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1 researchok  Wed, Jun 22, 2011 8:14:50pm

I read that earlier today. It is a moving account, for sure.

Of course, he was 12 when he came here. only a child. He isn’t ‘guilty’ of anything really. He did what he did to survive.

That said, there are hordes of adults who make conscious decisions to come here illegally and that in turn slows down the process for those who follow the rules.

I don’t have any any answers but something has to be done to address the issue of illegal immigration.

2 Stan the Demanded Plan  Wed, Jun 22, 2011 8:25:31pm

re: #1 researchok

I read that earlier today. It is a moving account, for sure.

Of course, he was 12 when he came here. only a child. He isn’t ‘guilty’ of anything really. He did what he did to survive.

That said, there are hordes of adults who make conscious decisions to come here illegally and that in turn slows down the process for those who follow the rules.

I don’t have any any answers but something has to be done to address the issue of illegal immigration.

Let them in on easy work permits is my answer. Read earlier about the crops unpicked in GA.

Otherwise, the Dream Act should absolutely be approved. These kids. great contributors to our country.

3 Obdicut  Thu, Jun 23, 2011 1:30:11am

re: #1 researchok


That said, there are hordes of adults who make conscious decisions to come here illegally and that in turn slows down the process for those who follow the rules.

How does the presence of illegal immigrants slow down the process for legal immigrants?

4 researchok  Thu, Jun 23, 2011 2:53:34am

re: #3 Obdicut

How does the presence of illegal immigrants slow down the process for legal immigrants?

Resources (money) that could be spent on expediting legal immigration programs are used to deal with illegal immigration.

5 BishopX  Thu, Jun 23, 2011 7:31:21am

re: #4 researchok

Resources (money) that could be spent on expediting legal immigration programs are used to deal with illegal immigration.

Legal immigration isn’t limited by the funds or staff available to process applications. It’s limited to a certain number of people per year by law. Reduced need for immigration enforcement would do nothing to increase the number of green cards available.

The US grants between 500,000 and 750,000 green cards to family members of American citizens and permanent residents per year. Of this 300,000-500,000 of this are uncapped visas for spouses parents and minor children of US citizens over the age of 21. The other 225,000 are broken down by category (e.g. siblings of U.S. citizens get 65,000 while unmarried children get 23,400 visas). These categories have a backlog of 4 to 23 years, depending on status and country of origin. In addition to the family visas there are 80,000 visa for skilled professionals, 40,000 for multinational executives and scientific luminaries, 70,000 for refugees, 50,000 green cards for investors who invest at least $500,000 in certain targeted areas (e.g.Alabama) and 50,000 visas to winners of the diversity lottery. The last lottery DV2010 had 13 million applicants for those 50,000 spots.

The only way the immigration numbers are going to rise is through acts of congress.

6 wrenchwench  Thu, Jun 23, 2011 8:30:50am

Out of efficiency, I’ll just repeat my comment from Alouette’s Page of this:

Stories like this make me fully in favor of 100% AMNESTY! I really don’t give a fuck if it means we will forever have people trying to get here without regard to legality. We have that anyway, and we can’t turn it off without ruining the country.

Here’s another one.

The last time Aparicio saw his native home in Mexico City he was only 15. He was brought to the United States by a smuggler, who was paid by Aparicio’s grandmother. So he hopes that a miracle happens and he’s allowed to stay.

“All my life is here,” he explains. “So I don’t know what I would do if I have to go back.”

As of now he has to be ready to leave the country on Friday, unless he receives an extension so he can keep fighting his case.

He was deported Monday.

7 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jun 23, 2011 8:43:36am

Some Alabama churches are lining up against the law. The Methodists have taken the lead, but the Catholic hierarchy, which has the biggest dog in this fight, has been largely uninspiring.

[Link: times-journal.com…]

8 wrenchwench  Thu, Jun 23, 2011 2:21:52pm

Here’s some more about Vargas:

[…]

Until last week, Vargas’s article was scheduled to run in The Post’s Outlook section.

Vargas approached his old newspaper in March with the idea of writing a personal account of his immigration and work history. The story underwent multiple drafts and was on the verge of being published Sunday. The newspaper sent a photographer, Bonnie Jo Mount, to New York to take pictures of Vargas to accompany his piece.

But Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli killed the story several days before it was scheduled to be published.

[….]


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