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Immigrants swarm Carl Rove's home, pound on windows, demand support for DREAM act.
Yahoo News ^ | 3.29.04 | tuckrdout

Posted on 03/29/2004 12:48:26 PM PST by tuckrdout

WASHINGTON, March 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Hundreds of grassroots leaders representing National People's Action (NPA) are paying a visit to the home of President Bush (news - web sites)'s Senior Policy Advisor Karl Rove on Sunday, March 28, because he refused to meet with them to discuss the rights of immigrant youth.

NPA and immigrant rights' leaders want the White House to support the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act). It would grant access to instate tuition for children of immigrants whose families have been in the county at least five years and paid taxes for three. The DREAM Act has 62 co-sponsors and the White House is standing in the way of it being brought to a vote this year.

NPA Leaders plan to arrive at Rove's house, located at 4925 Weaver Terrace, N.W., in Washington around 4 p.m. "We paid our way to come to Washington, D.C., to talk to Rove, and he wouldn't listen," said Tomasa Fonseca, an educator from Marshalltown, Iowa. "So we came to his house to ask him to support the dreams of our youth."

It is estimated that 50,000 to 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school in the United States each year. Upon graduation these youth cannot work legally, nor can they qualify for in-state tuition at universities because they aren't considered residents.

Recently, the Bush administration came out in support of a guest worker plan, which would allow immigrant workers temporary residency for a maximum of six years. NPA leaders believe that Bush's plan will divide hard working immigrant families. The DREAM Act, on the other hand, is an example of positive immigration reform that would give immigrant youth the opportunity to realize the American Dream by becoming workers, tax payers and positive community leaders.

"We are here today to send a strong message to the Bush administration," said Emira Palacios, NPA Co-Chairperson. "We are telling them that if they want the Hispanic vote, they must give us the DREAM Act."

National People's Action is a 33-year-old multi-racial/ethnic, inter-generational non-partisan coalition of hundreds of local community organizations that volunteer their time to make communities throughout the United States safer, healthier and more stable environments.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: civilwar; dreamact; illegals; immigrants; karlrove; mob; npa; rove; tresspassing
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To: primeval patriot
what amnesty proposal? How is this different from the sugar cane workers who come in to pick crops? the seasonal temp workers in the Poconos?

The rolling amnesty has been around since the sixties. Illegals who hid long enough can get residency. This was upped by the republican congress to ten years.

This Dream program is about re-establishing the anchor babies that were removed as a residency excuse during the 1994 reforms. No longer can a baby be an excuse to stay. The adults and the minor child HAVE to go back. This will allow the anchor baby to attend school for a brief time (not 10 years) get legal status, and then bring in the rest of the family. Even so, an illegal born here or raised here can be used to bring the rest over.

The Dream program is NOT supported by BUSH. Dream program IS supported by John F'n Kerry.

THIS IS FOR A PROGRAM KERRY SUPPORTS AND BUSH DOES NOT

From Kerry's own website:
Fairness And Security In Immigration Policy

John Kerry believes that America needs immigration policies that are fair and safe. The United States is a diverse nation built by people from all parts of the world who are here because they believe in freedom, democracy, and justice. Immigration is central to our nation’s history, as almost all of us are immigrants or the descendants of immigrants. At the same time, John Kerry believes the federal government must secure our borders so that terrorists do not use our immigration system as a means to enter the country and do us harm.

Priorities

Efficient Citizenship and Enforcement Services
John Kerry supports efforts to cut the backlog of applications pending with the Bureau for Citizenship and Immigration Services, speed up the naturalization process and reduce the wait for family visas and other important matters. John Kerry has also called for reforming and adequately funding border enforcement to ensure that only legal immigrants can enter the country.

Restoring and Protecting Benefits for Legal Immigrants
John Kerry supports efforts to restore benefits to legal immigrants. The 1996 welfare reform law made most legal immigrants, including those already in the United States, ineligible for welfare, health care and other essential programs. In the years since, some of these benefits have been restored and John Kerry remains committed to fighting for the full restoration of benefits for legal immigrants.

Supporting the DREAM Act
John Kerry supports legislation that would provide immigration relief to undocumented young people who have spent their formative years in the United States, who have graduated from high school here, and who can demonstrate good moral character. The DREAM Act repeals a law that prevents these promising young people from attending college in the United States.

Family Reunification
John Kerry believes that we should unite and not divide families by making family reunification the cornerstone of our immigration system. John Kerry supports allowing immigrants who are eligible for permanent resident visas to be processed in the United States rather than processed in their home country. He also supports restoring the discretion of immigration judges to evaluate cases on an individual basis and grant relief to deserving immigrants and their families.

Expedited Citizenship for Members of the Armed Forces
John Kerry believes the naturalization process for legal permanent residents serving in the Armed Forces should be expedited, the naturalization filing fee should be waived, and armed service members should be allowed to naturalize overseas. More than 37,000 legal permanent residents serve in the military nationally.

Earned Legalization
John Kerry supports a proposal that will allow undocumented immigrants to legalize their status if they have been in the United States for a certain amount of time, have been working, and can pass a background check. This makes sense for the economy, provides fairness to people in our communities who have worked hard and paid taxes, and will also allow us to strengthen our homeland security by bringing undocumented workers out of the shadows and into the light of greater accountability.


41 posted on 03/29/2004 2:25:20 PM PST by longtermmemmory (Vote!)
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To: Bikers4Bush
Meanwhile not a single one of them is arrested.

I doubt any of these people were illegal. They were hired idiots bussed in and told what to say.

This is exactly why I would never be hired in Rove's job. If they didn't get off my property, I would have demanded their arrest. Had they touched my windows, I would have filled a good many of them with shotgun induced rocksalt.

42 posted on 03/29/2004 2:35:09 PM PST by 1L
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To: longtermmemmory
Good, LTM. But they hate more
than they listen. Pres. Kerry -
so what? Bush & Rove had to pay!
43 posted on 03/29/2004 2:35:12 PM PST by txrangerette
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To: tuckrdout
It is estimated that 50,000 to 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school in the United States each year. Upon graduation these youth cannot work legally, nor can they qualify for in-state tuition at universities because they aren't considered residents.

Lets get the strikeout above straight first.

I strongly believe these people that are illegally here and got a High School education on MY dime (and your's too fellow taxpayers) should be allowed to go to college.

First they should pay for all the services (school, welfare {if applicable) food stamps {if applicable} and other gov assistance as applies) that they have already availed themselves of.

Then they should go back to their OWN country and try to bring it up to the standards of the USA.

Then they can apply for citizenship through the proper channels here as the wife of a friend of mine has been trying for years to do for his wife who is in Mexico City.

She is going through all the red tape and it is taking her years while thousands just walk across the borders into our schools and hospitals and jobs.

44 posted on 03/29/2004 2:38:49 PM PST by Syncro
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To: Bikers4Bush
B4B, I've seen you on a number of the same threads with me. Just like in those other threads, I'm inclined once again to agree with you.
Absolute travesty isn't it about what is going on with illegals? They are getting more and more emboldened by the inaction.
45 posted on 03/29/2004 2:40:57 PM PST by cupcakes
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To: Redcoat LI

Even simpler,very useful in controlling crowds.

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Or a couple of these....

Or, even one or two of these....

...for people to trip over!

46 posted on 03/29/2004 2:51:58 PM PST by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: tuckrdout
Who was it that said shoot for the whites of their eyes?
47 posted on 03/29/2004 3:07:05 PM PST by Joe Boucher (G.W. Bush in 2004)
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To: tuckrdout
Nice Democratic stunt. It only works because of the complicit media.
48 posted on 03/29/2004 3:15:12 PM PST by george wythe
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To: Syncro
I work at a University. I wonder why they want to punish foreign students that didn't illegally sneak into this country in favor of those that did. Maybe all the asian students should just have their familys send them here a couple of years in advance, so they can save tuition.
49 posted on 03/29/2004 3:36:41 PM PST by cryptical
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To: tuckrdout
I would like to know who is funding this group.

