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Only opponents of day labor signed up for hearing

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Feb 6, 2007 12:00 AM (609 days ago) by Dena Levitz, The Examiner
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (Map, News) - All of the speakers slated to testify about Montgomery County’s newest day labor center fervently oppose the project, with most taking offense to the closed-door decision underlying the project, they told The Examiner.

Among the dozens of people who signed up for Thursday’s public hearing are residents, as well as representatives from anti-immigrant groups Help Save Maryland and Maryland Minutemen.

Absent are people who favor adding a third county-operated day labor center in Montgomery that would follow in the footsteps of the ones run by CASA of Maryland in Silver Spring and Wheaton.

The 4 p.m. hearing likely is the only chance for the public to weigh in on plans announced by County Executive Ike Leggett last month to open a day labor site out of a trailer on county-owned land just outside the Gaithersburg city limits.

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County spokesman Patrick Lacefield has said that, no matter what is said at the meeting, the plans for a day labor center will continue; all that’s up for debate is the details.

Demos Chrissos told The Examiner Monday he felt the need to sign up so that he could convey his extreme displeasure that Leggett is using public funds with little public input.

“He’s absolutely leap-frogging the public process,” Chrissos, a member of Rapid Response Media Inc., said of Leggett. “He’s holding a meeting that has no weight. It’s public lip service.”

For longtime Montgomery County resident David Asdorian, the process the county executive employed in picking the site is bothersome as well.

He said he plans to testify about what he considers Leggett’s total disregard for open government.

“He ran on a platform of openness, and that certainly is not how he has approached the day labor center issue,” Asdorian said.

Speakers at Thursday’s hearing will be limited to three minutes unless they live in the affected area — then they can talk for five minutes.

Attempts to contact individuals who submitted letters in support of the day labor center were unsuccessful Monday.

If you go

» What: Public hearing on county’s new day labor center

» When: 4 p.m. Thursday

» Where: 8435 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring

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10:46 AM MST on Sun., Aug. 24, 2008 re: "Illegal immigrants can surrender in Phoenix"

 It's the Economy Stupid said:
I just spoke with a Mexican man who is now a citizen and owns property in the USA. He tells me that his Sister who use to lived illegally in Phoenix has left to go back to Mexico. Further he states that when he went over there to help her move that he notice that the 300 unit apartment building in which she lived was down to 1/3 occupancy. That the local malls were deserted and that many businesses had closed and even some McDonalds restaurants were closing up. It seems to me the more people you have the better the economy works. For instance a McDonalds hamburger does not care if it is eaten by a Frenchman, German, Mexican or a US citizen. The price is the same and the more McDonalds can sell the more people they have to hire, the more beef, lattice, and tomatoes they have to buy. The economy benefits from additional humans. Each one needing at least a tee shirt and jeans to wear. Each one who has a car needs tires. Each one needs a place to sleep and a bed to sleep on.

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10:45 AM MST on Sun., Aug. 24, 2008 re: "Illegal immigrants can surrender in Phoenix"

 It's the Economy Stupid said:
When these humans leave for what ever reason the economy of that area plummets… Remember Odessa and Midland Texas 20 years ago. Every one left town all the businesses closed up, all the houses went into foreclosure, banks closed and the two towns only had ghosts in them for over 10 years. Phoenix is flirting with disaster. It will be interesting to witness what actually happen there. Hopefully California does not do the same thing.

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7:14 AM MST on Thu., Aug. 14, 2008 re: "Federal agents arrest 42 suspected illegals at Dulles"

 Examiner Reader said:
Its amazing this is the same airport that was used in 9-11. They should also triple check the TSA and Cab drivers. Virginia is such an easy place with lose laws,that help the private sector, fuel an economy with cheap labor. Being overly zealous to become multicultural happy can cause some serious blunders

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1:26 PM MST on Thu., Jul. 31, 2008 re: "ICE still may track volunteers for deportation"

 Examiner Reader said:
I don't think ICE has enough tracking devices for 20 million. Maybe they should order more!

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1:26 AM MST on Fri., Jul. 25, 2008 re: "War of words over alleged killer"

 Mark Winshel said:
Since the Ramos situation has gotten such a huge amount of attention, therefore SF now is putting out a lot of PR in which it pretends that SF has never intentionally interpreted the Sanctuary Ordinance, & nor intended to have it interpreted, to protect criminals & especially not adult criminals. However that is a lie. For instance, Arlo Smith back when he was the DA forced an assistant DA out of the DA's office since that assistant prosecuted an undocumented who had committed a major felony, & under Arlo it was standard procedure to refuse to prosecute undocumenteds who committed virtually any crime, & including child molesting & major drug trafficking, since Arlo & the Supes did not want them to be subject to deportation. Finally after years of yelling & screaming by citizens in neighborhoods that had been taken over by drug dealing, SF finally began to prosecute undocumented drug traffickers, but in most cases continued to protect undocumenteds who committed other felonies.

