Immigration - August 2006

thats just a scare tactic of the pros

but you know what? even if it was true, i wouldnt care. if it was too expensive to grow produce here, we would just import it. its called free market capitalism. so that argument doesnt wash with me.

2006-08-30 06:41:12 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

With the exception of the Native Americans, couldn't we all be considered illegal immigrants? Nobody invited us over here, we just moved in and took over and almost destroyed a whole culture. Our country as it is now was founded on immigration, so why is everyone bitching and whining about it now?

2006-08-30 06:38:16 · 35 answers · asked by nimo22 6

Shouldn't they have to go back to Cuba when Castro dies?

2006-08-30 06:30:16 · 6 answers · asked by jim 6

For the idiot who will answer, "who is Sherriff Joe?" look it up online. All you have to do is type in Sherriff Joe in the search engine. Then go drink some toilet water.

2006-08-30 06:23:39 · 8 answers · asked by blaze 4

I found it funny when you ask a skilled person in Nigeria who has a Master Degree in University Education to still write English test as prerequisite for immigration to Canada.
Is Canada speaking a different English Language apart from the one we use to know?
Nigeria being a multi-languages Country only has English as a unified language which every educated person speaks fluently if not better than an average Canadian.
Many people who ordinarily should have immigrate to Canada have being denied because of this factor. Canada should be more lenient and friendly as per granting immigratrion to a Nigeria intending immigrant who is genuinely seeking immigration rather than using English as a factor of rejection, afterall, English is the official language of every Nigerian.

2006-08-30 06:05:14 · 7 answers · asked by Tayo T 1

uneducated youth and inbred racism.....lets lock down are borders people...it's time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIW-BZ8oLrk&mode=related&search=

2006-08-30 06:02:48 · 7 answers · asked by hittykkiod 1

Americans think illegals are some remote, unseen 2-headed, 3 legged, 4-handed monsters who do nothing but live off welfare.
Don't tell me you've never seen an illegal:we look like any normal human being, working hard, many of us pay taxes or REAL SSN, get 0 benefits.
What was the last time you went to a restaurant? Guess what? Most of the staff-no matter their race or color was probably illegal.
So, an illegal server took you order, an illegal cook put his heart into your meal, an illegal busser brought you bread(made by illegal pastry chef) ,an illegal runner brought it to your table, and illegal dishwasher cleaned up afterwards. What you ate was also picked and packed by illegals in the fields.
There are entire businesses that will close down if there are no immigrants(legal or illegal). Do you know how hard it is to find a good worker and keep them? Without immigrants you are going down, prices will soar and all you won't be able to buy as much.
Is that your dream?

2006-08-30 05:59:07 · 27 answers · asked by bunt 3

And, are they the cause of the decline of California cities and cities in most of the western United States. Lastly, do you think they are going to ruin the western United States like they have their own country?

2006-08-30 05:55:33 · 24 answers · asked by Patrick L 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT6RkaWtei8
pander to the blacks much?
get your puke bucket ready...I have more tapes coming after this....and who's making this a race issue again?
Don't support this. ignorance breeds hate and dysfunction

2006-08-30 05:48:52 · 10 answers · asked by hittykkiod 1

are they?!?!?!

2006-08-30 05:34:58 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

when i put my avatar to be a fireman i didnt know itd be so hot like this!!!! i wish i can bang it!!! someone spray me wit a hose, im on fire!!!!!

mmmmm sealRborders CANT RESIST ME NOW!!!!

2006-08-30 05:33:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

i report every person i meet that may be illegal.

i say report them all and let god sort 'em out

www.reportillegals.com

2006-08-30 05:25:50 · 18 answers · asked by DR. Z 1

2006-08-30 05:15:34 · 43 answers · asked by roger n 1

2006-08-30 05:09:57 · 28 answers · asked by rxhurgirl 1

and why the hell isn't goerge making them leave

2006-08-30 05:00:53 · 25 answers · asked by terri l 2

Arpaio aide is loyal listener to Spanish show

Aug. 30, 2006 12:00 AM

For the past six weeks, a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office deputy has been monitoring a Spanish-language radio show for threats on Sheriff Joe Arpaio's life.

None has been heard, but the daily recording of the 740 AM morning show hosted by Elias Bermudez, an immigrant rights activist, continues. More than 45 hours of the show are stored on two dozen cassette tapes.

The monitoring started, the Sheriff's Office says, after a tip from Bermudez. The host told the Sheriff's Office that a caller claimed a Mexican hit man had been hired to kill Arpaio. advertisement




Bermudez said he would tell Arpaio's office about any such calls. But there hasn't been any since.

Bermudez said he couldn't give the Sheriff's Office the phone number of the caller because the station doesn't have the equipment to track calls.

