Immigration - December 2007

Iowa has a fast growing illegal alien population and the fiscal burden on Iowans resulting from the services provided to that population are similarly growing rapidly. The illegal resident alien population has grown by an increase of 130 percent over the past seven years. The nearly one-quarter billion dollar costs incurred by Iowa taxpayers annually result from outlays in the following areas: Education - Iowans spend about $175.3 million annually on education for the children of illegal immigrants. An additional $13 million is spent annually on programs for limited English students. More than four percent of K-12 public school students in Iowa are children of illegal aliens and this has been increasing as the illegal alien population increases. Healthcare - State-funded uncompensated medical outlays amount to an estimated $48.3 million a year. This doesn't include higher medical bills and insurance costs that Iowans who have medical insurance pay to cover the costs of those without insurance. Incarceration - the uncompensated cost of incarcerating deportable illegal aliens in Iowa's state and local prisons amounts to nearly $4.9 million a year. This excludes compensation from the federal government, short-term detention costs, related law enforcement and judicial expenditures, as well as the monetary costs of the crimes that led to incarceration.http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_iacosts

And not just there. It’s ravaging the whole country and not just border states and urban areas. As the article suggests, if it’s in a place like Iowa which is a landlocked, agrarian state with a small population - it’s EVERYWHERE!

2007-12-28 07:43:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My friend resently passed away and she did not have any immediate family and her son is now staying at a neighbours house. His dad is a bum and involved in street crimes and is a criminal so he is not able to look after him. I am a uk resident and have a full time job and share a house with my mother. I would like to take care of my friend's 8 yr old son and dont know the procedures of getting him here. I believe that he is not being taken care of and goes to school rarely. I am this little boys last hope and need details of how to get him into the uk as soon as possible. Please, any info would be helpful.

2007-12-28 07:25:13 · 4 answers · asked by kelzz2000 1

when i talk to people i don't know well, they ask me which part of mexico i am from. i respond i was born in california and they say they thought i was illegal or i hear from other people that they assumed i didn't have papers. do i give off a sense of being an illegal immigrant?

2007-12-28 06:47:50 · 16 answers · asked by Propaganda Panda 4

2007-12-28 06:33:36 · 8 answers · asked by Bo H 1

My close friend once lost his South Korean passport with his F-1 student visa inside so he called and reported his passport stolen/lost and it was cancelled. He then got a new passport, but later found his old passport with his valid visa inside. Now, He is in South Korea but he's trying to come back to the states as soon as he can........Can he travel without any problem using these 2 passports?????

I called the Immigration department and one person I talked to said it would be fine, and then another person said that if he has been in Korea for some time (which he's been there for 2 weeks now) then he can't use his visa without first going to the US Embassy in Korea to have the Visa transferred into his new passport.......

So what exactly should he do?? Will it be ok to just travel with the 2 passports, or should he go to the US Embassy first??

Please, any answers would help! Thank you so much !

2007-12-28 06:26:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think it is stupid to listen to people complain about someone not speaking English. If you want to communicate with someone from Mexico, speak Spanish to them. It's not rocket science...

2007-12-28 05:42:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please read my entire opinion....I do have compassion and also understand why many cross. BUT I also realize how many die trying and how many get hurt by Coyotes ( the animal and the people coyotes). That tears me up inside thinking of the hundreds that die every year. So to me it's more humane to make things more difficult to cross that border so less will try and lose their lives. I can't imagine the heartbreak some mother has when her child goes missing trying to cross. Never hearing what happened or if they're even alive. Or if they were tortured by some criminal who prays on these people. I had sons in a war zone and that was my biggest fear that they'd be captured and tortured. So if we look at the humane side wouldn't MORE enforcement as a deterrent be the most humane thing in the long run?

Does anyone else feel this way or is it simply a matter of money or crime that motivates your opinion on the matter?

2007-12-28 05:34:04 · 23 answers · asked by Dog Tricks 4

But only NOW make it a big issue that they promise to 'fix'?

Could this whole immigration thing be just a big political ploy by the GOP to recover from their defeat in 2006?

2007-12-28 05:17:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't believe either will take place. I think they're both something to pacify both sides of the issue. The situatiion as it stands will continue for many years in my opinion and be brought up every once in a while for election purposes AGAIN!

What is your opinion on it?

2007-12-28 04:55:13 · 15 answers · asked by Dog Tricks 4

she's has been in Mexico for 14 year's so she does not apeak English and does not have my last name.

2007-12-28 04:48:25 · 10 answers · asked by rAiDeR fAn 2

2007-12-28 04:14:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have noticed that for every question I answer, someone always gives me a thumbs down. Is it because I answer honestly or is it because my husband is from Mexico? Not that it hurts my feelings or anything. I believe the public should be educated and will answer honestly to those with serious questions.

2007-12-28 02:42:34 · 22 answers · asked by whoareyou 3

More people in the world are Muslim than any other religion.

Why don't law abiding Muslims take action against terrorism?

If they are such a peaceful people, why don't they help defeat terrorism?

2007-12-28 01:55:28 · 15 answers · asked by The Hell With This Constitution 7

2007-12-28 01:52:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been raised in the states since i was 3yrs. old but stayed there on a visa up until 7yrs ago. My family was never approved for a green card so we stayed there illegaly, and was told to leave by deportation cops and so we did. I've been in egypt for a year and I would like to go back with my fiance to meet his family and come back because all my family is here. I have nothing in the states. I'm 21 and he's 31.We want to get married but he's not muslim and I am. How can we get married so that it's legal and I can meet his family in the states? Will I be approved even though I had a deportation order? Will the embassy know that I was deported?And what type of documentation do I need to prove that I we're married? By the way he's working here in Egypt on a work visa...Shukran..Alsalam alaykum.

