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NC parents complain about middle school curriculum advocating ‘tolerance’ for illegal immigration – World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2017

Parents of middle school students in North Carolina say a recent assignment given to 7th graders projected a pro-illegal immigration stance while saying those who oppose it are bad, a report said.

The lesson presented at Chapel-Hill Carrboro middle school was reportedly a Common Core aligned English Language Arts assignment and students were given ahand-outfrom the Southern Poverty Law Centers offshoot called, Teaching Tolerance, American Lens reported on April 21.

The overwhelming thrust of theTeaching Tolerance hand-outis to paintillegal immigration as good and opposition as bad using a series of myths which are not really addressed, but instead white-washed, the report said.

American Lens said it received several emails containing complaints about the materials from parents of children attending two different middle schools in North Carolina.

A parent who did not wish to be named told American Lens that the illegal immigration lesson included verbal instruction which centered on how students can help make their school a sanctuary and how to aid illegal students to hide from ICE.

The parent said that, this is a biased, selective and simplistic view of illegal immigration, the nuances of which are hard for most adults to dive into and comprehend, much less a kid in 7th grade.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools Communications Director Jeff Nash told American Lens that the middle school coordinator told him that the curriculum was approved and recommended by the NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI).

American Lens noted in a previous report that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was dropped by the FBI as a resource for investigating hate crimes after the centers hate map was used by a man to attempt a mass shooting in 2012.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools, NC parents complain about middle school curriculum advocating tolerance for illegal immigration, Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance, WorldTribune.com

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Letters: Illegal immigration, Betsy DeVos – Knoxville News Sentinel

Knoxville News Sentinel 5:04 p.m. ET April 20, 2017

I've watched as the News Sentinel, Knoxville Police Department and Knoxville's socialist (at best) mayor have advocated violating the law. Title 18/USC 1324 is very clear about what is a violation of law in advocating for illegal immigration.

Whether any of the above-mentioned entities will admit the truth, they have violated the law of the land in practice as well as intent. I wonder what the response of the chief would be if I were stopped for a violation and claimed the same rights he and his department are bestowing on illegal immigrants.

This mindset is unacceptable for a nation that wishes to survive. It was almost amusing watching the chief of the KPD be emasculated in public. Being told he cannot enforce the law of the land should be his first clue he needs to leave his post. He took an oath to enforce these laws, and if he won't or can't do this, it's time for him to be a man and resign.

I do not expect anything but these types of political shenanigans from the current mayor. She shows nothing but disrespect for our nation, this state and her own town. Maybe it's time for her to take her prejudicial mindset back to where it came from.

I'm equally amazed (not really) the News Sentinel would advocate for violation of the law. I would like to see all three made an example of publicly. Where the law is manipulated in this manner, we have no rule of law but anarchy.

Do you ever wonder why we are having such a hard time combating the problems in the city proper? It's a byproduct of selective law enforcement. Until the people of Knoxville get tired of this type of corruption from their elected mayor, their police chief and the hometown newspaper, we will continue to get the same disgraceful results we have all said we don't want. Wake up, citizens, and hold these disreputable entities accountable for their illegal actions.

David Foust, Knoxville

Many people say Betsy DeVos wasthe worst possible choice for secretary of education. The only Republican senators who voted not to confirm her were Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. These two senators were the only ones who had the guts to stand up and do the right thing. Sadly even U.S. Sen. LamarAlexander, a former secretary of education, voted to confirm DeVos. He of all people should know that this countrys ability to compete in a global economy requires strong and qualified leadership in education.

Is this truly the best we can do? Such shameful capitulation to partisan politics by Republicans confirms three things: Their total lack of concern for the future of our schools and the education of our children;their determination to favor partisan politics over whats best for our country; and that what matters most to our president and Republicans in Congress is how rich you are.

Ive heard some people say there has never been a secretary of education as unqualified as DeVos. She has never sent her children to a public school, never attended a PTA meeting, never served on a school board. But that didnt keep her from being confirmed. After all, shes a billionaire. Yet any teacher in Tennessee is more qualified than she is. So sad.

Sam Bledsoe, Lenoir City

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Trump: Illegal immigrant criminals are ‘getting the hell out’ – Fox News

President Trump told Fox News that criminal illegal immigrants are getting the hell out of the U.S. or being thrown behind bars, as he also took to Twitter to rail against gangs like MS-13 and the Obama administration policies he claims allowed them to flourish in American cities.

In an interview that aired Tuesday morning onFox & Friends,Trump spoke highly of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, who is responsible for enforcing Trumps border policy. Reprising remarks he made at the very start of his presidential bid, he emphasized the importance of removing criminal aliens.

