Immigration - October 2006

I am neither Christian nor non-Christian. My question is not so much about "Jesus" as it is about spirituality in general in the US. Do you feel the popular prevailing views on immigration are balanced? Are they compassionate? What would the world's great spiritual leaders have to say about the inequalities that lead to lack of opportunity in our neighboring countries; as well as to genocide, poverty, and infant mortality? Finally, what is the role of the individual in all of this?

Of course anyone who wants to can answer, but preference given to rational, balanced answers.

2006-10-17 12:11:48 · 17 answers · asked by Hauntedfox 5

Note. Most illegal aliens are not licenced and have no insurance. If they are in a wreck do you think they would flee the scene? I know of 10 accidents in my small town that were hit and run and the runner was hispanic.

2006-10-17 12:01:42 · 13 answers · asked by bob 1

2006-10-17 11:55:30 · 8 answers · asked by rimlicker w 1

2006-10-17 11:32:18 · 25 answers · asked by Mendi8a 5

I hear ppl on the site saying that they hate mexicans because they are loud, obnoxious, parasitic, criminal and such? White ppl arent angels at all. They are ones im always seeing on the news because they raped a little girl, they killed their wife, and doing worse things than mexicans do. Why are white ppl always hating on them and them only. There are others that come here from diff. countries, and i dont see anyone complaining about them? They are doing the same that mexicans are doing. Why cant they just be loved? My family is Mexican and they dont work in mexico because they cant. They dont have any money to come to the U.S. and thats why ppl 4rm Mexico are coming illegally because they really cant do it. Mexicans that come illegally just wanted a life here and to work to support their family not to cause any problems and if they do, they are just humans, everyone is. If you were in their situation you would be doing the same thing. You will probly say no but u THINK u kno better

2006-10-17 11:26:35 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

I entered the country legally, but have been "out of status" for about a month. I would like to married my girlfriend "US permanet resident". I don't know I need to leave the country or if I could stay here after we get married.

2006-10-17 11:22:06 · 10 answers · asked by Pepe M 1

immigrants

2006-10-17 10:39:22 · 13 answers · asked by gftcrd 1

Why everytime somebody talks about illegals they have to ofend Mexicans? I worked in a high school called newcomers for kids that are new in the country and dont know english, most of them were illegal and they came in every race and color from everywhere in the world, in fact there were not a lot of mexican but from poland, greece, pakistan, ecuador, china, ect... I dont understant why in talks of immigration most of the words I see are BORDER, GO BACT TO MEXICO, MEXICANS, its not fare, and whats with the bean eater? everybody eats beans I love them dont think that you are insulting somebody by that. why just focus on Mexicans if illegals are fom everywhere? Is this something against Mexico some peope have? So why I never see a question where people talk about illegals from other countries which there are many

2006-10-17 10:38:28 · 25 answers · asked by audrey 3

Let's say you belong to a church or any community group, and several members of that congregation/group are making a trip to Mexico to help build homes and feed/clothe the people down there. Would you protest this? Or would you pretend to agree with the idea because you feel you need to "go with the flow"? And what would you then call these people who are volunteering their time and efforts to go down there and do this? Not trying to make a point, just curious!!

2006-10-17 10:32:17 · 19 answers · asked by SittinPretty! 4

can we deport our inbred white trash too? theyr the biggest toll on our country by far

2006-10-17 10:26:31 · 11 answers · asked by glenn 1

Can you help me?? ive been reading through this section and i sense a hate for mexicans?

I am not Mexican, I don't have a single Mexican friend. But I've seen them, their hard working & work for half the wages I wouldn't even think about. and they dress like cowboys.

equality for all? or no? i rather see a diverse group of ppl then just a bunch of white ppl.. or a bunch of black ppl or a bunch of mexicans.

the only thing i can think that is bad about Illiegal immigration is affirmative action. i dont hate that they enter illegal.. but I do hate AA, Why should they get special treatment?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i hate it affirmative action.. its racist.

