Posted on 08/31/2006 7:45:36 PM PDT by Marius3188
CACHAN, France -- For dozens of illegal immigrant families, a gymnasium outside Paris has become a temporary home. They sleep shoulder-to-shoulder, their dingy mattresses piled high with necessities and small treasures: cooking pans, diapers, stuffed animals.
The families, mostly Africans, were evicted from France's largest squat on Aug. 17. Riot police stormed the building _ an abandoned dormitory at a prestigious university _ and forced out more than 500 people. Nearly 30 illegal immigrants were put in detention centers. About 200 went to the cramped, dank gymnasium.
The mass eviction has become a symbol of France's tougher new immigration policy, stoking the debate about how far the government can go to send a sign that illegals are not welcome.
Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, the center-right's likeliest contender in spring presidential elections, argues that France must select its immigrants more carefully, and he has vowed to send home at least 25,000 illegals this year, up from about 20,000 in 2005.
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Arrrggghhhh!!!
Allah Akbar!!
What? France is doing something better than us?
What No Amnesty?
I guess they are getting tired of the number of cars being torched everyday.
They seem to be making sure the illegals stay in their assigned enclaves. Good. No solution though.
Poor situation indeed. But what are stuffed animals? Can't they find any other words for it?
I thought cracking down was deportation?
Okay, I can't believe I'm gonna write this, but here goes...
The French... doing the job the American Government won't do.
{Ducks :}
"..an abandoned dormitory at a prestigious university..."
'Scuse me, but what truly prestigious universities have abandoned dormitories?
Oh, boo hoooo,
Send them some foie gras and some nice charddonay.
To put them to sleep, remind them that Allah u FUBAR!
Never mind about the French citizens and much the historical proof of our Christian heritage, the French illegals must go so this baby won't burn.
Oh and the grapes...don't forget the grapes.
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