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A game warden hit in the head with a rock while trying to seize a raft. Police officers wounded in an hours-long standoff with a gang member wanted for murder. Criminals spewing obscenities and death threats at local cops before asking for – and receiving – medical treatment.
And that was just last week.
A weekly report distributed by a Texas state agency to senior law enforcement officials paints a grim picture of the Mexican border, where authorities regularly confront illegal immigrant gang members and draw automatic gunfire from across the Rio Grande, and where local, state and federal authorities fight a never-ending battle against drug smugglers.
originally posted by: switchqm8
And before you start with America is supposed to take in immigrants people seem to forget one very important word and that word is LEGAL. My great great grandparents were immigrants but they did it the legal way not illegal....Also In the week of July 16-23 alone, according to the report, U.S. authorities apprehended 6,028 illegal immigrants, 4,152 of whom were not from Mexico. Most came from Central America. But there also were people from Russia, Morocco, China, Cuba and India, among other nations.from article
originally posted by: undo
only the people participating in the attacks are guilty. the rest of the people / children / teenagers are not the problem. the actual real problem is their own countries being awful places to live.
originally posted by: Destinyone
originally posted by: switchqm8
And before you start with America is supposed to take in immigrants people seem to forget one very important word and that word is LEGAL. My great great grandparents were immigrants but they did it the legal way not illegal....Also In the week of July 16-23 alone, according to the report, U.S. authorities apprehended 6,028 illegal immigrants, 4,152 of whom were not from Mexico. Most came from Central America. But there also were people from Russia, Morocco, China, Cuba and India, among other nations.from article
Just wait. When the first confirmed case of Ebola is identified as coming from our Southern border....people will start singing a different tune about closing the borders.
Des
only the people participating in the attacks are guilty. the rest of the people / children / teenagers are not the problem. the actual real problem is their own countries being awful places to live.
originally posted by: charles1952
a reply to: Aloysius the Gaul
Lots of poor unaccompanied children? Doesn't look like it. That claim is just to get sympathy and is a misleading idea planted by the Administration.
There are about 180,000 illegals a year and perhaps 7% are unaccompanied children,
... but many of them are 12 and older. That's not the picture the press is painting, is it?
www.csmonitor.com...
And while our agents are dealing with them, they aren't patrolling the border.
originally posted by: switchqm8
But yes they are still a problem they are coming here illegally. Sorry do it the right way or don't do it at all.
You're right that it is. My problem was in using the word "lot," it's too vague, that's my error. It's a lot compared to zero, but 7% isn't a lot compared to the whole.
Which would be about 12,500 - is that not a lot of unaccompanied children??
I might be looking at the wrong press stories, but it seems to me that the vast proportion of the coverage is about "the children." The churches and politicians keep referring to the children as the reason we have to do something (something expensive and immediately).
... but many of them are 12 and older. That's not the picture the press is painting, is it?
In what way is that not the situation??
And while our agents are dealing with them, they aren't patrolling the border.
Indeed - but that's not what het OP was about, and doesn't address the OP being factually wrong with his assessment about who is the offender in eth article he quotes.
you can't support any position that is blatantly false like that - get the basic facts right, THEN rant about it!
First and second class passengers who arrived in New York Harbor were not required to undergo the inspection process at Ellis Island. Instead, these passengers underwent a cursory inspection aboard ship; the theory being that if a person could afford to purchase a first or second class ticket, they were less likely to become a public charge in America due to medical or legal reasons. The Federal government felt that these more affluent passengers would not end up in institutions, hospitals or become a burden to the state. However, first and second class passengers were sent to Ellis Island for further inspection if they were sick or had legal problems.
This scenario was far different for "steerage" or third class passengers. These immigrants traveled in crowded and often unsanitary conditions near the bottom of steamships with few amenities, often spending up to two weeks seasick in their bunks during rough Atlantic Ocean crossings. Upon arrival in New York City, ships would dock at the Hudson or East River piers. First and second class passengers would disembark, pass through Customs at the piers and were free to enter the United States. The steerage and third class passengers were transported from the pier by ferry or barge to Ellis Island where everyone would undergo a medical and legal inspection.
If the immigrant's papers were in order and they were in reasonably good health, the Ellis Island inspection process would last approximately three to five hours.