Immigration - August 2007

my family has a provincial nominee certificate to saskatchewan but the problem is while waiting for the approval of our provincial nominee my husband has been diagnosed of kidney cancer, he has been operated has february 2007 thru radical nephrectomy. According to his doctors as of today there is no reccurency of tumor according to his MRI and CT Scans that was performed after six months of operations. But his oncologist suggested to have a follow-up CT scan and and laboratory every 6 months for 2 years and annually for 5 years. Does his condition may be an excessive demand that can be cause of inadmissible to canada

2007-08-14 22:30:39 · 1 answers · asked by sol_bautro 2

Not to mention most of it goes toward immigration

2007-08-14 21:23:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hello,
Both my grandparents have applied to get their US visas. They both already had their fingerprints and are waiting for their interview date. They have been studying everyday so they can pass their interview test. I want to help them pass this interview because they really need all the help they need right now. I am concerned on what kinds of questions they will ask. I know they will ask some of the US history questions given to them, but is there any other more personal questions going to be asked?!


I am also worried because both my grandparents have a hard time of hearing, so how would this work out?!

Also, do my granparents need to be proficient in English. Will the interviewers or whoever will go hard on them, or will they take it easy for them because they are of old age?


Please give and tips and advice, I really want to help my grandparents to prepare for this interview.!

2007-08-14 21:10:39 · 3 answers · asked by COOL KID 2

I am curious. I hear lots of people screaming that they don't want to pay for "welfare" for undocumented. I am wondering this: If you don't want to pay for the undocumented, what about paying for a US citizen that is in a crisis situation and needs help? Or, what about an illegal person that has a baby here who is very ill with a rare disease and can live a semi-full life here, but, would die in Mexico. Is it ok to pay for his medical assistance? I am just trying to figure out under what circumstances you view public assistance (medical assistance, child care assistance, food stamps, WIC) as being ok, and, when it is not.

2007-08-14 17:42:29 · 12 answers · asked by Amanda h 5

How will the costs of groceries and even construction of new homes effect all of us? Who will we get to do the jobs that immigrants do for the same pay?

2007-08-14 17:02:42 · 16 answers · asked by dastardlly 1

Guatemalan man who is in the United States illegally was arrested early Tuesday on hit-and-run charges after a traffic accident that killed two Baltimore-area men and injured three other highway construction workers on the side of U.S. 29 in Montgomery County, police said.

The crash just over the Howard County line was the latest in a series of fatal traffic accidents involving illegal immigrant drivers in Maryland. It also added two names to the list of highway workers killed in on-the-job crashes recently.

James Cronin, 37, of the 7200 block of Judy Road in Glen Burnie, was flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center on Monday in critical condition and died late Tuesday morning, according to Officer Melanie Hadley, a spokeswoman for the Montgomery County Police Department.

The previous day, Martin Ruffin, 30, of the 1800 block of Moreland Ave. in West Baltimore, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 1 p.m. crash. Three others were taken to hospitals with injuries.

Montgomery police said the driver of a white Ford Econoline fled on foot after plowing into a construction truck and hitting the workers, who were sitting on a guardrail taking a break.

Manuel De Jesus Gonzalez-Geronimo, 31, of Hyattsville turned himself in to Prince George's County police about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said.

Gonzalez-Geronimo was turned over to Montgomery County police and charged with failure to remain at the scene of a collision involving death and bodily injury and with driving without a license, police said. At a hearing Tuesday, he was ordered held without bond at the Montgomery Detention Center.

Lucille Baur[CQ], another Montgomery police spokeswoman, said that Gonzalez-Geronimo said during the hearing that he is an undocumented worker from Guatemala.

The crash was one of several recent fatalities in Maryland for which illegal immigrants face charges.The crash was one of several recent fatalities in Maryland for which illegal immigrants face charges.

In May, 20-year-old Mark Watson, a University of Maryland sophomore from Ellicott City, was killed in a hit-and-run crash in College Park. Police charged Never L. Navar ro-Montoya, 24, an illegal Mexican immigrant who had no driver's license, with driving under the influence of alcohol, fleeing the scene of an accident and possessing a false government identification.

