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WhiteHouse insidersconfidentlypredict that President Obama will soon issue an executive order that will grant deferred action to up to 5 million illegal aliens. Here are four major, in- disputable reasons why Obama's callous, polit- ically motivated move would irreparably harm Americans. First, 5 million pre- viously unemployable aliens would instantly re- ceive work authorization. With their work permits in hand, the newly legal- ized immigrants would compete in a labor mar- ket that, according to the Economic Policy Institute, has no available jobs for more than 60 percent of applicants. The depressed economy has idled more than 1 mil- lion recent high school or college graduates which results in an 18.1 percent true unemployment rate for prospective workers under age 25. Involuntary part-time workers, people who would like a full-time job but can't find one, has increased steadily and represents nearly 20 per- cent of all employment. Part-time jobs tradition- ally pay an hourly wage that hovers around the minimum, offer few bene- fits, and no health care. Obama's amnesty would disproportionately harm African-Americans, Hispanics, returning vet- erans, legal immigrants and the disabled. Finally, about 3.5 million Amer- icans are long term un- employed, defined as un- employed for six months or longer but still ac- tively seeking a job. For Americans lucky enough to be working, the 5 mil- lion immigrants repre- sent a potential threat to their job security. Many immigrants would will- ingly take a lower salary than the existing Ameri- can worker earns. Second, under no con- ceivable circumstances can 5 million deferred ac- tion applications be pro- cessed effectively, se- curely or on a timely ba- sis. Through June, 2014 more about 375,000 cases including 42,000 Cen- tral American children, are backlogged in immi- gration courts with an average waiting time of 587 days. Many deferred action petitions under Obama's 2012 executive order for childhood arriv- als are still bogged down at U.S. Customs and Im- migration Services. With lax oversight, fraud be- comes more likely. In 1986, when the Immigra- tion Reform and Control Act (IRCA) passed, more than 2.5 million received amnesty even though im- migration officials active at the time confirmed that fraud was rampant. Third, excluding 5 mil- lion deportable aliens from removal represents amnesty, no matter what misleading label support- ers may give it. Amnesty begets more amnesty. Af- ter IRCA passed the U.S. had effectively zero ille- gal immigrants. Today, 27 years later, the illegal im- migrant population is es- timated at 12 million, but could be substantially higher. Fourth, because of chain migration an executive ac- tion amnesty would eventu- ally add millions more for- eign nationals to the al- ready overcrowded U.S. Once amnestied immi- grants attain lawful sta- tus or citizenship, they can send for spouses and minor children as well as non-nu- clear family members like siblings, parents and adult children. Chain migration is the primary contribu- tor to legal immigration, quadrupling from an av- erage 250,000 annually in the 1950s to nearly 1 mil- lion today. The U.S. cannot fiscally or environmentally accommodate everyone. The unassailable facts in today's economy argue for tighter labor markets which would create more employment opportunities and help increase Ameri- cans' stagnant pay scale. Ecologically, population must be stabilized, not ex- panded. Yet, a detached from re- ality Obama appears deter- mined to forge ahead. If he proceeds unilaterally on immigration, he'll add an exclamation point to his dictatorial "I've got a pen, I've got a phone" threat. Joe Guzzardi is a Califor- nians for Population Sta- bilization Senior Writ- ing Fellow whose columns have been syndicated since 1987. Contact him at joeguzzardi@capsweb.org. JoeGuzzardi Amnesty would harm Americans Cartoonist's take MATSON Continuing, as a public service for the elderly, here is a response from a reader who is apparently in good standing with PNLA (Prat- fallers No Longer Anon- ymous). She, V. Linnet, writes, "Just read your col- umn. Here is my 'fall' story. "A year ago this month, my husband and I were in San Francisco, walking along the Embarcadero, when I tripped on a portion of the uneven side- walk. I thought I could avoid falling down by 'running it out.' Much to my chagrin, after four steps, I realized I was go- ing down. Rather than fall on my face, I instinctively leaned to my left and fell on my left shoulder, arm, hip and leg. My dear husband immediately came to my rescue, helping me back to my feet and asking me if I was injured. He kept his arm around me as we walked slowly back to our car. "I suffered several scrapes and a burning sensation in my left elbow, but felt I would feel better after a martini. We drove to North Beach for lunch. It was then that