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12:34 AM MST on Fri., Jul. 25, 2008 re: "War of words over alleged killer"

 Tale of Two Ramos' said:
Ignacio Ramos, a former Border Patrol agent and legal US citizen, was imprisoned for shooting at an illegal alien drug smuggler who attacked him. Edwin Ramos, an illegal alien, drug dealer, and gang member, was released after committing 2 felonies. When do we stop the lunatics from taking over the asylum?

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6:25 PM MST on Thu., Jul. 24, 2008 re: "War of words over alleged killer"

 Joe Schmucko said:
As we speak, the staffers in the offices of Newsom, Harris, and Hennessey are working overtime, but not to change their ill-conceived laws, or to start rounding up illegal criminals, or working on any plan to reverse their failed policies. They are trying to find a way of playing San Franciso's version of "jailhouse lawyer", i.e. finding some excuse to blame Bush or the Feds so they can finagle their way out of responsibility for their actions. Maybe we can get a proposition on the state ballot that allows for tarring and feathering of state and local officials found guilty of gross negligence and stupidity?

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6:19 PM MST on Thu., Jul. 24, 2008 re: "War of words over alleged killer"

 sickofrisco said:
Back in February, SF was proudly announcing their status as a haven for illegals, encouraging the like of Ramos and his ilk to come here. Now everyone is shocked to find out that (gasp) illegals as a whole don't feel compelled to obey the law. This would be comical except for the fact that 3 innocent people were murdered...

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6:02 PM MST on Thu., Jul. 24, 2008 re: "War of words over alleged killer"

 Jerry said:
ICE spokesman Tim Counts said an internal investigation completed Tuesday revealed that the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department released Edwin Ramos, 21, on April 2, two hours before it notified federal officials of his immigration status. - In other words, those who are charged with enforcing the law in SF really don't care, because placating a bunch of insane ideological extremists is more important than making good on their sworn oaths to uphold the law. Maybe it's time to start another recall movement?

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5:58 PM MST on Thu., Jul. 24, 2008 re: "War of words over alleged killer"

 Potomac Pete said:
Thank you, San Francisco, for reminding us that not all the open-borders lunatics live in the Washington DC metro area...

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7:41 AM MST on Thu., Jul. 24, 2008 re: "War of words over alleged killer"

 Mark Winshel said:
As an illustration of the "standards" of San Francisco city government. If a law abiding person leaves his trashcan out one day too long, he will be fined several hundred dollars. However if he commits numerous major felonies, and including being a bigtime trafficker in drugs, the city will spend any amount of money necessary to shield him, coddle him, and protect him.

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6:37 AM MST on Thu., Jul. 24, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
Mike Savage for president of the USA..let McCain and Obama run for president of Mexico

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12:51 AM MST on Thu., Jul. 24, 2008 re: "War of words over alleged killer"

 Larry B. said:
Why does a public official pass a law making it city policy to wilfully and knowingly harbor criminals? San Francisco protects the criminal and punishes the law-abiding citizen. It is this kind of criminal-coddling mindset that is reponsible for the violence in our country.

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11:02 PM MST on Wed., Jul. 23, 2008 re: "War of words over alleged killer"

 Mark Winshel said:
It would be the easiest thing in the world for the city to "prove" that it sent a fax out, AND ON TIME, to ICE. In other words all it has to do is hire a crooked lawyer, & finding a crooked lawyer in SF is even easier than finding sand by the beach, to arrange and NOW invent & manufacture the paperwork, & including affidavits, "photocopies," & "confirmation" slips to "prove" that it informed ICE, AND SUPPOSEDLY ON TIME, before it released Ramos. In fact to illustrate the "standards" of SF's legal community, some years ago when I complained to a SF lawyer that another SF lawyer's letter was fraudulent & obviously backdated, he told me that: one, it was no big deal; two, that lawyers did that all the time; & three, when young lawyers joined law firms, the oldtimers taught the young lawyers how to backdate letters & engage in fraud. However since I myself had never received a law school "education," I continued to think it was outrageous and illegal.

