Immigration - August 2006

many americans talk about current illegal immigrants as if most of them or their ancestors came here legally. why is that????

2006-08-21 05:54:16 · 21 answers · asked by lovelymanet 1

There are millions of illegal americans from EUROPE (and of course, other places) but I dont see any of you complaining about them!!!

2006-08-21 05:50:10 · 19 answers · asked by lovelymanet 1

2006-08-21 05:47:56 · 13 answers · asked by gmpranis1 2

i am not really an activist or a person thats joins a cult.but i am really upset over this whole illegals stealing jobs and welfare and apartments and so on and so on.i am hispanic american.what groups are good ones to join.the battle is just beginning and victory will be ours.oh and what can i do to prevent ilegals taking what belongs to us.

2006-08-21 05:41:42 · 19 answers · asked by antho c 2

. Bruce Parks, chief medical examiner
TUCSON - The medical examiner in southern Arizona's Pima County can tally the costs of illegal immigration differently than other county officials.
Like the others, he can look at budgets and see how much it costs for his staff to deal with the waves of people who cross each year through Arizona, the busiest illegal entry point on the U.S.-Mexico border.

But he can also look at the bodies that have forced this county to expand its morgue and get a much more vivid picture of the toll border crossings take on people.

"We have had to work harder and pay some overtime costs," said chief medical examiner Dr. Bruce Parks. "Over time we're increasing staffing, which in some ways is related" to border crossers' deaths.

Despite the efforts of federal officials and humanitarian groups to prevent them, deaths in Arizona have been mounting in recent years as migrants have tried crossing through more remote and dangerous desert areas to avoid increased enforcement.

Arizona accounted for more than half of the deaths of migrants who died in the last fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, while trying to enter the United States.

Of the total 473 deaths nationally, 216 occurred within the Border Patrol's Tucson sector, which covers all but the westernmost portion of the Arizona-Mexico border, including Pima County. Factor in the 51 deaths in the patrol's Yuma sector, including a handful of deaths in easternmost California, and more than half the migrants dying perished in Arizona.

In July 2005, Tucson sector agents recovered the bodies or remains of 72 illegal immigrants who died in the desert - most ever in one month, spokesman Gustavo Soto said. Nearly all of those died from heat exposure, according to Parks.

This July, thanks in part to robust summer rains, the Tucson sector recorded only 19 deaths. However, 10 deaths have been reported during the first nine days in August, versus two for the same period a year earlier.

Nationwide, at least 291 illegal immigrants died during border crossing attempts from Oct. 1 through Aug. 6, including 75 deaths due to heat exposure, 45 drownings, and 42 motor vehicle incidents.

The migrant deaths have forced the medical examiner's office in Pima County to devote more resources to handling them. That has included requiring overtime to moving to hire a sixth medical examiner to doubling the morgue's capacity so it can now hold 240 bodies.

Before the expansion, the medical examiner's morgue held approximately 120 bodies and was nearly always at capacity. The new $237,000 stainless steel refrigeration unit, built to accommodate another 120 bodies, was readied earlier in the summer.

Jennifer Allen, director of the Border Action Network, an immigrant rights organization, lamented "the fact that government agencies have to end up investing resources in dealing with migrants' dead bodies, as opposed to developing means and policies that will stop the deaths and provide for the economic and social realities in the country."

The nation, she said, needs to find policies and solutions that help immigrants.

Once Pima County's new morgue unit is in operation, it will allow the office to mothball a refrigerated truck tractor-trailer unit that the county first rented, then bought, to store an overflow of some 60 to 80 bodies and skeletal remains.

The trailer has been in constant use, said Deputy Medical Examiner Eric Peters. "We knew it was only a stopgap measure," he said. "We realized the problem would remain and having a full sized tractor-trailer in our driveway literally was an obstruction. We needed to build something more permanent."

Pima County's medical examiners performed about 1,400 autopsies in all last year.

They examined 197 bodies of deceased border crossers, Parks said.

"The great majority of them were autopsies," he said, "though we actually had to alter that process for a couple of months because we were so overwhelmed."

In those cases they conducted external examinations to make sure there was nothing suspicious or unexpected for the conditions under which the deaths occurred.

Parks said his office examined 146 dead border crossers in 2002, 156 in 2003 and 171 in 2004; the overall number of autopsies performed by his office ranged roughly from 1,350 to 1,450 per year.

Figures are much lower in two other Arizona border counties. Pima County handles autopsies for the fourth.

Janice Fields, business manager for United Pathology, which handles medical examiner's duties under contract with Cochise County, said there have been six migrant deaths since January, versus 12 as of Aug. 10 last year. There were 17 migrant deaths in Cochise County in 2005, she said.