Weve gotten tremendous criminals out of this country, Trump said. Im talking about illegal immigrants that were here that caused tremendous crime. That have murdered people, raped people horrible things have happened. Theyre getting the hell out or theyre going to prison.

Trump echoed those comments on Twitter, pointing to Central American export MS-13, a gang thought to be behind a quadruple homicide on Long Island last week. Though the gang has been around for decades, its grown more dangerous.

The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS-13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast! Trump tweeted.

Deporting illegal immigrants and clamping down on crime were central planks of Trumps presidential platform. As he tightens immigration policies, Kelly and Attorney General Jeff Sessions are planning to visit the U.S.-Mexico border together later this week.

And so many towns and cities are thanking me because we have gotten rid of a burden that you would not believe. It is a serious problem and we never did anything about it, and now were doing something about it, Trump told Fox News.

On North Korea, Trump again refused to spell out his strategy for dealing with the countrys volatile dictator. He also wouldnt comment when asked if the U.S. disrupted a recent North Korea missile test via cyber weapons.

I dont want to telegraph what Im doing or what Im thinking ... well see what happens, Trump said. I hope things work out well. I hope theres going to be peace. But you know, theyve been talking with this gentleman for a long time ... everybodys been outplayed. Theyve all been outplayed by this gentleman and well see what happens.

Asked what would happen if North Korea were to test another missile as it has vowed to do Trump cryptically replied: Well find out.

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The truth about crime, illegal immigrants and sanctuary cities – The Hill (blog)

There has been much rhetoric from the left and the open-borders, pro-illegal immigration lobby suggesting that illegal immigrants pose no threat to the safety and security of this nation and commit less crimes than their American Citizen and legal immigrant counterparts.

If one watches the network newscasts, the ideologues and open-borders surrogates consistently accuse Americans and law enforcement experts who suggest otherwise of being racist and anti-immigration xenophobes. If you pay attention to the rhetoric, you will find one blaring item missing facts.

I am a former Spanish speaking career detective who investigated violent crimes within the Hispanic and other ethnic immigrant communities.

I am also a forensic criminologist who is a subject matter expert in violent crime who advocates for facts and evidence. Here are some verified crime facts and statistics with you so that you will know the truth about the precarious relationship between violent crime and illegal immigrants.

Previous administrations have deliberately kept Americans in the dark about illegal immigrant crimes

Most states and our federal government have kept information and statistics about illegal immigration, crimes committed by illegals and the costs borne by you the U.S. payer out of public view. It is in fact difficult, but not impossible to locate accurate crime statistics involving illegal immigrants. The statistics are buried both to suit a political agenda and to avoid public outcry. Once you read this article, you will quickly understand why.

Demographics The Pew Research Institute estimates that as of 2014, there are at least 11.2 million illegal immigrants residing in the U.S. This population comprises approximately 3.5 percent of our countrys population.

Of these, by far the largest ethnic population, 52 percent are Hispanics comprised of Mexicans, Central Americans and Cubans.

Six states: California, Texas, Illinois, Florida, New York and New Jersey account for 59 percent of all illegal immigrants residing in the U.S. The fact that 66 percent of all illegal immigrants have lived in our nation for over ten years underscores our long-standing inability to address the serious problem of our inability to control our nations borders.

The relationship between illegal immigrants and violent crime

Research conducted by the federal government oversight organization Judicial Watch in 2014 documents that 50 percent of all federal crimes were committed near our border with Mexico.

Of the 61,529 criminal cases filed by federal prosecutors; 40 percent or 24,746 were in court districts along the southern borders of California, Arizona and Texas.

The Western District of Texas had the nations most significant crime rate with over 6,300 cases filed; followed by the Southern District of Texas with slightly over 6,000 cases.

The Southern California District with nearly 4,900 cases; New Mexico with nearly 4,000 cases and Arizona with over 3,500 criminal cases ranked 3rd, 4th and 5th.

The U.S. Department of Justice documents that in 2014, 19 percent or over 12,000 criminal cases filed by prosecutors were for violent crimes; and over 22 percent or 13,300 cases were for drug related felonies.

That same year, the U.S. Sentencing Commission found that 75 percent of all criminal defendants who were convicted and sentenced for federal drug offenses were illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants were also involved in 17 percent of all drug trafficking sentences and one third of all federal prison sentences.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Sentencing Commission reported that as of 2014, illegal immigrants were convicted and sentenced for over 13 percent of all crimes committed in the U.S.

