Immigration - October 2006

So many people say it's the law that you are not to come into this country illegally, so who cares if you get deported and ripped away from your families, or leave your children behind with no one to support them...well then let me ask this.... If you always stand behind something just because it is the law then I guess you also agreed with slavery in the old days... Also, I guess that means that it was okay when the law said that christians couldn't pray in their homes back in the old Soviet Union, and I guess it was also okay when Hitler took thousands of Jews from their homes and tortured and killed them, because after all, that was his law. Here in our own country thousands of people had to go AGAINST the law during the Civil Rights movement, just so that everyone could be considered equal, I guess if you idiots think that the law is so wonderful all the time, and you have to follow it no matter what, then you also would've agreed with all these things....?

2006-10-17 05:26:51 · 14 answers · asked by tiece20 2

Do you intend to vote in November?

2006-10-17 04:50:51 · 13 answers · asked by gokart121 6

2006-10-17 04:47:10 · 9 answers · asked by gokart121 6

2006-10-17 04:44:58 · 24 answers · asked by Micha 1

2006-10-17 04:44:43 · 11 answers · asked by gokart121 6

I'm trying to get someone home to Canada after time served in the states but once finished they move the person around all over the place to different detention centers. Does anyone know the process or know how long it takes for them to release them?

2006-10-17 04:39:49 · 6 answers · asked by alwaysfree2ask 1

2006-10-17 04:33:31 · 7 answers · asked by gokart121 6

2006-10-17 04:12:47 · 23 answers · asked by CuteSexy 2

2006-10-17 03:53:54 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

Judge: Day laborers' rights violated
Rules civil trial for damages can proceed against men who attacked Mexicans in 2000
BY ALFONSO A. CASTILLO
STAFF WRITER

February 12, 2005


A federal court judge has ruled in favor of two Mexican day laborers who say their civil rights were violated when they were brutally beaten by two white men in Shirley in 2000.

In the decision, handed down Thursday in Central Islip, U.S. District Judge Sandra Feuerstein ruled that a civil trial on the facts of the case is unwarranted because of the criminal convictions in 2002 of Christopher Slavin and Ryan Wagner in the attack. A civil trial on the amount of damages the Farmingville laborers may be entitled to is expected to begin later this month.

Feuerstein ruled that the defendants cannot dispute "that they conspired to, and did in fact, assault and batter plaintiffs with dangerous instruments, and that they had the requisite intent to commit the crimes charged."

Slavin, 33, of Hicksville, and Wagner, 24, of Maspeth, are serving 25-year prison sentences for the attack, in which the two men, posing as contractors, lured Israel Perez, 24, and Magdaleno Estrada, 33, to an abandoned Shirley warehouse where they beat both with a post hole digger and stabbed Perez with a knife.

In the suit, filed in 2001, the laborers claimed their attackers deprived them of their right to the same security enjoyed by white people, conspired to create a climate of fear within the Latino communities, and deprived them of their rights to free speech, free assembly and free association under the First and 14th amendments.

Slavin's Huntington attorney, Robert Del Col, could not be reached for comment. Wagner's attorney, Thomas Liotti, of Garden City, did not return a call for comment.

Although the civil suit asks for $66 million, Fred Brewington, a Hempstead attorney representing the laborers, acknowledged Slavin and Wagner probably have "very little" assets to go after.

"This case is not about money. It's about something much more tangible than dollars and cents," Brewington said at a Mineola news conference Friday. "People have a right to come to this country and not be subjected to abuse or beatings based on their language, the color of their skin or their national origin."

Estrada has returned to Mexico and is not expected to testify at the trial. Perez, who now lives in California, plans to return to Long Island to testify. Brewington said he spoke to Perez following the judge's decision and said "he was very happy that there was some sense of justice through the system."

Feurstein's decision also formally dismissed a class action claim filed by the laborers on behalf of "all other Mexican/Chicano Day Laborers and/or Latino Day Laborers similarly situated."

In addition to Slavin and Wagner, that claim was filed against several groups alleged to have helped create an environment of intolerance toward immigrants, including the Long Island-based Sachem Quality of Life. In 2002, a judge dismissed the groups from the suit.

2006-10-17 03:51:09 · 7 answers · asked by princess_29_71 1

2006-10-17 03:37:15 · 12 answers · asked by CuteSexy 2

When my hubby went for the test the first time, we were early(so we waited in the coffee shop until the appointed time) but he waited around 45 mins or more for the test to start. The 2nd time we were late by just a few mins after being caught in traffic but they sent him away because he was late. I assumed that the first occasion was just a one off so i told him not to say anything but he just went for the test again, he was on time and again they started the test around 45 mins late. He hasnt passed yet and im unsure it would be a good idea to complain in case it affects his citizenship application. I dont think its right and maybe most people wouldnt say anything so as not to make trouble but im angry, i dont think they should have refused to let him sit the test the 2nd time. What do you think?

2006-10-17 03:24:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-17 02:49:20 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous

im writing a paper on immigration law and i need ideas for a topic...
im really confused. does anyone know anythng about immigration law. i was thinking about doing a topic on how it has changed in the last 100 years and how it has contributed to terrorism..
anyone got any better ideas???!!

