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 kitchenerkat

Joined: 5/25/2006
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Posted: 2/5/2008 7:57:12 PM
this isn't 'new'... divide and conquer is an age old strategy... and most folks buy into it

we are all precious... and connected
 _JAFO_

Joined: 11/9/2007
Msg: 52
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Posted: 2/6/2008 8:52:37 AM
I have strong feelings about minimal insurance coverage.

I was in a vehicle that suffered from a hit and run. We were broadsided by an illegal, who had an outstanding warrant, who jumped back over the border to avoid getting caught. Well... so the story goes. The car I was in was totalled. The police went to the address that was associated with his license plate and asked for him. The response at the apartment was that the man didn't live there anymore. The car that caused the collision was sitting in the apartment complex parking lot. The police never pursued it further.

The whole automobile insurance problem we have now could be resolved by adding an extra fee to the gasoline we purchase. If you drive five miles a week you'd be paying a lesser insurance fee than the person who drives 500 miles a week. Everyone would be covered at a fee that runs parallel to the miles driven.
 twisted kitten

Joined: 8/4/2007
Msg: 53
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Posted: 2/6/2008 9:51:29 AM
If I want to go to live in another country I will take the legal steps to do so to make sure i'm not hunted down and tossed out. Thats what we call common sense and having nothing to hide. We have a serious problem in the U.S. right now and if we don't find a way to stop it we will simply continue to lose the content of what makes our country what it is. If someone wants to live here they have steps to make that happen. I personally don't want anymore criminals here and if you come here illegally guess what. "your a criminal"
 UniqueManinSoCal

Joined: 8/26/2007
Msg: 54
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Posted: 2/6/2008 1:08:04 PM
It is sad when someone debates and issue and if they know they are losing or are on weak ground they resort to personal attacks. This is what I think the illegal immigrant rights groups do.

I watched this activist on Lou Dobbs flat out call him a racist who supports vigilante groups and associated him to groups like the KKK and other truely racists groups. She had no other argument other than a personal attack that he was a racist. That is like going into a debate and at the end saying "f*ck you!" and thinking you won. She didn't want to debate the immigration issue she just wanted to slander and call names.

As a resident of Southern California I am in ground zero of this issue. There is no will on anyone's behalf down here to deal with this issue because they are afraid of either their political career, they are getting paid off to keep quiet or they don't want to offend anyone. It is sad. And with these politicians running for president none of them will do a damn thing about it. Hillary panders to them so she gets their vote, Obama just doesn't get it and McCain well I won't get started on him. It doesn't look like this will get solved anytime soon unfortunately. Sad state of affairs.
 cocytus

Joined: 11/9/2007
Msg: 55
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Posted: 2/6/2008 1:20:20 PM

watched this activist on Lou Dobbs flat out call him a racist who supports vigilante groups and associated him to groups like the KKK and other truely racists groups. She had no other argument other than a personal attack that he was a racist. That is like going into a debate and at the end saying "f*ck you!" and thinking you won. She didn't want to debate the immigration issue she just wanted to slander and call names.


Actually, Dobbs is an opportunist, not a racist.
He's found an issue that has extended his 15 minutes of fame and he's running w/ it.
I used to watch his business shows...now I find him and his new "format" to be repugnant.

There's a low-level war going on between the US and Mexico.
The only way to resolve this war (if a resolution is desired) is to severely prosecute American businesspeople that hire illegal immigrants, primarily the ones from Mexico.
No jobs....no reason to come.
Or stay...if they have no interest in legally becoming American citizens.

Bottom Line...just like w/ the War on Drugs...until I see judges,Border Patrol agents,politicians and businesspeople in cuffs on their way to the courthouse...illegal immigration won't end.
 oke4u

Joined: 5/9/2008
Msg: 56
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Posted: 9/19/2009 9:49:31 AM
Sick of hearing they do the jobs Americans won"t do Im from Iowa .about 20 miles away from Postville largest raid in U>S> history. I have to boys in the service becauce Of lack of good jobs. Americans should have aright to a living wage. its about supply and demand more cheap workers less pay.
 dancecard

Joined: 3/19/2006
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Posted: 9/19/2009 5:31:37 PM
I posted on this thread many months ago. Seems it yet to be a hot subject, but it's coming!

I look forward to reform. ~ and getting some of these folks back home.

Any talks In regard to reform however must and will include Mexico. She's the missing piece to the puzzle.

We need to come forward with some Equitable Solution for both parties that share a border.

It's going to be heated debate ~ already HCR has spilled over into immigration with Joe Wilson's out burst, "You Lie!"

It doesn't need to be a war ~ but resolve to correct and enforce laws that are in place.

Dance
 BikerBiker53

Joined: 6/11/2005
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Posted: 10/15/2009 11:34:38 AM
I have posted before about my sympathy towards Hispanic's coming to America, looking for a better life.

I have posted that in my Neighborhood the Hispanics are my now our best neighbors, and our communities greatest asset,..and I have said that the blacks werent.

Now before I get called a "Racist" for saying that, let me explain about the circumstances that have appeared in my life and times,..let me give you a backround History of this neighborhood , and of my grandmothers Log Cabin down home in TENN,where I was allowed to divide my time since I was 4 years old, then you will understand a little better.

My earliset memories are still vivid in my brain,...the beautiful lush grean flora and fauna of my youth in this neighborhood, which is adjaction to the Community of
"WOODRUFF PLACE",.in Indianapolis...let me steal some information, to describe it best,....

http://www.woodruffplace.com/node/1
Woodruff Place was laid out between 1872 and 1873 by James O. Woodruff. Woodruff designed his Place to be dominated by three boulevards which were bisected by Cross Drive with each intersection centered by a multi-tiered fountain. The wide, grassy esplanades were adorned with statuary and urns placed throughout the neighborhood. The ornamentation was made even more beautiful under the hushed canopy of mammoth, age-old trees.

