Justin Goodman was killed in a hit-and-run accident by an illegal alien with numerous prior arrests who had never been deported. Goodman was riding his motorcycle in Thornton, Colorado, when he was struck down July 1, 2004, and left to die by a career criminal, Roberto Martinez-Ruiz, whose activities should have gotten him a one-way ticket home years earlier — but didn’t.

Now an investigation has revealed that the illegal alien family of the killer used US government programs to purchase homes fraudulently [Justin Goodman's Family Says He Would Be Alive If Not For Loans, The Denver Channel 11/29/06] .

7NEWS’ investigation has found that the immigrant family used phony documents, and in apparent collusion with realtors and lenders, received fraudulent loans to buy two homes in Thornton which were backed by F.H.A. loans.

“My nephew would definitely have been alive today if they hadn’t made those loans,” said Vizzi.

For more on the rotten banking industry, see former finance professional Joe Guzzardi’s report about how the business has become corrupted: Mortgages For Illegal Aliens: Are Banks The Treason Industry?

It’s a bitter experience for victims’ families to learn on top of a terrible tragedy that both the government and trusted private institutions have colluded in the destruction of our system of laws out of greed.

I love, love, love these stories! Let me say that again–I LOVE THESE STORIES!!

The stories about people who come to America LEGALLY so they can go to school, work hard and raise kids…oh, and they do it on their own nickel not yours.

And more than anything else they appreciate the opportunity and love America–not umm, Mexico.[Legal immigrants to U.S. face green card logjam By Tim Gaynor AP News 11/29/06]

This wonderful article talks about a man (and his family) who emigrated from India nine years ago. His green card is being held up because the immigration and customs people are overloaded with work thaks to the 12-20 million illegal aliens they’re dealing with.

Sanjay Mehta is just a tad frustrated with the preferential treatment given to those who come here illegally.

“Washington has taken notice of them … But what about the plight of legal immigrants to this country? We seem to have been forgotten.”

VDARE.com has been talking about these people for years! People like Peter Brimelow who follow the rules on the path to American citizenship–not those who cheat the system and wait for an amnesty deal.

These immigrants, according to the same AP article, “are highly skilled, with science, electrical engineering and medical degrees, and are hired by U.S. companies, universities and research laboratories under a strict visa system with an annual cap of 65,000.”

If they make it to the States, they wait for an average of 12 years for a Green Card.

Another legal immigrant, Kola Akinwande from Nigeria, says his wife has a masters in child psychology but is not allowed to work in the United States–she is here on her husband’s visa, of course.

Even worse, as angry as that makes me listen to this:

“I also have to pay out-of-state tuition fees for my son to study at university here, which puts an additional financial burden on the family,” he added.

Don’t you just want to throw something? How pathetic!

Come here illegally and you will find yourself entitled to more benfits, freebies and get-out-of-jail-free-cards that you can possibly imagine.

Come here legally and you will get the shaft.

America: The land of opportunity…well, for lawbreakers anyway.

Via the SPLC’s Hatewatch, [Children's book compares immigrants to weeds] I see a story about a Judge in Brooklyn who has self published a book which is a metaphor for uncontrolled immigration:

A Brooklyn judge is courting controversy with a new illustrated children’s book that some critics are calling a thinly veiled anti-immigration screed.

Criminal Court Judge John Wilson’s “Hot House Flowers” warns of “effects of unregulated immigration” in a plot line about beautiful flowers that wither when dandelions sneak into their greenhouse.

“It’s intended to describe defense of home and defense of country, and the reasons for that defense,” said Wilson, who self-published the book, listed on Amazon.com at $15.99.

The story tells of jealous weeds that hog all the water and soil in the greenhouse. The other flowers suffer, but don’t do anything until it’s almost too late - because they don’t want to appear intolerant.

Judge is in immig groups’ bad books, By Adam Lisberg, New York Daily News

The Daily News asked immigrant rights groups to comment on this children’s book, and found them

“outraged by the book - and even more upset that its author sits on the bench

“It’s a shame that someone would write a children’s book that teaches intolerance and hatred of immigrants,” said Norman Eng, spokesman for the New York Immigration Coalition.

Margaret Fung, [send her mail] executive director of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, said Wilson was dehumanizing immigrants by talking about “weeds” and “invaders.”

“I would hate to be an immigrant in his courtroom,” Fung said.

Wilson handles night arraignments in Brooklyn, where he said he sometimes takes a defendant’s immigration status into account when setting bail.

“While that’s a factor, it’s not the overriding factor,” Wilson said. “It’s got to be a factor - if a person’s an illegal immigrant, how likely is it that he’s going to come back to court?”

Here’s a simple point: judges are supposed to be anti-crime. That doesn’t mean that they are supposed to always believe the police and the prosecutor, but they’re supposed to be for law and against crime. If these guys think that Wilson shouldn’t be allowed to sit on the bench because he’s opposed to illegal immigration, then that’s just wrong. By the way, Christmas is coming–if you buy Hot House Flowers through VDARE.com we get a small cut.