Immigrants & DC

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Anonymous wrote:I love the $150,000.00 pick up trucks. Plus the group homes

We live next door to one of these group homes and it’s pretty infuriating. It’s not up to code and the owner is renting it out without a rental license to 4 separate families. It used to be a single family home. They literally have 6 cars and two large work vans that decrease visibility along the street (safety issue when kids are playing outside).

And yes, the cars are late model, new and not cheap cars.

If it's not up to code, then why haven't you notified the relevant authorities responsible for enforcing code?

NP. Because code isn’t enforced when you do

Then document the lack of code enforcement and take it up the chain.

My neighbors tried this with the two illegally rented homes in our Silver Spring neighborhood. They are both owned by the same landlord. Code enforcement is incredibly over-worked and understaffed. It takes a while for anyone to even come out to the homes. And, when they finally did, it's quite difficult to prove who actually lives there. Also, the people are paying cash to the landlord, so no money trail to prove that it is actually a rental. It's crazy. The case is currently tied up in the courts.

And, honestly, sometimes in MoCo, code enforcement just looks the other way in these cases. They know it's not good PR to crack down on these homes for undocumented immigrants, so they just let them slide.

If it's not up to code, who lives there is irrelevant... code enforcement is supposed to take it up with the landlord. So again, I have trouble believing this.

Of course. Anything that doesn't fit your narrative must be false. Interesting way to look at the world, but clearly it works for you.

Get out of your bubble to see what things are like in other parts of the DC area. Go to Silver Spring, Wheaton, Germantown, Gaithersburg, Aspen Hill, Olney, etc. Take your pick. Find a house with multiple unmarked cargo vans or pick up trucks parked, or a SFH with 7 cars parked in the driveway/out front/on the grass. Look that address up on the Montgomery County real estate tax website to see who owns it and if it it being legally rented. Or ask a neighbor about the house and see what they have to say.

Reel your own fake narrative in. Nobody here ever said illegals weren't renting and sharing apartments. What we dispute is your claim that there's some kind of vast conspiracy, that "sanctuary city" somehow means that not one single law or regulation is ever followed, if it even tangentially touches on illegals, such as if some slumlord is renting out unsafe apartments that don't meet code to illegals. The right wing has built up this massive mythology and narrative around "sanctuary city" when in fact what it mostly just means is that the city won't do INS's job for them, that INS needs to do it themselves. For example, the "liberal city" police departments routinely arrest and their local prosecutors and courts convict and jail illegals who have committed crimes. But they don't ask or care whether they are citizens or not, because that's federal law and outside of their jurisdictions. If INS wants them, they have to wait their turn and scoop them up on their way out of the courthouse or on their way out of jail, because it's not the city's job to deal with immigration and naturalization status.

Actually, that's almost exactly what's happening in Montgomery County. I've lived here almost 20 years, and there is now basically an entire underground economy in this county where people feel they don't need to follow any laws. The number of uninsured drivers (against the law) has gone up tremendously. In my neighborhood, there have been two fires where the homes were over-occupied and not up to code (code enforcement is lax). I clean up trash with a group in our area, and we see so much waste that is illegally dumped (tires, especially). It's clear that being a sanctuary county comes with an attitude of looking the other way when people are breaking the law. By definition, we're welcoming people who are breaking US immigration laws.

Cool. No pesky regulation. That's exactly what we Republicans have been calling for for the last 25 years. Who cares about stupid tree huggers whining about dumped tires? We should shut down the EPA. And the government should keep its nose out of my slumlording business and leave us small businesses alone. Anything else would be tyranny!

Okay, interesting argument. Is that really what you want to advocate for?

As it currently stands, only certain people have to follow the rules - mostly hard-working middle class individuals.

The undocumented immigrants (and also the very wealthy) seem to get away with ignoring the rules without punishment - they can avoid paying taxes, they can ignore immigration rules, ignore any residency requirements for the public school system (there is a TON of residency fraud in our school system), ignore environmental regulations and dump paint anywhere, drive their cars without insurance, etc.

Why the double standard regarding who has to follow rules? Either nobody has to follow the rules, or everybody does.

