The Costs of Immigration to the United States: Russian-American Speaks

Thanksgiving 2017 was a holiday of great joy for me. I met with two different groups of friends to celebrate this season of Thanksgiving. All of us are Trump supporters, and we rejoice in all the reforms enacted and promises kept.

Maxin Sergienko

We also celebrate the fact that our country is returning to its Judeo-Christian roots, and that more of us have the courage to speak our minds and hearts to the true needs and dangers facing this country.

At one of the events, I met Maxim Sergienko, a Russian immigrant who now holds permanent residency with a green card. The subject of immigration has become an increasingly heated topic, but also the encroaching fascination with socialism among college students.

Here, I had the golden opportunity to learn from a former Russia resident what it was like living under communism, but more importantly the process he endured to become a legal resident (not even a citizen) of the United States.

I first asked him to explain the entire process to become a legal resident, including the time, energy, and costs to achieve legal status:

For starters, it has taken Maxim 21 years--years!--to achieve legal status the legal way.

You also need to hear about the costs and the stress he has endured just to achieve the current legal status as a permanent resident.

During our talk at the dinner table, he talked about his awe and wonder at visiting the United States for the first time.

What will it take for college students to learn the follies of socialism? His answer will shock you, along with his reaction to the country as a kid--and what he saw on college campuses that alarmed him.

Deport This Australian, Convicted of Sexual Abuse

The perversity never ends.

How many stories have we read in the press about teachers betraying their trust and sexually abusing students?

When does this insanity stop?!

This outrage occurs not just in public schools--although they seem to work much harder covering up all the abuse.

Former Mary Star teacher gets year in jail for sending nude photos tominors

Daniel T. O’Connell, 32, of Rancho Palos Verdes was sentenced Sept. 1 in Los Angeles Superior Court downtown to 364 days in county jail and five years probation. He also must attend a minimum of 52 weeks of sex offender counseling, Deputy District Attorney Angela Brunson said.

O’Connell also cannot use the internet to contact children and cannot spend any unsupervised time with minors. If he violates any terms of the agreement, he will be sentenced to two years in state prison, Brunson said.

But here's the part that I found interesting.

O’Connell’s status as a registered sex offender will prevent him from teaching school again. As an Australian citizen, he could be deported, authorities said.

I say "Deport!"

Why should we house and feed criminals from other countries who are here on the bare auspices of immigration status. This is wrong.

DEPORT this Australian National/Sex Offender

This man is not a natural-born American. He came to this country under the trust that he would abide by our laws and respect our country and its citizenry.

He did not meet that obligation.

We need to send the message loud and clear to the entire world.

Immigrants are welcome to enter the United States, and they are welcome to join the American compact.

But if they want to abuse American children, if they want to upend our laws and endanger American citizens--then you need to leave.

What do you think?

ICYMI: Pennsylvania and Pat Toomey: The Key(stone) to Election 2016

I apologize for reprinting this article.

But this issue is extremely important.

We need to make sure that US Senator Pat Toomey wins re-election in Pennsylvania.

Truly, the Keystone State is the key to unlock consummate Trump victory across the country!

Make it happen! Let's Make the Rest Belt a Steel Belt once again, and Make America Great Again in the process!

--Arthur Schaper


Pennsylvania---nicknamed the Keystone State--has a soft spot in my heart.

My mother was born in Pittsburg while her father was fighting in the Korean War. When I was younger, I visited my Aunt Frannie’s home in West Mefflin. I can’t say I looked forward to seeing her, but it was a memorable wonder looking over the hillside where her towering two-story home stood. The valley led down to the urban core of Pittsburg. Even then anyone with two eyes in their head could see how the steel and other manufacturing industries were hitting hard times. That was 1992, and the crooked trade deals and crony crapitalism have only hurt working families more.

Pennsylvania’s voting contingency contains all the elements of the Not-So-Silent majority—a strong, endearing ethnic enclave of working and middle-class voters—define Election 2016. They will assure (or doom) Trump’s Presidential chances this year. The hard times have been particularly rough for them. For those who still register as Democrat, it’s more out of tradition and deference to the Democratic Party of their parents’ (and grandparents’) time. Republicans are now out-registering Democrats in a state which has not gone Republican in Presidential years since 1988. Such good news cannot pass by unread … and reread.

Even though the incumbent Republican governor lost his re-election bid in 2014 (he didn’t govern as a Republican, did not advance right-to-work, wanted to raise taxes, and refused to privatize the liquor industry), Pennsylvania Republicans expanded their numbers in the Harrisburg state legislature. Five months later, voters in Philadelphia elected a Republican assemblyman, the first time in over twenty years! The ground game is looking better for Republicans this year.

And one man at the top of the state-wide ticket is particularly important, and will very likely make or break not just control of the United States Senate, but the Presidency.

Pat Toomey.

I like this guy.

This man typified the Tea Party miracle wave of 2010.

Edging out a fellow Congressman, a veteran named Joe Sestak, Toomey squeaked out a narrow victory. But what a win, part of the seven-seat gains which Republicans recouped in 2010.

