Writes: Mary Beth Marklein
Illegal immigrants face threat of no college
Some states are making it harder for illegal immigrants to attend college by denying in-state tuition benefits or banning undocumented students.
In the past two years, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and Oklahoma have refused in-state tuition benefits to students who entered the USA illegally with their parents but [...]
A lot of people sees U.S. as the land of milk and honey, a place where you can easily secure "the american dream". I have friends and relatives who have migrated to U.S. and have actually become citizens already, for them life in the U.S. has been good and this will their home for good. But I also hear of a lot of sad stories from people whose move to the U.S. did not do them any better. In my opi
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Description: Form DS-230 is required to be completed by a non-U.S. resident applying for an immigrant visa and alien registration application. When filing Form DS-230 the applicant may also complete a form for each member of his/her family that is to immigrate along with the applicant. Form DS-230 can be completed on a computer by using Adobe
Winnie Mandela, veteran activist with the African National Congress and a leader in the fight to create a free South Africa, sharply condemned recent anti-immigrant riots which have swept through the nation. She described the riots as “the wrose tragedy in the post-apartheid era” and said the government’s poor economic policies and lack of services [...]
Australia has recently announced an increase in the minimum salary that employers are required to pay temporary foreign workers under the nation's 457 visa scheme. The increase is part of a number of reforms to the system designed to "improve the integrity of the program", according to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
According to Immigration Minister Chris Evans, minimum
The Organization of Africa Trade Unions(OATUU) expressed its outrage at the failure of the South African government to protect the rights of immigrants during the recent riots which have torn apart that nation as anti-immigrant mobs roam the streets of Johannesburg. “It is unacceptable and against African tradition for poor African migrants to be [...]
A new proposed legislation in the US. House of Representatives seeks to give up to 20,000 visas per year to nurses and physical therapists up to September 2011.The proposal, HR 5924 or the Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, would waive the quota for these two occupations, also known as Schedule A jobs, up to 2011 but a maximum of 20,000 visas can only be approved every year. Immediate family mem
Noted CNN pundit Lou Dobbs died from what medical authorities are calling apoplexy when an illegal immigrant cut in front of him in line at a convenience store today."I thought he was just looking at the doughnuts, man," said Luis Rodriguez Ramirez, of Guadalajara, Mexico. "He just went a little crazy, turned blue, and started squawking like a chicken. I didn't think he was going to die. I'm real
CWT, Along the Rio Grande, Texas. A month long on-site investigation by Cats With Thumbs field reporters confirms illegal immigrants from Mexico are being launched over the border in increasing numbers by a massive catapult. U.S. Border Patrol agents on location along the Texas-Mexico border have dubbed the device "Jose Cuer-throw" and are at a loss for an effective countermeasure. "Beats anythin
Open All Hours to Illegal Immigrant Doctors.British Doctors remain Unemployed. When looking at the NHS with a panoramic view and observing the contempt with which it has treated its junior doctors, it angers us to see that illegal immigrants are being employed as NHS doctors. There is a black hole where the MMC doctors have disappeared into. Many appear to have got depressed and others have moved
Here's a horrific story about a 10-year old who experienced a crime almost like what Ayesha suffered at the hands of Mohammed in the 7th century (via Hot Air). There's more on this at Breitbart TV. Too depressing and creepy to have to quote here.
In U.S. jails and detention camps, immigrants are dying of gross mis-treatment including medical neglect
Word spread quickly inside the windowless walls of the Elizabeth Detention Center, an immigration jail in New Jersey: A detainee had fallen, injured his head and become incoherent. Guards had put him in solitary confinement, and late that night, an [...]
Nabeel Shehzad, a Palistani engineer, immigrated to Sweden for education and to enjoy what he believed was life in a nation that did not discriminate against those who were different. Here is what he wrote in The Local about his life in Sweden:
“As long as you are a student, you normally mix with international [...]
