Great News for Sister-in-law

[SanJoaquinSooner]

nm

[AlbqSooner]

Good stuff. I am happy for her.

[btk108]

so she's been here legally all this time and working?

[CrimsonJim]

Suuuurvey says... ???

[SoonerStormchaser]

2391

[SanJoaquinSooner]

She's been working continuously with at least one job for the 21 years she's been in California.

I taught her to say, "Yo soy un Sooner."

[Sooner_Tuf]

So she has been here illegally for 21 years?

[unbiasedtruth]

She's been working continuously with at least one job for the 21 years she's been in California.

I taught her to say, "Yo soy un Sooner."

let me see..... are your bragging that you knowingly and willingly harbored an illegal for 21 years?

[SanJoaquinSooner]

Whoaaa, you're going waaay overboard with your unfounded presumptions. With all this legality talk, I'll need to see your Fish & Game badge.

[CrimsonJim]

It was a simple yes or no question. What did you expect everybody to take from your non-answer?

[MR2-Sooner86]

:pop:

[Serge Ibaka]

Hey, she took somebody's job. :mad:

Get real. Seriously happy for you and yours. Congrats.

[Sooner_Tuf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JedX0y-T0oo&feature=related

[CrimsonJim]

nm

nm? Please, don't get shy on us now. ;)

[8timechamps]

For the love of God!

Congrats SJS, sounds like a happy ending.

[OU_Sooners75]

For the love of God!

Congrats SJS, sounds like a happy ending.

To an illegal problem!

[btk108]

For the love of God!

Congrats SJS, sounds like a happy ending.

exact reason my college graduate, tax paying, social security supporting since she was 15, government guaranteed student loan, daughter cant' find a job that makes a living.

your nonchalant attitude just contributes to the problem.

[Petro-Sooner]

Build a wall and those won't come.

[OU_Sooners75]

Build a wall and those won't come.

Better yet, why not round them up and ship them back?

[bonkuba]

heh :smug:

[Sooner_Tuf]

nm

Shine a little light and like a ****-a-roaches.....

[SanJoaquinSooner]

exact reason my college graduate, tax paying, social security supporting since she was 15, government guaranteed student loan, daughter cant' find a job that makes a living.

your nonchalant attitude just contributes to the problem.

btk,

I sincerely apologize for giving that perception. I don't know anything about your daughter's circumstances, her professional field or expertise, but if I could help a fellow Sooner in this area, I would.

I have my own family circumstances too. My mom had a ruptured aneurysm, followed by a stroke, and has needed 24/7 care for many years. It cost every penny of her pension and social security to pay for home care that has unbelieveable turnover and quality control issues. I think one's own family may be offer a level of caring others may not. But the gov't won't let me bring one of my sister-in-laws to the U.S. to do this. As I've stated many times, I am against illegal immigration and would never consider paying the smuggling fee to bring her across. I am in favor of changing laws that I realize have no chance of changing while we are in a severe economic downturn.

[badger]

btk,

I sincerely apologize for giving that perception. I don't know anything about your daughter's circumstances, her professional field or expertise, but if I could help a fellow Sooner in this area, I would.

I have my own family circumstances too. My mom had a ruptured aneurysm, followed by a stroke, and has needed 24/7 care for many years. It cost every penny of her pension and social security to pay for home care that has unbelieveable turnover and quality control issues. I think one's own family may be offer a level of caring others may not. But the gov't won't let me bring one of my sister-in-laws to the U.S. to do this. As I've stated many times, I am against illegal immigration and would never consider paying the smuggling fee to bring her across. I am in favor of changing laws that I realize have no chance of changing while we are in a severe economic downturn.

Congrats to your sister. It sounds like she's worked hard toward getting her visa.

It's a touchy issue, but I think many can respect someone who has worked hard in menial jobs for years and eventually earn the right to be a legal resident.

[NormanPride]

Yeah, I'm sure a girl taking a job busing tables in California is why college grads can't find work.

[soonerboomer93]

exact reason my college graduate, tax paying, social security supporting since she was 15, government guaranteed student loan, daughter cant' find a job that makes a living.

your nonchalant attitude just contributes to the problem.

Has she been applying to be a manager at a buffet restaraunt?

[yermom]

NP and sb93 both beat me to it :(

[Lott's Bandana]

SJS has done a great job showing how personalizing an issue makes it much more difficult to hang on to big picture black&white certainties about scenarios.

My knee-jerk reaction to illegals has always been rather conservative, but then I get presented with an example provided by SJS, showing what seems to be a quality woman working hard to make her circumstances better...I would have to say I completely understand her motivation and can't fault her at all.

This particular woman is not (as far as I can tell from what has been presented) committing felonies, hurting anyone or impacting anyone else's livelihood, unless you want to argue the minutia that she has taken a citizen's table-bussing job.

My opinion is my own and none of you really care, but I will say I commend SJS for his family commitment, family pride and starting a thread that made me have to really think.
I like thinking.

[Sooner_Tuf]

It's a complicated issue and one that can pull at your heart strings. There is still the matter of the law, which exists for a reason. People can chose immigrate legally or illegally.

Maybe we should just open the border? After all the vast majority of the people crossing are good people.

[3rdgensooner]

Yeah, I'm sure a girl taking a job busing tables in California is why college grads can't find work.


Has she been applying to be a manager at a buffet restaraunt?


NP and sb93 both beat me to it :(

Ditto



My opinion is my own and none of you really care, but I will say I commend SJS for his family commitment, family pride and starting a thread that made me have to really think.

I like thinking.

Ditto

[badger]

Has she been applying to be a manager at a buffet restaraunt?

Nothing to do with the present conversation, but I was joking with a friend before the game Saturday that college grads that stayed in Norman (or any college grads that try to stay in their college's town) tend to not work in their major's field and often seem to find work well below their education level.

Seriously SJS, your in-law deserves kudos for sticking it out this long and now getting her visa to be legal and all.

[CrimsonJim]

Still waiting on a simple answer to a simple question...