Immigration - September 2006

they will claim that they work extremly hard. Call me crazy ..but I see no differnece in work ethic between illegals and legals. The illegal latinos are especially full of crap when they say they work harder. They have a pretty delusional view and like to stroke thier big egos. i'm sick of hearing that they are fantastic workers...many of them are deadbeats...I've lived with illegals all my life. I am citizen of this country...I know being poor and illegal is hard, but don't talk abouit something you don't know to make yourself feel better about your situation

2006-09-26 09:09:19 · 15 answers · asked by MILFseducer M 1

http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2487004&page=1

2006-09-26 09:02:40 · 15 answers · asked by Kate 2

What would stop them from on the coast of Texas and California? We all have seen the boats going to Miami from Cuba and Haiti what makes you think our amigos to the south couldn't do this?

2006-09-26 08:49:14 · 20 answers · asked by The Angry Stick Man 6

If you had to live in a Hispanic neighborhood or a black neighborhood, which would it be? Why?

2006-09-26 08:47:28 · 29 answers · asked by Dead Elvis 1

Now that sh t would be funny. No banks, cellphone service, electricity, libraries, internet, healthcare, schools, welfare check, but there will be plenty of oranges and mowed lawns. Who's with me..lets show those illegal Mexicans who really needs who...hmm what else..television broadcast, movie houses, costco.FREEDOM OF SPEECH.it goes on and on

2006-09-26 08:41:43 · 22 answers · asked by MILFseducer M 1

million over 5 years? Did you see that she is trying to put this in the border fence bill?

This isn't so much 'amnesty for those here' because as agriculture will be the first to say, once they are 'here' they go to more stable jobs. This is to draw new people who after 3 years of work would get residency, to themselves move on to other jobs. Our schools and services are part of their employment package - since the agriculture jobs are only seasonal and don't in themselves require more than seasonal workers.

I think they should make seasonal work easier but NOT increase future immitration at least until we can manage the flow of illegal immigration. This is exactly what I was concerned about months ago, that they would give 'some' border security then open a future immigration program, while those illegally here are still..... illegally here.

This doesn't solve any existing immigration problems, it just causes a worse problem in my opinion.

What do you think?

2006-09-26 08:32:39 · 9 answers · asked by DAR 7

Imagine the U.S without MEXICANS for a day??? Ok its july and no mexicans- none- who's picking tomatoes this year?? Whos going to get paid $3 or $ 4 an hour?? Who makes up U.S. Economy? ???

2006-09-26 08:31:43 · 31 answers · asked by mexican4u77 2

I have an exclusion order placed against me from entering Canada, which has separated me from my wife and 2 young children who live there so I'm desperately trying to get back up there to be with them. They live in BC so I'm wondering where the best place would be in Washington that I'd be able to sneak across the border. Don't give me that it's illegal crap, I all ready know.

2006-09-26 08:30:16 · 8 answers · asked by ihatecanada 1

I hear a lot of people say if illegal immigrants want a better place to live then they should make their country, Mexico , a better place and fix the problems there instead of coming here. My question is why didn't the pilgrims do that instead of coming here.

2006-09-26 08:27:29 · 12 answers · asked by The Angry Stick Man 6

"The measures included one that would increase the number of federal prosecutors assigned to help crack down on smugglers of illegal immigrants.

Another would encourage state and local police to enforce immigration laws more strictly. Advocates promoted this measure as necessary to overcome reluctance that local authorities often have expressed about getting involved in immigration cases lest people be discouraged from reporting crimes."

That means all they let stay in the bill that MUST be approved before they go home is the criminalization of tunnel digging.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-immig26sep26,1,6954971.story

2006-09-26 08:21:13 · 5 answers · asked by DAR 7

Here Is a sample!!
From a school teacher - - -

"As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal
immigration there are some things that you should be aware of:

I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a
large southern California high school which is designated a Title 1
school, meaning that its students average lower socio-economic and income levels.
Most of the schools you are hearing about - South Gate High, Bell
Gardens, Huntington Park, etc.-where these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools.

One hundred percent of the students in this school and other Title
1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I
say free breakfast,
I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a full breakfast and cereal
bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud. The
waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at
least moderately overweight.

About 75% or more DO have cell phones.

The school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage
pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the
inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family
watch their kids. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing
funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new computers for the computer learning center; half of which, one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in America. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute
teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the country less then 3 months who raised so much hell with the female
teachers, calling them "Putas" (whores) and throwing things that the teachers were in tears.

