ハーケンクロイツの落書き 他

どうもあまり気乗りしないのだが、ちょこちょこっといきましょうか？



April 7, 2009
Immigration and Jobs: Where the Workers Come From（NYT)

1.Mexico 5,286,400 +/- 1%
2.Philippines 848,800 +/- 2%
3.India 746,200 +/- 2%
4.China 653,000 +/- 2%
5.El Salvador 580,100 +/- 2%
6.Vietnam 526,000 +/- 2%
7.Germany 476,100 +/- 2%
8.South Korea 408,400 +/- 2%
9.Cuba 399,300 +/- 2%
10.Canada 364,900

これはアメリカへの移民の統計。ドイツからも多いんだね。



07 April 2009
New Zealand work permit programme centre of immigration debate
Migrant advocates have raised concerns that racist sentiments are being fostered and ask why migrant workers shouldn't have their rights protected. New Zealanders ask why they should be sacked when temporary visa holders keep their jobs," wrote organiser Mike Treen, in an email invitation to the public meeting.

Union leader Dennis Maga said the revoking of New Zealand work permits is unfair for temporary migrants who should be considered to have the same rights in the workplace as all other New Zealand employees.

ニュージーランド。国民の側は国民が首になって、永住権をもたない就労ビザの移民が働いているというのはいかがなものか、と、移民の側は、何で、移民の権利が守られないのか、と。


April 8, 2009, 6:45 AM
Do We Need Foreign Technology Workers?
By THE EDITORS（NYT)
これは、技術をもった外国人移民が必要か、という賛否を問うもの。NYTでもこうした企画を出してきたのが面白い。議論は、移民を閉め出して、優秀な頭脳を流出させてはいけない、というものから、むしろ、移民のために、賃金が低廉に抑えられてしまっている、というものまでさまざま。


Drop house found in Douglas
By Derek Jordan
Herald/Review
Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, Apr 08, 2009 - 02:15:59 am MS

Around 10 a.m., “DPS officers noticed two vehicles behaving in an odd manner,” said Officer Joy Craig of the Department of Public Safety. The DPS officers informed GIITEM members, who saw a green Pontiac Grand Am and Ford pickup truck leave the house on Thompkins Avenue. When they attempted to stop the vehicles, they fled.

Not wanting to risk a pursuit through a neighborhood, officers backed off and notified the Douglas Police Department, who came into contact with the vehicles shortly after. The driver of the Ford pickup abandoned his vehicle at International Avenue and A Avenue and managed to avoid officers by jumping the border fence into Mexico, said Marcus Gonzalez, public information officer for the Douglas Police Department.

Lopez-Varela



The driver of the Pontiac, Juan Pedro Lopez-Varela, 26, of Nacozari, Mexico, was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents when he attempted to jump the border fence

　これは、いかに不法移民発見につながるか、というのを示す記事。自動車の運転の仕方を不審に思った警官が停止させようとして、移民官、警官、国境保安官が連携して不法移民を逮捕。


Immigration centre gunman sent letter to TV station revealing motive
Jiverly Wong claimed police and his 'poor life' drove him to open fire at centre in Binghamton, New York, killing 13 people

Immigration Raid at Customs Officer’s Home Leads to Suit

By SOLOMON MOORE
Published: April 8, 2009
（NYT）

James and Sheila Slaughter said that when they answered the door of their home in San Luis, Ariz., on a July afternoon last year, they were surprised to find five armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers strapped into bulky bulletproof vests accusing them of harboring an illegal immigrant.

“Is this ‘Candid Camera’?” Mrs. Slaughter recalled asking.

That irritated the lead officer, her husband said Tuesday. “He said: ‘No, it isn’t “Candid Camera.” You need to step back into the middle of the room.’ ”

The couple said they complied, and the officers prepared to search their home. Mr. Slaughter, a six-foot, 285-pound former Marine, said he then told them, “Look fellas, do you guys realize that I’m a U.S. Customs K-9 officer at the San Luis land port?”

“The lead officer’s eyes got about as big and round as silver dollars, and the three guys who were standing just inside the door went straight outside,” said Mr. Slaughter, 51, who with a Labrador retriever, Whitey, searches cars at the Mexican border for narcotics. “They left without saying a word. They knew they messed up.”

これは移民管理官が人間違いで、手入れをした、という記事。間違って手入れされたのが、同じ組織に働いている人物であった、というところにも落ちがある。



April 07, 2009
Florida Student Arrested by Immigration Three Days After Acquittal on Bomb Charges

Immigration officials have arrested a twenty-three-year-old Florida student just three days after a jury acquitted him on federal explosives charges. Youssef Megahed was arrested in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store Monday, where he had gone shopping with his father. He had just begun a fast to celebrate his acquittal. Megahed’s attorneys say he now faces deportation proceedings, apparently on the same charges for which he was found not guilty

これは永住権を持った若者が父親と買い物をしていたらテロ容疑で逮捕され、その容疑が晴れても、国外退去されそうになっている、というニュース

U.S. citizens caught up in immigration sweeps
By Andrew Becker and Patrick J. McDonnell
April 9, 2009（LATimes)
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Immigration raids of factories and other work sites often result in at least a short-term detention of lawful residents and even citizens, as agents seal targeted businesses and grill workers about their status.

He declined to comment on Castillo's case or others, citing privacy concerns or pending lawsuits

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Mike Graves, a two-decade veteran of the Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Marshalltown, Iowa, said he was handcuffed and held for eight hours in December 2006 when ICE agents raided Swift plants throughout the heartland.

"My government treated me like a criminal, and I didn't do anything wrong," said Graves, a native of Iowa.

Americans seldom carry proof of their legal status, which can be a factor in the confusion about detainees' citizenship. There is no comprehensive database or list of all citizens for agents to check.

Official investigations may miss crucial documents such as birth certificates and naturalization papers. In some cases, names have been jumbled or misfiled and records lost. Confused detainees have signed their own removal orders. Some in custody may even be unaware of their citizenship or unable to prove it without a lawyer's help.

Unlike suspects in criminal matters, however, immigration detainees have no right to government-appointed counsel -- and, in some cases, have no access to paid lawyers. Fast-track deportation procedures enacted by Congress in recent years also limit court review once the expulsion process is underway.

On occasion, the uncertainty can lead to mistaken deportation, as was the case with Pedro Guzman,

Out of more than 1 million detentions, ICE officials say, Guzman was the only citizen known to have been shipped out of the country. But others dispute that claim.

Rachel E. Rosenbloom, supervising attorney at Boston College's Post-Deportation Human Rights Project, cited at least eight cases of wrongly deported citizens and said she expected the number was substantially higher.

先日、外国人移民が登録証の不携帯で勾留される例を挙げたが、国民でも不法移民と疑われ、ひどい場合には退去させられるケースもある、という。
日本でも日本語があまりできない、合法的な中国人移民だったか、すでに帰化したか忘れたが、移民官に勾留された、というニュースが以前あったね。