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3:02 PM MST on Wed., Jul. 23, 2008 re: "War of words over alleged killer"

 !!!RIDICULOUS!!! said:
These lawless illegal immigrants are being funded and sponsored by ignorant bureaucrats who are absolutely clueless, whoever drafted this STUPID LAW is only encouraging and empowering more Hoodlums, Terrorists and Lazy people from all over the World to come here to sponge off every Citizen and Taxpayers of SF.

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1:00 PM MST on Wed., Jul. 23, 2008 re: "War of words over alleged killer"

 Examiner Reader said:
The Mayors of S.F. and L.A. both have blood on thier hands over these idiotic policies, just remember these two fools want to be the next Gov. of Ca. Have we not had enough stupidity in Sac. lets elect someone competent in 2010 not media whores.

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6:19 AM MST on Wed., Jul. 23, 2008 re: "War of words over alleged killer"

 Mark Winshel said:
Concerning the SF Sheriff's Office "informing" ICE of Ramos "impending" release: one, it most likely & intentionally only did so only after he had already been released; two, the Sheriff's Office handling it in such a manner was most likely part of the standard procedure of SF govt of protecting criminals & while simultaneously going thru a charade of pretending to be following federal law; & three, & while SF was doing everything possible to ignore, laugh at, & spit on both federal immigration law & federal law in general, at the same time by sending out a backdated letter to ICE it was giving itself a "basis" for billing the federal govt for pretending to have been holding Ramos so that he could be deported. NOTE: Virtually everything in SF is so absolutely & totally based on lies, fraud, & play acting, that therefore in the standard SF world of lies & fantasies, "proving" something by using backdated letters & fraud is not considered an offense or breaking the law.

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5:21 AM MST on Wed., Jul. 23, 2008 re: "War of words over alleged killer"

 Examiner Reader said:
The mayor, city counsel, and police department are responsible and should be arrested, tried in Texas, and executed ASAP. Enough of this lawless "sanctuary" policy.

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6:13 PM MST on Mon., Jul. 21, 2008 re: "City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
Take away a bird freeder and the birds go away. Put out lots more bird feeders and lots more birds come. Get the picture? SF will drown in debt over this. I fee sorry for the good, legal, hard working folks that live there who pay taxes to support this insanity. When there is nobody left there to pay for the bird seed the birds will just go elsewhere unless other states pass a law like Arizona has, which severly punishes employers of illegals. If this was to happen, many illegals would just have to go back home.

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4:58 PM MST on Fri., Jul. 4, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 John Boom said:
Why does this city continue polices that 99% of the people do not want? Only the illegals are for raping our taxes and women

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8:41 PM MST on Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 re: "Prince William officers given choice to check immigration status"

 Michael said:
Americans need to stop talking and start acting if an end to Illegal Immigration is ever going to happen. The United States government has allowed millions of people to invade this country, and through those actions, have placed each and every United States citizen in danger. 95% of outstanding murder warrants in Los Angeles County are for illegal aliens. Illegal Aliens are draining our social system at an alarming rate and they are dropping anchor babies withy such frequency, and at US taxpayers expense, that illegal babies being born in California make them the largest growing population in the state. The US governemtn is not going to do anything about this problem that affects every US citizen. California is rapidly becomming a majority latino state and once that happens it will never be reversed. Complain to your congressmen and women, call your state senators and representatives about this crisis and ask them, your elected officials what they are doing about this.

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6:22 PM MST on Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 re: "Safe haven ends for felonious juveniles"

 David K said:
While the chronicle may have broken this story, the examiner story brings to light this important point: "City Attorney Dennis Herrera, in a memo to Newsom and Juvenile Probation Director William Siffermann, said federal authorities have threatened to arrest city employees who transport or harbor undocumented youths detained in the juvenile justice system." Apparently the US Attorney's Office has been putting the screws to the SF Govt! It's about damn time!

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5:56 PM MST on Tue., Jun. 3, 2008 re: "Prince William officers given choice to check immigration status"

 Examiner Reader said:
Ok--also on the agenda is the choice to uphold the law or not....don't bother searching cars or frisking folks...we would not want to offend anyone who isn't upholding the laws of the country they live in

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8:18 PM MST on Sun., Jun. 1, 2008 re: "Prince William officers given choice to check immigration status"

 Examiner Reader said:
Even the threat of immigration enforcement has emptied the neighborhoods.. These people are not rooted to any one area-- they will migrate to an area with less pressure.. whether it is implemented or not, the htreat has provided the expected result.

