<![CDATA[California College Republicans - Posts]]>Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:30:18 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[What COVID-19 Means for California at Large]]>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:59:51 GMThttps://www.cacollegegop.com/moxie/what-covid-19-means-for-california-at-largeBrice Adams | Capitol Region Vice Chair | Contact: badams@cacollegegop.com
Over the past forty years, California companies have benefitted from en masse trade with China. Hollywood and Silicon Valley being some of the biggest beneficiaries of this as Chinese citizens watch Hollywood films and tech firms employ large amounts of Chinese manufacturers in their factories (I'm looking at you Apple). Now that the Chinese Corona virus outbreak has turned into a massive economic Black Swan event that will redefine the world economic order, not quite seen since the 1973 OPEC crisis or the '08 financial crisis, how will California fair?

California companies have long since done business in the state and the state corporations have done business with China in the past, but how will this effect California in the future? Corporations in Silicon Valley have widely been the beneficiaries of large tax breaks and exemptions in Sacramento, and have in returned funded a multitude of Congressional, legislative, and ballot measures through entities such as the Chan-Zuckerberg foundation. But seeing as the Chinese Coronavirus pandemic has hobbled the world economy and people have slowly been turning desperate and have begun protesting, what will happen to the state's financial situation?

California, for as long as anyone can remember, has always gone through stages of surplus and recession, and is on the possible event horizon of another one. Seeing as the state is still running a massive debt and everyone is preoccupied with the crisis at hand, another one may happen to the state's treasury very soon. Yet again this November the state wants to raise property taxes, implement rent control, and add a multitude of new taxes to finance its bloated welfare budget and failing public school system. Voters who have seen whatever they have left drained away and the loss of their jobs will not vote for this, and are likely to leave the state entirely once the dust settles in larger numbers than they were before. But the exodus crisis is just one of many.

As previously stated, China has done plenty of investing in not just California businesses, but property. Chinese investors regularly buy expensive, high markup properties across the state that they barley use, leaving them mostly vacant. CALPERS, the state run public retirement fund recently had to fight off accusations that it's chair Ben Meng, a Chinese immigrant was working for Chinese Communist Party and that CALPERS itself was a compromised entity to China. The Trump admin said it was reviewing the matter, meaning that this accusation does have some merit, and that a possible investment realignment in the state's largest unfunded liability will be in trouble, putting California itself in trouble and needing answers that the ruling state Democrat party may not have the answer for.
<![CDATA[Human Trafficking Completely Ignored During Demands of ‘Abolish ICE’]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:09:24 GMThttps://www.cacollegegop.com/moxie/human-trafficking-completely-ignored-during-demands-of-abolish-iceNicholas Ortiz | CCR Secretary | Contact: nortiz@cacollegegop.com
Liberal activists have for months called to abolish institutions such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). This hysteria mainly originates from their regulation and deportation of illegal immigrants at our border or within the United States. A number of 2020 presidential candidates have called for ICE and CBP to be completely restructured, but have not specifically explained how they would do so. However, with growing numbers of illegal immigrants claiming asylum at the border between Mexico and the United States, human trafficking is one issue that has been completely ignored when discussing what CBP and ICE can do to protect U.S. citizens. 

The Department of Homeland Security and CBP have growing concerns about the number of fake families trying to gain access into the U.S. due to the possibility of the children being victims of human trafficking or human smuggling. With the surge in asylum-claiming families traveling to the border from Central America there has also been growing numbers of fake “families” reported by former Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen. Secretary Nielsen also told of migrants who used other people’s children in order to pass through CBP custody at a faster rate.

In fact, during March 2019, the U.S. experienced the highest influx of migrants showing up at the border by far. By May, there had been more than 1,000 families that were identified to be fraudulent in that month due to DNA testing that CBP authorities use to identify migrants claiming asylum at a port of entry. 

Cases of children being recycled at the border have long been ignored. A Guatemalan woman living illegally in Southern Carolina was exposed by Border Patrol to be “recycling” illegal immigrant children to help migrant adults cross the U.S. border. She profited off renting them at $1,500 per child, and succeeded in doing so 13 times until she was caught.

According to anti-human trafficking advocates like Polaris Project, 2,552 cases of human trafficking across the United States-Mexico border were reported in 2018, with a majority of trafficking cases occurring in the states of California and Texas. With 500 known cases of sex trafficking and more than 600 known cases of labor trafficking, there should be a call for more regulation at the border and within the country to fully ensure that no one is exploited.

If institutions like ICE or CBP did not enforce the law, it would be impossible to identify who is trying to seek asylum at the border and who is deliberately abusing the immigration system to exploit innocent people. 

CBP explains its approach to human trafficking cases in the State Department’s Human Trafficking Report of 2019: “Prevention, Protection and Persecution.” Both ICE and CBP explain what human trafficking/smuggling is and how to identify characteristics that reveal someone is being trafficked. Their personnel apply this daily in their work, and to abolish or change these institutions could be incredibly dangerous for those vulnerable to human trafficking.

The Human Trafficking Report in 2019 stated that the United States suffered from “a lack of sustained effort to address labor trafficking and to strengthen oversight of employment-based and other nonimmigrant visa programs.” The report recommends that law enforcement officials should increase prevention efforts, such as outreach and intervention efforts, to ensure that those being trafficked or smuggled can be protected. 

Amidst the rise in migrants that congest the immigration processing system at the border and with the dissatisfaction of the border and deportations from activists, there is a sheer ignorance about the growing issue of fraudulent families and human trafficking. The Department of Homeland Security, overseeing ICE and CBP, cannot protect and ensure the safety of smuggled or trafficked people if there are activists preventing authorities from doing their job.
<![CDATA[College Republicans Endorse Emergency Resolution for Greater Immigration Restrictions]]>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.cacollegegop.com/moxie/college-republicans-endorse-emergency-resolution-for-greater-immigration-restrictionsDylan Martin | Communications Director | Contact: dmartin@cacollegegop.com
On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, the Executive Board of the California College Republicans endorsed a resolution by the Main College Republicans calling for greater immigration restrictions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The text of the resolution is below.

