RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-09 Thread Scott Stewart
-Community Subject: Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants) i am looking for werk outside the design/dev field. if any one has any fun ideas let me know. right now i could volunteer at a public radio station or get a job as a bottler at a brewery

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2007-05-09 Thread Paul Ihrig
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Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-09 Thread Russel Madere
More like plenty of jobs welfare recipients won't work. That's a problem with welfare. >Nope, that's why the illegals are here in the first place; plenty of open >jobs. ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Russ wrote: > If the illegals were not working them, then who would? Probably the poor. Nope, that's why the illegals are here in the first place; plenty of open jobs. ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrat

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
'cause it's an easy hot-button issue. It's an easy way to ding your opponent when it is discovered that his nanny is an undocumented alien. illegals are comin' over the border and bein' a conduit for terrorism. A good friend of mine's wife is down in AZ right now on border partrol with the WA Nat

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So if most do come to this country legally, then way all the hub-bub about those breaking the law? If they are criminals treat them as such. If the current legal immigration system is faulty fix it, but how broken can it be if most immigrants are using it legally and successfully? William Bo

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2007-05-08 Thread Ian Skinner
"So they, like my most of my family (the rest was native), did it all legally. Why shouldn't I expect current immigrants to do it legally?" What about the descendants of those that did not do it legally? Not everybody who arrived in the US in the latter half of the 19th century did so according

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
Fact is, most do. > So they, like my most of my family (the rest was native), did it all legally. > Why > shouldn't I expect current immigrants to do it legally? -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
So they, like my most of my family (the rest was native), did it all legally. Why shouldn't I expect current immigrants to do it legally? >> BTW, how did your family arrive here in the US, did they follow the law? > >There are four major branches in my family tree, one (Bowens) arrived >in the C

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Dana Tierney
I just re-read -- ya. In a thread about illegal aliens, he said He knew five Mexican programmers and hired one. That was what I found so unbelievable -- illegal programmers. People who hire programmers are (generally) big enough to have something to lose in an ICE raid. Of course HR caught the l

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Ian Skinner
if he is a resident alien he is not illegal. If you don't realize that you should not be commenting on immigration issues at all. Dana You may have read some previous posts too fast Dana. He said exactly that, he hired the one with the proper paper work and reported the OTHER three that apparent

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Scott Stewart
age- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 3:27 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants) um, if he is a resident alien he is not illegal. If you don't realize that you should not be commentin

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Dana Tierney
um, if he is a resident alien he is not illegal. If you don't realize that you should not be commenting on immigration issues at all. Dana > If you can't bother to read what I write, don't quote me. > > I hired a mexican programmer who was a resident alien, married to a > citizen with a work

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
> BTW, how did your family arrive here in the US, did they follow the law? There are four major branches in my family tree, one (Bowens) arrived in the Carolinas in the 1680s, part of some charter or another. The Hambeckens arrived in the 1850s from Germany settled in Arkansas. The Wilson/O'Conne

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2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
Because even if they are crappy, they are jobs in the US. If the illegals were not working them, then who would? Probably the poor. I know in Louisiana if you work as an iterant farm hand there is free housing and education assistance. There is also cheap or free transportation between regi

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Scott Stewart
22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:26 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants) > Scott wrote: > Would we be better

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Scott Stewart
veloper SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -Original Message- From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:09 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Sam

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Scott wrote: > Would we be better served by doing what we could to help grow the Mexican > economy, thus creating more jobs in Mexico.. > Not that I care, but why are people so concerned about Mexicans? In general, as Russ pointed out, they're doing mostly unskilled labor; illegally maybe, but

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
; >SSTWebworks >7241 Jillspring Ct. >Springfield, Va. 22152 >(703) 220-2835 > >http://www.sstwebworks.com > >-Original Message- >From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:00 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re:

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
>My last post on this topic, I have too much work to do to keep myself >completive in the current job market to spend more time on this. > >"Actually I think the solution is to overthrow the current Mexican >political system and replace it. However, that is the job of the >Mexicans, not me." > It

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Scott Stewart
: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:00 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants) Actually, I can think of one, the Republic of Texas. They also got smart and decided to secede as well. Conversely, Puerto

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2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
Actually, I can think of one, the Republic of Texas. They also got smart and decided to secede as well. Conversely, Puerto Rico has done everything in it's power not to become a state. Anti-statehood runs heavily down there, at least amongst the funeral home workers I knew and dealt with.