A visa is an application to enter the United States not a permit. It has been read by a consular officer at the American embassy or consulate and has been reviewed for the determination of eligibility to enter the United States for a specific purpose. There are different types of visas and one in particular is the 'B-1 Visitor for Business' which permits a foreign national to enter the U.S. to conduct business associated with international trade or commerce. This particular visa would also allow you to travel to the United States as far as the port of entry (airport or land border crossing) and ask the immigration officer to allow you to enter the country. The immigration officer would then allow you entrance and also decide for what length of time you would be permitted to stay for that p
Taxpayer asks:
Dear Taxgirl,
In the last couple months, I’ve received a spammy e-mail asking me to sign an “electronic petition” against a tax increase so the government can provide health care to illegal aliens. I deleted this whenever I got it, because it just sounds like some urban legend to me. I mean who [...]
BNP frontman Richard Barnbrook has been cheating on his ballerina fiancée... with a FOREIGN NURSE.The racist ranter —bidding to be London mayor—was secretly bedding Finn Annika Tavilampi when he proposed to English National Ballet star Simone Clarke. Barnbrook—who studies Hitler—ADVANCED on Annika, 28, after spotting her on an online dating site, BLITZED her with filthy texts and pictures— and asked her to MARRY him too."Richard sent me photos of his private parts before I'd even met him," says the redhead. "I thought this was very odd for a politician."She only discovered the full depths of the London councillor's extremism when she found a copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf under his bed."If I'd known before that he was a sleazebag I probably wouldn't have gone anywhere near him," sa
Among the prevalent ideas propogated by those opposing immigration is the presence of these “foreigners” invariably leads to higher crime. In a wide-ranging police study just released in Great Britain the myth is placed to rest in the halls of mythology. The report which will be presented to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith concludes rates for [...]
David Cameron has weighed in to the London Mayoral contest by effectively trying to silence Boris Johnson, the Conservative contender, on matters of immigration. Johnson said that he thought it would benefit the capital if illegal migrants were offered a one-off pardon. Cameron thinks this would just let others think they can come into the country illegally leading to demands for further amnesties.Both sides have a point. The truth is, though, that we don't have total control over immigration now that the EU gets its 90 cents worth of nose-poking into the issue. Immigrants are required for our economy, because a lot of people won't work in the places and for the pay that the migrants are prepared to. The government is going some way to relieving the problem of unabated, unregulated immigra
Here is what set off Lou Dobbs — CNN’s in-house nativist/arsonist ‘compost thrower’:
Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice said that race is still an issue in America.
She said yesterday that the United States still has trouble dealing with race because of a national “birth defect,” that denied black Americans the opportunities given to whites at the [...]
« Merci GTC ». Toujours ce bon vieux commentaire type, exaspérant selon certains amis lecteurs, mais qui, ne leur en déplaise, est surtout une reconnaissance faite à la musique de qualité.
Quant à nous, on se contente de défendre notre truc, notre vision du clubbing et on est tout simplement heureux qu’elle trouve un écho [...]
NEW YORK — Initial reports about the call girl whose liasions with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer essentially forced his resignation may not have been entirely accurate.
“Kristen” - the high-priced call girl - claims her real name is Ashley Alexandra Dupre and that she’s from Belmar, New Jersey, a small beach town on the [...]
A Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license. First, of course, he had to take an eye test. The optician showed him a card with the letters, "C Z W I X N O S T A C Z"."Can you read this?" the optician asked."Read it?" the Polish guy replied, "I know the guy"
Anybody who commits an act of theft of any kind belongs in jail.
Similarly, anyone who takes the law into his own hands even after being cautioned by law enforcement not to — and then shoots burglars in the back, “for sport,” unprovoked or just because he thinks he can get away with it (with the [...]
The B.B.C.’s politically correct Biblically incorrect Nativity…
The Nativity as an asylum seekers’ tale
The contemporary nativity play will feature Mary and Joseph as asylum seekers in Liverpool
The BBC stoked controversy yesterday by announcing plans for a “contemporary” nativity play featuring Mary and Joseph as asylum seekers instructed to report to the nearest passport office.
In a move that has dismayed traditionalists, who think the story is dramatic enough without having to embellish it with politically correct themes, the action will take place in the centre of Liverpool.
The story will be told against a backdrop of pop music and will star Cathy Tyson, who appeared as a call girl in the film Mona Lisa, as a female Herod and Jennifer Ellison, the former Brookside star and glamour model, as an angel.
