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Can anybody believe this illegal Immigrants demand $100 million initiative in N.Y what do you say about this ?
ALBANY-- After a fallout last year over Gov. Eliot Spitzer's failed plan to allow illegal immigrants to obtain drivers' licenses, more than 1,000 immigrants rallied on the steps of the Capitol on Monday to demand a new initiative from Spitzer: a $100 million citizenship program to fund education and legal services to help immigrants assimilate more easily.
The crowd was made up of a diverse mix of immigrants - from Russia, Mexico, Africa, Korea, Haiti and other countries - that now call the state home.
The $100 million citizenship initiative would fund English-learning classes for children and adults, provide legal assistance to help eligible immigrants through the citizenship application process and protect immigrants from abusive employers and scams, according the coalition.
The citizenship initiative would not only help immigrants achieve citizenship more easily, it would create a more respectful environment statewide for newcomers, said Chung-Wha Hung, executive director of the state's Immigration Coalition.
Immigrants' public image was hurt last year during the fallout following Spitzer's initiative to provide illegal immigrants with drivers' licenses, Hung said. Spitzer proposed the plan last September, but it was widely panned by the public and lawmakers, and less than two months later, he scrapped the idea. The proposal, though, was initially hailed by immigration groups.
"We need to turn from scapegoating to solutions," Hung said. "We're trying to set a new tone and turn the tide."
Currently, 4 million New Yorkers - 20 percent of the state's population - is foreign born, with 1.1 million of those currently eligible for citizenship, according to the coalition. Another 400,000 New Yorkers will be up for citizenship in the coming years, according to the coalition.http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article...
THIS IS AMERICA! NOT A HALFWAY HOUSE for those from other countries to come in and take over!
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- Ms.L.A.Lv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
I still can't figure out why when these illegals demonstrate they are not arrested on the spot?
We are not a welfare nation for the world! I say that we should do some major enforcement of the laws already on our books!
Source(s): FUWI - Anonymous1 decade ago
From the story ,On a national level, 270,000 immigrants were deported last year alone, up from 30,000 deported in 1990, Hung said. The high level of deportation makes immigrants feel unwelcome, she said.So apparently it is about illegals making demands that the general public cannot even ask for this.I suppose it wasn't illegals marching in the streets with Mexican flags demanding amnesty or day with a Mexican was it about illegals.The key word is immigrants now replaces illegal alien,undocumented worker has turned into to immigrant.I wonder if they realize we are about 9 trillion in debt.They want anything work for it and pay for it but don't demand it.Bad idea..
- bgdadypLv 51 decade ago
i say we take 100 million and build a giant wall between our borders and theirs.....oh wait....we are already supposed to do that.
let them go home and demand all that money from their governments....or better yet just go home!
if you are an illegal alien then you are a criminal and you are not wanted.
it's time for Americans to stand up and demand our elected officials do what the American public wants or it's time to arm ourselves and defend our country from these foreign invaders!!!
- PotatoLv 51 decade ago
No offense but you should learn English.
Please read the full text.
I took only one section.
"he $100 million citizenship initiative would fund English-learning classes for children and adults, provide legal assistance to help eligible immigrants through the citizenship application process and protect immigrants from abusive employers and scams, according the coalition."
Illegal can not apply even for green card at this time . How are they going to apply for citizenship?
They money is for legal resident
Miss Mandy, please read again the first paragraph .in relation to the full text.
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- 1 decade ago
Hey Potato Head! The very first paragraph says *illegal* immigrants!
- 1 decade ago
jesus, it's about legal immigrants.
Just because the word "illegal" appears in the text, does NOT mean that the whole article is about illegal immigrants.
Free education and you're STILL illiterate!
