California Fire Evacuations Have Illegal Aliens Scared
October 29th, 2007GOOD! If you are doing something illegally you SHOULD be afraid of being CAUGHT. I don’t see any problem with giving evacuation aid to illegal aliens - right before you deport them! After all, they’d be safer from the fires in their home country of Mexico or Guatemala .. right? Americans are sick and tired of being a life boat for everyone. We allow more immigrants legally than ALL THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD COMBINED. I’m sick and tired of hearing that if we are against ILLEGAL ALIENS we are against IMMIGRATION.
However, with that being said, I DO think we have to slow down on LEGAL IMMIGRATION TOO but you know why that is ???? Because there are 40 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS LIVING IN OUR SMALLEST TOWNS AND CITIES. Illegal immigration is causing a backlash against legal immigration too because .. enough is enough! We are diluting our culture and our country by importing millions of people who bring their language and culture with them and have no interest in becoming Americans. We NEED to start protecting OUR CULTURE, OUR LANGUAGE, OUR HERITAGE.
Evacuations raise deportation fears
Seeing U.S. agents and being asked for ID at rescue centers spark concern among illegal immigrants, making them wary of seeking help.
By Richard Marosi and Ari B. Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
October 28, 2007SAN DIEGO — Flames were only one worry for some illegal immigrants in the fire zone. Equally scary were the crowded roads and evacuation centers, heavy with law enforcement officers, including U.S. Border Patrol agents.
Some wondered if they would be deported if they went to shelters.
Umm.. why do they have to wonder? If ICE was doing its job there would be no DOUBT about that fact!
“We decided that we wouldn’t go because they ask for your name and everything,” said day laborer Jose Salgado, waiting for work off the 5 Freeway near Rancho Santa Fe.
Ooohh.. those big meanies..asking for NAMES and everything…
His friends working in the nearby tomato fields had different concerns, he said: “They didn’t know if they would have a job when they got back.”
Maybe they will be replaced by fireproof machines! We can only hope and dream!
Disasters can magnify the marginalized status of people here illegally. Seeking help can mean taking risks, and decisions can be informed as much by rumor and miscommunication as by facts and actual events.
In response to recent rumors, U.S. authorities deny that they have been rounding up illegal immigrants at evacuation centers, and Mexican Consulate officials in San Diego who visited numerous sites have found no evidence to support the rumors. “We are not arresting fire evacuees. It’s absolutely ludicrous to suggest otherwise,” said Lauren Mack, spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Immigrant rights groups and the American Civil Liberties Union, however, claim that authorities have created a climate of intimidation through neglect and such policies as asking for identification at some shelters.
The only NEGLECT is the neglect to enforce OUR LAWS. So I suppose the ACLU thinks shelters should just hand out food to any slob who shows up.. like even one who is not an evacuee? Sorry but that just won’t fly.
During the wildfires, more than 100 federal agents were redeployed from their border posts to lend assistance. They helped evacuate homes, staff checkpoints, guard against looters and assist at evacuation shelters.
At Qualcomm Stadium, a Border Patrol communications vehicle provided key logistics support. Agents in their distinct green uniforms mingled with law enforcement from all over the county.
The mere presence of Border Patrol was enough to scare off some immigrants. “Having people at evacuation sites in Border Patrol uniforms is asinine,” said Enrique Morones, president of the Border Angels, an immigrant rights group.
I WISH the sight of a Border Patrol agent really WAS enough to scare illegal aliens off.. but instead, they have taken to RAMMING Border Patrol vehicles at the border.. I hardly think that means they are SCARED of Border Patrol agents. Enrique Moron is a total waste of space Mexican traitor who needs to get a permanent boot up his rear end and a free ticket to his Motherland Mexico.. permanently.
Rumors of deportations grew Wednesday when San Diego police arrested a Mexican family at Qualcomm Stadium for allegedly stealing food they intended to resell. After being handed over to border agents, the family, which had been living in the U.S. for several years, was deported. Footage of their arrest was replayed numerous times on local television stations.
Oh happy day.. ! How about the other 20 million illegal aliens living in San Diego?
Though Mexican consular officials and some immigrant rights groups said the arrests appeared to be an isolated incident, some migrants avoided going to Qualcomm. “They were petrified,” said Remy Bermudez, a teacher who served as a volunteer at the stadium. “They said, ‘After what happened . . . we’re afraid.’ ”
The ACLU and immigrant rights groups claim illegal immigrants were subjected to racial profiling at Qualcomm and were abused by some volunteers who questioned their legal status. They have also said the city did not go out to migrant camps to tell people to evacuate.
Oh my GOD.. you mean to tell me they actually expected notification of evacuation for a group of SQUATTERS who are here ILLEGALLY and living in CAMPS? You have GOT TO BE KIDDING!??! Um.. I think instead they should just send some large ICE buses out to those camps and give them a free ride across the border.. THERE now they are SAFE from the FIRES.
Fred Sainz, a spokesman for San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, said identification wasn’t required to enter shelters. And if people living in remote migrant camps were not told to evacuate, he said, it wasn’t part of any calculated effort to hurt migrants.
The mayor, he said, has always looked out for the needs of the migrant community and has tried to protect them from encounters with Minutemen and other groups that oppose illegal immigration.
THEY AREN’T MIGRANTS YOU IDIOTS! THEY ARE ILLEGAL ALIENS! IF THEY ARE LEGIT GUEST WORKERS THEN THEY HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE. THEY WOULD NOT BE LIVING IN CAMPS!
“The mayor has bent over backward to protect the migrant population,” said Sainz.
And therein lies the problem with the San Diegeo Mayor. Bend over backwards so illegal aliens can further stick it to you. And don’t bother relying on Americans if you are going to bend over backwards for “migrants” you traitor! How about a Mayor of an American town bend over backwards for AMERICANS for a change? Hmmm??? I can’t wait to see his re-election campaign proudly proclaiming he “bends over backwards for migrants”. I am sure that will get you re-elected!
Critics say local and federal officials should be more sensitive to how immigrants might perceive things. A checkpoint that might seem inconvenient but understandable to a citizen could represent potential deportation to an immigrant, they say.
AND THAT IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE!!!
