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205 migrants die hard, lonely deaths (Barf Alert)
AZcentral ^ | Oct. 16, 2003 | Susan Carroll

Posted on 10/16/2003 10:24:22 AM PDT by f7Oshawn

Edited on 05/07/2004 5:21:43 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

It is a lonely place to die, out in the soft sandy washes. The desert floor, with its volcanic rock, can reach 160 degrees. Most people go down slowly.

Blood starts to seep into the lungs. Exposed skin burns and the sweat glands shut down. Little hemorrhages, tiny leaks, start in the heart.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; arizonarepublic; illegals; immigrantlist; immigrants; liberalwackos; poorimmigrants
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To: jpl
"""""""""""I don't know who you think you're kidding, but it isn't me, and the emotional plays for sympathy don't fool most people either.""""""""""

Emotional plays for sympathy? Other than talking about basic human dignity and respect for life, I have no idea what you might be referring to. The fact that I think it's in poor taste to make light of dead people is hardly an emotional play for sympathy.

""""""""" No one disputes that the cheap labor heavily benefits the business owners, but the benefits to the regular folks don't even come close to offsetting the negatives.""""""""""

Do you have any actual facts to back this up? The benefit to "regular folks" is high. Their food and services are much cheaper than they would be if there was no cheap labor.

Offsetting the negatives? Your thought is premised on a major flaw - the "regular folks" are not the ones who pay the most taxes. Sorry, but poor and working class people in California do not pay a lot of tax.

""""""" If illegal immigration were such an economic benefit, California would be swimming in money.""""""

California is swimming in money. As a single state, the economy here is the 5th largest economic power in the world.

"""""""" Instead, the state is virtually bankrupt, and everyone knows why. """"""""""""

Um you must be privy to some economic data that noone else has. Are you actually trying to claim that California's defecit and debt is due to illegal immigration? Please cite even ONE single credible source to back up that opinion. I don't believe that for a minute.

"""""""""" The illegal immigrants pay little or no taxes"""""""""

Again, more misinformation. Illegal aliens pay sales tax, gasoline tax, and higher prices that reflect built-in taxes for goods and services, vehicle tax, and most other taxes just like the rest of Californians. Under California Labor Law, it is IRRELEVANT if a worked is legal or not, that is why illegal aliens are entitled to worker's compensation benefits when they are injured. There are MANY illegal aliens working in California who also have taxes deducted from their pay (including deductions for some benefits to which they are not even entitled to collect)

Since illegal aliens tend to be on the lower end of income earners, the regressive nature of the tax system for those types of taxes means that illegal aliens pay as high a rate of % of income in taxes as any other poor/working-class person in California.

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and are a tremendous burden in terms of services, and the deterioriation in the quality of life drives out the high taxpaying base to other locations.
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There is no doubt that illegal alien residents of California account for a significant share of education, law enforcement, and health care costs in California. But, they present an economic benefit to the state, and they do (despite your belief) pay some taxes as well.

In case you missed this part of history, President Ronald Reagan was responsible for AMNESTY for many illegal aliens, and President Bush is also in favor of a new round of amnesty legislation.

"""""""""""""" This is one of the biggest reason why Gray Davis just got his worthless ass kicked out of office."""""""""""

Gray Davis was booted for many reasons, financial/managerial incompetence being a major one. Of that, there is no argument. But to claim that illegal immigration is the reason for California's financial problems is based on misinformation and incorrect assumptions.

"""""""""Everyone in California knows it's true, so go sell your Business Roundtable crap to someone else.""""""""

Well, with your style of hostilitym, name-calling, refusal to cite sources of misinformation, and your clear lack of understanding of how taxes and government works in the State of California, I doubt I will respond to more of your posts.

Best wishes. And should you choose to do some research and learn some facts, I welcome further opinions from you.
361 posted on 10/17/2003 1:00:53 PM PDT by Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
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To: Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
I've just looked back through a bunch of your recent posts, and though you signed on back in February, it's pretty clear that you're either a libertarian, or a liberal poseur. You're definitely not a conservative, that's for sure. I'll be keeping a close eye on you.
362 posted on 10/17/2003 1:39:11 PM PDT by jpl
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To: jpl
"""""I've just looked back through a bunch of your recent posts, and though you signed on back in February, it's pretty clear that you're either a libertarian, or a liberal poseur. You're definitely not a conservative, that's for sure. I'll be keeping a close eye on you.""""""

The minute you supply even one legitimate statistical support for your statements/opinions, I'll take you seriously. But, this is just another example of broad sweeping generalizations that are not backed up by fact.

I'm much more "conservative" than "liberal", but to try and put me in one single box is a mistake. Our country, our constitution, our system of government is much more complicated than "liberal v. conservative".

You have yet to legitimately support even one single point that you raised, or legitimately dispute even one single argument I gave in return.

Whether someone is "liberal" or "conservative" or whatever, I have much more respect for them, and their opinions, when they have the facts, logic and integrity to support themselves.
363 posted on 10/17/2003 2:28:24 PM PDT by Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
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To: Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
You know, now that I'm looking a little more closely, I just happen to notice that although your account was created back on February 1, your posting history only goes back to September 28. Care to explain why that is? It looks like a sleeper account to me.
364 posted on 10/17/2003 2:39:59 PM PDT by jpl
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To: f7Oshawn
ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIME VICTIMS:http://www.immigrationshumancost.org/text/crimevictims.html
365 posted on 10/17/2003 3:28:26 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Stop the open borders death cult)
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To: jpl
""""""""You know, now that I'm looking a little more closely, I just happen to notice that although your account was created back on February 1, your posting history only goes back to September 28. Care to explain why that is? It looks like a sleeper account to me.""""""

I do not post often. The last time I remember posting about something specific here, it was related to the NASA tragedy. I posted several things to the effect that I believed NASA officials were not being honest, that they knew there was a problem upon launch, and that they should have allowed the astronaughts a rescue attempt or at least the chance to say goodbye to their families, etc. I was lambasted by numerous "freepers" for having the audacity to question NASA, and of course..I ended up being proved right.

366 posted on 10/17/2003 3:31:39 PM PDT by Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
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To: Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
OK, I found some of your earlier posts on the shuttle tragedy and your posts about the 2000 election under your previous name of "Bot-a-Bing". I apologize for accusing you of being a troll, I was obviously wrong. I'll give you credit for being right about the shuttle tragedy, but you were wrong about Florida and the election. It also seems to me like you have a history of antagonizing people. You might want to be careful about that, especially considering that you're not really a frequent poster here.

As for the illegal immigration issue, we could sit here citing studies back and forth to each other all day, one showing this, another showing the opposite. You know how the game works, you can come up with a study "proving" darn near everything. We're probably just going to have to agree to disagree. I'll tell you this though, the rift between the elites and the public on this issue is an explosive situation that is going to lead to some real serious problems in the future.

367 posted on 10/17/2003 4:00:37 PM PDT by jpl
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To: Javelina
Well then this is justification for increasing the number of border guards on the beat,increasing their funding, or other such practical policies. It's not an argument for shooting everyone, 'just in case.'

Agreed, and I never argued that we should shoot any one.

Just pointing out the, under the current system, Good old-fashioned police work does not work on the border.

368 posted on 10/17/2003 4:02:04 PM PDT by Travis Bickel/Marine Inspector (You talkin' to me?)
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To: Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
But to claim that illegal immigration is the reason for California's financial problems is based on misinformation and incorrect assumptions.

While it is not the only reason for California's financial problems it is one of the major reasons.

369 posted on 10/17/2003 4:05:41 PM PDT by Travis Bickel/Marine Inspector (You talkin' to me?)
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To: Travis Bickel
""""But to claim that illegal immigration is the reason for California's financial problems is based on misinformation and incorrect assumptions.


While it is not the only reason for California's financial problems it is one of the major reasons.
"""""

I don't doubt it has some relationship, but since I don't really have any facts, or studies, or statistics, I'm slow to attribute blame. I would be very curious to know the real numbers - how much does illegal immigration cost California, and how much does illegal immigrant labor help, etc.
370 posted on 10/17/2003 4:26:37 PM PDT by Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
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To: At _War_With_Liberals
"18 of 19 highjackers had state issued driver's license's " And that is UNACCEPTABLE.

Bump!

371 posted on 10/17/2003 5:30:52 PM PDT by JustPiper (Curses to the Billy Goat and The Bambino !!!)
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To: Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
Here is part of the cost. As for the benefits. There are few.

Federation for American Immigration Reform

California: Illegal Aliens

The INS estimated in February 2003 that the resident illegal alien population of California was 2,209,000 as of January 2000. That compared to an estimate of 2,000,000 illegal alien residents in October, 1996. That was an increase by nearly 40% from the earlier estimate of 1,441,000 in October 1992.

The most recent INS estimate puts the average annual rate of increase in the illegal alien population in California from 1990 to 2000 at 73,200 aliens per year.

Based upon the new 2000 Census data, the Migration Policy Institute issued a May 2002 study that estimated California's illegal alien population at 2.3 million.

INS data listed in 1991 the number of applicants from California for the amnesty for illegal aliens adopted in 1986 as 1,624,070 (956,172 long-term illegal residents and 667,898 agricultural workers.

COST OF ILLEGAL ALIENS
California authorities requested compensation from the federal government in FY'99 for the incarceration expenses for 11,236,513 days of detention for illegal aliens in state and local jails and prisons. The cost of the detention amounted to $615,860,143. Under the federal State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), California received $237,981,284 in compensation, leaving $378,494,042 in uncompensated costs to be borne by California taxpayers. The SCAAP program began in 1994 and compensates the states and local jurisdictions only for incarceration of "undocumented," i.e. illegal, aliens who are serving time for a felony conviction or at least two misdemeanors.

In FY'00 California received $240,784,042 from SCAAP. Even though the federal assistance was higher, less money was available overall, so local taxpayers were forced to absorb a larger share of the cost of criminal alien incarceration. In FY'01 and FY'02, the amount of SCAAP payments received were $225,683,084 and $220,241,046 respectively.

FY'02 SCAAP data indicate that California's illegal alien inmate population has increased by 31 percent from the 11,236,510 inmate days in FY'99 (to 14,682,285 inmate days in FY'02).

Santa Ana is grappling with the side-effects of a large illegal alien population. The proliferation of check-cashing outlets in the downtown, commercial sector -- about three dozen of them in a 1.6 mile radius -- has become a sore point for city officials and other downtown merchants who think the operations detract from the attractiveness of the area to other shoppers. The City Council has proposed a ban on further check-cashing outlets unless they are at least 1,000 feet from an existing outlet. The outlets are popular with poor immigrants, often illegal aliens, because they do not require identification that would be required by a bank or retail outlet or to open a bank account. The check-cashing issue follows an effort by the city last year to ban street vendors selling everything from mangoes to tacos in the downtown area. That effort has been blocked in the courts.
(Source: Las Angeles Times, November 30, 1999)

Recriminations between INS and Anaheim Police
The Anaheim police think the INS is trying to downplay the success of the INS screening program for alien prisoners who may be deportable. The INS says that there have been just over 1,000 deportations from the program since 1996. The Anaheim officials say that over 3,000 deportable aliens have been identified by the screening. [FAIR Comment: The probable explanation of the discrepancy is that INS isn't deporting all of the aliens, even if they are illegally in the country, unless they fit the INS priorities in terms of the seriousness of the crime committed.]
(Source: Orange County Register, June 14, 1999)

One of the largest fake ID rackets ever busted by the INS was raided in Los Angeles on November 10. As many as 2 million fake government ID cards, credit cards and traveler's checks were seized. The group running the operation was composed of illegal aliens. The raid was the culmination of operations that began in August that had led to the arrest of 12 people.
(Source: AP, "Agents find 2 million counterfeit ID cards," Nov. 12, 1998)

The 1994 launching of Operation Gatekeeper in San Diego to better control the border has had the effect inter alia of causing greater numbers of illegal border crossers to attempt entry in the more sporadicaly patrolled border region east of San Diego. The terrain is much more desolate and this shift has led to increased deaths and serious cases of exposure among illegal entrants. For example in Imperial County, the number of illegal alien deaths doubled in 1998 to nearly 100. The County has incurred correspondingly increased expenses -- more than $1 million -- for related autopsies and medical care. As a result, Imperial County declared an immigration emergence on November 10 seeking federal government funds. Gov. Wilson announced immediately afterward that he endorsed the action and urged the state's congressional delegation to take up the issue in Washington.
(Source: AP, Nov. 11, 1998)

Investigators from the Fresno INS office are pursuing a new strategy toward illegal aliens that is likely to inconvenience them more than deter them. The policy is to work with employers to identify illegal alien workers and to train the employers how to recognize counterfeit work documents. The INS identified over 1,000 illegal alien workers in 14 agriculture-related enterprises over a two month period in the Coalinga, Caruthers and Sanger area. The employers were advised which documents were false, and most of the illegal aliens left the businesses. Follow-up operations by the INS found only 26 of the identified workers still on the job, and they were apprehended for carrying counterfeit green cards. The INS claims that it must pursue this strategy for lack of detention space. (FAIR Comment: This strategy would work only if identified illegal alien workers were unable to use the same false documents (or new ones) to get another job, and if employers -- after the training -- were made accountable for further hires of illegal aliens, both of which at present seem very unlikely. Therefore, this strategy appears to be designed to give the appearance of efforts to stop the tide of illegal aliens and detract from actions likely to stem it.)
(Source: Fresno Bee, Oct. 14, 1998)

According to state officials, there are about 70,000 pregnant illegal aliens in the state who are receiving state-subsidized prenatal care. The cost of this program to the state is estimated at $83.7 million over the past year. The state is attempting to comply with the voter initiative that mandates a cut-off of this service to illegal aliens. Stephen Frank, of Simi Valley, an activist who worked for the 1994 ballot measure, hopes that the cut-off of services will lead the illegal aliens to return home for the care they need.
(Source: Los Angeles Times, January 4, 1998)

