The issues of immigration and the border the US shares with Mexico have certainly gained a lot of attention in recent years and are likely to be front of mind issues for some voters in the next presidential election. So, there may be a lot of people in Greensboro and Guilford County who want to know more about those issues.
Well, now there’s a chance to learn more.
The City of Greensboro International Advisory Committee is co-sponsoring a seminar on the border situation.
And who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch? Because the information in the one-day seminar will be served up with a complimentary lunch.
Here are some of the main questions a panel of experts will answer during the seminars: “What’s going on at the US-Mexico border? What’s happening in the US immigration system?”
A panel of legal experts along with some immigrants will discuss these issues and related matters at a lunchtime seminar starting at 11 am on Tuesday, May 21 at the Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship at 1451 S. Elm-Eugene St in Greensboro.
The schedule is listed below. Participants may attend one, two, or all three sessions.
- 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. – Where’s the Line to Enter? Understanding US immigration processes.
- 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. – The Front Lines: A working lunch with Immigrants’ rights advocate Stefania Arteaga of the Carolina Migrant Network
- 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m. – What’s Happening at the US-Mexico Border? Personal accounts and a legal perspective on recent events at the US-Mexico border.
You can use the following link to register for the seminar, see the schedule, and learn more about the panelists…
In addition to the International Advisory Committee, the following organizations are co-sponsoring the event: the Center for New North Carolinians (at UNCG), the New Arrivals Institute, Faith Action International, Church World Service, African Services Coalition, McKinney Immigration Law, Carolina Migrant Network, and the Immigration Policy Reform Roundtable of the League of Women Voters.
The city’s International Advisory Committee was created a decade and a half ago “to create a more inclusive Greensboro for members of the international community.” It’s made up of people whose national origin lies outside of the United States.
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Hilarious!
A bunch of hand-wringing bleeding heart Left wing “activists” are going to tell you how you should be thinking about illegal immigration!
They have chutzpah, at least.
Better than a bigoted bunch of hand-wringing misinformation junkies afraid of immigrant children telling us about immigration. Classic move of a modern conservative to ignore experts who actually work within the field with the real problems facing our country.
There is nothing “misinformed” about telling the truth that the Democrat party wants easy future votes, while bought and paid for GOP-types want the cheap labor.
And, nice gaslighting with the “scared of immigrant children” remark. Have you seen any photos of who’s coming over the border? They sure as hell aren’t children. The illegals who murdered Ned Byrd, Lakin Riley, Mollie Tibbetts, Kathryn Steinle, and scores upon scores of other Americans were no children.
Send them back – we’re full and we have our own domestic problems to deal with. No need to import more.
Yet it was democrats who voted for a bill that would have greatly reduced the number of immigrants coming into the US by closing the asylum loophole ….conservatives voted it down based on misinformation that the bill would allow 5k immigrants a day to enter the US. You know, because conservatives love false talking points that feed their personal bias.
It is written in stone that demoncrats NEVER vote to reduce ANYTHING other than United States defense spending and criminal penalties so the claim that they want to reduce Illegal Invaders is laughable on it’s face.
…after the Biden adminstration lied for years that “the border is secure”.
The border was more secure than it had been in decades under the Trump administration simply because ICE, CBP, and INS were allowed to do their jobs and enforce existing laws. On day one of the current regime that all went down the toilet.
For further insight, look at the open border organizations that Mayorkas was associated with prior to getting his cabinet post.
Chris how many of those precious little ILLEGAL children do you have on your farm. You’re nothing but a HYPOCRITE
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Oh dear, Chrissy really IS in a bad mood today.
Slinging mud and hurling insults, while exposing his own prejudices and imaginings!
It’s all quite amusing, really.
ILLEGAL children chris ILLEGAL. Get a bus load, bring them to your farm and raise them at YOUR expense not the taxpayers of this country.
Paid for by NGOs. So often taxpayer money to large extent. Propaganda?
What is there to talk about? A country without borders is not a country. A country with borders has a legal right to make laws that determine who enter the country. At no time in our history has a president and his administration broken so many laws that they took an oath to uphold. There is no need to talk about the subject. All illegal immigrants should be returned to their country of origin. If any of them want to immigrate to our country, get in line. Illegal immigrants are already criminals. Why would we want and even welcome criminals. It does not matter whether the crime is a misdemeanor or a felony; a crime is a crime which represents the flouting of our laws. No, I do not welcome illegal immigrants and ask others to not welcome them. They are not special and certainly not entitled; Blacks, gays and the alphabet dominate the entitlement crown. Democrats want to count the illegal immigrants to increase their representation in DC. Next step is the vote. No one should support those who try to sell the idea that illegal immigration is a good thing. It is not!
Right, TL.
As an immigrant it took me years (and no small expense) to alter my status from a student visa to Permanent Resident Alien. It never even crossed my mind to just flout the law.
I have more respect for this country than to do that.
All the fast track faux legality that’s being bestowed on the illegal immigrants infuriates me. It makes me wonder why I jumped through all the hoops and went through the process.
It would have been much easier just to get my ass here and get all the goodies.
I bet the point they will make is that our laws are outdated for the current situation. But you know, conservatives didn’t bother to implement a Bill that would have made a big improvement in immigration law to close the asylum loophole and greatly simplify and speed up immigration hearings. All because they didn’t want to give the Democrats a ‘win’ during an election year. The swamp remains deep.
