Press Release from Fight Sanctuary State: Justice for Angel Mom Agnes Gibboney

Friends...

I was awakened this morning with marvelous news. The kind of news that makes you pause briefly and thank our Father in Heaven.

A couple of years ago I was introduced to a wonderful woman by the name of Agnes Gibboney. Agnes had a story to tell that was both inspiring while at the same time tragic. Let me briefly introduce you to Agnes.

Agnes and her family are from Hungary. When she was a young girl they fled the Communist repression that the creation of The Iron Curtain had brought to a once proud and free nation. They’r dreams and aspirations were to come to the US and start a new and better life for themselves.

Now, Agnes and her family didn’t do as most immigrants do today!

They applied at the US Embassy. They soon discovered that their port of entry to freedom would not be the USA, rather they were sent to Brazil.

Agnes spent her formative years growing up stateless, as the Communist in Hungary stripped her family’s citizenship, confiscated they’re passports and loaded them on a train and then a ship; stateless.

It would be some 20 years before they got world from the US Embassy in Rio de Janeiro that their application for entry to the US had been granted.

From there they followed all of the laws and were in short order naturalized. Finally, after years in refugee camps they were free...Free at last, as the late Dr. King exclaimed from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Soon after becoming a American, Agnes found herself with child. She gave birth in the early 70’s to a wonderful baby boy. Ronald as their loving parents christen him was a “Freedom Baby”...As Agnes has recounted many times to me; “my Ronald was born the freest of the free, he was our first generation American!”

Ronald’s life was like most kids growing up in Southern California. He was bright, precocious, played sports, he was on his way to enjoying the fruits of American Greatness.

Then came April 27th of 2002...

On that day, while visiting with his children Ronald’s life was cut short by three bullets at the hands of an illegal alien thug. This scumbag had approached Ronald and his friend to dish out retribution for some slight at some Cholo hangout. As Ronald lay in the streets dying, this thug ran away.

Upon his arrest and interrogation, he discovered that he had “busted a cap” on the wrong person. In the glow of a street light he had mistaken Ronald for his intended victim.

April 27, 2002 the day the American Dream ended for Agnes.

The illegal Alien Murderer was charged with 187 Murder in the First Degree.

Thanks to a feckless leftist Judge who took pity on this poor “Victim of Society”,.The Judge continually urged him to accept a plea bargain. This plea bargain allowed a blood soaked murderer to “cop” to voluntarily manslaughter. He received 11 years on the plea and an additional 10, for special circumstances because a fire arm was used in the Commission of his crime.

Luis Humberto Gonzalez y Valencia was sentenced to “break big rocks into little rocks” in a California State Prison until June 24, 2020.

Folks...Remember, Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and Ted Lieu all cry out “Illegal Aliens don’t commit crimes!!!!

To that I say let them meet Agnes Gibboney!!!

Fast forward now...We go farther down the Rabbit Hole.

State Senator Kevin de Leon authors and passers SB54...The FIRST statewide Sanctuary Bill in the nation.

It was then that I locked arms with Agnes, Don Rosenberg(son Drew murdered by a thrice deported illegal), Ben Barquam and thousands of other great Californian’s to fight the malignant tumor on our state.

A couple of months ago, Agnes and her family received a letter from the Department of Corrections informing her that the illegal thug who took Ronald’s life was scheduled to be released a year ahead of time (thank you AB109) and that there would be no ICE Detainer filed on him.

No one needs to tell you that at that moment, Agnes was forced to relive all the horrors of losing her son.

Agnes wrapped herself in the full armor of God...and in a “Howard Beale” moment said out loud...”I’m mad as Hell and I’m not going to take it anymore”

She started a letter writing campaign to toe DOC. She rallied the troops up and down the state.

I know that calls were made to DHS, ICE, because I reached out to another “Angel Parent” with those connections. (H/T to Don Rosenberg)

This Thug was released on November 21st. That same day Agnes took to the podium in a well attended Press Conference and decried this injustice.