This stuff is too good for amateurs.
50 posted on 03/29/2004 3:37:14 PM PST by ckilmer
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To: Syncro
There are many Mexican universities which offer free college --- this is where these students should go --- they can obviously attend college ---- back home where they belong.
51 posted on 03/29/2004 3:51:41 PM PST by FITZ
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To: journey7873
Yes ---- you give these criminals an inch and they want a mile, they've been sponging off the taxpayers all their lives, not one of them had parents who paid for their public schooling or health care and now they think everything else should be free for them.
52 posted on 03/29/2004 3:53:33 PM PST by FITZ
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To: cryptical
I work at a University. I wonder why they want to punish foreign students that didn't illegally sneak into this country in favor of those that did.

Exactly. Those who break the law think that by breaking the law, they should be rewarded over those who didn't break the law. It would be foolish for a foreign student to come over legally, respect the law and for doing that find they must pay much higher rates than those who have no respect for laws at all.

53 posted on 03/29/2004 3:56:28 PM PST by FITZ
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To: Syncro
I disagree about college. They should not get residence because as an illegal they are not resident. If they are legally admitted under a J visa, they have to pay full freight, thus those that are illegal immigrants should be treated the same as a J visa holder. They should be treated as any other immigrant catagory if them must. This also means first year seat preference for LEGAL residents, over all J and illegals.

The Dream act is just an excuse to bring the rest of the family legally over, or keep the rest of the family legally here without having to go back.

There are procedures to permit parole while an application for legalization is pending. For example a tourist who comes into the usa and marries a US citizen is GENERALLY able to stay in this country while the change of status is done. (change of status is not allowed if you are here on a visa waver, a green I-94a card.)

Part of this entire issue is that there are TWO types of illegals, the overstay who come LEGALLY and are "inspected" at the border; and the illegal entry who have not been "inspected" and recorded at the border. The second group is the most problematic in terms of lealizing and in terms of being MOST vocal and most demanding of public aid.

The second group is also open to identity fraud since they can literally claim to be a nobody when in fact they are a criminal back home.
54 posted on 03/29/2004 3:57:29 PM PST by longtermmemmory (Vote!)
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To: tuckrdout
I'll bet we won't see Jerrold Nadler on the news tonight talking about "a whiff of facism in the air".

This is just the beginning. This tactic will be used more and more by the left in the days to come. It's only a matter of time before things turn even more violent, and an administration official, and/or members of their family, are seriously injured or killed.

55 posted on 03/29/2004 4:02:28 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: monkeywrench
a certain 'perverse justice to this' ...isn't that the truth!

Couldn't happen to a more logical guy. Think he might learn a little from this experience, or must it happen much more often?
56 posted on 03/29/2004 4:24:43 PM PST by meema
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To: Joe Boucher
I think they're supposed to "hold your fire 'til you see the whites of their eyes."
Don't waste ammunition.
57 posted on 03/29/2004 4:28:10 PM PST by meema
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To: meema
the AIM in "ready, aim, fire." is an american inovation.
58 posted on 03/29/2004 4:35:47 PM PST by longtermmemmory (Vote!)
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To: tuckrdout
and INS, HS, FBI, Customs, and if they had the guts, the DC Police, should have made every one of them present proof that they were legal entrants.

No proof! They get to do the perp walk and board the jail bus back across the border!

59 posted on 03/29/2004 4:42:48 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Missouri
Scratch deep enough and you'll find the Socialists, WWP, A.N.S.W.E.R., along with every other anti-American nut bag nest, tossing in money and control.
60 posted on 03/29/2004 4:45:13 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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