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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And Davis joined us now from the Federation for American
Immigration Reform. A couple of issues happening here. Hand a
good morning, welcome in, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
So this whole.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Remittance thing here where you know, people that come to
the country illegally, they are in this money and then
they send it back there. That's really got a big
negative impact on us here in the United States and
in the taxes. And I'm not really paying anything back
into this country if they're doing all that except their
living expenses. So where are we and how much money
are we talking about here?
Speaker 3 (00:27):
That's exactly right. Yeah, We at Fair did a report
and we recently released it. I mean, hundreds of billions
of dollars are remitted back to other foreign countries every year,
and in a time span of just a couple of years,
some of these foreign countries are receiving, like I said,
hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of billions. Mexico they send
(00:47):
Historically they receive the most money back. Therefore, Mexicans here
that are residing legally or legally are the ones.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Who send the most back.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
And it is it's bad for the economy, you know,
these Mexicans or really I mean, any any illegal or
legal alien, they tend to qualify for public benefits. So
when they're in the US, not only are American taxpayers
subsidizing the benefits they receive while they're here, then subsidizing
the countries of origin that they are stimulating their economy
(01:17):
when they send money back and they're not putting that
money into our economy.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Therefore we lose you know, the taxes, we lose.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
The stimulating of the economy and everything that goes with that,
you know, the power of the dollar. And there's also evidence, unfortunately,
that a lot of the money that's permitted back to
countries of origin is connected to human smuggling or cartels.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
So it's a big issue.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Well, and you talk about the money that goes back.
I certainly understand people taking care of their families and whatnot,
but yeah, when the illegals come in and they start
doing this, yeah, I mean, so what's the options on is,
you know, how to combat this and what are Republicans
or you know, people that see this as a problem
for our economy going to do about it? What can
be done about it? I think we you know, the
(02:00):
qualifying for our own social service checks certainly needs to
be looked in. I think that's what's happening with dolls
and everything else that we're you know, kind of re
examining with fiduciary responsibility from our government to our taxpayers.
But I mean, how do you nip this?
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Yeah, so Oklahoma right now is probably the blueprint for
what to do. They're the only state in the nation
that has a fee on remittances. I think it's a
modest five percent and might be a little bit lower
than that. So every time someone sends money to another country,
there's a fee associated with it, and that fee goes
back to the American economy, and I think that's one
way to really do it. It also tracks when they
when they're tracking when.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
They apply the fee.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
It essentially tracks where the remittance is, who is from,
and where it's going, so that can curb some of
the illegal side of it. No one's going to want
to have their remittance track if they know it's going
straight to the to the cartel. And then also just
changing how we do migration, you know, if we have
more skill based individuals come into the nation. Historically people
(02:59):
with the krim de la krim of the migrant that
you would want. In America, they traditionally do not send
money back to their countries of origin because the people
that are reside of their family members have already come here,
and if they are remaining in their country of origin,
they also historically are high income earners and they don't
need money remitted to them. So picking the better of
(03:20):
the migrant that helps stimulate our economy is the.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Way to go.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
All right, switching gears a little bit here with immigration Still,
assaults on ICE agents have certainly surged, I mean, up
over eight hundred percent in the first half of just
this year. Here and this hoax I saw this last
week where this person hoaxed. It was a big fake
kidnapping going on to basically slander ICE. What were the
(03:44):
details on this? What happened here?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Yeah, So there was an illegal alien, a female living
in LA and she basically staged her own kidnapping for
sympathy and to I guess the end goal was to
raise a lot of money, and she did.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
She had a go fund me.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
She basically said that when ICE agents pulled her over
and said that she needed to sign deportation papers that
she refused and so they kidnapped her which obviously sounds insane,
and so the media jumped on it immediately.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
The LA mayor there.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Was press conferences. They actually believed her. I think that's
the worst thing about it all. So she wants to
go fund me campaign I guess her family did. But
at the same time, the Department of Homeland Security launched
a full scale search and they found her a couple
of times over in a parking lot.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I mean, it all fell through so quickly.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Well, she's now facing federal charges. Tell me she's in jail, please.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
I don't believe she's bonded out.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
No, but yeah, she's facing I believe it was five
to ten years and then after which she would be deported.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I know, I remember that. I do remember this now
because ICE agents were like, well, great story, but this
never happened, and they're like, well what, And then mayor
in Los Angeles, my gosh, what a knucklehead here.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
If they release her, she's gone. She's not going anywhere.
They need to keep her and make an example out
of way. What's going on with this? A horrible story.
