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Mark Steyn - No easy answers on immigration conundrum
Chicago Sun Times ^ | April 9, 2006 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 04/09/2006 2:54:11 AM PDT by Tom D.

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To: Tom D.; Pokey78

True, it's a two-tier system.


41 posted on 04/09/2006 9:34:41 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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To: Tom D.
Check this out

I just went to email this to my senator, and what do I find on the TX senate webpage at the lower left?

42 posted on 04/09/2006 9:44:31 AM PDT by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: lawgirl

Hell I still havent met my sister inlaw and nieces of 2 years
They are still awaiting visas


43 posted on 04/09/2006 9:47:14 AM PDT by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: lawgirl

I'm a legal immigrant too, 1 of the 298 million non-undocumented residents. I have the requisite documents. I was denied citizenship once, falsely (must've been the W pin that I had on at the interview). If anyone should get immediate citizenship, it should be me and other victims of bureaucratic errors. It burns me up that these socialist jerk-offs of the no-hablo-ingles-I-can-park-wherever-I-want-don't-care-at-all-if-you-are-impressed-with-law-and-order camp even have the right to protest. The INS enforcement officers should be right there, round them up and send them home. Process me to enable me to vote this November. Certainly, I won't be inspired to vote Republican after all this surrendering that they're doing, but I do feel morally obliged to keep the Democrap out of the hallowed halls. At least, I care to participate.


44 posted on 04/09/2006 9:50:59 AM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
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To: Tom D.

bfl


45 posted on 04/09/2006 9:56:16 AM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: goldstategop
The ultimate cost of the immivasion is going to be a bloody civil war.

Our Quisling "leaders" will express shock.


46 posted on 04/09/2006 9:57:41 AM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: Tom D.

bttt


47 posted on 04/09/2006 10:00:46 AM PDT by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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To: Tom D.
[ Think about that. From undocumented illegal alien in the 7-Eleven parking lot to lawful resident of the State of Virginia in just a couple of hours. Wow. Say what you like about Luis Martinez-Flores, but he runs one efficient operation. ]

Who are the morons that say the illegals are NOT VOTING?...

If you can get 500,000 to come out for a simple rally.. in one city.. What do you think "they" will Do about voting?.. (local, county, state and federal) How many illegals are quasi legal?.. its easy to register to vote with fake ID... in most places..

(Jaws theme) Hillary is just off shore.. and local sharks are growing..

48 posted on 04/09/2006 10:06:09 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
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To: Tom D.

bttt


49 posted on 04/09/2006 10:14:48 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (If McKinney gets a free slap, then we all should get a free slap)
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To: Tom D.
If you're an American and you marry a Canadian or Belgian or Fijian, the U.S. government can take years to process what's supposed to be a non-discretionary immigration application

I'm learning quite a lot about this process. I just received a receipt on my form I-130 that I filled out for my wife. The I-130 is merely a "petition" requesting permission to bring my wife over here. I typed in my receipt number at the USCIS web page and learned that estimated time to approve or deny this petition is currently in excess of 900 days. Yes, that would be nine hundred days! And I'm a born and bred American citizen proudly serving my country.

Thank God for the LIFE Act that allows me to fill out a virtually identical form, the I-129F, after receiving a receipt on the I-130, and hopefully she can come over here while she waits for her I-130 to be approved (or denied). But God forbid she should have to return to Ukraine for a family emergency before her I-130 is approved. I could quite possibly have to start to process all over again.

And once she gets here there is another mountain of forms to fill out (and fees to pay) to USCIS to allow me to keep her here and allow her to get a job.

50 posted on 04/09/2006 10:21:16 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Tom D.

Mark Steyn Rocks! BTTT


51 posted on 04/09/2006 10:32:54 AM PDT by hattend (I have a pig list. Do you want on it?)
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To: Tom D.

Most Americans don't deal with the INS so they don't realize how stupid and capricious it is. Legal immigrants often don't know what to expect from INS, day to day.


52 posted on 04/09/2006 11:04:19 AM PDT by AmishDude (AmishDude, servant of the dark lord Xenu.)
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To: Tom D.

Steyn is one of the best of the best.

I have a Nepali friend, been trying to get a green card for a couple of years, comes here every year to work (legally). Now the rules have changed, and he probably won't be able to get a green card. He's a musician and farm worker, manages others, takes a lot of responsibility.

The only way he'll get here legally is to get his family over to Mexico City, dress up in Mexican looking clothes, and sneak across the southern border. Voila!

He's as harmless as the day is long, educating his whole family, and would be an asset to our country. Makes me sick that he can't come here, and yet millions of illegals - a goodly percentage of them thugs, drug runners, and so on - are likely to get some sort of shamnesty.


53 posted on 04/09/2006 3:42:07 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Tolerating evil IS evil.)
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To: lawgirl

I never got to meet my European mother in law because she died before we could get the legal stuff (and money) worked out to get her here.


54 posted on 04/09/2006 3:45:16 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Tolerating evil IS evil.)
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To: Pokey78

Steyn, being a LEGAL alien knows far more about this system than most of us do. But honestly, aside from political blather, is there anybody who has ANYTHING good to say about INS?


55 posted on 04/09/2006 4:49:05 PM PDT by irv
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To: mylife

If journalists conducted their work in an unbiased and thorough manner, the Communist regimes around the world would cease to exist, Liberals would never again acquire power, unions would disintegrate, and Islam would be a historical footnote.

Oh, and Hollywood would be fun again.


56 posted on 04/09/2006 7:48:57 PM PDT by Enduring Freedom (Senator Allen on Democrats: "...let's enjoy knocking their soft teeth down their whiny throats.")
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To: Pokey78

Thanks for the ping.


57 posted on 04/09/2006 8:05:33 PM PDT by GOPJ (Doyle - Homeland Security sex-predator is a registered Democrat and former Time Magazine reporter.)
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To: Tom D.; 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; ...


Mark Steyn Ping!

Thanks for the heads up, mylife.

58 posted on 04/09/2006 9:21:48 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Easter/Passover ~)
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To: HiJinx

I believe Mr Steyn has it in his sights


59 posted on 04/09/2006 9:26:45 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Tom D.

bttp


60 posted on 04/09/2006 9:35:13 PM PDT by Bahbah (Harry Reid is a Liar;Ted Kennedy is a BIG FAT Liar: edited by tiredoflaundry)
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