Immigration - August 2006

I want to know why people complain about illegal immigrants "lowering wages" when many of those illegal immigrants get paid better than many legal citizens. The average illegal immigrant is not paid $12-15/hour...but some of them are! And they are not "skilled" laborers. The only advantage they have over low-income legal workers is that they aren't lazy!

2006-08-28 07:51:18 · 16 answers · asked by alpaca123456789 2

That not ur money , we pay tax even only sales tax but still tax ? we dont hv house in here but we hv nice house in mexico much better then american peoples house.
u are american ringo racist pig...!!

WE ANCHOR BABIES DESERVE IT BECAUSE WE ARE US CITIZEN EVEN WE ARE DUAL CITIZEN AND WE CAN TAKE OVER WITH OUR VOTE TO MANAGE THIS COUNTRY TO BE GREAT.....

2006-08-28 07:47:08 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

so if all hispanics were legal in this country would there crimes be ok cause the problem here is that all the crimes they commit. so what makes americans crimes better?

2006-08-28 07:45:32 · 9 answers · asked by vivadeftones 1

why do americans come and go to mexico as they please what makes us so special ,because we are bullies or usa dose what ever they want ???

2006-08-28 07:23:47 · 37 answers · asked by PAULINA S 2

cuz theres always answers that say, "as long as ur legal ur fine with me!"
so duz that mean that i can be the biggest obnoxious asshole to u n u would still like me cuz im legal?

2006-08-28 07:21:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-28 07:17:23 · 23 answers · asked by anton I 1

Every years my parent got check from goverment because we got 11 sisiter brother who born here and my younger sister got ashma got 800 for medical each month,
My uncle work be cook got TB until now already 7 month treatment but still bad and the docter send me bill $90 thousand of course we never pay we dont hv money.

my mom say better we buy new japanes car so american think we are not low life peoples and my father have planing to brink 3 his brother and 2 friend cross here and we need the money to pay coyote, after my relative got job here they pay us back with more extra.

Haw u like dat....!!?

2006-08-28 07:16:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

why? wat the hell did i do to u dammit?!

2006-08-28 07:07:23 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

There are at least 2 that I have seen. They say outlandish things to make people mad at illegal immigrants. Dont they have enough faith in their own argument to not have to resort to these games?

2006-08-28 07:03:24 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

The average illegal from Mexica has 7 kids with 2 partners. That's child abuse...another crime

2006-08-28 06:59:41 · 27 answers · asked by hittykkiod 1

seen a lot of posts with nothing but smut links. What's up with that? Out of arguments?

2006-08-28 06:51:51 · 14 answers · asked by gokart121 6

Does anyone have any information or percentages/statistics on the "bringing in" of infectious disease from other countries by way of immigration?

2006-08-28 06:42:41 · 6 answers · asked by ? 6

They really had to go by the old addege "When in Rome do as the Romans do." I mean...if they really HAD to do it. If it was a requirment and as soon as they screw up one time they are gone.

2006-08-28 06:39:30 · 18 answers · asked by ? 6

Why do races other than whites refer to themselves by their heritage name and then American? Does it mean they really don't want to be in America? Should we deport people who use this type of heritage pride over American honor? I love to be called an American--I thank God everyday I am a citizen!

2006-08-28 06:38:01 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you think you should reform the immigration system in the USA??.

2006-08-28 06:36:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why can't they make up something more clever to promote thier cuase. They do unskilled labor!! Plenty of legals could take thier place. someone tell me one reaseon that america should not start enforcing and deporting....economically and lawfully speaking. Besides the guilt trip that they will starve in Mexico

2006-08-28 06:33:59 · 24 answers · asked by hittykkiod 1

How many billions is this whole mess going to end up costing us?

2006-08-28 06:12:30 · 9 answers · asked by gokart121 6

I am Facilitating a workshop on How Immigration Increase Human Traffiking in the U.S.? I need some ideas and some more resources can anyone help

2006-08-28 06:11:57 · 3 answers · asked by coolie Y 2

2006-08-28 06:01:29 · 20 answers · asked by michelle f 1

Texas Sheriffs Say Terrorists Entering US from Mexico
By Kevin Mooney
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
August 21, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - The chief law enforcement officers of several Texas counties along the southern U.S. border warn that Arabic-speaking individuals are learning Spanish and integrating into Mexican culture before paying smugglers to sneak them into the United States. The Texas Sheriffs' Border Coalition believes those individuals are likely terrorists and that drug cartels and some members of the Mexican military are helping them get across the border.

Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez of Zapata County, Texas told Cybercast News Service that Iranian currency, military badges in Arabic, jackets and other clothing are among the items that have been discovered along the banks of the Rio Grande River. The sheriff also said there are a substantial number of individuals crossing the southern border into the U.S. who are not Mexican. He described the individuals in question as well-funded and able to pay so-called "coyotes" - human smugglers - large sums of money for help gaining illegal entry into the U.S.

Although many of the non-Mexican illegal aliens are fluent in Spanish, Gonzalez said they speak with an accent that is not native.

"It's clear these people are coming in for reasons other than employment," Gonzalez said.

That sentiment is shared by Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.).

"For years, Muslims and other 'Special Interest Aliens' from places other than Mexico have been streaming into the U.S. across our porous border," Tancredo told Cybercast News Service. "These people are not paying $50,000 or more a head just to 'take jobs no American will do.'

"Terrorists are working round the clock to infiltrate the United States," he added. "Congress and this administration must address this gaping hole in our national security and they must do it now."

Some of the more high profile pieces of evidence pointing to terrorist infiltration of the U.S. have been uncovered in Jim Hogg County, Texas, which experiences a high volume of smuggling activity, according to local law enforcement.

"We see patches on jackets from countries where we know al Qaeda to be active," Gonzalez explained.

The patches appear to be military badges with Arabic lettering. One patch in particular, discovered this past December, caught the attention of federal homeland security officials, according to Gonzalez and local officials familiar with the investigation.

Sheriff Wayne Jernigan of Valverde County, Texas, told members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in March about one patch that read "midnight mission" and displayed an airplane flying over a building heading towards a tower. Translators with DHS have said some of the various phrases and slogans on the items could mean "martyr," "way to eternal life," or "way to immortality."

Gonzalez told the House International Relations Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation in July that the terrorists are getting smarter.

"To avoid apprehension, we feel many of these terrorists attempt to blend in with persons of Hispanic origin when entering the country." Gonzalez stated. "We feel that terrorists are already here and continue to enter our country on a daily basis."

Sheriff Arvin West of Hudspeth County, Texas, told Cybercast News Service that he believes some Mexican soldiers are operating in concert with the drug cartels to aid the terrorists.

"There's no doubt in my mind," he said, "although the Mexican government and our government adamantly deny it."

Statistics made available through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) show more than 40,000 illegal aliens from countries "Other Than Mexico," designated as OTMs, were apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol in the period ranging from October 2003 to June 2004, as they attempted to cross the southwestern border. An overview of border security challenges produced through the office of Texas Gov. Rick Perry indicates that almost 120,000 OTMs were apprehended while attempting to cross into the state from January through July 2005.

Local authorities are particularly concerned about illegal aliens arriving from Special Interest Countries (SICs) where a radical version of Islam is known to flourish. Perry's office cites Iraq, Iran, Indonesia and Bangladesh among those countries. A Tancredo spokesperson said the list also includes Afghanistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen.

As Cybercast News Service previously reported an internal audit of DHS that combines the number of illegal aliens arriving from SICs with the documented instances of illegal aliens arriving from countries identified as being state sponsors of terrorism (SSTs) yields a grand total of over 90,000 such illegal aliens who have been apprehended during the five year period from fiscal year 2001 to fiscal year 2005.

The border security report delivered by Perry's office focuses attention on the "Triborder region" of Latin America, which spans an area between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.

"The Triborder Region is a focal point of Islamic extremism," the report states. "Al Qaeda leadership plans to use criminal alien smuggling organizations to bring terrorist operatives across the border into the U.S."

Carlos Espinosa, a press spokesman for Tancredo, said his office is aware of a training camp in Brazil that actually teaches people from outside of Latin America how they can assimilate into the Mexican culture.

"They come up as illegal aliens and disguise themselves as potential migrant workers," Espinosa said.

Copyright 1998-2006 Cybercast News Service

2006-08-28 05:56:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

It is nearly impossible for most people to come to the US legally? If you don't have money or a college degree or family members who are citizens or permanent residents, you can't come here legally, period.

Imagine your family is starving and you wait in line for two days to get a visa but you are denied because you are poor (the main reason visas are denied every day).

Would let your family starve because your principals do not allow you to break the law? Or would you do what it takes to feed them?

If you did, would that make you a criminal, would that mean that your character is flawed, that you deserve to be treated like an animal?

This is the real situation of most people who come to the US illegally. I know because I practise immigration law.

2006-08-28 05:54:29 · 34 answers · asked by grdnoviz 4

Would that make bunt an accesory ?

2006-08-28 05:51:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

is there also a website, where i can make an appointment 4 my uncle to renew his green card

2006-08-28 05:30:52 · 6 answers · asked by gohan 2

I personally think we need immigrants, but wish to know other's opinion

2006-08-28 05:20:48 · 18 answers · asked by big_acms 3

Most immigrants have built lives here, have jobs , purchased homes, started families, bought cars. Does any of you really expect us to sell whatever we have and leave?And if you decide to deport us (only a theoretical chance) what do you do with our property?
We are fully integrated into the US society, we are not going anywhere.