At this point I want to give a shout out to Ben Barquam, Don Rosenberg, Sabine Durbin, Cynthia Truhan, Greg Brooks and my good friend Ravi Mehta for your “long suffering” dedication to the repeal of not only SB54, but AB460...Thank you!!

I also want to shout out again to Ben and to John Berry for your great job on that Press Conference.

This morning Agnes got news that “ERO” The Enforcement Removal Operations” a division of ICE had descended on this punk cuffed him and he has a one way ticket back to Mexico.

I also want to give a shout out and express gratitude to our Commander in Chief. Thanks to him, this punk will be off our streets, hopefully for good.

Agnes has been to the White House many times. The President calls Ronald “Tom Selleck...only better looking”.

If any of you are unaware of Fight Sanctuary you can read Agnes’ story and more at:

www.fightsanctuarystate.com

Thanks to all of you.

Calling Out Amnesty Pandering at the Beach Cities Republicans (Endorsements for AD-66 Central Committee)

It was really good--and invigorating--to speak out at the Beach Cities Republicans meeting last night.

I liked meeting with many familiar faces, and there were some other people whom I did not recognize, or whom I had not seen for at least two years.

The first guest speaker talked about Lyin' Ted Lieu and his

One of the guest speakers, William Valladares, was talking about immigration. He was playing up the fact that he is a "minority Latino GOP" whatever. Aren't we at a point in this country where we stopped judging people by the color of their skin, but started looking at the content of their character?

He then started talking about the "Dreamers", the so-called "Dreamers." He said that he supports giving them amnesty. He also said that some of them love this country more than other Americans. I was really offended by these liberal talking points.

Illegal immigration is illegal immigration. Illegal is illegal. Just because your parents broke the law and brought you into the country does not mean that we should ignore the integrity of a nation's borders and the sanctity of the rule of law. Children often have to deal with the consequences of their parents' crimes. There should be no exceptions made in the case of illegal immigration.

I spoke out at length about this, and I refused to relent. One person told me to let him finish. I responded that I had a right to counter him on that point. Allan Ku (whom I enthusiastically endorse for Central Committee), also known as Allan Wright, was sitting next to me. He's an immigrant, and he came legally. He completely agreed with my decision to speak out. I then left the meeting because I was tired, because I had had a long day.

Two minutes later, I received a phone call. A friend of mine, Marlene Silva (whom I also enthusiastically endorse for Central Committee!). She applauded me for speaking out against the speaker who wanted to give amnesty to illegal aliens.

THEN, THEN she told me that six other people also walked out of the meeting because they were so disgusted with the comments from the speaker.

This is the movement that we are starting. This is how we start making a difference. It's time to stop being civil and play defense in the face of wrong ideas and wrong-doing!

Let's speak out and win!

I ENDORSE THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES FOR AD-66TH Central Committee:

Allan Ku (aka Wright)
Peter Michel
Todd Rubenstein
Arthur Schaper (Of course!)
Eric Shuchman
Marlene Silva
Claude Todoroff

LET'S DO THIS! LET'S MAKE THE 66TH AD Central Committee GREAT AGAIN!

Crazy Christy Smith (D-Santa Clarita) Confuses Me for Constituent, I Live in Her Head Rent Free

Assemblywoman Christy Smith did not want to talk to one of her constituents.

Ever since she got elected in the 38th Assembly District (Simi Valley), she has been pushing a regressive, left-wing agenda, even though the district had been in Republican hands for a long time.

It's quite sad, really, to see how far the state of California has declined. Now we have active, unmitigated voter fraud, including ballot harvesting. That perverse practice is the only reason that Christy Smith and Katie Hill got elected in the Santa Clarita Valley region!

Now she's resorting to lying to the public about constituents in her district who are fed up with her corrupt, unsupportable votes.

