'It's very unfair,' legal resident says [Northern Ireland native: Laws ignored for Mexicans]

The Huntsville Times ^ | May 24, 2006 | Lee Roop

[La Enchiladita]

The struggle of an honest, legal immigrant proves why we want someone like this in America and not the one who sneaks in.

And, American citizens are not the only galled by favoritism being proposed for Hispanic illegals only.

[isrul]

"The struggle of an honest, legal immigrant proves why we want someone like this in America and not the one who sneaks in"

But the Ignorant, uneducated peasant will work for lower wages and can be more easily manipulated.

That's, evidently, what Bush and the Senate want. Bush and the open border Republicans care more about cheap labor than borders or nationhood. The Democrats see hordes of stupid peasants to add to the entitlement plantation.

[kinoxi]

Plays by the rules, watches pablo get the rewards. This must be one pissed off immigrant(soon to be citizen).

[devolve]

An eay prediction for the WH & Senate

Voluntary tax compliance rates will tank



DC & Mexico wrote the rules


DC & Mexico can reap the whirlwind


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Yes Ginsberg - it would "prudent" to head south

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[potlatch]

And you didn't post your little Ginsberg!

Good post La Enchiladita!

[Clemenza]

A lady I am dating from Ecuador is PISSED that she is mistaken for "Mexican" and HATES the fact that the illegals are ignored while she follows the rule of law.

Of course, that doesn't stop moronic Anglo HR managers from asking her if she would "take off for immigration protests."

[WOSG]

"He applied for permanent legal residency in April 2005, so the process took about eight months. It cost about $1,300. "

It bugs me that they are calling the $2,000 fee for amensty/legalization a 'fine' or even 'significant fine', when in fact, it is little more than a processing fee charge.

Thanks for a data point that confirms the skepticism and cynicism.

[VOA]

Too bad the guy didn't try passing for Muslim in Missouri.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1573558/posts

That racket may be on the way out though...provided the FBI does its' job.

[John Jorsett]

He should have just come in, overstayed his visa, and taken the upcoming amnesty like any normal 'immigrant'.

[Heatseeker]

I have friends who are in a similar situation. Immigrants from the UK (he a graphic artist, she an RN) they have had many hoops to jump through - and currently are in legal limbo because their original green card application sat on someone's desk at INS for 18 months, then was rejected for lack of a document the INS had previously told them wasn't required.

Here since 2001 on H1b visas, they both are employed and pay local, state & federal taxes.

The nursing home employing my friend's wife, the RN, is desperate to keep her and is contacting the local congresscritter's office plus lawyers.

Meanwhile millions of Mexicans and Central Americans stream happily across the border, completely illegally, completely unhindered.

[Rakkasan1]

[Jack Hammer]

I suspect this guy speaks for every would-be American on planet earth who's forced to play by the rules and wait for years for his/her turn in the INS quota. Every single one who cheats is displacing an honest one who waits.

[spokeshave]

And don't forget the blood, urine and chest X-rays demanded of all legal immigrants, ....looking for infectious diseases Americans don't have.

They even wanted police records for every place she lived for my 90 year old mother....mum don't have a driving licence much less a police record.

Needless to say her bag was searched at the airport.

[Myrddin]

There is a Scot living in Pocatello who is married to an American. He has a green card and owns a business in town. He as been doing everything required on a legal path to citizenship. He made a trip home to Scotland at Christmas to visit his family, then returned. Now, INS is giving him endless grief, demanding large financial sums and threatening him with deportation. Truly a steaming pile when we have plenty of illegals walking the streets that face no scrutiny from INS or law enforcement.

[cherry]

I like differant people.....that's why its a crock that so many from Poland, Russia, Ireland, China, or the Phillipines or other countries have to be LEGAL and yet these swarms just come on over....

Fox has been touring our state today.....I'd like to ask him if he'll open his southern border like he wants our border open....

this stuff has got to stop.....

that, or we need a rabid bunch of breeders putting us on even ground....

[NavVet]

Our government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington, and they tracked her calves to their stalls.


But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give them all a cow.

[La Enchiladita]

This is it, cherry!

As if what the Senate is proposing isn't bad enough, there is specific favoritism towards giving Hispanic illegals only a "pathway to citizenship."

[La Enchiladita]

Ping!

[La Enchiladita]

Thanks for pinging the "peeps." I got busy elsewhere...ahem.

So, tax compliance on the decline...hmmm, not a bad idea.


In fact, one of the best!

[La Enchiladita]

Great responses, all. The unfairness is infuriating, not to mention the out and out hypocrisy of our so-called lawmakers.

Oh, BTW, check the USCIS site to see who is heading up the agency these days...

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/newsrels/RCM_050306PR.pdf