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They Just Keep Coming

They Just Keep Coming. Immigration and Culture in the United States. A Short History of Illegal Immigration. …by a man who used to be more open to more than one side of an issue and who didn’t yell so much…. the official story of the U.S. and immigration. death and murder and theft vs.

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They Just Keep Coming

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  1. They Just Keep Coming Immigration and Culture in the United States

  2. A Short History of Illegal Immigration …by a man who used to be more open to more than one side of an issue and who didn’t yell so much…

  3. the official story of the U.S. and immigration death and murder and theft vs. bravery and hardship and sharing and community BOTH ARE EQUAL PARTS OF THE TRUE STORY

  4. 1. thievery, theft, murder Seen through the eyes of indigenous peoples

  5. 2. bravery and hardship • Most Europeans who immigrated to the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were poor • The poorest of these were the immigrants from southern Europe • Video(7:40 – 10:55)

  6. Five outside the box thoughts about immigration

  7. 1. BUSINESS AND LARGE LANDOWNERS HAVE SHAPED OUR IMMIGRATION POLICY How many immigrants do we need?

  8. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of yourteeming shore Send these, the homeless,tempest-tost, to me I lift my lamp beside the golden door. ~ Emma Lazarus

  9. BUSINESS vs. La Migra We relax our borders to accommodate business needs

  10. IMMIGRANT vs. REFUGEE IMMIGRATION POLICY: preference to wealthy, educated, and relatives vs. REFUGEE POLICY: policies favor wealth and political allies

  11. Background of Immigrants Less than H.S. Education College Degree U.S. Pop: 23.1% Asian Immigrants: 42.5% Europe, Russia, Canada: 28.9% Latin America and Carribean: 9.1% African Immigrants: 51.1%* Highest number with advanced degrees U.S. Pop: 17.1% Asian Immigrants: 21.2% Europe, Russia, Canada: 23.5% Latin America and Carribean: 57.4% African Immigrants: 10.6% Source: 2000 U.S. Census

  12. Toni Scully, whose family owns a pear-packing company in Northern California, could not sell tons of fruit that had been picked too late for markets. (2006)

  13. 2. NEW IMMIGRANTS ARE DEMONIZED “Keep out the rabble!” “Hurry, close the door!”

  14. Congo the dog – Princeton, NJ

  15. The Story of Congo Congo attacked a man (unprovoked) and is scheduled to be put to death State Assemblyman Neil M. Cohen has introduced legislation, which he calls “Congo’s Law,” that could spare the dog’s life. Thousands of people from Princeton and elsewhere around New Jersey and the U.S. are petitioning the governor for a pardon

  16. The VictimGiovanni Riveraundocumented immigrant landscaper from Honduras(photo taken after the attack)

  17. Is Cohen’s bill an example of “racism”? Mr. Rivera received $250K from insurance co. after bill was introduced - Five million dog bites annually - 800,000 need medical attention (26 average deaths) What if the dog had bitten a white plumber? Would an assemblyman have sponsored a bill? What if the dog had bitten a little girl of any ethnoracial background – who was an “American”?

  18. Rant on Illegal Immigrants Viewed over 172,000 times since March 2006

  19. Response to this rant: “The reason Mexico is such a shithole is because it's populace are cowardly selfish lowlife's that care for nothing but themselves! They have NOT ONE man of honor in the whole cesspool of a nation! Mexicans are scum, racists, cowardly, filthy, illiterate peasant scum. Wall them off and let them feast upon themselves! DIE WETBACKS”

  20. Response to this rant: “great video”“FUCK THESE FILTHY SUBHUMAN SHITSKINNED MEXCREMENT VERMIN.”“they make the nigger look like advanced”

  21. These are roughly the same rates as 90-130 years ago when European immigration peaked.

  22. 3. IMMIGRATION OCCURS IN WAVES

  23. The Case of Hazelton Rapid transformation that occurs when one group moves into a region in large numbers - local communities often pay the cost Hazelton town council passed resolution making it illegal to do business with “illegal immigrants” The anti-immigrant Hazelton law

  24. “What should the Federal Government of the U.S. do?” “Immigration is not a political issue. It is a black and white issue about enforcing the law.” -- Lou Dobbs “The Federal Government is considering larger issues than the needs of local communities.” -- ACLA of PA

  25. Arizona Illegal Immigration Mandate State and local police agencies must determine if people in Arizona are in the U.S. illegally • base stops on “reasonable suspicion” • arrest people without legal status or who cannot prove that they are legal

  26. 4. MIGRATION OFTEN LEADS TO CONFLICT Why can’t we all just get along?

