Will the "Immigrant Boycott" shut down any airports?

("Andrew Sarangan" wrote)
You are making the assumption that most Hispanic laborers at airports are
all working illegally. This is one type of misunderstanding that
aggravates the situation. Just because someone looks different does not
mean they are an immigrant, or even illegal. I know bona fide Americans
who are still referred to as immigrants.


The misunderstanding is on your part. The influx of "ILLEGALS" has been
massive, and rapid.

The INS, on their best day (so to speak), couldn't process a tiny fraction
of the people who have invaded our country over the last 10 years. The INS
is clogged and broken down - we know, we've had a number of friends needing
to deal with the INS, becoming citizens.

And BTW, aggravate WHAT situation? Oh, I know! The situation of 10's of
millions of ILLEGALS flooding our shores.

When I see a Mexican on the streets of Minnesota, my assumption is
"Illegal". I bet I'm right over 75% of the time. I'm giving you 1 in 4 ...as
a peace offering to the God of Diversity.


Montblack :-o
http://www.filipino-americans.com/
"Hey, I'm not Mexican, I'm Filipino ...No problem, I get that a lot these
days."

"Montblack" wrote in message
...
The misunderstanding is on your part. The influx of "ILLEGALS" has been
massive, and rapid.

Andrew never said it wasn't. All he said (implied, actually) was that most
Hispanic airport workers are legal. Given the background checks they
presumably go through, I'd say that's a pretty safe assumption, regardless
of what one might think about the prevelance of illegals in other jobs.

The INS, on their best day (so to speak), couldn't process a tiny fraction
of the people who have invaded our country over the last 10 years. The INS
is clogged and broken down - we know, we've had a number of friends
needing
to deal with the INS, becoming citizens.

INS is screwed up, as is much of our government. No doubt about that. I
have plenty of personal experience with the INS to confirm your assertion.
I'm not clear on how that is relevant to the question of who should be
permitted to immigrate to the US, or what to do with those who decide to do
so illegally.

And BTW, aggravate WHAT situation? Oh, I know! The situation of 10's of
millions of ILLEGALS flooding our shores.

I love it when people use vague terms like "flooding". A word like that, in
this context, has no use but to evoke an emotional response in an attempt to
bypass rational analysis of the issue. Especially when you use made-up
numbers like "10's of millions". As of 2003, the *TOTAL* estimated number
of illegal immigrants living in the US was fewer than 10 million (7 million,
to be exact). It's not even ONE ten million, never mind "10's of millions".

Compare that to the US birth rate (4 million annually), and the *legal*
immigration rate (about 1 million annually).

In other words, every 18 months the United States adds the same number of
legal residents as the TOTAL number of illegal residents. With an estimated
annual increase of illegal residents of only 350,000, illegal residents
account for less than 7% of the population growth in the US. A significant
number, to be sure, but hardly "flooding" IMHO.

When I see a Mexican on the streets of Minnesota, my assumption is
"Illegal". I bet I'm right over 75% of the time.

It seems to me that that has more to do with the relative proportion of
legal and illegal Mexicans within the US than it does with the total number
of illegal immigrants (even assuming you're right as often as you think).

Pete

On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:21:32 -0500, Montblack wrote:

I'm not sure what they're trying to accomplish with this boycott? It could
have an unforeseen negative result for the ILLEGALS ...I mean, "guest
workers".

Remeber, it is May 1st. A traditional socialist day (in the old world).

#m
--
"We're out of toilet paper sir!"
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Trouble is there are a lot of companies that seek illegal,
undocumented labor, such as motels and hotels

Yep, the lodging industry is one of the prime culprits in this problem.


Yet, I've been in an email mosh pit over this issue with "human
resource professionals" from big-chain hotels, some of who are bashing
me for being "unfair" to "workers" and "denying their rights" by not
hiring documented Americans!

These so-called "professionals" have deluded themselves into thinking
that it's somehow okay to hire illegal aliens (because "Americans don't
want to do that kind of work"), and that these illegals somehow have
rights that supercede the law.

It disgusts me, and I'm ashamed of my industry.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Um, first of all...any illegal immigrant dumb enough to reveal their status
as an illegal by participating in a boycott by only illegal immigrants
deserves to get deported.

What a great idea! However, I don't think the vision of hundreds of
busses lined up, so that the protesting illegals can be promptly
shipped back home is what you had in mind?

Secondly, in this particular case, the boycott *is* by ALL immigrants, legal
or otherwise. I don't know if everyone who's replied so far just didn't
bother to read the news, or if they are reading news that sucks, but my news
sources are all in agreement that the proposed boycott is by all immigrants,
not just illegals.

Right. And Iran is building reactors to produce electricity.

Legal immigrants have NOTHING to protest. In fact, of the many legal
(recent) immigrants I know, ALL are directly and vehemently opposed to
ANY kind of "amnesty" for the illegals.

We're ALL "immigrants" to America, Pete. The purpose of this boycott
is to highlight the so-called "importance" of illegal aliens to our
economy, so that Congress doesn't "criminalize" (I LOVE that term --
as if it's not already criminal to be here illegally) being in this
country illegally. (This is almost a direct quote from a boycott
organizer that I just heard interviewed on NPR, by the way. We almost
died laughing...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:


We're ALL "immigrants" to America


No way. I was born here.

I think that the media personnel are simply telling us that THEY won't work
these jobs.
We honestly don't have a hard time finding help. It's convenient for the
locals and pays better than Wal Mart.

Jim

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
ups.com...
But Jim, the media tells us that Americans (Hispanic origin or not)
will not work these jobs. You can't be telling us that the T.V. is
lying to us, can you??

-Robert


Jim Burns wrote:
Our current payroll is 73 people, half of which are Hispanic. Of the
half
that are Hispanic, about half are citizens via birth and have lived
locally
for years.

We're ALL "immigrants" to America

No way. I was born here.

Ouch. Okay, I deserved that...

;-)

How about: "All of our families immigrated to America"?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

How about: "All of our families immigrated to America"?

How far back do you want to go? There were native Americans here, and
some of those folks have families. Some of them even have families with
other native Americans.

Jose
--
The price of freedom is... well... freedom.
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Peter Duniho wrote on 04/30/06 22:46:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Tomorrow is the so-called "Immigrant Boycott", planned so that illegal
aliens can make a show of their economic clout in America by staying
home from work.

Um, first of all...any illegal immigrant dumb enough to reveal their status
as an illegal by participating in a boycott by only illegal immigrants
deserves to get deported. That alone should suggest there's something fishy
with the idea that this is a boycott by illegal immigrants only.

Secondly, in this particular case, the boycott *is* by ALL immigrants, legal
or otherwise. I don't know if everyone who's replied so far just didn't
bother to read the news, or if they are reading news that sucks, but my news
sources are all in agreement that the proposed boycott is by all immigrants,
not just illegals.


Well, I am a naturalized citizen, i.e., an immigrant, and I have other things to
do than to walk on the street...

-Joe