First Impressions.....and illegal immigration.
Not to get overly-political right off-the-bat, but I posted the following thoughts on another chatboard recently, and I have gotten quite a bit of positive feedback on what I wrote. Those of you who choose to read what I write on here will quickly discover that I am a conservative. I do not consider myself a republican, necessarily, as I feel that the difference between Republicans & Democrats is about the same as the difference between Diet Coke & Diet Pepsi. Anyhow, here is the repost:
"Although I don't agree with everything the previous poster said, he makes some great points. I'm sick of these ILLEGAL aliens (they are not undocumented workers. Undocumented would be if I left my ID badge at home when I went to work.) demanding the world for free. They are illegal, plain and simple. It would be like me sneaking into a movie theater through the back door and then demanding free popcorn and soda, in addition to demanding that I have a say as to what films the theater shows in the future. This has gotten to the point of silly folks. I'm all for immigration, America was founded on it. But we need LEGAL immigration. The illegals are sucking our medical, welfare, and educational systems dry. America cannot continue to pander to these people or to corrupt leaders such as Presidente Fox. We cannot allow him to keep exporting his poverty problems to us. We need to take a look at Mexico's immigration policies and implement some of their ideas. Mexico has armed guards along their southern border for goodness sake, they treat foreign immigrants worse than animals in a lot of cases.....where is their tolerance? And finally, to all of those who are in favor of this illegal invasion, I have this to say:
Please, please stop with all the PC, BS lines about how "They all come here to work." That is a flat-out lie. If they all come here to work, then why, according to the dept of justice stats, is 27% of the US prison population made up of them? Can you answer that for me? Also, they don't "Do the jobs that Americans won't do." They, more accurately, do the jobs that Americans won't do for such low wages. And please stop with the childish rebuttal that if you're against illegal immigration, then you must be a racist. This idea shows nothing but the weakness and lack of depth of your argument. I know quite a few Mexicans and many of them are good, decent, hard-working people. If I were in their shoes I would want to come here too. But there needs to be some control and order to it. America cannot continue to be the world's welfare state."
~D
"Although I don't agree with everything the previous poster said, he makes some great points. I'm sick of these ILLEGAL aliens (they are not undocumented workers. Undocumented would be if I left my ID badge at home when I went to work.) demanding the world for free. They are illegal, plain and simple. It would be like me sneaking into a movie theater through the back door and then demanding free popcorn and soda, in addition to demanding that I have a say as to what films the theater shows in the future. This has gotten to the point of silly folks. I'm all for immigration, America was founded on it. But we need LEGAL immigration. The illegals are sucking our medical, welfare, and educational systems dry. America cannot continue to pander to these people or to corrupt leaders such as Presidente Fox. We cannot allow him to keep exporting his poverty problems to us. We need to take a look at Mexico's immigration policies and implement some of their ideas. Mexico has armed guards along their southern border for goodness sake, they treat foreign immigrants worse than animals in a lot of cases.....where is their tolerance? And finally, to all of those who are in favor of this illegal invasion, I have this to say:
Please, please stop with all the PC, BS lines about how "They all come here to work." That is a flat-out lie. If they all come here to work, then why, according to the dept of justice stats, is 27% of the US prison population made up of them? Can you answer that for me? Also, they don't "Do the jobs that Americans won't do." They, more accurately, do the jobs that Americans won't do for such low wages. And please stop with the childish rebuttal that if you're against illegal immigration, then you must be a racist. This idea shows nothing but the weakness and lack of depth of your argument. I know quite a few Mexicans and many of them are good, decent, hard-working people. If I were in their shoes I would want to come here too. But there needs to be some control and order to it. America cannot continue to be the world's welfare state."
~D
posted by D at 11:33 PM
3 Comments:
D,
Nice post, but what should be done? Do you support amnesty? And if you don't, how feasible would it be to round up the estimated 8-12 million illegal immigrants in this country right now?
I support amnesty out of practicality. Plus, a mass round up is politically unlikely.
However, once amnesty is granted, our government HAS to discourage future illegal immigration. How would this be done? By simply enforcing the laws already on the books. Passing more bills creating new laws will do nothing, but this is probably, and unfortunately, what we have to look forward to.
Chew on this:
-In 2004, only three employers in the entire country were fined for hiring illegals. THREE!*
-Less than 4% of the US southern border is fenced.*
-There are fewer than 2000 border patrol agents on duty at any given time.*
(*Source: Center for Immigration Studies)
Businesses must use the national databases which already exist, mind you, to make sure workers are here legally. The IRS needs to stop accepting bogus social security numbers. State governments should deny aliens driver licenses, bank accounts and in-state college tuition. And of course, the southern border should be fortified with more fencing and agents.
If our government makes America less hospitable to illegal immigrants, many will decide to return home and many more will be discouraged to enter this country illegally. The laws are there but the enforcement isn't. Period.
mc
CNN's Lou Dobbs has been harping on the illegal immigrant issue for quite some time. This 1 May 2006 article is dead on:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/01/dobbs.immigrantprotests/index.html
mc
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