"In times of crisis, Americans have come together to keep our country safe. We, as young American patriots, have united to support a resolution urging President Donald J. Trump to pass an indefinite moratorium on all immigration to the United States of America. We have entered an unprecedented time and must prioritize the safety and security of our citizens. Many public health measures have already been enacted to protect the American people, but we fear these measures may not be enough.

It is uncertain when the Wuhan Virus will be eradicated and we must take every precaution to prevent its spread. The need for secure borders--air, land, and sea--could never be greater to prevent the disease from being reintroduced to our country. Most overseas flights have been halted and tourist destinations shut down, but a porous land border combined with continued importation of refugees, guest workers, and foreign students render these policies ineffective. Consequently, the Trump Administration should implement a moratorium on all immigration and re-dedicate its efforts to complete the border wall, preempting the spread of the virus. These policies will ensure the safety of our citizens and do everything necessary to combat the spread of the Wuhan Virus. Specifically, we as a coalition of College Republicans nationwide, resolve together in calling on President Trump to use his emergency powers to:

● Stop all resettlement of unaccompanied minors claiming asylum status on the southern border;
● Suspend the refugee resettlement program;
● Suspend issuance of any and all new foreign student visas under the F-1 student visa program;
● End the Optional Practical Training program allowing hundreds of thousands of F-1 foreign student visa holders to extend their stays and gain employment in the U.S. displacing U.S. workers;
● Suspend the H-1B visa lottery for foreign tech workers from China and India who are displacing American tech workers and undercutting American STEM undergrads and grad students whose livelihoods have been upended by the Wuhan Virus pandemic;
● Suspend the EB-5 citizenship-for-sale program that primarily benefits wealthy Chinese investors;
● Block any “DACA deal” granting amnesty and work permits to 800,000 illegal alien “DREAMers;”
● Tax all alien workers’ remittances (cash transfers back to their home countries which totaled more than $573 billion in 2019); and
● Finish the southern border wall and shore up air, land, and sea assets on our northern border as well.

Furthermore, during the COVID-19 crisis, it has become abundantly clear that America should at minimum be self-sufficient for pharmaceutical drugs and other necessary medical supplies. As a result of the globalization of the U.S. economy, several essential production and supply lines have been offshored to foreign countries--leaving all of us young and old alarmingly vulnerable to shortages and unacceptably dependent on the Communist regime from which the virus originated in the first place.

As College Republicans who reject the dangerous open-borders agenda, we are united in calling on President Trump to adhere to and implement a platform to Buy American, Hire American, and put America First--beginning with an immediate and indefinite immigration moratorium that protects the health, safety, and welfare of our citizens against globalist threats.

​Resolution Cosponsors: California College Republicans, The Real University of Maine College Republicans, Bruin Republicans at UCLA, America First Bruins, Berkeley College Republicans, College Republicans United at Arizona State University, San Diego State University College Republicans, and Hussan University College Republicans"
<![CDATA[CCR Endorses Ted Howze in the 10th Congressional District]]>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.cacollegegop.com/moxie/ccr-endorses-ted-howze-in-the-10th-congressional-districtNicholas Ortiz | Deputy Communications Director | Contact: nortiz@cacollegegop.com
The Executive Board of the California College Republicans has voted unanimously to endorse Dr. Ted Howze in California's 10th Congressional District.

Howze, a lifelong resident of the central valley, principled family man, and staunch conservative, has a lengthy and successful career in public policy. From serving on the Planning Commission to being Vice-Mayor and budget committee leader, Howze not only provided thousands of jobs, but maintained fiscal solvency through one of the worst financial crises in history. One of his recent projects, Turlock’s Regional Industrial Park, has created hundreds of high paying jobs and attracted important employers, such as Blue Diamond Growers and Valley Milk. 

“Howze embodies what we are searching for in candidates: valued, driven, and experienced. Howze remains one of the few steadfast Republicans in California, revitalizing our communities and leading the valley community of Turlock out of financial ruin. Howze, however, isn’t just a fiscal conservative. Indeed, from safeguarding our constitutional and God given right to bear arms to protecting the life of the unborn, Howze’s policies promise to not only oppose creeping socialism, but restore our decaying republic. These are traits rarely seen amongst even Republicans, who I fear are beginning to buy into leftist rhetoric dismissing our liberties and rights. Endorsing Howze is effectively rebuking leftist utilitarianism, and is thus tantamount to endorsing the American ideal,” said California College Republicans Chairman Kimo Gandall. 

Howze’s values and staunch conservative activism strongly aligns with CCR and our constituent groups. CCR is therefore proud to stand with Ted Howze as he fights to take the 10th Congressional seat, and aims to actively deploy to aid his campaign.
<![CDATA[CCR Activism Director Assaulted by Radical Leftist, Interview on Trish Regan Primetime]]>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.cacollegegop.com/moxie/ccr-activism-director-assaulted-by-radical-leftist-interview-on-trish-regan-primetimeCCR Board | cacollegegop@gmail.com
This afternoon, CCR's Activism Director, Floyd Johnson II, joined Trish Regan on the Fox Business Channel to discuss the recent assault on him by unhinged leftist, Keaton Hill at Sacramento State University. Time and time again, conservatives on college campuses are being physically attacked and intimidated by leftist fascists. CCR will always work to ensure that these violent leftists suffer consequences for their actions: consequences are the clearest deterrent against bad behavior.