Around the late 1880s, Woodruff Place began to take hold. Most homes were built between 1898 - 1910. Today there are many architectural examples, such as Queen Ann, Eastlake, Victorian, Edwardian, Classic, Colonial Revival, Bungalow and American Foursquare, among others.


It was Beautiful, and our street was adjaction to it, and was an extension of its beauty,
the Trees were plentyfull, and provided shade during the Summer, and a beautiful canopy that created a Snow Tunnel during the Winter.

The neighborhood, and Grade School was basicly all White, with the exception of a few Hispanic familys, and a couple of Italian families, and there was no Racism directed towards anyone, we all co-existed as friends and neighbors.

I didnt have any Black friends untill I was sent to Junior High, where I made several, but was chastized by other Blacks , that not only ridiculed me, but also my Black friends that I had made, for becoming friends with people outside our own race.

And YES, there were White kids that spewed their racist remarks towards me too.

My Dad, wasnt too hot about the ideal either,as was evident when one of my Black friends wandered onto our street, on his Bicycle and I stopped him to talk for a while.

My Dad let his feelings be known, and I tried to explain to him, that Black people have a place in our world too, but you couldnt change his mind, he kept telling me Id understand when I get older.

The time, and Summers I spent with my Grandmother in the Beautiful back woods of TENN, where she lived in a Log Cabin,was straight out of a story book,... our closet neighbor was over a mile away, so we lived on our own, beholding to none, growing a Garden, for daily meals, and canning for later, cutting down trees, snaking them out of the woods with a team of mules, for Firewood to warm us during the Winter, following behind a Mule plowing the fields to plant crops for food, for feed, and to sell, in order to survive.

I felt like a Pioneer Jean Stratton Porter, I was "Sam Gribley", in "MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN", I was Robert Mitchums younger brother "Robin Doolin" in THUNDER ROAD,....and best of all, I was "Uncas", in LAST OF THE MOHICANS.

Grandmother instilled the nightly Bible reading, and our Sundays walks to Church, and Prayer......when question about our Native Roots, Grandmother wouldnt speak much,
it had been shamed, for whites to mix with Natives, the same as it had been shamed, to mix with Blacks,....

But Grandmother, in her infinite wisdom, would answer my questions about Blacks and Natives with,..."There's room enough in this World for everyone."

There are Blacks down home, that we saw occasionaly, that live in a place called,...
"The Freehills",....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Hill,_Tennessee
http://www.dalehollowlake.com/FREEHILLS.htm
they lived, worked, and moved amoung us, and I never saw or heard any Racist remarks towards them, it was a peacefull co existince.

Not so at home in Indianapolis, where there was fights, name calling, and lots of Racism directed back and forth between both Blacks and Whites during Junior High, and High School, where Race Riots broke out daily due to Blacks being,..lets just say,...."discontent",..and mimiking the actions they saw the Black Panthers doing.

Tough time to go to school.

OK,...so you have a back round on me,..trying to be a good Christian, and believeing what my Grandmother said that "Theres room enough in this world for everyone."

In the last 35 years, in my neighborhood in Indianapolis, I've seen our beautiful community become mixed, some of the greatest friends and neighbors were the Blacks that were now welcome in our neighborhood.

And my Dad, suddenly changed his way of thinking, now, he had Black friends, that he Loved, and would bend over backwards to help...when my Dad passed away, he was mourned by both White, and Black alike.

Now,..in recent times, with this epidemic of CRACK,..the neighbhorhood suddenly turned 180 degrees,...our new found Black neighbors were moving out, telling us that this is exactly why they moved into our neighborhood, to get away from this kind of thing.

Our community turned into a haven for Black Drug Dealers and Prostituesof all races,....Crime, Burgleries, Robberies, Rape, and Murder, sprung up in our neighborhood overnight.

Our Neighborhood had changed, it was as different as night and day.....where once beautiful Homes stood, they were now replaced with Abandoned, Boarded, and Burned out remains, of what was once called "HOME".

Now, during the past 10 Years, our neighborhood, working with the Local law Enforcement, has helped end this horriable stranglehold if crazed drug dealers destroying our community.

Hispanics have moved in our neighborhood, buying and fixing up, what once was a delapidated abandoned building, turning it into a warm, welcoming home.

With the closeing of the neighborhood Liquor Store , that was once the Hot Spot of Criminal activity and our number one source of trouble, our local Crime rates have plumited, and our community has finally returned back to somewhat, the quiet laid back community it used to be, thanks to the help of our Local Law Enforcement, and neighbors.

Which brings me to the Thread Topic, "The New USA War.....Illegals...."

While I Love and respect my Hispanic neighbors who have moved into a run down neighborhood, and helped build it back into a respectable community, Im still aware of the horrors that other communities face with the problems of "illegals",....

And Yes,..we have had some minor problems with "illegals" in our neighborhood, but nothing compaired to the problems that places like LA, Phionix, and other major Cities have, Indianapolis is still a small Mid Western Town, no matter how much the City likes to call itself a "World Class City".

In our neighborhood, we have seen inner city Blacks, move into our once Beautiful, thriving coimmunity, and turn it into a War Zone,..as I'm sure you can compare the same, concerning "illegals" moving into neighborhoods and turning them into the same, creating the exact same problems of Crime, Drugs, and destroying what once was a peacefull, happy community,..so dont think Im targeting Blacks as a whole, Im just expressing the area in which I have lived most my life, and my personal reflections.

This brings me to the point of "Illegals" and the reasons associated in trying to help solve the problem.

IF,...the problem would of been stopped, years ago, when it should of been, then we would not see the mass flooding of "illegals" in our Country now, and have to find a way to deal with it, and solve it.

Amnesty,..is NOT the Answer.
Allowing only 55,000 Visas per year, is not the Answer.
Understanding that a majority of these "illegas" came to our Country only to have a chance of a better life, make many of us US Citizens, and Politicians, sympathetic towards their plight, and rightly so.

But as I said,...Amnesty, is not the answer, granting 12 to 30 Million "illegals" amnesty will not stop out high unemployment rates, it will not stop the heavy burden of taking care of these people and providing them with even the minimun bare necessities.

Our system, is Taxed beyond belife enough as it is, without adding 12 to 30 Million more people to its burden.

Its is not our fault that the Government of Mexico refuses to take care of its own people,..its not our fault that the Government, and Politicians that run the country, are so currroupt that they keep all the countries assets for themselves, instead of "Shareing the Weath",..or "Redistributing The Wealth",..as our very own President Obama claims to want to do.

Mexico, is the second Oil Producer, to suppy Oil to the United States.
Why isnt the Government of Mexico providing economic oppertunities for its people ?
If Hispanics are such great workers, then why doesnt the Mexican Government take advantage of that fact, and put these people to work ?

If America, is so busy outsourcing Jobs over seas, and so worried about the over flow of "illegals" into our Country, then why doesnt the American Government, and the Mexican Government get together, and outsource more jobs to Mexico, instead of over seas ?

That would fix several problems,...
Mexicos Unemployment,
Americas Unemployment,
the ammount of "illegals" here in the United States,
the burden of 12 to 30 Million "illegals" on our system,

But what does Obama want to do ?
Grant Amnesty.

It didnt work before, it wont work now,...and,..it will cause more "illegals" to move to the States, because they wont fear persecution,...so instead of fixing a Problem, it will only make it worse,.....imagine,....30, to 40 Million more "illegals" coming to the United States, and expecting Amnesty, that isnt going to work.

But look at how Obama addresses the issiue of "illegals"


Obama: Immigration enforcement equals terror
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69612

Sen. Barack Obama, speaking to the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza yesterday, pumped up the crowd by describing how Hispanic communities are "terrorized" by government immigration officers

"When communities are terrorized by ICE immigration raids," Obama said, "when nursing mothers are torn from their babies, when children come home from school to find their parents missing, when people are detained without access to legal counsel, when all that is happening, the system just isn’t working, and we need to change it."


Yeah,...thats right,...the "System" isnt working, and we need to change it."

Thats Obamas answer to everything,....."Change"

What we need to do,..and the problem that Obama inherirted, when he took Office, is that our Nations Laws, that have NOT been enforced, he is now calling "Terrorism",
by our own Government, against these "illegals" that are Criminals, that are in our Country, against our wishs, and our Laws,..when our Agencies, attempt to enforce the Laws.

Obama, is his attempt to appease Hispanics,...goes overboard, and tries to gain their respect and support,..by bad talking our own Country,..the Country that he is President of,..and the Country that has been supporting these "illegal" Criminals all these years.

Obama will NOT be happy, till this Country is Bankrupt, and overflowing will "illegal" Criminals that will lead to the further demise, of our once great Country.

What we need to do,..is actually ENFORCE the existing Laws of our nation, and help these people stay in their own Country, by demanding Mexico start taking responcibilty for its Citizens, instead of opening their jail doors, and shippimng them to the US !

There are Laws in place, and ways to solve this "illegal" problem, without breaking our system, or grantingt Amnesty.
 cotter

Joined: 10/17/2005
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Posted: 10/15/2009 2:18:21 PM

But what does Obama want to do ?
Grant Amnesty.
it will cause more "illegals" to move to the States, because they wont fear persecution
When is it ever okay to "persecute" someone? Persecution … discrimination … harassment … maltreatment … bullying … hounding … abuse … ill-treatment

The quote from Message 58 is from July 2008. When did OBAMA say he wanted to grant anyone amnesty?
... "when nursing mothers are torn from their babies, when children come home from school to find their parents missing, when people are detained without access to legal counsel, when all that is happening, the system just isn’t working, and we need to change it."
You mean there are actually people who think it's okay to tear nursing babies away from their mothers, or allow children to go home not knowing where their parents are? Well I guess that doesn't surprise me coming from someone who is promoting the idea of letting "illegals" die in the Emergency Rooms of America.

Obama, is his attempt to appease Hispanics,...goes overboard, and tries to gain their respect and support,..by bad talking our own Country,.
When did our President "bad-talk" our country? What in the world are you talking about? Do you even know what you're talking about?

Boy oh boy ... I hate to tell you about all the "illegal" people who are here who don't even come close to being "Hispanic" all those students and researchers who have arrived within our borders "legally" and just stayed on way past the allotted time on their visas. Do you want them to die in the Emergency Rooms too? Do you want to rip their little babies away from their nursing mothers too?
 sum1reel

Joined: 6/5/2005
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Posted: 10/15/2009 9:10:14 PM
Some myths about illegal immigration:

1. That they all come here just work:- (Truth)its estimated that only 3 in 5 are here as illegal laborors, the rest are into criminal activites or are non-employable

2. They just take jobs americans don't want:-(truth) most jobs are given to illegals cause the bosses don't have to pay them nearly as much. Jobs such as landscaping, roofing, painting are preferably given to illegals who don't belong to unions

3.illegals should be rounded up and deported-(truth) not that easy as many have children born here

4. Feds are hurt by illegals-(truth) illegals with pirated SS# actually help put money in the treasury by getting tax witheld and the Feds don't have to pay them back any benefits like social security, etc!
 tranquilo123

Joined: 3/7/2008
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Posted: 10/16/2009 4:00:15 PM
Obama will NOT be happy, till this Country is Bankrupt, and overflowing will "illegal" Criminals that will lead to the further demise, of our once great Country.


Oh, yes! Another forum to keep on bashing Obama and spew some more of the same hate that we see in forum after forum.


What we need to do,..is actually ENFORCE the existing Laws of our nation,


That's right! The laws in our country say that it is illegal to hire people who are in our country "illegally." Those employers should be heavily fined and sent to jail for breaking the law. Remove the profit motive from those who are enriching themselves by breaking the law and exploiting people who are desperate to work so that they can help their families, and you might see that soon enough the word that there are no jobs in America for people who don't have legal documents will be spread around the Mexican villages. That would most likely be an incentive to people to not risk their lives crossing the border without the certainty of a job on the other side.


There are Laws in place, and ways to solve this "illegal" problem, without breaking our system,


Like I said, if no employers hire the "illegals," very soon they will get the message that there is nothing for them to stay around: no work, no money. It is a well know fact that a large number of "illegals" went back home during this recession because they couldn't find work. It didn't cost the government any money for them to go back. They just left.

You want to solve the problem: talk to your side, the republican conservatives, members of the Chambers of Commerce that talk with both sides of their mouths: flaming against illegal aliens while at the same time hiring them to exploit their labor and keep the lid very tight on wages in this country.
 BikerBiker53

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Posted: 10/18/2009 9:59:22 AM
Its always a matter of opinion, as to how we view things, considering the way this Country has been run for the past few decade, it appears were continuing to go down hill at an ever alarming rate.


Oh, yes! Another forum to keep on bashing Obama and spew some more of the same hate that we see in forum after forum.


Sorry to give anyone the impression I'm "bashing",..or "hate" anyone,...that just isn't true,....I might not like someone,..your definition of "bashing" is probably different from mine, so what you consider "bashing", I probably just consider my point of view on subject matters...and "hate",...I don't hate anyone,..dislike, yes,..hate, no.


That's right! The laws in our country say that it is illegal to hire people who are in our country "illegally." Those employers should be heavily fined and sent to jail for breaking the law. Remove the profit motive from those who are enriching themselves by breaking the law and exploiting people who are desperate to work so that they can help their families, and you might see that soon enough the word that there are no jobs in America for people who don't have legal documents will be spread around the Mexican villages. That would most likely be an incentive to people to not risk their lives crossing the border without the certainty of a job on the other side.


I can find no reason to disagree with you on that subject. I've expressed my sympathy towards our Hispanic neighbors, and the shame that their own Government and Officials are doing practically nothing, to help their citizens, or creating Jobs for them to improve their lot, so they don't have the need to come to our country illegally.


Like I said, if no employers hire the "illegals," very soon they will get the message that there is nothing for them to stay around: no work, no money. It is a well know fact that a large number of "illegals" went back home during this recession because they couldn't find work. It didn't cost the government any money for them to go back. They just left.


I said the same thing,....LOL


You want to solve the problem: talk to your side, the republican conservatives, members of the Chambers of Commerce that talk with both sides of their mouths: flaming against illegal aliens while at the same time hiring them to exploit their labor and keep the lid very tight on wages in this country


I've often said that our Politicians talk out of both side of there mouths,..did you notice that too ?,...LOL

Excuse me, but I think you may have the impression I'm a Republican, and or support their Party,...first and foremost,..I'm an American,....I never vote a "Straight Ticket"
I'm neither "Left" of "Right", I'm whats considered a "Centrist" and a "Realist"

I've been asked in the past by the Libertarian Party of Andrew Horning and Kurt St. Angelo to run for the Senate seat,..to which I Thanked them for having that kind of trust in me, but respectfully declined.

I know I've been told that I'm throwing my Vote Away, by Voting a "Split Ticket", but I don't prefer to stick by the old position of being a Hard Line Party Supporter,....

I prefer to Vote, based on the issues, and who says their plans go along with my personal feelings and values.

I consider that the Dems and Rep's are both Wolves In Sheep's Clothing, and you have to keep your eyes on both sides,......to me, their both one and the same,....

They even cross their own Party Lines, and often vote against their own party.
Whats that say about Politics ?

I consider the Pros & Cons, and try to go with my best judgment,..if you, or anyone else, has something you feel important to say about any subject matter, you'll find me eager to learn, and consider your point of view, unlike some people.

I just hate to see the horrible impact "illegals" have on our Country, our Budget, our Education System, and the burden it cost to keep them here illegally.

I have many web site links, that show the breakdown, and cost, that "Illegals" have added to this Country, and how they take advantages of the situations, and benefit from Programs, that even American Citizens don't benefit from.

One very informative link that I think every American should check out is,....

NumbersUSA
http://www.numbersusa.com/content/issues.html

This web site cover a variety of topics including "Illegals"

•The Seven Amnesties Passed by Congress
•With Jobless Rates Like These, How Can Anybody Consider More Foreign Workers or an Amnesty?
•Americans Oppose Amnesty
•Nation-Specific Amnesties
•Anchor Babies
•Chain Migration
•Chain Migration Chart
•Illegal Immigration Undermines U.S. environmental, labor, health and safety protections
•The Division in Congress over Illegal Immigration
•Immigration Laws the Administration Is NOT Enforcing
•Map of States Impacted if 2010 Census Doesn't Ask About Citizenship Status
•Federal Commissions on Immigration
•Immigrant Entry and Native Exit From the Labor Market, 2000-2005
•Mass Immigration is Unfair to American Workers
•Immigration Is Hurting The U.S. Worker
•The Role of Mass Immigration In Delaying Economic and Social Progress For Black Americans, 1865-1924
•What Black Leaders are Saying About Illegal Immigration
•Congressional Testimony: How Mass Immigration Hurts Black Americans
•Should the U.S. increase its H-1B visa program? Wages belie claims of a labor shortage
•California Case Study on Immigration's Cost per Household
•Immigration and School Costs
•Immigrants and Welfare Use
•Myth: Amnesty and Increased Immigration are the easy solutions to the Social Security crisis
•AFL-CIO turns its back on U.S. workers, endorses illegal immigration & open borders

OK,...there's a lot more, but I'm sure you'll agree, this link gives a wide variety of information concerning "Illegals"

I have sympathy for the Hispanics in their native country, that their own Government
does little, or nothing to help improve their lives.

But I have great disdain, for our Leaders, that thinks allowing Illegal Immigrants into our Country, in an attempt to improve their lives,... yet takes away from our quality of life, and creates a Burden that will very likely bankrupt our Country.
 cotter

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Posted: 10/18/2009 11:27:16 AM

I have sympathy for the Hispanics in their native country, that their own Government
does little, or nothing to help improve their lives.

But I have great disdain, for our Leaders, that thinks allowing Illegal Immigrants into our Country, in an attempt to improve their lives,... yet takes away from our quality of life, and creates a Burden that will very likely bankrupt our Country.
You're barking up the wrong tree.

You need to do the math to see what it takes to support all the "legal" refugees we allow into our country yearly. They get free Welfare the moment they step off the planes, free housing, food stamps, free unlimited medical coverage (something that is not given to our own citizens even if they qualify for Welfare), tax rebates if they start up a business (with money brought from the homeland) which is a break not given to our own citizens, they are given unlimited grants to continue their education (no matter what and how long they want to study) which is not given to our own citizens, are not required to learn the language even to get a driver's license ... the driving test is given to them in their own language even though all road signs are in English (not sure how that makes any sense at all) and the list goes on ...

Of course, when this Health care bill passes, they will still get free health care, just administered in a way that it won't be quite so taxing to our local tax dollars as Medicaid now is.

It seems to me your outrage is misdirected. You need to be livid with the government for such an open-door policy to people who will basically never earn a dime and will only ever live here at the tax-payers expense.

People immigrating from non-refugee countries not only have to prove they can support themselves before being allowed to enter the US, they have to sign a document stating that if they ever get to the point that they can no longer support themself they are not allowed to go on Welfare and will be deported.

So what we're really doing here is limiting the people who are truly self-supporting and have a skill and can work or have someone who has agreed to support them ... they are limited in numbers to enter the US. If they do not have someone to support them, they have to prove they already have a job lined up ... a paper signed by a viable employer. Without that precious paper ... either from the person who will support them or the future employer ... they will not gain legal entry into the US.

"Illegal" immigrants do not frequent the medical system the way you have been led to believe because they know they will be found out and deported or detained away from their loved ones until deportation. When they do seek medical help, they are often very very very ill and that is very very very costly to those of us who are paying whether we pay our medical bills ourself or it is paid by the insurance. The bill goes up just the same when the place is handing out freebies ... just as the price of items in a store will go up the more people shop lift. The loss is passed on to everyone in one way or another.

The same goes for the cost of maintaining all the "legal" immigrants that will never earn a dime and live off of the tax payers. In many cases, only the very sick and decrepit family members enter our country and the healthy ones stay back in the homeland even though the reason they are here is because of some sort of political asylum. It's all really just a "holdup" of the American people.

Believe me, if your family was being politically persecuted, the whole family would have to leave the area, not just the sick and disabled. And if they did have to leave, they would not be leaving with entire households ... eh? It would truly be the clothes on their backs and since I have worked with these people for a long time, I really do know that they arrive here with much more than just the clothes on their backs. Their arrivals are planned to the "T".

They know exactly when they are arriving, who is arriving, and where. Those people step off the plane, go to their free housing with their already stocked refrigerators and await their household items. They are handed their Welfare check and food stamp cards and Medicaid cards within days of arriving.

Americans must often wait months to qualify for Welfare and mostly never get food stamps and seldom get medical (Medicaid) benefits. Occasionally, destitute American expectant mothers can get financial assistance to pay for the birth of a child but do not qualify for outright Welfare. Mostly mothers in that situation get WIC coupons for the new baby and any other pre-school child, but are expected to support themselves ... pay for their own housing, and feed themselves and make do as far as medical benefits are concerned. Even the new baby will not qualify for medical care.

Like I said ... your outrage is being directed at the wrong group of people.
 BikerBiker53

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Posted: 10/21/2009 2:05:32 PM
I didn't know I was a "Dog"


You're barking up the wrong tree.


I'm not barking up anything, I've responded to the "Thread Title",...

The New USA War.....Illegals....

Now,...in this Thread,..you want to change the Thread Topic ,....again.

The Thread Topic is about "Illegals ",.....

NOT,....."Legals"

I'll agree with you, as far as your comments about the problems that the "Legals" create for our Country, and the Burden,....but that's not the Thread Topic.

Please refrain from trying to always change the Thread Topic,.......


The New USA War.....Illegals....


It isn't actually a "New War",...by a long shot, but that's how our friend from Kansas decided to describe it, and we should respect that, and reply in kind,....

Not attempt to change the conversation, as you and your minions seem to always attempt to do.

There are many problems in this Country,...and the "illegals" is the Topic in this Thread.

Like "YOU" have told me to do,....go start your own thread......

Or at least be kind enough to stick with the Thread Topic.

Lets see,...where were we ?????

Awwww yes,...."illegals", and the "New War" on them.

IF,..the current Laws concerning Enforcement towards "illegals" would of been more aggressively pursued years ago,...we wouldn't be faced with the massive problems we face today.

Instead of creating "Sanctuary Cities" where "illegals" can roam free, and not have to worry about having to prove their Citizenship,..our Elected Officials should of been creating a National US Citizenship Card, or some means of proving a persons status,
and deporting these "illegals", and handing out PRISON sentences for those caught for breaking our LAWS !

Im not "outraged", and my thoughts are being directed at the Thread Topic.
Please do the same.
 cotter

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Posted: 10/21/2009 4:07:53 PM

The Thread Topic is about "Illegals ",.....

NOT,....."Legals"
You are correct and I was responding to statements being made in Message 62 (your post) regarding how much the "illegals" were costing us. I was pointing out that your outrage is aimed in the wrong direction.

"The New USA War" may be aimed at the "illegals", but if they are aiming at the "illegals" because someone thinks they are costing us too much money ... then they need to look at what the "legal" aliens are costing us.

OT ...
So more raids -- a lot more -- might be on the horizon.
I seriously doubt that is the answer.

Clamp down on employers hiring "illegals" and soon the word will get out ... "You may be able to sneak into our country, but we will not employ you."
 tranquilo123

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Posted: 10/21/2009 4:17:43 PM
Or at least be kind enough to stick with the Thread Topic.

Lets see,...where were we ?????

Awwww yes,...."illegals", and the "New War" on them.


Oh yes, the War ON Illegals. That seems to be an appropriate name for it. That seems to be all that some people want, as if mis-treating some people who have come here to work for slave wages is going to solve all the problems that we have now.

Some people have this illusion that when they are able to deport a few millions of the "illegals" back to Mexico, everything will become perfect again, and millions of Americans will feel so triumphant having defeated the enemy that they will start lining up to fill the available jobs for pay that is under the minimum wages, and certainly well below what should be considered living wages.

They haven't thought that the employers that hire "illegal" aliens for low pay most likely will do the same thing they are doing now, sending their scouts and recruiters south of the border telling people to come and where to go when they get into the USA. You will send back a million "illegal" aliens, and in no time the employers of "illegal" aliens will have their replacements doing the same business as before. That is their business, exploit people to maximize their profits.

Unless you include the employers of "illegal" aliens in the group of C R I M I N A L S that you say that are breaking the Immigration Laws and should be severely punished, and put them out of business as well as putting them in jail for a long time, the War ON Illegals will be a failure. The costs will be very high and the problem will remain about the same as now. Someone will need to pick the fruits and vegetable crops, and many other types of unskilled manual labor will always be available, especially if the employers aren't willing to pay more than the minimum wages with no benefits.
 whisper67520

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Posted: 10/21/2009 11:17:04 PM

AP: Illegal immigrant linked to thousands of bogus IDs
Published 10/17/2009 in Local News

WICHITA (AP) -- A Mexican citizen whom prosecutors have linked to thousands of U.S. birth certificates produced for illegal immigrants faces a January sentencing in a separate identity theft case filed more than a decade after his activities first surfaced.

Jorge Alvarez Rivera, also known as Daniel Salas, has became a poster child of sorts in presentations by Kansas officials about identity theft since 830 state birth certificates were found in his trunk after a 1998 traffic accident near Liberal.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Office of Vital Statistics and the Kansas Social and Rehabilitative Services conducted record searches on those documents and estimated the state was paying out $200,000 per month, or about $2 million annually, to 55 illegal immigrant families whose names were on some of those 830 documents found in his trunk.

Those benefits paid to illegal immigrants who were using his fraudulent documents included state payments for medical costs, aid to dependent children and food, said Donna Calabrese, director of the state's Office of Vital Statistics.

"I would like to see that this time it is taken seriously," she said Friday. "It cost the taxpayers dearly."

Rivera was never prosecuted in the 1998 incident despite the fact that his trunk, which popped open during the accident, was later found to contain not just the Kansas documents but thousands of U.S. birth certificates, hundreds of Mexican documents and $10,000 in cash.

"We kept seeing the repercussions -- and that is just one case," Calabrese said. "There are multiple operations where people are manufacturing false identities, including vital records."

But that traffic wreck has come back to haunt Rivera in a separate case working its way through federal court in Wichita. Rivera, 62, will be sentenced Jan. 11 after pleading guilty last month to making a false claim of U.S. citizenship and identity theft.

Prosecutors say Rivera sold two sets of false identification, including a birth certificate and a Social Security card, to an undercover government informant. Rivera also indicated at the time that he had additional sets of false documents for sale.

His defense attorney, David Freund, did not return phone and e-mail messages for comment.

Jim Cross, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Kansas, confirmed no charges were filed for the 1998 incident and said he did not know why there was no prosecution back then.

"We were seeing just one case, but back in 1998 some of the prosecutors and judges weren't really tuned in to how serious this kind of fraudulent activity was," Calabrese said.

Calabrese said she got a call this past summer from Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Treaster asking what she knew about Rivera because he had been arrested again, and she gave him the information she had compiled.

If U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten accepts the plea deal his defense attorney struck with prosecutors, Rivera would be sent to federal prison for 30 months in January.

Rivera has remained jailed since a magistrate judge found him to be a flight risk, citing in part the false documents found in the 1998 accident. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald Bostwick also noted that Rivera -- who claimed to be netting only $150 in monthly income -- had $16,000 in savings and a house worth $50,000 that he owned free and clear.

Benefits to the illegal immigrants whose names were found on documents in Rivera's trunk have since been cut off, and the state has taken steps requiring proof of citizenship and confirmation of birth certificates in an effort to ensure those receiving state benefits are entitled to them, Calabrese said.


"The Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Office of Vital Statistics and the Kansas Social and Rehabilitative Services conducted record searches on those documents and estimated the state was paying out $200,000 per month, or about $2 million annually, to 55 illegal immigrant families whose names were on some of those 830 documents found in his trunk."

And this was just the product of one individuals illegal activities, 10 years ago. Multiply that by thousands and then tell me that the problem with not prosecuting illegals and illegal activities is counter balanced by the taxes withheld from their work that they never file to collect..........and I will say....."You are sooooooooo uninformed" it's shameful.

Until "OUR GOVERNMENT' enacts E-Verify for all employers and enforces it....and discontinues birth right....the problem will have no end.....until our country is destroyed and turned into a 3rd world country, never to be the same again for our children and grandchildren. This is not racism, discrimination or any other nasty accusation pro-amnesty people want to label us with.......but reality of the direction the United States is headed.

Illegals are law breakers and law breakers are criminals.......there should be no rewards.
 whisper67520

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Posted: 10/21/2009 11:23:48 PM
To post 62, bikerbiker............excellent, well thought out, well written post. One of the best I've seen in months. How can anyone debate the issues or your views?

I support you 100% and see no discrimination or racist views, only concern for our country, our counties future, addressing the problem and your compassion for all people involved, but also a view at reality. Bravo...
 cotter

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Posted: 10/21/2009 11:28:03 PM

Until "OUR GOVERNMENT' enacts E-Verify for all employers and enforces it
They not only need to enforce that ... they need to find some way to keep employers from hiring "illegals". Strict laws need to be enforced so that anyone caught employing the "illegals" will be harshly punished.

As I said ... if the word gets out that there just will not be any more jobs for "illegals" ... then they will stop coming in such droves. Once we get that health care and they have to prove their "legality" ... it should start to sift out a good number of them.
Illegals are law breakers and law breakers are criminals.......there should be no rewards.
On the same spirit ... there should be only the reward of jail for those who break the law by hiring illegals.
 tranquilo123

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Posted: 10/22/2009 4:17:26 AM

"The Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Office of Vital Statistics and the Kansas Social and Rehabilitative Services conducted record searches on those documents and estimated the state was paying out $200,000 per month, or about $2 million annually, to 55 illegal immigrant families whose names were on some of those 830 documents found in his trunk."


Unless you can provide a credible link to the story that you posted here I will call bullsh.t on it. The story seems to be as bogus as the documents that Jorge Alvarez Rivera sold to the undercover agents and also used for his own false identity.

Whereas the current issue of Alvarez Rivera indictment is a true, verifiable fact, the rest of your story has some many holes in it that, if your story was a bucket, it wouldn't be able to hold any water at all. All the sources for the 1998 part of the story aren't verified by a reliable story published in a newspaper or similar news outlet. It seems to be a story planted by the side that is intent on carrying out the War ON Illegal Aliens, and at the same time use the bogus story to attack the administration of former president Clinton.

I have so many questions about the credibility of the assertions in your story that will require a lot of time for someone to answer them logically.

But let's do first thing first. How about a credible source for your story?
 tranquilo123

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Posted: 10/22/2009 4:40:31 AM

Until "OUR GOVERNMENT' enacts E-Verify for all employers and enforces it....and discontinues birth right....the problem will have no end.....


And if they do what you are proposing here I foresee that the problem will have no end, and it will be much larger than it is now, especially if OUR GOVERNMENT were to discontinue "birth right."

Whose "birth right" should be discontinued? Everybody's birth right, or just SOME people's birth right? Is this going to be something like the deportation of "illegal aliens" that means that we should deport all those that look like Mexicans?

You may protest in advance that your position

is not racism, discrimination or any other nasty accusation pro-amnesty people want to label us with


however, unless you can answer those questions and explain how those measures would be applied, and ir fairly implemented wouldn't be discriminatory and open to abuse by the racists elements that are hiding behind the patriotic front waging this war on the lowest paid workers in our society.
 BikerBiker53

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Posted: 10/22/2009 9:09:09 AM
I agree with you 100 Percent !


Clamp down on employers hiring "illegals" and soon the word will get out ... "You may be able to sneak into our country, but we will not employ you."


That is one of the best ways to help solve this illegal problem.

I've lived Coast to Coast,..from New York City,...to Los Angeles, and a lot of places in between,...and have seen the problems of "Illegals" in a larger scope, than just seeing it in my own local.

California was a trip, (from 72, to 75),..the mass population of Hispanics are a Country, within themselves,....I was dumbfounded to see so many, living in such a manner,.....
until I saw the living conditions in places such as Tijuana, and Juarez,..once you get out of the Downtown district of either, its just horrible,..that was back in 72 to 75.

So I'm sure that the difference of living in squalor in Mexico, compared to living in Garages in LA,...is an improvement, yet creates problems for the USA.

In CALIFORNIA, the "Illegals" didn't bother me , I was young , in the Military, and just enjoying life too much to think about the problems illegals caused the State of California,....(or elsewhere)

Like I've said before,..I have sympathy for anyone who comes from a disadvantaged background, such as Hispanics,..

I've even said I feel sorry for Blacks, who are discriminated against.....its a shame that their is so much racism still alive in America,....but I've come to the conclusion that Racism has gone on since the beginning of time, and it will continue till the end of time,
I think its become a lot less of a problem, but there will always be Racism.

When I researched "Illegals",...it included all the Races of the World, that are here in the USA, illegally,...including the Irish.

I was shocked to find out there is a large influx of illegal Irish in NYC, and other places.

But Boy Oh Boy,after doing some research, and reading Links I've found concerning, and directly related to the Hispanic illegals,... its staggering,..the $Dollar Amount$ spent on keeping these Hispanic illegals are MASSIVE,.....

And I agree, not all of them are a Burden to our system and society, and YES, the cost of allowing "Legals" to take refuge here in our Country is a problem too,...I haven't read much about the $cost$ associated with that problem, but I'm sure its also Massive.

I hate to think of the squalor, and living conditions that a large majority of our neighbors "South of The Border" are stuck in,..and I could easily say,...
"Its Not My Problem",...and just brush it off, if I were so callous or cold hearted,....
But I cant.

The Government Officials, and Politicians in Mexico should be ashamed of them selves, for not doing more to help their brethren to improve their lot.

I think we, the USA, and other Countries around the world, should admonish the Government of Mexico for not taking better care of their Citizens, and helping to create this "Illegal" problem.

From whats I've read, the Drug Cartels have a stranglehold on the majority of the Country, its Politicians, and the Law Enforcement, and that is also another reason some illegals come to the USA, to get away from a corrupt system, where their caught in the cross hairs.
 BikerBiker53

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Posted: 10/22/2009 10:37:33 AM
Before you start calling stuff "bullsh.t",....maybe YOU should do a little research yourself,....



Unless you can provide a credible link to the story that you posted here I will call bullsh.t on it. The story seems to be as bogus as the documents that Jorge Alvarez Rivera sold to the undercover agents and also used for his own false identity.


The FIRST hit, that came up on a search, when I looked it up was,.....



This time, man in identity theft case can't escape his crime
By ROXANA HEGEMAN
The Associated Press
Posted on Fri, Oct. 16, 2009 11:04 PM

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/1513064.html

WICHITA | A Mexican citizen was never prosecuted after his car trunk popped open 11 years ago, revealing a stash of more than 800 Kansas birth certificates and other fraudulent documents.

But Jorge Alvarez Rivera now faces a January sentencing in a separate identity theft case.

“I would like to see that this time it is taken seriously,” Donna Calabrese, director of the state’s Office of Vital Statistics, said Friday.

Rivera, also known as Daniel Salas, became a poster child for Kansas officials making presentations about identity theft since 830 state birth certificates were found in his trunk after a 1998 traffic accident near Liberal, Kan.

After conducting record searches, state officials estimated that Kansas was paying out $200,000 per month, or about $2 million annually, to 55 illegal immigrant families whose names were on some of those 830 documents.

Those benefits included state payments for medical costs, aid to dependent children and food, Calabrese said.

“It cost the taxpayers dearly,” she said.



Please QUIT following me around, trying to discredit me, my post, and other peoples Threads where I post.

The Thread Topic is,....

The New USA War.....Illegals....

NOT,..what YOU consider "bullsh.t"

Before you attack someones post, why dont YOU find something , like a "LINK" that disproves it,..before you continue your attacks on any thread I post in.

Its a shame we have this problem, caused by "illegals",....
and others that abuse the system,.....regardless of their status,..but this Thread is about "illegals", and their abuse, of our system.,
and the cost involved.
 tranquilo123

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Posted: 10/22/2009 12:12:05 PM

Before you start calling stuff "bullsh.t",....maybe YOU should do a little research yourself,....


First thing here that needs clarification is that I called bullsh.t on that story that was posted by somebody else, not you. But if you want to run with the story, then you should be answering the questions that I asked to the person who posted the link that I questioned. However, in order to do that without making a mess of yourself you need to read carefully my post (message # 70, page 3.) I stated that the current part related to the prosecution of Jorge Alvarez Rivera seems to be substantiated; however, the references to an old case to the same individual, which gives this case the sensational dimensions that the warriors trying to defeat the "illegals" love to spread around, don't seem to have any substantiation at all.

Where is the proof of the existence of the old case? Any contemporary records of the arrest and references to the existence of the false documents?

Without any corroborated information of the old part of the story, even if the AP just copiedfrom somewhere else, it is just as a story made up for a sensasionalistic effect. The funniest part here is that this story, being an AP story according to your side, has not been picked up by any reputable news outlet. I wonder why? Do you wonder why, now?

You prove me wrong and I will apologize. I will say, now that you have shown to us that this is a legitimate story, and all the facts are corroborated, I have no loner a reason to call bullsh.t on your post. And then I will deal with the logical consequences that derive from that information.

But we aren't there yet. The story is just bullsh.t because it seems to have been made up. You answer my questions about it, then you can move on to other things. Otherwise we will now that this is another "made up sh.t" kind of story.



maybe YOU should do a little research yourself,....


I researched the topic before I called bullsh.t, that's why I am asking you questions. You came up with an uncorroborated story, and I said I don't believe it, and gave reasons why I don't.



Before you attack someones post, why dont YOU find something , like a "LINK" that disproves it,..


Why would there be a link to disprove a story that doesn't exist? It is your responsibility to prove that the facts in YOUR story exist, and that they are as you say they are.


Please QUIT following me around, trying to discredit me, my post, and other peoples Threads where I post. .....before you continue your attacks on any thread I post in.


I am not following YOU around, you aren't that important in my life. You happen to be posting in the same type of topics that I am interested in, and I have been posting with lots of fervor and conviction of threads about immigration. I confront those that write about the issue spreading mis-information and false facts in order to mask their prose to spew discriminatory and hateful language. You have the right to your opinions, and so do I; but don't pass your feelings and opinions for facts. That's is where I step in and start asking questions. Sorry that you don't like that, but that's the nature of debate.


but this Thread is about "illegals", and their abuse, of our system.,
and the cost involved.


Yeah, I get it. I could swear that it was you who renamed it to The War O N Them (the illegal aliens,) a few posts back in this same page, message # 64:


Or at least be kind enough to stick with the Thread Topic.

Lets see,...where were we ?????

Awwww yes,...."illegals", and the "New War" on them.


Yep, yep, that was you allright.
 NYCman530

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Posted: 10/22/2009 4:55:55 PM
Clinton and Bush didn't secure the borders like they should have, neither will Obama. We cannot keep letting them in here, it's costing us $338,000,000,000 a year to have them here. Seems the only one who was against amnesty for them was Romney, but he lost the primary last year. Meanwhile, they're getting welfare, free medical, free dental, driver's licenses, credit cards, etc. They are gang banging in California, raping our women, molesting children, etc. Now don't get me wrong. I'm all for diversity. My grandparents were immigrants, but they arrived here through proper channels. Many of them are law-abiding, but the business proprietors need to be either heavily fined, jailed, or shut down when they hire illegals, which contributes to the unemployment of Americans. The fact that they give them jobs for peon wages entice them to come here and if that discontinued, maybe they'd think twice about it. I realize this is a hot-button issue to address, but people must stop being so "Politically correct" and start addressing it. It has been one of the factors in our economic downfall.
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