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     Almost 6 months after the ICE raid in Chattanooga, and many Hispanic families are still struggling.
     The Hispanic Displacement Relief Coalition recently formed after the immigration raid on Pilgrim's Pride this past April.
     Organizers want to shed light on the situation and how it's affecting the families who can't support themselves now.
     At the public forum Thursday, expects talked about statistics and myths about immigrations, legality, and heard personal stories.
     Stacy Johnson with La Paz de Dios says, "We just want to put a human face on the immigration issue, and the immigrants here. The people here are suffering and we're wanting to help. They're in need and we need to step up and help."
     The forum was part of the Night of 1,000 Conversations, which works to hold the Department of Homeland Security responsible.


WHO CARES????

Who cares if the hispanic illegal alien families are struggling? Everybody is struggling we need to worry about the families of AMERICAN CITIZENS before we worry about people who managed to sneak into the country illegally. If they are having a rough time they should go back to Mexico and where ever else they came from.


Illegal Boarder Crossers

I live in Tucson, AZ and work as a nurse. The Mexicans come into the US with disease and bring crime with them. Some will work, but as a whole they just want to come here and be like they were still living in Mexico. That means they do not want to speak english or assimulate AMERICAN CULTURE. They come into the ER all the time with problems that stem from drug use, gang violance and they drive drunk, killing Americans on the road. If you don't speak to them in spanish, they become insulting and demand someone that does speak spanish. The amount of money that they cost us here in Arizona is incredable. The state of Arizona has passed a law making English the offical language, but you can not enforce it with bad politics. If Chattanooga and TN. want to welcome the Illegals into your community, you will pay the price in dollars and in your culture. They will not assimulate!


I REALLY CANT BELIEVE HOW

I REALLY CANT BELIEVE HOW IGNORANT PEOPLE ARE HOW COULD YOU SAY THEY LIVE LIKE ROYALTY? THATS STUPID THEY SEND MONEY TO HELP THERE FAMILIES JUST LIKE WE DO HERE.YOU DONT KNOW HOW MUCH THEY SUFFER JUST TO COME HERE AND BE AWAY FROM THERE FAMILY FOR SO LONG AND SOME HEARTLESS PEOLPE PROBALY DONT CARE. BUT THEY ARE VERY HARD WORKERS AND IF YOU EVER WORK WITH A HISPANIC YOU WOULD KNOW HOW HARD THEY WORK AND USUALLY THEY WORK HARDER THAN US AMERICANS AND THEY GET PAID LESS. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY IF THIS CONTRY WAS DISCOVERED BY IMMIGRANTS WHY IS EVERYBODY SO AGAINST THEM? THEY ARE HUMANS AND THEY DESERVE TO BE HERE AND TO GIVE THERE KIDS A BETTER LIFE AND OPPRITUNITIES JUST LIKE THE AMERICANS. I DONT KNOW HOW YOU COULD FEEL LIKE YOUR SO MUCH BETTER THAN THEM JUST BECAUSE YOU WHERE BORN HERE THAT DOES NOT MAKE YOU ANY BETTER.


They do NOT deserve to be here

They are CRIMINALS, they broke OURS laws to get into this country. If you or I broke our law we would GO to jail and not collect $200.00. They broke OUR laws and are getting millions for it. You say they do not get paid enought. Have you checked the price of tomatoes lately? I know a guy that had them build the foundation to his new home. It was so far out of square the carpenters had a very had time squaring to to build the floor. Oh! By the way they were getting paid $15.00 an hour and NOT paying taxs. What they should have been paying in taxs, they sent back to country they came from. If we would run them out of this country; we could spend the billions they cost US for OUR VETS and SENIORS. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT TRUELT DESERVE IT!!!!!!!