2006-08-28 05:03:52 · 55 answers · asked by bunt 3

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/columnists/all/stories/DN-hernandez_25edi.ART.State.Edition1.3e6c7b9.html

It appears she is the one who needs tutoring:

She points out that illegal immigrants pay taxes in their rent checks and mortgages. What she doesn't mention is that there are often multiple families living in one household, significantly reducing the amount that would be paid by individual households. Any code enforcement officer will back up this statement.

She also argues that illegal immigrants pay income taxes, based on using false Social Security numbers. However, the same Dallas Morning News article she uses to support this statement also reports that many immigrants use stolen Social Security numbers, names and birth dates. This is called identity theft, and it's illegal.

If Ms. Hernández did her homework, she would understand that illegal activity does not benefit society.

I would like a list of SS numbers from liberals to give out.

2006-08-28 04:59:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

stating that the majority of illegal immigrants in America are hispanic means that we are stereotyping?

How is stating the facts sterotyping?

Anyone who is not blind can see which race the illegal immigration problem is with! hispanics!


Polls
Wall Street Journal/NBC News, December 1998:
72% feel "immigration should not increase because it will cost U.S. jobs and increase unemployment."
Wirthlin Worldwide, August 1997
53% of all Americans think immigration should be decreased.
Horatio Alger Association, August 1996:
67% of teens feel legal immigration to the U.S. should be reduced.
Wall Street Journal's American Opinion Survey, December 1996
72% of all Americans favor lowering immigration.
Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, March 1996
52% of adult Americans favor establishing a five-year ban on ALL legal and illegal immigration into the United States.

NPG/Roper Poll, February 1996:
83% of Americans favor a lower level of immigration.
70% want immigration reduced to 300,000 annually.
20% want to halt all immigration.
USA Today/Gallup, July 1995
65% of Americans thought that the level of immigration should be decreased.
61% of immigrants favored a national identity ID card
CBS News/New York Times, September 1995:
63% of Americans think immigration levels were too high.
66% of Republicans want less immigration.
60% of Democrats want less immigration.
Opinion Research Corporation, July 1995
63% thought that our immigration policy is too generous.
CBS News/New York Times, September 1994
63% of Americans thought that the level of immigration should be decreased, including 66% of Republicans, 60% of Democrats, and 64% of independents.
CBS News, January 1994
65% thought conditions in the U.S. were too difficult to admit immigrants who have nothing.
53% thought most recent immigrants cause problems.
Time/CNN, September 1993:
80% consider it important for the federal government to track down illegal aliens living the United States.
73% feel the U.S. should "strictly limit" immigration.
50% favor requiring all U.S. citizens to carry a national identification card.
Newsweek, July 1993:
59% feel that immigration was a good thing for this country in the past.
60% feel that immigration is a bad thing for this country now.

CNN/USA Today/Gallup, July 1993:
76% feel that immigration should be stopped or reduced until the economy improves.
65% believe immigration should be decreased generally.

Hispanic USA Research Group survey of Hispanic Americans, June 1993:
89% of Hispanic Americans strongly support an immediate moratorium on immigration.
74% feel fewer immigrants should be allowed and stronger restrictions should be enforced.

New York Times/CBS News, June 1993
61% felt that immigration should be decreased
Latino National Political Survey, December 1992
75% of Mexican-Americans agree there are too many immigrants in this country
79% of Puerto Ricans agree;
65% of Cuban-Americans agree;
74% of "Anglos" agree.

2006-08-28 04:45:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

after the visa is issued based on relative (wife) how soon after all the final steps are completed and the visa is issued would she have to leave her country for the USA, i have been told that she needs to leave her country within 6 months,or it will be null and void, is this right???????

2006-08-28 04:36:16 · 2 answers · asked by aldo 6

I am considering changing my Brazilian permanent visa into dual citizenship through my marriage, but I do not want to waive my right to American citizenship.

Is "naturalization" the same as obtaining a dual citizenship?

2006-08-28 04:22:07 · 3 answers · asked by Sean R 1

They have beautiful land and oceans on both sides with nice resorts.A lot of Americans go to Mexico for vacation.If the people of the country were smart they would use the money from tourist and improve their country more.But instead of improving their country they want to come to ours.If we all went to Mexico and made it a better place with our common sence,They would be lined up to get back to Mexico.Why can't they do it on their own?

2006-08-28 03:52:15 · 27 answers · asked by Desperado 5