I mean they are so concerned for their welfare it would be a nice gesture and they wouldn't have to dictate morality to The US. Could it be Italy's government wouldn't tolerate illegals or their anchor babies? Does anyone know the immigration policy of Italy and what they do to illegal immigrants? Home » World News » Italy PrintE-MailFeedbackShare » FacebookRedditDiggDel.icio.usNewsvinePropellerLiveJournalBloggerWordpress.New Italian security law legalises vigilante patrols By Marianne Arens 8 July 2009 From July 8 to 10, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will host this year’s G8 summit in L’Aquila, the central Italian city recently hit by an earthquake. Only days before the summit of the major powers (Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and Russia) is set to convene, a new, extremely authoritarian security law will come into effect in Italy, directed primarily against undocumented immigrants. The security law was passed in May by the Chamber of Deputies, and also agreed to by the Senate last Thursday, with 157 senators voting in favour and 124 against. It therefore now has the power of law. The law makes “illegal immigration†a criminal offence, punishable by fines of between €5,000 and €10,000. Immigrants without valid papers can be held for up to six months in deportation camps. Under the previous law, the maximum period of detention was two months. In future, a residency permit will cost two and a half times as much as the former fee—i.e., €200, instead of €80. The law allows municipalities to maintain their own private, nighttime vigilante patrols. It also mandates teachers and health personnel to denounce undocumented immigrants to the authorities. Landlords, who rent lodgings to immigrants without valid documents, risk prison terms of up to three years. The European Commission has indicated that it intends to examine the new Italian law to ascertain its compatibility with European legal standards. European Union (EU) law commissioner Jacques Barrot said on Thursday in Brussels that rules for “automatic deportation†for entire “categories of persons†were unacceptable. However, there should be no illusions that the EU will seriously oppose the reactionary Italian measure. After all, numerous EU member states are currently intensifying measures to prevent refugees and immigrants from entering their respective countries. In Italy, Berlusconi can rely on the tacit support of the parliamentary opposition, including the centre-left. It voted against the new legislation, but the opposition’s arguments against the bill were tactical and threadbare. Only one politician, Rocco Buttiglione, a Catholic conservative, argued against the content of the security law. Other speakers for the opposition preferred to stress Berlusconi’s sex affairs, which have increasingly taken centre stage in the Italian media. While efforts are being organised to weaken or even get rid of Berlusconi, his opponents essentially promise to continue his policies. The current concentration on the sex affairs of the head of government only serves to divert attention from the acute economic problems and social conflicts plaguing the country. In fact, those municipalities where the parties of the centre-left opposition hold power have been among the first to undertake measures such as the setting up of racist vigilante patrols. The newspaper Corriere della Sera has listed hundred of cities with centre-left administrations that have already introduced such private militias. Such patrols, which Berlusconi legalised in February by decree, are already commonplace in a number of eastern European countries, notably Hungary. The most backward social elements are given uniforms and weapons, and sent onto the streets in order to “preserve law and order.†In Italy, the patrols are currently allowed to wear uniforms, but not to carry weapons. Leaders of the Democratic Party (which emerged from the Italian Communist Party) try to present the new measure as entirely harmless. They maintain that the so-called Ronde—the volunteer patrols in the city’s suburbs—have the task primarily of prettifying cities by removing graffiti or clearing up garbage in the parks. However, Sergio Cofferati, the former chairman of the CGIL trade union, long dominated by the Italian Stalinists, is less reticent in his description of the patrols. As mayor of Bologna, Cofferati introduced citizen patrols in February, and defended his initiative with the words: “Citizens can make a contribution to the protection of their territory, so long as these initiatives are not politically or ideologically motivated.†Milan’s city administration, run by the right, freed up €250 million for the volunteer patrols. The city has thus gone further than the national government, which has not envisaged official financial sponsorship for the patrols. Their financing was made possible by arguing that Yes Rational...I know they are separate countries but one is within the other and they couldn't fit more than a hundred in the tiny Vatican. Anyway, I am making a point about proximity to The Vatican and they can fix Italy before they blather about human rights to The US.
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The Vatican and Italy are separate countries. You know that, right?
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Because the Vatican has it's own problems and should worry about keeping their hands off of little boys and not worry about Americas illegal immigration issues.
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Italy has its own illegal immigration problem--you do know that it is in the Mediterranean Sea and close to a number of countries from where people are leaving, don't you? And Vatican City is a postage-stamp size sovereign country with a population of about 320.
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most mexicans are catholic and donate to the catholic church, this is just a case of one hand washing the other!
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