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  • Sanctuary Cities: “How Many More Innocent People Need to Die?”

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    On Sunday’s “The Neil A. Carousso Show,” Neil tackled sanctuary cities. Neil details sanctuary city policy, what laws it violates, recent cases of crime purported by criminal illegal aliens who are harbored by sanctuary cities, and liberal mayors’ responses to the Trump Administration enforcing immigration law. Watch “Carousso’s Comments” above.

    Retired Immigration and Naturalization Service Agent Michael Cutler joined Neil to discuss sanctuary cities and the ramifications it has on communities as the Trump Administration releases weekly sanctuary city crime statistics and threatens to remove funding from cities that do not cooperate with immigration law. Watch the interview below.

    https://youtu.be/Hq8PpGLRH-s

    Neil’s Show Notes:

     

    CAROUSSO’S COMMENTS (MONOLOGUE)

    SANCTUARY CITIES:

    300 U.S. jurisdictions do not enforce federal immigration law,
    300 U.S. jurisdictions do not enforce federal immigration law,

    -LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN 300 JURISDICTIONS PREVENTED FROM DOING THEIR JOB – ENFORCING THE LAW. 15O HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE UNCOOPERATIVE IN PRESIDENT TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

    -JANUARY 25: TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER ORDERS REMOVAL OF CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS AND THREATENING TO REMOVAL, INCREASE IN BORDER PATROL AND ICE AGENTS AND THREATENING TO WITHHOLD FEDERAL GRANTS

    SOT: MONDAY: ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS REINFORCED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S PLEDGE TO ENFORCE THE LAW

    -THE CITIES OF SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO ARE SUING PRESIDENT TRUMP, ARGUING THE ILLEGALITY OF THE ORDER, CLAIMING THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE WILLING TO COOPERATE IF THEY DON’T FACE DEPORTATION. (THEY WON’T FACE DEPORTATION.)

    -SINCE INAUGURATION: MURDERERS, RAPISTS, SEXUAL ASSAULTERS, GANG MEMBERS, WIFE BEATERS DRUG DEALERS AND OTHER CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS – SOME WHO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED AND ILLEGALLY RE-ENTERED THE U.S. HAVE BEEN DETAINED AND DEPORTED

    SANCTUARY CITY CRIME: HIGH PROFILE AND RECENT CASES

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    -March 2008 Los Angeles: 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw, a college football prospect, was murdered by a gang member and illegal immigrant near his home.

    -January 2015 Arizona: 21-year-old Grant Ronnebeck was murdered by an admitted drug cartel member as he counted change at a convenience store where he worked.

    -July 2015 San Francisco: 32-year-old Kate Steinle was murdered by an illegal alien from Mexico – Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez who had previously been deported 5 times.

    -July 2015 Massachusetts: 41-year-old Mirta Rivera, a nurse and grandmother was shot as she slept from an upstairs apartment where two illegal immigrants lived despite being under federal deportation orders.

    -July 2015 Santa Barbara, CA: 64-year-old Marilyn Pharis, a Air Force veteran, was raped and bludgeoned to death with a claw hammer in her own home by 29-year-old Victor Aureliano Martinez Ramirez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico who was arrested six times in the previous 15 months, was one of two men charged in the case.

    PREVENTABLE CRIME THIS MONTH ALONE:

    -March 2017 Houston, Texas: 2 illegal immigrant MS-13 gang members from El Salvador are accused of kidnapping, drugging and repeatedly raping a teen as well as tattooing the Grim Reaper on her. The Satan worshipers smiled and waved to cameras in court. They allegedly murdered another teen they kidnapped.

    -March 2017 Hempstead, NY: Police arrested a 31-year-old illegal alien and admitted MS-13 gang member Tommy Vladim Alvarado-Ventura who allegedly sexually assaulted a 2-year-old girl while the girl’s mother was at work and he was babysitting, according to Nassau County Police. The criminal illegal alien had been deported from the U.S. four times and previously stabbed two women, had a DUI arrest and other dangerous crimes in a long rap sheet.

    -March 2017 North Carolina: A criminal illegal alien from Honduras has been charged with first degree murder for allegedly beheading his mother in North Carolina.

    -March 2017 Rockville, Maryland High School: Rape of a 14-year-old girl allegedly by two illegal immigrants, ages 17 and 18 who were freshmen at the high school and crossed the border in 2016. ICE had a detain hold on 18-year-old Guatemalan national Henry E. Sanchez who had a “pending alien removal case” and stopped by border patrol agents in Texas 7 months ago only to be released, according to the Washington Post. Both were deemed flight risks, reported WUSA9 Washington D.C. Jose O. Montano, the 17-year-old is an El Salvador national. The two illegal aliens are being held in custody without bail.

