And now for something a bit more incendiary...
Immigration. Specifically, the plan to make illegal immigration a felony. How the hell can anyone say no to that?
Is it so unreasonable to demand that a few simple procedures are followed? Is it unreasonable to make sure that our Government know who is moving in to the country? Certainly, in this day and age, this sort of knowledge is a necessity.
Somehow, though, those that want to see people follow the rules are now being painted as racists and oppressors. This is libel. There is nothing racist about this entire immigration debate. Nobody, at least nobody with ant credibility, is asking that immigration stop. The only thing that anyone is asking for here is and end to illigal immigration. How is is this view racist? How is it oppressive?
A better question would be: 'who has a stake in seeing the unfettered continuation of illigal immigration, but who would be harmed by lawful immigration?' Answer that question and you will quickly find out what is behind all this controversy. Thousands of protestors espoused just that postion this week: they seem to want to be able to come and go from this country like people caome and go from neighboring towns... oh, and collect benefits here. Some of them have called all opposition to this practice 'racism'.
Meantime, I support the plan to make illegal immigration a felony. My ancestors worked very hard to come here, they worked hard to naturalize. I work hard to keep this place safe. You better believe that I want anyone willing to exploit this nation punished severely. Is that xenophobia? Is that racist or oppressive? No, it isn't.
Is it so unreasonable to demand that a few simple procedures are followed? Is it unreasonable to make sure that our Government know who is moving in to the country? Certainly, in this day and age, this sort of knowledge is a necessity.
Somehow, though, those that want to see people follow the rules are now being painted as racists and oppressors. This is libel. There is nothing racist about this entire immigration debate. Nobody, at least nobody with ant credibility, is asking that immigration stop. The only thing that anyone is asking for here is and end to illigal immigration. How is is this view racist? How is it oppressive?
A better question would be: 'who has a stake in seeing the unfettered continuation of illigal immigration, but who would be harmed by lawful immigration?' Answer that question and you will quickly find out what is behind all this controversy. Thousands of protestors espoused just that postion this week: they seem to want to be able to come and go from this country like people caome and go from neighboring towns... oh, and collect benefits here. Some of them have called all opposition to this practice 'racism'.
Meantime, I support the plan to make illegal immigration a felony. My ancestors worked very hard to come here, they worked hard to naturalize. I work hard to keep this place safe. You better believe that I want anyone willing to exploit this nation punished severely. Is that xenophobia? Is that racist or oppressive? No, it isn't.
posted by Charlie Foxtrot at 22:09
Noone and Nothing Forgotten...
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So, who do you think is going to perform all of the low-wage crappy service industry jobs in this country if we make illegal immigrants felons? I can assure you that the vast majority of US citizens are not interested in cleaning a motel room or a fast food bathroom. And if you want to make the illegal aliens felons, then you can just expect to pay nearly twice as much what you're paying now for your goods and services in the U.S. You're not thinking about overall economic impact.
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