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Date: 2006/10/25 Wed PM 09:39:04 EDT
Subject: Arcadia 'Migrant' Community is a Pseudo-Amnesty

Floridians for Immigration Enforcement

www.FLIMEN.org

Arcadia 'Migrant' Community is a Pseudo-Amnesty

USDA has granted Catholic Charities $6 million to build a 'migrant' community in Arcadia, Florida. This grant continues the trend of government grants to fund the open border agenda of the Catholic church. Not only the federal government but cities are funneling money for illegal alien benefits as the City of Jupiter, Florida has funded the Jupiter Illegal Alien Hiring Hall through the Catholic church.



This grant has the support of Mel Martinez, Bill Nelson, Katherine Harris, and Jeb Bush.



Per the announcement at http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/ ... y=ew12.htm:



"Beyond affordable housing for field workers, Casa San Juan Bosco also will have child care, employment training, educational opportunities, home ownership training and on-site health care."



The main problem with this grant is that although farm workers are temporary seasonal workers under H-2 agricultural visas, the entire project is designed to entice 'migrants' to remain in the US. This project is contrary to the concept that temporary workers are to return home and effectively constitutes a pseudo-amnesty as Catholic Charities will attempt to transform the temporary workers to permanent higher-skilled workers.


Here are some of the other problems with this USDA grant to the Catholic church:



Given that growers and Catholic Charities generally do not comply with immigration law and given that the term 'migrant' generally includes both legal and illegal workers, it can be assumed that much of the federal expenditure will be allocated to those illegally present in the US. It is improper that expenditures be made to an industry and church that so flagrantly violate US immigration law.


The benefits provided are far beyond low-cost housing and include physical amenities such as single family homes, community center, play area, park, soccer and baseball fields and a nature preserve.


The social benefits of employment training, educational opportunities, and home ownership training are being given to 'migrants' when US citizen's jobs are being rapidly displaced by illegal aliens, when the educational system for the children of US citizens has disintegrated, and when US citizens are struggling just to keep up with the costs of their home ownership.


Growers are reaping the profits from the 'migrants' and housing costs should be their full responsibility, yet it is the taxpayer who is paying a significant portion of housing costs. FLIMEN is uncertain of the portion of industry funding of the project but the quote below indicates that the growers are contributing only $200K to the project. Why aren't the growers fully paying for the housing?


We need your help to protest this public funding of low-cost housing, amenities, training and housing ownership for temporary workers when benefits should be given to citizens, children of citizens, hurricane Katrina victims and homeless citizens including many homeless vets.



Join us Saturday morning (and bring your signs), "... to witness Bishop John J. Nevins and Bishop Frank Dewane of the Diocese of Venice perform the ceremony for the Casa San Juan Bosco farm worker housing project located at 2316 S.E. Hillsborough Ave., in Arcadia."

PLEASE ATTEND!!



Here is a map and directions to assist you on your journey:

http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=23 ... rcadia,+FL

More links on Arcadia:

http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive4/ ... tp1de1.htm

http://www.catholiccharitiesdov.org/Wha ... tation.htm:



"The development offers a rural community incorporating ingredients that help farm workers to build greater self-sufficiency. Casa San Juan Bosco will offer on-site childcare, education and employment training, health care and home ownership training. These supportive services will initially help stabilize agricultural workers and their families, then increase their skills to earn a living wage, and finally to assist each family into home ownership."



FLIMEN believes this quote is a clear indication that the Catholic church will aggressively attempt to transform the temporary workers to permanent status through visa upgrades. Of course FLIMEN Alert subscribers are already are aware that the various proposed 'guest worker' programs will not be guest worker programs at all as they will suffer the same shenanigans to convert temporary workers to permanent workers.



http://www.thefloridacatholic.org/artic ... ousing.htm

http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/ ... y=ew12.htm

http://www.thefloridacatholic.org/artic ... ousing.htm

http://www.floridagrower.net/forging_ah ... _rcma.html

http://www.ffva.com/newsroom/nw91.asp:


"Maitland, Fla. (Dec. 6) - Florida Fruit & Vegetable Research & Education Foundation has pledged $50,000 to Catholic Charities Housing (CCH), Diocese of Venice, Inc. for initial funding of the Casa San Juan Bosco farmworker housing initiative. "

http://www.ffva.com/publications/foodnews/1130.htm:

"Florida Fruit & Vegetable Research & Education Foundation raised $50,000 for the project?s initial funding through auctions benefiting hurricane housing held at FFVA?s 61st Annual Convention in 2004, and added another $150,000 to the fund in the past year."
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October 25, 2006