What do you think of the IPCO. immigration raid in the news today?
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STANDING OVATION\n\nED4810-When Will Yo STOP Believing The Fruitpicker Lie??\nThere Are NOT 20 Million Illegal Fruitpickers
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quote from cited link\nquote\nsmuggling\nThe US Government estimates that 500,000 illegal migrants are brought into the United States annually by organized alien smuggling networks; another estimated half-million enter without the assistance of alien smugglers. Most illegal migrants enter the United States overland from Mexico or Canada. \nAccording to US Government estimates, some 500,000 to 600,000 illegal migrants who entered the United States in 1999 were Mexican nationals, and another 225,000 were Central American nationals. \nChinese smugglers, known as snakeheads, often move aliens into the United States by maritime vessels, including offshore transfers of migrants, but also transit South and Central America, Mexico, and Canada. The US Government estimates that 30,000 to 40,000 Chinese were smuggled into the United States in 1999. \nAlien smuggling contributes to the broader problem of increasing numbers of foreign nationals illegally resident in the United States, as well as in other relatively prosperous countries, who are straining social and economic resources and contributing to rising crime and anti-immigrant sentiment. Illegal aliens undermine wages and working conditions for legal employees, increasing the potential health and safety risks to the work force. Illegal immigration also increases the burden and cost of some government social programs. \nunquote\n\nhttp://www.fas.org/irp/threat/pub45270chap2.html#4\n\nnote: and stop being so focused on mexico\nhere link topeople smuggling in England\nexerpt from cited link\nquote\nThe illegal immigrants, smuggled in from the Kurdish areas of Turkey, pay between £3,000 and £5,000 for journeys which often take months, said police. \nunquote\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4329374.stm\n\nAND LAST BUT NOT LEAST....ever hear of MS13??\nquote from cited link\nquote\nIn Texas and the Rio Grande area, MS-13 has become particularly profitable.  U.S. and Mexican authorities acknowledge that MS-13 has been heavily involved in drug smuggling and human trafficking operations.  They estimate that there are over 200 active cells (cells are groups of at least 20 members) operating in the states that border Mexico.  Rumors abound concerning high-profile terrorist organizations contacting MS-13 for assistance in crossing borders in these areas.\nunquote\nhttp://www.altereddimensions.net/crime/MS13Gang.htm\n\nIF YOU LOOK AT ONLY ONE LINK...the third one ...about ms13 is most enlightening.\ntoo much focus on Mexicans.\nThere are a whole bunch of other people entering the US illegally.
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Good to know ICE is doing their job..keep up the good work...a good day in the USA...1000 less illegal aliens.\n\nGod Bless The USA...illegals...go home!
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I think the skip day is over hyped.  I think that the day will come and go and other than news coverage of protesters, we won't even notice.  ALL illegals should go home.  I don't care if they are from Ireland, India, Siam, or Mexico.  If you are here illegally you have cut in line in front of someone who wants to come here the legal way.  NO WAY should anyone be rewarded for doing that.  Rewarding illegal immigration will only encourage more illegal immigration.  The ones legalized will no longer work for cheap wages which will open the door for new illegals, who will expect the same, "citizen status" in time.
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Yes, I love it!  I look on the internet news daily for more stories like the one about the mayor of Hazelton, PA, or Sheriff Joe in Arizona, or big unexpected roundups of illegals in different cities.  It does my heart proud to see the citizens of the USA standing up against this injustice that the government has allowed to occur and get out of hand - illegal immigration.  I believe the power of the American citizens is now snowballing against illegal immigration and whether the Federal Government wants to or not, they are going to have to listen to the people whom they work for, and act accordingly.  The days of the freebies and handouts for illegal immigrants are quickly coming to an end and the smart ones will start planning their own voluntary self-deportations now, rather than wait until they are found and shipped out, possibly leaving family members behind in the USA.  Better they start planning and get themselves organized for an orderly return to their home countries before they get caught by immigration officials or the police or their landlord or their employer.  This way, if they have lived cleanly in the USA so far, without committing further offences since they first illegally came over the border, they have a hope of returning legally one day, if they go home now and apply to immigrate to the USA through the proper procedures.  WAKE UP ILLEGALS!  Do yourselves and your families a favour and return yourselves in an orderly fashion now, while you still can.  Otherwise, don't cry and whine when you get caught and shipped out on a moment's notice, when you aren't ready.  The jig is up!  Amnesty is NOT coming!!  Wake up and smell the coffee!
