Immigrants Feel Less Welcome in Frederick

Washington Post ^ | 5-7-08 | Pamela Constable

[dynachrome]

The changes have also brought thousands of Hispanics, some legal immigrants and others not, who have migrated up Interstate 270 to meet the demand for construction and service jobs. Until now, the county has handled the influx with outreach classes in schools and community policing programs. Chic Hispanic restaurants flourish in downtown Frederick, and working-class Latinos have remained relatively invisible.

Suddenly, however, their presence is igniting a controversy that some fear could escalate into the kind of war over illegal immigration that has torn apart Prince William County. In the past month, the Frederick County sheriff has joined with federal authorities to identify and deport illegal immigrants, and county commissioners have proposed legislation to ban free translation of county business and require public schools to track down students who are in the United States illegally.

[dynachrome]

What a shame that the criminal illegals are being identified and deported./sarc

[Mygirlsmom]

I used to love Frederick, but now I don't feel comfortable here anymore," said Concepcion Ramirez, 20, a Mexican-born waitress. "I went to high school here, and everyone was so caring and nice. But people are scared of the police now. Every time you get in your car, you are thinking every single moment of what to do if they stop you."

Are you here legally, and is the car insured? If so, you have nothing to worry about, do you now Connie?

[mdittmar]

to meet the demand for construction and service jobs

What the heck?

Don't theses illegal immigrants realize we're in a recession,don't they listen to the old media and the politicians?/sarc

[McLynnan]

Wish our elected officials in Texas would follow suit but fat chance.

[Redbob]

"In the past month, the Frederick County sheriff has joined with federal authorities to identify and deport illegal immigrants,..."

WTF has he been waiting for???

[mtbopfuyn]

county commissioners have proposed legislation to ban free translation of county business and require public schools to track down students who are in the United States illegally.

Woohoo!

[Man50D]

Suddenly, however, their presence is igniting a controversy that some fear could escalate into the kind of war over illegal immigration that has torn apart Prince William County.

Leave it to the Washington Post to interpret strict enforcement of our immigration laws as the cause that is leading to the destruction of the country.

[skeeter]

Immigrants Feel Less Welcome in Frederick

What - am I supposed to be broken hearted?

[Man50D]

"We are not going out in a white van with a big net, but we are getting the criminal element of the illegal population out of Frederick County."

All illegal aliens are criminals Sheriff! Hence the word illegal.

[packrat35]

Criminals SHOULD fear the law.

[Califreak]

I can’t stand it!

They always say immigrants instead of illegal aliens!

I know it’s MSM SOP, but for some reason it’s really getting under my skin today!

[Beowulf9]

“All illegal aliens are criminals Sheriff! Hence the word illegal”

Hence the word ‘immigrant’.

[fight_truth_decay]

With difficulty finding anyone dependable for odd jobs, includes landscaping, limb removal, grading etc many of us are now saying satirically (?) send us up some of your Illegals and we will pay whatever they want!! Dependable help is what is difficult to find!!! Again Dependable is the Tag word. Add to that: Expediency and Fairness in Costs related to the factor.

[montag813]

So it’s not bad enough they come here illegally, lower our wages, steal the jobs of poor blacks, and send their ill-gotten gains back home to Mexico...now we need to make them WELCOME?!?

[Oldexpat]

What I hear now from my southern relatives is that the blacks won’t work so we need the illegals.

[Antonio C]

What, and cause Texas’s economy to collapse?

[RJS1950]

Funny how they have been telling us for years that we are moving from a hard manufacturing economy to a service economy. If that is so how is it that these service and construction jobs are jobs that americans won’t do? I know a couple of early 20s kids who are pumping porta-potties just to have a job because they can’t get into a construction job — too many illegals willing to undercut them in pay. Deport their illegal asses, confiscate their property bought through illegally held jobs, send their anchors with them and the anchors can make a decision on country of citizenship when they turn 18; with proper documentation.

