The U.S. Immigration Catch-All Thread [R]

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by THOMA GOL, Apr 23, 2010.

  1. chaski

    chaski Moderator
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    Mar 20, 2000
    redacted
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    Lisburn Distillery FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    Not with a bang but a whimper.
     
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  2. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
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    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oh lord, yes.
     
  3. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
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  4. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
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    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    But mah DACA deal

    1087537841478008832 is not a valid tweet id
     
  5. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    1093651561580904449 is not a valid tweet id


    Dana Rohrbacher is promoting the idea of building the wall out of hemp.

    If it’s struck by lightning and catches fire, won’t that be a problem?
     
  6. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    No one associated with the hemp industry should sell trump any building materials. All money ain't good money and some money is blood money.
     
  7. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    No, of course not.
    1) "Industrial hemp is grown by certified commercial growers so the crop can be certified to be very low in THC. Hemp is not psychoactive.*
    2) It is a concrete-like material, so it is not like to catch fire after being struck by lightening.

    I know you were "trying to be funny," but this is exactly the bullcrap that has kept the hemp industry down in this country for 7 decades.

    I hate to give the assholes in this tweet from the asshole that is Dana Rohrbacher any credit, but "Hemcrete" is a viable building material.

    *http://www.americanlimetechnology.com/what-is-hempcrete/
    http://americanlimetechnology.com/wp-content/themes/HEMP_Aggregate/images/pdf/Hemcrete Brochure 2012 - ALT.pdf
     
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  8. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Okay okay okay. Joke fail.
     
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  9. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
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    Fair enough, but, as I stated, that is the prevailing attitude and, along with the lobbying of other industries, has kept hemp from being used for hundreds of uses in this country.
     
  10. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I recall reading somewhere that the rope industry was one of the biggest. It wasn't just a bunch of dysfunctional teetotalers like the WCTU w/the 18th Amendment, in any case. It was business.
     
  11. Timon19

    Timon19 Member+

    Jun 2, 2007
    Akron, OH
    William Randolph Hearst and his many, many newspapers.
     
  12. chaski

    chaski Moderator
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    Mar 20, 2000
    redacted
    Club:
    Lisburn Distillery FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    if the wall isn’t high, what’s the point?
     
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  13. ToMhIlL

    ToMhIlL Member+

    Feb 18, 1999
    Boxborough, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That idea will go up in smoke. But I guess it's better than a stone(d) wall
     
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  14. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well they may be trying to secure the stoner vote.

    I am probably totally off, but to me it seems like the "pro hemp lobby" is made up of pot smokers.

    Edit: and Xtom.
     
  15. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oh, Arkansas.

    [​IMG]
     
  16. ToMhIlL

    ToMhIlL Member+

    Feb 18, 1999
    Boxborough, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Separated at birth?
     
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  17. argentine soccer fan

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    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    For some reason, that idea reminded me of this:



    I can picture the ICE agents dancing.
     
  18. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Oh FFS

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    In a photo taken by her husband, Selene Saavedra Roman wears her flight attendant uniform.
    (David Watkins)

    A Texas flight attendant and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient was freed from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Friday after being held for weeks for leaving the country as part of her job.

    The flight attendant, 28-year-old Selene Saavedra Roman, came to the U.S. from Peru as a toddler. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and is legally allowed to remain in the country and work under the protection of the DACA program. She flew to Mexico and back in February for her job at the behest of Mesa Airlines, her employer of about a month, which assured her that her DACA status would not be a problem upon reentry. Afraid of losing her new job, she decided to trust her supervisors.


    https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c951669e4b057f7330a5bc5
     
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  19. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    If she is married to a US citizen, she should be able to apply for Legal Permanent Residence status and, then, citizenship. And she should do so.

    She should no longer need "protection of the DACA program" at this point.

    But, even if that is not the case (like she was just recently married) I think your statement "Oh, FFS" sums up the situation nicely.
     
  20. bostonsoccermdl

    bostonsoccermdl Moderator
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    Apr 3, 2002
    Denver, CO
    My biggest question is why has she waited until now and so long to apply for her green card? (As you said, unless she was just recently married..)

    It doesn’t change the fact that the current system is broken and confusing, and needs revamping, which we all agree on.
     
  21. ToMhIlL

    ToMhIlL Member+

    Feb 18, 1999
    Boxborough, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I blame the employer first and foremost. She raised the question up front, asking if there would be an issue and they said, no, no problem. She would not have even gone on that flight if there was even a question of this happening. And she is going through all the proper steps to get full, documented citizenship, but it's a slow process.
     
  22. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Trump is planning to close the border next week.
     
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  23. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Poor 18-20 year olds in American border towns.
     
  24. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Trump family driver detained by ICE

    A former driver for the Trump family has been held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility for the past eight months as he fights to remain with his family in the United States.

    Zoltan Tamas, 38, of Romania previously worked as a driver for the Trump family and the president’s campaign staff during the 2016 election, according to The New York Times. At the time, Tamas had reportedly been a green card holder since legally immigrating to the country from Romania in 2011.

    https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...or-the-trump-family-has-been-in-ice-detention
     
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  25. YankBastard

    YankBastard Na Na Na Na NANANANAAA!

    Jun 18, 2005
    Estados Unidos
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

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