Immigration - August 2007

So many times I see people in here saying that illegals do not pay taxes and they DO. Last night I posted a question asking people for help with something I am writing for free that can help some people have less difficulty to be able to be legaly ok on income taxes and take legitimate tax deductions like everyone else can. I got a few positive answers saying it is a good thing (Thank You!) and 1 offer of help (Thank You!) from nice people. Some other replys were "the govt already has instructions how to do this so why bother?" (Because the govt SUX at it!)

And I got very mean replys that said that I am doing a bad thing and against America!

What's up with that??

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoDgLLi2gLH8ysNudrPuMs7sy6IX?qid=20070817221657AAQdM9T

2007-08-18 15:36:40 · 17 answers · asked by ♥ ~Sigy the Arctic Kitty~♥ 7

The National Guard is building the fence. Deportations are taking place and ICE is raiding employers who hire illegals. There is outrage over the illegal that killed those people. Sure there is a long road ahead but things are going well right now. I can't wait for the day there are no illegals left.

2007-08-18 15:11:26 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/public_support_strong_for_new_immigration_enforcement

2007-08-18 13:42:51 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

basically it is check EVERYONE in the u.s. to make sure they are citizens or have the papers to be here (you dont have to be scared if your legal) and to fine heavily employers thats are trying to make illegals (slaves) second class under paid workers.and to pursue criminal illegal immigrants that have broken the law with prison time and THEN deportation.it seems like canidates like obama and hilary dont know about protecting the country....

2007-08-18 13:19:49 · 7 answers · asked by ant c 1

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucas/20070818/cm_ucas/illegalswhocommitviolentcrimesshouldbedeported

2007-08-18 13:14:05 · 12 answers · asked by DAR 7

intervention fearing it would threaten their sovereignty. The meeting comes as the U.S. government is poised to offer a major aid plan to fight drug trafficking and violence. Bush may announce part or all the proposal during the summit if the details are completed in time. The effort is expected to help pay for equipement and training
Calderson has creaked down on drug trafficekers and sent soldiers into violence plagued areas since he won election last year. The effort has earned praise from Bush. Still many people in mexico are wary of the U.S. intervention, fearing it could threaten their sovereighty.

It's okay to export their proverty, but when we want the drug traffickering to be stopped all of a sudden it's about their sovereighty or is it about the money that they get from the drugs sales, what do you think

2007-08-18 13:11:25 · 8 answers · asked by jean 7

coragryph explain how when you said no one is above the law yet your claim has some problems.Please explain why those laws can be broken without worry of punishment,fines,jail time.
Just when you thought our government couldn’t sink any lower in the dereliction of their duty to protect this nation and uphold our laws, you get an e-mail from a reader with a link to this…
If you’re caught with two pounds of pot that you plan to sell, plan on going to jail for up to seven years.

With 500 pounds, you can kiss your completely freedom goodbye.

But head down to Southern Arizona, near the border, do the exact same thing, and in many cases you get off scott-free.

No prosecution, no penalty, no prison…in fact - not even a slap on the hand.

County prosecutors say it’s enormously frustrating and for the drug cartels, enormously profitable.

But this sweet deal only applies if you’re illegal and smuggling 500-pounds or less.

And therein lies one of our country’s dirty little secrets: Mexican drug runners getting a free pass back to Mexico if they’re caught with less than a quarter-ton of pot.

Cochise County attorney Ed Rheinheimer spells it out. “If a seizure is made of an amount less than 500 pounds, the case doesn’t get prosecuted.”

You read that right.

Drug runners doing business without punishment.

But don’t blame the county attorneys.

Remember: These are federal cases and should be federally prosecuted.

But guess what?

They don’t get prosecuted by the feds and now, they don’t get prosecuted by guys like Ed Rheinheimer, either.

“Since 2003 we stopped prosecuting federal referrals because of a lack of resources.” [snip]

And while these “weight limits” are unfamiliar to most Americans - drug cartels know them well and plan accordingly.

Sergeant Terry Parish warehouses the seizures. We walked through store rooms holding marijuana from floor to ceiling.

Lisa Fletcher: “How many of these guys do you think are aware of this sort of unspoken rule that if you’ve got less than 500 pounds, you’re probably not going to get prosecuted?”

“I think probably more of them are aware of it than individual officers are. Their intelligence is very good, it’s what they do for a living.”

And they do it every night…all along Arizona’s border.

War on drugs? Don’t make me laugh. This a full frontal assault on the American citizen and our society. Think I’m wrong? Well, consider this, it seems George Orwell’s famous quote, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” has never been more accurate than it is in America today.

Is it any wonder Americans are outraged over the current illegal immigration situation? While our government winks and nods at Mexico, we’ve watched as illegal immigrants are afforded more and more rights in our society than American citizens - American citizens who happen to get stuck with the bill to pay for all of this generosity and are hauled off to prison if we dare to think of breaking any of the laws that illegal aliens receive a free pass for breaking.

