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Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: seallb ()
Date: July 14, 2014 12:36PM

Hold on here. I thought it was supposed to be all about those
nasty people in PW County enforcing their illegal immigration policy.
Thanks Sharoom Bullover and Gerry "Conman" Connolly.




The record flood of Central American children crossing the U.S. border is stretching funds and setting off improvisation at public schools.

While politicians spend the summer fighting over how to turn back the tide, school leaders across the country are struggling to absorb a new student population the size of Newark, New Jersey. More than 40,000 children, many of them fresh from violent, harrowing journeys, have been released since October to stateside relatives as courts process their cases.

"These kids were homesick and heartbroken," said Robin Hamby, a family specialist for Fairfax County Public Schools in suburban Washington, which began feeling the surge almost as soon as it began three years ago.

Her Virginia district employs more teachers who work with non-English speakers than ever, and wrote a curriculum to reunite children and parents, many of whom haven't seen one another in years. Houston is increasing training and translation. Los Angeles nurses are working overtime to screen for emotional trauma created on the journey north.

Full story here:


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-us-classrooms-prepare-for-flood-as-migrants-become-pupils-20140712%2c0%2c4201836.story

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: GCMb3 ()
Date: July 14, 2014 01:12PM

seallb Wrote:
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> "These kids were homesick and heartbroken," said
> Robin Hamby, a family specialist for Fairfax
> County Public Schools in suburban Washington,
> which began feeling the surge almost as soon as it
> began three years ago.

Well if they're so homesick, send them back home to Mexico. Problem solved!

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Gatehouse ()
Date: July 14, 2014 01:16PM

Robin Hamby is wrong. There is no illegal immigrant problem in Fairfax County. We do not count them so they do not exist. They do not affect class size nor take resources away from other educational needs.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: dV7Vm ()
Date: July 14, 2014 01:25PM

seallb Wrote:
> "These kids were homesick and heartbroken," said
> Robin Hamby, a family specialist for Fairfax

yes everytime you assert we are the devil with those magic words we are your slaves. Robin fairfax, targeting anyone not a democrat and your own too as well, is the picture i've taken

yes VA ham is now owned by china thanks to democrats

pain your nursery room you made for a future child BLACK, because democrats are going to have your baby for you - and blame you for it

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: johnny ringo ()
Date: July 14, 2014 01:53PM

Typical class of 2020 in any FFX County elementary school.
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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: so what ()
Date: July 14, 2014 02:21PM

you scared for the future

are pablo and maria going to take away all the jobs from Johnny and Suzie

oh wait Kanisha Shakur and Katie Lee already do that lol

whites days are numbered bitches

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Ddo ()
Date: July 14, 2014 02:25PM

Interesting tidbit on Corey Stewart's Facebook page. He's tracking down where the illegals are being detained in PW County. How long before Sharoom does the same?

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Section_8_Sharon ()
Date: July 14, 2014 02:28PM

Ddo Wrote:
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> Interesting tidbit on Corey Stewart's Facebook
> page. He's tracking down where the illegals are
> being detained in PW County. How long before
> Sharoom does the same?


Except that Sharon will offer to wash their feet.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: LOL... ()
Date: July 14, 2014 02:29PM

so what Wrote:
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> whites days are numbered bitches

And ain't the little weenies whining over it.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Pick up the phone, call Tyronne ()
Date: July 14, 2014 02:33PM

LOL... Wrote:
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> so what Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > whites days are numbered bitches
>
> And ain't the little weenies whining over it.


Might want to let the brothers know.

They'll be in worse shape as a result much more so than whites.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: LOL... ()
Date: July 14, 2014 02:36PM

Pick up the phone, call Tyronne Wrote:
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> Might want to let the brothers know. They'll be in
> worse shape as a result much more so than whites.

No, it's everybody else against you palefaces. Get ready to eat some shit, whitey. Paybacks are...well, you know.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Lashinda's old job called ()
Date: July 14, 2014 02:46PM

LOL... Wrote:
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> Pick up the phone, call Tyronne Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Might want to let the brothers know. They'll be
> in
> > worse shape as a result much more so than
> whites.
>
> No, it's everybody else against you palefaces.
> Get ready to eat some shit, whitey. Paybacks
> are...well, you know.


Nope, it's not. They're not taking my job, driving down my wages, or raising costs in my neighborhood. They are taking theirs. And they're starting to understand that.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: hahatoomuch ()
Date: July 14, 2014 02:47PM

so funny this double edged sword.
non-whites flood in record numbers to get away from their own culture.
Get to the US and do everything to pretend they are still in the culture they fled.

Then say joke is on whites cause they will soon be minorities... but isn't the joke on everyone cause the country you fled to will soon be like the one you fled FROM?

just move here, and cut ties with your past and all would be perfect it's not about your skin color it's about your lack of interest in keep the USA the country you desired to come to.

so short sighted.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: the new world order ()
Date: July 14, 2014 03:08PM

Asians (Rich/nicest parts of Farifax)

Whites (Loudoun County and Middle Class Fairfax)

Hispanics (Crappy areas of Fairfax)

Blacks (PG Ghetto and worse)

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Pedro Johnson ()
Date: July 14, 2014 03:41PM

the new world order Wrote:
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> Asians (Rich/nicest parts of Farifax)
>
> Whites (Loudoun County and Middle Class Fairfax)
>
> Hispanics (Crappy areas of Fairfax)
>
> Blacks (PG Ghetto and worse)

Hispanics have taken over parts of PG County too. Been to College Park lately?

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: dsgjfa7634w5fhj ()
Date: July 14, 2014 03:46PM

This was posted in the off topic section today. Blacks will feel the pain far worse than whites or asians.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/14/obama-slammed-worst-president-ever-black-chicagoan/

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: ColumbiaPikeCommando ()
Date: July 14, 2014 04:33PM

I can't help but wonder if Gerry and Sharon have known this all along but didn't say anything.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Democrat ()
Date: July 14, 2014 04:50PM

As long as they learn English. We will be happy.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: so did you just get here!? ()
Date: July 14, 2014 04:56PM

ColumbiaPikeCommando Wrote:
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> I can't help but wonder if Gerry and Sharon have
> known this all along but didn't say anything.


Know anything about it? are you really that stupid, they orchestrated it. They cant come up with the extra money and programs fast enough to make sure everyone gets their free shit.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: sal ()
Date: July 14, 2014 05:16PM

Democrat Wrote:
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> As long as they learn English. We will be happy.

We? You got a turd in your pocket?

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Hey Assholes... ()
Date: July 14, 2014 06:57PM

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Can't wait for it. ()
Date: July 14, 2014 07:06PM

so what Wrote:
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> you scared for the future
>
> are pablo and maria going to take away all the
> jobs from Johnny and Suzie
>
> oh wait Kanisha Shakur and Katie Lee already do
> that lol
>
> whites days are numbered bitches


When whitey is gone, who going to pay your bills? it sure as fuck ain't gonna be the Negroes.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Hey Assholes ()
Date: July 14, 2014 07:11PM

Can't wait for it. Wrote:
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> When whitey is gone, who going to pay your bills?
> it sure as fuck ain't gonna be the Negroes.

None of you asswipe racist dumbfucks makes enough money to pay any taxes. It's the people you hate who do all the paying.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: the realist ()
Date: July 14, 2014 07:17PM

Hey Assholes Wrote:
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> Can't wait for it. Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > When whitey is gone, who going to pay your
> bills?
> > it sure as fuck ain't gonna be the Negroes.
>
> None of you asswipe racist dumbfucks makes enough
> money to pay any taxes. It's the people you hate
> who do all the paying.