Free medical, free education, free food, day care etc., etc.,
etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but to
demand rights, privileges and entitlements?
To my bleeding-heart friends who want to point out how much these
illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE their
gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs.

Higher insurance, Medical facilities closing, higher medical
costs, more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases etc., etc., etc. For me, I'll pay more for tomatoes.
We need to wake up. The Guest worker program will be a disaster
because we won't have the guts to enforce it. Does anyone in their right mind really think they will voluntarily leave and return?

There are many hardworking Hispanic/American citizens that
contribute to our country and many that I consider my true friends. We should encourage and accept those Hispanics who have done it the right and legal way.
It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world
culture that does not value education, that accepts children getting
pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak and worried about "politically correct" that we don't have the will to do anything about it.

2006-09-26 08:16:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-26 08:14:42 · 4 answers · asked by cuttiet03 2

Americans give them the idea.We practically push the application forms down their throat.We say "Go ahead,apply for your legally born children".WIC offices,doctors,schools,etc. tell illegal immigrants about our social servics program.They encourage them to apply.

So,my question is "Why blame the illegal immigrant for getting benefits that our country has invited them to get?Why not blame our government?"


I asked this same question,formed a bit differently,yesterday.But no one really answered it correctly.So,I'll ask again in hopes that someone gets my point.I just would like to know why there is so much animosity with illegals getting welfare benefits when we americans give them this opportunity several times over.I blame the government,not them.What about ya'll?

2006-09-26 08:08:08 · 13 answers · asked by Fluttery 3

Hospitals: Aid to offset costs of immigrants is necessary
September 24, 2006
Jennifer C. Smith
Monitor Staff Writer


MISSION — Between 20 and 25 undocumented immigrants arrive each week for kidney dialysis at Mission Regional Medical Center’s emergency room.

“They have no way of paying for it, and in six months they rack up $750,000,” said Mitch Ladyman, the hospital’s trauma coordinator. “That’s just a number we’ll never get reimbursed.”

And while the federal government has a $1 billion federal program intended to help with unpaid hospital emergency care, a recent Associated Press report shows a large chunk of that money has gone uncollected by cash-strapped hospitals.

Federal officials can’t explain why overburdened communities have not grabbed the cash.

Nationally, only 15 percent of the money has been handed out three-quarters of the way through the program’s first year, according to the AP.

Texas as a whole is slated to receive almost $25 million for the 2006 fiscal year.

Rio Grande Valley hospital officials say they take whatever disbursement they can or risk cutting hospital services essential to the community.

“We’ve definitely applied for and have definitely gotten some of it,” said Dan McLean, CEO at South Texas Health Systems in McAllen, which includes McAllen Medical Center and Edinburg Regional Medical Center.

The health group has collected about $2.41 million since it filed its first claim for its five facilities in February 2006.

That may seem large, but in the last eight months alone, the hospitals have provided more than $118 million in uncompensated care, said hospital group spokeswoman Dalinda Guillen.

The $1 billion financial dispensation is through September 2008 and authorized under the 2003 Medicare law. Hospitals are paid a percentage of the ER costs on quarterly cycles, so they receive money six to nine months after the actual procedures.

Some hospitals are reluctant to apply for funds because they don’t want to do the paperwork, say hospital and public health officials. The government also trims submitted hospital bills and returns money based on costs, not on services provided.

Hospitals feel uncomfortable asking patients about their citizenship status.

“A lot of undocumented patients already don’t access care,” said Sonal Ambegaokar, a health policy attorney at the National Immigration Law Center, a non-partisan policy center that works with low-income immigrants based in Los Angeles.

“The few that go in, if they hear they are being asked about their immigration status, they’ll assume they’ll not be able to get care … that will affect the public health.”

Local hospitals dismiss the objections, noting the required paperwork is only two pages long and their employees are trained to sensitively ask questions.

“I understand the reluctance of a hospital that doesn’t see that many undocumented patients,” said Mission hospital Chief Financial Officer Randy Slack. “But when you’re treating a number of undocumented patients, it’s worth your while to go through all the hoops and troubles to get partial reimbursements.”

Mission’s hospital has also received a “six-figure amount,” he said.

“It covers cost of supplies and labor, operations to treat those patients who are undocumented,” Slack said. “If money went away, we might have to find other areas to cut to keep bottom line balanced.”

