I am in agreement with the general public that there is no definitive answer to our immigration issues. What I can't seem to grasp is how anyone in this country can be "anti" immigration. Unless of course you are a Native-American you are either an immigrant or a decendant of immigrants, yes even you Mr. George W. So why can't we create a system in which our friends from the South have the opportunity to legally work themselves into citizenship of the country they are helping. In case you didnt notice they are helping us. Mexican immigrants support our economy especially in areas such as agriculture and construction where there is a need for hardworking manual laborers. I hope that the protests yesterday proved this.
Why hasn't anyone taken note of the fact that our government justifies spending a billion dollars a day on the war in Iraq to "promote democracy" and in essence help Iraqi citizens and at the same time our government wants to spend billions more to fight a war against illegal immigrants? Illegal immigrants who come here for opportunity and in turn give back to our economy. What has any Iraqi citizen done to deserve the "support" of our government? Of course those of us who are the least bit educated on the issue know the real reasons for the war but someone needs to call the Bush administration out on their hypocritical propaganda. How can our Government be so blatantly hypocritical and get away with it? Because America is full of feeble minded morons who eat spoonfulls of shit the Government serves us. Especially the growing anti-immigration groups who are using the immigration debate to spread racism and hate.
I saw on the news today that a group of rednecks in Arizona and Texas is taking the immigration issue into their own hands. They call themselves border guardians and have begun patrolling the border and even started erecting barbedwire fences to keep immigrants from crossing over (if only the American Indians had been as active). Their methods are fueled by racism, hate and just plain ignorance. The group's website connects illegal-immigration to communism (quite a leap of ignorance I'd say) and to protest this they "burn[ed] the flags of several Communist nations and deface[ed] the flag of Mexico". That sounds more like an act of hate than an approach to a solution. I respect any intelligent arguments about the immigration issue but have zero tolerance for ignorant people and groups such as this one.
Posted by nicole at May 2, 2006 11:14 AM
Nicole I will give you 1 dollar if you let me deport you. hehe
It is a serious issue, and something has to be done, I just don't know how to fairly deal with the situation, while also dealing with the hardships legal immagrants went through to gain citicenship. I do think some of the actions of anti-immagration groups is completely stupid and out of control.
(I just learned i can't use google spell check in comments damn it).
Posted by: Dan at May 3, 2006 06:21 PMyou misspelled immigrant and Dan
Posted by: nicole at May 4, 2006 07:09 AMFew people are "anti-immigration." Most Americans favor adequate border controls, which do not exist at present around the richest nation in the world. And the U.S. indeed does have a system for foreigners to legally enter and eventually become citizens of the U.S. However, due to so many people wanting to move to the U.S. due to its great economic opportunities, there are restrictions, and logically so. They are reasonable restrictions, but everybody does not qualify to move to the U.S.
Do you think, for instance, that everybody who walks up to the front door of Microsoft saying, "Let me in. I want to work for you," gets a welcome and a job? Of course not. One must meet requirements.
Same to enter the U.S. Or it should be. Alas, it is not, which leads to the current mess.
Posted by: Michael at May 6, 2006 08:52 AMInteresting view but last time I checked Microsoft is a private corporation. And even in the most capitalist ideals America most certainly is not a private corporation and should not be treated as such.
I am not suggesting we open our arms and borders and invite every foreigner in for a love fest. What I am saying is that we make it easier for those hardworking immigrants (namely Mexican immigrants)to gain citizenship. Yes, I said easier! They come here and contribute to our economy with their hard work and Americans are refusing to recognize it.
As it stands some of the requirements make it difficult and sometimes impossible for them to gain citizenship. Some of those requirements are that they speak english, know every American President's name, and answer various other questions about American history that most Americans dont have the answers to. I'm sick of America trying to white wash the fucking world. Lets stop being so afraid of culture and diversity already.
Posted by: Nicole at May 6, 2006 10:05 AMNicole,
I agree with you it should be easier especially if they have a job, because right there shows that they are contributing to our society. So i agree with that, and knowing stupid stuff like all the presidents is lame. I do think they should know English though, if they come to our country for better advantages, they are basically completely left outside of our society if they can't communicate with the majority of the population. More importantly it causes problems with education, health care, voting/participating in our politics, and safety.
If you can speak with a police officer, or they can't understand you, that can really cause problems. We can't expect everyone in the government to become bilingual. I think it is a fair requirement to become part of a society that does do a lot for their people, to be able to communicate with them. If the can't they really miss out on most of the better jobs and limit themselves to be treated unfairly as second class citizens.
Anyways just my 2 pesos.
Posted by: Dan at May 6, 2006 10:45 AM