WHAT DO YOU KNOW...AND IT DOES MATTER

It does matter and it matters to me I'm a citizen of the United States but I consider myself mexican-american cause my family are mexican but now they are citizens of the states. My question is what does everybody have against hispanics and they don't come here and take your jobs and get whatever they want...they work for it...twice as hard as a simple american. Theres nothing wrong by sending money to families back home we all do it here don't we...we all work and we're making money to support our own families here its the same thing...and they all don't go back and live like royalty yeah right everybody wishes that but all they want is freedom and just work and they don't bother anyone and they're not terrorist ok who the government should be blocking is others from Iraq or wherever else in the middle eastern because to cultures over there i don't see any deportation for them why just hispanics??? That's not fair at all so much for land of the free and it was immigrants who discovered america and i have alot of respect for this country because I am from this country I just don't agree with what has been happening...and I'm gonna stand up and support and saying what I think cause everyone has an opinion and its freedom of speech. And if you don't know the case don't bother to say anything think before you speak and if you want to judge try to put yourself in their shoes first then say something.


legal immigration is the only way

I believe people of all cultures should be welcome to this giant mixing pot of Americans. i think most people in America forget that we are all immigrants with exception of Alaskans, Hawaiians and Native American Indians.

i am a American born married to a foreign national and it has taken 2 years so far in process of the legal immigration.(he is still not here)

so to me...yes i am offended that others can just swim, jump in the back of a truck and pop on the scene. yes it was risky, yes it is dangerous and yes it is brave, an can be financially lucrative for them and their family as is any attempt to break a law.

i have no problem with those that follow the process. it matters not of their origins but of their arrival.

there is the question of those that have been here for many years have children and lives and families...what to do..? what to do..? Easy Answer... send them "all" back to the country of origin then they can stand in the same long line with "no preference" as all others that waited legally patience for admittance.


"who the government should

"who the government should be blocking is others from Iraq or wherever else in the middle eastern"

Fella, if you came here without regaurd for the laws of my country, then you are here illegally and I WANT YOU OUT!

If an Iraqi or any other person comes into MY country illegally, I WANT HIM OUT!

You came to my country. You say you are a citizen now. Then you are NOT mexican-American. You are either mexican or you are American. Choose. Make the choice and live with it. You want to be mexican, then get the hell out of MY country. I AM AN AMERICAN! THIS IS MY COUNTRY! Dont't like it? GET OUT!

You work harder than I do? HA! I have worked along side many of your compadres. Lazy, shifless, lying loafers. Are all of you that way? Probably not. Probably.... But if they are here illegally.... GET THE HELL OUT!


Mexicans

This person is right. I have had the chance to work side by side with alot of mexicans. Some of them will work like dogs and some are absolutely WORTHLESS!!!! They stand there waiting for someone to do the job for them and act like they are doing everybody a favor just by being there. You cant ask them a question because they will not learn english and the majority of them are here illegally!!! They come here and get all of these government benefits and live 15 or 20 in one house. But what are they going to do when this current economic situation we are in gets worse? The government needs to get tougher on immigration and I mean way tougher. Deport anyone who is found to be here illegally no questions asked. And if they are caught here illegally again start locking them up for a few years and see if they are so quick to sneak across the border again after they are released.


YES YOU DO

You do not take our jobs.Then why are you here working.And a American who had his job for years is out of a job now.And it is not because you work harder.Its because our GOVERMENT can pay you a cheaper wage.Yoy do not get what you want.Go to a dhs office and watch a black or white family who needs some help get turned down.Got a friend who works at dhs here in Cleveland TN.There has never been a Mexican told no.But they were told to take away from black and white families.So know your facts.The papers they probaly give you when you cross the boarder.Probaly tells you ever thing you can have here.And how to lie to say you got it.


i agree with this person

I agree with this person 120 percent!!!!!


I agree with this person

I agree with this person 110%.