During the retelling, actors in contemporary dress will walk through parts of the city singing hits from The Beatles’ “Let it Be” and &l
In commemorating International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Angered by the hardening stance on immigration-related issues, Elvira Arellano will be holding hunger strike outside the US Embassy. She told the the Prensa Latina, “On behalf of the thousands of undocumented people, we demand the end of abuse against Mexicans in US territory.”
Elvira Arellano spoke out in behalf of thousands of immigrant women here in the United States. She demanded that Mexican families living in the United States receive decent treatment and being treated as terrorist. Unfortunately, here in the US, immigrant women are violently separated from their children. Arellano’s message should be a reminder that an immigrants journey North is to seek work, in order to provide a better future for their family.
When it comes to violence against women, it is a direct consequence of the inequalities between women and men. Poverty, marginalization and certain aspects of women&rsq
I have a language,I don't know what it is.Someone once asked me:"In what language do you dream?""I don't know" I said.Then someone asked me:"In what language do you think?"Again I said:"I don't know".I don't have a mother-tongue,though I know what language my mother spoke.I don't have a homeland,though I know where I was bornand I know where my home is.I don't know what the language of my dreams is,nor do I know the language of my thoughts,but I dream andthink.Is that enough?I don't know.
Here Is The Brand New Retail Version Of "Wyclef Jean's" New Album, With The Longest Title In The World; "The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant".Already, the album has received high acclaim from reviewers who got an early copy & from my first listen it appears very solid & could turn out to be great. Once I have had a few listens I will give my full opinion, for now, you can download the album below.IntroRiot (Feat. Serj Tankian)Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) (Feat. AKON And Lil Wayne)Welcome To The East (Feat. Farrakhan & Sizzla)Slow DownKing and Queen (Feat. Shakira)Fast Car (Feat. Paul Simon)What About The Baby (Feat. Mary J. Blige)Hollywood Meets Bollywood Any Other Day (Feat. Norah Jones)Heaven's In New YorkSelinaTouch A Button/ Carnival JamOutroOn Tour (Bonus Track)China Wine (Bonus Track)"Wyclef Jean - The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant"Note: You Must delete all downloaded material within 24 hours to be within International Copyright Law. Also, if you enjoy th
1.Intro2.Riot (featuring Serj Tankian & Sizzla)3.Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)(featuring Akon,Lil Wayne& Niia)4.Welcome To The East(featuring Sizzla)5.Slow Down (featuring T.I.)6.King And Queen (featuring Shakira)7.Fast Car (featuring Paul Simon)8.What About The Baby(featuring Mary J. Blige)9.Hollywood Meets Bollywood (Immigration)(featuring Chamillionaire)10.Any Other Day (featuring Norah Jones)11.Heaven's In New York12.Selena(featuring Melissa Jimenez)13.Touch Your Button Carnival Jam(featuring Will.i.am, Melissa Jimenez, Machel Montano & Daniela Mercury14.Outro15.On Tour (featuring Lucina) (Bonus)16.China Wine (featuring Sun, Elephant Man, & Tony Matterhorn)(Bonus)Download Wyclef Jean's Carnival II: MOAI
From The Article:"GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – An illegal immigrant who was drunk and had cocaine in his system when he crashed into two cars, killing two people, was sentenced to 52 months in prison for felony death by motor vehicle Tuesday."O.k. liberals, this is proof positive that your stance on this issue is nothing short of stupid!
From The Article:"FAIRFAX Co., Va. (WUSA) -- On Saturday, November 3, Fairfax County Police say 27 year old Marlon Berrioz, of no fixed address, broke into a home on Moon Rock Court in Alexandria, and raped the 59 year old single woman who lives there. He was armed with a knife."
In today's politically correct world of politics, it is an entertaining rarity to see guys simply being guys.In this clip from the recent republican debate, see Tom Tancredo pull out the "Momma" card and watch Sam Brownback's response.
Hardbeatnews, WASHINGTON, D.C., Fri. Oct. 12, 2007: A popular Haitian author has appealed to the U.S. Congress' Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law for fair, decent and humane treatment for immigrant detainees.
