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01-27-2006, 01:38 PM #1
Irish immigration group will meet tonight
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Irish immigration group will meet tonight
By ERNIE GARCIA
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original Publication: January 27, 2006)
YONKERS — The illegal-immigration debate often summons images of Latin Americans, but the issue affects a wide range of people.
The Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform will hold a community forum tonight in Yonkers to discuss how immigration reform would affect the estimated 40,000 illegal Irish immigrants in the United States.
"We have to create a process whereby the undocumented who are already here can earn a change of status and a path to permanent residency," wrote the Irish Lobby's Executive Director Kelly Fincham in an e-mail interview.
On McLean Avenue last week opinions were mixed.
"I think you should send them back home because they're taking American jobs," said Mike Curtin, 43, a construction worker.
Patrick O'Niell, 31, a sanitation worker, said, "If they come here to work and become Americans, there is no problem."Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at http://eepurl.com/cktGTn
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