The Donald Trump Immigration Reform plan has three core principles.
The Obama Administration is quick to point out that it has achieved record “Removals” of illegals in the United States.
In fact, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) there are two categories of deportation:
1) Removals
2) Returns
If you look at the figures released by DHS you will see that there are indeed “record” numbers of Removals.
However, observe the “Return” figures.
Now combine the “Removals” and “Returns.”
What would be the difference between FEMA and FEMA Corps as displayed in this photo?
According to the AmeriCorps website: On March 13, 2012, the White House announced an innovative partnership between the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to establish a FEMA-devoted unit of 1,600 service corps members within AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) solely devoted to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
AmeriCorps is a signature program of Public Allies. President Obama was a member of the founding advisory board of Public Allies. First Lady Michelle was the founding Executive Director of Public Allies Chicago from Spring, 1993 until Fall, 1996, and served on the national board of directors from 1997 until 2001.
Obama’s AmeriCorps gives these jobs to high school dropouts with sweet benefits of childcare assistance, education award upon successful completion of service, housing, health coverage, living allowance, stipend, and training while the rest of America suffers with an 8% unemployment, a 50% unemployment rate for college grads, and veterans who can’t find jobs.
The job posting requires: An education level of less than high school completed
Age requirement: between 18 and 24 years of age
The program benefits/terms: Childcare assistance if eligible, Education award upon successful completion of service, Housing, Health Coverage, Living Allowance, Stipend, Training, Uniforms provided
As a reference point, Public Allies advertises the stipend it provides as $1,300 to $1,800 a month.
Guess who’s paying for this?
Are you sure you’re part of the middle class that our President vows to help? Do you know where you fit as a wage earner against other American wage earners?
According to the US government:
$10,890 is poverty level
$26,364 is middle class
Top 10% earn $50,000+
Top 1% (primarily doctors) earn $343,000+
The average salary of: police officer ($50K salary with an additional $22,000 in benefits)
The average salary of a teacher is ($50K salary with an additional $22,000 in benefits)
The average salary of an E1 Army Recruit is ($16K salary with an additional $12,000 in benefits) Add additional monies to the benefits package if recruit has dependents.
In 2006 Barack Obama gave a speech in front of the Senate regarding the debt ceiling being raised during the George W. Bush administration. The entire transcript is posted to avoid any possible misrepresentation of his message. The visual aids are fabulous!
The US Government has announced the release of $600,000 in grants to assist “about” 10,000 homeless veterans with opportunities to reintegrate into society.
By last count (FY 2009) an estimated 136,334 veterans spent at least one night in an emergency shelter or transitional housing program.
By contrast, over $50,000,000,000 ($50B) is spent on foreign aid.
The US government has provided more than $1,140,000,000 (1.14 billion) in assistance to Haiti since the January 12, 2010 earthquake with allocations of another $1 billion towards reconstruction through USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) from the American people.
USAID has provided nearly $3 billion in aid to Afghanistan and $1.3 billion in aid to Pakistan in a single year
It’s estimated that in 2010 $51.7 billion has gone towards foreign aid — plus another $.6 billion from our Stimulus package.
With the support of Congress, senior officials in the U.S. Government have made a significant commitment to foreign assistance through appropriations that have more than doubled since 2001.