Politics & Government - 22 July 2006

2006-07-22 16:18:25 · 18 answers · asked by boldenswife 1 in Government

2006-07-22 16:17:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Does anyone have any idea what the process is for people who come to the United States on a K1 visa, particulary going through customs and immigration. would like to know what my fiance should expect especially since he carries an Iranian passport. His visa has been approved but the fine print says something to this effect "a visa does not garuantee entry". I guess my question is specifically does anyone have any experiences to share on this from the middleeast or iran? I am terrified that he will be automatically be labeled a terrorist and denied answers from irani would be more appreciated...also does anyone have any idea on how long does the process takes when he comes through US borders I.E. Customs & Immigration(i assume it depends on each indivual but any feedback would be appreciated)He has the infamous manilla envelope that customs is to only open....What is in that? IS it top secret info? I would think if he was granted a visa from UK he should have no prob. PLz B seriouz

2006-07-22 16:17:08 · 2 answers · asked by cold_play_rulz 1 in Immigration

Is grafiiti art or a felony? back in the day, even police officers did graffiti. now its all so serious. All these open spaces can be used for graffiti workshops. not all people do illegal things, but they dont care, they arrest us anway. By the way, I dnt conndone to illegal graffiti. I do legal murals.

2006-07-22 16:16:21 · 6 answers · asked by french_dude4u 3 in Government

2006-07-22 16:14:40 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I understand the government told yahoo to shuit down messenger. Is anyone else out there tired of the governments interference with their lives? The excuse is that their were reasons of national security, because "terrorists" might use it. Like they couldnt use aol, msn, or any number of other means of communications to accomplish their "so called " goals, if they actually exist. The truth is that the government is installing software designed to snoop the messenger service, so that they might track what you say on it. Lets face it, whoever owns the net owns the United States, because most money transferes happen online now, and news as well as information is broadcast over it as well. They seek to limit, as well as censor internet content, to stop us from telling others what we see and hear, or feel, so that dissension is kept to a minimum, and news and information is kept from the public.

2006-07-22 16:14:02 · 9 answers · asked by Darqblade 3 in Government

after that our new immigration policies would be to just charge all immigrants a fee at the border.The border crossings would have a "fast food" type menu and all the immigrants can go up and "place an order".Lets say they pay :
$20 for a day to work in the US.And the empolyer would pre-selected and they would also be responsible for returning the immigrant to the border.They would also have to pay par wages.
Lets say citizenship would cost $5000 and the person(s) would have to "order" in English.And they would have to have pre paid for a house and have a job waiting.There could be specials for families,lets say a 2 for 1.They would also have to home school their kids...in English.
Visas would be $200 a year.The employer for these ppl would be pre-selected and in the case the employee became laid off or quit the employer would be responsible fr returning the immigrant.The immigrant would also have to be paid wages equal to what an American would make .

2006-07-22 16:13:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I am looking to find cheap uniforms, even if I have to order online. I have heard of two places kellac and rwmili both are online, but are there any others

2006-07-22 16:13:16 · 4 answers · asked by gomezio210 2 in Military

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YhEl6HdfqWM&search=immigration

2006-07-22 16:13:00 · 6 answers · asked by yars232c 6 in Immigration

I don't go with the libs on everything, but for people who talk about how precious life is, you all have sure gotten a lot of iraqis and american soldiers killed, you seem to think the poor deserve to be poor, and all you care about is wealth and power....namely yours.
And please don't tell me about how many jobs have been created. If you don't count Wal-Mart, 7-11, and fast food chains, that blows a huge hole in the job gains.

2006-07-22 16:12:24 · 13 answers · asked by opjames 4 in Politics

http://www.libreopinion.com/members/standarteslc/jewishquestion03.html

2006-07-22 16:12:07 · 3 answers · asked by mason x 4 in Politics

If he made a phone call to take care of the situation in Lebanon to stop and put an end to this conflict? Do you think he should spread democracy over there so the situation could be solved once and for all for good?

2006-07-22 16:10:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

before probate is complete, is the deceased child's family (spouse or children) entitled to their portion of the estate/?