  27. The KKK and immigration (in two minutes)

  28. From a MySpace Forum thread about Mexicans who are “too lazy to speak English”: “I'm living in Sweden right now, and I can get by just fine with speaking English as everyone (well most) speak English. The point is to have the courtesy to learn the language of the country you reside in. It does piss me off to see all the damn Mexicans not make a single attempt to learn English, instead they want it fed to them as simple as possible. Learn the fucking language, take all the god damn signs in Spanish down and make them learn.”

  29. And that means you!

  30. THE TRUE COSTS OF:Legal Immigrationvs.Illegal Immigration

  31. Illegal Immigration is Perceived to be Costly COSTS BENEFITS Taxes paid by immigrant workers who rarely see the benefits Fed, State, Local Social Security Workers Comp Contribute to lower wages (good for business) Money sent home is a social safety net for poor countries (i.e., foreign aid) • Border Patrol & Police & INS & ICE • Education and Social Services • Health Services • Contribute to lower wages for nationalized workers

  32. Black Immigrants do well…

  33. Metropolitan economic growth appears to be related to immigration in the past two decades NYT : April 16, 2010

  34. In more than half of the largest metro areas, more immigrants are employed in mostly higher-paid white collar jobs than lower paid blue collar and service jobs

  35. 5. IMMIGRATION LEADS TO DYMANIC TRANSFORMATION Who migrates? How do immigrants think? Why innovate?

  36. new immigrants have very strong commitments to family and community Jorge Munoz serves dinners to day laborers in NYC

  37. Check out the “innovations” from young men of Guyanese and Trinidadian background whose families have emigrated to Queens, NY.This is popular back in their homelands.Talk about “innovation”…..

  38. These are mobile stereos tricked out with bass woofers, amplifiers, and speakers. And they’re loud—5000 watts and 150 decibels!

  39. Note the training wheels because of the weight of the equipment – including car batteries.

  40. Here’s the rear end view of that last bicycle.

  41. Out for a cruise in the streets of Queens.

  42. the solution

  43. Consider the words of Cal Thomas, a columnist with Tribune Media Services, in an editorial titled “Round Illegal Immigrants Up, Move Them Out.” It appeared in newspapers around the country on November 2, 2001.

  44. “The United States has been the breadbasket to the world and has welcomed the world here. We have, and are, forgiving debt and handing out foreign aid like Scrooge…though we have never been Scrooge-like in our generosity. We’ve enriched Arab nations by buying their oil; it’s not our fault that they have failed to use those resources to better the lives of their people. Now we learn that many countries hate us because their political and religious leaders need an enemy to deflect attention from the economic…misery at home—for which they are largely responsible.

  45. A bigger threat than [terrorism and] anthrax is the huge number of illegal aliens in this country; the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there are 8 million of them [and] the Bush administration should order a massive roundup, deporting illegals to their countries of origin….If policy remains unchanged, at least 13 million legal and illegal immigrants will likely settle in the U.S. over the next 10 years. By absorbing so many legal and illegal aliens, America has lost something of the uniqueness that attracts immigrants.

  46. We’ve allowed these immigrants to form their own societies among us, rather than embrace American history, American traditions and American values. Our national motto—out of many, one—has become out of one, many. No nation can survive if it loses its identity, and we’re losing ours. While reversing this downward process may take some time (and some will), deporting those who don’t belong here will have the immediate benefit of ridding us of some terrorists and their cells. Then we should… develop a new immigration policy that puts America first.”

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