Writes: Molly E. Moore
Grisly Attack on African Underscores Race Issue In a Harsh Campaign
ZURICH — At 1:30 a.m., Antonio da Costa heard a knock at the back entrance of the McDonald’s restaurant where he worked as a janitor after-hours.
He opened the door, he recalled in an interview. There stood two men, each gripping a chain [...]
Once again we find ourselves in the Political Party conference season. This week finds the Liberal-Democrat Party on a charabanc trip to Brighton for their annual beano-by-the-sea, and I feel that it will be particularly memorable for producing one of the most ridiculous ideas I have heard in many years. Party spokesperson Nick Clegg has announced plans to allow illegal immigrants in Britain who have been here for ten years or more the opportunity to come clean and apply for citizenship. That of course is providing that they can prove that they have been in Britain for ten years, that they are fluent in the lingo, and that they have no criminal record!Anybody entering a country illegally is committing a crime and is entitled to a free membership of the "Illegal League" with immediate effect, and anyone who has managed to stay under the radar for ten years is going to have committed a lot of other crimes along the way. If they have a genuine reason for being in this country they would h
“The Sanctuary Movement was a religious and political movement of approximately 500 congregations in the U.S. that helped Central American refugees by sheltering them from Immigration and Naturalization Service authorities. The movement flourished between 1982 and 1992. Various denominations were involved, including Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, Jews, Unitarian Universalists, Quakers and Mennonites.” — Quote [...]
From the "it's about time" department comes this little gem:LOS ANGELES — An immigration activist who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from her son has been deported to Mexico, the church's pastor said.Elvira Arellano was arrested Sunday afternoon outside Our Lady Queen of Angels church in Los Angeles. She was deported several hours later, said the Rev. Walter Coleman, pastor of Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago, where Arellano had taken refuge."She has been deported. She is free and in Tijuana," said Coleman, who said he spoke to her on the phone. "She is in good spirits. She is ready to continue the struggle against the separation of families from the other side of the border."(link)If she was really worried about 'separation' of families then she would have kept her family in their legal country. I feel sorrow and pity for people that will do anything to get here and make life better for their kids, but people like this make it t
Author: Guofang LiPaperback: 265 pagesPublisher: State University of New York Press (November 2005)Language: EnglishISBN: 0791465934(R)The voices of teachers, parents, and students create a compelling ethnographic study that examines the debate between traditional and progressive pedagogies in literacy education and the mismatch of cross-cultural discourses between mainstream schools and Asian families. This book focuses on a Vancouver suburb where the Chinese population has surpassed the white community numerically and socioeconomically, but not politically, and where the author uncovers disturbing cultural conflicts, educational dissensions, and "silent" power struggles between school and home. What Guofang Li reveals illustrates the challenges of teaching and learning in an increasingly complex educational landscape in which literacy, culture, race, and social class intertwine. Advocating for a greater cultural understanding of minority beliefs in literacy education and a more
Kyle from Immigration Orange just informed me that on Tuesday August 7th, 2007, Edimar Alves Araujo, a 34 year-old immigrant a Brazilian national, died in federal custody because he was denied access to his medication for his epilepsy. His sister, Irene Araujo, told the Boston Herald his death could have been prevented if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers his medication were not with held from him. On Tuesday, she went to the Woonsocket Police station twice to let police know Araujo suffered from epilepsy and needed to take phenobarbital, an anti-epileptic drug, in the event of a seizure.
Araujo said police refused to take it, saying her brother could tell them if he needed medication. She said a friend tried again to bring the medication to him Wednesday morning, but learned her brother had died.
Paula Grenier, a spokesman for the ICE Boston office, said that less than an hour after he was transferred to the custody of ICE, Araujo was rushed to the Rhode Island Hosp
Over the weekend, I received an email from Jay Johnson-Castro about a family that was separated at the border by our immigration rules had a happy ending as they finally reunited in South Florida last Friday (video). Abel Gómez showed up one day last month at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing in Texas certain that immigration authorities would let him in, along with his wife and two children. As a Cuban refugee, Gómez, was paroled into the US under the wet foot/dry foot policy. But his wife Ocdalis and children - 2-year-old Abel and 6-year-old Winnelis - are Venezuelan. Border Patrol immediately detained them and took them to the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, TX.