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2:15 PM MST on Mon., Apr. 7, 2008 re: "Use money transfers to stop illegal immigrants"

 doctorfixit said:
Hey you stole my idea! First, calculate the illegal-immigrant deficit created when illegals fail to pay taxes, insurances, medical bills, education costs, in-state tuition, welfare, food stamps, prosecution and prison costs, immigration control, Border Patrol, immigration courts, deportation costs, defense attorney fees, costs to treat sewage, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental degradation, costs for bilingual government documents, and all the other costs of illegal immigration foisted on the US taxpayers. Second, divide this amount into the $total that illegals send back to Mexico each year. This percentage will be the "freedom fee" that will be deducted from each money transfer back to Mexico. (Do not be surprised if the "freedom fee" is close to 100%!) After all, illegals are costing us a horrendous amount of money each year, and they are in effect sending our money, not theirs, back to Mexico.

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1:03 PM MST on Mon., Apr. 7, 2008 re: "Use money transfers to stop illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
Your suggestion to track and round up illegal immigrants by their money transfers sent to Mexico is almost as ignorant of someone taking legal action against me while I was stationed overseas for sending money back home to my family. What about the other millions of people that come to this country illegally from all over the world: Asians, Africans, Eastern Europeans, etc? Grow a brain! There are plenty of laws already in place to deal with illegal immigrants and anybody else that breaks our laws...we need better enforcement of those laws. Your suggestion is disgusting and gives you the credibility of a bag of mulch.

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6:41 PM MST on Sun., Apr. 6, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Fred said:
This from the city that is facing a fiscal crisis already, right? No wonder they say that liberalism is a mental disorder.

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4:01 PM MST on Sun., Apr. 6, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 City Dweller said:
Let's don't forget the ultra-dangerous threat from illegal aliens crossing the border from Canada!! Why, those people look just like us! They can speak the language almost like us! They are taking our white-collar jobs! They may be in your middle-class neighborhood right now...fer cryin' out loud, you might be having them over to dinner tonight! So help protect the USofA against these interlopers! Ask all your neighbors and co-workers who look like Canadians if they're legal, and if you think there's anything fishy, at all, about them, report them to your local Homeland Security Office immediately. Don't just sit there and let this incursion overtake us!

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2:03 PM MST on Sun., Apr. 6, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
It seems everyone here is stuck on Mexican illegals. Please don't forget to add in the toll, and threats from, illegals from the rest of Latin America (a trip to the Mission District will show many businesses devoted to helping them send money back to their many different home countries in Central and South America). We are overwhelmed with people barging in illegally from China and other Asian countries, India, Pakistan, and even Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and other hostile Arab countries, and others, like the Phillipines (have you noticed how hostile THEY are in their jobs?). Multiply the amount of money earned here and "sent home" by all those people to all those countries, plus the people who are here legally but who send money back to their country, or who wait and spend their money when they go back there, and THEN you have a better picture of what a DRAIN this is on our economy. If employers would only realize that if you hire American, they reinvest earnings in our community.

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1:40 PM MST on Sun., Apr. 6, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
To sickofrisco and to all others who despise disabled SF people and ones in need of apts. I resent your throwing "homeless" (a stupid designation--since when is needing a home/apt. abnormal? every human in the world needs one) in with illegals and criminals. Some are useless addicts and parasites, but some are good useful people pushed out of their housing illegally by corrupt landlords and courts who also refuse to honor Calif. tenant's rights laws, or who lost housing due to job cuts, untreated illness or injury, and so forth. Illegals also bully lots of Americans out of their housing when they start moving into buildings. They take OUR subsidized housing, offered to them by the City gov., and they then treat our unfortunate citizens with contempt, ridicule, and even violence. I know for a fact that many SF residents and citizens do't get needed medical care here, are actually turned away from even General Hospital, myself included, and are deprived of services offered illegals.

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12:22 PM MST on Sun., Apr. 6, 2008 re: "Use money transfers to stop illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
Why don't we just tax all outbound remittances, then use those taxes to replace the dollars these illegal, lawbreaking people leach out of our public coffers? And while we are at it, let's tax payroll money that flows from American companies to offshore employees. Let these greedy corporations pay a penalty for sending our jobs overseas.