Officials at the Yuma Regional Medical Center's pathology department, which handles medical examiner's duties in Yuma County, didn't provide figures on migrant deaths.

But the Border Patrol's Yuma sector reported 35 deaths of illegal immigrants so far during the current fiscal year, ahead of last year's pace.

Parks said the migrant workload in his office represents a "moderate strain."

"And we're still trying to get some of the work done that's left over from last year and still trying to identify bodies from 2005 and get people home," he said.

In general, if a dead person has no identification, "we will not be able to identify them. Sometimes we are able to look at them and compare the body to a picture." Other times, a relative or another person who survived the desert trek is able to make an identification.

Tattoos, scars and fingerprints help. So, often, does the Mexican government.

"Thankfully, we have a very strong relationship with the consulate of Mexico, and one or two days a week they're down here," Peters said.

Consular officials photograph personal effects and incorporate that and other information, such as tattoos and scars, into a computer database, Peters said.

But delays in identification typically stem from language barriers, inability to find relatives or the difficulties next of kin may encounter in trying to arrange for the return of remains, he said.

About 30 percent of the bodies or remains can't be identified.

2006-08-21 05:23:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

why the TSA let enter student pilots in the USA, to fly big eavy simulator like during the 9/11.
do you think that terrorists are already taking lessons, for a new plot against our freedom.
Do you think it is right that the TSA did nothing after the 9/11, and for 5 years they continue to bullshit families who have lost a family member (s) in the 9/11.
do you think it is right that US schools say to foreigners to come as a tourist and dont say anything at the custom, or they risk to go back home if the custom know the real purpose of the trip.
I called your government, and I made it clear. You may face new attacks by people being train in USA and buying aircraft to get them down!!!the US gov dont really care, they prefer to continue to lie and put you at risk.
So what will you do after being warned?

2006-08-21 05:07:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

They are of British decent.....lmao...what a joke... heres a little history lesson....the Brits didnt need to illegaly immagrate to america they were well taken care of.. they are people with class....you pilgrum illegals are scottish and irish decent and dont you forget it back pipe blowers... the # of Brits that came to america are few...opposed to all the scottish/irish garbage of Great Britian...Mother England shiped you leprichans west because they didnt want you inbreeders there....thats the BOTTOM LINE PILGRUMS you are the very first (WETBACKS)....so get REAL....

2006-08-21 05:06:25 · 24 answers · asked by Brotha Man... 2

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2006-08-21 05:00:30 · 10 answers · asked by German R 3

My brother is living in the US and got his greencard last year because he married a US citizen. He and his wife are now seperated, will he be deported or is he okay now that he has his greencard. He is Canadian.

2006-08-21 04:24:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Filipinos vie for seat in U.S. House
By MARK NIESSE, Associated Press Writer
Sat Aug 19, 3:16 AM ET

HONOLULU - Two Filipino-Americans are struggling against long odds and a crowded field of candidates — including each other — to become the first member of Congress from one of the nation's largest immigrant groups.

2006-08-21 04:22:17 · 26 answers · asked by MaSTeR 3

By now, the entire world knows about our poor border security. Do you think that this is a prelude to terrorism in the U.S. through our porous borders?

2006-08-21 04:16:29 · 24 answers · asked by the_wall 2

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Anti-Illegal-Immigrant Groups Multiply

AR Articles on Immigration

Fade to Brown (May 2003)

Waging War on America (Jun. 1998)

Halting the Flow (Aug. 1995)

More news stories on Immigration

Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Daily News, August 12, 2006


Retired utility worker Charles Warren worries his quality of life is slipping and says that illegal immigrants are to blame.

The 55-year-old retiree complains about day laborers waiting for work outside the nearby Home Depot, saying they give his neighborhood “a Third World look.”

“Ten or 15 years ago, the neighborhood wasn’t like this,” Warren said. “The states are overpopulated, there is oversprawl, and immigration is contributing to this.”

After seeing a television commercial that blamed many of California’s woes on illegal immigrants, Warren immediately donated $50 to the sponsoring group, Californians for Population Stabilization.

And he’s not the only one. Since the Santa Barbara-based group aired the commercials, it has collected thousands of membership applications.

Other anti-illegal-immigrant groups have watched their rolls and coffers swell, from California to New York. Most of the organizations are small affairs, started by one or two people, such as California Coalition for Immigration Reform or Save Our State.

Other groups, such as CAPS or Numbers USA, which center on population control, provide statistical data and research-oriented services.

But anti-illegal-immigrant groups say growing interest is a wider backlash against pro-immigrant street protests that swept the country last spring and frustration with federal officials whose immigration-reform bill has stalled.

Critics warn that the upsurge in activity - also being replicated among pro-immigrant groups - is evidence of a growing anti-illegal-immigrant sentiment sweeping the United States.

