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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:29 AM Original message |
Have you ever met an illegal immigrant ? |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not Sure |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't call human beings illegal |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. my bad... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
88. self delete |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
95. How do you know they're undocumented? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. Oh another one who needs to remember that YOU brought up the R word |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. LOL all the time in Roanoke Va... |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Did you ask them? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. So are you asking to see their papers before you let them wash your car? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:31 AM Original message |
Would you know it if you did? |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, he was brought to my home to get some men's clothing which |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That was... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. guess I'm disqualified because I live in California... |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. you can quadruple that here in SoCal |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. I just figure anybody in a straw cowboy hat and wearing a western shirt is papers impaired |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 02:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
200. Same here. 27 years ago I was informed that "every restaurant in town would close" without them... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. I was in a band with one |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. If the GOP makes immigration a campaign centerpiece, they will implode |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I was shocked to see Black people waiting tables in Boston |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
186. Exactly. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 01:46 AM Response to Reply #186 |
194. no offense taken... |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. Lots |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. How do you know? |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
57. A few ways |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. How do you know the 20 people crammed into a house |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. I know |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. You assume? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #78 |
96. Deleted message |
JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #78 |
134. Dude, why so rude? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 02:19 AM Response to Reply #134 |
199. This is an underhanded way to call people racists. (EOM) |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
12. Sure have |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
72. how do you know they were specifically "Mexican" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #72 |
103. Amazing how many don't know that we have lots of immigrants |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #72 |
116. The big Mexican flag on their porch was a clue. |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #116 |
150. Thank you for clarifying |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #116 |
153. yes...those would certainly indicate a bit more than passing interest |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 02:30 AM Response to Reply #116 |
201. ROFL! |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 02:33 AM Response to Reply #116 |
202. Best response I've read all week. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #116 |
216. Sorry, that does not really qualify. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
13. I don't think so. |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
14. I worked for a poultry processor in western Virginia for a few years... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
15. Yep, here in DC. |
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laura888 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
231. Bingo! As one DC resident to another... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
18. I've met several. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 01:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
189. "..competing for construction jobs.." |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #189 |
243. Exactly. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
19. they used to pick tomatoes , |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Of course they look like hard working people |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
20. NJ. She worked as a companion for an elderly man. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. This sounds kinda fishy to me... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. I was personally familiar with the situation, but I can understand your |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Exactly what I was thinking. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. I reiterate: I know it because while I wasn't involved in the decision-making, |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Seriously, this story , while altogether possible |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. I understand. It WAS the "perfect storm". It was insanity I assure you. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
40. And had the man picked a local, native-born NJ girl as his companion, would the story be any |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. The difference IMO is that this woman knew how to use the system. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
76. And the similar story I recall, the native born American ended up killing the old man after |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. I'm not certain where the bias is. All I've done is recount the facts |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
21. I don't know |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I thought that ( racisim) would be read |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I just felt the need to be upfront about it |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
22. one of my students family ran a restaurant here for 20 years, providing jobs, and were deported |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
24. There are some here |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
218. Those were Basque shephards! |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #218 |
219. still some basques.... |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
27. I've worked with LOADS in downstate Illinois |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Oh did you ask to see their papers? |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
94. No, becuase they didn't have any |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. Deleted message |
treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #99 |
136. It has to be a guess |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
28. I don't ask to see a green card when I meet a foreign national. |
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verse18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
33. Yep. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
35. Well, many here do not seem to feel the way I feel. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
36. Plenty of them. |
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alkaline9 (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
39. I knew of one family here in NJ... |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
41. YEP! Lots work in Gainesville, Ga. at the chicken processing plants. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. Exactly! nt |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
146. Less Shareholder Profits |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 01:43 AM Response to Reply #41 |
193. Excellent post n/t |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 02:12 AM Response to Reply #41 |
197. That's called hot racking |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
42. One always sticks in my mind |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. I have, and most of them were working their asses off |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
