IT NEEDS REPEATED! TWO PROBLEMS. ONE FIX. STOP SPENDING ON USELESS PROGRAMS. FIX THEM! ELIMINATE THEM.

ILLEGAL OFFSPRING OCCUPY 30% OF OUR SCHOOLS.USE OUR HEALTHCARE.

Birthright Citizenship: A Fundamental Misunderstanding of the 14th Amendment.

YOU CAN’T OWE ALLIGENCE TO TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. YOU CAN ONLY OWE ALLIGANCE TO AMERICA. DUAL CITIZENSHIP IS A MYTH.

BUSTING THE MYTHS. YOU WILL NEED TO READ, UNDER COPY PROTECTION.

“Illegal” vs. “Undocumented”: A NWIRP Board Member’s Perspective.

We are currently stuck in an “immigrant nomenclature debate” which includes, on one end, those who insist on using the term “illegal immigrant” such as some politicians and the media – including the New York Times and the Associated Press. On the other end are those, such as many immigrant rights and advocacy groups, who eschew the term “illegal immigrant” in favor of descriptors such as “undocumented,” “unauthorized,” “non-citizens,” “without status,” or “unlawfully present.”

Proponents of the term “illegal immigrant” claim that it is both precise and concise; they also claim that the term is better than other derogatory terms in circulation. For example, the New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan maintains that while the Times correctly refrains from using the expressions “illegals” and “illegal aliens,” the term “illegal immigrant” should be used because it is clear, brief, accurate and descriptive, and it “gets its job done in two words that are easily understood.”¹

In addition to the legal and moral grounds set forth above, I would like to offer an additional ground as a basis to reject the term “illegal immigrant” – history. It is critical to view the words we use through a lens grounded in historical context – for doing so can promote a powerful shift in the discourse about immigrants in the U.S.. Indeed, recognizing that this land was colonized by European immigrants; that slavery was in fact forced immigration from Africa that this nation depended upon for its success for three centuries; that many immigrants were made “immigrants” through conquest and/or targeted recruitment by the U.S.; that immigrants play a critical role in the agricultural, industrial and economic growth of this country – reveals the hypocrisy, historical amnesia and racism that undergird the term “illegal immigrant” and also makes apparent the negating attributes of terms like “undocumented.”

Some historical context

All of the land within the United States’ claimed territorial boundaries was occupied by indigenous peoples at the point of initial European colonial contact.⁶ Indeed, today, it can be – and has been – argued that imposition of the U.S. border on more than 400 indigenous nations whose lands have been forcibly incorporated into the U.S. is not only unlawful, but also results in irreparable harm.⁷

Furthermore, it can be – and has been – argued that the first “grant of asylum” on this land occurred in 1621 when Chief Massasoit, leader of the Wampanoag tribe, entered into the first treaty between the indigenous people of this land and the colonists (“pilgrims”) who fleeing England, came to this land and then colonized it.⁸

Almost all of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah as well as portions of Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma, were part of Mexico until the mid-1800’s when the U.S. invaded, occupied and then annexed half of Mexico’s territory.⁹ Contrast the history of the invasion and occupation of Mexico by the U.S. with the following statements made by sponsors of Arizona Senate Bill 1070:

“… I will not back off till we resolve the problem of this illegal invasion. Invaders, that’s what they are. Invaders on the American sovereignty and it can’t be tolerated.”¹⁰

“We are being invaded. Twenty to thirty million people, illegal immigrants coming into our country is an invasion…. We need to take action to stop it…”¹¹

The U.S. has played a proactive role in recruiting cheap labor from outside its borders – first through the forced migration of African immigrants in the slave trade, and then continuing with targeted recruitment from the mid-1800s until recently – from China, Japan, and Mexico. In many cases, the U.S. later excluded and/or deported its initial recruits.

A poignant example is the Bracero Program followed by Operation Wetback. When America entered World War II in 1942, Congress enacted the Bracero Program which imported close to 5 million Mexicans to work in agricultural and railroad industries.¹³ However, by 1954, America’s recession led to new efforts to remove Mexicans in what was officially named Operation Wetback where over one million Mexicans were deported or repatriated.¹⁴

Therefore, while I firmly advocate for the wholesale jettison of the term “illegal immigrant” based on the legal, moral, and historical grounds above, I am also dissatisfied with terms like “undocumented,” “unauthorized,” “non-citizens,” “without status,” and “unlawfully present.” These terms are framed solely in the negative, and thereby reduce a person to a deficiency. Such negating terms are dehumanizing; they connote finality, defeat, shame, and blame.

That said, because of the immigrant youth-led “undocumented, unafraid and unapologetic” movement which has reclaimed and reframed the term “undocumented,” such a term should indeed be deemed better than terms like “illegal immigrant.” Regardless, let us continue to interrogate the words we use – however imperfect the words may be.

GOVERNMENT PORK, AND YOUR WALLET.

The Festus Report: GOVERNMENT PORK, AND YOUR WALLET.

Catherine Fitts $22 TRILLION CENTRAL BANK FRAUD, YOU FIX THE DEFICIT.

This Week in Waste – May 30, 2025

Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior.

Congress to Vote on Codifying DOGE Cuts

Congress is expected to take up a recissions package for fiscal year 2025, that would make some of the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cuts permanent. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said, “the House is eager and ready to act on DOGE’s findings so we can deliver even more cuts to big government that President Trump wants and the American people demand.” The proposed recissions package would cut $9.4 billion in discretionary government spending.

House Reconciliation Package Restores Spectrum Auction Authority

H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, included the renewal of spectrum auction authority through Fiscal Year 2034, which is expected to generate $88 billion in revenue for the government. But that amount would be reduced if incumbent holders of spectrum are forced to relocate. Read more here.

SNAP Wasted Billions of Taxpayer Dollars

According to a May 13, 2025, Mercatus Center report, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Plan (SNAP) wastes more than $10 billion annually. Improper payments in the SNAP program have risen from an estimated 2 percent in 2012 to more than 10 percent in 2023. The SNAP program has long been rife with waste, fraud, and abuse, and reforming the program to eliminate this wasteful spending should be a top priority for Congress.

CATHRINE FITTS IS A CHAMPION.

STOP THE PISSING MATCH. AND FIX THE PROBLEMS, WHICH ARE MANY.

Pfizer Intentionally Silenced a COVID Vaccine Whistleblower.

RFK MUST Investigate SIDS, and He MUST Investigate it NOW.

Their Babies Died Suddenly in Their Sleep. Police Are Charging the Parents With Felonies for Not Placing Infants on Their Backs.

RFK Jr.’s Report Actually Nails What’s Wrong With American Health.

Our Food is Being Poisoned with mRNA Technology

RFK MUST Investigate SIDS, and He MUST Investigate it NOW

The Autism Cover-Up
Simpsonwood scandal: 25 years of fraud & corruption.

What Happens When Medicare Stops Paying for Nursing Home Care?

Trump’s budget a ‘bullet to the head’ of America’s wild horses, say animal activists.