    Friday, March 31: Three illegal alien MS-13 gang members, ages 19, 21 and 24 have been detained and charged with second-degree murder of 17-year-old Raymond Wood in Bedford County, Virginia. The investigation is still on-going.

    -FS: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIME STATISTICS

    • Approximately 2.1 million legal or illegal immigrants with criminal convictions living free or behind bars in the U.S.
    • Each year, about 900,000 legal and illegal immigrants are arrested
    • Each year about 700,000 are released from jail, prison, or probation.
    • ICE estimates t1.2 million criminal aliens at large in the U.S.
    • 5,000 illegal immigrants in federal prison and 296,000 in state and local jails in 2011.

     

    MEMBERS OF THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS – LOS ANGELES, DALLAS, NEW ORLEANS AND MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHERS ARE FIGHTING THIS BASED ON THE LEGALITY (IN REALITY: POLITICS).

    -FS: 8 U.S.C. 1373

    8 U.S. Code § 1373

    Communication between Government Agencies and the Immigration and Naturalization Service

    -INCLUDED IN THE 1996 (BILL CLINTON) “ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION REFORM AND IMMIGRANT RESPONSIBILITY ACT:” NO STATE OR LOCAL ENTITY CAN IN ANY WAY RESTRICT ITS LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM COMMUNICATING WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES REGARDING AN INDIVIDUAL’S CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS.

    -FS: ARTICLE IV SECTION 4 OF U.S. CONSTITUTION

    “The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.”

    -SUPREMACY CLAUSE: FEDERAL LAWS ARE SUPREME

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  • More Winning and More Big League Jobs: Ford Makes Huge American Jobs Announcement

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    By Neil A. Carousso

    Ford, following a January 3 announcement in which the automaker canceled a $1.6 billion Mexican plant, said Tuesday it will invest $1.2 billion in the United States, securing 3,700 American jobs. The Dearborn car company will invest the money at three locations in Michigan, including $850 million at its Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne to make the new Ford Ranger and Ford Bronco, showing optimism over a re-emerging SUV market.

    Ford’s $1.2 billion investment includes plans to add 130 new American jobs at its engine plant in Romeo, where it will spend $150 million to expand its capacity to make engine components for the Ranger and Bronco. It will also spend $200 million to build a new advanced data center adjacent to its assembly plant in Flat Rock.

    Ford originally pledged to put $700 million into that plant as part of the labor deal. In January, Ford announced plans to build its new Bronco SUV and Ranger pickup in Michigan.

    President Donald Trump touted the announcement on Twitter at 6:36 AM ET.

    “These Michigan Assembly Plant and Romeo Engine plant announcements are consistent with what we agreed to and talked about with the UAW in 2015 negotiations,” said Ford President of the Americas Joe Hinrichs.

    President Trump gives two thumbs up when embarking on his quest to renew American jobs and the American spirit  following the election. (NBC News photo from December 1, 2016 at Carrier's plant in Indianapolis, IN)
    President Trump gives two thumbs up when embarking on his quest to renew American jobs and the American spirit following the election. (NBC News photo from December 1, 2016 at Carrier’s plant in Indianapolis, IN)

    Below is an updated list of the “big league jobs” announcements since Mr. Trump’s election. Roughly $108.9 billion in U.S. investments has been pledged with approximately 1,883,830 U.S. jobs being created that can be credited to President Trump’s pro-growth, pro-business policies.

    1. Carrier: Keeping 1,100 American jobs instead of sending to Mexico
    2. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son: Investing $50 billion to create 50,000 American jobs
    3. Sprint: Bringing back 5,000 jobs to the U.S. that were sent overseas
    4. OneWeb (new company): Creating 3,000 jobs in the U.S. (associated with Son’s guarantee)
    5. Ford: Cancels $1.6 billion plant in Mexico, saving 3,500 American jobs. Creating new innovative center as an expansion of its Flat Rock, MI plant by investing $700 million in the U.S. and creating 700 American jobs
    6. Qualcomm and Apple will invest in SoftBank’s new technology fund, SoftBank Vision Fund that is being used to create 50,000 American jobs.
    7. Fiat Chrysler announces it would spend $1 billion on U.S. manufacturing, including modernizing plants in Michigan and Ohio, adding 2,000 new American jobs.
    8. Toyota will spend $10 billion in U.S. capital investments and will expand its U.S. plants over the next five years.
    9. Alibaba Chief Executive Jack Ma met with Trump to discuss the creation of 1 million American jobs, specifically focusing on small business growth.
    10. Amazon will create 100,000 jobs in the first year and a half of the Trump Presidency.
    11. Wal-Mart will create 10,000 jobs in the U.S. this year.
    12. General Motors will invest $1 billion in its U.S. factories this year, moving some parts of production from Mexico to the United States that was previously handled by a supplier.
    13. Toyota will add 400 American jobs to build more SUVs at an Indiana assembly plant.
    14. Amgen will add 1,600 jobs.
    15. Intel will invest $7 billion in innovation in an Arizona factory, creating 3,000 specialist positions and 10,000 support jobs.
    16. Delta announces it will hire 25,000 jobs over the next 5 years.
    17. Lockheed Martin will create 1,800 new jobs.
    18. Exxon Mobil will invest $20 billion to create 35,000 temporary construction jobs and 12,000 high-wage permanent jobs.
    19. Charter Communications will invest $25 billion in broadband infrastructure over the next four years to create 20,000 high-paying, highly beneficial American jobs.
    20. Ford will invest $1.2 billion in Michigan, securing 3,700 American jobs and creating 130 jobs.

