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Mexican victims' kin threaten U.S. lawsuit
Los Angeles Daily News ^
| 05-23-2003
| A.P.
Posted on 05/23/2003 6:41:49 AM PDT by boris
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posted on
05/23/2003 6:41:49 AM PDT
by
boris
To: boris
Go ahead and sue. I'd love to see this hit the courts and the government be forced to tighten the borders in order to stop more lawsuits.
To: boris
<"Conditions for immigrants, the humiliations and harassment against them, are massive...." Can anyone find the missing word in the above sentence? How about the word "illegal"? Whew. Let them bring on the lawsuit. That may push our representatives to be more explicit about the significance of "illegal immigration" vs "legal immigration."
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posted on
05/23/2003 6:49:05 AM PDT
by
Theo
To: boris
"How is it possible that a police operator in a country of (millions) of Hispanics doesn't speak a word of Spanish?" he asked. How is is possible that someone trying to use the phone system in a country, where the vast majority speaks English, has no English? I'm sure I'd like to have the 9-1-1 operators speak everything from Arabic to Urdu conversationally but the money that could be used for that training goes to support services for illegal aliens.
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posted on
05/23/2003 6:50:01 AM PDT
by
pikachu
(The REAL script)
To: boris
The bodies of 11 of 19 illegal migrants who died after being locked in a sweltering truck trailer in South Texas arrived in Mexico City late Thursday, as anger mounted and some victims' relatives threatened to sue the United States over the deaths.Um, maybe I'm missing something here. They were "illegal" immigrants, and the U.S. government had nothing to do with their illegal efforts.
"Conditions for immigrants, the humiliations and harassment against them, are massive, grave and unacceptable human-rights violations," said Jose Antonio's cousin, 33-year-old Salvador Villasenor.
Oh, now they're immigrants, as in "legal".
He also said the family planned to allege negligence on the part of U.S. authorities because a Texas dispatcher fielding an emergency cellular phone call from one of the trapped migrants in Spanish was unable to understand it. By the time she found someone to translate, the call had been lost.
"How is it possible that a police operator in a country of (millions) of Hispanics doesn't speak a word of Spanish?" he asked.
Maybe because most Americans speak English? IOW, it's time to cut out the B.S., these are illegal immigrants sneaking into another country and abusing it's sovereignity. Criminy, they have NO rights because they're breaking American law sneaking in, and now it's even demanded that we protect them, speaking their language, while they're breaking our laws.
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posted on
05/23/2003 6:52:27 AM PDT
by
xJones
(And just when you thought things couldn't get weirder....)
To: boris
Which US Government entity is responsible for setting the regulations that wetback-runners are required to comply with?
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posted on
05/23/2003 6:54:09 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Paging Nehemiah Scudder:The Crazy Years are peaking. America is ready for you.)
To: boris
They don't have standing.
In actuality, we can sue them for the cost of health care, rounding them up, and prosecution.
It is against Mexican law to cross the border illegally. Did anybody know that? Hefty fines and long jail terms.
It's high time we started filing lawsuits against the family members of these illegals.
To: Bikers4Bush
Gee - maybe if they had stayed at home and not tried to sneak into a neighboring country illegally they might be alive. Ya think?
To: ImpotentRage
Exactly. I hate these leeches and unfortunately something needs to happen to wake our federal yahoos up and deal with the border problem.
To: boris
It sucks that people died but dont try to sue us because your ignorant masses continue to break our laws and invade our country.
Take it as a warning!
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posted on
05/23/2003 7:00:54 AM PDT
by
Enemy Of The State
(Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.)
To: boris
In this Trial Lawyer mecca I live in, they might just win this case I am sorry to say. The juries down here that are selected by trail lawyers are usaully the brainwashed by the Democrats for generations. They have been known to give out large settlements for lawbreakers such as people that sue car makers for accidents caused by DWIs.
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posted on
05/23/2003 7:05:08 AM PDT
by
The South Texan
(The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCCNN NYLA TIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
To: boris
"Conditions for immigrants, the humiliations and harassment against them, are massive, grave and unacceptable human-rights violations," said Jose Antonio's cousin, 33-year-old Salvador Villasenor."
Is this not the most outrageous statement you've every read? STAY THE HELL IN MEXICO!!!! I hear there's no harassment or humiliation there.
To: Bikers4Bush
Lawsuit: Great. I agree. Let them sue, then pay them a million each, then close the borders for real.
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posted on
05/23/2003 7:07:19 AM PDT
by
ampat
To: Bikers4Bush
Well, MAYBE if the government is made to feel "uncomfortable" something will be done about the illegal hoards. It certainly isn't taking any notice of the hospitals going belly-up, the crime, pollution, health hazards, etc., brought on by these hoards. Perhaps if the government pocketbook is threatened.... This whole issue is so upsetting I could scream.
To: boris
unfriggin believable.
they don't have standing to sue
the dead didn't have clean hands
the US is not responsible party
To: xJones
Um, maybe I'm missing something here. They were "illegal" immigrants, and the U.S. government had nothing to do with their illegal efforts. But that is not exactly true. They are technically illegal but the govt does nothing to stop their efforts in fact it encourages this and the illegals know that they will be welcomed. I actually think the govt does deserve to be sued for ignoring the will of the American people and the constitution and our rule of law. I dont know about you but I dont like corpses lying around the desert.
Or we could do what some amazingly stupid people have suggested and officially tell the 3rd world that we now have open borders.
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posted on
05/23/2003 7:08:12 AM PDT
by
PuNcH
To: ImpotentRage
I wonder if there are any East German engineers from the old Border Guard units who would like a job in the sunny American Southwest? After all those guys knew how to make a border fence that worked .
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posted on
05/23/2003 7:08:55 AM PDT
by
Nebr FAL owner
(.308 "reach out and thump someone " & .50 cal Browning "reach out & CRUSH someone")
To: mabelkitty
It's high time we started filing lawsuits against the family members of these illegals. Under what legal theory are the relatives of these criminals liable for their crimes?
If your brother robs a bank are you responsible for restitution?
To: boris
Mexican air force ?
To: PuNcH
They are technically illegal but the govt does nothing to stop their efforts in fact it encourages this and the illegals know that they will be welcomed. I actually think the govt does deserve to be sued for ignoring the will of the American people and the constitution and our rule of law. I dont know about you but I dont like corpses lying around the desert. I can't argue with that. The dirty little not-so-secret is that our government turns it head and allows illegals to pour across the borders, while still touting "Homeland Security".
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posted on
05/23/2003 7:45:33 AM PDT
by
xJones
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