In November, Eduardo Raul Morales-Soriano, an illegal Mexican immigrant who lived in Laurel, was indicted on charges of manslaughter and negligent homicide while under the influence after a Thanksgiving night crash at Routes 175 and 108, records show. Jennifer Bower, 24, of Montgomery County and Marine Cpl. Brian Mathews, 21, of Columbia were killed. The trial is set for Sept. 18.

Monday's accident also provided a grim reminder of the dangers of working on Maryland's highways.

The issue of drivers' licenses for illegal immigrants has become a flash point in many states, including Maryland, where the General Assembly regularly debates legislation that would close the doors of the Motor Vehicle Administration to those who can't prove their legal status. Maryland is one of eight states that issue driver's licenses to foreign-born residents regardless of their immigration status.

Immigrants' rights advocates contend that issuing licenses to illegal immigrants encourages safer driving because it subjects immigrants to testing. But critics of immigration contend that border security comes first.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-crash0814,0,2798315.story

2007-08-14 16:34:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

and then they go to other countries and demand that people there speak English as well? American tourists make very little attempt to learn other languages, they just assume that someone or another will speak English. Most international business around the world is conducted in English, the UN works in English, English is spoken at almost every international airport in the world, etc. So if Americans feel entitled to being spoken to in English wherever they go, why do they get upset when they hear other languages spoken in their home country?

2007-08-14 16:30:11 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-14 15:49:01 · 25 answers · asked by eldude 5

I'm sorry but what makes people think that if amnesty was granted to illegals today the ones in line to come here legaly will be left out . or behind I'm so sure those applying with all the paperwork and aplication on hand , will be the first ones to get the green card , or how did some of you think otherwise? I don't think a immigration reform will be a reward to outlaws for coming illegaly to this country , we have work so hard for a green card blood and tears we have left in the fields and sometimes our own lives . so we deserve it not a reward but a gratification , thanks.

2007-08-14 15:43:52 · 17 answers · asked by El Chile 3

2007-08-14 15:41:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-14 15:22:28 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Be Honest thats all I ask......I feel we should get rid of the anchor baby law which allows many Illeagals to bend the laws in there favor to fix the labor problems in the fields we should use prisoners at 30 to 50 cents an hour which is double what they make for stamping plates....I have a lot of thoughts but want to here yours.

2007-08-14 15:14:27 · 18 answers · asked by prl_182 1

2007-08-14 13:42:44 · 9 answers · asked by anmb55 1

2007-08-14 13:03:04 · 15 answers · asked by man of ape 6

2007-08-14 12:52:09 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-14 12:12:41 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

traveled as a student and only remember using my birth certificate. Could there have been other requirements?

2007-08-14 12:12:15 · 4 answers · asked by glasshouseone 1

Why does lou dobbs complain like a f*cken baby about EVERYTHING, but never seems to have a solution to the issues at hand??

2007-08-14 11:58:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know a lot of people from other countries who were in the United States temporarily and then either had to leave after a while or were deported. There are also a lot of international students who have to pay high tuition fees for school.

But a lot of immigrants from latin american countries are here illegaly in the first place and even benefit from free medical care and get their school paid for. They also work with fake social securities or under the table and then after many years somehow get citizenship awarded. Nobody seems to care that they are here illegally, yet with people from other countries they care. Why is that like that?

2007-08-14 11:33:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

It was a conviction 3 years ago and I've had no other prior arrests or convictions.

2007-08-14 11:16:35 · 9 answers · asked by Ryan 1

Ok since doc who 2000 say they are only employing bilinguals in his State . so can we start calling thing by it's name ? like Joaquin en la Caja . for Jack in the Box, and Marranos for McDonalds. and so on?

2007-08-14 11:12:33 · 7 answers · asked by El Chile 3

citizenship in Canada, and have dual citizenship? How does she go about this?

