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Updated: 6:56 PM Nov 8, 2007
Activists Speak Out For Immigration Issues
Local leaders and immigration activists gathered in Lexington today to respond to recent recommendations on how the city of Lexington should deal with undocumented immigrants. Posted: 4:32 PM Nov 8, 2007 |
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Local leaders and immigration activists gathered in Lexington today to respond to recent recommendations on how the city of Lexington should deal with undocumented immigrants.
While most of those in attendance today said they were pleased Mayor Jim Newberry formed the commission to address the immigration issue, they weren't happy that he shot down a couple of the recommendations so quickly.
The report was released Tuesday, and immediately the Mayor said he had serious concerns about two of the recommendations. The first, issuing I.D. cards or driver's licenses to residents regardless of immigration status, and the second, lobbying lawmakers in Frankfort on that issue. Some activists say documentation like this would help police track repeat criminal offenders.
While the Mayor has already expressed concern with some of the recommendations, there is still hope that a compromise can be made.
The nine member commission met for five months and talked with hundreds of people from all walks of life to come up with their seven recommendations.
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The reason you are so mad,is that you can't hire an American to work 12-15 hours a day for 3 dollars a day and not feel guilty.....
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To Bill and Dutch it sounds like eastern Ky has a problem with lazy people living off gov entitlements provided by Democrats who have given them away for years. I stil have a problem with people who ignore our laws. They should not get special treatment over people who do!! As for Farmer in Sharpsburg, there are programs in Ky where farm help can be brought here legally for seasonal help. You say workers here are lazy but you are just as bad if you don't want to take the time and effort to do the right thing. If all of you cannot find a way to do business legally, then maybe you should all find a different way to make a living!
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Unfettered illegal alien invasion can only progress for so long before the golden goose is dead from exhaustion. The better way of life these people are seeking was only made possible by hard working tax-paying LEGAL citizens for decades!! If one fourth of our veterans are homeless, I think that gives us a huge clue as to whom we should be helping in our society. And no, I'm not talking about the farmers and contractors that won't mechanize or provide a living wage to American workers. These laborers are only cheap for those that employ them. How else could the illegals afford to drive their SUV's unless their other bills are being footed by tax-payers? Wake up America and take OUR COUNTRY BACK!!!!!!! Our children's future depends upon us.
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