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Anonymous wrote:I love the $150,000.00 pick up trucks. Plus the group homes

We live next door to one of these group homes and it’s pretty infuriating. It’s not up to code and the owner is renting it out without a rental license to 4 separate families. It used to be a single family home. They literally have 6 cars and two large work vans that decrease visibility along the street (safety issue when kids are playing outside).

And yes, the cars are late model, new and not cheap cars.

If it's not up to code, then why haven't you notified the relevant authorities responsible for enforcing code?

NP. Because code isn’t enforced when you do

Then document the lack of code enforcement and take it up the chain.

My neighbors tried this with the two illegally rented homes in our Silver Spring neighborhood. They are both owned by the same landlord. Code enforcement is incredibly over-worked and understaffed. It takes a while for anyone to even come out to the homes. And, when they finally did, it's quite difficult to prove who actually lives there. Also, the people are paying cash to the landlord, so no money trail to prove that it is actually a rental. It's crazy. The case is currently tied up in the courts.

And, honestly, sometimes in MoCo, code enforcement just looks the other way in these cases. They know it's not good PR to crack down on these homes for undocumented immigrants, so they just let them slide.

If it's not up to code, who lives there is irrelevant... code enforcement is supposed to take it up with the landlord. So again, I have trouble believing this.

Of course. Anything that doesn't fit your narrative must be false. Interesting way to look at the world, but clearly it works for you.

Get out of your bubble to see what things are like in other parts of the DC area. Go to Silver Spring, Wheaton, Germantown, Gaithersburg, Aspen Hill, Olney, etc. Take your pick. Find a house with multiple unmarked cargo vans or pick up trucks parked, or a SFH with 7 cars parked in the driveway/out front/on the grass. Look that address up on the Montgomery County real estate tax website to see who owns it and if it it being legally rented. Or ask a neighbor about the house and see what they have to say.

Reel your own fake narrative in. Nobody here ever said illegals weren't renting and sharing apartments. What we dispute is your claim that there's some kind of vast conspiracy, that "sanctuary city" somehow means that not one single law or regulation is ever followed, if it even tangentially touches on illegals, such as if some slumlord is renting out unsafe apartments that don't meet code to illegals. The right wing has built up this massive mythology and narrative around "sanctuary city" when in fact what it mostly just means is that the city won't do INS's job for them, that INS needs to do it themselves. For example, the "liberal city" police departments routinely arrest and their local prosecutors and courts convict and jail illegals who have committed crimes. But they don't ask or care whether they are citizens or not, because that's federal law and outside of their jurisdictions. If INS wants them, they have to wait their turn and scoop them up on their way out of the courthouse or on their way out of jail, because it's not the city's job to deal with immigration and naturalization status.

Actually, that's almost exactly what's happening in Montgomery County. I've lived here almost 20 years, and there is now basically an entire underground economy in this county where people feel they don't need to follow any laws. The number of uninsured drivers (against the law) has gone up tremendously. In my neighborhood, there have been two fires where the homes were over-occupied and not up to code (code enforcement is lax). I clean up trash with a group in our area, and we see so much waste that is illegally dumped (tires, especially). It's clear that being a sanctuary county comes with an attitude of looking the other way when people are breaking the law. By definition, we're welcoming people who are breaking US immigration laws.

Cool. No pesky regulation. That's exactly what we Republicans have been calling for for the last 25 years. Who cares about stupid tree huggers whining about dumped tires? We should shut down the EPA. And the government should keep its nose out of my slumlording business and leave us small businesses alone. Anything else would be tyranny!

Okay, interesting argument. Is that really what you want to advocate for?

As it currently stands, only certain people have to follow the rules - mostly hard-working middle class individuals.

The undocumented immigrants (and also the very wealthy) seem to get away with ignoring the rules without punishment - they can avoid paying taxes, they can ignore immigration rules, ignore any residency requirements for the public school system (there is a TON of residency fraud in our school system), ignore environmental regulations and dump paint anywhere, drive their cars without insurance, etc.

Why the double standard regarding who has to follow rules? Either nobody has to follow the rules, or everybody does.

You’re a racist piece of sht. As if white people don’t dump paint down the drain.

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Anonymous wrote:I love the $150,000.00 pick up trucks. Plus the group homes

We live next door to one of these group homes and it’s pretty infuriating. It’s not up to code and the owner is renting it out without a rental license to 4 separate families. It used to be a single family home. They literally have 6 cars and two large work vans that decrease visibility along the street (safety issue when kids are playing outside).