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2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Nick wrote: > Working. > >> where are all the Americans? > > For foreign HBS grads. ~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
> What is Puerto Rico's status don't they keep > trying to become an actual State? They are currently commonwealth (upgraded from a US Protectorate). They get US taxpayer benefits (e.g., welfare, food stamps, etc.) but do not pay US taxes. And no, the majority do not want to become a state...go

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2007-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Great just what we need another "regime change". Has a country ever voted to be annexed? What is Puerto Rico's status don't they keep trying to become an actual State? > Actually I think the solution is to overthrow the current mexican political > system and replace it. However, that is the j

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Ian Skinner
My last post on this topic, I have too much work to do to keep myself completive in the current job market to spend more time on this. "Actually I think the solution is to overthrow the current Mexican political system and replace it. However, that is the job of the Mexicans, not me." And what d

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
Actually I think the solution is to overthrow the current mexican political system and replace it. However, that is the job of the mexicans, not me. >"Illegal immigration is a problem." >A very complex one! The "gather them all up and deport|jail|shoot them" >approach is not even the start of a

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
If you can't bother to read what I write, don't quote me. I hired a mexican programmer who was a resident alien, married to a citizen with a work permit. It was not an H1B visa, but he had a computer science degree. I sent the illegals packing and reported them to INS > And this condemnatio

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
No, I interviewed programmers without papers. I hired one of the two that had papers. I reported the illegals to INS or ICE or whatever they call themselves now. I made an offer to one of the illegals, but he could not produce proper documentation so I made an offer to the next candidate. I

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
It was more a Cousin Tom, or is that Tomas, situation. I advertised our contact at the Hispanic Chamber said his cousin needed a job and that he had some friends who were also qualified. He sent me all of thier resumes and we interviewed them. I will say that the three illegals spoke excellen

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2007-05-08 Thread Nick McClure
Working. > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > And go look in top university grad school programs. You'll ask > yourself one question: where are all the Americans? > ~| ColdFusion MX7

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> gg wrote: > Essentially immigration should only be limited by the number of open > jobs and university spots. > And go look in top university grad school programs. You'll ask yourself one question: where are all the Americans? ~~~

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2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> WillBo wrote: > > Remember the quota of H1B visa applications was reached in a single day > > this year. > > The number of H1B visas was severly curtailed as a direct result of > 9/11. As for the "lock up our jobs" argument, it's a formula for how to ruin our leadership in the world - basically

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread William Bowen
> Remember the quota of H1B visa applications was reached in a single day this > year. The number of H1B visas was severly curtailed as a direct result of 9/11. Los Administracion Del Bush is directly responsible for that. It was not, I say again, NOT a response to illegal immigration. It was bl

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread William Bowen
> What is to stop a programmer from crossing the border illegally? See, now the image I get is some white collar dude in a pick-up pulling up to a street corner in New York City shouting, "javascreept, perrrl, say ploos ploos, nada mas!" heehee -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just b

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread Nick McClure
t: Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants) Illegal is illegal. They came as students and were fradulently still here. They obviously have no respect for the law, they broke it to stay here. What is to stop a programmer from crossing the border ille

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2007-05-07 Thread Dana Tierney
And this condemnation of illegal aliens comes, mind you, from someone who claims to have hired one. >"They think they are special in some way." Or that many are people >facing hard choices and doing what they can to better their lives and >their descendants.