The current state of the immigration debate in the US has affected the we handle immigrant families. Unfortunately, understandable concerns over national security have resulted in increasingly restrictive immigration policies that have led to an increase in immigration detention like the Gómezs. According to Wome
“It’s all about the freedom,” Martinez said. “I’m an American. One hundred percent. We put out a flag. We barbecue. I’m an American. That’s it.”
Raul Martinez treats Independence Day like any other day.
He’ll spend it making sure the 85 horses he trains along with two of his sons, Ralph and Randy, are prepped and ready [...]
These fascist liberals and globalists in Washington are mad as hell that the American people dared to challenge them. They know they would’ve gotten away with it if the American public was uninformed and in the dark. For the most part, the MSM on television stuck to the scripted talking points given […]
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Hat tip to Almost Average American for posting this excellent tongue in cheek piece on illrgal immigration. Although after checking my taxes the last few years it looks like a pretty damned good deal actually... ~RJH I want to be an illegal immigrant! Dear Senator Harkin,As a native Iowan and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to determine the process for becoming an illegal alien and they referred me to you.My primary reason for wishing to change my status from U.S. Citizen to illegal alien stems from the bill which was recently passed by the Senate and for which you voted. If my understanding of this bill's provisions is accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United States for five years, all I need to do to become a citizen is to pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for three of the last five years. I know a good deal when I see one and I am anxious
In 2004, United States President George W Bush proposed a guest worker program to absorb migrant laborers who would otherwise come to the U.S. as illegal aliens. However, the details were left to legislators.
This immigration debate started after this announcement, and it is still going on today.
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We have always been told that US is land of opportunity where newcomers can achieve better lives for themselves and their families only if they persevere and work hard. One fear for those who are ardently pro-immigration have is that Congress may pass a policy that is intended to hurt the interests of an immigrant - legal and undocumented - who are trying to navigate through this country. Members of Congress have proposed heightened border security, increased enforcement of immigration laws, and even the criminalization of undocumented immigrants and those who help them.
Today, many Congressional leaders want to allow corporations and contractors to recruit hundreds of thousands of workers a year outside of the US and put them to work here on temporary visas. In fact, it is not only multinational corporations who would be benefiting from this bill; it would also be the military. A couple of days ago, Kyle from Immigration Orange informed of an of an article that was written in the Bost
WASHINGTON — The wife of an Army specialist missing in Iraq could be deported because she is an illegal immigrant, but U.S. authorities say they have no intention of doing so in the foreseeable future, FOXNews.com has learned.
Army Spec. Alex Jimenez, 25, has been missing since May 12, when his unit was ambushed by insurgents. His wife, Yaderlin, was a resident of the Dominican Republican and entered the country illegally in 2001. The two married in 2004 and now live in Lawrence, Mass.
Procedures that could lead to her deportation began in 2006, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials alongside the Jimenez family attorney halted those proceedings before a deportation order could be issued, ICE spokeswoman Jamie Zuieback told FOXNews.com.
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Ya know, I am kinda torn here.. first, she is an illegal.. but on the other hand he is in service to this country which IMO obviously shows how they feel about the country.. but then she entered the country illegally.
I think
An Uncle Tom [Ted Hayes] & Racist [Jim Gilchrist] in a “Chilling” Embrace.
In his “anti-immigrant” broadcast of today, pathological egotist bigot, Lou Dobbs, the self-proclaimed “Independent Populist,” announced that black and Hispanic anti-immigration “restlessness” is growing, and paraded a measly group of extraordinarily pathetic “Uncle Toms,” claiming to be outraged by illegal immigration — a [...]
CBC - Newcomers to Canada should be discouraged from adopting the unhealthy diet and couch-potato lifestyle of long-term residents, say researchers who found recent immigrants had a lower risk of complications during pregnancy. (more…)
Cheap immigrant labor has become more addictive to American business than heroin ever could be. I hear businesses, especially the farming industry going on about labor shortages I cant help but sigh. The thing is they are lying out their asses. There has never been any sort of shortage of labor in America and wont possibly be any for the foreseeable future. What they really mean is there is a shortage of people willing to work for the sub standard wages they can get away with paying illegal immigrants. Anyone that knows me knows I am rabidly pro American business but I am also a believer in Tough Love and business needs to break this ugly addiction to cheap foreign labor. A common meme of the agro industry is that prices will skyrocket without immigrant labor. Total lie. Labor is about 10% of the cost for oh say lettuce. The example they use all the time is we would have to pay $5 a head for lettuce. But even if true I would pay it GLADLY if it would insure that real US citizens
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Voters in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch have approved an ordinance aimed at preventing landlords from renting housing to illegal immigrants.
