This land is mine
By Barbara Simpson
Yes, this land (the United States of America) is my land, and I don't plan to give it up easily. In fact, I don't plan to give it up at all, nor do I plan to give it away.
Those words, with that emphasis, have clear meaning. I speak as an American citizen and for fellow citizens who value our country and our citizenship.
We won't give up what's ours and what has been preserved with the lives and blood of millions who fought to protect what we have and what our freedoms make possible.
Those four words constitute the opening line of the lyrics of the theme of the 1960 film "Exodus" and refer to the establishment of the state of Israel. Ernest Gold wrote the music and won an Oscar for his effort. Once you've heard it, you never forget it.
What you might not know is that Pat Boone (yes, that Pat Boone) wrote the lyrics and the second line is "God gave this land to me."
That the Israelis have a deep connection with their land and God is clear.
The last line is "This land is mine until I die." There's no equivocation.
My exact sentiments about the USA.
Would that the U.S. had a movie with such a powerful theme song that would impress on our citizens the importance of our land. Would that we had the courage to stand up against those in our midst who are willing to sell us out, betray our fallen patriots and defraud our children's' future.
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Thirty-two-year-old Elvira Arellano is a perfect example of the insolence of foreigners who break our laws and demand no consequence to their illegal acts.
In 1997, the Mexican citizen illegally entered the U.S. and went to Washington state. Not long after, she was found and deported.
Determined to have her way and flout our laws, she again crossed the border illegally. This time, we're told she went to Illinois in 2000 and took a job cleaning planes at O'Hare International Airport.
So much for security that a formerly deported illegal could steal an identity and work on commercial jets.
In 2002, she was arrested and convicted for working with a false social security number. She was to report to authorities last year to be deported – again.
Why was she convicted in 2002 and allowed to wait until 2006 to show up for deportation?
Instead, last year, she took sanctuary at Adalberto United Methodist Church, a storefront facility in Chicago. She stayed until two weeks ago when the wife of Rev. Walter Coleman drove her to California to agitate at churches protesting the separation of illegals from their American citizen children.
Another question: When was her "American citizen" son born? Did she work during pregnancy?
Saul is 8 years old, which means he was born in 1999. But that was during the time she'd first been deported and before she went to Illinois in 2000. Was he conceived in Mexico? In the United States? Who's daddy? Where's daddy? Why don't we know?
Did she think a single woman having a baby here would be allowed to stay because Americans are such compassionate people – or stupid people? It depends.
In fact, if her false identity hadn't been discovered, she might have gotten away with it.
Now, she's been deported again and is with a friend in Tijuana.
Rev. Coleman says she'll be "organizing" in Mexico while he and other activists will demonstrate here. Coleman's wife, Emma Lozano, heads a Chicago immigration rights group. She plans to continue activism for Arellano. She's also Saul's legal guardian and godmother and will see that he continues his schooling, in the third grade, in Chicago.
Arellano covered all her bases.
The arrogance of these land-grabbers is astonishing. Lozano told reporters the little boy may tour the country to promote immigrant rights!
And you thought Cindy Sheehan exploited her son!
Mexican authorities said Arellano's deportation illustrates the need to reform American immigration laws.
What nerve!
Javier Rodriguez, a Chicago immigration activist told AP "We are sad, but at the same time we are angry. "How dare they arrest this woman?"
Dare? It's astonishing how illegals put on a cloak of holiness and demand rights and privileges that aren't theirs. Activists plan to make Arellano a national symbol for illegals.
How dare they reprimand us for enforcing our laws? Why don't elected officials and American citizens speak out against this arrogance? On the other hand, I can understand the anguish of parents separated from their children because of their sneaking into our country illegally.
But there are solutions:

• Change the Constitution to eliminate the automatic "citizenship" of illegal children born here, and rescind the citizenship of existing anchor babies. Then send them all home to mommy.
• Change the law to stipulate that any child of an illegal born here must be deported with the parent. No exceptions. We have no obligation to raise children of illegals or to grant them the gift of citizenship.

