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Author Topic: How will immigration be affected?  (Read 2171 times)
Larry in Dallas
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« on: September 13, 2001, 04:00:00 AM »

Dear sirs:

  Do you think immigration will be drastically affected by the events unfolding right now?

                                             Larry in Dallas

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Pete E
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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2001, 04:00:00 AM »

... in response to How will immigration be affected?, posted by Larry in Dallas on Sep 13, 2001

Hi Larry,
I think there will be pressure to deport people who are "out of status".This is the term the FBI is using to describe some of the people that are being "detained"by the INS without being arrested.They talk like this is normal proceedure but I doubt other people would be detained if they were not suspects.
Not only will it be hard to find all of these people but there are political ramifications,it goes against the spirit of what President Fox of Mexico wants us to do.
If I were a person who was here illegally I would be concerned.I doubt it will effect spousal and fiance visa's.
On the subject of profiling,of course they are doing that,as they should.They know the people they are looking for are all middle eastern,so of course thats who they are looking at.Its not fair to innocent people but effective and neccessary.I read that 50 or so Iraq christians were
stopped at the Mexican border.They are a group trying to
get away from persecution in Iraq.Of course they were profiled.We need to get away from the notion that profiling is always bad.It can be usefull and neccesary when there is a good reason to do it.We can't tie our hands over such a point.
I am a libertarian at heart and agree with the ACLU on lots of things,but they are way off base on this one.Not to be able to single out the ethnic group you know you are dealing with is rediculous.Hopefully they can quickly let innocent people proceed and not get into mass detaining of people.Innocent people of middle eastern decent will be inconvenienced.I hope they understand why and join us in condeming the actions of some of their people.
I have thought about the security issues before and my biggest fear is that we let terrorists turn us in to a police state,but we may be headed somewhat in that direction.

Pete

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Tai
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« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2001, 04:00:00 AM »

... in response to How will immigration be affected?, posted by Larry in Dallas on Sep 13, 2001

While the focus is presently on rescuing those trapped in the rubble of the WTC and Pentagon collapses, searching for transponders and gathering of conspirator information, and preparation for the declaration of war, there will surely be a parade of bureaucratic finger pointing to follow in the coming weeks/months.

Those agencies that may be perceived to have some direct relationship/culpability to the tragedy; FAA, FBI, INS....will surely make the effort to at least present the appearance of "righting" their ships.

Though it remains to be seen how immigration will be influenced through this tragedy over the long run, it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect a knee jerk reaction tightening immigration regulations and procedures for the near future.

However, based on the tone and focus of the discussions I have seen, the real focus seems to be on the undocumented illegal aliens and controlling the borders(yeah, right).

Unless your processing a visa for a woman from Afghanistan, a fiance or spousal visa properly prepared with the "i"s dotted and "t"s crossed will doubtfully be any more problematic...aside from the wait.

just .02

Tai

ps - "How will the Customs agents behavior towards arriving immigrants be affected?" ....that might be a better question.

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pack
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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2001, 04:00:00 AM »

... in response to How will immigration be affected?, posted by Larry in Dallas on Sep 13, 2001

you bet it will. everything is gonna be different from now on...lots of changes comin our way.
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