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Illegal immigrants 'are not free-loaders,' says Guatemalan bishop
Catholic News Service ^
| 04.13.05
| Agostino Bono
Posted on 04/21/2005 9:20:39 PM PDT by Coleus
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posted on
04/21/2005 9:20:46 PM PDT
by
Coleus
To: Coleus
He's right. With free trade, all the trading partners and their people will prosper.
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posted on
04/21/2005 9:23:09 PM PDT
by
ClintonBeGone
(In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
To: Coleus
"Some call them 'illegals.' But according to the market model, they are better described as entrepreneurs without assets, pursuing the American dream," said Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri of San Marcos, Guatemala. It doesn't matter what you call them. They are still here illegally. Why not have a "Guatemalan Dream"? We will share our ideas about liberty, individual responsibility and free enterprise with you, gratis.
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posted on
04/21/2005 9:30:49 PM PDT
by
knuthom
To: Coleus
"Some call them 'illegals.' But according to the market model, they are better described as entrepreneurs without assets, pursuing the American dream," said Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri of San Marcos, Guatemala.When the good Bishop starts ex-communicating the drug lords and goons who run most of Guatemala, and publicly speaking out against a corrupt Guatemalan govt, then maybe I will cut him some slack.
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posted on
04/21/2005 9:31:38 PM PDT
by
ikka
To: HiJinx
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posted on
04/21/2005 9:34:25 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: Coleus
Being able to walk into any hospital and get free treatment without paying the bill sounds like freeloading to me.
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posted on
04/21/2005 9:35:52 PM PDT
by
grizzly84
To: farmfriend
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posted on
04/21/2005 9:36:11 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(God Bless our New Pope, Benedict XVI)
To: Coleus
"Illegal immigrants "are not free-loaders" but hard-working people who are seeking better lives for their families because social and economic improvements are not readily available to the Latin American poor, said a Guatemalan bishop."
Be that as it may it does not give them the right to be here illegally. It is called "The American Dream" for a reason. Americans hold the keys that access that dream. If, as the most fortunate of the world's inheritors, we decide not to fling wide open the doors to anyone who can get a foot on our soil then that is our choice, and our choice alone. If you are here illegally then you are stealing our birthright. A birthright purchased with the blood, sweat, and tears of our ancestors. Illegal invaders have NO right whatsoever to steal that birthright from any American. If they want to come to America then let them abide by the rules that have been set worth. In doing so America will give them their own key or at least an opportunity to earn one.
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Oh, man, I heard Gonzales say that today on the news and I darned near had a conniption fit. Lying through his teeth...
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posted on
04/21/2005 9:38:15 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(My Momma tol' me that if you gotta sneak, you're wrong...and you know it.)
To: Coleus
"Some call them 'illegals.' But according to the market model, they are better described as entrepreneurs without assets, pursuing the American dream," said Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri of San Marcos, Guatemala. "They work hard, often in several jobs, supporting a way of life that many take for granted," he said April 13 in written testimony delivered before the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
As opposed to the True Kornservatives who are wailing about the supposed infringement of their Socialist entitlements.
To: HiJinx
Saying illegal immigration is good for the economy is like saying 911 was a boon for the building industry in lower Manhattan.
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posted on
04/21/2005 9:41:34 PM PDT
by
occutegirl
(George III did not like Minutemen either.)
To: Coleus
Preemptively; I believe that US companies that employ illegal aliens are guilty of the same.
To: ikka
You hit that one squarely. I personally resent my tax money being spent for free social services for illegals, and I can't believe a Republican president is not securing our borders, as required by the US Constitution. We have every right to accuse the 'Rats of being treasonous, and it is extreme irony to see them start to outflank us on the immigration issue. I know most illegals work hard, I know most of them are good people, and I have very strong Hispano ties, virtually family ties. But illegal means illegal.
To: Coleus
"This is not happening in Central America and it will not happen as long as hundreds of thousands of workers are suppressed, not empowered, at the workplace," he said. So? Make it happen! Make YOUR country as good as we've made ours!
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posted on
04/21/2005 9:44:08 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(I'm praying for a LoganMiracle! It CAN happen!!!!)
To: Brad's Gramma
We could just start annexing the provinces of Mexico and make them states!! Then they would have to pay taxes just like we do!
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posted on
04/21/2005 9:57:50 PM PDT
by
26lemoncharlie
(Defend the US CONSTITUTION - Locked and Loaded)
To: ClintonBeGone
He's right. With free trade, all the trading partners and their people will prosper.Will some sort of international wealth transfer have to take place for this to happen?
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posted on
04/21/2005 10:24:51 PM PDT
by
jmc813
(All I cared about was booze, stock cars and women.)
To: occutegirl
I've left my door open this night. In the morning, I would be delighted to find a mexican family in my kitchen. Perhaps they would be cooking some tasty enchiladas. Naturally, I will invite them to stay. They may do some work around the house, maybe not, but it's not important. Perhaps, they will get ill and I'll bring them to the hospital and pay their bill. I'm a Republican and I support George W. Bush.
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posted on
04/21/2005 10:29:51 PM PDT
by
daguberment
(The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish....)
To: Coleus
"Some call them 'illegals.' But according to the market model, they are better described as entrepreneurs without assets, pursuing the American dream," said Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri of San Marcos, Guatemala. "
Lets call them what they really are....CRIMINALS and anyone that supports this type of criminal activity is a criminal also.
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posted on
04/21/2005 10:30:50 PM PDT
by
politicalwit
(USA...A Nation of Selective Law Enforcement.)
To: Coleus
Well, then, Bishop, explain why 27% of the Federal prisoners in the US are illegal aliens.
Explain why some of those illegals are bringing in third-world diseases.
Explain why some of those illegals are criminals in their own countries. Some are murders, some drug dealers, some human traffickers (a.k.a., white or human slavery).
If all these ills are only 10%, Bishop, that is still thousands.
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posted on
04/21/2005 10:32:01 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: ClintonBeGone
"With free trade, all the trading partners and their people will prosper."
Ahh Yes, we can use NAFTA as a shining example. </sarcasm>
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posted on
04/21/2005 10:32:55 PM PDT
by
politicalwit
(USA...A Nation of Selective Law Enforcement.)
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