Most Americans like immigrants -- even illegal immigrants. But never in modern history has a city been so overwhelmed with such rapid demographic transformation due to illegal immigration, as has Los Angeles -- IT'S THE NUMBERS!

In general, illegal immigrants benefit only a small segment of special interest groups made up of L.A.'s employers and contractors who use illegals to cheat on their taxes for profit. These groups claim that Americans won't do the work that illegals do. The truth is that Americans will do the work if they are not exploited and receive fair pay. Employers who hire illegals even make the claim that illegals are better off than in their home country, reminiscent to the former southern slave owners who made the claim that their slaves did the work that whites won't do and the slaves were better off on the plantation as slaves than in Africa.

The claims that employers make that everything we buy is less expensive because of the cheap labor are quickly obviated when we consider that these unscrupulous employers are being virtually subsidized by Americans. Illegal immigrants earn far less than Americans -- the meager earnings cannot provide the head of houshold enough means of support. Since employers do not offer healthcare or other fringe benefits to illegals, most must utilize
government services.

To those who claim that illegal immigrants are good for the economy, I ask: if the economy is so good, why do we need low cost housing -- and for whom? The truth is that City Hall has had a policy of making Los Angeles a virtual sanctuary for illegal immigrants and creating a huge poor class that offers services to the middle and wealthy class at a sub-level compensation. L.A. has been virtually importing poverty.

Having said the above, clearly, the vast majority of illegal immigrants are good decent hard working people searching for a better life and many eventually become proud American citizens (as did my wife). But not all illegal immigrants can be characterized in this way as is made clear by the bulging illegal alien inmates population at the Los Angeles County jail, making up 23%, or 38,000 inmates -- mostly from Mexico.

Let me make it clear that I do not want to randomly round up suspects for deportation. But I don't want to dangle a magnetic carrot to attract even more illegal immigrants than we already have. I will not support special city programs which legitimize illegal immigration such as tax payer funded work centers, recognition of Mexican IDs, or special order 40.

But I do want to cooperate with the INS to deport  illegal alien criminal gang members.

Most of us know that illegal immigrants are not a direct threat to homeland security, but a large illegal population creates an active market for illegal documents -- false documents that can be obtained by local terrorists (gangs) or international terrorists (Islamic terrorist).

The record number of illegal aliens in Los Angeles endangers our security by creating a demand for false identity documents and smuggling networks that could also assist terrorists.

A 2001 study by George Grayson, a professor of government at the College of William and Mary showed that conditions for illegal aliens at the Guatemalan-Mexican border showed that more than 100 criminal organizations continue to move migrants, including Middle Eastern, African, and Asian migrants, across the Mexican border and most continue on to cross the U.S. border.

Many of those who cross illegally, end up in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Although the vast majority of these illegal entrants are not criminals, some slip through (we must not forget that it only took 19 terrorists to cause the 9/11 disaster). It is true that we will never be able to prevent all illegal alien criminals from making Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley their base of operation, but as a San Fernando Valley Council Member, I will make the valley less friendly to alien criminals by enforcing local law.

Hal Netkin for San Fernando Valley City Council 11

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
Most Americans like immigrants -- even illegal immigrants. But never in modern history has a city been so overwhelmed with such rapid demographic transformation due to illegal immigration, as has Los Angeles -- IT'S THE NUMBERS!

In general, illegal immigrants benefit only a small segment of special interest groups made up of L.A.'s employers and contractors who use illegals to cheat on their taxes for profit. These groups claim that Americans won't do the work that illegals do. The truth is that Americans will do the work if they are not exploited and receive fair pay. Employers who hire illegals even make the claim that illegals are better off than in their home country, reminiscent to the former southern slave owners who made the claim that their slaves did the work that whites won't do and the slaves were better off on the plantation as slaves than in Africa.

The claims that employers make that everything we buy is less expensive because of the cheap labor are quickly obviated when we consider that these unscrupulous employers are being virtually subsidized by Americans. Illegal immigrants earn far less than Americans -- the meager earnings cannot provide the head of houshold enough means of support. Since employers do not offer healthcare or other fringe benefits to illegals, most must utilize
government services.

To those who claim that illegal immigrants are good for the economy, I ask: if the economy is so good, why do we need low cost housing -- and for whom? The truth is that City Hall has had a policy of making Los Angeles a virtual sanctuary for illegal immigrants and creating a huge poor class that offers services to the middle and wealthy class at a sub-level compensation. L.A. has been virtually importing poverty.

Having said the above, clearly, the vast majority of illegal immigrants are good decent hard working people searching for a better life and many eventually become proud American citizens (as did my wife). But not all illegal immigrants can be characterized in this way as is made clear by the bulging illegal alien inmates population at the Los Angeles County jail, making up 23%, or 38,000 inmates -- mostly from Mexico.

Let me make it clear that I do not want to randomly round up suspects for deportation. But I don't want to dangle a magnetic carrot to attract even more illegal immigrants than we already have. I will not support special city programs which legitimize illegal immigration such as tax payer funded work centers, recognition of Mexican IDs, or special order 40.

But I do want to cooperate with the INS to deport  illegal alien criminal gang members.

Most of us know that illegal immigrants are not a direct threat to homeland security, but a large illegal population creates an active market for illegal documents -- false documents that can be obtained by local terrorists (gangs) or international terrorists (Islamic terrorist).

The record number of illegal aliens in Los Angeles endangers our security by creating a demand for false identity documents and smuggling networks that could also assist terrorists.

A 2001 study by George Grayson, a professor of government at the College of William and Mary showed that conditions for illegal aliens at the Guatemalan-Mexican border showed that more than 100 criminal organizations continue to move migrants, including Middle Eastern, African, and Asian migrants, across the Mexican border and most continue on to cross the U.S. border.

Many of those who cross illegally, end up in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Although the vast majority of these illegal entrants are not criminals, some slip through (we must not forget that it only took 19 terrorists to cause the 9/11 disaster). It is true that we will never be able to prevent all illegal alien criminals from making Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley their base of operation, but as a San Fernando Valley Council Member, I will make the valley less friendly to alien criminals by enforcing local law.

Hal Netkin for San Fernando Valley City Council 11