Thread: Hispanics feeling heat of enforcement

Thu December 20, 2007
Hispanics feeling heat of enforcement

By the Numbers

•300,000: Number deported in 2007

• 84 percent: Rise in deportations over 2002

•900 percent: Rise in workplace raids between 2002 and 2007.

•7 to 8 million: Estimated number of undocumented workers in the U.S.

•1,562: Number of immigration bills introduced around the country as of last month.

•244: Number of those bills that were enacted.

•$1.6 billion: Budget in 2002 for patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border.

•$9 billion: Estimated cost of building a fence along the southwest corridor of the U.S.

•$1,700: Cost per arrest along the border, as of 2002.

•480,000 to 660,000: Estimated number of illegal immigrants settling in the U.S. between 1990 and 2004.

Sources: Pew Hispanic Center, National Conference of State Legislatures, National Immigration Forum.

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More changes in Oklahoma
While immigration continues to poll as a priority for many Oklahoma voters, the state's current immigration law, House Bill 1804, may change during the upcoming legislative season.
Sen. Harry Coates, R-Seminole, has vowed to introduce legislation to repeal portions of HB 1804. Rep. Shane Jett, R-Tecumseh, plans to introduce a companion bill for a program similar to a statewide temporary worker program, softening the blow of the enforcement-heavy HB 1804.

On the other side, Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, plans to introduce what he calls the "Son of HB 1804â€

[quote]"They don't go to buy cars. They are returning the cars. It's hurting the dealership, the salesman, and the restaurants. They don't sell the car, and then they don't come to spend money at the restaurant,â€

I really don't care what it's doing to your businesses. I'm not subsidizing your cheap labor anymore. Get used to it.

Hire Americans invite them to Oklahoma. Advertise do what you need to do and stop your BS.

The Hispanic family unit is such that they are not going to turn away a family member. [b]Rather than subject themselves to the problems this immigration legislation has caused, they are pulling up stakes,â€

azwreath You said it very well.

[quote="zeezil"]Coates says HB 1804 hampers economic growth and is causing a mass exodus of legal workers.

"The Hispanic family unit is such that they are not going to turn away a family member. Rather than subject themselves to the problems this immigration legislation has caused, they are pulling up stakes,â€

Originally Posted by nntrixie

azwreath You said it very well.

Why thank you nntrixie.

Today is just one of those days when I'm so darned irritated by this issue that my husband told me if I were an oyster I'd be spitting out a pearl every 5 minutes.

AHHHH, my heart crys out, but it crys out for Americans first...SORRY!

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These "woe is me" stories about illegal and "legal" immigrants leaving cities due to (boo hoo) illegal immigration legislation, are really starting to get ridiculous. Why should I care if businesses that break our laws and cater to illegal aliens are struggling?

All the businesses and people who have been profitting by illegal immigration need to face the fact that the party is ending. They've gotten away with thwarting our laws and hurting American citizens for far too long now, and we're not going to take it anymore.

Time to learn to live within the law, and if they don't like it? TOO BAD!!