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2007-05-07 Thread Dana Tierney
Sorry. This story is so far from my experience as a foreigner in this country that I simply cannot believe it. You hired a programmer who had no papers? Why? > Then don't. > > Like I said, _I_ know 5. All had UNAM diplomas in Computer Science. > Only 2 had resident alien paperwork; 1 H1B an

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2007-05-07 Thread Gruss Gott
> Russ wrote: > I'm asking what if it were skilled laborers coming across in droves? We don't need people to come here in droves, especially developers, because we can just send those jobs offshore. And are. Without regulation. Here's the dilio: keep your skill set up to date, and watch trends,

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread Ian Skinner
"Illegal immigration is a problem." A very complex one! The "gather them all up and deport|jail|shoot them" approach is not even the start of a solution. "They may be hard workers, but they have no respect for the law." That is too large a logical leap for me. They broke emigration law, they ca

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2007-05-07 Thread Russel Madere
Then don't. Like I said, _I_ know 5. All had UNAM diplomas in Computer Science. Only 2 had resident alien paperwork; 1 H1B and one was being sponsored for citizenship. The others had expired student visas. These may be the only 5 mexican programmers in the US, but I interviewed them and h

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread Dana Tierney
I don't believe it. > What do you mean? You don't see them, or you think they are crazy? I > guess you have to work for a company that was a member of the Hispanic > Chamber of Commerce. > > > I keep hearing stuff like this and thinking ... these Mexicans do > not > > inhabit the same real

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2007-05-07 Thread Russel Madere
Really, universities and tech schools in Latin America don't teach programming? >You are talking about a skill set that doesn't exist in these countries. > Remember the quota of H1B visa applications was reached in a single day this year. >They those types of people existed and wanted to come h

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread Russel Madere
Illegal is illegal. They came as students and were fradulently still here. They obviously have no respect for the law, they broke it to stay here. What is to stop a programmer from crossing the border illegally? >This is a little different also. People that came to school here had to go >t

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread Russel Madere
What do you mean? You don't see them, or you think they are crazy? I guess you have to work for a company that was a member of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. > I keep hearing stuff like this and thinking ... these Mexicans do not > inhabit the same reality that I do. > ~

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2007-05-07 Thread Russel Madere
2 are, but they are here legally. The others, I have no idea. I wouldn't hire them and called INS when they approached me for a job in 2003. I know the left New Orleans, but don't know for where. >Are they paying taxes? ~| C

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2007-05-07 Thread Nick McClure
This is a little different also. People that came to school here had to go through a process and were allowed to come in. That is different than a van filled with 23 programmers sneaking across the border in the middle of the night. > -Original Message- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAI

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread Nick McClure
Are they paying taxes? > -Original Message- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 4:25 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as > Immigrants) > > Would they? > > I

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread Nick McClure
ssel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 4:23 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as > Immigrants) > > I'm asking what if it were skilled laborers coming across in droves? > Like what happened in

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread Dana Tierney
I keep hearing stuff like this and thinking ... these Mexicans do not inhabit the same reality that I do. > Would they? > > I know 5 Mexican programmers who left Mexico after graduating from > UMAN to take jobs here in the US because they had no decent jobs there. > Three are here on expir

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread Russel Madere
Would they? I know 5 Mexican programmers who left Mexico after graduating from UMAN to take jobs here in the US because they had no decent jobs there. Three are here on expired student visas. >If they were programmers then they still be in their home country and we'd >be outsourcing to them

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2007-05-07 Thread Russel Madere
I'm asking what if it were skilled laborers coming across in droves? Like what happened in Miami when Batista fell. Programmers don't require licenses. They just need to present proof of skills. Doctors and lawyers and other licensed skills are different, but what about those unlicensed skil

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread Nick McClure
If they were programmers then they still be in their home country and we'd be outsourcing to them also. > -Original Message- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Step out from behind your sense of superiority and think about illigal > immigration. What would have happened

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread William Bowen
> What would have happened to us if all of these illegals were > programmers instead of construction and agricultural workers? Are you serious? I mean really. you're seriously asking us to consider this from the angle of skilled vs unskilled labor? Your argument won't hold up past the first bar

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-07 Thread Russel Madere
Step out from behind your sense of superiority and think about illigal immigration. What would have happened to us if all of these illegals were programmers instead of construction and agricultural workers? >"Have we had enough of the B.S. yet?" > >Yup, and this article is right on top of the p

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2007-05-07 Thread Ian Skinner
"Have we had enough of the B.S. yet?" Yup, and this article is right on top of the pile. It didn't take three paragraphs before this author was contradicting himself. I started to point out the details, but <<>> I can't bring myself to go to the trouble. Confidentiality Notice: This message i