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  1. 03-06-2010, 01:38 PM #61
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    Quote Originally Posted by Claire ex-ax:
    The UK is pretty welcoming.
    Not according to the UK Government:

    "We are making the UK a more hostile place for illegal immigrants...."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Freetrader:
    The Arizona law, which I am no fan of, is not as invasive as the laws in most other countries, yet you presume to advise the US on human rights.
    If you are lowering the US down to the standards of other countries when it comes to human rights to justify the passing of this law, then yes it seems reasonable, I would agree.

    Frankly, to me it seems very un-American to be passing laws like this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hullexile:
    Not according to the UK Government:

    "We are making the UK a more hostile place for illegal immigrants...."
    Well it's back-firing isn't it! It seems that the locals are feeling the heat!
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    Is that from illegal immigrants? I thought it was primarily from legal ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PDLM:
    Is that from illegal immigrants? I thought it was primarily from legal ones.
    For the Daily Mail the terms immigrant, illegal immigrant, asylum seeker, scrounger are all interchangeable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hullexile:
    Not according to the UK Government:

    "We are making the UK a more hostile place for illegal immigrants...."
    Who said that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Claire ex-ax:
    Who said that?
    UK Immigration statistics show immigration decline

    at the bottom, quote from the then Immigration Minister.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hullexile:
    UK Immigration statistics show immigration decline

    at the bottom, quote from the then Immigration Minister.
    it may soon change again with the new government in place.......already scrapping ID card for people living in the UK. What a waste of money
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    Quote Originally Posted by hullexile:
    quote from the then Immigration Minister.


    Quite...
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    Quote Originally Posted by PDLM:
    I thought it was primarily from legal ones.
    Them too, I guess, when they start bringing in all 17 of their immediate family members.
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