Free Republic 4th Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $42,806
52%  
Woo hoo!! And now only $124 to reach 53%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: alienilligals

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Ike aftermath lays bare U.S. immigration paradox

    09/19/2008 5:52:09 AM PDT · by stevie_d_64 · 35 replies · 172+ views
    Reuters ^ | Thu Sep 18, 2008 | Carey Gillam
    HOUSTON (Reuters) - The men gather early on street corners here in storm-battered Houston, ready for the jobs they know will come their way, sweeping up broken glass and clearing downed trees and debris from city streets. They speak mostly Spanish, while looking warily at strangers. And these undocumented, also called illegal, immigrants worry that instead of a job and a day's wages, they might instead find themselves arrested and deported. Indeed, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, which left a trail of destruction across southeast Texas, America's ongoing debate over U.S. immigration policy is again aflame. On the one...