[VOA]

bump

[cherry]

this is totally off topic but sort of related....can anyone recommend a Spanish lanquage course for adults that truely works?...I’d like for fun to learn Spanish ( again....I took two years of it in HS but that was a zillion years ago)...

[McLynnan]

Yeah I know, all the yards in Texas won’t get mowed. It’s a chance I’m willing to take. Got to take the bad with the good. I am sick of being forced to learn Spanish and hate the economic burden of supporting these people.

[VOA]

can anyone recommend a Spanish lanquage course for adults
that truely works?...

Even though I get "purple-faced angry" about the crimes committed by
crimaliens (people that shouldn't be in OUR country in the first place),
I have considered the Rosetta Stone Spanish course, even if
it's sort of pricey.

There was a language training system to help immigrants (of any
immigration status!) to learn rudimentary English that was profiled
in The Wall Street Journal a couple of years ago (of course, needed
by the fat-cat enablers that employ illegals in OUR country).
IIRC, that company was also devising a simple training system to
help English-speakers to learn Spanish (to help perfidious b@$tards
to communicate with all the illegals in their restaurants and
on their landscaping crews!).

You might use Google News to find the promised English-to-Spanish
version system.

[dljordan]

“this is totally off topic but sort of related....can anyone recommend a Spanish lanquage course for adults that truely works?...I’d like for fun to learn Spanish ( again....I took two years of it in HS but that was a zillion years ago)...”

I took it in HS also and the only thing I can remember is that the teacher was incredibly HOT! I took a business Spanish class a couple of years ago and when the teacher asked us what we hoped to learn in the class I replied that I wanted to learn to say “Put your hands on your head and face the wall”. My wife was less than amused but I got a good response from the construction guys in the class.

[gubamyster]

ping

[brytlea]

The changes have also brought thousands of Hispanics, some legal immigrants and others not, who have migrated up Interstate 270 to meet the demand for construction and service jobs. Until now, the county has handled the influx with outreach classes in schools and community policing programs. Chic Hispanic restaurants flourish in downtown Frederick

Ok, help me here. They are coming for construction and service jobs. Alright. CHIC Hispanic restaurants are flourishing. Do they mean that constructions and service workers are spending money at chic restaurants? (maybe so, if so they are making enough money so that I suspect Americans would be perfectly willing to do such well paying jobs) OR are they coming to do things like open chic restaurants (also something I suspect Americans are willing to do--there doesn't seem to be a dearth of eating establishments in the US).

susie

[brytlea]

I have heard great things about Rosetta Stone. Our private school used it starting this year, and the kids really seem to be learning.
susie

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Maryland “Freak State” PING!

[JZelle]

If you sneaked into Mexico, I’m certain they would make you feel very welcome!

[ranger_mosby]

yet another open borders sob piece from the washington media arm of la raza.

it is interesting to note the anti-illegal voices holding their own over at the post message board.

[Vigilanteman]

My youngest daughter was schooled in Japan. Japanese was her first language and she had no desire to learn English even though Mom pushed her to speak it at home. Then we moved back to the United States and she had to learn English.

We had to insist that she be put in ESL classes since her math abilities were so far ahead her classmates that she skipped 7th grade. I thought the school was copping out when they had her spend a large share of her day with a computer and the English Rosetta Stone software package. But she took to it like a fish to water, was caught up to her classmates by 10th grade and was an honor student by 11th.

[Tennessee Nana]

Immigrants Feel Less Welcome in Frederick
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

The headline is missing something...

Needs a little tweeking...

Immigrants Feel Less Welcome in all towns in the US...

Plan to boycott same for the next fifty years...

(that’ll teach them gringos)

[CPT Clay]

We.re doing it in Farmers Branch. I wish other cities would follow. This is Withering fire from LULAC< MALDEF and La Raza.

[McLynnan]

Farmers Branch is awesome and I hope they stick to their guns. I lived there in my early married years then migrated north to Carrollton for a while.