The measure, which supporters said would help the local economy by pushing out illegal immigrants, passed on Saturday by a vote of 4,058-1,941 in the Texas city of 28,500 people.
It requires landlords to verify that would-be renters are in the United States legally before leasing housing to them.
The Farmers Branch City Council passed the ordinance last year, but opponents forced an election on it.
Opponents of the Farmers Branch ordinance filed earlier lawsuits against the city, and said after the vote they would continue fighting it in the courts. Their argument, in part, is that immigration laws are a federal, not local, matter.
“The silent majority in Farmers Branch agrees that this illegal ordinance will drain the community of resources and ultimately hurt the reputation of the city. We will act quickly to pr
Critically-acclaimed group, B-Side Players are known for addressed political matters affecting the Latin community in the United States and the world in their music. The band’s latest message to politicians (see below), community leaders and police in light of the May 1 violent clash between police and pro-immigrant rights demonstrators has taken a new artistic form: a video. The band has taken their support for immigrant rights by creating a powerful video featuring footage of various clashes between protestors and police for their song, “Nuestras Demandas.” (see below) The song/video also outlines B-Side’s demands for new immigrant legislation and overall respect for human rights by law enforcement.Leader Karlos Paez included footage of clashes as visual reminders that violence between demonstrators and police has been a part of the American experience. Also, he wanted to show how the Constitutional right for people to assemble peacefully to express their grievances has been
I must admit, I am not inclined to mass protests. To me, protest culture seems anachronistic, a product of the 1960’s when large rallies really meant something. However, there is no doubting the power you feel when you see tens of thousands of people marching for a cause.
On May 1st, an estimated 75,000 people marched from Union Park to Grant Park in downtown Chicago. They marched for a variety of specific causes all under the banner of loosening immigration controls. According to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, a main organizer for the rally, there were four main political goals:
legalization and a path to earned citizenship for the undocumented
reunification of families divided by broken immigration laws
a moratorium on the immigration raids separating families
condemn President Bush’s anti-family “Z-visas”
People marched carrying a menagerie of signs and banners with slogans like, “No human being is illegal!” and, R
I didn't get to watch the debate on O'Reilly tonite but Tammy Bruce is right on target about how the police will be screwed no matter what they do. With the election of the Mexican socialist mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa (we call him Mayor Reconquista) political correctness has reached epidemic proportions. Its only a matter of time until LA is just another Mexico City slum. Then the libs will be happy because that will be "fair". ~RJHTammy Bruce article link On O'Reilly Factor TonightProbably at about 20-30 minutes past the hour. It will be a debate about the LAPD's reaction to the illegal alien rally/riot that injured 15 police officers. And who is getting heat? Not the 100+ masked rioters, but the LAPD officers for defending themselves, inflicting a few bruises in the process, but managing to disperse a crowd of thousands without a small riot turning into a bigger one. Already, the 'investigation' is turning into a lynch mob, a frenzy to punish the police
Immigrant Rights Rallies Smaller Than Last Year - New York TimesExcerpt:"Tens of thousands of people pressing for immigrants’ rights demonstrated on Tuesday in dozens of cities. But with advocates splintered over tactics, the crowds paled in comparison with the turnout last year."http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/us/02immig.htmlAlex
Two points the marchers might want to consider:
1. I don't mind people marching peacefully. I just don't think you're plan, if I understand correctly would be the best course of action. Neither do most Americans. You march and we, in a nice way, say, "We don't believe your plan would be in our best benefits. Since we run the country, we get to decide. In fact, it seems rather ungrateful to demand something from your, in many cases, unwilling hosts.