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  • GOP Healthcare Failure: What Do We Do as ObamaCare Collapses?

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    By Neil A. Carousso

    When the American Health Care Act (AHCA) was pulled from the House vote on Friday, it signaled failure for a Republican Party that campaigned on “repeal and replace” of the Affordable Health Care Act for over seven years, but perhaps, it was for the best.

    Premiums have risen by double digits in 31 states including a 116 percent increase in Arizona. One out of every three U.S. counties have just one insurer to choose from as a result of ObamaCare that was signed into law in March 2010 without one Republican vote. Six of 39 cancer drugs on the market in 2010 doubled or tripled in price by 2016, one quadrupled in price and another had an eightfold price increase.

    On top of these statistics, millions of Americans were thrown off their insurance plans and lost their doctors despite what was promised by former President Barack Obama.

    Seven years ago, the Congressional Budget Office projected 23 million Americans would be enrolled in ObamaCare Exchange enrollments in 2017. The reality is only 12.2 million people are enrolled on the ObamaCare Exchanges. The CBO predicted that 14 million fewer people would have health insurance by 2018 if the AHCA passed and 24 million fewer insured Americans by 2026 – a partial result of removing the ObamaCare mandate and penalty for not having health insurance. The AHCA was projected to reduce the federal deficit by $337 billion.

    “We learned a lot about loyalty, we learned a lot about the vote-getting process, we learned a lot about some very arcane rules in obviously both the Senate and in the House.” – President Donald J. Trump in the Oval Office on Friday afternoon

    Conservative Republicans like the House Freedom Caucus wanted a seat at the table to negotiate with other Republicans and President Donald J. Trump, the chief negotiator, in order to effectively bring costs down. President Trump met and spoke on the phone early and late at night with moderate and conservative Republicans in trying to negotiate the best plan for the American people. However, House Speaker Paul Ryan and the House leadership seemed stubborn during negotiations after not building consensus in their own Party before rolling out the AHCA.

    President Trump on Friday said he's "disappointed" that the AHCA had to be pulled from a House vote.
    President Trump on Friday said he’s “disappointed” that the AHCA had to be pulled from a House vote.

    “When they all become civilized and come together and try to workout a great health care bill for the people of this country, we’re open to it,” President Trump said on Friday shortly after the House removed the AHCA from a vote. “Everybody worked hard. I worked as a team player and would have loved to seen it pass…perhaps, the best thing that could have happened was exactly what happened today because we’ll end up with a truly great health care bill in the future after this mess known as ObamaCare explodes,” the Chief Executive added.

    Key Components of the AHCA:

    -First major reform of medicaid

    -Repeal individual and employer mandate

    -Defund Planned Parenthood

    -Cuts ObamaCare taxes and if passed, would have made tax relief and reform easier to enact

    What the Freedom Caucus Wanted in the AHCA:

    -No one-size fits all mandate

    -Essential health benefits such as maternity and mental health benefits removed (President Trump reportedly conceded)

    -Remove pre-existing conditions, guaranteed issue and community rating

     

    “The ACA chose to deal with [pre-existing conditions] by saying, ‘If you are an insurer, you must sell to anyone who walks through the door, regardless, and you’ll get paid as if the person were healthy.’ That’s a recipe for disaster,” said Dr. Robert Graboyes a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University on episode 36 of “The Neil A. Carousso Show Podcast.”

    Dr. Graboyes explained that one piece of legislation will neither fix the health insurance cost problem nor the quality of health care. This reporter asked pointed questions of the health care policy expert: “What should be included in any new legislation as Republicans start over on health care?”

