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Re: Illegal immigrants, illegal education?

j1c2kp — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:53:07 -0400

The head honchos in NC don't wish to do anything substantial about illegal aliens partly because of the powerful agriculture lobby. By golly who would work at the slaughter plants and who would tend the gazillion hogs, turkeys and chickens in NC if the leaders actually got tough on illegal aliens and enforced the law? Maybe ICE should start going to the factory farms.

Re: Illegal immigrants, illegal education?

lccat — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:18:19 -0400

The decision by DEMOCRAT Governor Mike Easley and DEMOCRAT Martin Lancaster to force North Carolina Community Colleges to accept ILLEGALS will not only cost the citizens of North Carolina but will cost most Democrats at the polls in 2008. It is difficult for me to believe that the Governor is a member of the same Democrat Party as Rep. Heath Shuler’s, the author of the Pro American Citizen "SAVE" Act! It is my understanding that Democrats at the state level have made this decision, have blocked almost all enforcement legislation in the General Assembly, issued hundreds of thousands of licenses to ILLEGALS, and have pushed for other benefits for ILLEGALS and their supporting groups.

Re: Illegal immigrants, illegal education?

lccat — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:51:23 -0400

In the meantime as the ILLEGALS receive "their" education "our" FAMILIES are at the mercy of ILLEGALS and their Anchor Babies being murdered, raped, infected with disease, or robbed. But NOT to worry the Chamber of Commerce will get their "cheap labor" increasing "their privatized" PROFITS, thanks to Bush and the Congressional Leadership and now Martin Lancaster!!

Re: Illegal immigrants, illegal education?

lccat — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:43:42 -0400

The Federal Government refuses to secure our National Borders and enforce our Immigration Laws leaving the States to PROTECT their Citizens! First Oklahoma and Arizona and now several other states have implemented bills that enforce immigration laws resulting in ILLEGALS leaving their states and returning to their home country or moving to another state to drain their resources. Now North Carolina via the state college system wants to attract and support more ILLEGALS who are running from the Enforcement states. The Chamber of Commerce always claims to follow Immigration Laws but continuously become confused about the interpretation of the law.

Re: Illegal immigrants, illegal education?

twoshadesofblue — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:01:27 -0400

Illegal immigration is a federal problem. It doesn't do North Carolina any good to have uneducated people living in the state, many of whom are CHILDREN who didn't come here by choice.

North Carolina should allow them to attend community colleges at an in-state rate if they can prove they've been in North Carolina high schools for four years or that they're the dependent of someone who has been paying NC income taxes for the last two years.

Re: Illegal immigrants, illegal education?

nicolecollins — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:18:51 -0400

Illegal immigrants can't hold legit jobs, but we should make room for them in our colleges and offer them aid when many legal citizens can't get in or pay for college. Just doesn't make sense. How about they do it leagally and get a student visa before coming to this country?

Re: Illegal immigrants, illegal education?

CarltonH — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:01:36 -0400

Good for the state legislature if they do. Illegals have no business being in the country, much less this state. Here's to hoping our next governor gets the 287g authority and cracks down like Oklahoma and Arizona so we can get illegals out of the state and have them stop undermining working class people needing the jobs illegals take.

Re: Ralls says he's ready to work

FFC1304 — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:37:01 -0500

Im sure it was not coincidence he was an insider democrat...

Re: Lancaster defends illegal immigrant policy

Isaac136 — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:23:35 -0500

I strongly urge you to test the theory. G'head, really.

Re: Lancaster defends illegal immigrant policy

j1c2kp — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:01:46 -0500

I'm sure the honorable governor Easley and Mr. Lancaster are counting their lucky stars about now that state rep Thomas Wright is taking the heat off of them. I hope no one forgets what Easley and Lancaster want for this state but when you are lame duck I guess you can get away with stuff like this. Might hurt some in their party though.

Re: Orr: Immigration hasn't hurt me

Isaac136 — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:25:28 -0500

Orr is a charmer, ain't he? His full response to O'Connor's Sunday opinion was chock full o' love for Paul (he's practically cooing and nibbling on the columnist's ear) -- even as he pirouetted gracefully past committing himself on the matter of how to treat the children of illegal immigrants.

Instead, Orr wrote, "If only our elected leaders in Washington would decide whether young people brought to the US illegally and who attend our public schools, graduate, have no criminal record and want to move forward with their education should be given a chance at citizenship."

But for the word "whether," Orr would have actually stated a position.

Chicken in every melting pot

bnartist — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:44:44 -0500

We watch the same TV shows, listen to the same radio shows, have a McDonalds and KFC in every state, buy the same cars and products

McDonalds
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Paraguay, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, Yugoslavia

KFC
Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, People's Republic of China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Egypt, Fiji, France, Germany, Grenada, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, U.S. Virgin Islands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Re: Lancaster defends illegal immigrant policy

bnartist — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:30:07 -0500

If you get a speeding ticket it will stick and you will have to pay. It just means you can't ever go to a community college or university in North Carolina. Oh, and you have to leave your car where you were stopped, walk home and stay there for the rest of your life. [/snark]

Re: Pickle

bnartist — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:20:28 -0500

NC Community Colleges run numerous educational programs inside prisons. These include academic, vocational and life skills programs.

On-site classroom courses for college credit are currently offered by UNC at approximately twenty-five participating North Carolina correctional facilities.

If you think food sanitation is only about washing your hands you might want to check out this NC state link or this federal link.

Re: Lancaster defends illegal immigrant policy

j1c2kp — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:25:46 -0500

If illegal is no longer going to be illegal in North Carolina per the governor and people like Martin Lancaster, then does that mean if I get a speeding ticket then it's not going to stick because even though there is a law against speeding, well in North Carolina we just kinda overlook that little illegal stuff?