2006-07-22 16:09:57 · 11 answers · asked by amykdx200 2 in Law & Ethics

2006-07-22 16:09:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

And please dont tell me is crap cause you cant call crap to something made by the best movie producer in the world !!

2006-07-22 16:09:39 · 4 answers · asked by jrod 1 in Immigration

i think ail was right
we are all going to die

2006-07-22 16:09:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I would like to hear yor responses giving three reason for your answer.

2006-07-22 16:08:45 · 9 answers · asked by shygirl 1 in Other - Politics & Government

the two Israeli soldiers captured NOT "kidnapped" were caught and apprehended inside Lebanese territory , Israel can not be trusted.

Isn't it a war crime to murder innocent Lebanese civilians and totally ruin the nations infrastructure for the sake of two flea bitten child killers from the IDF ?

http://aljazeerah.info/

http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2006/07/i-have-just-received-these-pictures.html

http://www.ghaliboun.net/gallery/index.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure

2006-07-22 16:08:26 · 6 answers · asked by ? 1 in Law & Ethics

I have just got a temporary job as a bouncer and I want to know if I should wear some kind of protection. My employer will issue me with a kevlar vest but should I wear anything else? steel toe boots or a box (groin protector) for example. Im too embarresed to ask the other guys for advise.

2006-07-22 16:06:03 · 9 answers · asked by Craig 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

Japan has a strong economy, and the money could be used to help finance our current war.

2006-07-22 16:01:29 · 13 answers · asked by RepoMan18 4 in Military

2006-07-22 15:56:08 · 14 answers · asked by toby w 1 in Military

How could you leave this huge holiday off your web site? Not letting everyone know of this, im sure you "PEOPLE" knew!!!! Nobody believes this president anymore, anyhow!!

2006-07-22 15:55:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

if judge denies disolution for this reason will counseling be ordered and if so how long is counseling to last?

2006-07-22 15:54:45 · 5 answers · asked by pearldragons1974 1 in Law & Ethics

Did it serve it's purpose in keeping out "criminal invaders"?

2006-07-22 15:53:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

” This year’s illegal-alien demonstrators put forward a novel theory of entitlement: because we are here, we have a right to be here. Protesters in Santa Ana, California, shouted: “We are here and we’re not going anywhere,” reports the Los Angeles Times. Anger at the widespread contempt for American law contained in such defiant assertions drives much of the public hostility toward illegal aliens. Conservatives, with their respect for the rule of law, and appreciation for its fragility, would ordinarily honor this gut reaction, rather than dismissing it as some atavistic tribal impulse. Poverty and other grounds for victim status do not, in the conservative worldview, create a license for lawbreaking.