According to the FBI, 67,642 murders were committed in the U.S. from 2005 through 2008, and 115,717 from 2003 through 2009. The General Accounting Office documents that criminal immigrants committed 25,064 of these murders.

To extrapolate out these statistics, this means that a population of just over 3.5 percent residing in the U.S. unlawfully committed 22 percent to 37 percent of all murders in the nation. This is astounding.

Illegal immigrants clearly commit a level of violent and drug related crimes disproportionate to their population

Vetted crime statistics from USDOJ, the U.S. Sentencing Commission and the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) are both clear and demonstrative that illegal immigrants who comprise only 3.5 percent of our nations population, are convicted and sentenced for the crime of murder at a rate of three times that of their American citizen and legal immigrant counterparts.

In California alone, over 2,400 illegal immigrants out of a total prison population of 130,000 are imprisoned in the states prison system for the crime of homicide.

The misrepresentation of comparisons in who commits crimes between illegal immigrants, legal U.S. immigrants and American citizens

The pro-illegal immigrant lobby consistently misrepresents the criminal involvement of illegal immigrants as compared to immigrants who legally enter the U.S. and American citizens, saying that illegal immigrants commit less crimes than their counterparts. This assertion is false in most cases. Here are the vetted statistics:

In California, there are just over 92 illegal immigrants imprisoned for every 100,000 illegals as compared to 74 citizens and legal non-citizen immigrants. In Arizona, the rate is nearly 69 illegals imprisoned for every 100,000, as compared to 54 citizens and legal non-citizen immigrants.

In New York, over three times as many illegal immigrants or 169, are imprisoned for crimes per 100,000, as compared to only 48 citizens and legal non-citizen immigrants. Only the states of Texas and Florida do illegal immigrants commit less crimes than their legal immigrant counterparts (Texas with 54.5 illegals imprisoned per 100,000, compared to 65 legal immigrants and Florida with 55 illegals imprisoned, compared to 68 legal immigrants).

Texas is an epicenter for illegal immigrant crimes

Recent crime analysis by both the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Texas law enforcement authorities indicate that between June 2011 and March 2017, over 217,000 criminal immigrants were arrested and booked into Texas jails.

In researching the criminal careers of these defendants, it was revealed that they had jointly committed over nearly 600,000 criminal offenses. Their arrests included nearly 1,200 homicides; almost 69,000 assaults; 16,854 burglaries; 700 kidnappings; nearly 6,200 sexual assaults; 69,000 drug offenses; 8,700 weapons violations; over 3,800 robberies and over 45,000 obstructing police charges. In determining the status of these offenders in the U.S., it was confirmed by DHS that over 173,000 or 66 percent of these immigrant criminal defendants were in our country illegally at the times of their arrests.

Sanctuary State California politicians fight against deporting criminal illegal immigrants

Currently, a fight is brewing between California Open Borders politicians and the states Democratic controlled Legislature and the Department of Justice regarding the protection of violent criminal illegal immigrants.

Hardly any Californians know that in 2014, Gov. Brown signed a bill that amended a state statute amending the maximum sentencing for misdemeanor crimes by one day from 365 to 364 days in jail. This was deliberately done to avoid current federal laws that provide for the deportation of illegal and legal immigrants in this country who have received sentences of 365 days or more.

With the newly enacted jail and prison diversion programs of Propositions 109 and 47, Gov. Brown and company are effectively preventing the federal government from removing violent and recidivist illegal immigrants from our midst through the deportation process.

The extreme costs of keeping illegal immigrant criminals in this country

According to research and statistics by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, U.S. taxpayers are footing an annual bill of nearly $19 million a day to house and care for an estimated 300,000 to 450,000 convicted criminal immigrants who are eligible for deportation and are currently residing in local jails and state and federal prisons across the country.

These figures include not only those immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, but all immigrants here who commit and have been convicted of crimes. Other accounting estimates indicate that the total cost for all corrections, medical and support services for adults and juvenile immigrant criminals nationally to be over $1.8 billion dollars.

So the next time you hear some Open Borders politician or pro illegal immigrant surrogates advocate on their behalf, ask yourself why we as American citizens need to bear the increasing costs of violence, victimization and burdensome taxes in subsidizing illegal immigrant criminals who shouldnt be in our country in the first place.

Ron Martinelli is a nationally renowned forensic criminologist and law enforcement expert. Martinelli is a retired San Jose (CA) police detective who provides forensic investigation and expert services to numerous states, large municipalities and national private law firms specializing in civil rights. He is fluent in Spanish and divides his time between California, Texas and Mexico.

The views expressed by contributors are their own and are not the views of The Hill.

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