2006-10-17 10:10:43 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

There are a lot of people who come on here and just talk and talk about how bad illegals are and how they should go back to Mexico. Why don't u tell other people to go back to their countries also?

2006-10-17 09:46:25 · 18 answers · asked by *Mrs. Watson* 2

WHY are people calling illegal immigrant haters racist?

Yes, majority are Hispanic. THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT RACIST.

THEY ARE STILL -ILLEGAL-. i, l, l, e, g, a, l.
Illegal is not a race. If 12 million POLES came into america, I'd hate all of those illegal polish.

I'm fine with mexico. But with millions of illegal immigrants, regardless of their nationality/heritage/color? No.

And that is not racist.

2006-10-17 09:38:22 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

be honest,,,,,i already know the answer

2006-10-17 09:35:46 · 15 answers · asked by sniffass s 1

Why can't you invent civilization, engineering, industrialization, transportation, flight, space travel, modern infrastructure, commerce, economy, stability, literacy, education, universities, the advancement of your people?

Not to be a racist, but rather to state the obvious:

There are no self-made LATIN nations. If you can't feed your kids, why do you just keep having baby after baby?
Why can't you pay rent? Why can't you pay for Medicaid? Why can't you invent physical therapy, doctors' studies, become doctors, without white invented education, universities, or affirmative action scholarships?

Why is it that those with the most deviant and destructive lifestyles are given the most by government, i.e. white working taxpayers?

Instead of living in a nation without "racism" completely made up of, composed of and run by people of your own race, you would rather live in ours, then complain and whine about racism in order to receive the automatic sympathy, benefits,

2006-10-17 09:24:49 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

After 150 years of freedom, they still have not been successful in many aspects of american life. High crime rates, poverty, low education rates. Many other groups new to america have been much more successful. The Irish, the german, the polish. Even many newly arrived africans. Whats wrong with them????

2006-10-17 09:09:26 · 24 answers · asked by dan j 1

The Statue of Liberty was erected in 1886, when world population was little more than one billion and the U.S. population was 60 million. Many do not realize that the Statue of Liberty was a gift to the U.S. from France, with the title, "Liberty Enlightening the World". The statue and its symbolism had nothing to do with immigration, but rather hope that the rest of the world would adopt Democracy.

The Emma Lazurus plaque (it is not chiseled in the base), "send me your huddled masses" was added ten years later during the immigration peak of that age.

2006-10-17 08:59:48 · 9 answers · asked by Yakuza 7

I cant stand mexicans they all over

2006-10-17 08:51:14 · 19 answers · asked by I got dat real real Peef 1

2006-10-17 08:48:22 · 42 answers · asked by HouseoSmyth 1

2006-10-17 08:46:31 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Letter in a California newspaper.

I work in a local hospital. When gathering statistics for a report recently, I collected information from our maternal infant floor for three random days. During that time, 67 babies were born. All but three were born to mothers with Latino surnames. Of the 65 mothers, 46 were listed as single — not married. With the exception of three mothers, every single one of those mothers were being paid for by MediCal. In other words, they were on public assistance.

Each of those babies born will attend public schools. Each of those babies will also be on public health insurance.

It is unusual to hear English spoken in my hospital. Our hospital provides health care to anyone who shows up at the door. Those people rarely have insurance and because of this we have been in danger of closing our doors for decades. Much, if not most, of our financial problems are due to illegal immigrants.

2006-10-17 08:42:16 · 6 answers · asked by Sean 7

I heard this for the first time today on talk radio. Is there really going to be a Nafta highway built between Mexico and Canada the width of eight football fields? I think it will have one inspection station in Kansas. This is crazy if this is true!!!