2. Why would the marchers hold the rally on May Day? May Day is associated with Communism which the United States spent great human and physical resources to defeat. It's against many Americans' values and, if that's the kind of system you want, I don't think you're the kind of immigrant we shall choose to have. Really, why would we want to allow people to come in if they want to take our possessions and distribute them amongst themselves? Think about it.
3. The American realization of what's going on has created a different at
(ADNKI).- A new political party representing the interests of immigrants has been launched in Italy, coinciding with proposed changes to the law which would allow immigrants the right to vote in Italian local body elections. "The party is a result of the collaboration between Italians and the representatives of the main immigrant communities present here in Rome," Ukrainian Maria Pratsiuk, spokesperson of "Nuovi Italiani" (New Italians) told Adnkronos International (AKI). "If parliament approves the bill presented in cabinet on Tuesday... there will be a million and a half new electors in Italy," added Pratsiuk. "The creation of this new party coincides with the decree-law changing the current immigration norms. The text applies the Strasbourg Convention giving active and passive voting rights in local administrations to foreigners who have lived legally in Italy for more than five years," she said.More...
Warning; Viewer Discretion Advised. Graphic images may be disturbing to some viewers. The surveillance video obtained by the Union-Tribune does show the actual footage of the shooting from the surveillance video that was leaked of the deadly shooting of Ramiro Gamez Acosta, an immigrant, by a Border Patrol agent. Acosta, 20, was blasted in [...]
One wonders whether that title will attract the attention of the French authorities but it probably won’t.
We’ve been living here for over three years now with no residence permit (Carte de Séjour) for Wendy and now pretty much accept that she’ll almost certainly never get one. Now, in every other country that would be something of a problem in that Wendy would be deported indeed she would already have been deported. Not in France though.
How come we can do that?
Well, what we did was apply for her Carte de Séjour within 90 days of us arriving here. Actually, we applied for the European version of that ie the Carte de Séjour Europeenne but that wouldn’t really have mattered as it turns out.
The CdSE is something of an unusual beast in that the only documents that the authorities are legally allowed to ask for are a passport and a proof of relationship. This being France, they actually asked for around 30 separate documents which we refused to provide and ther
I heard a presentation at a tech vendor conference recently and the presenter used the terms Digital Native and Digital Immigrant. He used the terms in a discussion about how to prepare for the upcoming workforce. A Digital Immigrant describes those of us to whom technology is not easy or native or intuitive, we have to work at it. I know I have been in the IT technology industry for 30+ years and am still an immigrant, Digital is still a second language to me. (Note: The computer in the picture is one of the first ones I worked with)A Digitial native on the other hand has all things Digital as their first language, everything digital seems natural and easy for them.Here are some questions to help you discover your status:You are a Digital native if you:- Never manually changed the channel on a TV- You have a wireless network at home- You have owned multiple cellphones, just in the last 2 years- You can easily do a program search on a TIVO or DVR- You can IM on a phone at over 30 words
 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Illegal immigration opponents have sued the Los Angeles Police Department, taking aim at its long-standing policy of ignoring most suspects’ immigration status.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Superior Court seeks to force officers to inform federal immigration officials when illegal immigrants are arrested on drug charges.
The department prohibits officers from inquiring about the immigration status of suspects, a policy strongly supported by Police Chief William Bratton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of unidentified police officers who are afraid to speak out but argue the policy creates a situation where the same illegal immigrants are repeatedly arrested when they could have been deported, lawyer David Klehm said.
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Well, no wonder illegals move into the country and motivate to LA. Isn’t it about time this country pulls together as ONE nation and creates a unified front against these invaders?
The last time I took the trouble to look, I seem to remember that the value of charity and volunteer work in New Britain equalled the cost of the NHS. That is, the free labour given by people out of the goodness of their hearts underpinned the country’s economy to the extent that it was worth the same as the nations biggest economic cost. Without charity work, it is clear, the country’s economy would grind to a halt. The country does not produce enough wealth to pay its own way. It depends on people propping it up by doing things which are not valued in terms of money, but have a massive economic benefit.
So, what would happen if you could harness even more of this goodwill and unpaid economic activity? What about if you could find a group of people who you could force into contributing to the country’s economy for no money? That would be brilliant, surely? It would be like having loads more money made available to be creamed off by the rich! Hurrah!
