Speakup on September 26, 2007 at 9:25 PM

Since when can law students practice law?? I would think that CT has a law against practicing law without a license. I know MS has a limited practice act that allows law students to do certain thing under the supervision of a licensed attorney. Does CT have the same? Anybody??

The American agricultural industry is being hooked on this like a drug. They know it’s wrong for America but they can’t do without it.

And the thing is agriculture, since the 40′s, has been able under the H2A visa program to bring in as many workers as can be proven needed. Illegals and lazy employers even undercut that.

We don’t have control of our borders because corporate America doesn’t want our borders controlled. Corporate America is well aware of the fact that this cheap labor source costs our society billions of dollars in social services every year and that cost is currently being covered by tax revenues. (the very segment of the population that is being hurt by this labor competition is footing the bill to support it) The costs are not being connected to corporate America. Corporate America prefers that these workers be illegal because it limits their ability to negotiate higher wages.

The American agricultural industry is being hooked on this like a drug. They know it’s wrong for America but they can’t do without it.

American culture as we knew it through the 60′s and 70′s is gone forever thanks to the new corporate dynamics for America. The CEO’s and board members live in gated communities and have their chirdren educated in private schools. The American working class is being strapped with the bill and faced with the increase in crime and decrease in quality of education.

I would ask that you remember this at election time, but it would make absolutely no difference. We’ll just keep woking away on the fence that will never be built. What wonderful comedy.

Exit Question: Where the Hell is Ron Paul?! I thought he was the Texas Conservative Answer?!

Unfrigginbelievable.

When I was a kid my parents bought a new house, we moved in, but there happened to be no fence around the back yard. My Dad went to a lumber yard, bought the materials he needed, brought the stuff home, and built a fence around the yard. Where there had been no fence, there was now a fence.

I know, I know, it’s not a fair analogy, but the point is, when people actually want to get something done they do it, and it gets done. End of story.

All these numbers and speeches and reasons and excuses are just a load of horseshit!

I need a beer.

infidel4life on September 26, 2007 at 8:32 PM

It is most certainly a fair analogy, and in the time that separates your comment from mine, I hope that you have located and consumed beers to your heart’s content. Maybe I’ll have the privilege to buy you one someday.

…governors like Texas’ Rick Perry speak out of both sides of their mouths on the issue, saying “Enforcement first!” on the north side of the border and “We don’t need no stinkin’ wall!” when on the south side.

Actually, Perry has been quite clear all along that he’s against a full-length border barrier. He’s called it “preposterous” in interviews conducted in the US.

trubble on September 26, 2007 at 7:58 PM

You would need a cake with a hack-saw baked into it.

but the fence is still needed as a reminder of where Mexico ends and the USA begins

That is one very, very expensive reminder!

I don’t know what to think about the fence. There are some good reasons against it. (Then again, some of the reasons are seriously dumb, like claiming it will hurt cross-border commerce.)

My libertarian instinct says that it would be much better for the government to enforce the laws we have rather than spend millions and millions. Plus the economic effect, which is significant.

SailorDave on September 26, 2007 at 8:14 PM

Don’t hold your breath. Hutchison is very squishy. She likes big business—a lot! Cornyn is better but you still have to keep an eye on what he is doing.

News2Use on September 26, 2007 at 8:30 PM

Very astute. If Perry is involved, it very well could happen the way you say. That man is a disgrace to Texas.

(Overlook how odd looking this comment is. I’m still learning how to set up comments.)

By Av Harris

DANBURY, Connecticut (Reuters) – Ten Hispanic immigrants filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a Connecticut city, its mayor and police chief, and federal agents who led a crackdown on illegal immigration last year.

The suit filed in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Connecticut, claims the arrests violated the civil rights of nine workers and a 10th man who was stopped at a traffic light, including their right to due legal process, free speech and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, according to court documents.

It is the latest legal challenge to crackdowns on illegal immigrants, as localities nationwide grapple with how to handle their status.

The lawsuit claims undercover police in Danbury, Connecticut, lured the workers into a van by posing as contractors looking for day laborers.

“He offered us work and we took it,” plaintiff Juan Berrera told a news conference, referring to an undercover police officer. “We didn’t know why, but they immediately arrested us and put us in handcuffs. We didn’t know what was going on.

“They treated me like a violent criminal and all I was trying to do was find work,” Berrera added.

After their 2006 arrest in a sting set up by local and federal authorities, the men were handed over to federal agents, held without charge for days or weeks, then transported to detention centers before being released on bond, court documents said.

The plaintiffs, represented by Yale University law students, claim the U.S. Constitution protects the civil rights of all people in the United States. The attorneys would not discuss their clients’ immigration status or their countries of origin.

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton vowed to defend the city.

Boughton, a Republican, is a well-known crusader against illegal immigration. Two years ago, he wanted Connecticut State Police find illegal workers and turn them over to the U.S. immigration agency for deportation. Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell rejected the request.

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2628511520070927?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=22&sp=true

Of course, being made in 1933 will give the Left a field day. Watch this story explode.

Come November 1, 2007 Oklahoma will have the toughest undocumentd worker State law in the nation go into effect. That is of course if LULA, the DNC and la Raza haven’t gotten some brain dead judge to shut it down. We’re already seeing a lot more cooperation from ICE when an illegal is arrested for DUI or other serious crime.

A reminder to all political candidates, the first one of your to include deportation in your campaign is gonna win really big.

jihadwatcher on September 26, 2007 at 8:50 PM

Fox got it wrong…

Building was originally constructed in 1933. This story has been floating around forever. I guess Fox needed to fill in something since Britanny didn’t fall under a bus today.

Ground radar and cameras that were to identify illegal border crossers so that armed patrols could be dispatched to capture them have had trouble distinguishing people and vehicles from cows and bushes. The sensors are also confused by moisture, the officials said.

Is Boeing doing R&D on the American tax payers dime ?

Anti-Defamation League doesn’t like shape of 40 year-old Navy building. $600,000 to be spent to change it.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298165,00.html

$5 million…$700 million of the $1 billion….$2.5 billion….“the most technologically advanced border security initiative in American history”

Holy crap, it’s not rocket science, it’s just a freaking fence!

When I was a kid my parents bought a new house, we moved in, but there happened to be no fence around the back yard. My Dad went to a lumber yard, bought the materials he needed, brought the stuff home, and built a fence around the yard. Where there had been no fence, there was now a fence.

I know, I know, it’s not a fair analogy, but the point is, when people actually want to get something done they do it, and it gets done. End of story.

All these numbers and speeches and reasons and excuses are just a load of horseshit!

I need a beer.

The government has grown so worried that it is withholding nearly $5 million in payments to Boeing Co., which was selected as the main contractor a year ago. The House Appropriations Committee has voted to withhold $700 million of the $1 billion that President Bush requested for the program for next year, pending further details and progress reports.

When the details include Boeing Co. being replaced by a company owned by Carlos Slim and leased to the US for an indefinite period at a price to be determined by Carlos Slim, the fence will be built. That 700 million is just the down payment.