Haleyville politicians will celebrate the history of 9-1-1 this month, while preparing to demolish the historically registered building where the first 9-1-1 call was ever made. Hmmmm....
Washington is attempting to further censor the news media. They could come do a study in Haleyville to learn exactly how to best and most easily do it. It is rampant here.
From AP: Carlos Salamanca fled Venezuela's growing political turmoil in January with his wife, two teenage children and $7,000.
Two months into their journey to the United States, he and his wife are sleeping most nights in an old, worn Nissan.
Salamanca had no family or business contacts in the U.S. No property he'd purchased on a previous trip. No idea where the children might attend school.
"Once we started getting threats, we couldn't take it anymore," he said of the family's last days in Venezuela.
Early waves of Venezuelan immigrants who fled after the late President Hugo Chavez and his socialist government came to power in 1999 came largely from the upper class. They had abundant savings and vacation homes in Miami to turn into permanent residences. These days, Miami's large Venezuelan community is filled increasingly with those from the middle class.
They are small business owners like Salamanca. University students and professors who came to teach or attend school and decided not to return. Athletes like Valentina Rodriguez, a gymnast who arrived with her family in February and didn't even have money for a bus ride from Miami International Airport.
All had the means to obtain visas and travel to the United States. But they are arriving with a financial cushion that is considerably less secure.
"Before people would come, study and go back," said Manuel Gomez, a law professor at Florida International University. "And people weren't willing to sacrifice their social and professional status for a lesser life. People wouldn't be willing to live in a small condo and share a car, whereas now it seems that people are willing to do that."
The contrast has come to the fore in recent weeks as protests erupted throughout Venezuela over a long-brooding list of woes: Food shortages, soaring inflation, and a heavy-handed government that has shut off spaces for dissent. At least 21 people have been killed.
Immigration attorneys who work in Miami's Venezuelan community said they have been flooded with inquiries from families seeking political asylum or wanting to find a way to try and get their relatives out. Most are middle-class families with limited finances.
"In the last two weeks I'm seeing an enormous uptick," said Stephanie Green, a Coral Gables attorney who specializes in asylum.
Venezuelans have immigrated to the U.S. in several notable waves. Some fled early during Chavez's first presidency, and a second exodus occurred after the 2002-03 oil strike, during which Chavez axed 18,000 workers, from mechanics to executives, from the state oil company. There are now almost a quarter million Venezuelans in the U.S., nearly half of them in Florida.
The largest concentration resides in the Miami suburb of Doral, where businesses, luxury condos and gated communities sprung up to cater to the growing Venezuelan community.
The violence and demonstrations in Venezuela over the past three weeks haven't yet provoked a new surge in migration to Miami, but there has been a slight increase in the number arriving in Florida. Some 19,800 Venezuelans arrived at Miami International Airport between Feb. 15 and 28, up from the 18,500 who arrived during the same period in 2013.
Those who are coming reflect the shifting demographic of Venezuelans choosing to start over in a foreign country and the deteriorating conditions they are fleeing.
Is there anybody out there?
ReplyDeleteStill here. Wondering about the blog. Welcome back.
ReplyDeleteNo, we don't need another ball field, city hall building, or higher taxes.
ReplyDeleteyes we do
DeleteLook at the cities going belly up from these same tax and spend tactics. Even the large ones. Must we always repeat their mistakes?
DeleteAre you kidding no one in this administration makes mistakes! Just ask one of them and see what you get told.
DeleteI wish just once they would ask the people what we want instead of following their own fiscally destructive agenda.
ReplyDeleteHaleyville politicians will celebrate the history of 9-1-1 this month, while preparing to demolish the historically registered building where the first 9-1-1 call was ever made. Hmmmm....
ReplyDeleteWashington is attempting to further censor the news media. They could come do a study in Haleyville to learn exactly how to best and most easily do it. It is rampant here.
ReplyDeleteJust follow Harold Bearden around for a day,then they'll be experts.
DeleteHe muzzles Haleyville's political news reports but is concerned about Washington doing the same thing. Double standard?
ReplyDeleteWashington has decided not to send FCC monitors to U.S. news rooms. I guess only Haleyville will censor our news.
ReplyDeleteWhere will they/we go when things get worse here?
ReplyDeleteFrom AP:
Carlos Salamanca fled Venezuela's growing political turmoil in January with his wife, two teenage children and $7,000.
Two months into their journey to the United States, he and his wife are sleeping most nights in an old, worn Nissan.
Salamanca had no family or business contacts in the U.S. No property he'd purchased on a previous trip. No idea where the children might attend school.
"Once we started getting threats, we couldn't take it anymore," he said of the family's last days in Venezuela.
Early waves of Venezuelan immigrants who fled after the late President Hugo Chavez and his socialist government came to power in 1999 came largely from the upper class. They had abundant savings and vacation homes in Miami to turn into permanent residences. These days, Miami's large Venezuelan community is filled increasingly with those from the middle class.
They are small business owners like Salamanca. University students and professors who came to teach or attend school and decided not to return. Athletes like Valentina Rodriguez, a gymnast who arrived with her family in February and didn't even have money for a bus ride from Miami International Airport.
All had the means to obtain visas and travel to the United States. But they are arriving with a financial cushion that is considerably less secure.
"Before people would come, study and go back," said Manuel Gomez, a law professor at Florida International University. "And people weren't willing to sacrifice their social and professional status for a lesser life. People wouldn't be willing to live in a small condo and share a car, whereas now it seems that people are willing to do that."
The contrast has come to the fore in recent weeks as protests erupted throughout Venezuela over a long-brooding list of woes: Food shortages, soaring inflation, and a heavy-handed government that has shut off spaces for dissent. At least 21 people have been killed.
Immigration attorneys who work in Miami's Venezuelan community said they have been flooded with inquiries from families seeking political asylum or wanting to find a way to try and get their relatives out. Most are middle-class families with limited finances.
"In the last two weeks I'm seeing an enormous uptick," said Stephanie Green, a Coral Gables attorney who specializes in asylum.
Venezuelans have immigrated to the U.S. in several notable waves. Some fled early during Chavez's first presidency, and a second exodus occurred after the 2002-03 oil strike, during which Chavez axed 18,000 workers, from mechanics to executives, from the state oil company. There are now almost a quarter million Venezuelans in the U.S., nearly half of them in Florida.
The largest concentration resides in the Miami suburb of Doral, where businesses, luxury condos and gated communities sprung up to cater to the growing Venezuelan community.
The violence and demonstrations in Venezuela over the past three weeks haven't yet provoked a new surge in migration to Miami, but there has been a slight increase in the number arriving in Florida. Some 19,800 Venezuelans arrived at Miami International Airport between Feb. 15 and 28, up from the 18,500 who arrived during the same period in 2013.
Those who are coming reflect the shifting demographic of Venezuelans choosing to start over in a foreign country and the deteriorating conditions they are fleeing.
Seems like everyone is going to Haleyville Uncensored on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteFUCK EVERYONE IN HALEYVILLE, AL. I ROBBED A STORE 3 DAYS AGO AND BOOM I HAVEN'T GOT CAUGHT YET HAHAHAHA NOW I'M HACKING THE YEALOCKS
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