Should Not Get Driver’s Licenses” (September 4, 2019), “A driver’s license can bridge the gap between undocumented status and the full privileges of citizenship, including voting. It is quite a reward to bestow upon someone who has repeatedly broken the law, in most cases, in establishing an unearned livelihood in this country.”

As of December 2019, 15 US states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico issue driver’s licenses or permits to some or all the population residing illegally in the United States.

1. California
2. Colorado
3. Connecticut
4. Delaware
5. Washington, DC
6. Hawaii
7. Illinois
8. Maryland
9. Nevada
10. New Jersey
11. New Mexico
12. New York
13. Utah
14. Vermont
15. Washington

Los Angeles Times, September 5, 2018

“More than 23,000 Californians Were Registered to Vote Incorrectly by State DMV”—-Los Angeles

Washington Times, October 8, 2018

“California DMV Admits That Non-citizens Are Registered to Vote—Sacramento”

California Globe, January 9, 2019

“DMV Enables Massive Voter Fraud in the Golden State”

Public Legal Foundation report, August 26, 2018

“At Least 3,100 Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Just 13 Sanctuary Cities”

Accordingly, below are some excerpts from the Heritage Foundation article “Do Illegal Votes Decide Elections?” published on December 16, 2016:

The danger looms large in states such as California, which provides driver’s licenses to noncitizens, including those here illegally, and which also does nothing to verify citizenship during voter registration. In a 1996 House race, then-challenger Loretta Sanchez defeated incumbent Rep. Bob Dornan by under 1,000 votes. An investigation by a...

Table of contents

• An Overview of the History of Migration in America
• So Where Are We Today, and Where Do We Go from Here?
• Illegal Immigration and Taxes
• Illegal Immigration and Crime
• Assimilation
• Catch and Release
• Family Reunification (Chain Migration)
• Sanctuary Cities
• DACA: Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
• H-1B Visas
• Birthright Citizenship (Anchor Babies)
• Unintended Consequences