    What is better policy: a clean repeal of ObamaCare or a simultaneous repeal and replacement and is that feasible? Listen to episode 36 of the daily podcast above for answers on how your health care may be affected and what the future holds for health care and health insurance.

    It seems Speaker Ryan will revisit health care and draw up a new plan as President Trump begins to tackle tax reform next in his ambitious agenda.

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  • Big League Jobs: White House Announces a New Multi-Billion Dollar Investment to Create American Jobs

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    By Neil A. Carousso

    Charter Communications has pledged to invest $25 billion in broadband infrastructure over the next four years. This investment will create 20,000 American jobs.

    “This is great for their workers, it’s great for the customers and it’s certainly great for the United States,” said President Trump in making the announcement.

    Charter Chairman and CEO Tom Rutledge said the company had been insourcing jobs over the last five years since Time Warner Cable sent jobs overseas. Charter acquired Time Warner and Bright House Networks in May 2016 for $79 billion.

    “We found that we can actually do better with high-quality, high-skilled American workers,” Rutledge said. “We’ve been doing that and our company was so successful we were able to do (that) huge transaction … and put together this tremendous company.”

    Rutledge said the new U.S. jobs will be “high-paying” with pensions and health coverage.

    “They are the kind of jobs that people want. They are good, solid middle-class jobs,” he said.

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott praises Charter Communications' announcement to invest in the U.S. (Courtrsy: Olivier Douliery, White House Pool)
    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott praises Charter Communications’ announcement to invest in the U.S. (Courtrsy: Associated Press)

    “Texas is number one in the nation for job creation because of the pro-business climate that we have,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said at The White House meeting applauding job creation for the Lone Star State. “We have the right workforce to take care of the needs like Charter Communications. This is a win-win. It’s a win for the president, it’s a win for Charter, it’s a win for the great state of Texas.”

    Below is an updated list of the Big League Jobs announced since Mr. Trump’s election. Roughly $107.7 billion in investments has been announced with approximately 1,883,700 U.S. jobs being created that can be credited to President Trump’s pro-growth, pro-business policies.

    1. Carrier: Keeping 1,100 American jobs instead of sending to Mexico
    2. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son: Investing $50 billion to create 50,000 American jobs
    3. Sprint: Bringing back 5,000 jobs to the U.S. that were sent overseas
    4. OneWeb (new company): Creating 3,000 jobs in the U.S. (associated with Son’s guarantee)
    5. Ford: Cancels $1.6 billion plant in Mexico, saving 3,500 American jobs. Creating new innovative center as an expansion of its Flat Rock, MI plant by investing $700 million in the U.S. and creating 700 American jobs
    6. Qualcomm and Apple will invest in SoftBank’s new technology fund, SoftBank Vision Fund that is being used to create 50,000 American jobs.
    7. Fiat Chrysler announces it would spend $1 billion on U.S. manufacturing, including modernizing plants in Michigan and Ohio, adding 2,000 new American jobs.
    8.. Toyota will spend $10 billion in U.S. capital investments and will expand its U.S. plants over the next five years.
    9. Alibaba Chief Executive Jack Ma met with Trump to discuss the creation of 1 million American jobs, specifically focusing on small business growth.
    10. Amazon will create 100,000 jobs in the first year and a half of the Trump Presidency.
    11. Wal-Mart will create 10,000 jobs in the U.S. this year.
    12. General Motors will invest $1 billion in its U.S. factories this year, moving some parts of production from Mexico to the United States that was previously handled by a supplier.
    13. Toyota will add 400 American jobs to build more SUVs at an Indiana assembly plant.
    14. Amgen will add 1,600 jobs.
    15. Intel will invest $7 billion in innovation in an Arizona factory, creating 3,000 specialist positions and 10,000 support jobs.
    16. Delta announces it will hire 25,000 jobs over the next 5 years.
    17. Lockheed Martin will create 1,800 new jobs.
    18. Exxon Mobil will invest $20 billion to create 35,000 temporary construction jobs and 12,000 high-wage permanent jobs.
    19. Charter Communications will invest $25 billion in broadband infrastructure over the next four years to create 20,000 high-paying, highly beneficial American jobs.

     

    Featured Image: White House Pool.

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  • As Seen on “The Neil A. Carousso Show:” Young Entrepreneur Does His Part to Make America Great Again

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    Long Island native Seth Sackowitz opened Treasure Island Desserts in East Meadow, NY at 24-years-old. Sackowtiz just celebrated the first anniversary of his company this month. Treasure Island Desserts frozen yogurt was rated best by Bethpage of Long Island. This is a story of a young entrepreneur who is hustling every day.

    “The Neil A. Carousso Show” airs live on Sundays at 12 Noon ET/9 AM PT on YouTube and NeilACarousso.com.

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