Greg Aprahamian holds elected officials accountable all the time in the Santa Clarita Valley. He has no tolerance for politicians trying to take away charter schools from parents. He is extremely outraged about illegal immigration--and can anyone blame him?

Illegal immigration has ruined the state of California. Voter fraud, depleted public resources, and the declining quality of life, including the decrepit impact on the environment, are doing untold damage, and Greg is fed up with it.

When he confronted Assemblywoman Christy Smith over her votes against charter schools, she taunted him by calling him ... Arthur!

She thinks that I am the one who has been hounding her for her terrible votes!

As Greg Aprahamian later shared, I live in Christy Smith's head rent-free, along with Congresswoman Katie Hill.

This is quite an honor. They are so desperate to discredit critics, men and women who have every right to petition their government for a redress of grievances, that they talk about me!

What are you afraid of, Christy? Can't handle citizen activists who expect you to serve them and not the special interests of Sacramento?

Check out the whole video which Greg recorded here.

Check out his full report below:

We Live In Their Heads

By Greg Aprahamian

We, meaning the activists connected  with We The People Rising. In their heads, meaning the minds of the newly elected leftist politicians of CA 25 namely  Rep. Katie Hill, Assemblywoman Christy Smith and David Barlavi.

I made the discovery that we live in their heads, on May 25, 2019, when I made a quick appearance at the “coffee”  with assemblywoman Christy Smith, with the goal of having Assemblywoman Christy Smith address AB1507, Legislation she has personally authored, and will in effect eliminate many charter schools in California.

Strangely, Christy Smith and her leftist colleagues enthusiastically support choice if a woman wants to abort her full term baby,  Christy Smith and her Democrat colleagues fully support choice, if non citizens (or millions of them) decide to waltz across our borders and choose to live and work in the United states, but allowing an American parent to have a charter school choice for their children, that crosses the line for Assemblywoman Christy Smith.

At the event, when I noticed Christy Smith walk by me I took the opportunity to ask her my unfiltered question.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PHtAtjWK8o

Christy Smith Runs Away From Constituent Asking Questions About Charter ... Assemblywoman Christy Smith runs away from Constituents and questions about charter schools and choice for parents

Notice the Assembly Woman's response:

She acts like she knows me, confidently addresses me by the name of Arthur, meaning Arthur Schaper, another prominent CA activist and insists I’m not from the district (false, but how would she know, and why would she keep confidently insisting that I was from out of the district?),  no doubt Christy Smith believed and accurately quoted from the shoddy reporting from local news reports and spin from Rep. Katie Hill regarding the Rep. Katie Hill town hall that occurred earlier this month (which blamed out of district people for Katie Hill’s loss of control).

santaclaritafree.com/gazette/opinion/katie-hill-blames-outsiders-for-town-hall-chaos-recognizes-need-for-border-enforcement-for-herself-yet-opposes-it-for-others

Katie Hill Blames ‘Outsiders’ For Town Hall Chaos Recognizes Need for Bo... By Greg Aprahamian Contributor On April 27, 2019, newly elected California Democrat Rep. Katie Hill Held her fir...

What this illustrates is that when the newly-elected leftists politicians from our district need to interact with the unfiltered public,   They are actively thinking about We The People Rising and it shows that we live in their heads. They know some of our faces and some of our names,  confuse different people and don’t know everything about us, but in public events we are what they worry about.

Newly elected Assemblywoman Christy Smith has never met Arthur Schaper, but she knows of him and he lives in her head,  Christy Smith doesn’t know my name but she knows my face and before a public appearance I live in her head.

Love us, like us or hate us, before and during a public appearance, we are what these leftist politicians are thinking about.  We are what they worry about and this is the position we hold.

