There were 25,339 reported murders in Mexico from January to November of 2017. The murder rate was 19.5 homicides per 100,000 people. That’s the highest murder rate since the Mexican government has been keeping track, in 1997.
That’s really bad. But other Latin American countries have high murder rates, some higher than Mexico’s.
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Article by Allan Wall, published January 29th, 2018, on Mexidata.info.
Tags: Crime in Latin America, Crime in Mexico, Mexican Crime Statistics, Mexico Security
In early January 2018, the Banco de México (Mexico’s Federal Reserve equivalent) announced that remittances to Mexico from Mexicans abroad (nearly all in the United States) hit an historic high in calendar year 2017.
From January to November of 2017, the total remittance sum sent to Mexico was
26,167,000,000 dollars. That 26 billion dollar plus amount is a 6.15 percent increase over the January-November period of 2016.
Remittances are also sent to Central American countries by Central Americans working in the United States, and form a bigger share of those nations’ GDPs than do remittances to Mexico.
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Article by Allan Wall, published on VDARE.COM, January 23rd, 2018.
NOTE: In the article as I originally wrote it, I only discussed the possibility of taxing remittances to pay for the wall, but in the editing process an exhortation by me to tax remittances actually became part of the title. I think building a wall (or better yet an Israeli-style fence) would be worth it if it were simply paid for by the U.S. Treasury. Of course I can’t imagine the Mexican government every paying for it. On the other hand, taxing remittances is doable and would be a way of, in a sense, charging Mexico (through its people) for the wall (although the money would actually come from American employers!)
The Mexican government couldn’t stop that, and the only way to try to stop it would be to tell its people not to send remittances! Anyway, they need to get the border fenced off, regardless of who pays for it!
Tags: Central American Immigration, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Hugo Martinez, Nicaragua, Remittances, TPS ("Temporary Protected Status)
U.S. Army Special Forces, the Green Berets,are admired and feared throughout the world. They have earned that respect through their efficient operations. These efficient operations were results of their demanding standards, selection process and the motivation of the Green Berets themselves.
Ray Starmann over at the US Defense Watch website (here) says that the Green Berets are dropping their strict standards in order to get women in their ranks. Could this be true?
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Article by Allan Wall, published on News with Views, January 12th, 2018.
About 190,000 Salvadorans have been ordered to return to
El Salvador in Central America, 17 years after the earthquake which won them a TPS (“Temporary” Protected Status).
The TPS Salvadorans have eighteen months to go back, and in the interim the Salvadoran government plans to obtain a permanent status for them in the United States.
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Article by Allan Wall, published January 18th, 2018, on VDARE.COM.
Tags: Central American Immigration, El Salvador, Hugo Martinez, James Lankford, Said in Spanish Series, TPS
in order to reduce illegal immigration, we need to control the border but we also need to put pressure on employer who hire illegal aliens.
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) carried out a huge operation in which nearly a hundred 7-Eleven stores were visited to check on the status of their employees.
According to the LA Times, “A total of 21 people were arrested on suspicion of being in the U.S. illegally”.
This is good, and more of this ought to be done. In fact, Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan says that’s what he wants to do.
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Blog entry by Allan Wall, published January 12th, 2018, on VDARE.COM.
Tags: ICE, Thomas Homan, Workplace Enforcement of Immigration Law
Is the Trump Effect wearing off on the border. That’s what the New York Times says.
The New York Times reports that the rate of illegal aliens attempting to enter through our southern border is going up.
For the entire blog entry, click here.
Blog entry by Allan Wall, published January 10th, 2018, on VDARE.COM.
Tags: Donald Trump, New York Times, The Border
In a brash display of chutzpah, MALDEF (The Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) has publicly called for the removal of Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan.
Why? Because Homan has called for the prosecution of officials who oversee “sanctuary polices” which defy federal law and protect illegal aliens.
What’s amazing is the illogical logic MALDEF uses to justify its position. Amazing, but not surprising. Obviously, MALDEF is part of the powerful lobby that doesn’t want our immigration laws enforced.
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Blog entry by Allan Wall, published January 6th, 2018, on VDARE.COM.
Tags: "Sanctuary Cities", "Sanctuary" Policies, California, MALDEF, Thomas Homan
There are problems with voter registration in the United States, though the Mainstream Media claims there are not. President Trump set up an election integrity commission to study these problems.
As I reported in a blog entry a few days ago, the commision was kept from doing much by being the target of lawsuits. See my blog entry here, published January 1st, 2018, on VDARE.COM.
A few days later, Trump dissolved the commission. See my blog here, published January 4th, 2018, on VDARE.COM.
My solution would be to allow states to enact Mexican-like voter registration systems. Mexico has a good voter registration system.
Tags: Kris Kobach, Voter ID
On New Year’s Day 2018, the day California’s sanctuary state status comes into effect, some unkown individuals very ingeniously put some official-looking signs under highway signs welcoming motorists to California.
The signs welcome “Felons, Illegals and MS13” to California.
And why not? That’s what California is doing.
For the entire blog entry, click here.
Blog entry by Allan Wall, published January 2nd, 2018, on VDARE.COM.
Tags: California, Illegal Immigration
La Opinion is the biggest Spanish-language newspaper in the United States. My latest Said in Spanish installment discusses three recent articles from La Opinion‘s website:
I. An article criticizing President Trump for opposing chain migration.
II. An article about a couple who has been in the United States after twenty-eight years (although the section heading says thirty years it’s actually twenty-eight years.
III. A new book out, telling illegal aliens why they might get deported.
For the entire article, click, here.
Article by Allan Wall, published December 26th, 2017, on VDARE.COM.
NOTE: In the section about the second article, there is a little photograph (actually from another article not by me), which uses the term “idiots”. I don’t like to use that term and had nothing to do with putting it there.
Tags: Chain Migration, Illegal Aliens, La Opinion, Said in Spanish Series