Arpaio is mentioned frequently on the show, Bermudez said. People say they wish Arpaio would drop dead or had never been born. But mostly they talk of getting him out of office and ridicule Bermudez for a stunt in July, when the activist got on his knees and begged Arpaio to stop arresting undocumented immigrants on smuggling charges.

That day, Arpaio asked Bermudez whether his statements were a threat.

Bermudez said he hopes the Sheriff's Office will learn something by listening - not about death threats, but about the immigrant community.

That's unlikely. The only benefit to Bermudez would be if the deputy paid to monitor his show has a ratings book.

2006-08-30 05:00:44 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-30 04:48:12 · 21 answers · asked by sealRborders 1

Mexican flag flies at Maywood, Calif., post office (courtesy: Terry Anderson show)
Backers of illegal immigration at a rally near Los Angeles took down an American flag at a U.S. post office, stamped on it and replaced it with a Mexican flag as police looked on, according to witnesses and a video of the event.

Police officers in Maywood, Calif., Saturday eventually came to the pole to remove the flag but had bottles and rocks thrown at them, a radio listener named Sandra reported to the Terry Anderson show, heard on KRLA in Los Angeles.

A video can be viewed here and photographs can be seen here on the website of Save our State, a border security group there along with the Minutemen to protest Maywood declaring itself a "sanctuary city" for illegal aliens.

The radio listener, volunteering for Save our State, said that when she arrived at the rally she was rushed by counter-protesters who called out, "Death to the Minutemen."
Sign at protest in Maywood, Calif. (courtesy: Bridget Johnson)

"They pushed me around and told me if I was to take one step further, they would beat the s*** out of me," Sandra said. "I looked to the back of me and there were about four police officers leaning on their vehicle just watching, doing nothing!"

As she stepped forward, Sandra said, the counter-protesters stole her sign and ripped it up as another threw water on her.

A police officer eventually escorted her to her group.

The opposition, she said, began to get louder, and then "we watched as they took the American flag off of the flag pole and stepped on it on the ground at the United States post office and mounted a Mexican flag, and up it went."

At this point , she said, "the police did nothing."

"Finally, they went over to take it down, and they had bottles and rocks thrown at them," she said. "They did not attempt to arrest anyone. They were unable to take it down because they cut the wrong line so the flag remained there for the rest of the day."

Sandra said another woman was beaten as police watched, as well as an elderly man, noting the counter-protesters "tend to pick on the weaker targets."

"I believe that all Americans need to know about this and need to see that Mexican flag hanging at an American post office," she wrote to Anderson. "We are being invaded and the American people need to wake up!"

Blogger Bridget Johnson, who also was at the event, said that along with Maywood's flouting of immigration law, as a "sanctuary city," it has disbanded its police department's traffic unit so illegals without driver's licenses won't be fearful of getting their cars towed.

Referring to the supporters of open borders, she called it an "afternoon chock full of racism, "reconquista" and riot cops, which included a sign claiming North American is a "stolen continent."

Johnson said that "after the local post office took down the American flag at closing time, pro-immigration demonstrators promptly ran the Mexican flag up the flagpole. Eventually, police officers surrounded the flagpole and tried to get the Mexican flag down, but the cords got twisted and they could only lower it to half-staff."

In March, a high school in Southern California punished a student for involvement in a protest in which a Mexican flag was flown above an upside-down U.S. flag.

The incident took place at Montebello High School in Montebello, Calif., when students walked out of classes at area schools in protest of a proposed federal immigration bill.

In April, a Tucson, Ariz., man was arrested after he burned a Mexican flag while demonstrating against the flow of illegal aliens into the United States over the southern border.

Thousands of supporters of illegal aliens gathered in April to protest events in over 60 cities nationwide, but most left home the Mexican flag, because of the controversy it had stirred in previous events.

In what was being called a "campaign for immigrants' dignity," demonstrators instead carried the U.S. flag, a noticeable change from previous rallies in opposition to immigration-reform legislation pending in Congress.

2006-08-30 04:41:04 · 10 answers · asked by yars232c 6

If they were really genuine wouldnt they simply stop at the nearest place of safety?

2006-08-30 04:17:12 · 24 answers · asked by mr_spike432 2

I am a U.S. citizen and I have a Japanese fiance. How do I get her a visa so she can live with me in the states? She says it is easier to get a visa if I go to Japan and we apply through the embassy there. I don't know if this is true. Does anybody have experience or knowledge about the visa issue?

Also, is she eligible to work in the U.S? She is fluent in Japanese and English and is an accountant in an American company in Japan.

Any helpful feedback would be greatly appreciated.