For those who argue illegals want to become American, Arellano's comment proves them wrong.
When she took sanctuary to avoid deportation, she said, in Spanish: "I only have two choices. I either go to my country, Mexico or stay and keep fighting. I decided to stay and fight."
So, she wants to change our laws, her country remains Mexico, and after seven years here, she still speaks Spanish.
Sorry Elvira, "this land is mine," and I don't plan to give it away to you, your son or anyone else. None of you deserve American citizenship.

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Some will rule this thread as racist, but it isn't at all, it is for Americans and people that want to be Americans.

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Where did you get this Rob. It is an excellent article, and IMO representative of how a good deal of Americans feel.

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A friend of mine sent it too me with no link, but part of the letter I cut off was an advertisement for Tarencondo. He is a conservative writer for the WSJ if I am not mistaken.

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Freedom, here is the link that was sent to me for this article.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=57319

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Thank you very much.

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Here you go old lady comes out of a store and a woman tries to hand her a pamplet about the rights of illegal immagrants, the old lady says no thank you. The woman then puts her hand on the old ladies shoulder and says don't you care about the rights of illegal immagrants. The old lady replies my father died in WWI, my husband in WWII and my son in Vietnam to give you the right to stand out here if you don't get your hand off my shoulder I will stick this umbrella up your ass and open it! hmmmmmmmm

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The story gets to the point and I happen to agree with the conclusions, in regard to our rules of laws....Laws can not be pragmatic to the point of being selective opinions, there must be enforcement or the whole system falls beneath its own weight of uselessness. But, when the story was represented in such a fashion as to present our heritage of "ownership" to this land being of "noble" acquirement I could not help but to feel the "hypocrisy" in the rip tide of our "actual" rights to ownership to this land in the current of truth that washes back toward the sea of our "history". Did we not "take" this land from the "rightful" owners that were in fact placed here by God's hand of fate? Our past and the deed to this land is not so great as to represent that it is our God given place of entitlement, we may have "evolved" into the greatest nation on the face of the earth but we also have "blood" on ours hands as well as "blood" spilled to defend it. As I said, I agree with the conclusion of the story, but I can not stand the hypocrisy to the facts of history in relation to our foundation to the heritage located and rooted only in this country. The rightful landowners might have other ideas to our noble rights to laying claims to this land and our "status" of how "legal" we were when we spilled the blood of the true caretakers of this rich land.

I very well know that our history nor our "mistakes" can be changed, but the least we can do is pay our respects to the "truth" of our history and the egregious manner in which we gained title to this, "OUR COUNTRY".........I to am proud to an American....but there are certain facts of our history, that I am not so proud of that I would play to the heartstrings of our right to claim that we have God's blessings in the facts that the blood we ourselves are guilty of spilling....that of THE NATIVE AMERICANS, and they deserve better than to be just a footnote and then to ignore them as to hide them from our not so "gallant" history. As I said, I in no way am for the illegal immigration into our nation, nor to the rules of law being so flippantly ignored....I just can't stand hypocrisy in any form...even when it has been draped in our flag. And Rob this is no reflection on you....as I agree with your reasons for presenting the story, the truth of the current situation needs to be demonstrated....I just do not agree with the "route" the author chose to present his position....even as skillfully as it was written..to present the facts of "ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION". BD

BD, well I can agree that we have made mistakes when dealing with the Native Americans and I suppose in a way we have corrected this. I like you hate hypocrisy but I will use any means to get Americans to take a stand on this issue. Some would call this wedge issue and it is most certianly not that at all.

The media didn't tell the whole story about this woman, just that she hid in a church and had a child. America stand up and welcome all who come here legaly and ship all others back. That is the only way to enforce the laws fairly and equaly.

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You hit the nail on the head, with the comment concerning the "MEDIA"....they are very selective with what "NEWS" they present and how it is presented....In fact if CNN had been around during ww2 I believe that they might have invited Joesph Goebbles(Hitlers propaganda minister) to guest anchor....at least once a week. BD