They say the rhetoric used by those border restrictionists, such as the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and CAPS, teeters on alarmism rather than focusing on the country’s broken border system. And, they fear, it is dangerously fanning the flames of hate.

“We are in the midst of an anti-immigrant wave that periodically affects California, whether it be the 1880s with the anti-Chinese immigrant stance, the 1950s with Operation ******* or in the 1970s in California when we used to see headlines with thousands of aliens crossing into California all the time,” said Harry Pachon, president of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, a think tank that focuses on Latino issues.

One group, the Arizona-based Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, a civilian volunteer group patrolling the border, says it has collected $600,000 for a proposed border fence.

The American Border Patrol, another civilian group that turns immigrants crossing the U.S. Mexican border over to authorities and is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, says donations are up 25 percent.

And in San Diego, a newly formed Minuteman group went from just two members late last year to 200 today.

“People are joining us so fast because they are frustrated with our government,” said Jeff Schwilk, the group’s founder. “They see all the wrangling, all the political posturing, and I think people are fed up with the inaction of their government.”

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2006-08-21 04:09:28 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-21 04:04:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I fretted over how to ask this question for a long while. I considered saying, Native Americans, Indians, Aboregine, Indigenous, and all the rest, but on this forum those terms leave you wide open to scrutiny, criticism, racial slurs and those infamous, stupid, meaningless answers and insults.
Many Americans support illegal immigration and back their stand using the words, "Native Americans were here first, they had their land stolen from them", and so on. You all know this classic argument. Personally it insults me that they use the plight of my people to justify their reasoning in support of illegals. I would like to hear from my people, the red skinned Americans...do you support amnesty, illegal immigration...or not support? And I would like to know your reasons as well. I am a red skin by birth and an American by birth, I'm loyal to my country, my people and my fellow Americans. I am one of "We the People" regardless of history and do not support illegals or amnesty, never will.

2006-08-21 03:48:36 · 15 answers · asked by warriorbabe 2

2006-08-21 03:32:15 · 25 answers · asked by ANGEL R 1

2006-08-21 03:03:14 · 7 answers · asked by velascomacky 1

why is south americans consider illigals but everybody consider them part of america only the south,that doesn't make south america part of the rest off america?
i'm seeing it as an outstander because the same is happening with us netherland antilles as a part of holland only we have the dutch passport but they want too take it away from us because of the people immigrating too holland ,arent we a part of the country or we have to be treaten less because we wasn't born there
so back to my question why is south america called south america if they are not consider as apart of america ,then they have too change their name?

2006-08-21 02:55:08 · 4 answers · asked by jessybibiana 1

I am not racist or prejudiced in any way. I like diversity. But I am fed up with spam posters asking me to help them get a British passport, work permits, a residence in Britain, a job. Who do these people think we are, officials for some foreign embassy?
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I am also fed up of the number of spam posters who ask for assistance in setting up bank accounts and also asking you to become what is a obvious a fraudulent claimant against some deceased relatives estate.

Does any of this happen to you?

When it arrives in my inbox, I immediately report it as spam and delete it from my bulk box.

Why can't they just stop. The grass is no greener in Britain than anywhere else.

2006-08-21 02:53:26 · 8 answers · asked by Nosey parker 5

anyway we can classify gays as illegals?

2006-08-21 02:24:31 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

they should be rounded up and deported who agrees's....give us our cuntry back Tony

2006-08-21 01:14:56 · 17 answers · asked by bootlepete 2

2006-08-21 00:57:18 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it right?
iceland has giving permission for pakistani citizens without visa?.............. (on arrival entery)

2006-08-21 00:50:20 · 4 answers · asked by rao k 1

2006-08-21 00:41:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

taking into consideration all the questiosn asked by me, i think it is rather shameful , and you are sure to get an answer under immggration than under Education.

2006-08-21 00:38:41 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

taking into consideration all the silly questions i asked?
why?

2006-08-21 00:27:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-21 00:16:43 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSxFl3nEP5Y&mode=related&search=

2006-08-20 22:28:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-20 21:49:05 · 11 answers · asked by gerlooser 3

"white countries" = countries based on european culture, with the majority of people white.

Examples: America, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy.

2006-08-20 20:48:03 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

Three week's a go, A Landscape company made up of all non English speaking Mexica's stole my mechanic's tool's while they were working on my neighber's yeard. I confronted the owner of the companie and told him of my displeasuere. Is there something wrong with me, I don't hate all Mexica's,Is there something wrong with me? I just hate his cure? By the way I have not see a Landscape comany on my street for the last three weeks. I think this is a sine of there gilt.

2006-08-20 20:40:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous