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One family’s struggle-six without documents, work hard, but they must rely on social safety net
Kansas City Star ^ | 6-19-06 | LYNN FRANEY

Posted on 06/19/2006 12:10:36 PM PDT by SJackson

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To: SJackson

Everyone has a sob story. What part of BREAKING THE LAW don't they understand. We're going to see so many of these stories ... you're going to want to puke.


41 posted on 06/19/2006 2:20:46 PM PDT by Hildy ("Whenever someone smiles at me all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life." - Dwight Schrute)
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To: SJackson

I've said it again and again. When school starts we have to supply not only for our kids but for the class, no names on supplies, I do it anyway and I also used to buy stickers for my kids to decorate their stuff with, totally aggravated the teachers. If my childs lunch account gets down to $3.00 he's got stickers all over him reminding me to give him a check. I had to take my son to an emergency dentist, I was one of 3 citizen's in there and the only one to actually pay for services, while I watched the poor illegals drive up in Grand Caravans, Honda minivans and the best, a late model BMW 525i. Around here, they don't hide, they have taken over everywhere, if most are hiding than we're in way bigger trouble than I thought. And as for not being able to get welfare benefits, I don't believe it for one minute. Heck, the article said they have fake documents, as sure as I live and breathe, their is not a social worker or clinic worker who will question the authenticity of any documents. There are probably millions of ways to get around the document thing. I hate it when these stories come out and try to make me care. I DON'T NEED TO READ A FREAKING SOB STORY, I SEE RIGHT BEFORE MY VERY EYES WHAT GOES ON!!!!!


42 posted on 06/19/2006 2:21:21 PM PDT by panthermom
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To: Bikers4Bush
I don't remember signing up anywhere to support illegal alien families with my tax dollars. HOW is this our responsibility?

Is this "compassionate conservatism"? If it is, America doesn't want any more of it. We have our own families to support, and can't afford the billions these parasites cost us every year.

The Republicans have merged with the Dims on this issue. I'll vote third party from now on.

43 posted on 06/19/2006 2:37:04 PM PDT by janetgreen
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To: StAnDeliver

haha funny that you focused on the satellite. Recently there was a big hoopla over a bunch of pregnant illegals with babies living in an (illegal) trailer camp here. Electricity provided thru long extension cords, sewer dumped into trenches.
Our county government officials ran out and got em all moved into (taxpayer funded) apartments.
Funny thing was, when they showed the nasty trailers, etc on the local news....lo and behold everyone of them had huge satellite dishes on top.


44 posted on 06/19/2006 2:45:21 PM PDT by sheana
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To: SJackson

They are on public assistance but can afford 3,000 for a smuggler.

Sweet.


45 posted on 06/19/2006 2:47:19 PM PDT by Almondjoy
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To: newgeezer

they can't even do the basic tenent of government (border control)...
then how can they do the extracurricular fun stuff like:
food stamps
welfare
medicaid
medicare
school lunch
disaster aid
Time to get back to basics.


46 posted on 06/19/2006 2:47:53 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!)
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To: SJackson

Send them back to Mexico -- let them rely on a Mexican safety net.


47 posted on 06/19/2006 2:53:44 PM PDT by Continental Soldier
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To: brytlea
If schools barred undocumented children, the family probably would return to Mexico, he said.

Disincentives are the key. Too bad the courts ruled this one out.

48 posted on 06/19/2006 3:01:18 PM PDT by NewRomeTacitus (Israeli-style security for our Southern border - all 1,950 miles of it)
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To: SJackson
"If schools barred undocumented children, the family probably would return to Mexico, he said."

Guess there is no chance that we will ever find out if this is true. **sigh**

49 posted on 06/19/2006 3:03:31 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: SJackson

Short version: Two More Criminals.


50 posted on 06/19/2006 3:06:02 PM PDT by Sloth (We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
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To: StAnDeliver
Yep. I was there on business in the early 1990's just after they drained all the canals and refilled them with dredged white sand to clean them up. Too many people living on sampans dumping directly into the water. They were determined to clean it up and made it a crime punishable by public flogging. The water is now the cleanest you can find anywhere. Almost everyone in the country speaks English since they were once a British colony. Very low crime rate since most serious crimes are punishable by death. Low number of repeat offenders.
51 posted on 06/19/2006 3:06:50 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.)
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To: SJackson

S I G H


52 posted on 06/19/2006 3:11:20 PM PDT by zeaal (SPREAD TRUTH!)
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To: SJackson
he schools here are as good or better than some of the most expensive private schools in Mexico

Well damn if that isn't saying something as KC City schools are some of the lowest performing schools in the country.

53 posted on 06/19/2006 3:22:01 PM PDT by SoftballMominVA
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To: sheana

I heard our emergency rooms here in Houston are fast becoming overwhelmed and overburdened to the point that the service may not survive the flood of illegals and ergo, unpaid bills. And of course, hospitals have to go up and up on what they charge those of us that DO pay, to cover those that do NOT pay. It's just swell. We're already paying the highest insurance rates in the land, due to illegal drivers that get in accidents with no license and no insurance. Not to mention the higher crime rate we've developed over the years from illegal immigration.

This 'illegal' immigration has to stop. I don't care how we do it, but we MUST DO IT NOW.


54 posted on 06/19/2006 3:25:38 PM PDT by XenaLee
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To: SJackson
The bleeding heart MSM will always promote these parasites and thieves untill it starts to cost them.

If we could figure a way to put a tax on the Kansas City Star to support illegals you would see a change in sympathies.

How 'bout a tax of 5 bucks a copy at the printing plant, all proceeds goes to illegals. If the public balks at buying the paper, give it to the employees in lieu of pay and they can peddle 'em to their (illegal) neighbors.

55 posted on 06/19/2006 3:29:58 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Striving to obtain liberal victim status.)
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To: Rakkasan1
This story is so phony---these people are cashing in bigtime on the US taxpayer. They're pocketing all the safety net freebies---PLUS. Read on:

The following briefly explains why illegals creep across the desert and perpetuate the lie about taking so-called "low-pay jobs Americans won't do," and cravenly use their children as a shield to coverup all manner of illegalities and to prevent deportation.

The US taxpayer is subsidizing aliens' every need 24/7, morn til night: Using multiple phony SS #'s, forged documents, and multiple IDs the invaders collect multiple $4500-$5400 EICs from the IRS by declaring several names/jobs - just by going $1 over the income limit. They also line up for EINs, ITINs, Child Tax Credit, Additional Child Tax Credit, welfare and food stamps.

US Taxpayers are subsidizing invaders' daily food intake, housing, reduced mortgages, free medical care, free education, reduced in-state tuition and out of state tuition. We also foot the legal bills when they start suing if we don't provide these goodies pronto......etc., etc, ad infinitum, ad nauseaum.

The 850 pp monstrosity Senate bill (secretly written in El Presidente Vicente Fox's hacienda assisted by reconquista groups) provides that invaders will be paid a prevailing wage, Earned Income Tax credits, medical benefits; housing benefits; WIC; anchor baby citizenship; legal representation and amnesty from back taxes owed.

The Senate atrocity does not meet Constitutional muster b/c Vicente, and the reconquistas, could care less about the US Constitution. They want only to get their greedy hands on the US treasury and to take over the US government with the vote, or by violence, if necessary (their own words and signage at the recent protests).

All of this explains why aliens will do anything, pay anything, endure anything, to sneak over the border to get so-called "low-paying jobs" They have extortion dancing in their criminal heads......plans to rip-off US taxpayers every which way they can.

.....and billions of our tax dollars go back to Mexico where El Presidente Vicente gets a nice chunk of it---and so do the federales in Central and South American banana republics who help their compadres cross the border.

56 posted on 06/19/2006 3:39:24 PM PDT by Liz (The US Constitution is intended to protect the people from the government.)
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They also haven't tried to get welfare checks for the baby, even though she might be eligible. That’s common across the country, as poor immigrants are less likely than their poor U.S.-born counterparts to receive public assistance.

First, they ARE NOT IMMIGRANTS -- they are ILLEGALS. Second, there's millions of very nice hard working poor people all over the world who would love to come here. Why only Mexicans? Are we racist? Why not millions of hard working Chinese? Ten million Chinese, if they agree to vote Republican, would be a welcome addition to the illegals who come in every year. And if Dems object, they'll be the racists. I'm sure poor Chinese would be just as hard working and maybe equally pathetic, yet sympathetic enough to write this kind of story about.

You say you don't want 10 million illegal Chinese immigrants to come here next year? Really, are you a racist?

57 posted on 06/19/2006 3:50:07 PM PDT by GOPJ (Only real pornography in America-so far as liberals are concerned-is political speech-Reactionary)
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To: SJackson

Now that they have been identified as illegals, arrest the propagandist, er reporter, for aiding and abetting them.

Track down the illegals and deport them, they can take the baby with them or put it up for adoption.


58 posted on 06/19/2006 3:51:26 PM PDT by Richard-SIA ("The natural progress of things is for government to gain ground and for liberty to yield" JEFFERSON)
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To: PLK

"If schools barred undocumented children, the family probably would return to Mexico, he said."


59 posted on 06/19/2006 3:53:39 PM PDT by Richard-SIA ("The natural progress of things is for government to gain ground and for liberty to yield" JEFFERSON)
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To: fortunecookie

The "avenue" you seek already exist, the illegals are just line jumpers.

I have friends and relatives who came to the U.S. legally, they REALLY resent the illegal invaders.


60 posted on 06/19/2006 3:57:46 PM PDT by Richard-SIA ("The natural progress of things is for government to gain ground and for liberty to yield" JEFFERSON)
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