A tymaczasem w Oregonie

[ertes]

PENDLETON, Ore. — Out of ideas and low on cash one cold morning, the man with
the biggest badge in town put his meaty fingers on a keyboard and tapped out a
letter to the leader of Mexico.

"Dear Precidente [sic] Fox," it began.

"My name is John Trumbo. I am Sheriff of Umatilla County in northeastern
Oregon, United States of America." Illegal immigrants "from your country" who
committed crimes here, the letter said, cost Americans lots of money.

Last year, more than 360 of "your citizens" spent time in jail "at a cost of
$63 a day which equates to a request for payment of $318,843," the letter
concluded. "At this time, you will not be billed for medical, dental and
transportation costs. Your prompt attention to this request will be very much
appreciated."

Three months later, Trumbo reports, Vicente Fox still has not paid up. The
Mexican president has issued no response, no installment payment, nada.

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The silence has reverberated at the Umatilla County Justice Center, a complex of
modular beige buildings set among rolling hills of wheat. Here, the influx of
Mexican immigrants — many of them illegal and a portion criminal — has become an
increasingly prickly issue. Trumbo's letter voiced the growing frustration of a
region that has been compared to the California farmlands of the 1950s and 1960s
— a place going through a transition in racial demographics.

Between 1990 and 2000, Umatilla County's Latino population, including legal and
illegal immigrants, jumped 114% to 11,400 people, according to the Census
Bureau. This doesn't include thousands of seasonal workers who live here part of
the year and many others who choose not to be counted.

About 70,000 people live in the county.

In towns such as Hermiston, Umatilla and Milton-Freewater, Latinos occupy entire
neighborhoods, and the beginnings of "Little Mexico" commercial areas have taken
hold. The neighborhoods tend to be poorer, and many residents blame Latino
immigrants for the region's gang and drug problems.

Public schools have become increasingly populated by Latinos. In
Milton-Freewater and Umatilla, with a combined enrollment of about 3,300,
Latinos make up half of the student body. No one knows how many are children of
illegal immigrants because federal law prohibits schools from asking about
parents' immigration status.

Undocumented residents also have access to state and county services for drug
and alcohol treatment, mental health, domestic violence and nutrition. While
there's grousing about taxpayer money being used for these services, nothing
ignites more anger than illegal residents who end up in the criminal justice system.

"They already broke the law once coming over here," says Pendleton resident
Elaina Solomon, 49, an emigre from Honduras who works as a legal assistant.
"Then they commit murders and robberies while they're here. Why should we pay
for their room and board at the jail? Why should we foot the bill?"

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The county has a daily jail capacity of 252 inmates but can afford staff and
services for only 135. The sheriff's office should have a minimum of 27 patrol
officers but can fund only nine. Between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. each day, no patrol
officer is on duty.

"When people call the police, they expect to see the police," Trumbo says. "They
see it on TV all the time. But there are times when I can't send anybody because
I don't have anybody because I don't have the money."

One reason, he says, is because the department spends so much of its
$6.5-million annual budget on apprehending and jailing illegal immigrants. He
understands that the immigration debate is complex and he hopes the people in
Washington, D.C., are working to solve the problem soon.

White trash

[swiatlo]

Podejrzewam że koszty całej tej zasiedziałej z pokolenia na pokolenie "white
trash", wszystkich tych nastoletnich mam zmieniających facetów co dwa miesiące
żyjących na zasiłkach w swoich zardzewiałych trajlerach i wychowujących
ulicznych łobuzów i następne pokolenia nastoletnich matek, są o wiele wyższe
niż koszty utrzymywania latynosów w więzieniach.
Ten sheriff niech raczej się przejedzie po swoim county i przeliczy cały ten
biały margines w mobilach wśród sterty śmieci i złomu. Podejrzewam że policzy
ich parę razy więcej niż ilość latynoskich huliganów.
Niech on sobie przeliczy procent latynoskich huliganów w stosunku do całej
meksykańskiej społeczności i potem procent white trash w stosunku do wszystkich
białych. Ciekaw jestem wyników!
Podejrzewam jednak że on nie umie liczyć white trash z tego powodu, że po
pierwsze nie umie on liczyć w ogóle, a po drugie podejrzewam że on sam się
wywodzi z white trash.

[swiatlo]

No ale wiadomo, do Meksykanów zawsze łatwo się przyczepić bo to są ci "oni".

[ertes]

Wow! Ty, no dobra, nie denerwuj sie :)
Ja w sobote bylem w banku kupowac &euro a ze wydzielony bank jest w Anaheim to
wrecz szokiem dla mnie byl tlum ludzi. Cale szczescie okienko do wymiany bylo
puste. Czekajac na kolorowe monopoly money stwierdzilem ze caly ten tlum to
Latynosi. Ani jednego bialego. To bylo w North OC. Tu gdzie mieszkam czyli
Central OC Latynosa sie widzi gdy strzyze trawe lub sprzata smiecie a White
Trash nie ma. Moze, wiec, Swiatlo, czas wypadac z tej krainy deszczem slynacej?

[don2]

Cos mi tu dziwnie graaa ! Czyzby Swiatlo przygruchal sobie jakas ognista
Juanite albo inna Rose.Nic tylko furt a ciegiem broni mexykow :))))

[don2]

Ertes madry chlopak jestes - ja tez bym wymienial bagsy na euro ! jeszcze rok
i za 1 € kupisz 2$ ! i ty to nazywasz monopoly m. ?

[ertes]

Eee, Don, monopoly bo kolorowe.
Jakbys codziennie mial do czynienia z zielonymi to kazda kolorowa waluta
wzbudzilaby w Tobie troche wesolosci i tyle.

[don2]

Lojalnie uprzedzam ,ze kazda wzmianka o sek i wartosci tych naprawde monopoly m.
wzbudza we mnie wscieklosc - kiedys za 200 koron stawialem w Polsce knajpe na
glowie,stolik na 4 osoby i orkiestra grala albo Marsylianke albo Oczi
Cziornyje.A teraz : w dobrej knajpie na 2 obiady starczy,bez wina !!!! Co za
czasy !!

[swiatlo]

don2 napisał:

> Cos mi tu dziwnie graaa ! Czyzby Swiatlo przygruchal sobie jakas ognista
> Juanite albo inna Rose.Nic tylko furt a ciegiem broni mexykow :))))

Lubię ich kulturę.
A łobuzów to wszędzie można spotkać.

[don2]

Ma glowe ten policjant !! nie mozna odmowic mu racji.Ale facet tak sie
wk...il,ze zapomnial ,ze jest mieszkancem USA,na dobre i na zle !A swoja droga
to w moim zadupiu ,do glowy by to nikomu z administracji nie ptzyszlo-przeciez
to ich chleb :))

[bella-donna]

Don, a ile placisz tax'u od nieruchomosci ?

[don2]

Alez Bella...skad wiesz,ze mam cos nieruchomego?

[bella-donna]

pytanie bylo jak najbardziej powazne...o;

Ps. nie smialam nawet podejrzewac ze moze byc inaczej...

[don2]

nawet mila jestes.nie podejrzewalas ,ze moge miec cos ruchomego.. czyzby
kobieca intuicja?

[kan_z_oz]

Ertes napisal:...monopoly bo kolorowe.
Jakbys codziennie mial do czynienia z zielonymi to kazda kolorowa waluta
wzbudzilaby w Tobie troche wesolosci i tyle.

Jak lubisz kolory to autralijska waluta jest kolorowa. Do tego jest plastikowa,
co ma duze znaczenie w czasie prania.
5$ jest rozowe
10$ niebieskie
50$ zotle
100$ - malo uzywane bo kolorystycznie podobne do 10, wiec mozna sie pomylic.
Kocham ta wyspe i wyspiarzy - zero wyrachowania.

Kan