Law 101

What do we make of a Supreme Court justice who can’t quite grasp the meaning of the word ‘illegal’?



http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/02/04/sotomayor-labeling-illegal-immigrants-criminals-is-insulting/

Sotomayor: Labeling Illegal Immigrants Criminals Is Insulting

February 4, 2014 5:53 AM
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Sotomayor was asked at a talk at Yale Law School later in the day about her use of the term “undocumented immigrants” rather than the traditional illegal alien. Sotomayor characterized the issue as a regulatory problem and said labeling immigrants criminals seemed insulting to her.………

Yup... There's absolutely no difference between happy driving two miles over the speed limit, grandma scoring weed to help with her chemo, a family moving across the border in order to find work and food, and violent serial killers like Jeffery Dahmer. You're all criminals, completely indistinguishable from one another, who deserve to be labeled as such.

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“I think people then paint those individuals as something less than worthy human beings and it changes the conversation,” Sotomayor said.

Yeah,kinda like the way wingnuts treat a current duly elected POTUS

sparks wrote:

happy jack wrote:

Oh, yeah – suckers.
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For you to claim that people who  go through the procedures to become naturalized citizens are suckers is just another example of your Second hand stupidity.

Sparks,I've never heard of that term before today,but after looking it up,it's a perfect fit for the troll.

Artie60438 wrote:

sparks wrote:

happy jack wrote:

Oh, yeah – suckers.
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For you to claim that people who  go through the procedures to become naturalized citizens are suckers is just another example of your Second hand stupidity.

Sparks,I've never heard of that term before today,but after looking it up,it's a perfect fit for the troll.

I created the term second hand stupidity for Happy Jack during a discussion about the health damages that can be attributed to second hand smoke. I believe that listening to Fox News for extended periods of time can lower a person's IQ. Happy Jack is a poster child for the Fox News "second hand stupidity effect. The opportunity cost associated with spending hours listening to windbags argue that creationism is science and birthers proclaim Obama was born in Kenya is that Happy Jack has become even dumber than he used to be.

Meh... I'll start calling illegal immigrants criminals for crossing the border when happy starts calling Dubya's administration war criminals for the very illegal act of torture. Law 101. But for some reason I don't believe the accuracy of applied legal definitions are really his concern.

happy jack wrote:

Heretic wrote:

Meh... I'll start calling illegal immigrants criminals for crossing the border when happy starts calling Dubya's administration war criminals for the very illegal act of torture.  Law 101.  But for some reason I don't believe the accuracy of applied legal definitions are really his concern.

Do you think that those who have jumped the border illegally should be rewarded by being allowed to move to the front of the line, ahead of those who are trying to do the right thing by following proper immigration procedures?

Do you have a link (not from an opinion piece) that supports your contention that those that "jumped the border illegally" will be "allowed to move to the front of the line?"

happy jack wrote:

Scorpion wrote:

Do you have a link (not from an opinion piece) that supports your contention that those that "jumped the border illegally" will be "allowed to move to the front of the line?"

One person who is in his native country is patiently filling out applications and waiting his turn to be allowed into the U.S.. Another person has entered this country illegally and is told that he may stay in this country.  

Filling out applications for what, exactly?  Are you talking about a passport?

happy jack wrote:

Who do you think is at the front of the line?
Do you honestly need a link to figure this out?

Yeah. Well I do need a link if the "line" that you're talking about involves the process to become an American citizen.

happy jack wrote:

Scorpion wrote:

Yeah. Well I do need a link if the "line" that you're talking about involves the process to become an American citizen.

I'm talking about the process to be a resident, regardless of citizenship.

Yeah. Well I'm no immigration expert, but IIRC, if you're in this country on a visa, then you can apply for an "adjustment of status."  I'm pretty sure that's the first step toward a green card, which is permanent residency.

Now, under the Senate Bill that passed, undocumented immigrants can apply for a newly created adjustment of status called a Registered Provisional Immigrant.  First, they have to pass background checks, then pay penalties and taxes, and then they can apply for the adjustment of status.  But that's only a temporary status... it's not permanent residency.  They can't even apply for a green card for 10 years.  

So even if you're talking about residency, I don't see how you can characterize that as "jumping to the front of the line."

happy jack wrote:

Scorpion wrote:

happy jack wrote:

Scorpion wrote:

Yeah. Well I do need a link if the "line" that you're talking about involves the process to become an American citizen.

I'm talking about the process to be a resident, regardless of citizenship.

Yeah. Well I'm no immigration expert, but IIRC, if you're in this country on a visa, then you can apply for an "adjustment of status."  I'm pretty sure that's the first step toward a green card, which is permanent residency.

Now, under the Senate Bill that passed, undocumented immigrants can apply for a newly created adjustment of status called a Registered Provisional Immigrant.  First, they have to pass background checks, then pay penalties and taxes, and then they can apply for the adjustment of status.  But that's only a temporary status... it's not permanent residency.  They can't even apply for a green card for 10 years.  

So even if you're talking about residency, I don't see how you can characterize that as "jumping to the front of the line."

A man living in Pakistan is attempting to emigrate to the States, applying for his visa and whatnot.
Another man crosses the border at night, immediately takes up residence in the States, and only then begins applying for the proper documentation.
Who, in your opinion, is at the front of the line?

That's not how immigration reform works, at all. Just for starters, this isn't an ongoing process. It applies only to undocumented immigrants who were here at the end of 2011.

Sorry, but if you want me to comment, you're going to need to be a bit more specific.

Thought this was interesting...




It should be clear to anyone that the American people want immigration reform, by an overwhelming margin.  

It's time for the extremists in the House to get out of the way and pass the Senate bill.  

I know it's not going to happen, but hell, if it was almost any other issue, with numbers like this, it would pass by a voice vote.