August 21, 2006

Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) gets earful on immigration from constituents

A Q&A session Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) held at a public library in Des Plaines, Illinois is described here.

The second attendee asked two questions: First, If someone enters your house uninvited, is it a crime? After some consideration, Rep. Schakowsky granted that that situation might be construed as trespassing. Second: Do you support a moratorium on the deportation of illegal immigrants? to which Mrs. Schakowsky emphatically answered "Yes."

The questioner wanted to know the whys and wherefores of her reasoning, but the good congresswoman mumbled something about the 'Day Without Mexicans' movie and moved to the next questioner...

...The next inquirer mentioned a news account of an older American citizen, a veteran, who had undergone emergency surgery costing money that he didn't have. According to the story, the man subsequently lost his house to his medical bills while an illegal immigrant in the same hospital received treatment, free of charge, totaling twice the veteran's amount. Why, wondered the inquirer, would an American citizen be forced to pay such an extreme price while an illegal immigrant paid nothing? Why are illegal immigrants treated better than American citizens?

The room burst into applause...

Posted to Immigration at August 21, 2006 01:21 PM

Comments

we had a day without Mexicans in reality, March 26, 2006 not a movie and it was wonderful, work still got done and traffic was wonderful, I wish they boycotted America on a permanent basis.

Here's a reminder of the boycot and Latino parade http://www.aztlan.net/la_gran_marcha.htm

Posted by: Smitty at August 23, 2006 12:40 PM

we had a day without Mexicans in reality, March 26, 2006 not a movie and it was wonderful, work still got done and traffic was wonderful, I wish they boycotted America on a permanent basis.

Here's a reminder of the boycot and Latino parade http://www.aztlan.net/la_gran_marcha.htm

Posted by: Smitty at August 23, 2006 12:42 PM