Most politicos don’t even remember, but Toomey faced a long road to the U.S. Senate. In 2004, he challenged former Republican US Senator Arlen Specter. Ironically, Specter was as pink as they come on Republican terms, and would eventually return to his Democratic roots after Obama’s election. The ghost of an incumbent was a RINO in 2004, leaning toward the Democrats with his refusal to vote for a conviction following the Clinton (Bill, not Hillary) impeachment in the House. Specter played to the center, as if his lack of ideological conviction was an asset. He even crowed about his “centrism” in  weekly news magazines. Toomey wanted to upset that establishment mentality.

He also targeted the profligate, spend-thrift  ways of Washington. Toomey’s brand—fiscally prudent without a fault--has defined his tenure, from a local townsman to US Senator.

A conservative born in Providence Rhode Island (who would have guessed? Awful Surprising and Awful Gratifying), Toomey studied Government at La Salle University in Pennsylvania, and never looked back.

After working in the corporate sector, he opened up his own restaurant with his brothers. He then served on the Allentown Governing Board, and put forth a charter which would require a supermajority for any tax increases in the city. The voters approved.

In 1998, he ran for an open Congressional seat, one which an incumbent Democrat was giving up. Who could blame him, since Republicans had taken over four years ago! Democrats love getting elected, but only when their team holds all the seats.

Toomey is a rare bird, and was a welcome politico even then. In his Congressional bid, Toomey pledged to serve three terms, and he kept his promise. In two of the elections, he faced off against the same President of Bethlehem Steel, but beat him down.

An impressive record, to say the least.

Election 2004 would not be Toomey’s time to shine, but instead of sulking and sitting out, Toomey became President of the Club for Growth.  Six years later, Toomey would defeat Sestak, who had in turn defeated the desperate long-term incumbent Arlen Specter during their unlikely, contentious Democratic Primary.

As a U.S Senator, Toomey has not forgotten his roots. He fights for public safety officers. He is pro-life, but he has also taken care to keep the major Democratic hubs, Pittsburg and Philadelphia, within his reach. The moment he was sworn in, Toomey knew he would endurest another bruising fight for his seat in 2016. He supports school choice, and has worked with both sides (sometimes to his political detriment) to ensure student safety in their classrooms.

He has also been a staunch opponent of illegal immigration since his tenure in the House. This Northeastern elected official, 3,000 miles away, did more to commemorate the tragic and tragically unnecessary death of Kate Steinle. He introduced one of two key bills to stop sanctuary cities in this country. My two US Senators did and said nothing, since they side with illegals more than their constituents. Toomey voted against the Gang of Eight bill in 2013.

On financial matters, he voted against the fiscal cliff, tax-raising, hair-rising budget deal in 2012. His brand of take-no-prisoners budgeting is exactly what we need in Washington. I still remember him coming out of the last minute Fiscal Cliff drama, and telling the country at large: “We have to stop the spending! If we have to shut the government down, then let’s do it!”

His sparring in the race of his lifetime has been particularly outstanding. His opponent, Katie McGinty, has to spend more time running away from Crooked Hillary and her anti-working class platform. The Trump card is all played out, too.

Pennsylvania is the key to Election 2016. The Keystone state is within striking distance for Trump. Toomey’s re-election chances are a pure toss-up. Toomey wins, Trump can likely win, and all of us win.

Huntington Park, March 15th, 2016--Nick the Greek Fights Back

The last month has been engaging one for We the People Rising.

Following the reorganization of the Huntington Park City Council, Mayor Graciela Ortiz has brought a tougher tone to presiding over the meetings.

Unlike the previous mayor, she gives out warnings then throws people out.

In a way, this orderly conduct in the chambers makes it easier to be critical without fearing for our presence or safety in the chambers.

During the March meeting, Nick the Greek addressed the city council, dressed in a full suit (which he himself had tailored, no doubt).

At that moment, members of We the People Rising stood up to stand with Nick in solidarity, not solitude.

The city would not stand with him, refused to help him, but we rose up to signal our love and respect for this immigrant who so loves this country.

To this day, it still amazes me, disgusts me that the Huntington Park City Council treats its citizens like illegal aliens, and treats the illegal aliens like citizens.

As soon as we joined Nick at the dais, Ortiz told him to stop speaking.

Immediately, he flew into a desperate rage. He had been bullied by the city for years. He had lost money from their bad planning commission mandates.

"You make $1 million! I lost $1 million!" Nick shouted at the city attorney.

As more people yelled at the city council for interrupting him, Ortiz uikly realized that she was not going to enjoy the greater control over public comment as she had hoped. Within two minutes, the council fled into recess.

Nick shouted at the audience, deploring their abusive treatment of him and Americanism.

We continued standing at the dais, intent on making our case to the city council and the public. No matter what the four corrupt members of the council do or do not do, we are not going away.

Finally, the chief of police approached me, called me by name (all the police who secure the city chambers know us). He said that all of us could stand at the front and hold up our signs for the council, provided that we did not block teh rest of the audience from seeing the councilmembers.

Watch the video of what happened right here.

Nick related the frustrations and terror he faced for decades. Even though the city video recording stopped, Grindall61 continued recording.

More people need to know what Huntington Park has done to Nick and how they disregard the needs off legal residents.

Nick the Greek is fighting back, and we need more people to join with him!