A recent USA Today article has put a predictable spin on the Village of Carpentersville’s fight to prevent mass colonization of the town by Mexicans. The article contains all the stock phrases “promise of a better life,” “welcome,” and so on. But no matter how much the powerful media elites demonize ordinary Americans’ attempts to preserve their own nation and heritage, one thing is for sure: the new strategy of fighting back at the local level is working!

This article’s poster boy—his name happens to be Carlos Delgado—is like all the others: he came to America for a better life, is working hard, and felt “welcome” until Americans in his town suddenly got the idea that maybe, just maybe, they should do something to prevent citizens of an alien nation from taking their jobs, their homes, their culture, and their territory.

Carlos doesn’t like it, of course. “I’m thinking of moving,” he is quoted in the USA Today article as saying. “I think its stupid to deal with all this stuff.”

Carpentersville is hardly the only locality that has decided to do what the Federal government won’t:

More than 90 cities or counties around the country have proposed, passed or rejected laws prohibiting landlords from leasing to illegal immigrants, penalizing businesses that employ undocumented workers or training police to enforce immigration laws.

State governments have introduced more than 1,100 immigrant-related bills and resolutions in the first four months of this year alone, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. That’s more than twice the number as last year. And approval of anti-illegal immigration ordinances has generated criticism, demonstrations and lawsuits in Valley Park, Mo.; Riverside, N.J.; Escondido, Calif.; Hazleton, Pa., and the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch.

Hazleton’s law would have penalized landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and businesses that hire them. A companion ordinance would have required tenants to register with City Hall and pay for a rental permit.

Unsurprisingly, the ACLU and other well-funded groups have mounted lawsuits against the towns. In terms of money, power, and media support, towns like Carpentersville are a small band of Davids facing an army of Goliaths. 

But the wealth and power of the open-borders crowd isn’t deterring the citizens of Carpentersville:

“We’re not backing down,” said trustee Judy Sigwalt, a longtime resident who is a vocal proponent. “We’re not going away.”

She and trustee Paul Humpfer, who wrote the “Illegal Alien Immigration Relief Act Ordinance,” are pouring over the Hazleton decision to “find a loophole.”

“It’s only going to be a matter of time before some lawyers or attorneys figure out a way to reword and make this ordinance stick and hold up under the law,” Sigwalt said.

Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for FAIR, said local communities have the right to regulate local business practices and must take federal issues, like immigration reform, into their own hands.

“It’s at the local level that the impact is felt,” said Mehlman. “They’ve finally come to the conclusion that they can’t sit around and wait for the federal government to get its act together.”

And more good news: Carlos isn’t the only Mexican who, uncomfortable with Americans who won’t quietly surrender, is considering moving:

Jorge Perez, a manager at Denny’s restaurant, said some of his friends moved because of the tension. “People are more afraid,” he said… If the measures pass, he said, “every street will have a house for sale.”

Still, taking back our country won’t be easy. As Gustavo Soto, yet another Mexican who’s made himself comfortable in Carpentersville stated, “Unless you provide a different wage, you’re always going to have migration.” 

Gustavo is right, of course. The fat cats who pour millions into the open-borders lobby don’t like the “different wage” prevailing in the United States. By flooding our markets with cheap labor, they hope to drive the wage levels of American workers down to a Mexican-style poverty level. Fortunately, there are Americans like the courageous people of Carpentersville who are resisting. If we keep up the good work, then one bright and shining day, the other 13,000,000 illegal Mexicans on our soil will reach the same conclusions as Carlos and Jorge, and return home… and Americans can begin the work of cleaning up the former Mexican colonies, and making them livable for deserving Americans in need of affordable homes once again.

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