And yes, the cars are late model, new and not cheap cars.

If it's not up to code, then why haven't you notified the relevant authorities responsible for enforcing code?

NP. Because code isn’t enforced when you do

Then document the lack of code enforcement and take it up the chain.

My neighbors tried this with the two illegally rented homes in our Silver Spring neighborhood. They are both owned by the same landlord. Code enforcement is incredibly over-worked and understaffed. It takes a while for anyone to even come out to the homes. And, when they finally did, it's quite difficult to prove who actually lives there. Also, the people are paying cash to the landlord, so no money trail to prove that it is actually a rental. It's crazy. The case is currently tied up in the courts.

And, honestly, sometimes in MoCo, code enforcement just looks the other way in these cases. They know it's not good PR to crack down on these homes for undocumented immigrants, so they just let them slide.

If it's not up to code, who lives there is irrelevant... code enforcement is supposed to take it up with the landlord. So again, I have trouble believing this.

Of course. Anything that doesn't fit your narrative must be false. Interesting way to look at the world, but clearly it works for you.

Get out of your bubble to see what things are like in other parts of the DC area. Go to Silver Spring, Wheaton, Germantown, Gaithersburg, Aspen Hill, Olney, etc. Take your pick. Find a house with multiple unmarked cargo vans or pick up trucks parked, or a SFH with 7 cars parked in the driveway/out front/on the grass. Look that address up on the Montgomery County real estate tax website to see who owns it and if it it being legally rented. Or ask a neighbor about the house and see what they have to say.

Reel your own fake narrative in. Nobody here ever said illegals weren't renting and sharing apartments. What we dispute is your claim that there's some kind of vast conspiracy, that "sanctuary city" somehow means that not one single law or regulation is ever followed, if it even tangentially touches on illegals, such as if some slumlord is renting out unsafe apartments that don't meet code to illegals. The right wing has built up this massive mythology and narrative around "sanctuary city" when in fact what it mostly just means is that the city won't do INS's job for them, that INS needs to do it themselves. For example, the "liberal city" police departments routinely arrest and their local prosecutors and courts convict and jail illegals who have committed crimes. But they don't ask or care whether they are citizens or not, because that's federal law and outside of their jurisdictions. If INS wants them, they have to wait their turn and scoop them up on their way out of the courthouse or on their way out of jail, because it's not the city's job to deal with immigration and naturalization status.

Actually, that's almost exactly what's happening in Montgomery County. I've lived here almost 20 years, and there is now basically an entire underground economy in this county where people feel they don't need to follow any laws. The number of uninsured drivers (against the law) has gone up tremendously. In my neighborhood, there have been two fires where the homes were over-occupied and not up to code (code enforcement is lax). I clean up trash with a group in our area, and we see so much waste that is illegally dumped (tires, especially). It's clear that being a sanctuary county comes with an attitude of looking the other way when people are breaking the law. By definition, we're welcoming people who are breaking US immigration laws.

Cool. No pesky regulation. That's exactly what we Republicans have been calling for for the last 25 years. Who cares about stupid tree huggers whining about dumped tires? We should shut down the EPA. And the government should keep its nose out of my slumlording business and leave us small businesses alone. Anything else would be tyranny!

Okay, interesting argument. Is that really what you want to advocate for?

As it currently stands, only certain people have to follow the rules - mostly hard-working middle class individuals.

The undocumented immigrants (and also the very wealthy) seem to get away with ignoring the rules without punishment - they can avoid paying taxes, they can ignore immigration rules, ignore any residency requirements for the public school system (there is a TON of residency fraud in our school system), ignore environmental regulations and dump paint anywhere, drive their cars without insurance, etc.

Why the double standard regarding who has to follow rules? Either nobody has to follow the rules, or everybody does.

You’re a racist piece of sht. As if white people don’t dump paint down the drain.

As if we don’t have undocumented immigrants who are white.

That’s the best comment you can come up with? You are a racist piece of sh$t for assuming that all undocumented immigrants are not white. We have undocumented immigrants from all over the world here in the US.

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Anonymous wrote:I love the $150,000.00 pick up trucks. Plus the group homes

We live next door to one of these group homes and it’s pretty infuriating. It’s not up to code and the owner is renting it out without a rental license to 4 separate families. It used to be a single family home. They literally have 6 cars and two large work vans that decrease visibility along the street (safety issue when kids are playing outside).

And yes, the cars are late model, new and not cheap cars.

If it's not up to code, then why haven't you notified the relevant authorities responsible for enforcing code?

NP. Because code isn’t enforced when you do

Then document the lack of code enforcement and take it up the chain.

My neighbors tried this with the two illegally rented homes in our Silver Spring neighborhood. They are both owned by the same landlord. Code enforcement is incredibly over-worked and understaffed. It takes a while for anyone to even come out to the homes. And, when they finally did, it's quite difficult to prove who actually lives there. Also, the people are paying cash to the landlord, so no money trail to prove that it is actually a rental. It's crazy. The case is currently tied up in the courts.

And, honestly, sometimes in MoCo, code enforcement just looks the other way in these cases. They know it's not good PR to crack down on these homes for undocumented immigrants, so they just let them slide.

If it's not up to code, who lives there is irrelevant... code enforcement is supposed to take it up with the landlord. So again, I have trouble believing this.

Of course. Anything that doesn't fit your narrative must be false. Interesting way to look at the world, but clearly it works for you.

Get out of your bubble to see what things are like in other parts of the DC area. Go to Silver Spring, Wheaton, Germantown, Gaithersburg, Aspen Hill, Olney, etc. Take your pick. Find a house with multiple unmarked cargo vans or pick up trucks parked, or a SFH with 7 cars parked in the driveway/out front/on the grass. Look that address up on the Montgomery County real estate tax website to see who owns it and if it it being legally rented. Or ask a neighbor about the house and see what they have to say.

Reel your own fake narrative in. Nobody here ever said illegals weren't renting and sharing apartments. What we dispute is your claim that there's some kind of vast conspiracy, that "sanctuary city" somehow means that not one single law or regulation is ever followed, if it even tangentially touches on illegals, such as if some slumlord is renting out unsafe apartments that don't meet code to illegals. The right wing has built up this massive mythology and narrative around "sanctuary city" when in fact what it mostly just means is that the city won't do INS's job for them, that INS needs to do it themselves. For example, the "liberal city" police departments routinely arrest and their local prosecutors and courts convict and jail illegals who have committed crimes. But they don't ask or care whether they are citizens or not, because that's federal law and outside of their jurisdictions. If INS wants them, they have to wait their turn and scoop them up on their way out of the courthouse or on their way out of jail, because it's not the city's job to deal with immigration and naturalization status.

Actually, that's almost exactly what's happening in Montgomery County. I've lived here almost 20 years, and there is now basically an entire underground economy in this county where people feel they don't need to follow any laws. The number of uninsured drivers (against the law) has gone up tremendously. In my neighborhood, there have been two fires where the homes were over-occupied and not up to code (code enforcement is lax). I clean up trash with a group in our area, and we see so much waste that is illegally dumped (tires, especially). It's clear that being a sanctuary county comes with an attitude of looking the other way when people are breaking the law. By definition, we're welcoming people who are breaking US immigration laws.

Cool. No pesky regulation. That's exactly what we Republicans have been calling for for the last 25 years. Who cares about stupid tree huggers whining about dumped tires? We should shut down the EPA. And the government should keep its nose out of my slumlording business and leave us small businesses alone. Anything else would be tyranny!

Okay, interesting argument. Is that really what you want to advocate for?

As it currently stands, only certain people have to follow the rules - mostly hard-working middle class individuals.

The undocumented immigrants (and also the very wealthy) seem to get away with ignoring the rules without punishment - they can avoid paying taxes, they can ignore immigration rules, ignore any residency requirements for the public school system (there is a TON of residency fraud in our school system), ignore environmental regulations and dump paint anywhere, drive their cars without insurance, etc.

Why the double standard regarding who has to follow rules? Either nobody has to follow the rules, or everybody does.

You have not given any compelling or conclusive evidence that there actually is a double standard. All you've done is give some questionable anecdotes.

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Np. And your instant name calling and cursing at some one was an “argument”.

Typical leftist flying off the handle.

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Anonymous wrote:Immigrants are taking up space in our local shelters and the unhoused population has grown by 12%.

Think there’s a connection?

You mean unskilled, uneducated, illiterate illegal aliens from Central America?

I thought they all went to sanctuary city MoCo and CASA de Maryland for their welcome package, free housing and stuff. Send them there, not WDC.

Uhh Washington DC is a sanctuary city, my friend.

+1000

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Anonymous wrote:Grow up Pp.

Unlike you non of us are reading or obsessed with or getting our thoughts from mass media or social media.

We’re getting them every damn day with our own experiences. The schools and teachers overwhelmed with illiterate illegal parents and children. Dumbing down the curriculum further.
Long waits at hospitals while they deal with people with no name, age, English, or money.
Terrible drivers smashing cars all the time then playing dumb and illiterate- If they even stick around.
Higher and higher property and income tax rates, insurance premiums, costs of living. Meanwhile $billions a year of black market job money going to Central American by illegal immigrant families’s kids on multiple forms of welfare (don’t go above $42k income, lose ur benies!).
Crime up. Lack of road rules up. Lack of community up- I’ve met Hispanic immigrants that seem to take great pride in how they can’t form a simple sentence correctly in English. Why would anyone hire that?
Poor quality of service - landscaping, construction, house cleaning, and gawd forbid if you try a nanny who’s faking her English skills. Sinks put in wrong. Roof needed contractor back, lazy cleaning to get to next “job”, over cutting trees at the wrong time of year. Anything for a buck.

It’s all gone downhill for 25 years but now acceleratingly so.

THIS

Not all of us live in wealthy DC enclaves that are immune to the negative impact of unlimited illegals immigration. Some of us actually live in communities where we witness the negative impact on a daily basis. It has affected our lives, our communities and our kids’ schools. We see it every day.

No ridiculous talking points or bogus stats are going to negate what we witness in our own neighborhoods.

So true. Both posts.

Seeing and living with the severe negatives of rampant unskilled, uneducated illegal immigrants every day.
At the schools, on the roads, trashing the neighborhoods, abusing the laws.
See it every day, everywhere here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Np. And your instant name calling and cursing at some one was an “argument”.

Typical leftist flying off the handle.

Nobody is arguing. We’re calling out your blatant hate. Get lost.

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Anonymous wrote:Grow up Pp.

Unlike you non of us are reading or obsessed with or getting our thoughts from mass media or social media.

We’re getting them every damn day with our own experiences. The schools and teachers overwhelmed with illiterate illegal parents and children. Dumbing down the curriculum further.
Long waits at hospitals while they deal with people with no name, age, English, or money.
Terrible drivers smashing cars all the time then playing dumb and illiterate- If they even stick around.
Higher and higher property and income tax rates, insurance premiums, costs of living. Meanwhile $billions a year of black market job money going to Central American by illegal immigrant families’s kids on multiple forms of welfare (don’t go above $42k income, lose ur benies!).
Crime up. Lack of road rules up. Lack of community up- I’ve met Hispanic immigrants that seem to take great pride in how they can’t form a simple sentence correctly in English. Why would anyone hire that?
Poor quality of service - landscaping, construction, house cleaning, and gawd forbid if you try a nanny who’s faking her English skills. Sinks put in wrong. Roof needed contractor back, lazy cleaning to get to next “job”, over cutting trees at the wrong time of year. Anything for a buck.

It’s all gone downhill for 25 years but now acceleratingly so.

THIS

Not all of us live in wealthy DC enclaves that are immune to the negative impact of unlimited illegals immigration. Some of us actually live in communities where we witness the negative impact on a daily basis. It has affected our lives, our communities and our kids’ schools. We see it every day.

No ridiculous talking points or bogus stats are going to negate what we witness in our own neighborhoods.

So true. Both posts.

Seeing and living with the severe negatives of rampant unskilled, uneducated illegal immigrants every day.
At the schools, on the roads, trashing the neighborhoods, abusing the laws.
See it every day, everywhere here.

Oh look another racist troll.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Grow up Pp.

Unlike you non of us are reading or obsessed with or getting our thoughts from mass media or social media.

We’re getting them every damn day with our own experiences. The schools and teachers overwhelmed with illiterate illegal parents and children. Dumbing down the curriculum further.
Long waits at hospitals while they deal with people with no name, age, English, or money.
Terrible drivers smashing cars all the time then playing dumb and illiterate- If they even stick around.
Higher and higher property and income tax rates, insurance premiums, costs of living. Meanwhile $billions a year of black market job money going to Central American by illegal immigrant families’s kids on multiple forms of welfare (don’t go above $42k income, lose ur benies!).
Crime up. Lack of road rules up. Lack of community up- I’ve met Hispanic immigrants that seem to take great pride in how they can’t form a simple sentence correctly in English. Why would anyone hire that?
Poor quality of service - landscaping, construction, house cleaning, and gawd forbid if you try a nanny who’s faking her English skills. Sinks put in wrong. Roof needed contractor back, lazy cleaning to get to next “job”, over cutting trees at the wrong time of year. Anything for a buck.

It’s all gone downhill for 25 years but now acceleratingly so.

THIS

Not all of us live in wealthy DC enclaves that are immune to the negative impact of unlimited illegals immigration. Some of us actually live in communities where we witness the negative impact on a daily basis. It has affected our lives, our communities and our kids’ schools. We see it every day.

No ridiculous talking points or bogus stats are going to negate what we witness in our own neighborhoods.

So true. Both posts.

Seeing and living with the severe negatives of rampant unskilled, uneducated illegal immigrants every day.
At the schools, on the roads, trashing the neighborhoods, abusing the laws.
See it every day, everywhere here.

Oh look another racist troll.

Go look in the mirror. You are the racist bigoted troll.

Go away!

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Anonymous wrote:I love the $150,000.00 pick up trucks. Plus the group homes

We live next door to one of these group homes and it’s pretty infuriating. It’s not up to code and the owner is renting it out without a rental license to 4 separate families. It used to be a single family home. They literally have 6 cars and two large work vans that decrease visibility along the street (safety issue when kids are playing outside).

And yes, the cars are late model, new and not cheap cars.

If it's not up to code, then why haven't you notified the relevant authorities responsible for enforcing code?

NP. Because code isn’t enforced when you do

Then document the lack of code enforcement and take it up the chain.

My neighbors tried this with the two illegally rented homes in our Silver Spring neighborhood. They are both owned by the same landlord. Code enforcement is incredibly over-worked and understaffed. It takes a while for anyone to even come out to the homes. And, when they finally did, it's quite difficult to prove who actually lives there. Also, the people are paying cash to the landlord, so no money trail to prove that it is actually a rental. It's crazy. The case is currently tied up in the courts.

And, honestly, sometimes in MoCo, code enforcement just looks the other way in these cases. They know it's not good PR to crack down on these homes for undocumented immigrants, so they just let them slide.

If it's not up to code, who lives there is irrelevant... code enforcement is supposed to take it up with the landlord. So again, I have trouble believing this.

Of course. Anything that doesn't fit your narrative must be false. Interesting way to look at the world, but clearly it works for you.

Get out of your bubble to see what things are like in other parts of the DC area. Go to Silver Spring, Wheaton, Germantown, Gaithersburg, Aspen Hill, Olney, etc. Take your pick. Find a house with multiple unmarked cargo vans or pick up trucks parked, or a SFH with 7 cars parked in the driveway/out front/on the grass. Look that address up on the Montgomery County real estate tax website to see who owns it and if it it being legally rented. Or ask a neighbor about the house and see what they have to say.

Reel your own fake narrative in. Nobody here ever said illegals weren't renting and sharing apartments. What we dispute is your claim that there's some kind of vast conspiracy, that "sanctuary city" somehow means that not one single law or regulation is ever followed, if it even tangentially touches on illegals, such as if some slumlord is renting out unsafe apartments that don't meet code to illegals. The right wing has built up this massive mythology and narrative around "sanctuary city" when in fact what it mostly just means is that the city won't do INS's job for them, that INS needs to do it themselves. For example, the "liberal city" police departments routinely arrest and their local prosecutors and courts convict and jail illegals who have committed crimes. But they don't ask or care whether they are citizens or not, because that's federal law and outside of their jurisdictions. If INS wants them, they have to wait their turn and scoop them up on their way out of the courthouse or on their way out of jail, because it's not the city's job to deal with immigration and naturalization status.

Actually, that's almost exactly what's happening in Montgomery County. I've lived here almost 20 years, and there is now basically an entire underground economy in this county where people feel they don't need to follow any laws. The number of uninsured drivers (against the law) has gone up tremendously. In my neighborhood, there have been two fires where the homes were over-occupied and not up to code (code enforcement is lax). I clean up trash with a group in our area, and we see so much waste that is illegally dumped (tires, especially). It's clear that being a sanctuary county comes with an attitude of looking the other way when people are breaking the law. By definition, we're welcoming people who are breaking US immigration laws.

Cool. No pesky regulation. That's exactly what we Republicans have been calling for for the last 25 years. Who cares about stupid tree huggers whining about dumped tires? We should shut down the EPA. And the government should keep its nose out of my slumlording business and leave us small businesses alone. Anything else would be tyranny!

Okay, interesting argument. Is that really what you want to advocate for?

As it currently stands, only certain people have to follow the rules - mostly hard-working middle class individuals.

The undocumented immigrants (and also the very wealthy) seem to get away with ignoring the rules without punishment - they can avoid paying taxes, they can ignore immigration rules, ignore any residency requirements for the public school system (there is a TON of residency fraud in our school system), ignore environmental regulations and dump paint anywhere, drive their cars without insurance, etc.

Why the double standard regarding who has to follow rules? Either nobody has to follow the rules, or everybody does.

You’re a racist piece of sht. As if white people don’t dump paint down the drain.

Them peeing in the corner of the Safeway parking lot on Bradley blvd & Arlington in front of my kids was a nice touch.

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Ahh. Indecent exposure also. Never heard of that law

Or open container law

Or right of way driving rules

Or density laws for housing.

Or legal immigration laws

Or car insurance laws

Or preventive health care - Wtf is that? Same for health insurance? Why me pay for something no usay?

No understanding of silent Es

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Anonymous wrote:Grow up Pp.

Unlike you non of us are reading or obsessed with or getting our thoughts from mass media or social media.

We’re getting them every damn day with our own experiences. The schools and teachers overwhelmed with illiterate illegal parents and children. Dumbing down the curriculum further.
Long waits at hospitals while they deal with people with no name, age, English, or money.
Terrible drivers smashing cars all the time then playing dumb and illiterate- If they even stick around.
Higher and higher property and income tax rates, insurance premiums, costs of living. Meanwhile $billions a year of black market job money going to Central American by illegal immigrant families’s kids on multiple forms of welfare (don’t go above $42k income, lose ur benies!).
Crime up. Lack of road rules up. Lack of community up- I’ve met Hispanic immigrants that seem to take great pride in how they can’t form a simple sentence correctly in English. Why would anyone hire that?
Poor quality of service - landscaping, construction, house cleaning, and gawd forbid if you try a nanny who’s faking her English skills. Sinks put in wrong. Roof needed contractor back, lazy cleaning to get to next “job”, over cutting trees at the wrong time of year. Anything for a buck.

It’s all gone downhill for 25 years but now acceleratingly so.

THIS

Not all of us live in wealthy DC enclaves that are immune to the negative impact of unlimited illegals immigration. Some of us actually live in communities where we witness the negative impact on a daily basis. It has affected our lives, our communities and our kids’ schools. We see it every day.

No ridiculous talking points or bogus stats are going to negate what we witness in our own neighborhoods.

So true. Both posts.

Seeing and living with the severe negatives of rampant unskilled, uneducated illegal immigrants every day.
At the schools, on the roads, trashing the neighborhoods, abusing the laws.
See it every day, everywhere here.

Oh look another racist troll.

There was nothing racist in that post.

Would you like photos of proficiency rates, traffics accidents, trashy front yards of group homes, western union line and Apps remitting cash pay job money weekly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2,000,000 illegal border crossings a year, and that only includes those caught and not those who fly in and stay indefinitely, beyond the 90 days tourist status.

Lookee here: an indisputable fact, and a conservative estimate as well.

[Anonymous]

I work at holy cross hospital serving this very community; it’s never been so busy as now. Accidents, pregnancies, injuries. Please continue to donate, directly or via federal taxes for our many grants.