With Millions in 9/11 Payments, Bereaved Can’t Buy Green Cards

Cross posted from The Uncooperative Blogger:

If This doesn’t make you say “What in the wide wide world of sports is going on!” You are part of the problem.

From NYT:

One widow has more than $2 million but walks or rides the bus everywhere, terrified of drawing attention. Another millionaire widow stopped going to 9/11 support groups because she feared that families of police officers and firefighters might betray her. A widower has enough money to start a business building houses, but cannot buy himself a home.

All three lost a husband or a wife when the World Trade Center collapsed. Like thousands of others, they were beneficiaries of the federal Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund, which awarded millions of dollars to families whose loved ones died in the attacks.

But a secret sets these three apart. Like their spouses who died, each is in the country illegally. Even though the government compensated them richly for their losses, making them wealthier than they ever dreamed, the money did not change their immigration status. They fear they could be deported any day.

What? I am supposed to feel sorry for people in this country ILLEGALLY who took millions, maybe billions of my tax dollars??? The NYT has got to have lost their minds to think this story would sway people on the illegal immigration debate. I say track them down, take the money back and use it to deport more illegal alien invaders!

After Congress created the victims’ fund, promising payouts in return for an agreement not to sue the airlines or other interests, the officials who drafted the fund’s rules explicitly stated that foreigners and illegal immigrants would be eligible. And immigration authorities announced that they would not use information provided to the fund to track people down.

But the families who received money could still face deportation if their identities come to light in some other way, their lawyers say.

See, I did not know this about the fund. I also never agreed with giving the families millions of dollars because their loved one happened to be a victim of a terror attack. However, to give our money to those in this country illegally is insane!

Our elected cockroaches do not care about this country or its citizens, that is obvious.

Other postings:

"September Immigration Blitz to Congress", "With Millions in 9/11 Payments, Bereaved Can’t Buy Green Cards",  "Mayor lashes out at landlord over fire" The Uncooperative Blogger, who now has live internet radio.  Go check it out.
"Have You Hugged Your Mexican Gang Members Today?", from Take Back Georgia
"Corporate Sponsorship of Shamnesty", from Morning Coffee
"Teddy Roosevelt on Immigration", from Pursuing Holiness
"Doccuments Reveal Mexican Government Incursions into U.S.",  "Latino Congress Meets in Los Angeles to Tackle Immigration Reform, Sponsored by Hugo Chavez",   from Morning Coffee

**This was a production of The Coalition Against Illegal Immigration (CAII). If you would like to participate, please go to the above link to learn more. Afterwards, email the coalition and let me know at what level you would like to participate.

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Mike from Cop the Truth will be posting at Two Babes and a Brain while Lisa is gone, go give him a read.

UPDATE: Digger's Realm says check out his newest site, Immigration Stance:

I have been working overtime the past few weeks on a new immigration website that allows you to view reports on Senators and House Representatives and their position on immigration. With so many speeches and soundbites floating around there is no other way to really tell their position on immigration without reviewing their voting record.

Comments

[James Biga]

Do these imbeciles realize that their money would probably go farther in their homelands? If the NYT knows who these people are they should be turning them in. Isn't this aiding and abetting a know criminal?

[Digger]

Thanks for the link, I appreciate it. I hope the new site helps people out.