Text 26636, 71 rader
Skriven 2007-01-31 15:26:01 av Gary Braswell (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 26612 av John Hull (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Wetbacks, the Border, solutions
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John Hull -> All wrote:
 JH> We have a huge problem in this country.  It is called "illegal
 JH> immigration."  There are an estimated 20-25 million illegals in this
 JH> country.  Too be sure, many if not most of them are decent people, but
 JH> they're still here under illegal circumstances.

 JH> There is a shadow economy that goes along with them.  They are paid
 JH> under the table, at less than regular wages that we would pay our own
 JH> people, yet there is no accountability for them.  Most pay no taxes
 JH> because they don't have legal Social Security documents.  At the same
 JH> time they utilize our school systems to educate their kids, our
 JH> hospitals for emergency medical care, they draw welfare checks in many
 JH> states.  They are a huge financial burden on this country at all levels.

 JH> Politically, they are activists in large part for the La Raza Movement,
 JH> which is nothing less than taking back the entire Southwest and So.
 JH> California as Mexican territory.  Large numbers of them are illegally
 JH> registered to vote, which dilutes and skews the votes of real American
 JH> citizens.

 JH> At one time, when we still had frontiers and room to spare, we welcomed
 JH> anyone who wanted to come here to make a new life for themselves and
 JH> their families.  But the frontiers are gone, the land is filled up, and
 JH> we can no longer allow indiscriminate immigration like the old days.  It
 JH> used to be that when somebody came here, they left their old way of life
 JH> behind and made an effort to assimilate and become Americans.  Now, they
 JH> congregate in ethnic enclaves and demand special treatment as minorities
 JH> because they refuse to learn English, and refuse to become citizens even
 JH> as they stand there, hands held out, while we pass out welfare and
 JH> healthcare and education that costs them nothing.

 JH> Many people take umbrage at my hard line on immmigration, and think I'm
 JH> heartless and cruel.  Well, maybe I am, but its only out of necessity.
 JH> The problem won't get solved by them because they don't have the guts to
 JH> stand up and do what is needed to stop it.  We don't have the right to
 JH> give away the rights and benefits that previous Americans fought and
 JH> died for because we feel sorry for some guy who had the bad luck to be
 JH> born in some other country.  We owe our future generations a country
 JH> that is at least as strong and free when we hand it over to them as it
 JH> was when WE got from our forefathers.  Allowing the current situation on
 JH> the borders to continue is selling their legacy down the river, and I
 JH> will do everything in my power to prevent that.

There is no need to shoot people just for trying to cross the border.

Obviously if they attack people or destroy private property that is another
matter.

While I support a wall and patrols, I do not support people being shot for just
crossing the border.

I will not have Americans gunning down unarmed illegal immigrants like the East
Germans did with people trying to leave.

There is so much that can be done that will work without going to that level
you seem so anxious to advance.

Your contempt for Mexicans is obvious. Your willingness to have them shot for
simply crossing our border is ominous.

Luckily, cooler heads will prevail.

-- 
"We are safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the
night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."- George Orwell

"For those dreams taken, here are a few nightmares."
Written on a bomb dropped on Tora Bora.

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