Have you been to an emergency room lately? Illegal spics with no insurance flood the place, someone's paying for those dirty filthy people.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 14, 2014 07:28PM

the realist Wrote:
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> Have you been to an emergency room lately? Illegal
> spics with no insurance flood the place, someone's
> paying for those dirty filthy people.

Fucking moron. You have no idea in the world of who is illegal and who is not or who has insurance and who does not. You are just a big fucking asshole who shoots his damned fool mouth off anyway. Worthless shit-for-brains fucktard. In actuality, because of the risks inherent in their status, illegals try to have as little to do with "the system" as they possibly can. The Hispanics you see in an ER waiting room are legal and most of them have some form of insurance.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: YOU'RE A STUPID FUCK ()
Date: July 14, 2014 08:13PM

Asshole Report #14-0071 Wrote:
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> the realist Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Have you been to an emergency room lately?
> Illegal
> > spics with no insurance flood the place,
> someone's
> > paying for those dirty filthy people.
>
> Fucking moron. You have no idea in the world of
> who is illegal and who is not or who has insurance
> and who does not. You are just a big fucking
> asshole who shoots his damned fool mouth off
> anyway. Worthless shit-for-brains fucktard. In
> actuality, because of the risks inherent in their
> status, illegals try to have as little to do with
> "the system" as they possibly can. The Hispanics
> you see in an ER waiting room are legal and most
> of them have some form of insurance.

And you know this how? Are you checking everyone for immigration status and insurance before they come in to the ER? Didn't think so.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: igetitnow ()
Date: July 14, 2014 08:19PM

So the illegals are being allowed to come here to push out the black people? Basically take over all the lower-class jobs so there are none left for black people? In hopes that black people will rage and try to kill each other in frustration as well as come after all other races then you can quickly lock them all up/death penalty? And the prison industry wins even more? Business owners win because they get even cheaper labor since they don't have to pay black people/affirmative action? You just use that to get more asians and hispanics promoted instead? Am I getting this right? Is this the big secret plan?

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: sounds good ()
Date: July 14, 2014 08:27PM

Getting rid of the lazy blacks would be a very good start. Then target the illegals.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Nig Nog ()
Date: July 14, 2014 08:53PM

igetitnow Wrote:
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> So the illegals are being allowed to come here to
> push out the black people? Basically take over all
> the lower-class jobs so there are none left for
> black people? In hopes that black people will rage
> and try to kill each other in frustration as well
> as come after all other races then you can quickly
> lock them all up/death penalty? And the prison
> industry wins even more? Business owners win
> because they get even cheaper labor since they
> don't have to pay black people/affirmative action?
> You just use that to get more asians and hispanics
> promoted instead? Am I getting this right? Is this
> the big secret plan?


Yes, just look at the current demorgraphic make-up in LA in what used to be "historically black" neighborhoods.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Fact enema for the asshole ()
Date: July 14, 2014 08:54PM

Asshole Report #14-0071 Wrote:
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>
> Fucking moron. You have no idea in the world of
> who is illegal and who is not or who has insurance
> and who does not. You are just a big fucking
> asshole who shoots his damned fool mouth off
> anyway. Worthless shit-for-brains fucktard. In
> actuality, because of the risks inherent in their
> status, illegals try to have as little to do with
> "the system" as they possibly can. The Hispanics
> you see in an ER waiting room are legal and most
> of them have some form of insurance.


Bullshit. Have you looked at the Emergency Medicaid costs lately? +$2 billion/year, 99% of which is illegals. That's just the emergency Medicaid costs not State and private costs and all of the rest which are many times that.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 14, 2014 09:07PM

Fact enema for the asshole Wrote:
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> Bullshit. Have you looked at the Emergency
> Medicaid costs lately? +$2 billion/year, 99% of
> which is illegals. That's just the emergency
> Medicaid costs not State and private costs and all
> of the rest which are many times that.

You're peeing all over yourself here, you ignorant racist dumbfuck. First of all, Medicaid is a form of health insurance. Second of all, you have to apply and meet both state and federal residency and citizenship requirements. Useless dork-brained asshole hasn't got the first fucking clue of what he's talking about. Just a total asshat waste of time and space.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Eric the actor ()
Date: July 14, 2014 09:09PM

Asshole Report #14-0071 Wrote:
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> You're peeing all over yourself here, you ignorant
> racist dumbfuck. First of all, Medicaid is a form
> of health insurance. Second of all, you have to
> apply and meet both state and federal residency
> and citizenship requirements. Useless
> dork-brained asshole hasn't got the first fucking
> clue of what he's talking about. Just a total
> asshat waste of time and space.


Don't you have a lawn to mow?

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 14, 2014 09:16PM

Eric the actor Wrote:
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> Don't you have a lawn to mow?

It's dark outside. Fucking idiots.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Fact enema for the asshole ()
Date: July 14, 2014 09:35PM

Asshole Report #14-0071 Wrote:
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> Fact enema for the asshole Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Bullshit. Have you looked at the Emergency
> > Medicaid costs lately? +$2 billion/year, 99%
> of
> > which is illegals. That's just the emergency
> > Medicaid costs not State and private costs and
> all
> > of the rest which are many times that.
>
> You're peeing all over yourself here, you ignorant
> racist dumbfuck. First of all, Medicaid is a form
> of health insurance.

So your lame attempt to justify your bullshit is that Medicaid which illegals leech off of is 'insurance?' LOL!

> Second of all, you have to
> apply and meet both state and federal residency
> and citizenship requirements. Useless
> dork-brained asshole hasn't got the first fucking
> clue of what he's talking about. Just a total
> asshat waste of time and space.


Wrong shit for brains.

http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stories/2013/february/13/medicaid-illegal-immigrant-emergency-care.aspx

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Thanks For The Heads Up ()
Date: July 14, 2014 09:42PM

>whites days are numbered bitches Like it will help with Democrats as in the "Asshole Reporter" The #1 Shill on FXU under many names.


Oh yes Obamacare does not cover illegals does it ?? Thats why hospitols are losing money around here. Take a peek at Arlington Hospitol. they come in give anybodys apt number bogus name then there gone.

Send the illegals back home despite the Assholes rants, we cant take care of the world.

Asshole you are free to spend Your money on the illegals, Not Mine or anyone else's

Why dont you advocate things AMERICANS NEED not aid for illegals.


"dumbfuck,dork brained asshole, racist dumbfuck,fucktard, asswipe"

The Democratic Party Poster Child with the nicest things to say..

Listen Asshole, its time for you to flush yourself down the sewer drain.. again.. You Turd, You need to stop posting and eat something..

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: more tax ()
Date: July 14, 2014 09:58PM

vote for the meals tax so we can continue the support

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: WTHolyF ()
Date: July 15, 2014 02:25AM

@Asshole Report #14... If you had anything legitimate to add to the conversation you wouldn't resort to all the swearing at the opposition. You must be a libtard who doesn't have an opinion of his own, but is simply regurgitating the libtard talking points. So have a Nice Fucking Day!!!!