For South Texas Health Systems, the trauma room or pediatric ICU unit could become financial casualties if it continues to lose money through uncollected ER care, McLean said.

2006-09-26 07:48:10 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to know whether it's yes or no answers or i have to write sentances

2006-09-26 07:35:09 · 15 answers · asked by Andrea C 1

Lawmakers to spend big on border

Eric Lipton
New York Times
Sept. 26, 2006 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON - House and Senate negotiators agreed Monday evening to spend $1.2 billion to install hundreds of miles of fence and vehicle barriers along the Mexican border as part of a $34.8 billion spending plan for the Department of Homeland Security for the coming year.

The border security spending is just one of several major policy initiatives that Congressional leaders decided to insert into the annual appropriations bill. Others include a mandate for anti-terrorism steps at high-risk chemical plants nationwide and the reorganization of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The biggest increase in spending in the bill, on which the House and Senate are expected to take final action on this week, is in the area of border security and immigration enforcement, which would get a total of $21.3 billion, an 11 percent jump over this year. advertisement




This includes money to hire 1,500 new Border Patrol agents, increasing the force to 14,800, and to add 6,700 detention beds. The $1.2 billion for border security is designated for a traditional fence, vehicle barriers and a so-called virtual fence made up of cameras and sensors. That money could also be used to help build 700 miles of physical fence along a specific stretch of the Mexican border, a construction project that the House has already approved and the Senate is still considering.

"It is a major step down the road on border security," said Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., who is chairman of the Senate panel that oversees the budget bill.

The bill also sets aside $4.34 billion for port security measures, including money for 450 new cargo inspection officers. That is up $600 million over the current year. The bill would also provide $178 million for new radiation screening equipment at domestic ports, among other initiatives.

It's the second major border security development in a week.

Boeing Co. engineers have crafted a plan to line the Mexican border with 1,800 towers equipped with sensors that can spot when illegal immigrants step onto U.S. soil.

Infrared cameras will detect the body heat of intruders, and radar will track vehicles used to smuggle immigrants and drugs into the United States.

On Thursday, Boeing's plan won a key contract, one that could lead to a "virtual fence" along 7,500 miles of the U.S.'s borders with Mexico and Canada.

Department of Homeland Security officials said Thursday that the initial three-year contract was worth $67 million and called for Boeing to build its tower-based system along a 28-mile stretch of the border south of Tucson. But analysts said the project could be expanded and total more than $2.5 billion.

Democrats at the conference committee meeting Monday evening also tried to add about $1 billion in spending for areas including mass transit security, aviation explosives detection research and port security grants.

"I challenge all of us not only to talk the talk on port security but walk the walk," said Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., the minority leader of the appropriations panel, referring to the much-heralded recent action by Congress on a port security bill that called for a larger amount of grants.

But with the Republicans holding a majority, each of the measures that Democrats proposed were defeated, one after the other, in party-line votes.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will continue to exist under the agreement, though some members of Congress had said it was so discredited it should be abolished and rebuilt from scratch.

Under the agreement, the FEMA director would have a higher rank, still reporting to the secretary of homeland security, but serving as the president's chief adviser on emergency management, in a manner similar to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon.

FEMA would also now oversee Homeland Security agencies that focus on preparing for a disaster, instead of just responding to them, and it would have an extra $30 million to hire up to 250 permanent disaster relief employees.

Congressional negotiators also added a measure to the bill that would allow Americans to buy as much as a 90-day supply of prescription drugs in Canada, where they are less expensive, and then return home with them.

2006-09-26 07:34:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can I still purchase my very own illegal mexican, and have it shipped to me in time for Christmas?

2006-09-26 07:32:51 · 12 answers · asked by devildriver_667 2

man this is the first time that i have been to this paticular part of questions and answers.
there are alot of people talking about how bad America and Americans are.you know we as people are all prejudice in some way or another.we all have something bad to say about something or someone else.it is human nature.it is what we are taught from the time we are little,we see it as kids on tv everyday.i try not to be too bad or prejudice.but i will admit i am.we all are to some point.and if u say ur not that is a lie.
but why get on here and talk so bad about us americans?this is one place u can come and atleast have a half way decent life.im not saying its the only place.i could'nt tell u that.i have not been anywhere else but canada,and i had a great time up there.so before we get to judgemental and talk so much crap lets just sit and think of it for a min.
i guess thats all i have to say.some may agree with me,some may think i'm an ***.but i am human,not perfect either.