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8:48 AM MST on Sun., Apr. 6, 2008 re: "Use money transfers to stop illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
Currently residing in mexico, I can assure you they (illegals) dont remit money back home by snailmail. No one especially mexicans trust their postal system. Banks such as wells fargo have special accounts to make these transfers easy. With the current foreign buyout of mexican banks, there are few hindrances to such business. Good angle. dick

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8:41 AM MST on Sun., Apr. 6, 2008 re: "Use money transfers to stop illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
Consider the following facts: 1. illegal immigrants send a huge amount of money out of the US in remittances 2. a significant percentage of the US prison population consists of illegal immigrants whose incarceration must be paid through taxes 3. the US medical system (including emergency rooms) provides free health care to many illegal immigrants 4. our schools spend approximately $10,000 per year educating the children of illegal immigrants and educating the illegal immigrants who wish to go to school Yet many ignore these facts when they claim that illegal immigration is a huge benefit to the US economy. We need to get real.

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2:40 AM MST on Fri., Apr. 4, 2008 re: "City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
Newsom should be prosecuted instead of rewarded by receiving media coverage to boost his ego. I doubt many tourists from other states will want to visit San Francisco in the future when they realize what Mayor Newsom stands for. He is a traitor to the people and the laws of the United States, and the taxpayers should be very angry! He is using their money for his own agenda. His narcissism is deplorable. When the economy is so bad, people are losing their homes in the State of California, many are losing their jobs and having to claim bankruptcy, Mayor Newsom has the guile to spend their tax money on a sanctuary city campaign! This is absolutely unacceptable! Mayor Newsom should be thrown out of office and sent to prison!

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2:39 AM MST on Fri., Apr. 4, 2008 re: "City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
Governor Swartzenegger has asked the President for more national guardsmen to secure the southern border along Mexico, and he has not assisted the governor; yet, to the north, Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco, has spent A LOT of taxpayer's money on a sanctuary city campaign. He is not fooling anyone. He is pandering to special interests and trying to get cheap, imported labor into San Francisco. And this causes problems for the rest of the US. Those illegal aliens don't just stay in one area. They move to other states, and the problem spreads. Also there is no reason for this man to use such a large amount of taxpayer's money to advertise to illegals to come to San Francisco except that he wants the hispanic vote in the future. He obviously cares nothing for no one except himself. These people are ILLEGALLY in this country, and he is blatantly disobeying our country's laws and encouraging illegals to disobey our laws. This is disgusting behavior for a political official

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7:05 AM MST on Sun., Mar. 30, 2008 re: "$2B plan would let feds track illegals in prison"

 Examiner Reader said:
why does this cost 2B????????????

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10:48 PM MST on Sat., Mar. 29, 2008 re: "$2B plan would let feds track illegals in prison"

 Examiner Reader said:
"But the chairman, Rep. David Price, D-N.C., spoke with her Friday and "is encouraged the agency is willing to work with Congress to address the concerns he raised," his spokesman Paul Cox said." This indicates that when they address the "concerns" it will be so far watered down that it will not be of any benefit!

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10:39 AM MST on Sat., Mar. 22, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
Target the employers, Arizona passed a successful law, whereby a company hiring illegals gets its license suspended for 10 days for a 1st offense and have business license revoked for 2nd offense. It has been so effective that the Mex consolate in Phonex has been bombarded with requests for Mex birth certificates for anchor babies. If you punish the rich white guys who illegally give illegal aliens jobs then you cut of the reason for their coming here in the 1st place. These people self imported and if you cut off the supply of illegal employment they will self export. Doesn't matter about the wacko college professors, only a few thousand people read their obscure books. It is the rich white guys who are betraying America by hiring these people. There are only about 10,000 corporate owners, taking their business license is easier than deported millions of illegals.

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9:15 PM MST on Mon., Mar. 10, 2008 re: "City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
What a crock. Federal funding should be completely cut off from this city. For all their crying and boo-hooing about immigration being a federal matter, they sure do go out of their way to obstruct federal efforts to control the illegal problem. I just love the part about illegals "deserving" these city services. From where I stand they don't deserve anything but a deportation hearing and a boot back south of the border.

