Immigration - September 2006

I was born in this country, so were my parents, and there parents etc etc. Is anyone else fed up of feeling like a stranger, like other races/ethnic minorities are taking over and that one day they will be the ones in control of London and there will be no white English people left, we will be made to feel like the odd ones out (even more so)! I am not racist, but I often wonder what would happen to me if I go to another country, i.e. Ghana and act in the same way as they do here??? I bet I would not survive more than a few hours... are we stupid???

2006-09-29 04:41:48 · 48 answers · asked by ? 3

In the case of immigration I constantly see people posting comments about Native Americans. Namely, are you a native American? While I do not support the attrocities that were committed against people in this land, this term is being subverted. Read below before answering, and please be civil. People's feelings do matter!

Native American: American Indians are not native to America. These people migrated to America across an icebridge over the Bering Strait in the last iceage. So by definition they are immigrants not natives. You can make the case their land was stolen though.

Native: What is a native? A native is someone who is born in the country without regard to the origins of his/her parentage.

In my opinion anyone who was born in this country is by definition a native American. I am sick of people stating that we are not true natives, or that other groups who might have been here first have more claim to the term than all the generations to follow.

What say you?

2006-09-29 04:22:48 · 27 answers · asked by Bryan 7

http://foia.state.gov/masterdocs/09fam/0941104X1.pdf

2006-09-29 03:58:36 · 11 answers · asked by faincut 2

Illegal immigration laws are in place to protect the citizens of this country. I think that the Federal Gov't should start penalizing cities who refuse to enforce federal law.

Do you agree? If so, what kind of punishment should be enforced by the feds?

2006-09-29 03:54:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

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Altoona latest to approve illegal immigrant crackdown
9/27/2006, 11:53 p.m. ET
The Associated Press

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — City Council members on Tuesday night approved a measure aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants by punishing companies that hire them and landlords who rent to them.

The council voted 6-1, with member Matt Garber dissenting, to adopt the "Undocumented Alien Control Ordinance" proposal, which is similar to a measure passed in Hazleton earlier this year.

Before the vote, members heard passionate testimony from people for and against the ordinance.

"Who will take care of the people made homeless and unemployed?" asked The Rev. Luke Robertson, Catholic Charities director. "What might passing this kind of ordinance do to the soul of this city?"

Businessman Greg Sheehan, however, said the measure could keep problems such as depressed wages and crime from reaching Altoona, a city of about 47,000 that is 85 miles west of Pittsburgh.

"It's coming," he said. "We need to stop it before it happens."

The vote came a couple of weeks after a Blair County jury recommended that Miguel Padilla be sentenced to death for the murders of three men outside a city nightclub last year. Immigration authorities have said that Padilla, 27, of Gallitzin, had been in the country illegally from Mexico since he was about 9 years old.

Garber said he was concerned about how the ordinance would be enforced and the risk of litigation. He said he favors the employment provision but is not sure the rental provisions give landlords enough time to evict or enough tools to determine legality of renters.

Representatives of the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, the American Civil Liberties Union and some community activists had asked the council to table the ordinance. Bishop Joseph Adamec of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown earlier said that if it was passed, there should be a "grandfather clause" allowing poor families to get help if needed.

Since the Hazleton vote, more than a half-dozen communities in eastern Pennsylvania have either passed or considered similar crackdowns on illegal immigrants, as have a number of municipalities around the country.

Hispanic activists and the ACLU sued to overturn Hazleton's illegal immigrant law, but the lawsuit was rendered moot earlier this month when the city passed a replacement law designed to better withstand a legal challenge.

2006-09-29 03:24:49 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

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Mother seeks $100 million in son’s death

By Phil Ray, pray@altoonamirror.com




HOLLIDAYSBURG — The mother of a man killed in a triple homicide last year plans to sue the federal government for $100 million, court documents state.

Sandra Miller of Altoona is the mother of Stephen Heiss, who died Aug. 28, 2005.

Miguel Padilla was convicted and received death sentences this month for killing Alfred Mignogna, owner of the United Veterans Association building; Fredrick Rickabaugh Sr., UVA doorman; and Heiss, a patron.

The jury wasn’t told that Padilla is an illegal alien.

The civil lawsuit notice, filed by attorney Art Cohen of Hollidaysburg, blames the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for allowing Padilla to remain in the United States.

Padilla, 27, came to America as a young boy with his mother and brothers to escape an alcoholic father.

He graduated from Penn Cambria High School but never became a U.S. citizen.

He was involved in a stabbing incident in which the victim was his then-father-in-law.

ICE never took Padilla into custody or attempted to deport him.

