I couldn’t find anyone else to B!@!# at tonight, so here I am. LOL! It’s getting bad! And hardly anyone is paying attention. The media is reporting nothing on immigration issues, except proclaiming Sonia S. the second coming of the Virgin Mary.
More:
Tribe calls drug-smuggling arrests a crisis
Jul. 19, 2009 http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/07/19/20090719b6filler0719.html
[snip]
The percentage of suspected drug smugglers arrested by Tohono O’odham police who are tribal members has increased 60-fold in the past two decades......Mexican drug smugglers “flash cash to them, and once they get sucked in, it’s hard to get out,” said Tohono O’odham Police Chief Joe Delgado.
Little-known visas free immigrants from abuse
(AMNESTY BY STEALTH!)
The Oregonian - Saturday July 18, 2009, 5:51 PM
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/littleknown_visas_free_immigra.html
[snip] Only recently has the government started approving the “T” and “U” visas, although the law meant to protect undocumented immigrants who are victims of crime has been in place for nine years. Thousands of such visa petitions have been filed across the country, including 200 by Portland-area lawyers.
The sudden flurry of approvals — several dozen were granted in Portland just last month — illustrates the Obama administration’s move toward protecting illegal immigrants exposed to abuses at home and in the workplace instead of prosecuting and deporting them.
Backlog of applicants - Congress created two new nonimmigrant visa categories with the passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. (Republicans & Dems, nearly unanimous, signed and pushed by Bush-—pre 9/11, but it keeps getting renewed!)
The T visa provides legal status for victims of trafficking, including those who are recruited for labor or services through force, fraud or coercion. (THAT is most of them...amnesty by stealth!)
The U visa is designated for victims of crimes such as murder, assault, rape and sexual exploitation. The criminal activity must violate U.S. laws and/or occur in the United States.
Both visas allow applicants to secure legal status and a work permit for four years, ***********as well as petition for certain family members.***************
But U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials recently announced they intend to use the 10,000 visas available this fiscal year to reduce the backlog. This year, more than 1,600 U visas have been granted, many of them in recent months.
Critics say the system could be abused by illegal immigrants who report bogus crimes to get the visas.
“Having a green card at the end of the process as a guarantee makes it more likely for people to submit fraudulent applications,” said Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies.
(remarks are mine)
“Critics say the system could be abused by illegal immigrants who report bogus crimes to get the visas”
Time to summon Captain Obvious........