Comments on: Immigration Crackdown In Pennsylvania

By: David F. Prenatt, Jr.

David F. Prenatt, Jr. — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:14:48 +0000

While this may not apply to you, the vast majority of people who complain about illegal immigrants are xenophobes who secretly harbor anti-immigrant and anti-minority sentiments. Xenophobes tend to conflate and demonize these three groups of people, and it seems pretty naive for someone to argue that the Hazleton ordinance will not be used to persecute United States citizens and legal residents who happen to be Latinos.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:38:41 +0000

As I’ve noted on this site before, if the incentive (jobs, money, welfare) were taken away we wouldn’t have to deport a single illegal. They would go home on their own.

How to do that? Start by arresting the employers of illegals, and hit them with fines AND imprisonment. That eliminates the jobs and money.

Then make it a crime for a government worker to aid and abet, too (including mayors, commissioners, governors, etc.), with similar penalties, and voila! Problem solved.

By: California Conservative

California Conservative — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 04:41:42 +0000

Shrimp, you hit the nail squarely on the head. Thanks for your comment.

By: Shrimp

Shrimp — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:51:38 +0000

The debate over immigration reform and the inevitable compromise legislation is purely a charade - one aimed at enriching subcontractors and creating the perception that Washington is actually doing something about the problem. The 900 lb. elephant in the room is represented by businesses and individuals who hire the largely unfortunate souls who cross the border risking life and limb to fall into the waiting arms of cost-conscious America.

Politicans find it much more convenient to attack the illegal immigrant than the illegal employer. Democrat or Republican -these “leaders” know which side of their bread is buttered. Entering the country illegally is wrong, no matter how noble the intention. Hiring an illegal alien is a crime being committed daily by Americans who show a blatant disregard for the rule of law.

By: Tom Nelson

Tom Nelson — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:59:25 +0000

I’d rather export (outsource) low-paying jobs than import poor, uneducated immigrants.

Who’s with me?

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:49:03 +0000

I have to agree with Amos, as an American married to a Englishman. The hoops we’ve jumped through for 8 years… and how many more in the future????

You want a better life? Make one in your own country, Americans did here. The whole “better life” argument is sad, and nothing but an excuse. There is NO excuse for Mexico with all of it’s riches and natural resources, not to mention tourist trade to be a third world country.

Honestly,this statement,”make the rest of the planet more like America, not let the third world move in and turn the states into a dump as well,” couldn’t be more true.

By: Amos

Amos — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:58:51 +0000

That may be so, but what we’re talking about is a wave of disorder and crime associated with illegal immegrants. I’m Autralian, university edicated, my own business asn no criminal record, plus I’ve never taken a cent of welfare money. If I wanted a green card? Foreget it, it’s like applying to go up in the goddamn space shuttle.

But if I were a broke, illiterate, spanish-speaking thug fleeing a rape charge in Guatemala I could walk across the border and get an amnesty? Sorry Linda, screw you.

I know most of these people just want a better life but the solution is to make the rest of the planet more like America, not let the third world move in and turn the states into a dump as well.

By: Morning Coffee

Morning Coffee — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:52:06 +0000

Pa. city poised for immigration crackdown

With tensions rising and the police department and municipal budget stretched thin, Hazleton is about to embark on one of the toughest crackdowns on illegal immigrants anywhere in the United States.
Last week the mayor of this former coal town introduc…

By: Linda Taylor

Linda Taylor — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:49:54 +0000

It is not fair to persecute all hispancs because there are a few bad ones around. Some hispanics come here to give there children a better chance in life and then you have those uneducated one who don’t care about anything in this world and are probably fleading from there country for something they did there. I am an American but I have traveled to these poor contries and I have spoken w/ some of the folks who have been living here for year and are just trying to make a living to give there families a better chance at life. They come here to work because there are no jobs in there contries. I also don’t think that hispanics are not the only ones to be comitting crimes around, you are just focusing on them because to you they don’t belong here. I do agree that if a hispaic wants to live in America they should find away to legalize them selves or atleast learn the language. For they are in America.