U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-9th District, spoke of the case on the House floor, saying ICE did nothing about Padilla.

Most of the money sought is for punitive damages because the government did not take any action that could have prevented the homicides.

An attorney with ICE declined comment Wednesday. ICE has asked Cohen to provide it with more details concerning the Padilla case.

2006-09-29 03:18:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Those were different times. We live in todays world! You cant compare the times of pilgrims to todays illegal immigrants. We have different laws. A different country. Everything is different. Is it so hard to understand that ILLEGAL IS ILLEGAL! Who cares about history? Who cares if the mexicans claim they use to own Texas. Guess what? They dont NOW!!!!!!!!!The truth of it all is that illegal is illegal. Its that simple. Start acting like you really want to be an American by following our laws, and shame on you all who support crimianl activity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-09-29 03:18:30 · 15 answers · asked by audiox808 1

Sexual assault arrest made in Ontario
Man, 19, accused of lewd and lascivious acts with girl, 13
Jannise Johnson, Staff Writer





David Torres Fuentes

ONTARIO -- A 19-year-old man is in jail after being accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl several months ago in a park bathroom.
David Torres Fuentes, 19, of Ontario, was arrested at his home Friday, according to a statement from Ontario police Detective Diane Galindo.

A school resource officer and Ontario police officers arrested Fuentes at 4:15 p.m. Friday in front of his home, according to the statement.

He was arraigned in Rancho Cucamonga Superior Court on Wednesday on one count of lewd and lascivious acts with a child, Galindo said.

Fuentes is accused of coercing a 13-year-old acquaintance into his car May 22 about 7:10 a.m., according to the statement.

The girl was a student at De Anza Middle School.

She reported Fuentes drove her to Sam Alba Park in Ontario, where he forced her into the men's room. Police believe that he then attempted to rape the girl, but she fought him off, Galindo said.

She immediately went to police to report the incident, Galindo said.

During an interview with investigators, Fuentes admitted to having sexual intercourse with the victim, according to the statement. He denied kidnapping and raping the girl, according to the statement.

Galindo said Fuentes is an undocumented immigrant, which made it more difficult to track him down.

"Because of his undocumented status, he immediately moved from his residence and we had trouble tracking him," she said. "His actions showed consciousness of guilt."

If convicted, Fuentes will be deported after he serves his time, said Virginia Kice, spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

In fact, ICE routinely screens foreign-born inmates in state and federal facilities to determine who is "deportable" upon release, Kice said.

"We have the opportunity not only to get these people off the streets but to get them out of the country as well," Kice said.

2006-09-29 03:16:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Cop murder spotlights
crisis of killer aliens
No government agency tracks crimes
by illegals, not even attacks on police

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Posted: September 28, 2006
9:18 p.m. Eastern



© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com


Officer Rodney Johnson
WASHINGTON – Charged with molesting a 12-year-old girl, Juan Leonardo Qunitero had been deported back to Mexico in 1999 as an illegal alien. Nevertheless, last week, he was back in the U.S., living comfortably in a city that prohibited police from asking anyone about their immigration status.

Rodney Johnson was a 12-year veteran on the Houston police force. Married with five children, he was big, kind-hearted and unafraid of working the toughest gang beats or late-night shifts.

On Thursday, Sept. 21, around 5:30 p.m., he pulled over a white Ford pickup driving 50 mph in a 30 mph zone in what should have been a routine traffic stop. The driver, Quintero, had neither a driver's license nor any other identification so, after a pat down, Johnson handcuffed him and placed him in the back of his patrol car. But Johnson missed the gun in Quintero's waistband. The prisoner pulled it out and fired four times at Johnson at close range.

When Johnson was laid to rest this week after his execution-style murder he joined a growing list of law enforcers gunned down by foreign criminals. Meanwhile, in Florida, a sheriff’s deputy was killed and another shot in the leg today after they pursued a motorist who ran away from a traffic stop.

Deputy Vernon Matthew “Matt” Williams and his K-9 unit were shot dead, officials said. Deputy Doug Speirs was shot in the leg but was expected to recover. Polk County sheriff’s deputies are searching for the suspect, described as a black man with a Jamaican accent with dreadlocks wearing a white or light colored shirt and dark pants.

2006-09-29 03:08:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

The house and senate have just agreed to spend 1.2 billion on a border fence. Some say this is a political game. I wonder if this is what people really want. Would this make you happier with your government or do you think it is just a way to get votes?

2006-09-29 03:03:30 · 14 answers · asked by grdnoviz 4

here on Y! A!. There is so much hate spewing from the immigration forum, but the religion and politics forum are there with it. Who spews the most hate? I put my money on the immigration forum.