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hmmm.....don't see many of the regulars answering this question/statement do you.\n\nanother aspect of this immigration topic we have yet to pick the scab off.\n\nI love it.\n\nOh but I have to add....they are all going to post quickly with "illegal".....though that had nothing to do with the question.....that is going to be your basic answer.\n\nLMAO\n\ngood post!
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Yes I have heard of this, and it scares me. It's time for people to get over their apathy and denial and start paying attention to what is going on here. I've been saying for the last two months that this whole "immigration reform" treadmill debate and "bill" is nothing more than blanket amnesty and a thinly vieled way to open our borders wide up. And now not only is the truth coming out, but it's FAR worse than I even thought it would be.\n\nPresident Bush, with NO Congressional authority or public disclosure, signed the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America along with the president of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Canada. The plan is to effectively MERGE Canada, Mexico, and the United States into one super-state with an "common security perimeter." It's RIGHT there, hidden in plain site, on our own government website (http://www.spp.gov/).\n\nThousands of homes are going to be illegally seized, citing 'imminent domain,' for a massive North American super-highway that will eventually stretch from Alaska, through Canada, as far South as Chile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/trans-texas... It's going to be controlled by international corporations, and patrolled by International police.\n\nNorth American Union law and the North American Supreme Court are going to SUPERCEDE our own court systems.\n\nREAD the Council on Foreign Relations plan, which is already being implemented:\n\nhttp://www.cfr.org/publication/8102/...\n\nThey call for all three countries to be fully integrated by 2010, and they also call for an additional "North American Tax" on EVERY working citizen.\n\nOur ancestors DIED for American Sovereignty, and without telling Congree, and without the support of the American people, our government is giving that sovereignty away in the name of bullshit "national security," massive corporations, cheap labor, and world control.\n\nCanadians should be equally horrified of this.\n\nYour Prime Minister, Stepher Harper, is in bed SO deeply with the Bush Adminstration, the CFR, and mega-corporations that it's just downright scary.\n\nCanada even had their own recent bullshit "terror scare."\n\n17 "extremists" planned to blow up Toronto and behead the beloved Prime Minister.\n\nThey were arrested and not allowed to speak to anybody.\n\nThe Canadian government spent two weeks talking about their evil plan, with no real evidence to back it up.\n\nThen what happens?\n\nNews starts getting out that the case against these men is awful.\n\nWhat does Canada do?\n\nThey BAN the media, under threat of prison, from even mentioning the case.\n\nThe trial will be held in a secret location under a Canadian government tribunal, with their own hand-picked 'jurors" -- and the media will not be allowed access to any of it (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticl...\n\nWhat will it take for people to end their denial and wake up to what's going on around us?\n\nAmerica, and soon the entire continent, is falling to straight-up tyranny.\n\nAnd because our government is hand-in-hand with the corporate mainstream media, everyone assumes it's not happening.\n\nOpen your history books.\n\nThis is nothing new.\n\nIt has happened time and time and time again throughout history, and it's happening as we speak.\n\nYour choices are simple:\n\n1) Educate yourself, and do EVERYTHING in your power to let others know what is going on.\n2) Maintain an "I'll believe it when I see it" attitude, and finally be convinced when it's too late to change things.\n\nAnd it's pretty obvious what will probably happen next.\n\nThe United States is going to be hit by another massive "terrorist attack," maybe multiple attacks at the same time, and then FEMA is going to order the National Guard and local police to go door to door and confiscate the guns of every single law-abiding citizen in the country.\n\n
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yes they are  A Bunch of Hypocrites\n\ni think we should adopt some of their immigration border polices !
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That is disappointing, to say the least.  Disgusting, actually.  I am thinking the so-called new energy into "enforcement" of the immigration laws are just lip service to pacify the American citizens who want to think the borders are being sealed and the government is actually doing it's very best to prevent illegal immigration.  I think whoever was the person in Immigration who told the sheriff to let them go should be forced to answer for this and he should lose his job to someone who will do the job he is being paid to do!
