Hope all had YOUNGSTERS ENJOY PAL'S JUNIOR POLICE JAMBOREE On Wednesday, June 19, children from Police Athletic League centers throughout the Bronx, including MS 118, PS 47, PS 48 and the Webster Center, participated in the 11th Annual Junior Police Jamboree at the PAL Edward Byrne Center in Queens. Over 300 young "recruits" from PAL centers citywide displayed projects highlighting leadership qualities and community service opportunities, while members of the NYPD demonstrated offi cer training activities. (Above) First Deputy Commissioner Benjamin Tucker (2nd from right, backrow) surrounded by PAL kids and staff from the Webster Center, and NYPD offi cers at the 11th Annual Junior Police Jamboree. Courtesy of Police Athletic League BRONX TIMES REPORTER, J BTR ULY 12-18, 2019 59 Action Association a happy and safe July 4th, Happy Birthday America! The Boosters threw an outstanding 4th BBQ with great attendance from members and friends, nice to get together for some laughs. Thanks to all that put in the heavy lifting to get it done. Save the date, on Saturday, August 3 at 10:30 a.m. we will have the honor of renaming the street outside our lounge area in the name of our brother and friend Doc Paul. Doc's family will be there to celebrate this great day with us, so make sure you don't miss it. Make sure you are current with your membership dues, September is right around the corner and monthly meetings will resume. The Marine Corps League is also on hiatus for the summer months but will be back in September as well, always looking for a 'Few Good Marines'. Rumor has it there is talk of putting together a Ladies Auxiliary at the post, we have not had one in some time, will keep you posted. That's all for now. We are stronger as one, let's work together. God bless America! On July 4th, 1776 it would take time for news of the declaration to spread through the colonies, soon to be a small, new America going up against a superpower. One thing the patriots knew, if they lost, they would be hanging from the highest trees. Even if they didn't get caught, they obviously could never go home to England again. Quite the commitment to a new crazy idea of a free government of the people, by the people. And we have to think twice if we have enough time to go vote? We are too busy to join a veteran's organization? We don't fl y our fl ag because it's a little bit of 'work' to put it out and bring it in? I forget which great American said it (see what I mean) but we will probably end up being destroyed from within before being conquered. We Legionnaires say "...to inculcate an individual sense of obligation to the community, state and nation, to foster and perpetuate a 100% Americanism..." Patriots! We have the deck and con, manning the watch handed down to us, hopefully not necessarily to defend our shores someday, but to at least defend our values and help our vets and their families who need us, that's "...devotion to mutual helpfullness." Won't you join us, Patriot? Until next time: Now get up, get out Old Glory and fl y her proudly from your home and job. Every day, proudly, respectfully. The 2020 presidential elections are rapidly approaching, and the threat of compromising the integrity of the system due to illegal alien voting is again a grave concern. Discussion of illegal immigration issues, however, is rapidly met with false charges of racism. Indeed, despite a stunning infl ux of up to 100,000 people crossing the southern border illegally each month, we are told that there is no crisis. The Federation for American Immigration Reform outlines the extraordinary fi scal burden imposed on U.S. taxpayers by illegal immigrants. "At the federal, state, and local levels, taxpayers shell out approximately $134.9 billion to cover the costs incurred by the presence of more than 12.5 million illegal aliens, and about 4.2 million citizen children of illegal aliens. That amounts to a tax burden of approximately $8,075 per illegal alien family member and a total of $115,894,597,664. The total cost of illegal immigration to U.S. taxpayers is both staggering and crippling. In 2013, FAIR estimated the total cost to be approximately $113 billion. So, in under four years, the cost has risen nearly $3 billion. This is a disturbing and unsustainable trend." The crisis is more than just dollars and cents. A General Accounting Offi ce study of 55,322 incarcerated illegal aliens found that they were arrested at least a total of 459,614 times, averaging about 8eightarrests per illegal alien. Nearly all had more than one arrest. Crimes included murder, assault, rape, fraud, burglary, counterfeiting, and drug offenses. There is not much of a mystery why Democrats are so eager to cover up the harsh realities of illegal immigration. Numerous analyses, including one by the Center for Immigration Studies, fi nd that new immigrants consistently and solidly support Democrat candidates. "A comparison of voting patterns in presidential elections across counties over the last three decades shows that large-scale immigration has caused a steady drop in presidential Republican vote shares throughout the country. Once politically marginal counties are now safely Democratic due to the propensity of immigrants, especially Latinos, to identify and vote Democratic. The partisan impact of immigration is relatively uniform throughout the country, even though local Republican parties have taken different positions on illegal immigration….this Improve(s) Democratic electoral prospects." Noting the reality that those entering the United States unlawfully are, far too frequently, illegally voting raises the ire of those who understand and benefi t from the dynamic of how this affects elections. A 2004 study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform noted: "There is evidence that noncitizens are being registered and casting votes, but due to the laxity in checking the eligibility of registrants and voters the full extent of the problem is not known. One of the most extensively documented cases of illegal voting was in California in 1996. Loretta Sanchez, a Democrat, defeated Republican incumbent Robert Dornan by 984 votes. Dornan called for an investigation of alleged illegal voting by noncitizens. According to Congressional Quarterly…'Task force Chairman U.S. Representative Vernon J. Ehlers, R-Mich., said investigators had found concrete evidence of 748 illegal votes by noncitizens…'"A lack of attention to the phenomenon of noncitizen voting and a failure to impose penalties against those who cast votes fraudulently has rendered laws against such activity meaningless. It is a federal crime to vote illegally." The enthusiasm evident in Democrat-controlled states to allow illegals to obtain drivers' licenses is a key part of this drive to change the balance of political power. The Obama Administration took action which had the effect of increasing the likelihood of illegals being able to register to vote. The Democratic Party has consistently opposed reasonable and necessary measures to prevent voter fraud. In a 2015 letter to the Obama Administration, Ohio's Secretary of State, Jon Husted noted: "…recent executive actions could jeopardize their integrity by making it much easier for people who are not U.S. citizens to illegally register and cast ballots. "The source of the problem is that the recent executive actions enable millions of non-U.S. citizens to obtain valid Social Security numbers and driver's licenses. Under federal law, any person with a valid Social Security number or driver's license can register to vote, so long as they attest to their eligibility to do so. As a result, the recent executive actions dramatically expand the opportunities for illegal voter registrations in Ohio and other states by non-citizen voters who have valid forms of identifi cation and who willingly or negligently affi rm their eligibility to vote. This problem is especially serious in the context of third-party voter registration drives, which are prevalent in Ohio and other states. Such drives occur outside of the presence of election offi - cials who could explain that citizenship—not mere lawful presence—is a fundamental requirement for registering to vote and who can caution non-citizens against erroneous attestations. "In short, by enabling millions of non-citizens to access valid forms of the types of identifi cation required to register to vote, the recent executive actions have increased the risk that noncitizens may illegally register to vote and vote in our elections…"