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Pizza Chain Under Fire for Accepting PesosBy JEFF CARLTONAPDALLAS (Jan. 11) - A pizza chain has been hit with death threats and hate mail after offering to accept Mexican pesos, becoming another flashpoint in the nation's debate over immigrants."This is the United States of America, not the United States of Mexico," one e-mail read. "Quit catering to the damn illegal Mexicans," demanded another.Dallas-based Pizza Patron said it was not trying to inject itself into a larger political debate about illegal immigration when it posted signs this week saying "Aceptamos pesos" - or "We accept pesos" - at its 59 stores across Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and California.Pizza Patron spokesman Andy Gamm said the company was just trying to sell more pizza to its customers, 60 percent of whom are Hispanic."...just trying to sell more pizza to its customers"?? Nobody cares who you sell your stinking pizzas to. We care about the fact that this is another group that placates to the south-of-the-
The "Mojado" song has the undeniable style of this great Latin-American performer, but to the norteño style of Intocable, which makes an interesting and respectful creation of the phenomenon of immigration.A month ago, on November 14, 2005 the promotion for the new single "Mojado" began, Ricardo Arjona and Intocable joined voices for this duo that is a part of the new album tha was released by the writer/singer Arjona in Antigua Guatemala last 7th Dec.The song has the undeniable style of this great Latin-American performer, but to the norteño style of Intocable, which makes an interesting and respectful creation of the phenomenon of immigration."Mojado" narrates the story of an ilegal immigrant that wants to find the "American dream". The video for this song was done in the first days of November in the city of Tijuana, Mexico, where several zones between the Mexico/USA border where chosen to show the situation that is lived by immigrants trying to cross the border. The v
Free opinion here, no TimeSelect fee necessary.From the editorial board over at the toilet "paper" of record:"It’s almost enough to make us nostalgic for streaking and sitting on flagpoles. College students from Michigan to Florida have found a new way to get attention, offend others and make a right-wing statement all at once. It’s a game with a name that says it all: “Catch the Illegal Immigrant.”Hey, I'm all for seeing a few "streakers," however, if you're into sitting on "flagpoles," I'm sure there is an appropriate fetish site for that; but I regress digress.Do you ever notice how certain "free speech" on campuses shouldn't be "free?" Do you ever notice that it is usually speech or activity from groups labeled "Rightwing," that tend to raise the ire of the Times/School Administrators/Liberal college groups?This mornings Times pines for the days when life was as simple as making your statement the "old fashioned" way; with your flesh. Flashback to the day when re-writ
According to research bureau Foquz Etnomarketing most members of the big ethnic minorities in the Netherlands voted on one of the left wing parties last Wednessday. Of the Moroccans even more 90%. Two-third of them voted on the PvdA, as did almost half of the Surinam voters and more than one-third of the Turkish voters. Remarkably, 12.3% Of the Turkish votes went to the center-left / liberal Democrats 66 ("Democraten 66', "D66' in short) of Alexander Pechtold. On its website public television news show NOS Journaal suggests that the explanation for the popularity the D66 among Turkish voters is PvdA's decision to remove Erdinç Saçan of the candidate list, because of his refusal to fully acknowledge the Armenian genocide, bred bad blood among the Turkish electorate. However, Foquz also states that the PvdA remains very popular among Turks as 35,8% of them voted on the Dutch Labour Party.
Dutch General Election, D66, PvdA, Erdinç Saçan, Armenian Genocide
USA Today is running a story headlined "Cities get at illegal immigrants through cars." The article begins with a bold proclamation: "Local officials getting tough on illegal immigrants have a new target: their cars." Only "getting tough" has nothing to do with immigration or deportation. "Communities in Alabama, California, Illinois and elsewhere are using laws that punish drivers without licenses. Cities often tow cars immediately." So drivers without a license get big fines, a tow job and that's it. But wait! Even this approach is under attack. "'There's been a long history of ordinances that don't say anything about immigrants and nothing about national origin, but clearly are aimed at particular groups,' says John Trasviña, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. 'They have uniformly been struck down.'" For example, they're challenging a law in Waukegan, Illinois that fines