They try and dodge our questions, when they see us, their taxpayer paid staff quickly surrounds them and tries to shield them,  and often they literally run away, they try and get the police to step in, but generally that doesn’t work because pointed questions and audience heckling isn’t against the law (yet), and it’s always a bit awkward for a politician to let the general public see that you’re trying to arrest the people you supposedly care about and serve.

Without us the veneer of control and respect generally remains intact, when we arrive it can become extremely hard for them to maintain the coveted appearance that they are respected and loved community leaders.

This is why we live in their heads and we hold the position that we do.

We have a purpose.  We oppose open borders, amnesty, illegal immigration, wage depressing expansion of foreign worker visas, politicians that are anti American, those that want to strip us of our rights and want to turn our country into a third world hell hole.

Love us, like us or hate us,  we serve an important role in California and there is a reason we hold the position in their heads that we do.

VIDEO Calexico Border: Trump's Motorcade Met by The Remembrance Project & Trump Supporters

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PRESIDENT TRUMP GREETED BY SUPPORTERS AT THE BORDER Donald Trump Visits The Wall Calexico, CA Border Town 4/6/19 Report by Robin Hvidston VIDEO - At the border: The Remembrance Project &Trump Supporters Welcoming President Trump. https://youtu.be/KMd1KJF-Nbg   ABC NEWS video on Twitter: https://twitter.com/10NewsBrian/status/1114230449352482816 Members of The Remembrance Project joined with local Trump supporters to welcome President Trump as the motorcade passed by from the naval base to the the border patrol station. Waiting for the president's motorcade to arrive. After the president's motorcade passed, a convoy of trucks and cars followed in the same direction as the border patrol station where the president met with local law enforcement and representatives.   Donald Trump Visits The Wall https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/05/donald-trump-visits-the-wall/

The “Not Racist” Drama of Congressman Steve King

Republicans have been playing defense on the race card for far too long. Their instinctive need to make nice with the trigger-happy, race-baiting media has forced so many conservatives into a corner, preventing serious discussions about race: how it should matter less, but still matters only because of Democrats who exploit color differences to push their extreme, socialist policy goals.

The last controversy to blow open this genuflective self-loathing among Republicans has occured because of remarks which Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) had made to the New York Times a few days ago. 

Here's what Congressman King said:

“White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” Mr. King said. “Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?”

Putting nationalism and white supremacy in the same sentence is wrong. Supremacy based on skin color is patently ridiculous. However, the former bulldozer operated did not advocate for white supremacy. This representative was trying to criticize the shouts of racism, the empty epithets of hate from the Left which they rely on to silence conservatives. Later, King went to further lengths to clarify his remarks: “I want to make one thing abundantly clear: I reject those labels and the evil ideology they define.”

There. Congressman King cleaned up his statements. Many people have uttered misstatements on a range of issues before, and they have corrected myself. So did this official.

Then the real problem emerges. What has caused this conflagration of fiery issues and misunderstandings to break out? With a cursory glance at the article published by the New York Times, it’s clear that the Times is pushing another substantially offensive bias of their own, and right in the title of the article:

Before Trump, Steve King Set the Agenda for the Wall and Anti-Immigrant Politics

Unbelievable! King has never opposed immigration per se. However, he has been a vocal, consistent critic of illegal immigration, and he has demanded the removal of illegal aliens from the United States. Consider Mexico, with some of the most draconian immigration laws in the world. Colombia has a wall with Venezuela.; Israel has two walls. Compared to these countries, the United States is extensively lenient when it comes to illegal immigration. 

The New York Times engages in unmistakable bias toward call King by calling him "anti-immigrant" in the title. Even the article contradicts its misleading headline:

At the same time, he said, he supports immigrants who enter the country legally and fully assimilate because what matters more than race is “the culture of America” …

King is not anti-immigrant. He’s also no racist.

Here’s the real problem: Republicans are forced to prove that they are "not racist". This challenge (From the left) turns into bottomless, self-loathing. How does one prove a negative? The progressives, with the real history of racism, will never stop playing the race card against opponents. Someone could have a black wife, Hispanic kids, Asian parents, a long pedigree of non-white, non-European ancestors, etc.