A local organization, Immigration Control Advocates of Silicon Valley, has been waging an effort to force local government authorities to screen out illegal aliens from benefit programs. In January they led the El Camino Hospital District board to terminate a grant to a center that provided services to day laborers in Mountain View and Los Altos, because it did not screen its clients. But, in April they lost a similar effort to get the Mountain View city council to deny public funds to agencies that did not screen out illegal immigrants. Their effort was met by a much larger number of people opposing the measure, including two illegal aliens. Service providers argued that the screening requirement would reduce their ability to provide services, and the council's attorney assured members that they would violate no law if they refused to impose a screening requirement.
(Source: San Jose Mercury News, April 18, 1997)

Since November 1996, Anaheim has had an experimental program in which INS officers identify illegal aliens in detention in the city jail. In the first four months of the program, the INS identified 344 criminal illegal aliens for deportation. This number constituted over 17 percent of the total arrestees during the period.
(Source: Los Angeles Times, March 18, 1997)

The INS has issued a report on the operation of its pilot employment verification system in Southern California. As of February 1997, based on about 70,000 employment actions, 4,183 new hires could not be verified (about 6%). When verification is not possible on the first inquiry, the employer is notified and the employee is offered secondary verification to resolve his or her status. Reportedly the "vast majority" of the employees declined to request secondary verification and lost their jobs. INS Commissioner Meissner has requested the federal Equal Opportunity Commission to investigate whether any of those who lost their jobs were victims of discrimination.
(Source: The Fence Post, August, 1997 (Published by the Border Solution Task Force, San Diego, CA)

372 posted on 10/17/2003 5:53:08 PM PDT by Travis Bickel/Marine Inspector (You talkin' to me?)
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To: Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
There are lots of article about the benefits and cost of illegal immigration, just do a quick search with google.

I'm sure you'll see the costs are greater than the benefits.
373 posted on 10/17/2003 5:58:45 PM PDT by Travis Bickel/Marine Inspector (You talkin' to me?)
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To: Javelina
Oh yah, and the concepts of Russia, China and Mexico's governments are something we should definately model here..

And India. And Thailand. And Japan. And, actually, almost all of the non-European-Union countries in the world, actually.

And during the cold war, them too.

374 posted on 10/18/2003 3:12:38 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh; Javelina
If we REALLY wanted to stop illegal immigration, we could do it. But we don't. Why? Follow the dollar. We benefit from illegal immigration - that's our dirty little secret. All those businesses who survive off cheap labor, all those people who pay less for goods and services than they otherwise would have to pay - they don't want illegal immigrant labor to dry up. They want to have their cake and eat it too...

I'm for intellectual honest and basic human decency - either way. Either we tighten up our borders, arrest and deport illegal immigrants, and pay the increased costs of goods and services, OR we acknowledge our desire for the cheap labor, and treat them with basic human dignity and the kind of respect and justice talked about in the Bible.

I think I can agree with this position, but I'll be damned if I surrender to the second option. The first is, im my mind, a requirement.

375 posted on 10/18/2003 3:15:51 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: Lazamataz
And, actually, almost all of the non-European-Union countries in the world, actually.

Straight from the Department of Redunancy Department, straightly.

376 posted on 10/18/2003 3:16:50 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: Javelina
That's just stupid. We dilineate very clearly between violent and non-violent crimes. We don't shoot kids for drinking underage or for smoking pot. We don't shoot shoplifters.

I was never arguing that we should shoot them. Stupid.

But a massive disregard for the law is going to result in shooting one way or the other.

377 posted on 10/18/2003 2:10:15 PM PDT by PuNcH
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To: Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
We do almost nothing to stop immigration. We do not punish businesses who employ illegal immigrants. We do not arrest and deport illegal immigrants. We benefit from their presence. Given those facts, I think it's wrong to complain about them being here, and I also think it's wrong for people to make light of their problems like this article and many of the cruel and insensitive comments in response.

You are the one who makes light of the deaths because you have no regard for the rule of law. Wouldnt it be nice if the rising crime rates and the costs of illegal immigration only harmed and taxed those who excuse it?

378 posted on 10/18/2003 2:17:30 PM PDT by PuNcH
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To: RoughDobermann
You're wasting your breath debating Javelina. Here are excerpts from her bio:

Lawyer (retired

Moderate Conservative

Pro-choice

for pursuing diversity

Believe in some forms of spending, even social spending

Am willing (though not often) to vote for a Democrat

379 posted on 10/19/2003 5:34:31 AM PDT by JesseHousman (Execute Mumia Abu-Jamal)
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