44. One crashed into my new car. No DL, ins. or registration. Her |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
45. When I lived in Ohio, quite a few - and my friend's job went bye-bye as well |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
97. Ohio has been hit very hard by undocumented laborers |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. I've lived in NYC and the Puget sound area |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Welcome to DU |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
47. a small handful, yes |
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CC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yes and some I know because they |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
49. Many times. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
50. Is this a crisis issue where you live ? No. |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
52. I met some folks who used to be illegal... |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
56. Before the storm |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 01:57 AM Response to Reply #56 |
196. If I remember correctly, BushCo allowed an exemption.... |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
58. Hah! Ever been to Chinatown in NY? Or... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
59. Yes. I've even helped identify, capture, and detain them. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Why'd you do that ? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Um...the problem was they were entering this country illegally. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Oh... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
79. Were you a border patrol agent? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. National Guard |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. How did you feel about being used that way? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. I'd rather be doing that than killing people in Iraq |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #89 |
100. Glad to hear that |
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july302001 (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #89 |
239. THANK YOU |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
60. "Illegal immigration" isn't just for brown people.... |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
114. Exactly |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 03:10 AM Response to Reply #60 |
208. In 2000 there was a total of 3,000 unauthorized residents from Ireland in the USA |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
61. I'm disqualified since I live in TX, but.... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
63. More than I can count. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
70. Of course |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
71. I'm sure I've met quite a few, but I didn't check their papers. nt |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
73. quite a bunch actuaLLy |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
74. Yes, I've met plenty here in Boston area |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. ditto - right above you |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
77. To all who've answered 'Yes'. How did you know these people were illegals? Did they tell you? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. I want to know that as well. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. You could watch them cross the border in the desert. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #77 |
85. Yes, they told me. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #77 |
92. Yes, they told us. They were honest. n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #77 |
93. 1 person told me, was an illegal immigrant from England. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #77 |
109. Actually, their crew chief did. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #77 |
130. Just about everyone I have known has been.... |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #77 |
131. Them getting deported was a pretty good tip off..... |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #131 |
139. Best post of the thread. Thank you for being so rational. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #139 |
149. Thanks.. n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #131 |
217. We ask because we have found some people do assume |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #131 |
241. I asked because in the restaurant industry, all those hired present 'green cards'. However, some |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #77 |
140. We are aware that not every foreigner is illegal |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #140 |
162. I know a couple of legal immigrants who don't speak English |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #162 |
183. This is true too |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 02:13 AM Response to Reply #183 |
198. Interesting points. I know a Chinese family who immigrated... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:57 AM Response to Reply #77 |
214. Yes, I was told.Also when it costs pennies to go home and thousands to return here, that's a clue... |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
82. Many many |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
87. I've worked side by side with undocumented workers. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #87 |
155. They didn't fool you, did they .... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #155 |
160. What kind of umbrellas can we organize to fend off this bull? |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #160 |
170. Wide ones |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #170 |
176. Crikey! It sounds like a picnic in Wild Kingdom. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 03:57 AM Response to Reply #155 |
209. By conservative estimate there are 12 million unauthorized residents living in the US today |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #209 |
215. Is that because the conservatives are doing the estimating? lol--couldn't resist. nt |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #215 |
221. I can't believe I left myself open for that one. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #221 |
227. Dobbs has been at it for about |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #227 |
228. JohnLocke is sharing some similar information downthread |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #228 |
229. Sorta the reason for this thread... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #229 |
245. I appreciate the opportunity to be enlightened by so many unbiased views (EOM) |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
90. Yes to all of your questions |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
91. My ex-S.O. met loads of them in S.C. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
98. I am from Texas |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
102. I've met several ... |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
104. Yes. He was English. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
105. Yes. Working construction here in NC. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
106. it's a real issue |
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PegDAC (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
107. An undocumented kid |
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thegreatcause2 (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
108. restaurant worker |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #108 |
158. Bankruptcy won't be caused by EITC |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
110. Yep. Here in south florida it's the only way to be competetive |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
111. Lost my last job to undocumented workers.. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
112. I'm in Washington State, and I work with them every day. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
113. yup |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
115. Probably, but I don't know for sure |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
117. Yes...in Chicago. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
118. As a Californian of course, I have met them, worked along side |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
