Thread: Illegal immigrants in Dalton face a choice: move or jail

June 20, 2011
Illegal immigrants in Dalton face a choice: Stay and go to jail or move

Jamie Jones jamiejones@daltoncitizen.com

Jose Luis Hernandez is like many Daltonians.

Most of his family — brothers, uncles, nephews, cousins and even grandchildren — also call Dalton home. Hernandez has lived here for 13 years.

He has a steady job working construction. Before that he worked in local carpet mills.

Hernandez frequents the abundant shops along East Morris Street, supporting a slumping economy hit by sky-high unemployment.

For the past 10 years, he’s paid a mortgage on his home.

There’s a glaring difference, however, between Hernandez and most Dalton residents: He is an illegal immigrant.

Days before Georgia’s new immigration law — the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 — goes into effect on July 1, Hernandez fears his comfortable life in Dalton could end as quickly as the snap of handcuffs. But his concern is not focused solely on himself. He worries how the law will impact Hispanics here, the entire Dalton community and most importantly, his children.

“That is who it will affect the most,â€

Why do these people think that the longer they evade the law, the more they deserve to be here????

[quote]“That is who it will affect the most,â€

I bet the legal citizens of Dalton along with the legal citizens of Georgia wondered about the future of their families as well. Only catch is when your a member of a countries legal population a.k.a. Citizen.... that country is meant to protect you first. Everyone else only fits in AFTER your own citizens are secure if in doing so doesn't threaten citizens.

[quote] Many people buy homes without documents and carry on for more than eight, 10 or 12 years now paying the house and they are going to leave, and that will be the government left to deal with all that.â€

Mexico needs you and your family and you need Mexico. Adios

He has a steady job working construction.

Dalton just created a job for a citizen. We can cure unemployment one job at a time.

"Take Ramon Rosas. A native of Mexico, Rosas has lived in Dalton for more than eight years with his wife and two children."

"Jose Luis Pineda has lived in Dalton for 16 years and has two children, ages 9 and 18."

"Madrano has two children: a girl, 2, and a boy, 12."

Rolling on Floor Laughing My @ss Off... Illegals with only TWO JACK POTS?
RIGHT!!!

When I read these stories of ILLEGALS owning a Home... I'm a Disabled AMERICAN and I cant own a Home. My Blood Preasure is High right now...

id like to know whose info is really on that mortgage, it cant be his. see-ya. i have 0 sympathy.