2006-10-17 02:49:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

my parents were married under muslim sunni law in south africa and i was recently told by the home office when i applied for right of abode that its not recognised under uk law for the intended purposes due to their polygomaus nature.Can any one shed some light on this or know of an act that can help with this?

2006-10-17 02:41:50 · 10 answers · asked by mielo 1

2006-10-17 02:21:10 · 38 answers · asked by simdog 2

2006-10-17 02:18:47 · 19 answers · asked by zoila 2

2006-10-17 02:16:49 · 13 answers · asked by malcolm x 1

They are the reason why our country is so overcrowded. We need to put an end to this before the overpopulate the world? Have they no morals?

2006-10-17 02:07:31 · 27 answers · asked by Pure American 1

2006-10-17 01:19:36 · 3 answers · asked by haronid 1

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2006-10-17 01:10:33 · 11 answers · asked by El Pistolero Negra 5

2006-10-16 18:38:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-16 18:34:36 · 25 answers · asked by CuteSexy 2

I have an H1b with company A and I was notified that I will have an interview for the Green card in 2 months. I have a master's degree. I got a job offer from another company B though, which is huge and I want to work for them. I am afraid to transfer the H1b to them because my lawyer told me that the immigration officers will get suspicous in the interview and will not give me the Card if a month before I have the interview I transfer from A to B. He says that I have to work for the employer that sponsored me.I filed for a consulate processing. Company B can not wait. Is there any legal way around this?

2006-10-16 18:23:12 · 3 answers · asked by Dimi 1

2006-10-16 18:22:46 · 8 answers · asked by CuteSexy 2

Man in infamous hate-crime killing arrested on violation of parole terms
Racism - The ex-skinhead convicted in the 1988 beating of Mulugeta Seraw could end up serving more prison time
Saturday, May 20, 2006
BOAZ HERZOG
One of the three men convicted in the 1988 Southeast Portland killing of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw was arrested Friday on accusations that he violated his parole by contacting members of a white supremacist group, authorities said.

Kyle Brewster, 36, was arrested without incident during a routine visit with his parole officer Friday morning. He was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center with no bail allowed.

The county Department of Community Justice is recommending Brewster be sent back to prison for the rest of his parole, which expires in 2008, said Robb Freda-Cowie, a spokesman for the agency.

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Brewster spent 14 years in prison for taking part in one of Oregon's most notorious hate crimes. The former skinhead was convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the 1988 baseball-bat killing of Seraw. While the conviction put Brewster and two other members of East Side White Pride behind bars, the slaying cast a shadow on Portland, which was branded "Skinhead City" by one of the nation's leading civil rights groups.

The crime prompted the enactment of Oregon's groundbreaking hate-crime law. It also set the stage for a civil trial that financially crippled one of the nation's most influential racists.

Brewster's arrest comes amid a significant increase in activity by white supremacist groups nationwide and across the region, a trend that observers have called alarming. The groups have become savvier about recruiting, harnessing the Internet and creating record labels that promote rock bands, said Robert Jacobs, the Anti-Defamation League's Pacific Northwest regional director.

"Many of these people are plain unstable," Jacobs said. The instability adds to the potential for violence -- "you don't know when it's going to happen."

The groups also have drifted into drug dealing, home-invasion robberies and graffiti, crimes more traditionally associated with African American and Latino gangs, said Steven Stroud, a former skinhead who co-founded Oregon Spotlight, a Portland-based organization that tracks hate groups.

Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Portland Police Bureau, increasingly have seen a rise in assaults and vandalism connected to white supremacist groups, Freda-Cowie said.

Parole officials warned Brewster when he was released Nov. 19, 2002, that they would revoke his parole if he associated with gang members. Since then, Freda-Cowie said, "it's pretty clear he hasn't changed his ideas."

2006-10-16 18:21:24 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

California White Supremacist Arrested for Assault


Posted: September 1, 2005



The leader of a racist skinhead group has been arrested in Ventura, California, on suspicion of assault.



Ian Morrow, 36, was arrested on August 25 for his alleged role in beating an off-duty security guard at the Sans Souci bar in downtown Ventura five days earlier. Racial remarks were directed at the Latino security guard and Morrow, one of several people involved in the skirmish, punched the guard in the face and head, according to authorities. He was charged with assault by forceful means likely to produce great bodily injury and was released on $130,000 bond.



During a search of Morrow's home, police discovered white supremacist literature and paraphernalia, which was apparently part of Morrow's white supremacist internet business, White Devil Industries. A leader with the Confederation of Racialist Working Class Skinheads, a racist skinhead group based in Ventura, Morrow sold racist t-shirts, stickers, patches and other items, which he apparently purchased from Panzerfaust Records before it went out of business.

2006-10-16 18:18:50 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-16 18:17:14 · 19 answers · asked by CuteSexy 2

Does any one have a solid solution to the immigration problem, that would possible be good not only for America, but leave a positive effect on Mexico ?

2006-10-16 18:07:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Then they will have a instant better life without the worry of documents.

2006-10-16 17:09:45 · 16 answers · asked by Homer 1