And Davis joined us now from the Federation for American
Immigration Reform. A couple of issues happening here. Hand a
good morning, welcome in, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
So this whole.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Remittance thing here where you know, people that come to
the country illegally, they are in this money and then
they send it back there. That's really got a big
negative impact on us here in the United States and
in the taxes. And I'm not really paying anything back
into this country if they're doing all that except their
living expenses. So where are we and how much money
are we talking about here?
Speaker 3 (00:27):
That's exactly right. Yeah, We at Fair did a report
and we recently released it. I mean, hundreds of billions
of dollars are remitted back to other foreign countries every year,
and in a time span of just a couple of years,
some of these foreign countries are receiving, like I said,
hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of billions. Mexico they send
(00:47):
Historically they receive the most money back. Therefore, Mexicans here
that are residing legally or legally are the ones.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Who send the most back.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
And it is it's bad for the economy, you know,
these Mexicans or really I mean, any any illegal or
legal alien, they tend to qualify for public benefits. So
when they're in the US, not only are American taxpayers
subsidizing the benefits they receive while they're here, then subsidizing
the countries of origin that they are stimulating their economy
(01:17):
when they send money back and they're not putting that
money into our economy.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Therefore we lose you know, the taxes, we lose.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
The stimulating of the economy and everything that goes with that,
you know, the power of the dollar. And there's also evidence, unfortunately,
that a lot of the money that's permitted back to
countries of origin is connected to human smuggling or cartels.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
So it's a big issue.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Well, and you talk about the money that goes back.
I certainly understand people taking care of their families and whatnot,
but yeah, when the illegals come in and they start
doing this, yeah, I mean, so what's the options on is,
you know, how to combat this and what are Republicans
or you know, people that see this as a problem
for our economy going to do about it? What can
be done about it? I think we you know, the
(02:00):
qualifying for our own social service checks certainly needs to
be looked in. I think that's what's happening with dolls
and everything else that we're you know, kind of re
examining with fiduciary responsibility from our government to our taxpayers.
But I mean, how do you nip this?
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Yeah, so Oklahoma right now is probably the blueprint for
what to do. They're the only state in the nation
that has a fee on remittances. I think it's a
modest five percent and might be a little bit lower
than that. So every time someone sends money to another country,
there's a fee associated with it, and that fee goes
back to the American economy, and I think that's one
way to really do it. It also tracks when they
when they're tracking when.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
They apply the fee.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
It essentially tracks where the remittance is, who is from,
and where it's going, so that can curb some of
the illegal side of it. No one's going to want
to have their remittance track if they know it's going
straight to the to the cartel. And then also just
changing how we do migration, you know, if we have
more skill based individuals come into the nation. Historically people
(02:59):
with the krim de la krim of the migrant that
you would want. In America, they traditionally do not send
money back to their countries of origin because the people
that are reside of their family members have already come here,
and if they are remaining in their country of origin,
they also historically are high income earners and they don't
need money remitted to them. So picking the better of
(03:20):
the migrant that helps stimulate our economy is the.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Way to go.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
All right, switching gears a little bit here with immigration Still,
assaults on ICE agents have certainly surged, I mean, up
over eight hundred percent in the first half of just
this year. Here and this hoax I saw this last
week where this person hoaxed. It was a big fake
kidnapping going on to basically slander ICE. What were the
(03:44):
details on this? What happened here?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Yeah, So there was an illegal alien, a female living
in LA and she basically staged her own kidnapping for
sympathy and to I guess the end goal was to
raise a lot of money, and she did.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
She had a go fund me.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
She basically said that when ICE agents pulled her over
and said that she needed to sign deportation papers that
she refused and so they kidnapped her which obviously sounds insane,
and so the media jumped on it immediately.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
The LA mayor there.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Was press conferences. They actually believed her. I think that's
the worst thing about it all. So she wants to
go fund me campaign I guess her family did. But
at the same time, the Department of Homeland Security launched
a full scale search and they found her a couple
of times over in a parking lot.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I mean, it all fell through so quickly.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Well, she's now facing federal charges. Tell me she's in jail, please.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
I don't believe she's bonded out.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
No, but yeah, she's facing I believe it was five
to ten years and then after which she would be deported.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I know, I remember that. I do remember this now
because ICE agents were like, well, great story, but this
never happened, and they're like, well what, And then mayor
in Los Angeles, my gosh, what a knucklehead here.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
If they release her, she's gone. She's not going anywhere.
They need to keep her and make an example out
of way. What's going on with this? A horrible story.
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