Our rewards for being Americans and legal American citizens are higher taxes, higher crime rates, lower wages, higher insurance premiums and on and on while illegal aliens are rewarded for their crimes against our borders and our society with:

Free health care - U.S. taxpayers pay the medical bills for illegal aliens yet the cost of most American’s monthly health insurance premium for even a small family has now exceeded their monthly mortgage payment and if we fail to pay for our insurance and need medical care, our home will have to be sold to cover the costs.

The right to be above the law - Illegal aliens can hide in ’sanctuary cities’ that say, “we care more about the rights of criminal aliens than the rights of our own citizens” yet American criminals are not afforded a place to hide, in fact, they are hunted down.

In-state tuition - Senators Hillary Clinton, Dick Durbin, and other members of our Congress are proud sponsors of the illegal dream yet American children have to pay more for their college tuition than their illegal counterparts as some states have already implemented in-state tuition for illegal aliens in direct violation of our federal law.

Day laborer centers - American taxpayers fund illegal day laborer centers yet there are no ‘gathering places’ being built for unemployed American workers.

No ID necessary - “The stigma and humiliation of constantly proving lawful status is unacceptable”, says the ACLU yet Americans are expected to show 2 forms of verifiable ID to obtain a driver’s license.

Fair share of Katrina disaster aid - Hillary Clinton - defender of the illegal alien, made sure that illegal aliens got their ‘fair share’ of the Katrina disaster aid paid for courtesy the American taxpayer.

Using our courts to see that crime pays - 2 illegal immigrants won an Arizona ranch in court. Do you think an American trespasser could get that lucky in court?

Turning our sense of right and wrong on its head - The Minuteman Project and other anti-illegal immigration groups are targeted as bands of racists and even called ‘vigilantes’ by our President and ‘bigots’ by a member of the U.S. Senate. Americans who are trying to help the border patrol, because of our government’s total disregard for the citizens of this nation, are rewarded by being vilified by the very officials failing to live up to the office they occupy. In this topsy-turvy world, criminals are now accepted as the victim and law-abiding citizens are handed the bill and openly accused of racism if they disagree. Or arrested if they dare to protest.

Our Border Patrol agents languish in prisons while known drug smugglers are given immunity.

And now, American citizens can expect to face prison time for small amounts of marijuana while illegal aliens can possess a quarter of a ton - and bring it across an international border - with absolutely no ramifications?

Orwell was right, “Some animals (and people) ARE more equal than others”.

coragryph, tell me why are these people above the law when you clearly said nobody was or is above the law. How do you explain this?Looks like they are above the law, even though you said this does not happen, you know cause you are a lawyer. How do you explain these guys being above the law?

2007-08-18 12:55:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is it that in this wonderful country of ours, children born to illegals are considered U.S. Citizens?

Don't yoyu think we would solve some of our immigration problems if we did what other countries do, which is, any child born to an illegal immigrant would automatically be a citizen of said parents country?

2007-08-18 12:47:01 · 18 answers · asked by ROCKY 2

2007-08-18 12:35:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone feel this way?
I get so upset when I see flags flags of other counties on their cars and homes. If they're so proud to fly their flags then why not go back to where they came from.
I just don't get it. Why are they here?
The only flag that should be flying in the U.S. is the U.S. Flag!!.........period

2007-08-18 12:34:00 · 21 answers · asked by ROCKY 2

Did they not break the law by hiding her away from justice for a year,and therefore anyone running that church should be arrested,right?

2007-08-18 12:02:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

if u have two kids one 12 and one 15 and there parents are going to be deported but they are citizens here?what would you do?

2007-08-18 11:27:52 · 11 answers · asked by jessica s 1

Europeans speak many languages. So should Americans learn to speak another language other than English??

If yes, what should it be? Spanish, Japanese, French, Italian??

2007-08-18 11:24:30 · 25 answers · asked by J Woody 2

If you come to this country should you have to learn ENGLISH.


And do not start with the racist bigot crap.

2007-08-18 10:20:40 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

At one time when a home was built are any work preformed the money paid to the workers put money into the American society and it bought cars paid many things and provided funds that paid other workers that also bought more houses and things.
Now when the workers are paid the money goes south of the border so there is no money left to support the American way of life and more and more people are filing Bankruptcy and are unable to make their house payments. So how soon will you lose job and home

2007-08-18 10:18:22 · 17 answers · asked by Ibredd 7

illegal immigration is part of a grand plan to keep American wages down?

After all we can't have too many influential people in this world or too many really educated people either.They might see what our government is up to then.And God forbid,they might even try to stop some of the things that aren't in America's best interests.

What do you think?

2007-08-18 09:04:50 · 14 answers · asked by Dog Tricks 4

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northwest/chi-monoglotaug17,1,3078350.story
just plain and simple facts. Why aren't people able to learn English and what is it going to be like have whole cities that are spanish speaking only?

2007-08-18 08:33:49 · 29 answers · asked by eldude 5

The lack of border enforcement has led to silent amnesty over the last 20 years.

2007-08-18 08:26:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I find that the term "undocumented workers " suger coats
the fact that these people are here illegally and breaking
laws of the USA.