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: hmmmm ()
Date: July 15, 2014 02:37AM

Why are so many North Arlington schools inundated with hispanics that one such elementary school in clarendon became bilingual?? (including me a hispanic) who went to those North Arlington schools?

the new world order Wrote:
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> Asians (Rich/nicest parts of Farifax)
>
> Whites (Loudoun County and Middle Class Fairfax)
>
> Hispanics (Crappy areas of Fairfax)
>
> Blacks (PG Ghetto and worse)

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Are you asian????? ()
Date: July 15, 2014 02:40AM

I think Asians basically like mostly Asian communities (Annandale) or intermingling with Whites and moving closer to them. A lot though live in mixed neighborhoods. If you do see an Asian family living in a huge house they are typically living with their whole family even the grandma.

hmmmm Wrote:
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> Why are so many North Arlington schools inundated
> with hispanics that one such elementary school in
> clarendon became bilingual?? (including me a
> hispanic) who went to those North Arlington
> schools?
>
> the new world order Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Asians (Rich/nicest parts of Farifax)
> >
> > Whites (Loudoun County and Middle Class
> Fairfax)
> >
> > Hispanics (Crappy areas of Fairfax)
> >
> > Blacks (PG Ghetto and worse)

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Edelstein424 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 09:51AM

So there's this =

More than one-third of the 13,424 kindergartners in the county this year qualified for free or reduced-price meals, a federal measure of poverty, and close to 40 percent of the Class of 2026 requires additional English instruction, among the most ever for a Fairfax kindergarten class.

and this =

During the past five years, costs for English language instruction increased by more than $18 million, and elementary school teachers say they spend an increasing amount of their time on remedial education.

and this =

At Springfield’s Lynbrook Elementary, 502 out of the 637 students speak Spanish at home, school records show, and 89 percent of those Spanish-speaking children were born in the United States.

“We’re all ESOL teachers here,” said Principal Mary McNamee, noting that literacy has become central to the school’s curriculum.

and this =

School officials said there is evidence that some immigrant families moved to Fairfax after Prince William’s law took effect; the Fairfax school system experienced an increase of 14,000 Hispanic students between 2008 and 2014.

“People were driven out of Prince William by the intolerance shown in that film,” Velkoff said. “In Fairfax, our feeling is we welcome everybody here with open arms. I’m happy to be a magnet for people who want to live in a tolerant society.”

more =

Kevin Sneed, director of construction and planning for the school system, said the rise in enrollment in recent years has created capacity issues, leading the schools to use more than 990 trailers for extra classroom space. At many schools, supply closets have been transformed into miniature food banks for children who come to school hungry and return home at the end of the day to homes with bare cupboards.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-fairfax-county-kindergarten-classes-school-systems-future-comes-into-focus/2014/06/28/1ced10d2-f25e-11e3-914c-1fbd0614e2d4_story.html

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Cpy ()
Date: July 15, 2014 10:09AM

Edelstein424 Wrote:
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> So there's this =
>
> More than one-third of the 13,424 kindergartners
> in the county this year qualified for free or
> reduced-price meals, a federal measure of poverty,
> and close to 40 percent of the Class of 2026
> requires additional English instruction, among the
> most ever for a Fairfax kindergarten class.
>
> and this =
>
> During the past five years, costs for English
> language instruction increased by more than $18
> million, and elementary school teachers say they
> spend an increasing amount of their time on
> remedial education.
>
> and this =
>
> At Springfield’s Lynbrook Elementary, 502 out of
> the 637 students speak Spanish at home, school
> records show, and 89 percent of those
> Spanish-speaking children were born in the United
> States.
>
> “We’re all ESOL teachers here,” said
> Principal Mary McNamee, noting that literacy has
> become central to the school’s curriculum.
>
> and this =
>
> School officials said there is evidence that some
> immigrant families moved to Fairfax after Prince
> William’s law took effect; the Fairfax school
> system experienced an increase of 14,000 Hispanic
> students between 2008 and 2014.
>
> “People were driven out of Prince William by the
> intolerance shown in that film,” Velkoff said.
> “In Fairfax, our feeling is we welcome everybody
> here with open arms. I’m happy to be a magnet
> for people who want to live in a tolerant
> society.”
>
> more =
>
> Kevin Sneed, director of construction and planning
> for the school system, said the rise in enrollment
> in recent years has created capacity issues,
> leading the schools to use more than 990 trailers
> for extra classroom space. At many schools, supply
> closets have been transformed into miniature food
> banks for children who come to school hungry and
> return home at the end of the day to homes with
> bare cupboards.
>
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-f
> airfax-county-kindergarten-classes-school-systems-
> future-comes-into-focus/2014/06/28/1ced10d2-f25e-1
> 1e3-914c-1fbd0614e2d4_story.html


Velkoff is full of shit.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: AMERICA IS DONE ()
Date: July 15, 2014 10:28AM

America is HIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

I don't plan on being around this country when I retire. I already have plans to move to another country where they don't have this problem. Actually 3 countries have my interest. I've done the research on them and now have to decide which one to move to. I've compared the problems here in the U.S. and these countries do not have that problem. Another 10 years and I'm out of here! Will renounce my ciitzenship also.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Si Si Puede! ()
Date: July 15, 2014 10:59AM

It is so good to hear the home language every time I go by the school! Gracias!

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: FfxCtyTaxpayer61 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 10:59AM

School officials said there is evidence that some immigrant families moved to Fairfax after Prince William’s law took effect; the Fairfax school system experienced an increase of 14,000 Hispanic students between 2008 and 2014.

“People were driven out of Prince William by the intolerance shown in that film,” Velkoff said. “In Fairfax, our feeling is we welcome everybody here with open arms. I’m happy to be a magnet for people who want to live in a tolerant society.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-fairfax-county-kindergarten-classes-school-systems-future-comes-into-focus/2014/06/28/1ced10d2-f25e-11e3-914c-1fbd0614e2d4_story.html


The Fairfax Board of Education Member Velkoff for FCPS is happy to be a magnet with our tax money and wants to have a meals tax too to get more?

What on earth is happening in Fairfax? This is crazy and will push out all the older homeowners who won't be able to afford to stay.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: bbutttt all the taxes'n'shit... ()
Date: July 15, 2014 11:02AM

'cause moar people = moar taxes!!!
Or something. Jewh8ter2 will be here shortly to 'splain it all...

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Rport #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 11:08AM

Fact enema for the asshole Wrote:
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> So your lame attempt to justify your bullshit is
> that Medicaid which illegals leech off of is
> 'insurance?' LOL!

Correct, you hideous dumbfuck. People with Medicaid are A) not illegal, and B) not uninsured. What a total fucking asshole you are!

> Wrong shit for brains.

Attention asshole. Emergency medical care -- such as for pregnant women about to deliver -- is provided on the same basis to EVERYONE. Immigration status has fucking nothing to do with it you fucking moron. How fucking stupid can one person be? Seriously!

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: asshole report = jewh8ter ()
Date: July 15, 2014 11:20AM

Same attempts to conflate or misinform.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 11:25AM

Thanks For The Heads Up Wrote:
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> Like it will help with Democrats as in the
> "Asshole Reporter" The #1 Shill on FXU under
> many names.

Seems to have earned that ranking by kicking the living shit out of uneducated total dumbfucks and assholes such as yourself, you low-life worthless scumbag.

> Take a peek at Arlington Hospitol. they come
> in give anybodys apt number bogus name then there
> gone.

It's the fucking Virginia Hospital Center, you worthless moron, and there are at least four errors in that single fucking sentence. Ignorant fucking dorkbrained asshole.

> Asshole you are free to spend Your money on the
> illegals, Not Mine or anyone else's

Pay your taxes, bitch-boy. Insignificant as the amounts might be to most people.

> Why dont you advocate things AMERICANS NEED not
> aid for illegals.

Why don't you grow up and stop behaving like the fucking equivalent of a soiled diaper.

> Listen Asshole, its time for you to flush
> yourself down the sewer drain.. again.. You Turd,
> You need to stop posting and eat something..