2006-09-29 02:34:50 · 14 answers · asked by Enterrador 4

other races be required to show the same? How about a Bureau of Causian Affairs, make them document their whiteness?

2006-09-29 02:28:11 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thats what they are right? Criminals? Is breaking the law called something else these days?

2006-09-29 02:17:12 · 17 answers · asked by ernie-h-in-the-place 1

According to Pat Buchanan, by the year 2050 there would be about 100 million Latinos in the United States. What is the problem in that, if their legal right. Or is his concern just a fear of brown skinned people and not illegal immigration. Black population along with Latinos, Asians and Middle easterns is growing, as well as the Whites. The fact that non whites are considered minorites will wash away when all these minorities outnumber the majority. So what is the fear here?

2006-09-29 02:16:55 · 23 answers · asked by Enterrador 4

My girl friend is from mainland china, in tianjin to be more accurate, and well we have been talking about bring her to canada to live, now I know of 2 ways marriage and common law partner, what is a common law partner exactly and which of the 2 is the easiest and less complicated

2006-09-29 02:12:57 · 8 answers · asked by Ryan C 1

all i need to do is set up my own crap business

2006-09-29 00:59:09 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

As Neigbours shouldn't they be encouraged to share our wealth?

2006-09-29 00:45:24 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-29 00:39:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-29 00:11:03 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Because if we all suposidly have freedom of speech (AND YES I DO MEAN LEGAL PEOPLE, NOT ILLEGAL) then why can't we fly whatever flag we want?

i don't mean why shouldn't we

2006-09-28 23:41:58 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am german but have been living, working and paying my tax, national insurance etc in britain for ten years, never claimed anything or signed on as unemployed. I recently got married to an english man and decided to get my passport changed. I have now been informed that I have to pay £300 to apply for naturalisation which may take up to 8months ... why???

2006-09-28 23:18:31 · 17 answers · asked by soulsurfer 4

I was told that asylum seekers were to claim asylum in the first country they set foot in after leaving their own. So how come we get so many that have got off the train from france.
If this is the case why dont we send them back to the country they should have settled in.
Make it easier . STOP GIVING THEM SO MUCH MONEY

2006-09-28 23:06:00 · 24 answers · asked by Dirty Rob 3

My father was recently at court, because of a pakistani taxi driver who called him a white bastard and tried to attack him, then took offence to being headbutted. (He was fined last week for calling the taxi driver a paki scumbag(he did not call him anything), nothing about the assualt or the verbal abuse from the taxi driver)
Just for all the minorities, My father has many ethnic minority friends, he is not a racist.

2006-09-28 22:51:15 · 27 answers · asked by The Boxer 2

They also lie about not being able to speak english, I was at court a few weeks ago and a pakistani male was speaking aoutside the courtroom to his lawyer in english, then when he went into court he had to get an interpretor !! Whats that all about ???
The people of this country are not inherently racist but the scum Tony Blair is allowing to enter the country are, they come here and steal everything, get away with it by screaming racism then laugh in the faces of the hard working people who were born here.

2006-09-28 22:30:28 · 27 answers · asked by The Boxer 2

While the immigrants (usually of asian origin) come here with nothing and rip us all off (government and people alike) until they are driving around in the best of cars and own god knows how much property.

2006-09-28 22:17:33 · 20 answers · asked by The Boxer 2

2006-09-28 21:27:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who all thinks it's time to change the definition. The victors get to make the history books.

2006-09-28 21:25:22 · 14 answers · asked by not coming back 3

they all come over here and claim benefits which they shouldn't even be entitled to and drain all the resources of the country. and the ones that do work do it illegally for cash in hand so putting a strain on businesses when the minimum wage has to increase by a stupid amount just to compensate for them. why do they keep allowing them to arrive? why? why? why? why? please help i need the answers?

2006-09-28 21:14:13 · 14 answers · asked by steve 4

what are we gonna do? build a wall across the lake,they will just swim under it

2006-09-28 21:05:54 · 4 answers · asked by thankuberry 3

Another key point is that the company hired through a contractor, something they do to shield themselves from liability.

"A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that one of the world's largest carpet makers can be sued under racketeering laws over allegations of hiring thousands of illegal immigrants and depressing wages.

Former and current workers at Dalton-based Mohawk Industries claim they received lower wages than workers at other companies in the Dalton area, which is known as the "Carpet Capital of the World" and home to carpet plants for Shaw Industries, Interface and other companies.

"Other companies in the area not hiring illegal workers pay significantly more," Foster said"

What do you think?

http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=5798776&action=article

2006-09-28 19:43:05 · 7 answers · asked by DAR 7