Tuesday, December 1, 2009

OHIO MOVES FOR AMNESTY - EXPANSION OF MEXICAN WELFARE STATE

EXPANDING THE MEXICAN OCCUPATION FOR MORE "CHEAP" LABOR IN OHIO.... The thing is, THERE ARE REALLY 38 MILLION MEX FLAG WAVER IN THIS COUNTRY. HOW MANY JOBS HAS OHIO ALREADY TURNED OVER TO THEM?



Immigration activists start reform push in Ohio

The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio November 20, 2009
By Jeb Phillips, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio
Nov. 20--A national campaign for immigration reform announced its presence in Ohio yesterday.
Among the most important goals of the Reform Immigration for America coalition, and perhaps the one getting the most attention, is creating a process for the 12 million illegal immigrants now in the United States to become permanent residents and citizens, said Stephanie Beck-Borden, the group's state director.
A little over 1 percent of Ohio's work force in 2008, or about 65,000 people, was illegal immigrants, according to an estimate by the nonprofit Pew Hispanic Center.
The campaign wants the changes to occur in 2010, and called specifically on Ohio's congressional delegation to help make that happen.
"We're here to talk about workable solutions," Beck-Borden said yesterday at the Ohio campaign's launch in the Riffe Center Downtown.
A workable solution wouldn't be trying to deport 12 million people already in this country, speakers said yesterday. It would be allowing them a way to stay here legally, which would include registration, learning English and paying taxes.
Some critics call that amnesty for illegal immigrants. Beck-Borden said it would be a more of an "earned path" to residency and citizenship.
Representatives from janitorial and food-industry labor unions talked yesterday about immigration reform as a way to keep employers from exploiting workers. Troy Jackson, senior pastor of University Christian Church in Cincinnati, spoke of it in terms of the civil-rights struggles of the 1950s and '60s.
Other goals of the group include issuing work visas based on labor shortages rather than political concerns, keeping immigrant families intact, and creating a "sensible enforcement strategy" that keeps the country safe while protecting human rights and due process of law.
Bill Williams, the organizer of a small Statehouse rally on Saturday against amnesty and for greater border security, said that he agreed with the idea of using immigration policy to help make the country safe. But that means strict enforcement of existing laws, including keeping illegal immigrants from landing jobs in the U.S.
"If we let ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) do its job, they will self-deport," Williams said.

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