"Snapshot of 2 immigrant groups; Regional Brazilian, Dominican report to raise more legal, health questions" by Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff | October 15, 2009
A new comparison of two of the region’s largest immigrant groups suggests that Brazilians are more likely to be uninsured and to suffer high levels of stress than immigrants from the Dominican Republic.
Brazilians were also far more likely to be here illegally and less likely to file income taxes, according to the findings to be presented today at Boston City Hall.
I can't really knock them for the tax thing even though it steams my bean because I pay 'em! Brazilian a bit smarter than me there.
The authors say that the study offers the first statistically credible estimates of the legal status, health, and integration of immigrants in a seven-county labor market in Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire and that the results raise major policy questions for federal, state, and local officials.
The Patrick administration is to unveil an ambitious proposal Nov. 17 to better integrate immigrants into the state, and Congress is expected to debate whether to allow the nation’s 12 million illegal immigrants to apply for legal residency....
Yeah, that's coming around again.
And before continuing, let me REITERATE ONE MORE TIME:
And ask yourself, how did we get to this point?
Well, the CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION that has driven indigenous farmers into poverty and debt, then into the cities for jobs, and eventually to American borders and shores. Now I know colonialists have been ripping off resources and exploiting populations for centuries; however, that's the point. Are we not supposed to have evolved?
You know, I look south of me realize that U.S corporations (along with their covert arm, the CIA) have fiddles and f***ed with all the nations down there in one way or another. I mean, the '50s and '60s were in no way a bowl of cherries down there. In fact, the WHOLE COLD WAR SUCKED for THOSE PROXY BATTLEFIELDS where wars were waged.
Anyhow, my point is that my opposition lies only in the constitution, rule of law, and universal social justice. The immorality and criminal nature of many illegals bothers me; however, HOW do we REMEDY this?
The answer is not an amnesty, and it's not a North American Union and further global economic integration that has failed. Venezuela is a good example of a government trying to serve its people, but the real answer lies in ALLOWING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONTROL at LOCAL LEVELS!!
They must be allowed to LIVE THEIR OWN WAY of LIFE FIRST -- before the demands of GOVERNMENT or CORPORATIONS! Rather than MORE CENTRALIZED POWER and decision-making we need MORE LOCAL CONTROL and GROWTH OUTWARD!!!
Having said that....
The most controversial finding is that an estimated 71 percent of Brazilians are living illegally in the region, compared with 8 percent of Dominicans. Children in both groups were overwhelmingly here legally.
WOW! Quite a difference.
Many Brazilians worry that the study will fuel a backlash against illegal immigrants and overshadow the study’s broader findings that Brazilians lack health insurance and work in low-wage jobs. “Our concern was this is not the most important finding of the study,’’ said a Brazilian leader who declined to be identified because he is critical of the study.
But others said the findings cried out for creating a path to legal residency for Brazilians, a group that has become the second-largest individual group in Massachusetts, after Chinese immigrants. Dominicans are the third-largest group, according to the census.
It's just the SAME OLD ONE-SIDED, AGENDA-PUSHING CRAP I find EVERY DAY in my "newspaper."
“If these numbers are true, that speaks to the emergency need for immigration reform and getting people legalized,’’ said Eva Millona, executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition.
If true?
And IF I had wheels I would be a BICYCLE and I could ROLL ON out of here!!
Sigh!!!!!!
The findings, presented in two reports, present both grim and hopeful statistics about each community. Dominicans arrived first in the 1960s, after the assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo,
Okay, the Globe TOTALLY LEAVES OUT the HISTORY of WHY the Dominicans are here:
"CIA Hanging Out its Dirty Laundry
Rafael Trujillo, a cruel dictator in the neighbouring Dominican Republic — and someone the CIA had helped to power. The summary of the documents say the agency had "no active part" but only a "faint connection" to the wealthy families who organized the shooting of Trujillo as he was driving in his car on dusty back road in May 1961. However, as you read into the documentation, senior directors of the agency report that the CIA had "quite extensive involvement" with the Trujillo plotters. That corresponds to news reports that came out in the mid-1970, which said CIA operatives had supplied the guns to the plotters and other strategic advice."
Yeah, we call it the OLD DOUBLE-CROSS up here!!
And COVERING for the CIA AGAIN, huh, Glob?
That explains the newspaper so well.
while Brazilians arrived in large numbers in the 1990s, after the 1986 amnesty for illegal immigrants in the United States, which helps explain why so many are here illegally....
Yeah, but we need AMNESTY to SOLVE the PROBLEM -- even though it led to MORE IMMIGRATION!!!!!
I mean, it is ONE THING to have a POINT-of-VIEW and an AGENDA, but to LIE ABOUT IT in the FACE of the FACTS is the LIMIT!!!
Related: Reason Number One Why No One Reads the Boston Globe Anymore
Yeah, and RACE has NOTHING to do with it!!!!!!
Both groups overwhelmingly told researchers that they came here to work, and they have been credited with revitalizing cities and towns, from Brazilian shops in downtown Framingham to Dominicans who now dominate Lawrence....
No wonder that place is such a mess:
Oh, you getting a taste of getting f***ed by state government working for banks, too, huh?
Also see: The Latin Looter of Lawrence
Yeah, agenda-advancing, "objective" newspaper loves it all!!!
Each group also faces serious obstacles in their quest for the American dream.
Notice you NEVER SEE an American story about Americans and their dreams in the Zionist newspaper?
They work low-wage jobs; Dominicans earned $25,500 a year on average while Brazilians earned more than $29,000.
Readers!!!
That is MORE than I EVER MADE in a YEAR for my WHOLE LIFE!!!!
I didn't know stripping brought such a lavish paycheck.
Related: The Poor Migrant Worker
A majority do not speak English well, and both groups suffered above-average levels of psychological stress: 7.3 percent of Brazilian adults and 4.1 percent of Dominican adults experienced “serious psychological distress,’’ compared with 2.9 percent of adults nationally.
You know, I'm sorry, but cry me a river! Pfffft!
Agenda-pushing garbage trying to PLAY on your EMOTIONAL SYMPATHIES as THEY SUPPORT, PROMOTE, and ADVANCE the EXACT REASON this has come about!
Also see: A barrier of silence in East Boston
Say again?
About 60 percent of Brazilians lacked health insurance, along with 20 percent of Dominicans.
Well, if we had SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE like in Sicko, then it WOULD NEVER BE a PROBLEM!!
A potential barrier to integrating immigrants, besides language, are the varying levels of trust in the government and the knowledge of existing services to help immigrants.
NO ONE TRUSTS GOVERNMENT or MSM these days -- and for GOOD REASON!
Brazilians tended to have more trust in the US government than in their own: 51 percent trusted the government to do the right thing, compared with 23 percent of Dominicans.
Then Dominicans are SMARTER!
Magalis Troncoso, director of the Dominican Development Center, said the report will help them better organize and provide resources that immigrants need....
What about CITIZEN'S NEEDS for cripes sake!!!???
OUR SERVICES are being HACKED to the MARROW while TAX LOOT is SHOVELED into POLITICAL POCKETS and WELL-CONNECTED CORPORATIONS!!!
Oh, and TAXES were INCREASED, too!!!
Those who oppose illegal immigration say the study casts doubt on the benefits of offering illegal immigrants legal residency, since Dominican immigrants are still struggling despite their legal status....
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That's all the space they get, Globe?