The rule of law ensures that like cases are treated alike and unlike cases distinguished. But if the immigration protesters have their way, someone who ignored all the procedures for legal entry will achieve the same status and benefits as someone who played by the rules. During the Senate’s immigration debates in the spring, amnesty proponents claimed that it was unfair that people who have worked for American employers be forced to “live in the shadows.” Left out of the equation was the question of justice to people who have waited for years in their own countries for permission to enter lawfully.Schools spend huge sums trying to improve the Hispanic graduation rate, even hiring “outreach consultants” for dropout prevention. One Santa Ana consultant’s approach is predictably multicultural. “We need to teach teachers that students need to be proud of where they are coming from,” she told me. But of course Hispanic school failure derives not from ethnic neglect—the Santa Ana schools glorify the Hispanic heritage to a fault—but from parents who don’t demand rigorous academic application and don’t stand up to corrosive popular influences. At Santa Ana High School, I spoke with a former student, Julio, who had been expelled as a troublemaker in ninth grade, then returned briefly in the tenth grade but didn’t take a single class. “Me and my friends ditched; our parents didn’t know.” It is the cultural capital that immigrants bring with them that most determines their success; the work ethic of poor Mexicans does not carry over to their children’s schooling, and we are all paying the price.Gang life—both Hispanic and black—immediately asserted itself last July when the Los Angeles Unified School District opened a model high school to ease overcrowding. Despite amenities that rival those of private schools—a swimming pool, Mac computers, a ballet studio, a rubber track, and a professional chef’s kitchen—it instantly gained the distinction of being one of the most violent campuses in the system. Shots rang out in front of the school on the second day of classes, reports the Los Angeles Times, and three days after opening ceremonies, police arrested a student with an AK-47 on the campus perimeter. Brawling students attacked safety officers and tried to grab their guns in December, while cops pepper-sprayed a dean breaking up a gang fight in March. Students sell meth in the classrooms, graffiti covers the stairwells, textbooks, and high-design umbrella-covered picnic tables, and a trip to the bathroom requires an adult safety escort.Uncertain assimilation. Multicultural cheerleaders argue that assimilation is proceeding apace by pointing to the fact that virtually all third-generation Hispanics can speak English. Even so, linguistic and cultural segregation among Hispanics is increasing. The percentage of Hispanics living in Hispanic enclaves rose from 39 percent in 1990 to 43 percent in 2000, reports Robert Samuelson, and as more and more aliens from Mexico and Central America enter, the size of Spanish-speaking-only areas expands. Livia, the unmarried mother selling fruit on Santa Ana’s Main Street, says that no one she associates with speaks English. A coffee-shop owner down the block observes that it’s too easy in Santa Ana not to learn English. “It’s all Spanish-speaking here,” she says. In California, the academic achievement gap between students with little English and English speakers is widening. “The Mexican dream is to make enough money to go back and own your own business. Four-fifths of Mexicans here would say that if they had a job in Mexico, they’d go back right away.” Most Mexican immigrants do not intend to become Americans; they come wanting to return to their home country, but end up staying out of inertia. They naturalize at half the rate of Asians or Europeans. This is not a recipe for assimilation.Academic failure. It would be useful for open-borders optimists to spend some time in the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is 73 percent Hispanic, and where just 40 percent of Hispanic students graduate. (Nationwide, 53 percent of Hispanics graduate from high school, according to the Manhattan Institute’s Jay Greene—the lowest rate among all ethnic groups.) Of those Hispanic students who do graduate, just 22 percent have completed the course work necessary for admission to a four-year state college—which means that of all Hispanic students who enter in ninth grade, fewer than 15 percent will graduate ready for college. Immigrant advocates have fiercely opposed in court a long-deferred California high school exit exam, which would require students to answer just over 50 percent of questions testing eighth-grade-level math and ninth-grade-level English. The California Research Bureau predicts that if the exam becomes a reality, Hispanic graduation rates would drop well below 30 percent.A recent Los Angeles Times series on high school dropouts put some faces on the numbers. Eleven male Hispanic friends entered Birmingham High School in Van Nuys together in 2001; only three graduated. Because the boys spent so much time cutting classes—usually hanging out at fast-food restaurants—most failed to log any academic progress and saw no sense in staying enrolled. Drugs, turf rivalries, and fathering children also contributed to their failure to graduate. Birmingham’s teachers despair at their students’ lack of academic commitment and at their belief that seat time should entitle them to a passing grade. Reports Ronald Fryer in Education Next, hostility toward academic achievers is even higher among Hispanics than among blacks.

2006-07-22 15:51:18 · 6 answers · asked by Zoe 4 in Immigration

2006-07-22 15:48:20 · 5 answers · asked by Oldragon 2 in Law & Ethics

Are people dying over there because it is the President's fault?

2006-07-22 15:46:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2006-07-22 15:44:25 · 7 answers · asked by CALVIN B 1 in Military

2006-07-22 15:43:13 · 8 answers · asked by thepaxilman 2 in Military

I know a guy that was brought here illegally when he was 3 years old. His parents came with a tourist visa they stayed and let it expired. Now hes 25 but the last thing you would think is that that guy is illegal, I was shock, he is white (from uruguay, south america, next to Argentina) and he does everything a young american would do. Now if inmigration catch that guy and deport him, dont you think it will be frustrating for him? this country is all he knows since he was little. Hes been through a lot though, he finished high school with very good grades, but he could not go to college because he was illegal, so hes now working. Now tell me what do you think about this case. I mean to me he is american because he behave and act like it, he was raised here and this is everything he knows. I think the US. should give people like that a break, what do you think ?

2006-07-22 15:42:56 · 11 answers · asked by Jordan 3 in Immigration