Posted on 06/22/2005 3:57:12 PM PDT by bayourod
[SNIP}...When you hear illegal immigrants are accessing all sorts of public benefits, thats just not true, Gomez said. Under law, people who are undocumented can only receive WIC [women, infants, and children] benefits and thats only because a child will be citizen when its born and emergency care.
She also said there are a lot of people paying into the system who cant access the system, because while taxes are deducted from the paychecks of undocumented workers, they are ineligible for the services those taxes fund.
People can only receive public benefits after working 40 qualifying periods, which is 10 years in a legal status....{SNIP}.,..
In Arkansas politics and media, illegal immigration and the states growing Latino population are provoking intense debates.
The recent legislative session illustrated two ends of the ideological spectrum. One side wanted to enlist the State Police in enforcing immigration laws and prevent immigrants from accessing state services. Other lawmakers tried to extend public college scholarship eligibility to the children of undocumented residents.
Despite these actions and the heated rhetoric, most Arkansas Latinos are oblivious to the tension they are causing.
One word they use a lot is tranquilo, which means tranquil,
explains Carlos Cervantes. The reason that they enjoy Arkansas is that they enjoy the small towns. They just feel real comfortable here.
Cervantes is the owner of a recycling and technical equipment business who recently was elected Arkansas state director of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). He will take office next week, when LULAC holds its national convention in Little Rock.
That LULAC is bringing its most important annual gathering to Arkansas is an indication both of Latinos rising importance here and the attention that has attracted nationwide.
(Excerpt) Read more at arktimes.com ...
Arkansas Aztlan Ping!
It sure is a good subsidy for the chicken processing plants, though.
The percent of immigrants is less than many times in the past and immigrants are learning English at a slightly faster rate than previous non-English speaking immigrants.
McDonalds, The Gap and MTV will assimilate them much faster than prior immigrants who were not bombarded by ad agencies.
It's funny you of all people talking about misstatements. You do the unsourced thing all the time. At least I answer when asked about it. LOL!
As I've said before, if these aren't jobs America wants (haha, know too many that want those jobs) but if they aren't. Why don't they build the plants in Mexico?? Why build them in Arkansas and then truck Mexican's to Arkansas?
Wouldn't it be better to let them stay with their families and get a decent wage where they live? Why is it they want to bring all these illegals to America? Why?
When you talk about someone on a post it is common courtesy to ping them. Your ill manners reflect on your character.
If there were 30 in the waiting room and you were charged $700, that would be over $33 per patient.
Yup. It looks like you paid the freight that night, all right.
But look on the the bright side. The Emergency Room people got to use their English for a change. I'm sure they needed the practice!
Corruption and greed.
Our police really don't have the resources to go after these people, and it has caused a breakdown in law and order here. Criminals are becoming very bold and the citizens suffer.
I have concern that soon our police officers will be the target for murder, especially if they make an effort to bring some really bad illegals to justice. One who didn't flee fast enough went up before the judge and said that he wanted to be set free of his crime because he was being discriminated against because he was an illegal. So, small towns are suffering across America.
All these leftie sources he's using, and he still doesn't have a clue...
I came across a .edu website a few days ago that was "explaining" how wonderful it was to have these (illegal) immigrants from Mexico and then went on to list the states that had been under Mexican control at one time. Florida was listed among them.
The only thing I could figure was that they were pretending that Mexico was really Spain and that they had ruled Florida at one time.
This was probably in between the centuries that they ruled China too.
What town do you live in? It isn't on your profile.
You read wrong.
Baloney! When they start dealing with the gangs, they'll find a whole lot of officials strings attached. You can't be that dense!
I have no idea what the laws on this matter are in Arkansas. I know there is a great difference between what public assistance laws say about who is eligible and who actually recieves public assistance. And no I will not take the word of this particular church outreach person nor would I take the word of say, a social worker, LULAC rep, or democrat. But hey, Im picky like that.
I already figured that out but thanks for rubbing it in. I really needed that.
Yeah, so did we....before the invasion.
And, when it comes to character, your warped and treasonous views regarding ILLEGALS shows you have none.
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