Incidentally enough, what King is enduring now is precisely what he was decrying! One more time, the "race card" has turned into a perennial distraction from more substantive issues. Congressman King is being pilloried by a political establishment desperate to prove that they are "not racist".

This hasty damage-control action from Minority Leader McCarthy is proof positive that the knee-jerk reaction of mea cupla in the face of the false claims of racism has still not left establishment-leaning Republicans. President Trump fights back against the Fake News Fraud of the liberal legacy media. They keep chanting "Racism! Racism! Racism!" about border security and retention of American culture. McCarthy launches into castigating King for inartful statements. Desperate to be liked by the legacy media, failed Presidential candidate and now carpetbagger US Senator Mitt Romney hostilely attacks Trump's manners and demeanor. Sad!

Of course, there’s more to this controversy:

1. Kevin McCarthy, the new GOP House minority leader, is consolidating power against conservative insurgents. Four years ago, McCarthy had a chance to be Speaker of the House but for his own flippant remarks about the Benghazi investigations. He (honestly, yet unwisely) suggested that those hearings were meant to hurt Hillary Clinton's Presidential election bid. How ironic that McCarthy wants to tar and feather King for an inartful phrase, when he was publicly pilloried for the same failing. (and how about those allegations that McCarthy was having a long-term affair?)

2. The Big Business, Cheap Labor Lobby wants to get rid of one of their biggest opponents in Congress. King remains a thorn in the side to every Chamber of Commerce donor and Congressional puppet in both chambers of Congress and throughout the DC Swamp. He was Trump before The Donald appeared on the scene. If the amnestarians can't stop the President, they will settle for King.

3.The NeverTrumpers want a scalp, too. Even the NeverTrumper conservative mag National Review has jumped into the anti-King mosh pit. The Weekly Standard would have done the same thing if they hadn't folded a month ago. Honestly, when even the former Buckley flagship rag wants to toss you overboard, you should prepare for smooth sailing. After all, their "Never Trump" issue didn't make a damn difference in stopping his election, and Trump has accomplished more conservative goals in two years than all the Republican Presidents elected during William F. Buckley's lifetime, including Reagan.

Was Congressman King’s statement inartful? Yes. Is he a racist? No. This whole King controversy is another example of the liberal media straining to way to paint an effective conservative as a racist, and all the other Republicans in Congress are scrambling to denounce him so that they don't get tarred with the race card because they said nothing. This bumbling is sad, so sickening, especially because Congressman King has championed many conservative causes, including life, liberty, and the restoration of American sovereignty. Let’s hope he stands firm in the face of this race-baiting onslaught from both sides of the aisle.

Congress Shouldn’t End Shutdown Until They Shut Down the Border

One month before Election 2014, I was talking with a liberal couple. Working-class parents with a developmentally disabled son, they believed in government-run programs, but also prided themselves on working for a living. Our sharpest disagreements revolved around the proper role of domestic spending. They were committed Democrats, except on one issue, they told me: “We will vote for a Republican if he promises to secure the border.” In 2016, Democratic voters may have re-elected liberal US Senators and House Reps back to Washington, but they crossed party lines to put the businessman, celebrity mogul in the White House. “That Republican” they wanted was President Donald Trump.

Today, Trump’s pro-American nationalist agenda has transformed the country’s discourse for the better. Not its coarseness, which emerged during Obama’s relentless transformation of our country, but its sharpened focus on illegal immigration. Keenly aware of his campaign promises, Trump has drawn a big red line in the sand for the budget: a big beautiful wall. The outgoing Republican House majority voted to fund the wall. Senate Majority Leader McConnell signaled his readiness for the budget. Before (and after) the January 3^rd transfer, however, Democrats had enough Senators to filibuster the legislation. The resulting shutdown has lasted since the Christmas Holiday, and this impasse belongs to the Democrats, root and branch.