2007-12-28 01:34:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I fully understand Americans wanting immigrants (legal and illegal) to learn English. It does make for easier communication, and if they choose to come here they should take the consequences of having to learn the language of the area. If you chose to go to their countries, it would be incumbent upon you to learn their language.

But when they are talking to each other and not to you or any other English-speaking American, why do so many of you have a problem with this as well?

I have read a lot of people's answers that say they are ticked that the immigrants won't use English, but the explain situations in which they were not part of the conversation. Why do so many of you care if they speak their own languages if they are only speaking to each other, as long as they speak English to you?

2007-12-27 20:06:02 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

OK alot of people say undocument students do no deserve to be citizens. But think about the fact that alot of these students were brought since they were 3 years old., They did not know better. Do not punish the children for the sins of there parents. Also what if the illegal students is doing so well in school pure A's lets say and the one with the citizenship fails and drops out. I think that with the right documents the illegal students will go far.
Alot off you also say no opportunity for the people that broke the law. Well then For every person that was caught drunk driving, stealing a liquor store or any other criminal history shoul have there citizenship should be taken away.
For those of u who r against the Dream Act. Put yourself in the student's shoes. What if it was u. YOu do so well in school top in your class. then at the end all your dreams are broken because you are not a citizen. Just because you were not born in the US. Babies cannot decide were to be born.

2007-12-27 19:27:35 · 9 answers · asked by ED 1

Should we just let immigrant flow in whenever they want, should we be tough and have quotas, or something in-between?

2007-12-27 17:21:37 · 14 answers · asked by Modest intellect 4

since when does "coming for a better life" include getting pregnant at such an early age months after ILLEGALLY arriving in a country where you are clearly not welcome??

so here's the thing: i am still in school, and throughout my high school years, i have seen many, newly arriving teen girls who are illegal immigrants (dont give me that garbage of "how do you know"...please, they dont even speak English!!) and they have gotten pregnant within months of arriving here. not only newly arrived illegals, but also ones that have been here for a while now.... and i see them getting all the benefits to the point where having a baby no longer greatly impacts their life and their responsibilities....heck, the school even provives free daycare for their babies, and countless other things. i should know, i live in an area where its a sanctuary for such people!

what is going on with the trend here....since when is all this part of "getting a better life"??

2007-12-27 16:25:51 · 14 answers · asked by ILoveGreen ZipZapZop 4

2007-12-27 13:45:01 · 12 answers · asked by Bill W 【ツ】 6

for instance say you wanted to move to Mexico - do you really have to apply for a ton of visas to qualify ????

2007-12-27 12:39:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-27 11:26:08 · 16 answers · asked by Bill W 【ツ】 6

are you addmissable to tht usa on holidays if you have a drugs record from 5 years previous?

2007-12-27 10:21:45 · 3 answers · asked by lauraloohalfpasttwo 1

After the SF zoo incident, I'm starting to think they could make a difference... ;p

2007-12-27 09:08:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Public School Teaches How To Enter U.S. Illegally
Wed, 12/19/2007 - 11:57 — Judicial Watch Blog
A public high school in Ohio is forcing students to assume a Latino identity then teaching them how to enter the United States illegally and how to forge documents in order to live in the town as an illegal alien.


The Spanish class at the taxpayer-funded school (Olentangy Liberty High) in the upscale Columbus suburb of Powell features a role-playing project in which students must assume a Latino identity, create an imaginary life in a foreign country and develop a plan to immigrate to the U.S.


The students are initially instructed to attempt entering the country legally by filling out paperwork from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. But the teacher who runs the class, Erica Vieyra, stamps the word “denied” on every imaginary application and instructs students to devise a plan to cross the border illegally.

2007-12-27 08:50:08 · 22 answers · asked by Gretl 6

2007-12-27 08:16:46 · 23 answers · asked by Simon600 6

2007-12-27 08:14:28 · 20 answers · asked by ED 1

2007-12-27 07:26:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

what does one expect when invited for an interview for naturalization?

2007-12-27 07:06:29 · 3 answers · asked by amen 2

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Immigrant-rights groups are criticizing the organizers of an upcoming radio event that will promote a crackdown on illegal immigration.

The groups accuse the Federation for American Immigration Reform of endorsing bigotry and racism. FAIR is sponsoring a broadcast marathon for Thursday and Friday in a downtown Des Moines hotel. The event is expected to attract 22 radio talk show hosts from across the country to discuss immigration.

``We don't agree with their views that are demonizing immigrants, and we don't appreciate their coming to Iowa telling us what we should think about immigrants,'' said Alicia Claypool, chairwoman of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission.

Dan Stein, president of FAIR, said his group is being demonized. ``They're trying to discredit an entire side of the debate,'' Stein said.

FAIR held a similar radio event last spring in Washington that it claims influenced the U.S. Senate's defeat of a bill that would have created a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2007/12/26/latest_news/doc47732239064ae154379423.txtThey note that the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization, recently added FAIR to its list of hate groups operating in the United States.
Wow, the ultimate "hate" group has a "hate" group list. I guess that list must be pretty nice guys then, double negative and all.

2007-12-27 07:04:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous