immigration
my feelings are intensly overwhelming when it comes to this issue and frankly i'm not sure i can put my emotions aside and write something reasonable....the first reasonable question i can ask is... 'what the fuck?' all of my grandparents were immigrants and now i'm an immigrant to another country... don't think they would've left hadn't it been for war and strife - almost too bad they did leave really. how many people are blue bloods in the US really now....how many?
oh the easy way - some of the half assed comments i read recently about this issue try to focus america's problems on the immigrant population....of course - blame the immigrants for fundamental structural problems with education, crime, poverty, the economy - mass waste consumerism where the population produces the most pollution, uses more resources then is ultimately sustainable...where the US will start wars to protect their interest in petroleum production...okey i'm getting too emotional so i'll just shut up for now and post some links....
ORGS and REFS
ACLU
IARC
NNIRR
Build Freedom
NEWS - click on this link
FEEDS
and type in the word immigration in the search bar on the right on the feed page and you can view a slew of articles on this issue
just another of the articles listed in the feeds.....
ny times article today
slideshow link
and full text of another article - would post the link but somehow couldn't do it without being signed out so...
Immigration rallies sweep US
By Karen Jacobs 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Thousands of people wearing white and waving American flags poured into the streets of Atlanta on Monday demanding dignity and rights for millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.
Shouts of "Si se puede!," Spanish for "Yes, we can!" reverberated through the wave of protesters stirred to action by legislation that would turn them into felons and fence off the U.S. border with Mexico.
Among a sea of white T-shirts, some read "We are not criminals." Banners declared "We have a dream," echoing civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
Sweeping across the country from California to Maine, the protests, vigils and marches have snowballed into one of the biggest Hispanic movements since the 1960s when farm workers united under Cesar Chavez.
The demonstrations arrive at the doorstep of the U.S. Congress later on Monday when more than 100,000 are expected to gather in the shadow of Capitol Hill where lawmakers have been unable to agree on legislation giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.
In New York, organizers are expecting 15,000 to 20,000 for a "We are America" rally at City Hall. In Phoenix, the estimate is about 100,000. In Portland, Maine, a state where Hispanics make up less than 1 percent of the population, advocates were hoping for several hundred.
"We're all coming together," said Hector Yturralde, president of the Arizona Hispanic Community Forum. "We have one main cause. As you can see, it is a powerful one."
Events were planned for 94 cities and towns across the United States. Groups are also planning work walkouts, product boycotts and other measures. Some will target lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, the Tennessee Republican who has supported measures that emphasize law enforcement over citizenship.
Congress went home last week for a two-week break gridlocked on a compromise plan to reform immigration law and give millions of illegal immigrants a shot at citizenship.
Failure to push through a Senate bill, which would create a temporary worker program as proposed by President George W. Bush -- but opposed by many in his own Republican Party -- could derail major changes in immigration laws for this year.
The immigration debate has been complicated by November's congressional elections in which Democrats are threatening to seize control of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Republicans are split. The party is nervous about losing Hispanic votes that Bush and his political team have worked hard to recruit but also skittish about being seen as soft on border control and security.
Many conservatives worry that allowing millions of undocumented, mostly Mexican immigrants to qualify for residency would lead to charges of having voted for amnesty.
After a failed test vote in the Senate last week, the bill's main backers, Arizona Republican John McCain and Massachusetts Democrat Edward Kennedy, vowed not to give up.
"I think we'll get an immigration law," Kennedy told Reuters in an interview shortly before he was to address one of dozens of large protests nationwide. "The issue is not going away."
Any Senate bill would have to be merged with a much more stringent House bill that lacks a guest-worker program, defines all of an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as felons, erect a fence along the U.S.-Mexican border and punish Americans who try to help undocumented workers.
"I think (House) Republicans touched a very raw nerve," Kennedy said. "It (the bill) touched the heart and soul of so many of these individuals ... enhancing their sense of fear and uncertainty."
Bush called the huge demonstrations a sign of the issue's importance.
"I think we need to understand that we're a nation of immigrants," he said in response to questions after a speech in Washington.
The protests were greeted with dismay by critics who said the U.S. government should not encourage "a culture where America's laws are optional."
"These are immigrants who are here illegally," said Susan Wysoki, spokeswoman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform. "They are demanding that they be given rights U.S. citizens have when their first act was to break the law by coming into this country illegally."
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look out america because there's a whole other world out there - build a wall along the borders and isolate urself further - you already have enemies around the world - why not make some more?
real truth article
and there's more - even other alt eu nations want to keep a lid on immigration and make romanians and bulgarians suffer through a waiting period...where now so many will work for less illegally - the brain power might infiltrate their system and show others weaknesses...hmmmm
UK wary of Bulgaria and Romania workers
oh the easy way - some of the half assed comments i read recently about this issue try to focus america's problems on the immigrant population....of course - blame the immigrants for fundamental structural problems with education, crime, poverty, the economy - mass waste consumerism where the population produces the most pollution, uses more resources then is ultimately sustainable...where the US will start wars to protect their interest in petroleum production...okey i'm getting too emotional so i'll just shut up for now and post some links....
ORGS and REFS
NEWS - click on this link
and type in the word immigration in the search bar on the right on the feed page and you can view a slew of articles on this issue
just another of the articles listed in the feeds.....
and full text of another article - would post the link but somehow couldn't do it without being signed out so...
Immigration rallies sweep US
By Karen Jacobs 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Thousands of people wearing white and waving American flags poured into the streets of Atlanta on Monday demanding dignity and rights for millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.
Shouts of "Si se puede!," Spanish for "Yes, we can!" reverberated through the wave of protesters stirred to action by legislation that would turn them into felons and fence off the U.S. border with Mexico.
Among a sea of white T-shirts, some read "We are not criminals." Banners declared "We have a dream," echoing civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
Sweeping across the country from California to Maine, the protests, vigils and marches have snowballed into one of the biggest Hispanic movements since the 1960s when farm workers united under Cesar Chavez.
The demonstrations arrive at the doorstep of the U.S. Congress later on Monday when more than 100,000 are expected to gather in the shadow of Capitol Hill where lawmakers have been unable to agree on legislation giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.
In New York, organizers are expecting 15,000 to 20,000 for a "We are America" rally at City Hall. In Phoenix, the estimate is about 100,000. In Portland, Maine, a state where Hispanics make up less than 1 percent of the population, advocates were hoping for several hundred.
"We're all coming together," said Hector Yturralde, president of the Arizona Hispanic Community Forum. "We have one main cause. As you can see, it is a powerful one."
Events were planned for 94 cities and towns across the United States. Groups are also planning work walkouts, product boycotts and other measures. Some will target lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, the Tennessee Republican who has supported measures that emphasize law enforcement over citizenship.
Congress went home last week for a two-week break gridlocked on a compromise plan to reform immigration law and give millions of illegal immigrants a shot at citizenship.
Failure to push through a Senate bill, which would create a temporary worker program as proposed by President George W. Bush -- but opposed by many in his own Republican Party -- could derail major changes in immigration laws for this year.
The immigration debate has been complicated by November's congressional elections in which Democrats are threatening to seize control of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Republicans are split. The party is nervous about losing Hispanic votes that Bush and his political team have worked hard to recruit but also skittish about being seen as soft on border control and security.
Many conservatives worry that allowing millions of undocumented, mostly Mexican immigrants to qualify for residency would lead to charges of having voted for amnesty.
After a failed test vote in the Senate last week, the bill's main backers, Arizona Republican John McCain and Massachusetts Democrat Edward Kennedy, vowed not to give up.
"I think we'll get an immigration law," Kennedy told Reuters in an interview shortly before he was to address one of dozens of large protests nationwide. "The issue is not going away."
Any Senate bill would have to be merged with a much more stringent House bill that lacks a guest-worker program, defines all of an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as felons, erect a fence along the U.S.-Mexican border and punish Americans who try to help undocumented workers.
"I think (House) Republicans touched a very raw nerve," Kennedy said. "It (the bill) touched the heart and soul of so many of these individuals ... enhancing their sense of fear and uncertainty."
Bush called the huge demonstrations a sign of the issue's importance.
"I think we need to understand that we're a nation of immigrants," he said in response to questions after a speech in Washington.
The protests were greeted with dismay by critics who said the U.S. government should not encourage "a culture where America's laws are optional."
"These are immigrants who are here illegally," said Susan Wysoki, spokeswoman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform. "They are demanding that they be given rights U.S. citizens have when their first act was to break the law by coming into this country illegally."
------------end of text
look out america because there's a whole other world out there - build a wall along the borders and isolate urself further - you already have enemies around the world - why not make some more?
and there's more - even other alt eu nations want to keep a lid on immigration and make romanians and bulgarians suffer through a waiting period...where now so many will work for less illegally - the brain power might infiltrate their system and show others weaknesses...hmmmm
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