Go fuck yourself, asswipe clown boy. You don't have a single worthwhile thing to say. Never have, never will. Too fucking STUPID by a very long shot.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: yep, same leftist troll ()
Date: July 15, 2014 11:29AM

Should try to mix up the terms a bit...

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: pNTm6 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 11:29AM

Asshole Report #14-0071 Wrote:
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> Thanks For The Heads Up Wrote:

> > Asshole you are free to spend Your money on the
> > illegals, Not Mine or anyone else's

+1

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 11:30AM

more tax Wrote:
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> vote for the meals tax so we can continue the support

You'll have to wait a few years for that, dumbass. Meanwhile, real estate taxes 100% paid by county residents will go up. That's so much better than having tourists, commuters, and business travelers pitch in a nice chunk of the needed change for us. You people are SUCH fucking assholes!

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 11:32AM

WTHolyF Wrote:
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> @Asshole Report #14... If you had anything
> legitimate to add to the conversation you wouldn't
> resort to all the swearing at the opposition. You
> must be a libtard who doesn't have an opinion of
> his own, but is simply regurgitating the libtard
> talking points. So have a Nice Fucking Day!!!!

LOL! Go fuck yourself, little boy You've been a virgin long enough.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: PnbFX ()
Date: July 15, 2014 11:33AM

pNTm6 Wrote:
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> Asshole Report #14-0071 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Thanks For The Heads Up Wrote:
>
> > > Asshole you are free to spend Your money on
> the
> > > illegals, Not Mine or anyone else's
>
> +1

do not forget that if a gov worker 3x-15x pay they had been uses foreign labor to cheapen work on their home: that's your money too.... it isn't good enough for them to be paid more, they extend this hellish advantage by denying you even the decency of sweating to recover that tax money by labor.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 11:51AM

Cpy Wrote:
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> Velkoff is full of shit.

It was Prince William County that was full of shit. Their idiotic racism was a gigantic step backwards and slap-in-the-face blowback failure. Their ignorant nativist show-boating ended up costing them tens of millions in lost revenues and property values. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot! They've now had to spend years trying to convince people they didn't really mean it. Seems to be working out okay, as PWC is now more than 20% Hispanic with white-only now being a minority. LOL!

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: more people good to a point ()
Date: July 15, 2014 11:56AM

^And that is why the gov workers are not getting raises and why they get sequestered and why they are not replacing those who retire and why we have gone into a downward spiral . . .

We need people who pay taxes and not people who don't. It's not going to get any better with the baby boom retiring and paying less in taxes (unless we get more higher paying jobs in the economy). The retirees will leave the area and will be replaced with people who need more local (ie. school) services. Many of those replacements look like immigrants. This could be wonderful, but it sounds somewhat unbalanced in the near term.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 12:04PM

AMERICA IS DONE Wrote:
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> I don't plan on being around this country when I
> retire. I already have plans to move to another
> country where they don't have this problem.
> Actually 3 countries have my interest. I've done
> the research on them and now have to decide which
> one to move to. I've compared the problems here
> in the U.S. and these countries do not have that
> problem. Another 10 years and I'm out of here!
> Will renounce my ciitzenship also.

Why don't you list these countries so we can make fun of your choices? Or are you really just day-dreaming based on some typical Heritage Foundation bullshit?

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: don't paint PWC with one brush ()
Date: July 15, 2014 12:05PM

"It was Prince William County that was full of shit. Their idiotic racism was a gigantic step backwards and slap-in-the-face blowback failure. Their ignorant nativist show-boating ended up costing them tens of millions in lost revenues and property values. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot! They've now had to spend years trying to convince people they didn't really mean it. Seems to be working out okay, as PWC is now more than 20% Hispanic with white-only now being a minority. LOL!"

What cost them money was the Great Recession and the property values went down because many of the houses there were sold to Hispanics who got the liars' loans and didn't know what they were doing (basically they got duped by lenders). What happened is that the native population got upset about the reduced values caused by the funky loans and blamed the illegals for the problems. That is probably not fair, but the legal hispanics don't have any problem there. Nobody is trying to kick out legal immigrants and there are plenty of them in PWC and they have no reason to leave. Many are US citizens. They can go anywhere as this is their country. It's more economical to live down there. Bottom line.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: LOL at "True the Vote" ()
Date: July 15, 2014 12:06PM

asshole report = jewh8ter Wrote:
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> Same attempts to conflate or misinform.

Drop dead, asshole!

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-00781 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 12:08PM

yep, same leftist troll Wrote:
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> Should try to mix up the terms a bit...

So nothing else to say again. Just the same old goober whining and mewling. What a fucking worthless dipshit!

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Master of Reality... ()
Date: July 15, 2014 12:25PM

Dems have dropped "immigration" as a talking point. Didn't you get the memo?

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 12:32PM

don't paint PWC with one brush Wrote:
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> What cost them money was the Great Recession and
> the property values went down because many of the
> houses there were sold to Hispanics who got the
> liars' loans and didn't know what they were doing
> (basically they got duped by lenders).

Fucking fairy tale. The Great Recession was everywhere. It was only in moron PWC that hispanic-owned businesses shut down and fled whether they were legal or not. It was only PWC that area shoppers who had a choice no longer visited. Just as PWC residents themselves chose to take their business to neighboring counties instead. The anti-immigrant ordinance was a giant and still visible black-eye for PWC and a very costly failure.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: BF&P ()
Date: July 15, 2014 12:41PM

Asshole Report #14-0071 Wrote:
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> don't paint PWC with one brush Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > What cost them money was the Great Recession
> and
> > the property values went down because many of
> the
> > houses there were sold to Hispanics who got the
> > liars' loans and didn't know what they were
> doing
> > (basically they got duped by lenders).
>
> Fucking fairy tale. The Great Recession was
> everywhere. It was only in moron PWC that
> hispanic-owned businesses shut down and fled
> whether they were legal or not. It was only PWC
> that area shoppers who had a choice no longer
> visited. Just as PWC residents themselves chose
> to take their business to neighboring counties
> instead. The anti-immigrant ordinance was a giant
> and still visible black-eye for PWC and a very
> costly failure.

Bullshit. We need to do the same here in Fairfax. Enough of this illegal lunacy and send them all back where they came from.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Something brown on your head ()
Date: July 15, 2014 12:45PM

Asshole Rport #14-0071 Wrote:
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> Fact enema for the asshole Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > So your lame attempt to justify your bullshit
> is
> > that Medicaid which illegals leech off of is
> > 'insurance?' LOL!
>
> Correct, you hideous dumbfuck. People with
> Medicaid are A) not illegal, and B) not uninsured.
> What a total fucking asshole you are!
>

Wrong. As the Kaiser article and many others explain, emergency Medicaid as well as various state implementations of Medicaid are available to and very heavily used by illegals. And Medicaid is not 'insurance' in that form. It is the exact opposite - funding provided to defray costs for services where they do not have insurance.

> > Wrong shit for brains.
>
> Attention asshole. Emergency medical care -- such
> as for pregnant women about to deliver -- is
> provided on the same basis to EVERYONE.
> Immigration status has fucking nothing to do with
> it you fucking moron. How fucking stupid can one
> person be? Seriously!

Except that it's not since illegals are the primary group which use those funds. Along with others like CHIP and Migrant Health Centers which primarily serve them.

http://www.undocumentedpatients.org/issuebrief/health-policy-and-access-to-care/

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 12:46PM

Master of Reality... Wrote:
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> Dems have dropped "immigration" as a talking
> point. Didn't you get the memo?

