Immigration - October 2006

The comparison was made by Mexico's President Vicente Fox.

2006-10-04 10:57:23 · 18 answers · asked by Ichiban 3

US President George W Bush has signed a controversial bill into law that will pay for a 700-mile fence (1,125km) fence along the border with Mexico.
The barrier, equipped with hi-tech surveillance equipment, will be built in areas where many illegal immigrants cross over into the United States.

Mr Bush has also suggested a temporary guest worker programme to allow immigrants to work legally in the US.

But Republican congressmen have argued against the idea.

They said it would be an amnesty that would give illegal immigrants a route to citizenship....

2006-10-04 10:53:19 · 10 answers · asked by gokart121 6

That is what they are you know. Who thinks PC should rule your thoughts and speech? To all of you who tell it like it really is and use illegal aliens in correct format, Cheers to you!

Deport, Report and no AMNESTY... :)

Copy and paste your facts, I like reading them too.

2006-10-04 10:52:01 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

A woman just asked "why is it so hard to immigrate here legally?" The majority of you answered 'file paper work and do it the right way". You are truly misguided and do not understand that immigrating here legally is Near to Impossible! My husband & I have been working with an attorney for more than a year & we have made No progress! NONE. We are trying to do it the Right Way!! Perhaps as some of you said there is a cap on how many immigrants they let in, all though I have never heard that before. Besides we have a family! We are married! He has No criminal record.

Why do you think it is a simple process??????????????

2006-10-04 10:46:11 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I will tell you, because when most of our ancestors came to this great country they came because they wanted to be Americans. They did not come here and ask for government paperwork to be changed so they can read it. THEY LEARNED TO SPEAK ENGLISH! They did everything they could to become citizens. They did not try to find a loophole so they could just work here for a few years and go back to there country. If you want to live hear you have to assimilate your self into our culture not b itch until everyone changes for you.

2006-10-04 10:44:35 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is that Illegal Alien Activist Elvira Arellano still Hiding Out In Church To Avoid Deportation?

2006-10-04 10:37:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

If that is not a crime, they should only arrest people using drugs and not those providing it.

2006-10-04 10:36:19 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a question for those who are for illegals pouring into this country and demanding rights.

If a group of five to ten people came into your house without your permission while you were at work, cooked and cleaned the place spotless, then demanded that you pay them and provide them with a place to sleep and have full access to your house anytime they wanted. Would you be happy? This is the same scenario that is going on with illegals entering this country right now.

All of you against illegal immigration can respond to this with your opinions as well.

2006-10-04 10:27:48 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-04 10:26:04 · 11 answers · asked by ShoeShine 1

why do people always talk about mexicans? What about Russians who our government gives vouchers to live here and have a nice home and nice cars, and then I see them down the street at the salvation army getting food. Oh and watch out in the grocery store cause you will be pushed out of the way. All they do is sit at home on their a**.

2006-10-04 10:25:53 · 13 answers · asked by Sparkles 4

Regardless of legal status.

2006-10-04 10:22:33 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

does that make Mexican citizens US citizens?

2006-10-04 10:21:38 · 4 answers · asked by gokart121 6

To all those ignorants born in US, get a map and find America.

2006-10-04 10:09:29 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

jsut because I love someone doesnt mean the goverment has to snatch him away from me!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE MYSELF!!!!!!!

2006-10-04 10:03:25 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-04 10:00:28 · 6 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7

What impact do you think there will be on crime, public services etc?

2006-10-04 09:52:49 · 11 answers · asked by gokart121 6

2006-10-04 09:23:15 · 13 answers · asked by Andreita 2

I can't go to college if I don't have my resident card ...I called..I wrote letters theres is no answer ....where is the delay ...Is just bureocracy?

2006-10-04 09:15:38 · 13 answers · asked by Andreita 2

2006-10-04 09:01:06 · 15 answers · asked by rosie71gue 2

What about rice?

2006-10-04 09:00:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Undocumented Immigrants from all countries.

2006-10-04 08:51:58 · 35 answers · asked by Omar 2

which one do you like the best

2006-10-04 08:42:00 · 14 answers · asked by the duke 1

Cracking down


A nationwide campaign this year against business operators who employ undocumented immigrants has led to a number of targeted raids, including ones in:

Houston, where seven managers of IFCO Systems North America Inc., a palletmaker, are charged with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens. Agents raid 40 plants nationwide.

El Paso, where Soto Rock Hauling owners are charged with harboring 26 undocumented immigrants.

Cincinnati, where four supervisors from Fischer Homes, a residential construction firm, are indicted and 76 immigrant workers are detained.

Fairfield, Ohio, where agents arrested Bee's Buffet owner in the importation of undocumented workers from Asia and housing them in his basement.

New York state, where ICE raids leave a shortage of workers to pick strawberries at Coulter Farms.

Jackson, Miss., where agents investigating the Country Club of Jackson find 18 undocumented workers.

Stillmore, Ga., where a chicken processing plant is raided and 120 immigrants suspected of being illegal are detained.



Source: ICE and newspaper reports

2006-10-04 08:41:34 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yes. They are illegal. Many Women work as prostitutes or hosekeepers for Middle-up class Mexicans.
Men work in all sort of jobs, some get good jobs thanks Fidel tought 'em how to write and read in Spanish.
Some ohers cross illegaly to the uSA from the Mexican nothern border. Cuban Exiles in south FL hate Mexicans.
So if they hate undocumented immigrants and mexican Americans, should Mexico deport illegal Cubans in Mexico too?

Alberto: Responde con cualquiera de tus clones... anda huerco!

