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CA: Anxiety for immigrants
SJ Mercury News ^ | 01/04/03 | Jessie Mangaliman and Matthai Chakko Kuruvila

Posted on 01/04/2003 7:56:01 AM PST by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/13/2004 3:30:07 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

With a deadline less than a week away, immigrant community leaders say they're worried that visitors from Afghanistan, Lebanon and 11 other countries may not register as part of a new national security program because they fear they'll be detained or deported.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: anxiety; immigrants
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``I'm a little bit nervous because I have not been through anything like this,'' said Ali Issa, 22, a Lebanese student who stood in line early Friday morning outside the INS office in San Jose, accompanied by his uncle, Sami Deeb of San Jose.

Issa, who has a valid visa and will start his freshman year at Gavilan College in Gilroy later this month, registered without problems Friday.
1 posted on 01/04/2003 7:56:01 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Okay, they're nervous. What of it? I'm nervous too.
2 posted on 01/04/2003 8:03:46 AM PST by jimtorr
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To: NormsRevenge
The government has defended the crackdown, noting that three of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers were in the United States on expired visitor visas. Among those detained last month were a handful of men with outstanding arrest warrants and a few convicted felons who face deportation because of their crimes.

Why, exactly, do we have to defend cracking down on illegals? It should have been done long ago. Illegals have no rights because they are here illegally, what's so hard about that?

3 posted on 01/04/2003 8:05:39 AM PST by xJones
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To: NormsRevenge
controversial

That good old code word liberal reporters slip into a piece to describe anything they don't agree with.

4 posted on 01/04/2003 8:06:10 AM PST by second_half_recovery
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To: NormsRevenge
Comments like these convince me that these people do not, and never will, understand what 'democracy; or even 'society' actually mean:

"It shakes the fundamental ways of thinking about democracy and civil liberties,' said Waheed Momand, executive director of the Afghan Coalition."

He thinks that civil liberties mean his kind can break laws, plot to conceal terrorists, ignore the rights of others, and any interference is a denial of 'democracy'? Or perhaps worse, he thinks 'democracy' is a free ride?

I picture these people as being one of only two types, those who were unwilling to take sides in their own country and ran away and those who did take sides and are here in order to advance an islamist agenda. Either way, unless we need them for some specific skill or purpose, and unless they follow the rules and assimilate to OUR society, they should be elsewhere.

5 posted on 01/04/2003 8:19:37 AM PST by norton
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To: madfly
ping!!!
6 posted on 01/04/2003 8:21:18 AM PST by Sparta
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To: norton
My idea of Democracy and Waheed's idea of Democracy ain't the same! I don't believe that one should come from some third-world mudhole, where one rides burros and bicycles, (and where freedom is an alien concept); and proceed to tell me how I should accept one's un-willingness to learn the language, acculturate, and become an American Citizen, (while I pay for one's welfare benefits)! If you don't like the way we live, "get the falafel-out!"
7 posted on 01/04/2003 9:03:31 AM PST by old school
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To: Sparta
WHY aren't they checking for those who haven't registerd for Selective Service??? Or is this another law that has been relegated to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" file???

Who Must Register With The Selective Service?
All male U.S. citizens must register with the Selective Service within 30 days of their 18th birthday.

Male lawful permanent residents (green card holders), refugees, parolees, and asylees must register within 30 days of their 18th birthday or within 30 days of their arrival in the U.S. if age 18 through 25.

Undocumented aliens are required to register.

Why Must I Register With The Selective Service?
It is the law. Willful failure to comply with registration requirements is a felony which may be punishable by imprisonment for up to five years and a fine of up to $250,000.

Failure to register may be cause for denial of permanent residency (green card) and citizenship.

Many state and federal programs, including student financial aid, job training, and government employment, require proof of registration.

8 posted on 01/04/2003 9:19:52 AM PST by madfly
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To: NormsRevenge; Free the USA; B4Ranch; Tancredo Fan; Marine Inspector; Ajnin; agitator; Tancred; ...
ping
9 posted on 01/04/2003 9:22:28 AM PST by madfly
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To: ME4W
bttt
10 posted on 01/04/2003 9:23:20 AM PST by madfly
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To: Uncle Bill; JackelopeBreeder; FITZ
ping
11 posted on 01/04/2003 9:24:07 AM PST by madfly
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To: All
bttt
12 posted on 01/04/2003 9:24:48 AM PST by madfly
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To: madfly
Thanks for the pIng ;-P

asylee :-?
13 posted on 01/04/2003 9:25:54 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
sorry . . .asylee?
14 posted on 01/04/2003 9:28:37 AM PST by madfly
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To: old school
bttt
15 posted on 01/04/2003 9:29:36 AM PST by junta
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To: madfly
Male lawful permanent residents (green card holders), refugees, parolees, and asylees must register within 30 days of their 18th birthday or within 30 days of their arrival in the U.S. if age 18 through 25.

LOL.. insane asylees or political asylees? Sorry , the word caught my eye.

Thanks for the reminder of what the Law IS with respect to all Male lawful permanent residents and others legally residing in this country.
16 posted on 01/04/2003 9:33:08 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Ok, lol, I thought it was an anagram.

Thanks for the reminder of what the Law IS with respect to all Male lawful permanent residents and others legally residing in this country.

and illegally, no?

17 posted on 01/04/2003 9:38:05 AM PST by madfly
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To: NormsRevenge
asylee

DEFINITION: 
A no account illegal alien who has a lawyer and is using fraudulent cliams and our asylum laws to worm his way in here.

 

18 posted on 01/04/2003 9:39:27 AM PST by dennisw
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19 posted on 01/04/2003 9:53:17 AM PST by madfly
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To: madfly
I wonder how many of those whining about not getting free college have registered?
20 posted on 01/04/2003 9:54:27 AM PST by FITZ
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