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First I'd like to thank dzrose93 because if you hadn't cleaned out your mailbox I would not have read all of this. With your situation, have you tried going to the Dept. of Housing or Building and Zoning? If people have been renting out their homes without getting proper permits,property is in disrepair, or you see more people coming out of the house than a clown car at the circus report the property owners. I don't know how it works in Atlanta but for the city of Chicago and Cook County there are buidling inspectors who come out to properties and check to make sure situations like this don't occur. They can and will impose fines, court costs, and in extreme cases seizure of property. My parents are in real estate and I've shared the joy of screening prospective tenants, and having to explain why exactly we don't rent a one bedroom to a party of seven. Good luck.
Rudey, let me say that your posts on page 6 are right on the money. If I knew how to post quotes, I would have used yours.
Since Bush has announced this incentive program for illegals, I'm not happy. Local TV news featured local city Latin American alderman and an illegal Mexican teenager whining why she's not allowed to go the college of her choice because of her illegal status. WTF?? INS should have snatched her up and sent her back to her original country. Game over. Chicago Sun-Times featured a story about how illegal elderly Russians immigrants anmesty time is running out to become American citizens by a certain date or risk deportation. The complaint is the test is too hard and learning English is difficult. Can't figure it out? Here's a one way ticket expenses paid. I don't care if an illegal came from north,south, east, west by plane,train, or automobile if you are here illegally, I don't care if you don't want to go home but you sure as hell aren't staying here.
My parents immigrated to the United States in 1967. Because of the quota system in place, they had to wait two years before they could enter this country. Back then you had to have a sponsor. There was a government background check done on the sponsor. They would be financially responsible for you until you obtained employment. They became American citizens. They learned to speak English. My parents worked very hard for what they have today.In the beginning they worked at jobs no one wanted but they were legally. Legal immigrants are what made this country what is today. If you have an opportunity, you should go to a swearing in ceremony for new citizens, it's amazing.To live here is a priveledge(sp?) not a right.
The government has gotten very lax on who gets to come here. Not every country is as permissive as the United States. I say bring back the quota system, sponsorship requirements, stricter visa requirements for who is allowed to visit this country, temporarily work here and for foreign students who want to study here.
If companies were given extreme economic penalties and have the CEO's serve long jail sentences, they would think twice about advertising to illegals across the border.
And for whoever said Americans are lazy, there are just as many lazy American born as there are any other ethnic background. And for whoever applauded just the Mexicans, there is such a majority that are here who refuse to learn English. Some of them know they don't want to become American citizens. They want to work here temporarily so they don't bother. It is such a circumstance that public signs are written in English and Mexican only, bilingual classes are created exclusively for their children in public schools, and other perks are given to them that aren't for any other ethnic background. If you're going to do that for one ethnic group then equal the playing field and do it for all.
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