my dear husband ad- vised me that when I fell down, numerous motorists driving along the Embarcadero had witnessed my fall and had the pleasure of seeing my red and white polka dot panties when my dress flew up as I met my demise. I was mortified! What a sight that must have been..." Well, yes, I can see your mor- tification in the happening. Your accident, and that last week of S. Gonsalves, were both in the presence of others. This is ample reason for mortifica- tion at all levels. Whereas my pratfall was witnessed only by one horse and perhaps 2 bur- ros that just happen to be inor- dinately curious critters. Never- theless, I chose to go public and hope others will do likewise. ••• Our new pup has the reg- istered name of "Clyde's All That Jazz." We spoke recently. I asked how he felt as his first birthday was rapidly approach- ing. "I am a big dog now," he re- plied proudly. "I now weigh 120 pounds. And I bark very loud!" "Yes, you certainly do," I agreed. "And people get scared when I bark." "Until you get to know them, right?" "Well, yes, as long as they know that I am now the head guard dog on the ranch." "Have you heard the expression, 'all bark and no bite?' It means that some peo- ple, some heads of state for example, talk tough but sel- dom follow through with their threats." Jazz thought that one over for a moment, then replied, "Now that I am a big dog, folks will think that when I bark, I might mean business, and they will keep their distance." I assured him that if his bark was meant to be a warn- ing to intruders, that would be OK. He smiled with satisfaction and took up a position near the front gate. Good dog that Jazz. ••• When Dr. Joe Harrop wrote in his column last week about Thomas Wolfe and his memora- ble phrase "You can't go home again" I looked up the phrase and discovered that it orig- inated from another writer. Wolfe took the title from a con- versation with writer Ella Win- ter, who remarked, "Don't you know you can't go home again?" Wolfe asked Winter for permis- sion to use the phrase as the ti- tle of his book. Sources say, "This phrase is meant to mean that you can't go back home to your fam- ily, back home to your child- hood ... back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame ... back home to places in the country, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlast- ing but which are changing all the time — back home to the es- capes of Time and Memory… that attempts to relive youthful memories will always fail." And to that I say nonsense and balderdash. I relive my youthful memories almost daily. That's what they are for. ••• The S.F. Chron, in a front page article regarding the newly completed 49ers football facility in Santa Clara, men- tioned that it was investigated by a local specialist in the an- cient concept of "feng shui." With a straight face she was to pronounce that the Levi Sta- dium was fit for occupancy if it had good feng shui. I wouldn't know feng shui from a hole in the ground, but I recall, years ago showing an expensive house on the river to a woman from Los Angeles who really liked everything about it, ex- cept that it had bad feng shui. She explained that the elab- orate wooden front door was hinged on the wrong side and would have to be re-hung if she was going to live in it. Re- cently, a letter to the editor in the Chico paper regarding feng shui tells it like it is. "Feng shui is part of the same system of su- perstition that is exterminating the earth's wildlife (rhino horn, for example) in a perverted at- tempt to restore the virility of rich old men. If we need anal- ysis of 'negative energies,' we should focus not on architec- ture but on the distorted hearts of Tea Party gun nuts." I'm not sure how the writer managed to tie this all to the tail of the Tea Party, but perhaps D. Polson will be able to disengage one from the other. ••• Was this a stressful day, or what? You pick up a hitchhiker, A beautiful girl. Suddenly she faints inside your car and you take her to the hospital. But at the hospital, they say she is pregnant and congratulate you that you're going to be a father. You say that you are not the fa- ther, but the girl says you are. You request a DNA test to prove that you are not the father. Af- ter the tests are completed, The doctor says the test shows you're infertile, And probably have been since birth. You're ex- tremely stressed but relieved. But then on your way home, you think about your 5 kids... Robert Minch is a lifelong res- ident of Red Bluff, former col- umnist for the Corning Daily Observer and Meat Industry magazine and author of the "The Knocking Pen." He can be reached at rminchandmur- ray@hotmail.com. I say Further musing on falling and bruising ... it can be mortifying For Americans lucky enough to be working, the 5 million immigrants represent a potential threat to their job security. 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