Chris, I am curious. What laws are outdated? Please be specific. Democrats nor Republicans want to fix our immigration laws. A pox on all of them.
1) Funding: underfunded courts are overwhelmed courts that allow asylum seekers to request asylum without any paperwork or evidence of their claim meaning lengthy process that further backs up the courts. Current wait is 6 years…while they wait in the US. The immigration reform bill would have automatically declined asylum to those without evidence in hand.
2) Restrictive System: The overall system is too restrictive. Historically, the U.S. admitted more legal immigrants per capita than it does now, and the current net immigration rate ranks low among high-income countries. Making legal immigration easier would reduce illegal immigration is the theory.
3) Asylum loophole. Current law on asylum seekers allows those caught crossing illegally to declare asylum. Clearly this needs to stop.
and most important
4) Archaic System: Conflicting visions and piecemeal legislation have left the U.S. with an archaic and barely coherent immigration system with outdated policy objectives.
No, Chrissy, he asked you what laws are outdated.
He didn’t ask you to rant on in absurd deflection and digression, did he?
So back up your claim, blowhard boy.
I answered his question. I don’t apologize that you don’t understand the answer. LOL
To change any of the four points I listed requires legislation.
But you be you.
The cost to immigrate could be lowered, the time to wait to apply for permanent residency could be shorter, and the application process could be simpler so a lawyer didn’t have to be involved which would lower the cost and the risk of people ending up with a crook, there could be more employees in the areas who help in the immigration process available who are educated to assist those who are immigrating including in all embassies to give accurate answers. There should be more people hired who decide on expediency admittance to reduce the waiting list. There are huge holes in the immigration process. I’ve personally known several immigrants, one illegal, and others legal on student and work Visas. The process is expensive for all of them (upwards of $5,000), it takes anywhere from 12 to 15+ years to become a legal citizen, and they must have a sponsor who isn’t always a reputable person. They all came here having no idea what living in this country was going to be like, with a total misunderstanding of the system or real cost of living here, believing they’d have enough money to live on AND send back home to support their family and help another family member immigrate within a few years. Their families didn’t understand why they weren’t sending more money back when they were making $12/hr in Northern California, going to school, living in an apartment with 4-8 other students, sharing a car, working as a nursing aide because they were “rich”. They were cheated out of money by employers, previous immigrants, and ignorance of tax laws, work laws, student grants, et.al.
There should be changes in immigration laws. Our borders should be closed. Some kids who have been brought here by illegal aliens should be allowed to stay because they shouldn’t be punished for what their parents have done to them. However, the immigration laws should be redefined and clarified, and not cost as much or take so long that people are on waiting lists for years to enter our country. Those who are on waiting lists should be able to enter first.
One friend who was an illegal alien, a migrant worker, was injured in a serious car accident in 2004 resulting in a brain stem stroke. He was covered by MediCal in Northern California and has been in a nursing facility since because he can’t speak or move from the neck down. Along with assistive and medical needs, we’ve worked to get him legal help to obtain citizenship since that time so he could have a SSN allowing him to get work. He very much wants to be able to support himself and pay for his own place and medical insurance. There were several issues involved, but the most complicated was the requirement of having to return to Mexico and ask to re-enter legally, which would cause him to lose his medical care which was far superior to any he would get in his home country. For years we tried to get pro-bono help in CA but it wasn’t until recently he had help due to a medical research project he was involved in that he found a lawyer at a CA university. He just was granted permanent legal alien residency status, which is such a huge relief. It means he can now breathe easy that no matter which party is in office he won’t be deported, he can get a SSN, he can get a job and not lose his medical care, he’s free from worry, and so am I. He’s a great person, responsible, intelligent, and kind, and he’s participated in research that will change the lives of millions of people who can’t speak or move to communicate.
The issue of illegal immigrants is complicated because our politicians are not doing their jobs. It’s not that difficult to change the laws, tighten up the requirements, to get the NGOs out of the process that is bringing in millions of people who are flooding our educational, healthcare, legal, resource, and housing systems with immigrants who shouldn’t be admitted here. There should be better screening of unaccompanied children, all adult applicants, and each person’s health status. We have a right as a country to decide who we should and should not admit, we have laws now to follow and should be doing so, and those laws could be changed. Until they are they shouldn’t be ignored, but they can be criticized. If you don’t like them, help someone legally rectify the situation. It may take time and effort, but it’s worth it.
Better yet; send them back.
What “our laws are outdated for the current situation” do you and your bleeding hear liberal socialist buddies keep referring to all the time?
And in what way are our laws “outdated”? Either you enter the country through the established, legal procedures, something members of my family have done, or you violate the laws of the United States.
As for deportation, if their country says they won’t take them back, send them to the last country they passed through to get here (cough cough Mexico cough cough). That country LET them through so they become their problem.
I made a comment that ended up as a reply to Chris, above, if approved, on immigration laws, that was meant for Alan Marshall. Sorry for the confusion.
I’m sorry, what did you say? I’m confused
Why not hold it over at the Hewbrew Academy?
Looks like a Government “pat ourselves on the back” program.
The real problems will not even be addressed.