2006-10-04 08:32:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

please read this article

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20061003/ts_csm/aghosttown_1

2006-10-04 08:30:30 · 8 answers · asked by saul_herandez 3

You won't have anything to eat except junk food and you will get even fatter than you are now.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/03/AR2006100301254.html

2006-10-04 08:30:12 · 22 answers · asked by Anti-illegals are out to get me 2

I saw in the news today that President Bush announced he signed a bill to spend 1.2 Billion on fence between U.S. and taco land. Is anyone else glad he finally pulled his out of his rear and is doing something to curb all the illegals and easy access to the country?

2006-10-04 08:25:51 · 14 answers · asked by mcskillins 2

I dont think so, I think it will only help a little because US gave them permission to become legal here instead of telling them to go back

2006-10-04 08:25:44 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Feds to target Ariz. employers of undocumented workers

Dennis Wagner and Daniel Gonzalez
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 4, 2006 12:00 AM

Federal authorities in Arizona are expected to crack down soon on businesses that knowingly hire undocumented workers, joining a nationwide effort to bust employers most responsible for the job magnet that attracts illegal immigrants to the United States.

Russell "Pete" Ahr, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Phoenix, said the agency's worksite enforcement unit has been beefed up to pursue felony charges against those who willfully use unauthorized labor.

"It is active now," Ahr said of the unit. "It is conducting investigations. There are going to be visible results in the foreseeable future. ... We're not fining (companies) anymore. We're going after criminal indictments against the owners." advertisement




During raids, some illegal immigrants are likely to be arrested for deportation. But, Ahr emphasized, ICE agents will not conduct random sweeps to round up undocumented workers. They will use tips and intelligence to identify business operators who purposely violate the law.

Ahr declined to say what industries or types of businesses may be targeted.

The crackdown comes at a time when illegal immigration is a hot political issue, with grass-roots lobbying, election campaigns and congressional feuding over reform.

In December, the Republican-controlled House passed an enforcement-only measure that calls for more border security and mandatory verification of employment documents. A bipartisan Senate bill would enhance enforcement, but it also provides for the legalization of undocumented immigrants who are vital to some U.S. industries.

Congress adjourned last week without taking final action on either measure.

The workplace enforcement effort evolved gradually, with ICE agents in some jurisdictions cracking down on employers as early as 2004. The Department of Homeland Security publicly touted the program in April, when ICE agents arrested seven managers from a pallet-manufacturing company. During raids at company sites in 26 states, including Arizona, 1,187 workers were discovered with false documents.

Since then, the prosecution of employers has accelerated. As of August of fiscal 2006, agents had arrested 668 business owners or managers in the employment of undocumented workers, 525 more than in the seven prior years combined.

Although the increase seems dramatic, the total number of prosecutions remains fractional in an economy with an estimated 4.9 million private employers and 7.2 million undocumented workers. By some estimates, undocumented workers make up 5 percent of the nation's workforce.



Against that backdrop, critics say a smattering of criminal cases suggests political tokenism.

Steven Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies, an immigration control organization in Washington, D.C., said President Bush is trying to placate conservative Republicans in hopes they'll accept an amnesty program.

Camarota added that, although he welcomes any enforcement increase, the prosecutions are merely an increase "from nothing to a little."


Do-nothing history


The ICE campaign comes after years of ignoring those who hire undocumented immigrants, largely due to politics.

In the 1990s, administrators at ICE's predecessor, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, tried to shut off the unauthorized labor force in several industries, only to be beaten down. In Nebraska, for example, raids on meatpacking plants, one of the state's key businesses, prompted such a backlash from community and congressional leaders that the INS gave up. The same happened in other states where key industries were targeted.

The pressure from industry, combined with advocacy from civil rights groups opposed to immigration sweeps, virtually eliminated interior enforcement programs.

Brazen violators occasionally were hit with civil sanctions, but ICE officials acknowledge the fines were so insignificant that employers shrugged them off as a cost of doing business.

Enforcement efforts against business owners are hampered by other factors:


• Convictions are difficult to obtain because investigators must prove an employer knowingly hired unauthorized workers.


• ICE agents have been preoccupied with national security. Since 9/11, their top priorities have been identifying potential terrorists and screening employees at airports and other key installations.

The result: In 2002, only 19 business operators nationwide were arrested for immigration violations.


Hot-button issue


If terrorism changed ICE's priorities, it also helped make immigration a hot-button political issue. Suddenly, the Bush administration was withering under criticism. Some complained about the lack of raids to find illegal workers. Others groused about the hypocrisy of targeting immigrants while doing nothing to business owners who profit from them.

Bush has long argued for a comprehensive reform measure that includes border security, interior enforcement and a legalized immigrant workforce.

Advocates on both sides say the ICE campaign was spawned by politics rather than a sincere effort to crack down on employers.

"These are strategies to appeal to a very conservative base," said Michele Waslin, director of immigration policy research for the National Council of La Raza.

Waslin said history has shown that enforcement won't deter illegal immigration because it fails to recognize the need for low-cost labor. Instead, she said, worksite raids spread fear.

Ahr, the ICE spokesman, said that his agency is reversing a long history of lax enforcement and that the job has to be done incrementally. Already, he said, more companies are signing up for a voluntary program that enables them to verify employee documents.

"As more of these criminal cases are made, with the publicity they get, we expect people to say, 'Golly, I might not be next on the chopping block, but I might be next,' " Ahr said. "(Illegal immigration) is driven by the magnet of illegal employment. It's all well and good to bolster the border. But, unless you diminish the magnet, that border effort won't work."

2006-10-04 08:20:18 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yes, I'm the one that posted my "personal opinion on illegal immigration" and I just want to say that I'm not here trying to start trouble or to offend anyone. It is a problem though and it needs to be taken care of. Just like I tell my kids there is a right way to do things and there is a wrong way and when it is done wrong then the problem needs to be fixed.

2006-10-04 08:10:32 · 12 answers · asked by LMB 2