Portland Tribune- Immigration Anxiety hits home

Great article, but most of all, read the comments section in the link. So many good comments. Also, love the mention of all the "out-of-state" calls that Potter received about his siding with the illegals.

Immigration anxiety hits home, stays hot
Mayor blasts feds’ action, and plenty blast mayor; more raids likely

By Jennifer Anderson

The Portland Tribune, Jun 15, 2007 (45 Reader comments)

Immigration raids this week on the Fresh Del Monte produce processing plant and its staffing facility ended in the arrests of 167 people, and observers say more such raids are likely.

Sarah Toor / Portland Tribune
Three days after federal immigration officials swooped down on two North Portland facilities and arrested 167 people, emotions in Portland were still raw and the policy debate still feisty.

Much of the reaction was spurred by Mayor Tom Potter’s response to the raids, which he condemned in favor of a more comprehensive federal solution to immigration issues.

[color=blue]Potter’s office received about 800 e-mails and phone calls immediately after his statement on the raid was released. Many seemed to have been fueled by national talk radio, Potter spokesman John Doussard said, but others came from Oregonians who thought Portland’s mayor had crossed the line.

“It’s the most e-mails we’ve ever gotten on a single subject,â€

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people are wearing electronic bracelets to prevent them from fleeing.

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BS why would that stop anyone from leaving the Country?

Where would they go to....Mexico :lol: :lol: !!!!? Now that would be funny.

[quote]“We’re going through scary, xenophobic times,â€

[quote]His agency and various church groups intend to start a “sanctuary movementâ€

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Originally Posted by Pistov

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people are wearing electronic bracelets to prevent them from fleeing.

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BS why would that stop anyone from leaving the Country?

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It is sort of funny though. It sounds like the fence is not far off.

Lets see them flee then!

[quote="Pistov"][quote]“We’re going through scary, xenophobic times,â€

[quote]“It’s not black and white,â€

Oh, I know MW, that line got my husband and I both!!! Needed a Zantac after that.

Yes, victims they are when they drive with no insurance and crash into Americans, who them have to foot that bill, and they are victims when the illegal alien mother of four steps foot into the WIC office to pick up her vouchers for free stuff.

How about that free education, free breakfasts and lunches served to their children? Poor victims they are, poor, poor illegal alien vicitms. They must feel so vicitmized!!!!!

When will all of this whining about the illegals being the "victims" stop?

According to my dictionary a "Victim" is: Person against whom a crime is committed. Person who is tricked or swindled.

So, I suppose the illegals have been tricked and swindled into crossing into this country, stealing SS #'s and full identities to not only steal jobs from American citizens but also to commit a laundry list of other crimes as well? They are having crimes committed against them as our laws are enforced, they are finally being held accountable for everything they were tricked and swindled into doing, and we are demanding that our government represent, and restore our country to, us?

Where does this kind of twisted logic come from that they are the victims? I'm fairly certain it's the other way around............. :?

azwreath, so true, twisted logic, one of the tools of the far-left Open Borders Lobby. Feel free to share you very precise explanation of that words meaning, according to the dictionary to the paper.

vic·tim [vik-tim]
–noun 1. a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident.
2. a person who is deceived or cheated, as by his or her own emotions or ignorance, by the dishonesty of others, or by some impersonal agency: a victim of misplaced confidence; the victim of a swindler; a victim of an optical illusion.
3. a person or animal sacrificed or regarded as sacrificed: war victims.
4. a living creature sacrificed in religious rites.


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[Origin: 1490–1500; < L victima sacrificial animal]

Well by golly, dictionary.com says they can be vicitims by their own emotions or ignorance, so guess they are, but we all know in this case, they are only playing vicitms on TV and in the media!!!!

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Originally Posted by AmericanElizabeth

azwreath, so true, twisted logic, one of the tools of the far-left Open Borders Lobby. Feel free to share you very precise explanation of that words meaning, according to the dictionary to the paper.

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Thanks, I think I will do just that and send my post, in letter form, just as it is. Let's see if they've got the guts to publish it............


BTW: Just plain "wreath" is fine......no need for formalities. :D

Wreath, good, at this point to most I am AE, it's shorter and faster to type! :D

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Originally Posted by AmericanElizabeth

Wreath, good, at this point to most I am AE, it's shorter and faster to type! :D

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Ok then, AE it is! :) Cool avi, btw. :D

[b]“It’s not black and white,â€