2006-08-30 04:15:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51746

2006-08-30 04:15:10 · 14 answers · asked by smutulator 1

Go ahead and hate illegal immigrants, but saying **** like "mexicans are roaches and trash" is just wrong and it's not funny. That's just being racist.

2006-08-30 04:06:54 · 30 answers · asked by Don Dons! 3

2006-08-30 02:52:05 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-30 02:46:45 · 49 answers · asked by Anonymous

just one!
damn I hate my job!

2006-08-30 02:45:53 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous

I see all the time on this forum people saying how terrible Americans are and how "greedy", "stuck-up", and "selfish" our country is. If our country is so horrible then why do immigrants want to be here so badly they risk their lives and break laws to be here.

2006-08-30 02:45:36 · 20 answers · asked by NoMoreTuaca...chic!♥ 2

2006-08-30 02:45:23 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-30 02:43:43 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a Filipino, just graduated with 5 years bachelors degree in electronics engineering. I wanted to pursue my study and career in USA.

2006-08-30 02:35:03 · 2 answers · asked by mj1512 1

I found a written testimony of another American who feels towards our useless government as I do. Do you agree with her? I know it's long but it's a good read.


I Am Angry
by Susan Fassanella

The Honorable Ron Paul’s piece on why Americans are angry really stirred me to respond. Mr. Paul’s piece speaks about many issues facing Americans today.

I am a 51-year-old woman. I have been married to the same man since 1976. I am the secretary/office manager for a small legal firm in the D.C. suburbs. My husband manages a wine and spirits store. I have two sons, aged 26 and 22. After realizing it wasn’t possible to support themselves and the government at the same time, both returned to the nuclear nest. Along with most people in my economic situation, I believe I am living what is supposed to be the American dream. I know why I am an angry American. I am frightened because America isn’t the same country it was when I was my children’s age. Allow me to share with you some of the reasons why I am an angry American.

I am angry because my government has been taken over by liars, thieves, thugs, deviants, and micromanagers. The propaganda it produces rivals that of the most fascist dictatorship.

I am angry that my government perceives my intelligence to be that of a jar of pickles incapable of making the smallest decision.

I am angry that my government takes it upon itself to shove its clucking nose into my pantry, medicine chest, bedroom, family room, doctor’s office, workplace, and everywhere else it thinks I need guidance to keep me safe from myself.

I am angry that the will of the American people is ignored on every issue imaginable. If voting really mattered, it would have been outlawed long ago.

I am angry that I am called a conspiracy theorist because I dare to think on my own and question authority and its lies.

I am angry that the more I read about 9-11 the more it looks like an inside job that was allowed to happen, enabling the Patriot Act to be conveniently enacted into law with the ensuing "war on terrah" following closely on its heels.

I am angry that the evil puppets in power think laws are created for the peon masses and it is their right to ignore the ones that get in the way of their agenda.

I am angry that the media has sold its soul to the evil forces running the world.

I am angry that my "leaders" have taken to calling my country the "homeland." It reeks of socialism.

I am angry that my government has invaded yet another sovereign nation and caused untold death and destruction based on a flimsy lie. I am expected to believe that weapons of mass destruction threatened my freedom and then I am told several years and billions of squandered dollars later that a massive intelligence network got the wrong information. A select group of businesses profit enormously from war. When Bush announced his intention to save Iraq from itself and that its oil would pay for the overthrow of Hussein, I laughed so hard I nearly choked. I remember the instability in the Middle East during the 1970s and the gas "shortages" that followed. I knew which direction gas prices would go. How stupid does Mr. Bush and his cronies think I am?

I am angry that the world stands silently by while my government bombs foreign lands with weapons containing depleted uranium and the news magazines wonder on their front covers why lung cancer has increased six-fold in the last year.

I am angry that Americans accept as gospel the propaganda that is routinely cranked out of the Washington lie machine. The lies become more transparent and brazen with each passing year, yet the only thing that seems to matter in living rooms across America is who will be the next American Idol.

I am angry that I am punished with high energy and gas prices and the resulting inflation because tree-hugging terrorists masquerading as environmentalists have handcuffed my country’s ability to produce its own energy. It would be easy to tell the Middle East what to do with their oil if restrictions on exploration and production were lifted in our own backyard.

I am angry that I am constantly admonished by minimalists for being a greedy consumer because I live where I choose, drive the vehicle of my choice, eat meat, and use tin foil to cover my leftovers.

I am angry that my life doesn’t belong to me anymore.

I am angry that I am required to obtain permission, fill out mandated paperwork in quadruplicate, and obtain the correct license or permit for just about everything imaginable. The tentacles of government are strangling my freedom, choice, and privacy at an alarming rate. The wrath of the machine is a constant threat should I dare do anything without leaving a neon paper trail and of course ignorance of the law is never an excuse.