119. I lost a job to an illegal, as did my best friend. Also, in an apartment |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. huh? |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. Maybe, maybe not, but in either case |
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CharmCity (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #124 |
128. Catch your breath. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #128 |
133. Better get here before August, then. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #124 |
138. About half of illegal aliens are from Mexico |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #138 |
141. Closer to 60 percent. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:27 AM Response to Reply #141 |
212. There were 68.7% in 2000 |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #119 |
137. So why did that employer risk hiring an illegal rather than you |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #119 |
147. Head to Alabama |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:27 AM Response to Reply #119 |
211. A town in NOVA "with little or no illegal population" |
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murloc (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
120. I doubt there is a person here who has not |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
122. Yes - I worked in the office of a construction company for a while |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
123. Yes...... |
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CharmCity (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
125. All the time in DC and Charm City |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
126. no vote here from Phoenix... |
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RC Quake (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
127. Yes. Too many to count. |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
129. I have a friend who is Mexican-American |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #129 |
164. I know quite a few like that |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #164 |
242. I guess it's ubiquitous |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
132. Quite a few. I'm in San Diego. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 02:39 AM Response to Reply #132 |
205. Take a trip outside of California or the Southwest.... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
135. I have met them outside So. Cal. and while living in So Cal. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
142. yes, last night |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #142 |
222. The first permanent English settlement in America. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #222 |
225. No, that would be Jamestown. n/t |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #225 |
234. My logic. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
143. Yes |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
144. The only undocumented immigrants I've met were from Ireland, England & Poland. |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 01:49 AM Response to Reply #144 |
195. It's way more than that. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
145. Many |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
148. Yes |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #148 |
154. Yes, |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
151. Yes. I know one. |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
152. Yes. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #152 |
166. Guess you haven't met any Asian families |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #166 |
171. Oh yes. Around here are even more Asian families than Hispanic. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #171 |
173. heh heh ! |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #152 |
167. Nothing, but NOTHING, moved me more |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
156. I've known 2 for sure |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
157. Yes, one of whom became involved with the teen daughter.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #157 |
178. Families happen. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 12:58 AM Response to Reply #178 |
185. Well, what irks me is the hypocrisy of my Rethug neighbor.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #185 |
187. I'm so sorry. I hope you are much better equipped than I am |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 01:32 AM Response to Reply #187 |
191. Thanks, Pat.... |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #157 |
180. kinda reminds me of GHWB's remark about |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
159. If you answer "Yes," then you're a racist |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #159 |
161. Not so fast |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #159 |
172. WHAT?! |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
163. As far as I know, they were all legal |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
165. Yes, a lady from Scotland. Married to an American, divorced, didn't have a visa when I knew her. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
168. Disqualified by SoCal residency. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #168 |
174. You've done well my boy. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
169. I believe so though I am not 100% sure.. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #169 |
175. You're cool ..... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
177. lol. . I lived with a crazed Antrim man who jumped the QE II and |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #177 |
179. That sounds like fun. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
181. I was married to one - does that count? |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #181 |
182. I guess that would qualify.... |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
184. All the time |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
188. yes, i've known undocumented immigrants in oklahoma and illinois |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
190. Met. Been neighbors with. Laughed with. Flirted with. Danced with. |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
192. Of course! Most "illegal Immigrants" are not so-called "illegal border crossers"... |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
203. Sure, I know several illegal immigrants. I've provided Early Intervention services |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
204. Matter of perception... it's largely a rural issue as that's |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
206. My sister's sister-in-law (Massachussetts) somehow neglected to get her papers,& may be deported now |
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Cozmosis (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
207. Quite a few |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
210. Lived and worked al over the country and have never been anywhere |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:30 AM Response to Original message |
213. No, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
220. Yes. I live in the extreme northwest. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #220 |
224. I think every industry has been impacted |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
223. Im sure I have, but didnt know it. |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
226. I grew up on the border, so yes, scads of them. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
230. Lots |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
232. Yes |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
233. I've met plenty of Mexican-born immigrants here in Iowa - we have a significant |
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Saphire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
235. yes, from both Latin America and Europe. |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
236. You're kidding me, right? |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
237. Hundreds work at small poultry plants in rural Mississippi...We even have two tiendas |
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july302001 (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
238. Yes - I've probably met 20 or more |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
240. I usually don't check people's papers when I meet them. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
244. My grandfather was one, but he died before I was born. |
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