Some will argue that President Trump’s unrepentant demands are unrealistic. This criticism may have some merit. Presidents with predominantly private sector or military experience often find Congressional law-making in particular, and federal politics in general, daunting and frustrating. There is no clear chain of command for accomplishing goals. In private organization with goals and outcomes, the people in charge ensure that their directives are carried out. In Washington, vote-trading, log-rolling, compromise are essential.

However, our government exists to protect our rights and to secure our borders (consult Article Four, Section Four of the United States Constitution for details). Border security is not up for debate, nor should the government’s role by compromised away. Besides, the gridlock overwhelming Congress is not a fault or an askance detail of our constitutional framework. The rigorous clash of power between today’s Democrats and Republicans reflects a fundamental divide which has forever shaped the two parties. One believes in a secure sovereign America. The other does not. There is no room for compromise on this. Trump is right to take this fight, and die on this hill if necessary (although he won’t).

Democrats have pointed out that Trump’s originally promised that Mexico pay. Why tie up Congress? No one should spin Trump’s pledge as if he suggested that he would secure funding from our southern neighbor first, then construct the wall. Businesses don’t function like that.  Most firms will take out a loan to fund their enterprise, then pay back what they borrowed after turning a profit.

Congress, especially Democrats, should have provided the funding by now. After all, a majority of legislators, from both parties in both chambers, voted to fund the wall. In fact, a decade ago more Democrats than Republicans had voted against immigration reform (amnesty), since Democrats were willing to play both sides of this issue: appeal to working-class white voters, but also promote their multicultural compassion, stating that they want amnesty, but they want to make sure that their proposal works for everyone. Secure the border, then plot an amnesty pathway.

The Democratic Party turned sharply to the left under President Obama, but even then for the first two years of the Obama Administration, the Democratic majorities in Congress did nothing on immigration, as they were still intent on keeping some semblance of integrity with white working class voters, which had voted Democratic since the FDR Administration. After the 2012 election, Democrats decided that working class voters, particularly white one, are not coming back. They have invested in identity politics, amnesty at all costs, and open borders as their new power grab.

President Trump is exploiting this Democratic about-face. He is picking the right fight to reject any budget without his—our--wall. This is what he was elected to do as President. Our country cannot survive open borders and the Democrats’ dedication to the unipolar Big Business-Big Labor-Big La Raza Lobby. The people who elected Trump, or rather the electors who elected him, were sent by a wide swath of working Americans of all backgrounds, from both parties, who want the border secure and who want illegal aliens deported for safety as well as economic reasons.

Desperate detractors now cry out that this extended shutdown is hurting federal workers, i.e. “It’s slowing airport security, etc.” First of all, it’s a partial shutdown. The TSA is A-OK. National parks are open. Government essentials still have funding. Secondly, the non-essential federal employees have been furloughed. Once again, the government’s job is to protect our rights and secure the border. Why does Washington DC have so many bureaucrats? If those employees want work, they should find essential labor in the private sector. Too many people are living off the federal teat as so-called civil servants, and some of them are actively undermining out President’s federal mandates.

In a last ditch effort, some conservative US Senators have floated legislation to end future shutdowns. Ironically, one of its sponsors is US Senator Mike Lee, who has erstwhile served as one of the most consistently constitutional members of the upper chamber. Congress is required to budget our monies. They cannot put federal funding on autopilot during protracted budget negotiations. Besides, the 2013 sequester cuts did not affect me, and this shutdown has not affected me or millions of Americans across the country who are living their lives freely and abundantly as never before.

What does affect all of us, however, is an open border with law enforcement thinly spread across among hit-and-miss barriers. No one should discuss ending the shutdown until the southern border is shut down for good: legal loopholes closed, funding provided for the wall, and ample resources to hire, train, and direct more border patrol.