Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f1M6kK909670; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 01:46:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 01:46:21 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3A94B4E9.5636847D@adelphia.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Ahector <annhector@adelphia.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:5606] re: house bill on amnesty X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) Status: O Content-Length: 1248 Lines: 32 >(Offlist--see explanation at end) >Dear AH and US, >In Japan there is an increasing awareness of an 'immigrant problem'--which >usually refers to workers from other Asian countries. The media and >politicians are concerned about the high rate of 'criminality' among these >immigrants. What, though, is their most common offense? Violation of >'immigration laws'! Also, Asian women are often associated with the sex >industry, but (1) often they are lured here and coerced into it and (2) >certain elements of Japanese society are well practiced in coercing Japanese >women (at very young ages) into it (though I realize that there are sex >workers who wish to assert their rights beyond the picture of >victimization--my point is that the victims and exploited should hardly be >the criminals). >In the case of the U.S., its criminal justice system has created a gulag >(that exceeds all OECD countries in scale) that clearly criminalizes >minorities and immigrants. > >I would post this to the list, except I suspect the moderator has already >intervened at this point and also I do not right now have access to the >e-mail address that is subscribed to the list (I can receive, but I can't >send). >Yours, >Charles Jannuzi >Fukui, Japan
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