April 26, 2006
More On Illegal Aliens
With the May 1st boycott of schools and businesses in support of illegal immigrants in America looming, there are a lot of hot tempers around.
Here's a sample from comments left right here on this site (copied and pasted exactly):
tHE BOYCOTT WILL GO ON AND I PLAN TO PARTCIPATE. I AM A MEXICAN AMERICAN AND I WILL STAND BEHIND MY PEOPLE 100 PERCENT!!!!!!!!!
Notice Carmen says she is a Mexican-American, and stands behind her people.
I find it interesting that she doesn't consider herself an American. But then again, I don't know if she's her legally or not. If she is here legally, her comment is even more disturbing than if she isn't.
Remeber if you are not a native o America you are also an inmigran in some way, I am also an inmigrant like every single one of you.
Milt ignores an important point: Except for a few extreme wackos, the beef most Americans have with this whole "movement" is that these are people who have snuck over our border in violation of our immigration laws, and then they have the audacity to demand rights that are not theirs. We are not anti-immigrant, we are anti-illegal immigrant. This is a crucial difference the rabid pro-illegal crowd is determined to ignore.
Of course we are all of immigrant stock of some kind. (There are theories that even American Indians came over either on a Bering Strait land bridge or possibly by boat -- albeit thousands of years ago.) For anyone to claim otherwise is ludicrous.
However, since 1875, when the Supreme Court of the United States decreed that the regulation of immigration was the responsibility of the federal government, there have been laws to uphold. Not all of those laws over the years have been something to be proud about, but that's why we have legislators who can improve upon outdated ideas.
The point is, we have legislation making illegal for anyone to just waltz over the border without proper documentation/permission. And, if you want to become a citizen, there is a process for that as well. My ancestors did it. And since they did it legally, and I was born here, then I'm a native. Sorry, but there's no two ways about that one.
Oh, and here's a lulu of a comment:
I think the boycott will help all Americans see how much we are needed by them. How can they say we steal jobs when were doing jobs they dont want to do. I don't see them digging holes in streets, or cutting yards..
Why would we dig holes or cut yards when we know we'll be passed over for such work because there are illegals willing to do it for less? Americans love a bargain. By the way, I have no respect for those who deliberately hire illegal aliens on the cheap. Not only are they saying to the illegals, "You aren't worth paying what an American would expect," but they're saying to everyone else, "We're above such petty concerns as checking for green cards or visas. As people with money and oversized egos, we are above the law."
Illegal aliens cost us more than they supposedly save us. For example, hospitals in and around the border area are closing because they can no longer aborb the cost of treating illegals who cannot pay. School budgets are bursting at the seams, paying to educate children whose parents do not contribute to said school budget. And so on and so on.
I'd like to close my rant with the following question. I hope someone can answer it for me:
Why is it that the same people who are screaming that we shouldn't outsource jobs overseas because it's taking employment away from Americans seem to think it's okay for illegal aliens to come over and take jobs away from Americans who would do them -- if the pay scale was not being artificially lowered by greedy employers and illegals who are willing to do just about anything for pennies?
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More: Debbie at Right Truth notes that high gas prices are eclipsing the illegal alien stories in the news. Does the MSM have ADHD?
**This was a production of The Coalition Against Illegal Immigration (CAII). If you would like to participate, please go to the above link to learn more. Afterwards, email the coalition and let me know at what level you would like to participate.
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theres a big misconception about why people come here. immigrants don’t leave their families and risk death crossing multiple boarders by land and sea because they want to come do menial jobs in the US. many don’t even come with the idea of staying. people risk their lives and take the degradation once here because they’re desperate. take a look at the situations that have driven people here. the irish came because of famine the russian because of communism. today it is no different, the countries people immigrate from are in turmoil… for many waiting four years for a visa isn’t an option. when they decide to risk their lives and leave their homes it is an act of desperation. if the US truly wants the influx of immigrants and the amount of people that come and stay to diminish, the US needs to stop nourishing violence and turning a blind eye to exploitation. better conditions in the homelands of the immigrants would mean less immigrants. Content people don’t pick up and leave.