Immigration is an ISSUE. Has been since even before the days of Ronnie "The Napper" Reagan. It will continue to be an issue until we can establish a comprehensive normalization of the immigration process. But because there is no such solution that does not include what a bunch of worthless RACIST ASSHOLES will see as amnesty or a pathway to citizenship, such a solution may be a long time coming. This is what happens when the truly stupid people are allowed to have a say in things. Meanwhile, millions of new immigrants will be coming into the country. That much is a given. Whether we react to that rationally is most definitely not a sure thing at all.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Canoe ()
Date: July 15, 2014 12:49PM

Asshole Report #14-0071 Wrote:
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> Master of Reality... Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Dems have dropped "immigration" as a talking
> > point. Didn't you get the memo?
>
> Immigration is an ISSUE. Has been since even
> before the days of Ronnie "The Napper" Reagan. It
> will continue to be an issue until we can
> establish a comprehensive normalization of the
> immigration process. But because there is no such
> solution that does not include what a bunch of
> worthless RACIST ASSHOLES will see as amnesty or a
> pathway to citizenship, such a solution may be a
> long time coming. This is what happens when the
> truly stupid people are allowed to have a say in
> things. Meanwhile, millions of new immigrants
> will be coming into the country. That much is a
> given. Whether we react to that rationally is
> most definitely not a sure thing at all.

Fuck the illegals.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 12:53PM

BF&P Wrote:
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> Bullshit. We need to do the same here in Fairfax.
> Enough of this illegal lunacy and send them all
> back where they came from.

Right, the fact that enacting stupid dumbass emotion-driven legislation turned into a gigantic and costly failure for PWC does not mean that the same thing would happen here. Maybe we are different. Or maybe you are just another stupid ignorant racist dumbfuck. I think I'm going to have to go with Option-B on this one.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report $14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 01:19PM

Something brown on your head Wrote:
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> Wrong. As the Kaiser article and many others
> explain, emergency Medicaid as well as various
> state implementations of Medicaid are available to
> and very heavily used by illegals.

The first fucking sentence in the report states that illegals do not have access to Medicaid, you useless dumbass fucktard.

> And Medicaid is not 'insurance' in that form. It
> is the exact opposite - funding provided to defray
> costs for services where they do not have insurance.

So, it's insurance against not having insurance? My God, you are a colossal fucking moron. People covered under Medicaid are not uninsured. Asshole!

> Except that it's not since illegals are the
> primary group which use those funds. Along with
> others like CHIP and Migrant Health Centers which
> primarily serve them.

Actually, the Hastings Center also points out that undocumented immigrants are INELIGIBLE for Medicaid and most other state and federally-funded programs, you lying fucking asswipe. Here is a direct quote from the report you cited...

"With the excep­tion of emer­gency med­ical care, undoc­u­mented immi­grants are not eli­gi­ble for fed­er­ally funded pub­lic health insur­ance pro­grams, includ­ing Medicare, Med­ic­aid and the Child Health Insur­ance Pro­gram (CHIP).

Did you see them refer to Medicaid as a "health insurance program"? LOL! Your whole thesis here is based on a gigantic worthless farce of lies. This is because you yourself are just another gigantic worthless ignorant racist right-wing dumbfuck. So you can just go fuck yourself at any time here, you stupid useless lying asshole!

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 01:23PM

Canoe Wrote:
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> Fuck the illegals.

LOL! That ACTUALLY IS the most intelligent thing you could come up with, isn't it! What a bunch of pathetic fucking goober-yahoos.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: comments ()
Date: July 15, 2014 01:36PM

One of the problems is that many people said that they would vote for immigration reform once the borders were sealed. This was years ago. So the building of a "wall" commenced. Now it seems that the "wall" did not really work so those people who said they would vote for reform now have a huge reason not to vote for said reform. Huge problem.

Also, arguing whether illegals get Medicaid, etc. is pointless. Anyone who shows up at an emergency room has to be treated. That is the law. If there is no insurance, etc., the hospitals "write if off" which means that the rest of us pay for it one way or another (through taxes or jacked up insurance premiums or both). The treatment is not "free".

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Something brown on your head ()
Date: July 15, 2014 01:53PM

Asshole Report $14-0071 Wrote:
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> Something brown on your head Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Wrong. As the Kaiser article and many others
> > explain, emergency Medicaid as well as various
> > state implementations of Medicaid are available
> to
> > and very heavily used by illegals.
>
> The first fucking sentence in the report states
> that illegals do not have access to Medicaid, you
> useless dumbass fucktard.
>
> > And Medicaid is not 'insurance' in that form.
> It
> > is the exact opposite - funding provided to
> defray
> > costs for services where they do not have
> insurance.
>
> So, it's insurance against not having insurance?
> My God, you are a colossal fucking moron. People
> covered under Medicaid are not uninsured.
> Asshole!
>

They are not covered under the normal Medicaid program. They ARE covered, as I said, under emergency Medicaid funding. Which is the whole point of the article titled "Medicaid Helps Hospitals Pay For Illegal Immigrants’ Care," you fucking asstard. As well as covered under various other state implementations and other Federal healthcare programs.


> > Except that it's not since illegals are the
> > primary group which use those funds. Along
> with
> > others like CHIP and Migrant Health Centers
> which
> > primarily serve them.
>
> Actually, the Hastings Center also points out that
> undocumented immigrants are INELIGIBLE for
> Medicaid and most other state and federally-funded
> programs, you lying fucking asswipe. Here is a
> direct quote from the report you cited...
>
> "With the excep­tion of emer­gency med­ical
> care
, undoc­u­mented immi­grants are not
> eli­gi­ble for fed­er­ally funded pub­lic
> health insur­ance pro­grams, includ­ing
> Medicare, Med­ic­aid and the Child Health
> Insur­ance Pro­gram (CHIP).
>
> Did you see them refer to Medicaid as a "health
> insurance program"? LOL! Your whole thesis here
> is based on a gigantic worthless farce of lies.
> This is because you yourself are just another
> gigantic worthless ignorant racist right-wing
> dumbfuck. So you can just go fuck yourself at any
> time here, you stupid useless lying asshole!


Sorry dumbshit, your lame attempt to try to twist it isn't going to work. They receive support through emergency Medicaid funding. Emergency Medicaid funding is part of the Medicaid program. Therefore, they do, as the article goes on to explain, receive Medicaid funding. Specifically, Medicaid program funding which is not structured as 'insurance' but rather specifically as reimbursement where insurance is not present.

And if you'd read beyond the first paragraph you'd have come to another which explains that:

Quote

"In addi­tion to EMTALA, it is also pos­si­ble for undoc­u­mented immi­grants to qual­ify for Med­ic­aid cov­er­age for emer­gency care. The def­i­n­i­tion of emer­gency care and the scope of ser­vices avail­able through the Med­ic­aid pro­grams vary by state. For exam­ple, in New York State Med­ic­aid for Emer­gency Care may be used to pro­vide chemother­apy and radi­a­tion ther­apy to undoc­u­mented patients with can­cer. In New York State, Cal­i­for­nia, and North Car­olina, it may be used to pro­vide out­pa­tient dial­y­sis to undoc­u­mented patients.15"

And another which provides examples of state funding provided:

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"Although fed­eral funds may not be used to pro­vide non-emergency health care to undoc­u­mented immi­grants, some states and local gov­ern­ments use their own funds to offer cov­er­age to undoc­u­mented chil­dren.3 For exam­ple, the Healthy Kids pro­gram in San Fran­cisco cov­ers unin­sured chil­dren under the age of 19, includ­ing undoc­u­mented chil­dren.4 Sim­i­larly, the All Kids pro­gram Illi­nois cov­ers all chil­dren under the age of 19 who meet pro­gram income require­ments, regard­less of immi­gra­tion sta­tus.5"

Along with exceptions which existed for those in a deferred status (i.e., still 'illegal' at the time) and "dreamers:"

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"In about half of the U.S. states, immi­grant chil­dren under the age of 21 and preg­nant woman who have been granted deferred action on their immi­gra­tion sta­tus are allowed to apply for Med­ic­aid and the CHIP or enroll in their state’s high risk insur­ance pool. An excep­tion to this, how­ever, are the so-called “dream­ers” – the esti­mated 1.7 mil­lion undoc­u­mented teenagers and young adults granted deferred action by the Obama Admin­is­tra­tion on June 15, 2012.7"

Along with non-reimbursed services provided under EMTALA, and through federally funded FQHCs, MHCs, etc.

You realize that people can just click on these links and read them for themselves versus your selective quotes right? lol

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: GuyNextDoor ()
Date: July 15, 2014 01:58PM

Our local politicians need to get their noses out of Obama's butt and do something to stop this nonsense.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 02:27PM

comments Wrote:
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> One of the problems is that many people said that
> they would vote for immigration reform once the
> borders were sealed. This was years ago.

Yes, and it was plain that they were lying through their teeth at the time. These are racist and nativist bigots we are talking about here, after all. Nobody else would have been crude enough to believe that, even at $4 million per mile, a fence or wall was going to solve anybody's problem.

The real problem of course is that politicians of old drew a line right through the heart of a significant social, economic, and cultural zone. Expecting that people will actually be cognizant and respectful of that line is an example of simple pig-headed foolishness. It's not going to happen. The border will not be orderly until it becomes easier to come here and work legally than it is to come here and work illegally. Short of that, it's just going to be more of the same.

> Also, arguing whether illegals get Medicaid, etc.
> is pointless.

It is never pointless to reject a malicious lie.

> Anyone who shows up at an emergency room has to
> be treated. That is the law.

The law applies to public hospitals.

> If there is no insurance, etc., the hospitals "write
> if off" which means that the rest of us pay for it
> one way or another (through taxes or jacked up
> insurance premiums or both). The treatment is not
> "free".

We all pay for everything. There isn't anyone else here but us. The point of it all is to maximize the value we receive while minimizing the cost that we pay. Quite a lot of the people who post here have no talent at that at all.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Edelstein424 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 02:32PM

With 36,000+ Fairfax students in FCPS, the Medicaid question doesn't really matter. The cost for students who are ESL and free/reduced = huge.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think schools can ask parents for any proof of citizenship. So they're just stuck taking any student who shows up any day, right?

If students who are illegal weren't in Fairfax schools think what the savings would be in the school budget and what the rest of the students would have access to.

But Velkoff is saying what? Make Fairfax a sanctuary city and bring in even more? The budget is already busted as is.

And the School Board wanted taxing power this year and the meals tax. Can you imagine?

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: the talent ()
Date: July 15, 2014 02:49PM

"We all pay for everything. There isn't anyone else here but us. The point of it all is to maximize the value we receive while minimizing the cost that we pay. Quite a lot of the people who post here have no talent at that at all."


Part of the question is who are the "we"? Some people have maximized "the value" of these immigrants and some people have paid the cost and they aren't the same people. That is why you have this polarization on the issue. People do have a talent for seeing this.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 03:04PM

Edelstein424 Wrote:
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> If students who are illegal weren't in Fairfax
> schools think what the savings would be in the
> school budget and what the rest of the students
> would have access to.

Documented or not, the parents of all these kids are paying the same county real estate taxes that you are. Hence, their kids have the same right to attend FCPS as yours do. Funny how that works, huh.

> But Velkoff is saying what? Make Fairfax a sanctuary
> city and bring in even more? The budget is already
> busted as is. And the School Board wanted taxing power
> this year and the meals tax. Can you imagine?


Study harder. The meals tax is a revenue measure already adopted in 39 cities, 47 counties, and at least 104 towns within the Commonwealth. These include all of Vienna, Herndon, Fairfax, Falls Church, Arlington, Manassas, and Manassas Park. The Board of Supervisors recently asked a panel to review prospects for adopting a county-level meals tax. But the final decision was not to proceed at this time.

FCPS is meanwhile all but entirely dependent upon the Board of Supervisors for the adequacy of its annual funding. This year as in others, the Board chose to meet its needs by undercutting schools and school programs. An independent taxing authority would be well invested in FCPS. Schools are the largest part of the county budget, but they and the children they serve and educate get shafted for unrelated political reasons under the present setup. Let the educators make taxing decisions re education and let the Board spend more time figuring out how best to deal with storm-water runoff.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: DocintheBox ()
Date: July 15, 2014 03:18PM

^^"Documented or not, the parents of all these kids are paying the same county real estate taxes that you are. Hence, their kids have the same right to attend FCPS as yours do."^^


No, they do not. Subsidized housing, multi-families per housing unit and families dropping kids at FCPS bus stops when they live out of county and state doesn't equal paying county real estate taxes.

The landlords and landowners do --- we are picking up the tab in every which way. Extra services, translation for parents, free breakfast and lunch, reduced or free field trips, supplies. The list is endless.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: errmm hold up ()
Date: July 15, 2014 03:19PM

Asshole Report #14-0071 Wrote:
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> Edelstein424 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----

> Documented or not, the parents of all these kids
> are paying the same county real estate taxes that
> you are. Hence, their kids have the same right to
> attend FCPS as yours do. Funny how that works,
> huh.




Right, so Juan and Lolita, who rent out a basement for $800 per month pay the same in RE taxes as whites do.

Jauns landlord pays $3,500 a year in RE taxes, he shares the house with four families. That is $875 per year, that goes to support Jaun and Lolitas 4 kids.

Now us legal hardworking whites, we pay more in RE taxes, have less kids, and tend to send our kids to private schools. Like myself, I pay over $5,000 a year in RE taxes and send my kids to O'Connell.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: hard one.. ()
Date: July 15, 2014 03:24PM

I wonder which group contributes more in taxes.

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Hmmm wonder which one...

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 03:25PM

the talent Wrote:
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> Part of the question is who are the "we"? Some
> people have maximized "the value" of these
> immigrants and some people have paid the cost and
> they aren't the same people. That is why you have
> this polarization on the issue. People do have a
> talent for seeing this.

Face it. People of a certain sort have a talent for falling for worthless slop and stereotypes. And people of a different sort delight in taking advantage of that weakness.

We all benefit greatly from the work of the foreign-born in the county. Among other things, they haul stuff, build stuff, and clean and maintain stuff. Then they make sure the the homes and bodies we inhabit, the cars we drive, and the food we eat are all fit for our occupancy, use, and consumption. We are all riding on a wave of productivity that is worked up every day by the foreign-born, usually starting from about the time the sun comes up. And whether documented or not, they pay the same taxes as anyone else does. That's the reality of the situation. Only the truly stupid believe otherwise.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: asshole to asshole ()
Date: July 15, 2014 03:38PM

At least you are consistent

Here are some facts for you

There is no way the ESOL people are paying their own way in taxes for the resources they are using within the county. ESOL costs the county over 150% above what a normal student costs.

So that means every time a poor (mostly Hispanic) immigrant moves to Fairfax thats an additional drain on the system. Over the longterm this is not sustainable and we are beginning to see the effects of this situation.

FCPS is NOT underfunded. FCPS needs to learn how to better manage the resources it has instead of wanting more. Guess what they will always want more.

'We all benefit greatly from the work of the foreign-born in the county. Among other things, they haul stuff, build stuff, and clean and maintain stuff. Then they make sure the the homes and bodies we inhabit, the cars we drive, and the food we eat are all fit for our occupancy, use, and consumption. We are all riding on a wave of productivity that is worked up every day by the foreign-born, usually starting from about the time the sun comes up. And whether documented or not, they pay the same taxes as anyone else does. That's the reality of the situation. Only the truly stupid believe otherwise."

I agree with you here but one question. How did these things get accomplished say before 1990? Is it wrong to appreciate a time pre ESOL explosion and pre so many people reliant on the government for basic existence?

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Rep[ort #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 03:40PM

DocintheBox Wrote:
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> No, they do not.

Yes, they fucking do, you uneducated asstard. Same income and payroll taxes, same real estate, sales, and excise taxes. You have to be REALLY FUCKING STUPID to think that immigrants are somehow getting a free ride on taxes.

> Subsidized housing, multi-families per housing unit and
> families dropping kids at FCPS bus stops when they live out
> of county and state doesn't equal paying county real
> estate taxes.

Hmmm. There is exactly NOTHING about any of this that is relevant to place of birth or immigration status. I might suppose that you are REALLY FUCKING STUPID on this account. In fact, I do.

> The landlords and landowners do --- we are picking
> up the tab in every which way.

Go give yourself an enema, you gigantic assfuck. Property taxes on rental units are passed on to tenants. Just like other costs of doing business. Obviously, you have never been an actual landlord. Lots of experience at being a fucktard it would seem though.

> Extra services, translation for parents, free breakfast and lunch, reduced or
> free field trips, supplies. The list is endless.

And again none of it is keyed to birthplace or immigration status. Your shit runneth over, you colossally fat-headed dumbfuck.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: unschooled ()
Date: July 15, 2014 04:02PM

There are two types of immigrants to FFX County. One type is highly educated and has an H1B1 visa or is a doctor, etc. That type is paying taxes and is not a drain on the county. That type may even have children at TJ and has focused on educating their child. That type is here legally for sure. There are also others here legally who are working in service or construction and whose children have received a good foundation for learning. They do not require remedial education and chances are they do not need free lunch, etc.

Then there are those who are here illegally. I think this post is about those people (as the thread title indicates). If this category were to be taken as a separate category of immigrants, then yes, they are probably not paying enough taxes to take care of their expenses to other taxpayers here (and they probably won't over the long term either). And, yes, our native born high school drop outs probably don't take care of their own taxpayer provided support through our taxes either. The question is: which type are on our border right now and do we need more high school drop outs in the economy? It is possible that we do. We need to think about that in terms of the jobs available in FFX County and in terms of the needs that these children will present to our schools and how much our citizens are willing to pay in taxes. Right now it's not looking too good. It's all about balancing these things. You can state that people are being racist, but people may also worry about their taxes (and that is a legitimate thing for them to be concerned about). If people who are working (like the man above who pays 5K in RE taxes, but has his kids at O'Connell) leave this county, that is a problem. The meals tax could bring in some more money, but that's a drop in the bucket compared to what will be needed (at least according to what we are told is needed).

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 04:05PM

errmm hold up Wrote:
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> Right, so Juan and Lolita, who rent out a basement
> for $800 per month pay the same in RE taxes as
> whites do.

That's correct. Part of that $800 per month is a direct pass-through of real estate taxes assessed against the landlord's property. The tenant is the one paying it regardless of whether one or both or neither of them is documented.

> Jauns landlord pays $3,500 a year in RE taxes, he
> shares the house with four families. That is $875
> per year, that goes to support Jaun and Lolitas 4
> kids.

No, dumbfuck. Never mind that $3500 divided by 5 is $700, however much it is, it goes from each family's rent to the county and then about 60% of it on average will be passed on to FCPS to run the schools. Doesn't matter whether they have four kids or none. This is the same deal that EVERYONE fucking gets.

> Now us legal hardworking whites, we pay more in RE
> taxes, have less kids, and tend to send our kids
> to private schools. Like myself, I pay over
> $5,000 a year in RE taxes and send my kids to
> O'Connell.

LOL! I pay better than twice that and don't have any kids in any school at all. What do you think that means, asstard?

Poor choice on O'Connell, by the way. But then again, if you could reason with religious people, there wouldn't be any religious people.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Juan P ()
Date: July 15, 2014 04:11PM

Que?

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: DocintheBox ()
Date: July 15, 2014 04:11PM

When 23 people live in one house representing 5 or more families, they are not paying the same in taxes.

Subsidized (what is called rent-controlled in other places in the country) depletes the tax base precisely because they don't pay the same. That's where the 'subsidized' part comes in.

People dropping their kids at bus stops who live out of county and out of state? No, they are not paying the same in taxes because they aren't paying any in Fairfax County at all.

Increased use and demand of services IS tied to birthplace and immigration status.

Almost 65% of kids needing ESOL services also get free and reduced meals. That's before the need for the interpreters, parent outreach staff, social workers and so on.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 04:11PM

hard one.. Wrote:
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> I wonder which group contributes more in taxes.

I undoubtedly pay quite a bit more is income, real estate, sales, excise, and meals taxes than you do. Are you actually stupid enough to believe that this means you don't pay those same taxes yourself?

Go ahead -- admit to being that big of a dumbfuck!

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: get it now ()
Date: July 15, 2014 04:14PM

"LOL! I pay better than twice that and don't have any kids in any school at all. What do you think that means, asstard?"


That means you are totally out of touch with the average citizen who has to make ends meet and who is tired of having their taxes go up while their earnings stay the same or go down. You cannot possibly understand why people are worried about this issue. You probably have illegals cleaning all your bathrooms and mowing your lawn. Glad to hear you have no kids.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: errmm hold up (22044) ()
Date: July 15, 2014 04:18PM

Asshole Report #14-0071 Wrote:
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> errmm hold up Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Right, so Juan and Lolita, who rent out a
> basement
> > for $800 per month pay the same in RE taxes as
> > whites do.
>
> That's correct. Part of that $800 per month is a
> direct pass-through of real estate taxes assessed
> against the landlord's property. The tenant is
> the one paying it regardless of whether one or
> both or neither of them is documented.

Yes, I agree.



>
> > Jauns landlord pays $3,500 a year in RE taxes,
> he
> > shares the house with four families. That is
> $875
> > per year, that goes to support Jaun and Lolitas
> 4
> > kids.
>
> No, dumbfuck. Never mind that $3500 divided by 5
> is $700, however much it is, it goes from each
> family's rent to the county and then about 60% of
> it on average will be passed on to FCPS to run the
> schools. Doesn't matter whether they have four
> kids or none. This is the same deal that EVERYONE
> fucking gets.

I said four families, not five. Anyways, I understand they do pay the tax, that's not the issue here. It's the amount they are paying, which is not enough.

$875 divided between 4 kids, so you have just under $220 per kid annualy. Not enough to cover the free lunches and ESOL costs.

>
> > Now us legal hardworking whites, we pay more in
> RE
> > taxes, have less kids, and tend to send our
> kids
> > to private schools. Like myself, I pay over
> > $5,000 a year in RE taxes and send my kids to
> > O'Connell.
> > LOL! I pay better than twice that and don't have
> any kids in any school at all. What do you think
> that means, asstard?

That means you are not a leach, congrats.
>
> Poor choice on O'Connell, by the way. But then
> again, if you could reason with religious people,
> there wouldn't be any religious people.

Any recommendations? Sure beats the local public school, Jeb Stuart.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Legallyhere ()
Date: July 15, 2014 04:23PM

get it now Wrote:
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> "LOL! I pay better than twice that and don't have
> any kids in any school at all. What do you think
> that means, asstard?"
>
>
> That means you are totally out of touch with the
> average citizen who has to make ends meet and who
> is tired of having their taxes go up while their
> earnings stay the same or go down. You cannot
> possibly understand why people are worried about
> this issue. You probably have illegals cleaning
> all your bathrooms and mowing your lawn. Glad to
> hear you have no kids.

+1MILLION!

P.S. Let's have a "no kids" tax.
All these people without children aren't paying their fare share of raising the next generation on a daily basis.
We should tax them for "NOT" having kids.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: sNIFF ()
Date: July 15, 2014 04:28PM

What is that smell in this thread? What is it?

It is our very own Gerry. We love you man! But I'm curious how you hold down a job when you post this much.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Pwnage level = 1 TRILLION ()
Date: July 15, 2014 04:53PM

get it now Wrote:
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> "LOL! I pay better than twice that and don't have
> any kids in any school at all. What do you think
> that means, asstard?"
>
>
> That means you are totally out of touch with the
> average citizen who has to make ends meet and who
> is tired of having their taxes go up while their
> earnings stay the same or go down. You cannot
> possibly understand why people are worried about
> this issue. You probably have illegals cleaning
> all your bathrooms and mowing your lawn. Glad to
> hear you have no kids.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Asshole Report #14-0071 ()
Date: July 15, 2014 05:02PM

asshole to asshole Wrote:
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> There is no way the ESOL people are paying their
> own way in taxes for the resources they are using
> within the county.

They aren't supposed to, you freaking dumbass. It isn't a one-on-one, pay-as-you-go system. We all reap the benefits of UNIVERSAL FREE public education. So we all pay. Rich or poor. Lots of kids or none. We all pitch in and we all benefit. That's the way many things work in a society. You should go back and reread your basic membership packet materials.

> ESOL costs the county over 150% above what a normal student costs.

What about the physically challenged and kids with other severe handicaps. Not to mention the gifted and talented. They cost more than a "normal kid" as well. Of course, most people realize that it is FUCKING NORMAL to have a whole range of such kids in a school system with 180,000 students, but I'd bet that whole issue is simply above your pay-grade.

> So that means every time a poor (mostly Hispanic)
> immigrant moves to Fairfax thats an additional
> drain on the system. Over the longterm this is
> not sustainable...

Hey, dumbfuck. You aren't smart enough to know what's "sustainable" and what's not. You don't even know the names of the tools one would use in order to determine actual "sustainability". It's just a stupid pop-culture buzzword that assholes toss around in hopes of somehow sounding knowledgeable. It's not working.

> ...and we are beginning to see the effects of
> this situation.

The effects are that total assholes get on the internet and make complete fools of themselves over the matter. Beyond that, there's nothing of any actual substance to report.

> FCPS is NOT underfunded. FCPS needs to learn how
> to better manage the resources it has instead of
> wanting more. Guess what they will always want
> more.

Idiot. FCPS will NEED more and more funding so long as the county continues to grow. The need THIS YEAR to expand class sizes (again) and delay promised teacher pay increases (again) is meanwhile plain evidence that FCPS is indeed underfunded at the present time, this coming on the heels of cutbacks from bearing a considerable share of the County's burdens in reacting to the colossal failure of dumbass right-wing economic policies back in the last decade. You remember all that, don't you?

> I agree with you here but one question. How did
> these things get accomplished say before 1990? Is
> it wrong to appreciate a time pre ESOL explosion
> and pre so many people reliant on the government
> for basic existence?

Learn some history. It was of course much higher earlier on, but we are just now approaching the 13-15% level of foreign-born in the US population that was the norm between the Civil War and WWI. That war plus the Great Depression, WWII, and the Cold War made travel in general difficult and reduced emigration around the globe. By 1970, the foreign-born had reached an all-time low of 4.7% of the US population. It has been rising ever since. We are presently well past the 12% level and approaching 13%. The inescapable waves of immigration that will accompany the retirement of the baby boomers will push us higher still. Be ready for it.

As for the institution of public welfare programs, that came about for one and only one reason: private institutions proved themselves to be totally and woefully INADEQUATE to the task. They still are. Go out and ask the field directors of some supposedly private charities (most of them receive major funding from the public sector, you know) whether the government should increase or decrease its role in their areas. No matter where you go or whom you talk to, you will receive one and only one answer. You already know what it is.

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Jewh8ter2 still doesn't get ()
Date: July 15, 2014 05:17PM

"illegal"

What a dumbfuq

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: hmmmmmmmm ()
Date: July 15, 2014 05:18PM

The white couple looks republican!! and bad cut and paste job with the central american protesters.

hard one.. Wrote:
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> I wonder which group contributes more in taxes.
>
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> 1af9f69e201a73de438be970d-500wi"/>
>
>

>
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> 4/preview/stock-footage-a-happy-family-stands-in-f
> ront-of-their-beautiful-brick-house.jpg"/>
>
>
>
> Hmmm wonder which one...

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: hmmmmmmmm ()
Date: July 15, 2014 05:18PM

The white couple looks republican!! and bad cut and paste job with the central american protesters.

hard one.. Wrote:
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> I wonder which group contributes more in taxes.
>
> src="http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345
> 1af9f69e201a73de438be970d-500wi"/>
>
>

>
> src="http://ak.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/92154
> 4/preview/stock-footage-a-happy-family-stands-in-f
> ront-of-their-beautiful-brick-house.jpg"/>
>
>
>
> Hmmm wonder which one...

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: hmmmmmmmm ()
Date: July 15, 2014 05:18PM

The white couple looks republican!! and bad cut and paste job with the central american protesters.

hard one.. Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> I wonder which group contributes more in taxes.
>
> src="http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345
> 1af9f69e201a73de438be970d-500wi"/>
>
>

>
> src="http://ak.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/92154
> 4/preview/stock-footage-a-happy-family-stands-in-f
> ront-of-their-beautiful-brick-house.jpg"/>
>
>
>
> Hmmm wonder which one...

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Dumbfuq gets pwnd again ()
Date: July 15, 2014 05:20PM

CBO shows that "Of that group, not quite half have fulfilled the requirements of U.S. citizenship. Of the remaining people, about half are authorized to live and work in the United States, and about half are not authorized to live or work in the country."

http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44134

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: More data: ()
Date: July 15, 2014 05:22PM

"In 2012, 27 percent of the foreign-born population between the ages of 25 and 64 had not completed high school, compared with 7 percent of the native-born population. That difference was even larger among foreign-born people from certain regions of the world: A majority of people from Mexico and Central America, for example, had less than a high school diploma"

Our leftist dumbfuq probably thinks that they'll enroll in HS...

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: Hey, they're hard working, right ()
Date: July 15, 2014 05:23PM

er, no:
"On average between 1994 and 2012, the unemployment rate among people born in Mexico or Central America was 7.0 percent, whereas the rate for native-born workers was 4.6 percent and for workers born in Asia, 4.5 percent. "

bbuttheypaytaxesorsomething...

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Re: Illegal Immigrants Flooding Fairfax Classrooms
Posted by: worthless spics ()
Date: July 15, 2014 05:25PM

Oh yeah... they just got out of Annandale High

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