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Jessica,

 

I know how you feel, since I too worked with immigrants who only wanted to
come here for the opportunities denied them in their own country.  I
recently saw a program about the capture and deportation of illegals from 
south of the border.  In one scene, a young man was waiting to be taken
back across after he had struggled so hard to make it across; he was dusty,
thirsty, hungry, and he was crying as he said (in Spanish), "I just want to
work!"  It just broke my heart, and I started to cry too.  When are
the Anglos like Pat Buchanan and company going to realize that these poor people
form the backbone of the industries on this side in jobs that Americans
won't take?  Ask any owner of a restaurant or cleaning or construction
service or vineyard, orchard, agribusiness, meat-processing business, etc.,
etc., what their business runs on--they would have to admit it is the cheap
labor and hard work of recent Mexican immigrants, many illegal who risked their
lives to get here.

 

Emilie

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Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 6:30
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Subject: RE: [ranchos] Immigration
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I work with migrant
workers in my job. I am appalled sometimes at the amount of difficulties and
prejudices they face. It is virtually impossible for those that are illegal to
become ?legal?. Basically there is a law right now that says if you crossed
the border illegally you can?t change your immigration status. If you try to
and they realize you have been here longer than 6 months then you can be
banned from the country- for three to ten years. Everyone talks about the
problem of so many illegal aliens- no one addresses that it is virtually
impossible to become legal here and it is practically impossible to get a Visa
to come and work here so it is a no win situation for those seeking to just
have a chance at a better life and more opportunities. I could go on but that
is enough of my soap box
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Castanon-Long
Sent: Thursday,
January 26, 2006 12:12 PM
To:
ranchos@yahoogroups.com

style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject: [ranchos] Immigration
standards



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size=2>The immigration issue in the United
States goes beyond the Mexican and
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face="Courier New">Canadian borders.  The quota's for European countries
is much higher
than for Africa,
Asia, Mexico or South America. Granted that times are

much more frightening for many
Americans but this has been going on as

face="Courier New">long as legal immigration has been an issue. If your skin
is light you
have a much easier
time getting into this country legally. Times are

face="Courier New">changing but sadly not on this issue..

Linda in
Everett




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