Does-not-matter

You-are-so-right.Here-is-our-so-called-American-goverment-and-prez.Letting-these-immigrants-walk-freely-into-america.They-give-them-our-jobs.Free-health-care.Food-stamps.Homes-what-ever-they-want-they-get.Its-a-proven-fact.They-come-over-here-work-for-five-years.Sending-most-of-their-money-to-family-back-home.So-when-they-go-back-home-they-can-live-like-kings-and-queens-off-of-the-money.THEY-took-out-of-our-pockets.Because-it-dont-take-alot-for-them-to-live-here.YOU-got-15-of-them-living-in-one-house.If-we-did-that-we-would-be-kicked-out-of-our-homes.Why-not-them.Why-is-everything-handed-to-them.I-know-why.Our-so-called-AMERICAN-prez.Has-mexicans-in-his-family.So-each-and-every-one-of-them-should-be-treated-with-royalty.BULL----.I-hope-and-pray-the-next-prez-we-get-is-a-true-AMERICAN.And-will-stand-behind-amreican.And-not-side-with-immigrants-and-the-bin-ladens-to-take-out-each-and-every-true-blooded-american.If-we-as-americans-just-up-and-moved-to-mexico.Would-they-all-have-to-learn-our-langue.NO-they-would-not.Their-goverment-would-not-stand-for-it.But-as-soon-as-they-walked-in-here.Stores-Employers-and-all-had-to-learn-how-to-talk-to-them.Not-me--Im-a-AMERICAN-Ispeak-AMERICAN.You-come-to-our-country-learn-how-to-speak.Ask-our-goverment-or-the-prez-to-get-you-some-lessons.


You have no idea

Do you realize how ignorant your comments are? You have obviously never been to Mexico or to any other Latin American country. Even though money is sent back, and even if some if the immigrants go back home, they do not live like kings and queens. Immigrants are not handed everything they want. If they did they would live here legally. By the way, the official language of the United State is English-not American. Perhaps, the government will give you some lessons. You need to go back to school, learn proper English. Also, don't forget that this country is made up of immigrants. Mexicans and "bin laden's" as you call them are not the only ones.


You are right .Never been to

You are right .Never been to MEXICO .Do not want to go to a land.Spend my AMERICAN money Which over there is worth alot more than here.With a bunch of people there who HATE you being there.Yes they love your money.But they hate you.And you can bet your sweet as_ there has been some to die over there over there own money.But we will never hear about it.And who in the HELL cares if it is called the offical language.HELL it is AMERICAN.English American what ever it is .LEARN IT.


It really doesn't matter

It really doesn't matter which President we have, when it comes to the illegal immigration issue. Both are looking for votes from the Hispanic groups, so they have compromised our sovereignty by trying to push through a path to citizenship for lawbreakers.

The worst of the two parties are the Democrat leadership however, with Pelosi leading the charge. Unknowingly behind closed doors they have gutted the border fence appropriations, so that their are wide open corridors were drugs, terrorist and millions of impoverished people can slip through. This is of course to slack the thirst of cheap labor for parasite employers.

Right now with our economy almost on the verge of collapse, the politicians have not revealed that to some extent illegal immigrants were allowed to get mortgages with just a IRS (TIN) number. This was a way to circumvent the fact, that they cannot be issued a legal citizen or resident Social Security number. Incorrigibles brokers fraudulently negotiated loans for homes with little or no cost in moving into a property.

Today we have the largest bail out of giant mortgage firms, accelerated foreclosures as illegal alien families unable to pay the escalating mortgages walked away. By flooding the market with unqualified buyers, government bureaucracies have artificially stimulated housing demand, which caused home purchases to explode, leading to the unsustainable housing price bubble that has finally burst.

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1258/pub_detail.asp Just about anyone can get a "stated income" loan provided one's FICO SCORE is high enough. By lowering the scale enough, Uncle Sam has indeed brought diversity to house ownership. However, at a terrible cost?

NEWSFLASH:

Please contact your Senator through the Capitol Switchboard (202-224-3121) and ask him/her to pressure Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to allow a vote this week on H.R. 6633, the House-passed E-Verify reauthorization bill. The E-Verify program will die in November if Congress does not reauthorize it before Members leave for the election recess on Friday.

IT’S YOUR FAMILIES FUTURE. DEPORTATION OR OVERPOPULATION. IF WE DON’T STOP IT NOW, THEY WILL KEEP COMING..

JOIN 756.000 other American patriots at www.numbersusa.com , to stop the travesty of our immigration laws. Learn about Immigration governmental corruption at www.judicialwatch.org HOW THE BAILOUT WAS CAUSED. www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1258/pub_detail.asp

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