Thread: NE Editorial-Too much is at stake to ignore immigration

Too much is at stake to ignore immigration

Posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 4:00 pm

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There has never been a better time to fix the U.S. immigration system than today, and that’s because so much of the nation’s economy rests on the shoulders of undocumented workers.

The shock waves would be enormous without the undocumented laborers who work in so many areas. According to some estimates, these people fill as much as 5 percent of the jobs in the U.S. economy.

Imagine the calamity if, for example, a major share of the employees at packing plants suddenly were deported. How long could the communities in which they live maintain themselves?

Ongoing operations at the packinghouses would certainly be threatened, but what about landlords and retailers who would lose their tenants and customers with a mass deportation?

If such a situation were to occur in south-central Nebraska, it would be difficult to rapidly find replacement workers. Curtailed operations at the packing plants would hurt schools, churches and communities in general, along with the farmers and ranchers who supply the animals for the facilities.

The scenario we described could happen.

How does the United States fix its immigration problem?

First, we should provide a path to citizenship without requiring undocumented workers to leave as punishment for entering illegally. Deporting hundreds of thousands of undocumented workers harms the workers and their families, and it is impractical because it also harms the communities where the people work and live.

Next step in fixing the problem is for the federal government to enforce its immigration laws. That means securing U.S. borders, but it also means setting quotas so our nation admits people with the knowledge and skills our economy needs.

Because our broken system promotes illegal immigration, it produces a flood of people who may or may not be suited to the jobs here. We should develop a system so people with the knowledge and skills needed in the United States have an easier path than they do today. As it is, many skilled professionals discover that the legal path to U.S. citizenship is so expensive and time-consuming, they give up.

It is time to amend our laws so immigrants can follow a reasonable path to citizenship, just as earlier generations of Americans did.

The United States still is the land of promise. We still have hundreds of thousands of jobs for people who have little or no opportunity in their homelands to support their families and better their lives. Given the choice, they would much rather be here legally.

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Because our broken system promotes illegal immigration, it produces a flood of people who may or may not be suited to the jobs here. We should develop a system so people with the knowledge and skills needed in the United States have an easier path than they do today. As it is, many skilled professionals discover that the legal path to U.S. citizenship is so expensive and time-consuming, they give up.

It's not supposed to be easy! ENFORCE THE DAMN LAWS!!

We need the name or names of those that wrote this Treasonous crap. Can anyone get the name of the author so we can store it here at ALIPAC so when the inquiries are launched at who tried to foment this invasion of America, we can know who needs to face justice?

W

Another pro-illegal invader boiler plate article with the same tired rhetoric as to why we need to reward 20 million illegal invaders squatting here with US citizenship.

Imagine the calamity if, for example, a major share of the employees at packing plants suddenly were deported. How long could the communities in which they live maintain themselves?

The communites in which they live are illegal invader enclaves in which we do not need. Imagine an American citizen actually working at a packing plant you sorry traitor!

The mafias and drug dealers employ people too. So they are okay also?

The shock waves would be enormous without the undocumented laborers who work in so many areas. According to some estimates, these people fill as much as 5 percent of the jobs in the U.S. economy.

Imagine the calamity if, for example, a major share of the employees at packing plants suddenly were deported. How long could the communities in which they live maintain themselves?

The shock of not having to spend billions of dollars to support impoverished illegals would certainly have an impact on my community. Getting back the 5 percent of jobs held by illegals would certainly help lower the unemployment rate among American citizens.

Imagine if a major share of illegals left our communities. Americans would no longer have to depend on unemployment and food pantries to get by. American children could actually learn in their neighborhood schools without the distraction of non-English speaking students who have no respect for their teachers.

Maybe this is what they meant about too much at stake?

Gun threat leads to four felonies

. .. Alfonso Lopez-Rivera
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Posted: Friday, October 15, 2010 8:55 am | Updated: 12:18 pm, Fri Oct 15, 2010.

By KIM SCHMIDT Hub Staff Writer | 0 comments

KEARNEY - A verbal disagreement turned dangerous Monday when a Kearney man allegedly pulled a gun on four men.

Kearney Police were called to Countryside Trailer Court in southwest Kearney around 6:15 p.m. for a man who had pointed a gun at four men, then ran back into his home. Buffalo County Court records say police set a perimeter around the home and took Alfonso Lopez-Rivera, 28, into custody without incident.

The four men told police they were outside a home near Rivera's home talking with two juvenile girls. Rivera allegedly said something to the girls, and one of the victims asked Rivera to repeat himself.

The man then told Rivera to stop looking at and talking to the girls.

Rivera allegedly went back inside his home and returned with a handgun and raised the weapon and pointed it at the men and said to them, "Which one."

Rivera is charged in Buffalo County Court with four counts of felony terroristic threats. He is being held at the Buffalo County Jail on a $10,000 bond, and is also being held for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

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W it seems to me this is just an anonymous "Letter to the Editor." ( http://kearneyhub.com/news/opinion/ ) Probably sent by someone who's business is profiting by employing IAs.

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

W it seems to me this is just an anonymous "Letter to the Editor." ( http://kearneyhub.com/news/opinion/ ) Probably sent by someone who's business is profiting by employing IAs.

We have a subscription to this newspaper. The article was where the editorial usually is.

Originally Posted by Mayday

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

W it seems to me this is just an anonymous "Letter to the Editor." ( http://kearneyhub.com/news/opinion/ ) Probably sent by someone who's business is profiting by employing IAs.

We have a subscription to this newspaper. The article was where the editorial usually is.

Well after searching the site I couldn't find an "Editorial Page" link. I did dig this up though:

Steve Chatelain,
Publisher

E-mail: steve.chatelain@kearneyhub.com

Phone: 308-233-9700

Years at Hub: Steve was managing editor from 1985-89 and returned as publisher in 1993.

Education: 1979 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a bachelor of arts degree in journalism.

Responsibilities: Sets overall direction for the newspaper, overseeing all aspects of advertising, news, circulation, production and administration; with managing editor sets editorial page direction for the Hub and writes Hub Opinion articles.



Mike Konz,
Managing editor

E-mail: mike.konz@kearneyhub.com

Phone: 308-233-9720

Years at Hub: Mike joined the Hub in December 1989.

Education: Wayne State College

Coverage responsibilities: Staff development, city government, state government, editorial page, main contact for locally written editorial opinions and letters to the editor. Konz also assigns special issue stories for the reporters and handles complaints, concerns, questions and other issues not covered by other reporters.

So I think it was probably written by one of these guys. JMO