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3:41 PM MST on Wed., Mar. 5, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 will said:
I am proud of the actions taken by Mr. Minor and hopefully for successful conclusions in his efforts to protect and serve the INS and our Country and our people whom share our aspirations of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all with the best possible respect and regard for god, man and country. Unfortunately, I am devestated and saddened by the, in my view hastily and the possibly to some extent the possible preemptively improper actions taken against Mr. Minor. Please note I have absolutely no facts as to these highly important allegations and matters, although my suggestion would be to contact the NWC, National Whistleblower Center and Mr. Stephen M. Kohn and the GAP, Government Accountability Project. Hopefully and at least someone will step forward and assist Mr. Minor in contacting these Organizations. My deepest, sincere gratitude and appreciation to POGO and Mr. Micheal Smallberg for the continued courageous, bravery, fortitude, determination and perserverence in

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11:03 AM MST on Mon., Mar. 3, 2008 re: "Immigration official targeted in corruption probe"

 will said:
As a result, he could now be facing a 10-year jail sentence. Rosemary Jenks, a lobbyist for tougher immigration laws, believes that officials are giving Miner an unusually harsh punishment as retaliation for his whistleblowing: "We're supposed to be in a war against terrorism, and they're prosecuting Lloyd Miner for falling in love with an illegal alien...To be honest with you, the moral of the story: if you work for the government, don't blow the whistle." Unfortunately, no one plans to be a whistleblower, and every case is different, but we recommend that public employees check out The Art of Anonymous Activism: Serving the Public While Surviving Public Service. Click here to read Chapter 1, "Blowing the Whistle May Be Hazardous to Your Professional Health." -- Michael Smallberg

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11:01 AM MST on Mon., Mar. 3, 2008 re: "Immigration official targeted in corruption probe"

 will said:
No, We're Not Entering the Debate on Immigration--This Is About Whistleblowing ABC's Washington, D.C. affiliate, WJLA (Channel 7), ran a story earlier this week on Lloyd Miner, a law enforcement veteran of 24 years who is facing time in a federal prison after blowing the whistle on his former boss at the U.S. Citizenship Immigration Services. Miner's former boss, Robert Schofield, was caught accepting bribes and sexual favors in exchange for green cards and phony visas. Miner helped to expose Schofield's criminal operations, but he soon found himself under investigation and surveillance. Last April, federal agents stormed Miner's home looking for evidence of a connection to Schofield. After no such evidence surfaced, they decided instead to arrest his girlfriend, who was living in the U.S. on an expired student visa. When she was released to Miner after he posted bond for her, officials charged him with harboring an illegal immigrant. As a result, he could now be fac

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4:51 AM MST on Mon., Mar. 3, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
What a croc. The city is breaking the law. May be it should have its federal funding removed.

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11:11 AM MST on Sun., Mar. 2, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Tomas said:
There seems to be a lot of white liberal guilt motivating the decisions made in San francisco to accomodate illegal immigrants. Don't those people realize that in the country where most of these illegals come from (Mexico), it is considered a crime to harbor or provide assistance to illegals from other countries?

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4:29 PM MST on Sat., Mar. 1, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
Sure, everybody dispises California, but they'll gladly take our tax money.

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11:57 AM MST on Sat., Mar. 1, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Seven said:
Is there any way I can get my US citizenship revoked? I'd like more city services than I'm currently able to receive.

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10:32 AM MST on Sat., Mar. 1, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
Thanks Gavin and you pac of idiots (stupidvisors). I cannot afford to be a progressive though. I have to work for a living.

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7:14 AM MST on Sat., Mar. 1, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

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California is an odd place....want to drive cars, don't want to drill for oil, want electricity, but don't want power plants, ban smoking and fireplaces, but think nothing of burning the forests every year due to insane management policies. Running out of water? No problem-use another state's resources. All across the board, Californians want all sorts of things, but somehow fail to recognize there is a price to be paid....usually by someone else! So it is with the free ride for illegals...Californians will do "great" things, as long as someone else bears the pain and foots the bill. What a pack of spoiled, whiney, illogical, liberal brats. Is it any wonder sensible people despise the lot of you?

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1:58 AM MST on Sat., Mar. 1, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Examiner Reader said:
Excellent. I think that word of this policy should be disseminated as widely as possible in both the U.S and Mexico. That way illegals will know that all they have to do is make it to SF and they will be provided with free food, free housing, free medical care and free schooling for their children. All paid for by SF residents. I'm sure that Mexico City could print comic books letting them know of this as well as providing maps of how to get there. I'm equally sure that Mexico City and points south would be more than happy to flush their slums into SF. Can you say Mariel Boatlift, children? The residents of SF are more than welcome to stand up and make a statement. But it is not incumbent on the rest of us to pay for it. Have a nice life SF

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10:39 PM MST on Fri., Feb. 29, 2008 re: "The City to publicize its status as sanctuary for illegal immigrants"

 Kenji-san said:
Of course, once all those illegals get to SF, start receiving benefits, and bleed the city dry, it will be all the fault of Bush and the Republicans for not giving Baghdad-Iraq-by-the-Bay enough Federal funding, right?

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