2007-08-18 07:53:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Below are links to the news stories I referred to yesterday when answering questions on Illegal Immigration. I'd like to read peoples thoughts on these stories; especially those who are for illegal immigration. Will these stories change your mind? Why or why not?

Living the nightmare of identity theft - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20060117/ai_n16002664

Utah arrest doesn't end grief in ID theft - http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,640185618,00.html

Third arrest in connection with schoolyard slayings - http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/10/schoolyard.killings/index.html?iref=newssearch

Link to Wikipedia article about Mexico's Illegal Immigrants (can someone provide me with a news article on this?) -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigration#Mexico

I am aware of the hardships these people go through. I've seen it myself. But it's a slap in the face to my parents, who had their own hardships yet still came here legally, when someone comes here illegally.

2007-08-18 07:40:38 · 12 answers · asked by Maverick Zero 4

North American Union and the Amero....what would you do?

would you give it a chance? If it was to become the most powerul and military oriented Union in the world? If it was to assure you to earn the strongest currency in the world again and have the strongest army, the strongest market, secure borders.....would you give it a chance? If it was to assureyou more land for the people ( northern Canda ) and fuel for energy and a workforce for the low wage jobs and soldiers for the army ( Mexican raw materials and Mexicans) , and if it were to have the economic growth of India and China would you think about it? would you give it a chance? I

2007-08-18 07:37:06 · 6 answers · asked by moshon m 1

Proof that there are Chinese slaves in China. When they take over America in a few years, will they make slaves of us all??

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,499877,00.html

2007-08-18 07:35:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-18 07:33:42 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

your opinions?????????

2007-08-18 07:15:07 · 16 answers · asked by moshon m 1

please bring me out of my ignorance, and someone tell me how did this happened?... back on the day when the firsts Pilgrims came to this land, as soon as they landed , someone on the ship asked " ah , capitan , are you sure we can take this propety , what if it belongs to someone?'' and the brave Capitan goes like " hahaha no to worry my brave sailor , we just kill them all and rape their woman , and we claim this as our land" "yes Capitan ,what about the survivors?" "oh sailor you worry too much, we just give them a Turkey and some land so they can open some Casinos , we will enjoy going to later on on time" then after that the Pilgrims go like" mmm how can we produce this land without having to work so much " and another pilgrim came along and said " I know where we can get some black people we can put to work or free" "really? lets go and gets us a couple of hundred truck loads of those hard working slaves so we will create the greatest country in the planet without having to ...

2007-08-18 06:30:16 · 9 answers · asked by El Chile 3

If we build a wall to protect our borders, some have said we are being offensive, or that we do not have that right.
They have even said that we are all Gods children and should all be treated as such and that man has no right to define borders.
That is what has been said on YA about a US/Mexico Wall.
Vatican City is the home of the Catholic Church. Of all places in the world this is where Gods will is heard the strongest,(supposedly). The Church preaches tolerance, that is a basis for many advocating open borders.
Why is Vatican City protected by a Wall, why do they have the most highly trained and loyal military force for protectors, (The Swiss Guard)?
If the home of the most powerful church in the world, where one can expect sanctuary is walled and guarded by military, how can our wall be concidered anything but a logical and prudent step for our own security?
Doesn't God want vatican City to open its borders and give freely to all who come there needing help?

2007-08-18 05:36:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

When will Elvira Arellano be arrested? She has left her sanctuary in the church and is preaching her subversive message in Los Angeles today at an immigration rally. She is practicing and promoting insurrection. She and numerous others similarly situated commited willful and premeditated fraud by returning to the USA after having been deported and then willfully getting pregnant and having a child to fraudulently tie her to the USA. She is using her child, committing child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of minors and inciting people to disobey the laws of the land and yet she is running around free. When will the citizens of the USA get justice? Arrest Elvira and all her subversive supporters today. If she gets to Washington D.C. she should be put in stocks on the capitol steps as a warning to scofflaws across the country. I'd be the first one to put egg on her illegal immigrant face!

2007-08-18 05:18:33 · 15 answers · asked by Mindbender 4

A man accused of stepping on the throat of a 15-year-old girl -- strangling her -- had disclosed nine months earlier after pleading guilty to drunken driving -- he was NOT a U.S. citizen.

But Alejandro Rivera Gamboa was released without anyone notifying immigration authorities.

Dani Countryman was from Texas and visiting her older sister in Milwaukie.

Rivera Gamboa and his cousin Gilberto Javier Arellano Gamboa are charged with aggravated murder, attempted rape and atempted sexual abuse.

Arellano Gamboa is also in the country illegally, but does not have a previous criminal record.

2007-08-18 00:39:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should we be the eyes & ears of ICE or Homeland.

2007-08-18 00:17:23 · 18 answers · asked by man of ape 6

I think Britain will have a big mess to deal with in a few years. You let all sorts of people over and have no control over your borders.

My friend came from Russia and said his passport was looked for second and that was the only requirement!

I think you will have much problem with Islam and black people, so why do you did this? The goverment tells you it is for pensions but you will have to continually expand the population forever to counter this.

I like England, but you are too friendly people for own good!

2007-08-17 21:27:05 · 27 answers · asked by The Minister of Sinister 1