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Stream of immigrants likely to shift to Texas
AZ Daily Sun ^ | July 13, 2004

Posted on 07/13/2004 9:52:22 AM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29

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1 posted on 07/13/2004 9:52:24 AM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29
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To: MeekOneGOP

Isn't that just wonderful?


2 posted on 07/13/2004 9:53:32 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
A young woman is forced to leave her 7-month-old daughter behind as collateral while she tries to come up with money to pay migrant smugglers holding the baby's grandmother

She's forced? By whom? Deciding to leave Mexico is her decision. Mexico is no Iraq. People making decisions to leave their children behind or put their families at risk by entering the U.S. illegally are no political heroes in my book. Guess I'm ill-informed and insensitive.

3 posted on 07/13/2004 9:57:31 AM PDT by zlala
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
"If you squeeze a balloon in the middle, it will expand in some other place," said Dennis Smith, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Del Rio, Texas.

That is indeed so if sufficient resources are not allocated to cover the ENTIRE border, which requires political courage. This is merely a case wherein U.S. sovereingty is temporarily enforced on a segment of the border to mollify the locals. It does nothing to address the larger issue -- will politicians enforce our immigration laws or leave that decision to La Raza?
4 posted on 07/13/2004 10:03:07 AM PDT by walford (http://utopia-unmasked.us)
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To: zlala

The 'coyotes' are some of the nastiest people you will find on the border. This is becoming commonplace as the drug smugglers figure out that people smuggling is just as profitable as drugs. And the illegals make for great drug mules on their trip north.


5 posted on 07/13/2004 10:05:22 AM PDT by ex 98C MI Dude (Proud Member of the Reagan Republicans)
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To: ex 98C MI Dude

Yes, I've read some of the horror stories about what these 'coyotes' do to transport the illegals into the country. However, it is a risky choice the illegals make. No one forces them to leave Mexico in the first place.


6 posted on 07/13/2004 10:09:51 AM PDT by zlala
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I blame the coyotes and the illegals less than the Americans who encourage illegal immigration by refusing to enforce our national sovereignty. They wouldn't even try if they didn't think they could make it [and then be coddled once they get here].


7 posted on 07/13/2004 10:41:45 AM PDT by walford (http://utopia-unmasked.us)
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To: Paleo Conservative; Dog Gone; deport; hocndoc; Flyer; Eaker; WOSG; lowbridge; Concerned; ...
ping !

8 posted on 07/13/2004 1:29:31 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
A young woman is forced to leave her 7-month-old daughter behind as collateral while she tries to come up with money to pay migrant smugglers holding the baby's grandmother.

No one forced to use the services of coyotes to come into this country illegally.

9 posted on 07/13/2004 1:31:18 PM PDT by Bella_Bru (It's for the children = It takes a village)
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To: StoneColdGOP; Joe Hadenuf; diotima; BurbankKarl

ping


10 posted on 07/13/2004 1:33:27 PM PDT by Bella_Bru (It's for the children = It takes a village)
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
A young woman is forced to leave her 7-month-old daughter behind as collateral while she tries to come up with money to pay migrant smugglers holding the baby's grandmother. A Mexican man watches helplessly as relatives and friends succumb to triple-digit heat after being led into an isolated stretch of desert by smugglers; 14 migrants die.

Why do these stories always start off with tearjerking appeals about these poor illegals just trying to get by, feed their families, and break my country's laws?

I notice they NEVER start off with poor, unemployed American citizens unable to see a doctor in the emergency room because the cost of paying for illegals has shut down county hospitals.

Nor do they ever talk about the citizen English-speaking children in overcrowded classrooms who aren't learning because the class has 50 kids in it speaking Spanish and teachers have to accomdate them.

Nor do they talk about the victims of violent crime here in the U.S. who have to suffer at the hands of illegal alien criminals who flee back home to escape prosecution.

I've had it. I have NO sympathy for these illegals. Let 'em die in the desert.

11 posted on 07/13/2004 1:38:17 PM PDT by StoneColdGOP (Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault...)
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I wonder if the feds will "crackdown" on other states trying to crackdown on their illegal immigrants.
12 posted on 07/13/2004 1:41:23 PM PDT by diotima (Telegram Sam, you're my main man)
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To: Bella_Bru; Dane

I wonder if we can shift it to Dane's state? ;^)


13 posted on 07/13/2004 1:42:46 PM PDT by diotima (Telegram Sam, you're my main man)
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To: walford

I blame the corrupt mexi govt. They have become far to dangerous to ignore or appease any longer!


14 posted on 07/13/2004 1:42:49 PM PDT by monkeywrench
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29

(#12 is new)

(COPY AND DISTRIBUTE WIDELY. Revise and extend as you see fit. Start a movement, print a petition, start a political party, confront your legislators, write letters, post posters, drop leaflets. Demand, demand, demand…)

19 POINT ACTION PLAN: Border Violators

1) Close all US borders to illegal entry forthwith by any and all means possible, including military presence.

2) Maintain legitimate immigration levels at modest annual level with requirements that immigrants be employable or sufficiently wealthy for self-support if they do not intend to work, proficient in basic English and willing to be assimilated into American culture and language. All applicants shall provide prints, photos and DNA samples.

3) Legal immigration shall be awarded to individuals on a lottery basis, wherein all countries are given equal status in the immigration lottery, without regards to color or economic plight of originating nation.

4) Individuals of Islamic faith (muslims) from any country shall be denied immigration privileges or entry into the US. Christians and Jews from muslim countries fleeing religious persecution shall receive preferential and accelerated immigration privileges.

5) Detain all border violators, taking photos, prints and DNA samples of said violator while at the same time, checking for out standing warrants. If no warrants are outstanding, return border violators to home country within 20 days via commercial airline and submit cost of such action, including processing and housing costs for said violator, to country of origin. If costs are not paid within 30 days, reduce any and all aid to said country by a like amount.

6) Should any country from which a border violator originates not currently receive any aid from the US, the Justice Department shall be authorized to seize or secure liens on assets owned, managed or registered to that country to the full extent of the obligation.

7) Establish new Guest Worker Visa (GWV) category, renewable every six (6) months, for unskilled labor positions wherein all applicants shall provide prints, photos and DNA samples. Work permitted of such applicants shall be limited to one of several categories, including childcare, lawn/gardening, restaurant staff, cleaning, and the like. Families of GWV workers are not permitted to enter US, nor will the birth of a child in the U.S. to one of GWV status confer citizenship to either parent or child.

8) Any violation of civil or criminal laws shall result in the forfeiture of the GWV and immediate return to originating country.

9) GWV holders shall be prohibited from claiming unemployment benefits, welfare support or free medical service.

10) The originating country of all GWV holders shall be responsible for any loss caused by their citizens, including emergency medical claims and claims resulting from illegal acts committed while in the US.

11) Companies that hire GWV holders shall submit to the Immigration Dept the name and GWV number of that individual, along with a description of employment tasks. Companies that fail to report employment of GWV workers, or hire border violators, shall be subject to fines and penalties.

12) GWV workers shall not receive unemployment compensation but shall be subject to an alternate tax equivalent to the current unemployment tax rate, which shall be withheld and be applied to border patrol activities. GWV workers shall be paid with check, having income tax withheld.

13) Border violators, or any non-citizen not possessing a valid visa, detained by local police for any reason shall be turned over to border control officials for immediate deportation action, except if they face criminal charges in other jurisdictions.

14) Border violators and GWV workers shall be prohibited from voting in local, state and federal elections.

15) Border Violators shall NOT be afforded the rights enjoyed by American citizens, as guaranteed under the constitution.

16) Public education (at institutions supported by taxpayer dollars) at any level (pre-school, kindergarten through the university level,) shall NOT be available to Border Violators (or children of Border Violators) and schools that enroll such individuals shall be subject to penalties.

17) Foreign Students (F/S) (individuals admitted to the U.S. for the purpose of attending any educational facility,) private institution or public (i.e. supported by taxpayer dollars,) must have valid student visas, such visas being in force only if the F/S attends school full-time. F/S shall be required to pay tuition, housing and related costs such that all their educational costs are fully reimbursed to the institution attended. The originating country shall pay for any and all loss caused by students while on U.S. soil.

18) Border Violators seeking emergency medical treatment shall provide pictures, fingerprints and DNA samples along with country of origin, and shall be treated then incarcerated until information provided can be verified. Originating country shall bear the costs of medical treatment and confinement.

19) Children born in the U.S. to border violators, illegal aliens or of foreign nationals in the U.S. for any reason (including temporary visitor, school or work visas,) shall not be eligible for citizenship as circumstances of birth, nor shall the parents or parent’s family members (relatives) be conferred U.S. citizenship as a result of such births.

20) (developing)


15 posted on 07/13/2004 1:43:37 PM PDT by Imagine
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29

bump


16 posted on 07/13/2004 1:44:56 PM PDT by Lady Eileen
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To: diotima

Only if JoeBaca is included in the deal.


17 posted on 07/13/2004 1:45:08 PM PDT by StoneColdGOP (Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault...)
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29

Waht an absolute f-ing mess.......


18 posted on 07/13/2004 1:46:50 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: StoneColdGOP

Well said......what these useful idiot political sellouts are doing to this our border's is criminal because they're aiding and abetting illegals with entering this country.


19 posted on 07/13/2004 1:51:22 PM PDT by american spirit
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To: diotima; Dane

It's Baca's fault!


20 posted on 07/13/2004 2:00:06 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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