2007-08-14 10:52:06 · 1 answers · asked by Roxanne P 1

I don't. He's just reversing his decision because he has realized the American people don't want amnesty and chaos, they want armed to the teeth security on the borders. I'm not voting for McCain at all. I can't get that picture of him standing with Ted Kennedy out of my mind.

2007-08-14 10:36:24 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Those who speak English being discriminated against
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2007/08/14/opinion/letters/118320_10.txt

Is it happening everywhere in the nation now?It looks like it's hitting my part of idaho right now.The letter is from a paper 40 miles from where I live.

2007-08-14 10:31:28 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

The process is very long and difficult and she cannot afford the costs to replace it right now.

2007-08-14 09:31:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-14 09:19:47 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country’s top government inspector has warned.

David Walker, comptroller general of the US, issued the unusually downbeat assessment of his country’s future in a report that lays out what he called “chilling long-term simulations”.

These include “dramatic” tax rises, slashed government services and the large-scale dumping by foreign governments of holdings of US debt.

Drawing parallels with the end of the Roman empire, Mr Walker warned there were “striking similarities” between America’s current situation and the factors that brought down Rome, including “declining moral values and political civility at home, an over-confident and over-extended military in foreign lands and fiscal irresponsibility by the central government”.

“Sound familiar?” Mr Walker said. “In my view, it’s time to learn from history and take steps to ensure the American Republic is the first to stand the test of time.”

Mr Walker’s views carry weight because he is a non-partisan figure in charge of the Government Accountability Office, often described as the investigative arm of the US Congress.

While most of its studies are commissioned by legislators, about 10 per cent – such as the one containing his latest warnings – are initiated by the comptroller general himself.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Walker said he had mentioned some of the issues before but now wanted to “turn up the volume”. Some of them were too sensitive for others in government to “have their name associated with”.

“I’m trying to sound an alarm and issue a wake-up call,” he said. “As comptroller general I’ve got an ability to look longer-range and take on issues that others may be hesitant, and in many cases may not be in a position, to take on.

“One of the concerns is obviously we are a great country but we face major sustainability challenges that we are not taking seriously enough,” said Mr Walker, who was appointed during the Clinton administration to the post, which carries a 15-year term.

The fiscal imbalance meant the US was “on a path toward an explosion of debt”.

“With the looming retirement of baby boomers, spiralling healthcare costs, plummeting savings rates and increasing reliance on foreign lenders, we face unprecedented fiscal risks,” said Mr Walker, a former senior executive at PwC auditing firm.

Current US policy on education, energy, the environment, immigration and Iraq also was on an “unsustainable path”.

“Our very prosperity is placing greater demands on our physical infrastructure. Billions of dollars will be needed to modernise everything from highways and airports to water and sewage systems. The recent bridge collapse in Minneapolis was a sobering wake-up call.”

Mr Walker said he would offer to brief the would-be presidential candidates next spring.

“They need to make fiscal responsibility and inter-generational equity one of their top priorities. If they do, I think we have a chance to turn this around but if they don’t, I think the risk of a serious crisis rises considerably”.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/80fa0a2c-49ef-11dc-9ffe-0000779fd2ac.html

2007-08-14 08:23:32 · 15 answers · asked by Untied States Of Latina 2

2007-08-14 08:12:58 · 4 answers · asked by dear1791 1

"THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- A class action lawsuit has been brought against a Thousand Oaks car wash operating in violation of California labor laws. The suit alleges that the owners of the Thousand Oaks Hand Wash hired undocumented workers and subjected them to slavery-like conditions, including forcing them to work for free for the first month and denying them overtime pay. If they stayed long enough to earn the right to be paid, they received well below minimum wage and they endured constant threats of deportation."

The suit alleges that Hand Wash, which is located at 2725 Thousand Oaks Blvd., knowingly employs undocumented workers whose lack of English skills and fear of immigration services make them easily exploited.

Hand Wash allegedly refuses to pay its employees for up to as much as the first month, after which employment may be severed without compensation if Hand Wash is not satisfied with their performance.

2007-08-14 08:12:11 · 20 answers · asked by DAR 7

2 wrongs dont make a right.

2007-08-14 08:10:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous