Immigration - October 2007

I hear a lot about the burden that criminal aliens place on our medical and other social structures, but I haven't heard about the drain on our schools.

English Language Learners (ELL) students are a subset of students that must meet federal guidelines. If this year's crop of 3rd graders doesn't read better than last year's, the school can receive a failing mark. Any work done in grades 1 & 2 is lost to the school if the child moves away and is replaced by a new child who has fewer school skills.

I know of a Blue Ribbon school system in which more than 90% of the students are at or above grade level, yet the system is in danger of failing NCLB because of one subset of students.

Should NCLB be changed to allow exceptions for this highly migrant population?

2007-10-25 02:34:05 · 11 answers · asked by DaisyCake 5

i am currently really urgently need applyin for the UK student visa again before end of October and is looking for anyone who is not so urgent and would willing to transfer the visa application appointment ?!

all the time are fully booked in four home office. i can do the application in birmingham, liverpool, london or glasgow. anywhere can do. (i located in glasgow)

the chances might be small, but if anyone would willing to give away their appointment, really ThANK You for the help and 10 pound is what i am thinking to pay for the swap.

(.hoping to receive good news from anywhere in uk soon..)

2007-10-24 21:39:45 · 1 answers · asked by AnCharlizelize207 2

i have a friend in china who wants to come to america but when he tried to fill out the application form online as soon as he put he was a native chinese he said he did not qualify and would not let him continue why is this and is there any way for him to get a green card? he is 19 in college and also could i sponsor him i heard if someone in america sponsors him he is more likely to get a green card

2007-10-24 20:39:04 · 11 answers · asked by freded_124 3

If an illegal alien commits a felony of car theft is he deported or does he serve his sentence first?

2007-10-24 19:41:55 · 10 answers · asked by Candace 1

http://www.forthecause.us/index.shtml

2007-10-24 15:12:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Center for Immigration Studies, 1815 H Street, N.W. Stuite 1010, 20006-3604 Washington, D.C., USA
Abstract Free trade may well increase immigration from Mexico to the United States before ultimately slowing it down. Rapid population growth, unemployment or underemployment of half the labor force, and vast ethnic and kinship links to the United States have given Mexican migration a stubborn momentum. Increased prosperity from free trade will give many would-be migrants the means to resettle in the U. S. Foreign competition will displace Mexican workers in small farms, state-owned enterprises, and less competitive industries, forcing some to migrate. The noneconomic incentives and expectations driving migration will also remain strong. Mexicans may see free trade as making the border a mere formality or as conferring an entitlement to live in the United States. On the U. S. side, free trade may well deepen the government's traditional complacency about border controls. Over the long-term, however, a successful free trade agreement could reduce immigration by improving Mexico's democracy and the quality of life, diminishing the prospects of mass asylum movements from Mexico, creating a better climate for effective family planning, and luring marginal, immigration-magnet industries from the U. S. to Mexico. In the United States, less- skilled American workers in some industries and regions can expect job displacement and other disruptions from free trade. Particularly vulnerable will be workers in perishable crop agriculture, border retail trade, construction, apparel, and light manufacturing such as furniture, auto parts and glass. Continued heavy immigration of Mexican and other foreign workers into those industries and communities will further impede the adjustment of resident workers by competing for jobs and consuming public resources needed for retraining and job search. To ease the adjustment of displaced workers, the U. S. must make Mexico's cooperation in restraining immigration a condition for free trade. Mexico's cooperation should include enforcement of its own laws against clandestine border crossing; action against alien smugglers, document forgers and transiting illegal aliens from Central America; and curbs on the reentry of aliens deported from the United States. U.S. initiatives that would cushion vulnerable American workers against the added disruption of immigration would be: better identification and screening of applicants for public assistance; tightened enforcement of safety and labor standards in immigrant-impacted firms and provision of legal workers to such firms; protection of public assistance resources through better screening and identification of applicants; and curbs on imports of temporary foreign workers for firms that will now have access to Mexican labor in Mexico. Finally, the United States must consistently press Mexico for higher safety, environmental and labor standards at the workplace to improve the job satisfaction and quality of life of working Mexicans who might otherwise migrate, as well as to narrow Mexico's labor cost advantages over the United States.

2007-10-24 13:37:19 · 6 answers · asked by Gretl 6

We want to bring my aunt that just became a Widow from India to Canada.

She is 50 Years
Speaks Punjabi and Hindi
Not that educated

What is the BEST way to bring her here.

2007-10-24 13:34:26 · 5 answers · asked by Sunny G 1

My mother has been in the US for 20 years (all of which have been legally) and is going to take the test end of October 2007. What can she expect? Will the history questions be in Spanish? I know when I took mine I had to write a short sentence in English, would she need to do the same? She's good at comprehension when spoken to but not at writing.

2007-10-24 13:32:10 · 14 answers · asked by Negrita Linda 3

I keep reading on here that a lot of people have a problem with the word illegal!
When a person commits a crime what they are doing is illegal!
Why can't we just call a spade a spade?
It's just a word being used correctly in most cases here!
Please tell me what's the problem?
Thanks!

2007-10-24 12:52:28 · 24 answers · asked by Working Man 6

i.e. the history of it or any facts about the history.

2007-10-24 12:49:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

lower paying jobs as in wal-mart, burger king, etc,. retrain as in coming to Canada were your old job in your old country was a docter and having to take a course again if you want to remain a doctor.

2007-10-24 12:47:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i heard about it today and got some good answers about them trying today, but it falled. Is there anyway to make them kill the bill? Would contacting House and Senate members help? Please let me know i want to stay.

2007-10-24 12:39:21 · 9 answers · asked by R J 7

raising so much cane about the aliens coming to America to better themselves and help out our business owners? Also why did those youngsters at Harvard throw such a baby fit about them being there?

2007-10-24 12:21:10 · 12 answers · asked by R J 7

I am a dual citizen and thinking of traveling abroad. I do not yet have my Canadian passport but I will get it if there are definite benefits to traveling as a Canadian instead of an American.

What might be some of the benefits be?
Thanks,
Aaron

2007-10-24 12:18:27 · 11 answers · asked by butterscotchbandit 1

If you have a link I'd really appreciate that. I need like, bullet points of what is required of a resident of the U.S. who wants to become a citizen. Please and thank you!

2007-10-24 12:15:25 · 4 answers · asked by Valary 1

It isn't tagged w/ the word ILLEGAL, so no one should have a problem with it...

INFILTRATION is a more accurate term than IMMIGRATION

2007-10-24 12:14:46 · 8 answers · asked by GUARD DOG 4

2007-10-24 12:13:40 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071024/bank_of_america_job_cuts.html
Bank of America Corp. said Wednesday it will eliminate 3,000 jobs, an announcement that came less than a week after the nation's second-largest bank reported a huge drop in earnings for the third quarter.

2007-10-24 12:13:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

ST. MARTINVILLE, La. -- Four men have been charged with first-degree murder of a man whose headless body was found in the Atchafalaya River.Nelson Joseph Rivero, 41, of Youngsville and Gustavo Acosta, 19, Julio Rodriguez, 22, and Jose Acosta, 34, are accused of killing 27-year-old Mario Lopez of Mexico.The Acostas and Rodriguez all are undocumented Mexican aliens who, like Lopez, had been living in the Lafayette area.Lopez' body was found Sept. 2 in the Atchafalaya River south of Interstate 10.St. Martin Parish prosecutor Chester Cedars would not talk about details of the allegations, and said he has not decided whether to see the death penalty against any of the men.http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=7257529

2007-10-24 12:08:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-24 12:03:06 · 2 answers · asked by kris r 1

An illegal immigrant from Mexico was indicted Wednesday for shooting a Phoenix Police officer.

Jose Abel Cabrera-Somosa, 35, was indicted for attempted first-degree murder as well as weapons charges. He has been charged with shooting a Phoenix police officer on Oct. 14 in east Phoenix. The officer, Bret Glidewell, was protected from the gunshot by a bulletproof vest.

The nonfatal shooting comes on the heels of the killing of Phoenix Police Officer Nick Erfle by another Mexican illegal immigrant.

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced the indictment Wednesday.
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/10/22/daily31.html

2007-10-24 11:57:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-24 11:57:33 · 27 answers · asked by sqwirlsgirl 5

If English speaking white people illegally cross into US in millions ( from canada, elsewhere ) and start living on our welfare, taking our jobs,use our hospitals and schools
would it still be illegal immigration
and please dont say it wont happen
its just a hypothetical question

2007-10-24 11:57:32 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

We are being forced by the Clintons and Giuliani’s and other congressional leaders to accept illegal aliens into our country. We have to accept them into our workplace, treat them like other workers (even if we can not understand each other), give them the same benefits (even if they do not pay taxes), allow them to have drivers license (even if they can not read the traffic signs), providing them with the number one form of identification used in the United States (the drivers license) and what ever else they want. Why are we fighting in another country for the peoples rights there when we are giving up our own here to the illegal aliens? Do you think the next political step is to force radio stations to play as many Spanish songs as American songs, the news has to have has many minutes in Spanish as American, and there has to be a one on one ratio in movies? I can almost see the day when American women have to give balanced birth; one illegal for every legal!

2007-10-24 11:53:41 · 6 answers · asked by Dallen B 5

2007-10-24 11:48:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57096

2007-10-24 11:28:51 · 11 answers · asked by Yahoo Answer Angel 6

WELCOME to our website, which describes our mission, gives you up-to-date information on the growing illegal alien problem and how it effects every aspect of your life and that of the lives of our children. It also provides you links to other websites of patriots who are aiding the United States in eradicating the illegal alien lawbreakers threatening our rule of law, our sovereignty and the future of OUR CHILDREN.
Guide yourself through all the information, and then YOU decide if our children are the forgotten and silent victims when it comes to their education in schools overrun by illegal aliens and to their safety from a border in peril. Ultimately, it is up to you to decide for yourself if you want to get involved, protect your family and country, or if you’d rather watch from the sidelines and let our government do your bidding as it gives away your livelihood, your future and your country to a foreign entity that is dictating U.S. immigration policy.

The members and volunteers of MAIA have made a commitment to continue to educate and inform all legal citizens of America, since our government and the media are side-stepping the real issues: that our children and our country are at risk of being eliminated!

THEREFORE, it is up to a mother to protect her family, and it is a family’s job to protect each other. Members and families of MAIA are NOT only mothers; they are fathers, sisters, brothers and legal citizens of America!

Discover the real threat to America by reading about radical and well-organized “Hispanic” organizations whose goal is the reconquering of the Southwest. These groups are known as Atzlan, La Raza, LULAC, LaMecha, MALDEF, and others not as well-known.

http://www.mothersagainstillegalaliens.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=46

2007-10-24 11:00:22 · 9 answers · asked by You Are Here 1

Everytime he's drunk, I beat him and I tell him not to touch my liquor cabinet. What should I do to stop this?

2007-10-24 10:32:43 · 21 answers · asked by You Are Here 1

The Senate didn't get the needed 60 votes for debate of the "Nighmare Act."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071024/ap_on_go_co/congress_immigration_1

Is this good news?

2007-10-24 09:56:48 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

The bill has been defeated 3 times this year, and this time the yea votes were so close to having cloture passed. Do you think it is likely that cloture will be passed the next time?

2007-10-24 09:52:25 · 5 answers · asked by Gretl 6