UrbanBaby

05.27.08, 20:04 PM General Topics
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my friends nanny's husband is being deported. they are illegals and apparently he was working in a mechanics shop ( a large operation ) and about 10 employees were arrested and deported. i have never heard about this in NYC .apparently this is happening more now. wow [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 05.27.08, 08:04 PM Flag

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I do immigration work in Chicago, but just did a continuing education that involved some speakers from NYC and they said the same thing. He will have some time, will have to go through removal proceedings etc. and may have other options. There are good legal aid agencies for immigration, check your phone book or call the local bar association if you want to help. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:08 PM Flag

he said what . that there are more deportations lately? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:09 PM Flag

Yes. People rarely used to get actually deported unless they were in detention, but they are actually removing people from the country more and more often, and these workplace "raids" are sort of a new pheonomenon as well. Usually some disgruntled former empoloyee tips off ICE. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:13 PM Flag

FWIW, I helped my nanny's husband get political asylum here last year (and derivative asylum for nanny and son) and they are now applying for green cards. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:23 PM Flag

that's awful [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:08 PM Flag

why is that awful? they guy is illegal get it? and should not be working . wtf? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:10 PM Flag

it must be nice to be privileged that you have no idea what it's like to have to resort to living as an out of status person in a foreign country. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:11 PM Flag

ita [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:13 PM Flag

save it for obama lady. i dont buy it. i was very poor growing up . i would rather give a job to someome who has the LEGAL right to be here than some person who sends his money elsewhere anyway [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:13 PM Flag

have fun with that, when the price of strawberries quadruples, as well as the cost of your favorite dining experience. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:14 PM Flag

Growing up very poor in the US is very different than growing up very poor in the third world country. Clearly you've been able to improve your lot, something that just isn't possible for millions of people in their own countries. And those jobs? You think a lot of US citizens and residents are clamoring for food delivery jobs? slaughterhouse jobs? migrant worker jobs? dishwasher jobs? jobs that pay less than minimum wage? ha! the fact is that you and everyone in the US benefits every single day from the labour of out of status persons through the availability and low cost of goods and services. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:16 PM Flag

np: is everything this black and white for you? Do you ever eat in a Chinese restaurant? Go into the kitchen. I guarantee you, at least 2/3 of the employees will be undocumented Mexicans. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:12 PM Flag

read today's NYTimes about farmer's not planting crops because they will not be able to hire enough workers to harvest them. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:14 PM Flag

yet another factor in the food shortage [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:17 PM Flag

so should they be there NO . give the job to the guy begging on the corner who needs the money. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:14 PM Flag

he wouldn't take the job if it were offered to him and if he did take it, he wouldn't show up. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:15 PM Flag

you'd rather give the job to the addict, than to some poor working man who wants to support his family? both are issues to be addressed, I admit. And, we need to tighten the boarders, no doubt. but if I had a choice, i'd give it to the honest man. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:15 PM Flag

this is true. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:16 PM Flag

^^^^^arrrrgh. meant for post about farmers not planting crops. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:17 PM Flag

LMAO. Do you have any idea how our economy works? That guy on the corner wouldn't do that job. The illegal workers are NOT taking jobs other people would do, and the employers that employ them would NOT be able to stay in business if they had to pay corner guy minimum wage. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:16 PM Flag

most homelessness is temporary and short-term and people can move on to do at least minimum wage work, many doing far more. long-term, sustained homelessness (the "begging on the street" guy you're probably thinking of) is primarily mental illness-related and I'm pretty sure picking strawberries for $2/hour isn't the best way to deal with that situation. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:18 PM Flag

Working their asses off, by the way, at probably their second or third job scraping your dirty shit off of plates, floors and toilets all across this great land. You are a political puppet who believes every talking point you hear. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:18 PM Flag

every talking point she hears from Republicans, that is. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:19 PM Flag

Idiot. Small minded, fearmongering idiot. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:14 PM Flag

heheheeeeeeeeeeeeee [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:17 PM Flag