2006-10-17 08:39:04 · 3 answers · asked by kristie_ann22 1

I'm not sure if anyone out there took economics in college but here's a quick economics lesson that you all should know: Immigrants add many billions of dollars to the US economy annually which keeps the US competitive with new powerhouses India & China and thus allows the US economy to thrive. Immigrants are the backbone of the US economy and if the US didn't have them they would have serious economic problems not to mention the fact that there wouldn't be enough workers to do the jobs Americans don't want to do! Take away immigrants and the US would fall flat on it's face and many of you would lose your jobs. I know that white america is afraid of losing it's grip on power but if all these immigrants weren't working in America there wouldn't be a successful America. You want to keep out the immigrants then start doing the jobs they do and if you don't want to do that then shut up, let the immigrants do them & be happy that the US is still the dominate economy in the world.

2006-10-17 08:14:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year.

http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters7fd8

2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.

http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.

http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

2006-10-17 07:57:34 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone know forreal if illegal immigrants are allowed to compete on the US team in the olympics? I am a good runner and swimmer. Will they give citizenship to me if I bring home the gold?

2006-10-17 07:46:13 · 15 answers · asked by Anti-illegals are out to get me 2

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=67151

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=67020

-- The man accused of heading up a local ring of crime and illegal immigration is now behind bars.

Agents arrested 28 undocumented workers in a mobile home park in Green Cove Springs Friday.

We now know two of the suspects had snuck into the U.S. before and had been deported. Another was a criminal with a history of serious drug charges.

The owner of a Clay County drywall company is now under arrest. Police took Cesar Mora into custody Monday morning.

Investigators say he housed and employed the illegal aliens and has been involved in money laundering for the past two years.

The government raided the same park two years ago and arrested more than 40 undocumented workers then."

I wonder how many employers like this exist?

And what should we do about them?

2006-10-17 06:26:55 · 10 answers · asked by DAR 7

The Mexicans arent commies.

2006-10-17 06:20:24 · 45 answers · asked by heroinglitter 2

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Mexico angered by lack of immigration reform, decision to increase security at border
By Associated Press
Friday, October 6, 2006 - Updated: 07:52 AM EST

Mexico lobbied for six years for a comprehensive immigration reform that would allow millions to cross into the United States legally. Instead, they’re getting a fence.

Mexicans - from leading politicians to migrants preparing to cross illegally - consider the U.S. plan to fence off much of the border shameful, offensive and ill-conceived.

President Bush on Wednesday signed a bill that would allot $1.2 billion for hundreds of miles of fencing, ( Cont.)

2006-10-17 06:11:09 · 20 answers · asked by RENEGADE. 2

My husband is a Naturalized Citizen. His twin brother does not have any papers and he plans to go to his country but wants to borrow my husbands Passport. I don't want him to use it because my husband has his papers because he earned them with hard work and doing all the correct things you need to do to be o good US Citizen. And here comes his lazy brother and asks to borrow something that you just can't use as easy as he thinks it is. This makes me mad and my husband doesn't want him to use his passport ether but sometimes when they argue about it I see my husband thinking twice about it. Please help me on this matter I need someones help!

2006-10-17 06:01:14 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
As U.S. leaders craft policies to curb illegal immigration from Mexico, the U.S. Federal Reserve is devising programs to extend banking services to undocumented immigrants. A new remittance program aims to bring Mexican migrants who send money home into the mainstream U.S. financial system, regardless of their immigration status.

Dubbed "Directo a Mexico," the remittance program enables U.S. commercial banks to make money transfers for Mexican workers through the Federal Reserve's own automated clearinghouse, which is linked to Banco de Mexico, the Mexican central bank.

To use the service, a Mexican need only possess a matricula consular, an ID issued by the Mexican consulate in most major U.S. cities to those with proof of Mexican birth or citizenship, or a picture ID card issued by the U.S. or another foreign government. The idea is to make it cheaper and safer for Mexican workers to send funds to their relatives.

"We offer an extremely competitive exchange rate," said Elizabeth McQuerry, an Atlanta-based assistant vice president for the Federal Reserve Bank's retail payments office. "We cost a third of other providers."

The majority of immigrants currently make transfers, which average $350 each, through companies like Western Union or a hodgepodge of wire-transfer firms, couriers and others that operate out of storefronts in Hispanic enclaves. Family members then collect the wired cash at a shop in their town or village.

The Federal Reserve Bank and Banco de Mexico launched a cross-country road show during the summer to promote the new funds-transfer program to commercial banks. Banks that offer the service hope to attract new customers. Indeed, one of the Federal Reserve Bank's goals is to use the program as a springboard for drawing hundreds of thousands of immigrants into the formal U.S. banking system because commercial banks require that those wanting the service first open a savings account.

"People who didn't have bank accounts establish a relationship with us," said James Maloney, chairman of Mitchell Bank in Milwaukee, one of the first banks to offer the Federal Reserve Bank's remittance scheme. "It's great for our business."

Acknowledging that many Mexicans sending money home are illegal immigrants, the Federal Reserve's brochure poses the following frequently asked question: "If I return to Mexico or am deported, will I lose the money in my bank account?" The answer: "No. The money still belongs to you and can be easily accessed at an ATM in Mexico using your debit card."

A team at the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta joined forces with a team at the Mexican central bank to design the Directo a Mexico program in response to a mandate by President Bush, following the U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity struck by Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox in 2001. One of the stated objectives was to lower the cost paid by Mexican workers to send money to their native country.

The Federal Reserve Bank's brochure touts the favorable foreign-exchange rate, based on the official rate, and a low transfer fee. "In addition, your money is safer in the bank than in your pockets or underneath the mattress," the brochure says.

Retail banks that participate in the program charge as little as $2.50 a transfer compared with $40 charged by some transfer services. Retail banks in the program pay the Federal Reserve 67 cents per transfer.

Most immigrants operate in a cash economy outside the formal banking system, where they have neither credit nor identity. In a post 9/11 era, bringing immigrants into the banking system - and tracking their remittances - is vital to security, supporters say.

Critics, however, say the Federal Reserve Bank is coddling illegal immigrants and helping them engage in capital flight. "Anything that makes it easier for people to live in this country illegally is an inducement for illegal immigration," said Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, an immigration-restrictionist group. "On top of that, it is draining money out of our economy."

Latin American migrants in the U.S. transferred $53 billion to $55 billion to their native countries last year, according to the Inter-American Development Bank. About $20 billion went to Mexico, $12 billion to Central America and the Dominican Republic, and the rest to South American countries.

Remittances sent by Mexicans topped $15.5 billion in the first eight months of this year, 20 percent higher than the amount sent during the same period in 2005, according to Mexico's central bank, and this year's annual figure is expected to hit a new record. Savings scraped together by nannies, painters and others working abroad are now Mexico's second-largest source of foreign revenue, after oil exports and ahead of tourism.

Since the Federal Reserve launched the program last year, about 150 U.S. financial institutions have enrolled. While most Mexicans continue to avoid banks, consumers using the program seem happy with it. Julian Gimenez, who works for a landscaping company in Milwaukee, for years had sent money to his wife, Catalina, in Jalisco, Mexico, through a wire-transfer company in his Latino neighborhood. Now, Gimenez uses Mitchell Bank. "It's cheaper to send the money and it arrives faster than any other place," he said.

Last month, the program was expanded to enable migrants in the U.S. to open an account for relatives to whom they plan to send money. A bank teller in the U.S. can open the account remotely on a Web site set up by Mexico's Banco del Ahorro Nacional y Servicios Financieros, the development bank known as Bansefi, which has a vast network of branches in urban and rural areas.

The beauty of the program, says Bansefi's Chief Executive Officer Javier Gavito, is that the "unbanked population" on both sides of the border gets into the formal banking system. In Mexico, only half of all adults hold a bank account.

Directo a Mexico "revolutionizes the remittance market," said John Herrera, co-founder of Latino Community Credit Union, which has five branches in North Carolina and participates in the remittance program.

"U.S. banks have realized that these working-class folks are sending real money back home," said Herrera.



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2006-10-17 05:43:43 · 10 answers · asked by RENEGADE. 2