2006-09-26 07:19:45 · 16 answers · asked by 'HUMVEE' 5

mexicos new president talked against new wall at the borders today.seems like he is another fox trying to sweep his unwanted people away to another country.question why does mexico hate is own people?

2006-09-26 07:14:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

why wont our goverment let us report on individual aliens?i mean, if all of us got to report one.(we all know at least one)the untied states would be free of illegal immigrants once and for all.and peace will be brought back to our great nation.

2006-09-26 07:12:18 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here's the link: http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2487004&page=1


First of all, this guy shouldn't even have been here in the first place. He's actually a pedophile who was already deported once for messing around with a child. This just goes to show why we need controlled immigration -- to find out who's coming into our country. I know that 60% or so of illegal Mexicans are hard-working people blah blah so forth. But that other 40% has criminal records, communicable diseases and other things that we do not need any more of here in the U.S.

2006-09-26 07:05:00 · 23 answers · asked by baq2calli 2

Since when did being American become a requirement for getting basic human rights like education and health care? Yet Americans are upset because their tax money helps illegal immigrants survive. SHAME ON YOU!

And you probably all think of yourselves a good Christians (I didn't know Jesus distinguihed between illegal/legal status) Why do you get to judge, then?

2006-09-26 06:56:36 · 42 answers · asked by retorik75 5

and arrogant....like they are so untouchable....compared to any other country? Do we like to make as many enemies as we can?
Hypothically speaking of course.

2006-09-26 06:52:42 · 18 answers · asked by tygger in pa 3

THIS IS NOT A QS. IS A MESSEGE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HATE OR DESCRIMINATE ON ANYTHING, YOU ARE ALL SON'S OF B!T(HES, MOTHERFUCKERS, HATERS WHO THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE WITH YOUR STUPID ORGANIZED RELIGION BULLSHIT AND YOUR RULES ABOUT GAYS, WITH YOUR PROSECUTION OF INNOCENT PEOPLE AND YOUR STUPID ILLEGALPERSECUTION BULLSHIT, WHO DO YOU ALL THINK YOU ARE?????!!!!!! WE ARE ALL THE SAME CR@P SKIN AND BONES THAT'S IT!! WE ARE STILL ANIMALS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WE WEAR EXPENSIVE CR@P, IF HELL EXIST WHICH I DOUBT THEN GO TO HELL AIRHEADS, WHITE BREADS, RACISTS, PEDOPHILES, USELESS, @SSKISSERS PIECES OF SH!T!!!!!!!!!!!!! REPORT ME, REPORT ME, REPORT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DON'T GIVE A DAMN

2006-09-26 06:48:38 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have any of you known anyone who has immigrated to this country anytime in the last 5-10 years? It is a time-consuming, EXPENSIVE, legal nightmare! Mexican families are starving--they don't have the luxury of time on their hands. They have no choice. We should consider them heros for risking their lives to come into a country where there are a bunch of idiots who hate them and want them to go back.

2006-09-26 06:48:24 · 15 answers · asked by retorik75 5

They WORK HARD for the little money they do earn to support their families back in Mexico. They bust their humps landscaping, cleaning people's houses, cleaning your children's schools, picking the fruits and vegetables you eat. How does that make them any different than you and your family? Their illegal status actually hurts them more than any American could ever imagine, because they have no legal means to fight the fact that their employers usually pay them even less than what they should, because they know they cannot get sued.

2006-09-26 06:37:30 · 38 answers · asked by retorik75 5

Decency is something that honorable people cling to.

Is it asking too much to demand that the laws of the United States of America be adhered to by all who reside within her borders?

And is it asking too much to insist our elected officials fulfill their oath to protect and preserve our nation?

2006-09-26 06:29:13 · 7 answers · asked by Kate 2

2006-09-26 06:17:19 · 40 answers · asked by gokart121 6

I know.... It is because the media help 'em to wash american brains.... and the average American believe it.

But the media is untrustable because they just keep lying on and on about the Wars and its excuses.

What do u think?

Who is the USA and who shoud be representing our Government?

2006-09-26 06:13:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

American jeans aren't made for that type fashion. The "moose knuckle" so to speak. Both breathtaking and elequent

2006-09-26 06:07:00 · 18 answers · asked by hittykkiod 1