During My First Term as President I Will…

If elected President, by the end of my first term I will do the following:

a) Secure our borders with an effective physical barrier, and deport at least 25% of illegal immigrants.

b) Prosecute at least 60% of financial criminals to the fullest extent of the law, and return all stolen money to proper owners.

c) Create a Small Business and Middle Class Task Force, which will evaluate the effects of all laws and regulations on those two key segments of society, as well as make recommendations to the appropriate officials.

d) Make the financial summaries of government operations easier to access, obtain, and interpret, along with an extensive set of links for more detailed information on each topic.

e) Persuade Congress to pass a series of legislative reforms which will:

1. Provide more oversight of the financial sector.

2. Establish significant restrictions of allowable financial transactions.

3. Restrict foreign ownership of federal, state, and municipal government operations, including infrastructure, security, and bonds.

4. Return authority of most government activities to state and local regions.

5. Increase personal freedoms and allow more personal choices for individuals.

These are the goals I will achieve in my first term as President of the United States.

Criminal is not a protected class

Today I wanted to address the bogus claims of discrimination made by illegal immigrants. The basic concept is this: "criminal" is not a protected class.

Many illegal immigrants gather and protest, often claiming discrimination. They usually claim discrimination based on "national origin" or "race." However, the issue here is not the immigrant's national origin or race, but his status as a criminal. The fact that the person is a criminal supersedes his national origin or his race.

Legally, civil rights discrimination applies only certain classes, such as race, sex, and national origin. Note that "criminal" is not on this list.

Categories such as race, sex, and national origin are what you are born with; you had no choice. These are protected classes under discrimination laws.

In contrast, criminal activity is a personal choice. The person can choose to obey the law or to break the law. Thus, if you break the law, that was your personal choice. Therefore you are no longer protected by civil rights discrimination laws.

Therefore, an illegal immigrant cannot claim discrimination, because his criminal activity supersedes any other factor.

Civil Rights Commissions

I have been reading the details of civil rights information provided by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR). I have also been discussing scenarios and legal facts with various people who work in these areas. Regarding criminals:

• No criminal can claim civil rights discrimination. This is because "criminal" is not a protected class.

• When a person breaks the law, that is his choice, therefore civil rights protections regarding "protected classes" do not apply.

• A criminal has no civil rights related to employment, renting, buying property, or access to public facilities.

Also note that these points apply equally to illegal immigrants as much as to any other type of criminal.

All illegal immigrants are criminals

"We are not criminals!"

I hear illegal immigrants making this statement during every protest. That statement is absurd. Every illegal immigrant is a criminal.

There are several federal laws regarding immigration. If you do not follow any one of those laws then you have committed a crime. If you habitually commit crimes, then you are a criminal.

Therefore if you continue to break the law, as is the case with an illegal immigrant being in the U.S. day after day, then you are indeed a criminal.

Note that employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants are also criminals because they break laws which prohibit this activity.