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<P>Catarina</P>
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<P>How dare you say that Arizona has passed racist laws! How dare you!</P>
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<P>The governor of Arizona is doing everything in her power to protect the citizens of Arizona from the Mexican drug cartels who are setting up shop in her state. It is unfortunate that legal immigrants will be inconvenienced as a result, but the benefits far outway the costs.</P>
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<P>Have you done any research on how serious this drug cartel problem is? The violence just across the border is literally a war. Mexican police officers are rewarded for defending the citizenry by getting their throats slit, decapitated, dismembered, and shot by the drug cartels. These police officers are heros of the highest order. They lay down their lives for their country. The same is true for Jan Brewer. She is sacrificing her political career and reputation to protect Arizona from this blight while the media mocks her for the sake of political correctness. It's a total utter disgrace and reflection on the state of our country. Jan Brewer is a hero and and sets an example for all those losers in Washington not to mention all the woman in this country. As far as I'm concerned she should run for president.</P>
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<P>Read and learn instead of parrotting the medias tripe. See the link below for one of many examples.</P>
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<P><A href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471204575210362202908580.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471204575210362202908580.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5</A> </P>
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<P>Again I say, how dare you infer that that good woman is a racist by doing what needs to be done. You need to take a long look in the mirror lady.</P>
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<P>Bruce<BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: catarina correia <CHATAREENA@GMAIL.COM><BR>Sent: Apr 28, 2010 10:03 AM <BR>To: Sue Collins <WHEADLE@YAHOO.COM><BR>Cc: TownTalk@riverdale-park.org <BR>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] We the people contd <BR><BR><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">before i too bow out of this discussion, i wanted to make sure my opinion was clear. </SPAN>
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<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">i initially started posting because i was shocked/upset by the seemingly short-sighted and intolerant posts by some of my neighbors about illegal immigrants. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">unfortunately, illegal immigration is a problem in this country for a number of reasons. However, i REFUSE to fault/criminalize the illegal immigrant who is here,( perhaps overcrowding a home) to make money to survive. there are many reasons why people from Mexico and Central America are here and it is essential to look at the roots of the problem. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">Free trade agreements like <SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">NAFTA have displaced millions of workers who flood into the United States. these agreements have severely lowered wages in other countries, forced local farmers out of business, exploited and harmed workers in other countries and pillaged their environment. in places like india and china they have created innumerable inastances of s<SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">tarvation wages, child workers, slave-labor hours and perilous work conditions.<SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">also, federal regulations on the hiring of illegal immigrants are not enforced, so places like Walmart continue to exploit illegal immigrants with no consequence.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">i could go on, but my point is that instead of demonizing our nighbors, we should be boycotting places like Walmart that have no respect for federal labor laws or unions, demanding an end to NAFTA and CAFTA which hurt workers here and abroad. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">if you are worried about the taxes these illegal immigrants may or may not be paying, there are a lot BIGGER sources of unpaid taxes out there - eg. GE, Bank of America who owe MILLIONS in tax money. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">and, yes, i believe we should be absolutely up in arms about the draconian, racist law passed in Arizona which basically makes it illegal to "walk while brown".</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">this article is good and i leave you with a thought from it: <A href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/04/28-0" target=_blank>http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/04/28-0</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana color=#333333 size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; LINE-HEIGHT: 18px"><BR></SPAN></FONT>"Instead of expressing gratitude for the back-breaking work migrant laborers contribute to our society, there is an increasingly virulent strain of racism that targets non-citizens. <BR><BR>Let us join the voices of compassion and oppose the mean-spirited actions that aim to scapegoat immigrants. Laws like SB 1070 demean us all."</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"></SPAN><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">thank you,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">Catarina<BR></SPAN></FONT><BR>
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