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I feel badly that they spent money, risked their lives and came all the way to the home of the free and the brave looking for the American dream, only to be arrested for doing so. It sucks for them. It really does. However, I also fully and wholeheartedly support the efforts of the INS and any other law enforcement agency who "sweeps away" illegal immigrants. There is immigration, and ILLEGAL immigration. There is a difference. There is a reason. I support immigration. My grandparents immigrated here not only from other countries, but other continents.Legally. My wife is an immigrant. She came here legally. My best friend married a lady he met and fell in love with while on deployment. Then had to extend his tour of duty in a war zone for 2 years waiting for permission to bring her here. Legally. Channels. Law. Rules. Regulations. I broke the law once. I went to prison for 4 years. I ask no one to feel sorry for me. And I find it hard to feel sorry for those who have to pay whatever the price may be for their own crimes. In this case, the crime is the same as tresspassing. If I enter your home without permission, I'm breaking the law. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER. The only thing that saddens me, is that they were here illegally in the first place. They could have followed the rules, and lived without fear of retribution, arrest, and deportation.
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Congressman Tancredo is going to hold hearings on this, so I assume we will all hear more about it.  I think it is disturbing it was kept so secret here.  Apparently in Canada it isn't a secret at all.  They post the working group identities on their governmental web page.
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FANTASTIC POST!\n\nI have heard of it and found it online after attending the May I, Illegal Rally.  The illegals were chanting AZTLAN for about five minutes and, after discovering what THAT meant, we continued to research and to our horror, realized that this is a MEXICAN INVASION!\n\nTherefore, no amnesty for anyone.
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I feel like I am going to be hunted down, right in my own country. I have to add that a lot of legal hispanics are against illegal immigration too. My neighbor who lives in a double was furious the other day, the other side of his house was rented out to illegals, a drug bust went on, he's dominican and he is legal, has been since birth. He has two small children, so you could just imagine what he was saying about illegals. I do think illegals are invading the country, I dont think they could ever over run it, even if there is a large latino ratio, there are still thousands of legal latinos that are p!ssed just like any other race. Just not so many on here of course!
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I'm am definitely taking off may 1st!\nAnd my aunt who owns a large grocery store, a restaurant, and a wholesale distribution warehouse is closing all her businesses for that day!!!she's very wealthy, and she's supporting it alot! I think alot of employers are going to be out boycotting!!! \nso,shake that off racists!\n\nAlot of the people on here leaving rude messages are just jealous because alot of the illegals work harder than them and they feel guilty and scared that harder working people are going to achieve more!\n\nlazy mentality!
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Ludicrous idea.  Next thing you know these politicians will label these folks as "livelihood-terrorists".  What harm exactly are these immigrants causing?  If anything, they're keeping the economy rolling right along.
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I agree completely.  The corporations are at the top of this food chain here.  They need to be hit hard with the strong arm of the law in order to cut off the jobs to illegals so the illegal immigrants will turn around and return home voluntarily.
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The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration. The actions of President Bush are prompting the exodus among left-leaning citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, and agree with Bill O'Reilly. \n\nCanadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, animal-rights activists, and Unitarians crossing their fields at night. \n\n"I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota. "The producer was cold, exhausted and hungry." \n\n"He asked me if I could spare a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn't have any, he left. Didn't even get a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?" \n\nIn an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. So he tried installing speakers that blare Rush Limbaugh across the fields. "Not real effective," he said. "The liberals still got through, and Rush annoyed the cows so much they wouldn't give milk." \n\nOfficials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals near the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons, drive them across the border and leave them to fend for themselves. \n\n"A lot of these people are not prepared for rugged conditions," an Ontario border patrolman said. "I found one carload without a drop of drinking water. They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet, though." \n\nWhen liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have been circulating about the Bush administration establishing re-education camps in which liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer and watch NASCAR races. \n\nIn recent days, liberals have turned to sometimes-ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have taken to posing as senior citizens on bus trips to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans disguised in powdered wigs, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior-citizen passengers on Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney hits to prove they were alive in the '50s. \n\n"If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we get suspicious about their age," an official said. \n\nCanadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage and renting all the good Susan Sarandon movies. \n\n"I feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can't support them," an Ottawa resident said. "How many art-history majors does one country need?" \n\nIn an effort to ease tensions between the United States and Canada, Vice President Dick Cheney met with the Canadian ambassador and pledged that the administration would take steps to reassure liberals, a source close to Cheney said. \n\n"We're going to have some Peter, Paul & Mary concerts. And we might put some endangered species on postage stamps. The President is determined to reach out," he said.