I am angry that property rights are a thing of the past thanks to court-approved eminent domain theft.

I am angry that the Constitution is routinely declared irrelevant making it easier for a fascist police state and new world order to take over.

I am angry that legislation is in the works that will require me to carry "papers" to "prove" who I am. Another coming law I will ignore.

I am angry that my right to own and carry a firearm is drastically regulated and restricted.

I am angry every time I see a young person detained on the side of the road while cops paw through their possessions looking for anything that could enable them to be arrested and dragged through the criminal justice system. This has become so commonplace it is now the accepted norm.

I am angry that roadblocks are set up under the guise of keeping roads free of drunk drivers. What has happened to my right to travel freely? Why am I presumed guilty without probable cause? I am afraid to have a few drinks when I go out to dinner for fear I will be pulled over and end up in court-ordered drug rehabilitation.

I am angry when I read stories of Americans terrorized in airports and treated like common criminals by government minions after they have paid for the right to travel within a private system, yet pilots are blocked from carrying firearms.

I am angry that America has become a nation of busybodies. We are constantly bombarded with messages to be on the lookout for terrorists around every corner, report "suspicious activity," and rat on our neighbor whenever the opportunity presents itself. Is this not how the Nazis gained control of Germany and then most of Europe?

I am angry that the government requires me to sign a form every time I purchase a prescription. Whose business is it that I choose to take a thyroid medication, an antibiotic, a painkiller, an appetite suppressant, or any other substance? Am I dying of cancer? Am I facing debilitating chronic pain? Do I simply want to get HIGH? Heaven forbid someone out there might get their hands on something that might make them FEEL GOOD! No substance should be illegal or unobtainable. If a person wishes to self-medicate, that is their right. The government should not be in the business of criminalizing personal choices of any kind as long as those choices don’t infringe on another’s rights.

I am angry that my government meddles in the lives of people all over the world but looks the other way on the catastrophic issue of what to do about the millions of illegals who have crashed the gates of this nation. My country’s laws are ignored and mocked, yet I am told I must accept with open arms those who are here illegally. My taxes are used to educate their children in their native language. Hospitals are overrun with indigent people seeking medical care. Untaxed dollars earned in the underground economy are sent to the family back home while social services here are stretched to the limit. I read job want ads stating if you aren’t bilingual don’t bother to apply. What would happen to me if I placed an ad that said don’t bother to apply if your English isn’t understandable? Marches are conducted in my cities’ streets waving their countries’ flags as they shamelessly demand their "rights." I am told they deserve the same opportunities that brought my forefathers
here. I am scolded that it is un-American to ask why they are not sent home. I am told that the term "illegal alien" offends them and that they prefer to be called "undocumented workers" and that my economy would die without them. I will happily pay more for fruits and vegetables if it means enforcing sensible immigration laws. But immigration isn’t about the cost of lettuce. It is another facet of an agenda that is bent on changing the face of America. When America is no longer a wealthy country of white European descent, it will be a place worse than anything Orwell could have imagined.

I am angry that my country is the only nation on earth who declares that a baby born on its soil is automatically an American citizen.

I am angry that the thugs that run my country don’t have the guts to declare English my nation’s official language.

I am angry that I have to search a package for English and push a button on every telephone system and ATM machine to continue in English.

I am angry that Washington, D.C.’s Metro is now being pressured to replace every station sign with bilingual verbiage to the tune of millions of dollars. Are bilingual road signs going to be the next mandated law of the land? I am currently forced to pay for voting ballots printed in 15 different languages and my tax dollars pay for interpreter services for people who are summoned to court for breaking laws. If English is the international language of the world, why isn’t it good enough to be the official language of the United States?

I am angry when I am told I am a bigot when I thumb my nose at political correctness.

I am angry when I wonder whether an expressed belief or opinion could land me in litigation if someone doesn’t like what I said and wants to silence my voice.

I am angry that diversity and sensitivity training is being forced on people whose only crime is to dare to speak freely.

I am angry that the symbols, customs, and roots of my Judeo-Christian country are being systematically outlawed because my culture offends newcomers. When we freely choose to go somewhere, are we not accepting the customs and cultures of that place? I am weary of being made to feel guilty for being an American.

And finally, I am angry that after working my entire adult life, I don’t see retirement in my life’s picture. My husband and I earn over a hundred thousand dollars a year, but by the time we pay federal taxes, state taxes, social security taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, excise taxes, energy taxes, telecommunication taxes, savings taxes, fees, permits, etc., there isn’t much left. But please don’t think that I mind supporting every deadbeat and down-and-outer with his hand out for a piece of my pie that I worked so hard for. I love supporting the world. After all, it’s the American way, isn’t it?

2006-08-30 00:31:30 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous