Njie, I will contact Ousman on the above and send my contributions via him.I really feel what happened to those poor guys who were trying their best to sustain their families. I pray to ALLAH TO INTERVENE IN THEIR FAVOUR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! YEROPULLOH! >From: Abdoul Njie <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Recommended: "A new dragnet for illegal workers"- Fundraising >Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 14:55:56 +0000 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-Originating-IP: [57.250.224.246] >Received: from [149.68.45.24] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBE50C90E003B4004318F95442D180F5988; Thu, 07 Mar 2002 07:03:12 -0800 >Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu (149.68.45.24) by >maelstrom.stjohns.edu (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id ><[log in to unmask]>; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 9:56:21 -0500 >Received: from MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU by MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU >(LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 231293 for >[log in to unmask]; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 09:56:19 -0500 >Received: from hotmail.com (207.68.163.79) by maelstrom.stjohns.edu (LSMTP >for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id ><[log in to unmask]>; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 9:56:18 -0500 >Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; >Thu, 7 Mar 2002 06:55:57 -0800 >Received: from 57.250.224.246 by sea1fd.sea1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; >Thu, 07 Mar 2002 14:55:56 GMT >From [log in to unmask] Thu, 07 Mar 2002 07:04:25 -0800 >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Mar 2002 14:55:57.0300 (UTC) > FILETIME=[30174340:01C1C5E8] >Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> > >Mr.Bojang, > >Thanks for putting the information out here. As you said, the Atlanta >community will appreciate any help. We are still below the required amount >needed for the legal fees. > >Special thanks to the Washington D.C community for your exemplary >contributions. > > >Best Regards, > > >Ablie Njie- Lekbi > > > > >>From: Ousman Bojang <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: Recommended: "A new dragnet for illegal workers" >>Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 20:34:55 -0800 >> >>Mr. Ghanim, >>I have learned from very reliable sources tonight that >>a bail bond has been acted on behalf of some of these >>folks and there is work going on for the rest. >>This is the most encouraging news I heard. I am >>encouraging all again to contribute and even start any >>kind of collections they can do in their small >>communities to help. Any amount I am sure they will be >>welcomed. >>So please, may I emphasiz again. One does not know >>when and who might be the next victim. Let us all work >>together and get something done. >>God bless us all. >> >>Ousman Jallow Bojang. >>--- Habib Diab-Ghanim <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > [log in to unmask] has recommended this article from >> > The Christian Science Monitor's electronic edition. >> > >> > FYI >> > What has happened to our brothers in Atlanta - >> > please update. I pray that they get released soon. >> > Habib >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > Click here to email this story to a friend: >> > >>http://www.csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/send-story?2002/03/06/text/p01s01.txt >> > >> > Click here to read this story online: >> > http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0306/p01s01-usju.html >> > >> > >> > Headline: A new dragnet for illegal workers >> > Byline: Ron Scherer Staff writer of The Christian >> > Science Monitor >> > Date: 03/06/2002 >> > (NEW YORK)Haitian Jean-Claude Cazeau was a janitor >> > at Logan Airport. Far from his >> > native Malaysia, Shamshad Bagam Karim was a parking >> > valet at Las >> > Vegas's McCarran Airport. And Alvaro Pardo, >> > originally from Chile, >> > worked at a candy store at the Salt Lake City >> > airport. >> > >> > Within the past weeks, all three have been arrested >> > and now face the >> > possibility of jail time and deportation. They were >> > detained for >> > allegedly using some form of false identification to >> > obtain their jobs >> > - each in a secure area of an airport. >> > >> > The expanding dragnet symbolizes a hardening stance >> > by federal >> > authorities toward illegal immigrants of all >> > nationalities who they >> > think might pose a security threat. >> > >> > While law-enforcement officials have yet to link any >> > of the people >> > recently arrested - almost all of whom are Latinos - >> > to terrorists, >> > they believe that undocumented workers are >> > susceptible to being >> > approached by nefarious groups. >> > >> > Critics, however, believe the undocumented workers >> > are being unfairly >> > targeted. Consequently, the new sweeps are setting >> > off a debate over >> > the extent to which illegal immigrants, many of whom >> > have been allowed >> > to work unmolested in such low-wage jobs for years, >> > will and should be >> > prosecuted in a post-Sept. 11 world. >> > >> > For some of the US public, the issue results in a >> > conflict in values. >> > "Americans have an ambivalent attitude toward >> > illegal immigrants," says >> > James Lindsay, an immigration specialist at the >> > Brookings Institution >> > in Washington. "They expect people to obey the law, >> > but they don't put >> > too much pressure to arrest them and argue it's >> > unfair or >> > counterproductive." >> > >> > The Bush administration, for its part, seems to be >> > adopting a >> > zero-tolerance policy. One Justice Department >> > official says making >> > airports safer is of the highest priority for the >> > administration - and >> > the latest moves are intended to fulfill the intent >> > of legislation >> > passed after Sept. 11. >> > >> > "Undocumented workers represent a significant threat >> > to the flying >> > public," says Natalie Collins, a spokeswoman for the >> > US Attorney's >> > office in Las Vegas. "Because they are illegal, they >> > are susceptible to >> > compromise." >> > >> > Airport workers may not be the only ones under >> > scrutiny. US >> > investigators are expected to also go through >> > employment applications >> > at nuclear power plants, hydroelectric dams, and >> > other >> > security-sensitive facilities. >> > >> > One mayor's stand >> > >> > So far, some 100 airport workers have been arrested. >> > After the arrests, >> > Rocky Anderson, the mayor of Salt Lake City, sent a >> > letter to 40 other >> > mayors warning them about the federal raids and >> > urging them to "get the >> > word out that if there is a problem, they [the >> > workers] need to get out >> > and find other employment." >> > >> > Mr. Anderson, who has received a lot of hate mail >> > because of his stand, >> > calls the US policy "hypocritical." He says the >> > government just "winks >> > and nods" when it comes to illegals working in >> > hotels, food, or lawn >> > care. "Let's resolve this by giving them fair >> > notice," he says. >> > >> > However, those under arrest are often unquestionably >> > in violation of >> > the law by using false Social Security Numbers >> > (SSNs) or forged "green >> > cards." But the charge has hardly ever been used >> > because of the number >> > of illegal workers. Mr. Lindsay says there are >> > estimates of 7 million >> > to 11 million undocumented workers in the US. >> > >> > Through the 1970s and 1980s, anyone could make up an >> > SSN and no one >> > would pay attention, says Chris Hibbert of Computer >> > Professionals for >> > Social Responsibility in Palo Alto, Calif. >> > >> > By the 1990s, employees needed a matching name and >> > number, unless their >> > employer turned a blind eye. Then, people with >> > access to numbers, such >> > as bank employees or healthcare workers, started >> > selling them for $20 >> > to $100 apiece, he says. Recently, the Social >> > Security Administration >> > arrested some of its own employees in Chicago for >> > selling numbers to >> > illegal immigrants. >> > >> > In 2000, the government arrested or indicted 219 >> > people in 182 cases >> > for using falsified SSNs. Last year, there were 242 >> > subjects in 207 >> > cases, and overall the Social Security >> > Administration said that about >> > 21 million names did not match up with Social >> > Security numbers for any >> > number of reasons - ranging from marriages to >> > foreign names to fraud. >> > >> > To pursue these cases - as well as other instances >> > of fraud - there are >> > 279 criminal investigators working for the Social >> > Security inspector >> > general. >> > >> > A changed world >> > >> > Social Security investigators stress that it is the >> > changed world since >> > Sept. 11 that is causing the sudden interest in >> > immigrants' >> > documentation. "If someone can falsify documents and >> > get a >> > high-security badge, they can potentially put a bomb >> > on a plane or >> > anything else," says Dennis Lynch, special agent in >> > charge of Social >> > Security's Strategic Enforcement Division. "We are >> > talking issues of >> > protecting our critical infrastructure, including >> > dams, bridges, and >> > nuclear power plants." >> > >> > Yet the rush to secure the airports illustrates some >> > of the >> > difficulties involved. Sometimes, for example, the >> > documents that >> > federal agents are pouring over are not up to date. >> > In Salt Lake City, >> > one person charged had left the airport for a >> > construction job two >> > months prior to the raid. The charges against him >> > were dropped - as >> > were those against pregnant women and mothers with >> > newborns. >> > >> > All this is part of larger changes taking place >> > behind the scenes in >> > the nation's airports. 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