http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/immigrants/ en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:58:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415689/posts LANTANA, Florida — It started with a cough, a cool-season hack that refused to go away. Then came the fevers. They bathed and chilled the skinny frame of Oswaldo Juarez, a 19-year-old Peruvian visiting to study English. His lungs clattered, his chest tightened and he ached with every gasp. During a wheezing fit at 4 a.m., Juarez felt a warm knot rise from his throat. He ran to the bathroom sink and spewed a mouthful of blood. I'm dying, he told himself, "because when you cough blood, it's something really bad." It was really bad, and not just for him.... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415689/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:58:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407700/posts Life is full of ironies. Europe’s immigration revolution was caused by two major developments, and both had hugely ironic results. Europe’s Holocaust complex and sense of self-hatred following the Nazi horror led to a reactive obsession with racism as the ultimate evil, which led, ironically, to large-scale immigration from among the most anti-Semitic countries on earth, widespread “anti-Zionism” in Europe, and an increase in hate crimes against Jews across the continent. The second factor was the sexual revolution, the decline of church attendance, the invention of the Pill, the 1967 Abortion Act and the increase in female employment, which caused... Telegraph Blogs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407700/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:38:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400624/posts Updates in the BARNETT v OBAMA case in Judge Carter's court: Request for investigation of misconduct in legal proceedings, submission of perjured affidavits, submission of a letter to court by an attorney with improper purpose of covering up criminal activity and obstruction of justice, withholding evidence by attorneys, and US attorneys acting under conflict of interest From 11.11.09. to 11.22.09. I had the honor to be a delegate at the Continental Congress 2009. One of the guest speakers for the Continental Congress was a former Immigration officer and currently a private investigator in CO, Mr. John Samson. I have stated... FR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400624/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:05:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398195/posts An update from Oklahoma : Oklahoma law passed, 37 to 9, had a few liberals in the mix, an amendment to place the Ten Commandments on the front entrance to the state capitol. The feds in D.C., along with the ACLU, said it would be a mistake. Hey this is a conservative state, based on Christian values...! HB 1330 Guess what.......... Oklahoma did it anyway. Oklahoma recently passed a law in the state to incarcerate all illegal immigrants, and ship them back to where they came from unless they want to get a green card and become an American citizen.... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398195/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 04:46:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396294/posts Being a new immigrant myself, it is irking to witness other new immigrants- complaining about living in America. Seriously, with such unhappiness, why not just pack up and leave? Learning from the History of America the early immigrants had their own obstacles to overcome and managed to idealize their own beliefs into the American way of living and their success inspired others to follow suits. However, the new Immigrants argued because the European origins of the early immigrants had no cultural barriers on the American landscape, which simplified their assimilation. These “complainers” whine because European culture has become standard for... The Collins Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396294/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:50:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393160/posts A special council created by the governor of Massachusetts to help illegal immigrants integrate into society has come up with more than 100 recommendations, including a costly idea that was solidly rejected by the legislature a few years ago. Among the suggestions offered by Governor Deval Patrick’s advisory council are granting illegal immigrants driver’s licenses and discounted, in-state tuition at public colleges. In 2006 the Massachusetts legislature rejected a measure that would have given the heavily reduced tuition perk to illegal aliens who had graduated from a state high school. In all, the governor’s council offered 131 policy recommendations—labeled New... judicial watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393160/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:47:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392073/posts Fifty-one people -- nearly all illegal immigrants -- are facing a "life-or-death limbo" after a cash-strapped Atlanta charity hospital decided it must stop providing them free kidney dialysis treatments that were costing the hospital (or rather taxpayers) $50,000 per year. That's according to a heart-rending article in Saturday's New York Times about the “excruciating choices” faced by Atlanta's Grady hospital upon closing its outpatient dialysis unit. Over the years, the unit has been overrun by illegal immigrants, and it has thus become a major financial drain on the “taxpayer-supported safety-net hospital,” the Times explained in its lengthy article: "The Breaking... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392073/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:03:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391384/posts Each had crossed the border years before, smuggled across the desert by a coyote, never imagining the journey would lead to a drab and dusty clinic on the ninth floor of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Some knew before the crossing that they had diabetes or lupus or high blood pressure, but it was only after they arrived that their kidneys began to fail. To survive, they needed dialysis at a cost of about $50,000 a year, which their sporadic work as housekeepers, painters and laborers could not begin to cover. Rosa Palma de Gamez, Rosa Lira and Fidelia G.... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391384/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:35:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389252/posts Over the past two decades, Ricardo Dominguez has been utilizing electronics and the internet to piss off just about every high-level administrative authority in the US. In the late 90s, his performance-art-cum-activist organization the Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT) set up a participatory website-jamming network called the FloodNet system, which allowed anyone with an internet connection to gum up the official sites of the US Border Patrol, White House, G8, Mexican embassy, and others, rendering them inaccessible. The Department of Justice retaliated with an electronic attack on the EDT that aimed to destabilize the group and interrupt their online meddling. As... Viceland.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389252/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:57:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378324/posts Italians reacted with outrage on Tuesday after a European court ruled that displaying crucifixes in the country's schools violated the principle of secular education. Italy's education minister condemned the judgment by the European Court of Human Rights, saying that the Christian cross was a symbol of the country's Roman Catholic religion and cultural identity. Mariastella Gelmini, a member of the conservative government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, argued that "no one, and certainly not an ideological European court, will succeed in erasing our identity," Other ministers said they were appalled by the ruling, calling it "absurd," "shameful" and "offensive." Generations... yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378324/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:24:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376010/posts As immigrants’ rights groups are pressing President Barack Obama to step up efforts at comprehensive reform this year, one prominent member of Obama’s cabinet is acknowledging that the economic downturn has made legalization of illegal immigrants tougher to sell to the American public. “When unemployment is up, anything that looks like you’re taking jobs away from …people who are lawfully here—citizens of the United States—is going to meet a lot of resistance,” Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said during an exchange with reporters Tuesday morning. The homeland security chief and former Arizona governor said the economic slump may also have... Capitol News Company http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376010/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 19:07:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375998/posts San Francisco has long prided itself on being a “sanctuary city” that refuses to work with federal authorities to identify and deport illegal immigrants. But now city officials are arguing over how far that policy should go when some of those illegal immigrants are charged with murder and other serious crimes. New Rasmussen Reports national telephone polling finds that most Americans oppose sanctuary cities and think their policies lead to an increase in crime. A solid plurality say such cities, including New York, Washington, D.C. and many others, should lose government funding because of their sanctuary policies. Given consistent findings... Rasmussen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375998/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:53:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373788/posts PAPILLION -- A missionary from Chile has pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of sexual assault of a 16-year-old boy. Sarpy County prosecutors had charged 23-year-old Claudio Gonzalez with forcible first-degree sexual assault, a felony. But after a deal with prosecutors, on Monday Gonzalez pleaded no contest and was found guilty of misdemeanor sexual assault of an incompetent person. Gonzalez faces up to a year in jail at sentencing, which was set for Dec. 17. Authorities say Gonzalez sexually assaulted a 16-year-old boy who had passed out on a hotel room bed in La Vista after drinking some alcohol... Journalstar.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373788/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:17:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370183/posts When Obama first started his presidential campaign... I really didn’t believe that the American People could be hoodwinked into following someone with basically nothing more to offer than raw emotion, a gift for public speaking, and a thinly veiled socialist agenda... How could that possibly work in America? I understand the discontent with the previous administration, but, this seemed to be a little extreme. Then I noticed that the Children of America were following the Pied Piper of Hamlet playing his magic flute from behind the teleprompter and it caught my attention... Where is this guy leading them? So, I... The Big Sky Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370183/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:41:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2365107/posts LONDON – The head of the World Council of Churches has called upon Christians to live out the core message in Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan and treat others as their neighbors. The Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia was speaking at the opening of the WCC’s conference on the response of churches to racism and other forms of discrimination and exclusion. Pointing to the unprecedented gains of anti-immigration parties in the recent European Parliament election, Kobia warned that racism was “still alive” in the world. He urged some 50 church leaders and theologians convening in Utrecht, in the Netherlands, to... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2365107/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:30:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362504/posts Colorado Democrats plan to take another run at a bill that would provide reduced tuition to the children of illegal immigrants by creating a new class of tuition that would not require state subsidies. Sen. Paula Sandoval, D-Denver, said the measure, billed as the "Workforce Development and Unsubsidized Tuition Act," is a compromise that would avoid the pitfalls of the four or five previous failed attempts at passing legislation by creating a new, third tuition rate. Miklosi said the act would create educational opportunities for 200 to 500 children of illegal immigrants the first year and thousands more over the... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362504/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:26:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359477/posts It was shortly after midnight, and the Fairfax County couple were fast asleep in their quiet Oak Hill neighborhood. That's when three shadowy figures suddenly began pummeling them -- and one was wielding a machete. The beating became bloody. Then the silent home invaders left. That's when the homeowner screaming for help out the window of his second-floor master bedroom sparked calls to 911, and then an intense police investigation that resulted in the arrests of two men and the ongoing search for a third, Fairfax police said Friday. Police think that the couple's 23-year-old daughter complained to some friends... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359477/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:03:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357886/posts SAN FRANCISCO -- The Obama administration has repealed a rule that would have threatened employers with prosecution unless they fired workers whose Social Security numbers did not match entries in a government database, ending a two-year battle in a San Francisco federal court. Although the Department of Homeland Security formally withdrew the "no-match" rule Wednesday, the administration is supporting another program enabling employers to check workers' names against electronic records that are supposed to screen out illegal immigrants. That program, E-Verify, is voluntary for most employers but mandatory for the 170,000 companies holding federal contracts and for their subcontractors. This... SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357886/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:18:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2357236/posts Fort Bragg soldiers and Central Asian immigrants staged courtships and marriages to reap the benefits America gives those who get hitched, according to federal investigators. The scheme has landed the several young soldiers and three foreign brides in the hot seat. This week, two of the soldiers and one of the brides pleaded guilty to marriage fraud in federal court; the crime could land each in prison for as long as five years. The arrangements were tempting. By marrying an American, the women, immigrants of Russia and nearby countries, could stay in the United States indefinitely. The soldiers, young single... NewsObserver.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2357236/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 02:00:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355975/posts Illegal Immigrants To Be Held In Former Hotels Nursing homes would also be used as Napolitano aims to reform detention Oct . 6, 2009 WASHINGTON - Illegal immigrants awaiting deportation would be confined according to the risk they may pose under a new plan being proposed by the homeland security secretary. Former hotels, nursing homes and other sites would be used to hold nonviolent, non-criminal immigrants as part of a larger plan to reform immigration detention, according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press. The alternative sites are intended to cut the costs of detaining immigrants, which reached nearly... APReport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355975/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:20:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355985/posts In general, how does this country handle illegal immigrants? Too harshly Too leniently About right aol.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355985/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:26:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350095/posts For the first time, the decennial census will be distributed in the two languages to 13.5 million households in predominantly Spanish-speaking neighborhoods. Latino advocates hope the forms will lead to a more accurate count by winning over the trust of immigrants who are often wary of government and may be even more fearful after the recent surge in immigration raids and deportations. CNSNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350095/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:47:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346970/posts <p>Deputies say the four Chinese citizens were inside the van along with the driver, a resident of Mexico City. By Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) _ Authorities say a traffic stop in a Phoenix suburb has led to the detention of four Chinese citizens suspected of entering the country illegally.</p> kfyi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346970/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:22:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2343688/posts On September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists murdered nearly three thousand in a quest to bring the United States to its knees.   Today, however, million of illegal aliens are bringing American to its knees in a much different way. They are exploding spending in health care, welfare, education and if steps are not taken soon, they will bring the US economy to the brink of collapse.   The United States was created with immigrants poured into a melting pot that made us the envy of the world. Even today in the economic unrest and uncertainty, people around the world still... The Woodward Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2343688/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:58:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340846/posts Health care and illegal immigrants They were the words heard 'round the world. "You lie!" That was Rep. Joe Wilson's retort to President Obama's statement last week that his health care reforms would not insure illegal immigrants. The president had said, in his address to Congress, "There are also those who claim that our reform efforts would insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false. The reforms -- the reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally." That's when the gentleman from South Carolina shouted that the president was lying. He later apologized. The House voted... The Salt LakeTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340846/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:42:00 GMT