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Watchman
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Santanfara
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 Posted - 10 Jan 2011 : 14:57:04
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| Watchman, a truly investigative piece. I hope those Gambians undecomented take notice, fear is a powerful tool and the Republicans are experts of selling it. |
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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Prince
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Posted - 10 Jan 2011 : 19:26:22
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In as much as creating an underclass unrecognized residents is not America's solution to its immigration troubles; bashing republicans for the current immigration troubles is a clear demonstration of the ill-informed commenting on issues they know little about.
In recent history, the republicans did more for both legal and illegal immigrants than the democrats...
1. Regan's 1986 reform gave legal status to millions and made the trend of "anchor-babies" possible.
2. Bush senior's DV (diversity lottery) program created the opportunity to a significant number of people who could not have immigrated through the "family-path."
3. Bush Jr. asylum overhaul reversed the trend of most aylees staying in limbo for generations.
Any rational person who is not emotionally charged would realize that it is perfectly justifiable for citizens to be concerned about people who jump the immigration queue, disrespect our laws, and have a total disregard for the language and culture of this country.
To this day, the US takes in more immigrants than the rest of the world combined... and anyone who believe that this country is mean to immigrants, should move to countries like Switzerland or Gambia, where immigrants are openly discriminated with no probable cause and most jobs are for "suitably qualified Gambians." |
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Watchman
Gambia
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Posted - 10 Jan 2011 : 20:58:54
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Thanks Suntou. It was worth looking into some of the facts regarding immigration in the US and doing my part to shed some light on the matter because a lot of Africans over here are terrified of taking ANY action regarding their status limbo for fear of being separated from loved ones.
Prince you raise great, salient facts. The Republicans of yore did a lot to improve the lot of immigrants but that was when the demographic boom of Latinos and others was not seen as a "threat."
The more legal Hispanics in these United States, the high possibility Democrats will make electoral gains and hold on to them for many election cycles.
The issue overall is all about fear. And Republicans are pretty good at striking it into the hearts of their already tense constituents.
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dbaldeh
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Posted - 10 Jan 2011 : 22:28:12
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Great subject Watchman and thanks again for an enlightening piece. One observation I wanted to make though is that most Africans living illegally in the United States are not undocumented immigrants. In fact, almost everyone from Africa and Gambia in particular enters the United States with a Visa. They are therefore documented and their illegal status is known.
For the most part when they talk about undocumented immigrants they are talking about those who crossed the border without notice. (I stand to be corrected)...
However, your point on the citizen status is on the money and Republicans will try as hard as possible to admend the 14 admendnent, but at the end of the day there are very serious obstacles they have to overcome and I don't see that succeeding anytime soon. Due to the political cycles every two to four years would be hard for them to accomplish this goal.
On the community and civic participation, I think that is something most African communities are not exploiting. For example in States like Washinton, there are several thousand Gambians and hundreds are registered voters, but since they are not organize enough politicians don't pay attention to their needs.
Being organized and forming a strong voting constituency can bring a lot of good things to our communities. It will equally draw attention to any issues the community is facing. This is something these communities should look into.
Thanks again for a great subject... |
Baldeh,
"Be the change you want to see in the world" Ghandi
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terangba
Egypt
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Posted - 11 Jan 2011 : 14:48:17
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The 14th Amendment to the Constitution granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. In addition, it forbids states from denying any person "life, liberty or property, without due process of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” By directly mentioning the role of the states, the 14th Amendment greatly expanded the protection of civil rights to all Americans and is cited in more litigation than any other amendment.
The underlining objective of the 14th amendment was to counter the move by southern states to create a second class of citizens. This amendment is pivotal to civil rights in the US. I agree with Baldeh it will be very difficult to make any changes to the 14th amendment.
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