Even if abortion was illegalized, I suspect DeLay would find another reason why we need illegal immigrants. It’s just too convenient for the rich and corrupt. People pouring into the country who are willing to work the dispensable lowest wage jobs because they’re twice as good as the average job back home? What a bargain for America!
People come up with weak ideas that are sensationally supported (the Wall, militarization of the border) and thus quickly rejected. The influence of culture, apparently, as far as preventing illegal immigration is concerned, hasn’t been thought of yet. I don’t take the politicians as fools-they know what they’re doing; they support illegal immigration because aliens are easily exploitable and good for fattening accounts, but they also want the common American public to have the illusion that they support the traditional American community: an English speaking, law abiding, and predominately white healthy middle-class.
It’s a sham and a loosing one because it runs counter to the supporting infrastructure.
Canada: do you know the statistics for illegal immigration from our northern neighbors?
About “We’re all immigrants”: this argument basically asserts the geo-centric attitude that because we all moved from one place to another, we all have a right to any land. However there’s a difference between moving to an already established community and taking advantage of its systems, and building the initial infrastructure of a community. An established community has the right to deny outsiders entry as much as you have the right to deny entry into your house. If it’s the house of your ancestors, or even, as stands in most cases today, made possible by the infrastructure built by your ancestors, you have the same right.
“America” is more than the borders of 50 states. It’s more than a geographical location. It’s a living entity that adapts and changes, gets sick and gets well, evolves to better suit its environment, like all nations. Things will NOT just stay the same. I think that’s what most people don’t really get-don’t really let sink in. It’s the people, not the laws, not the economy, not the education that makes the nation. If the people change, the laws, the economy, the culture change with it. Where will the current illegal immigrant types go when the US is just like Mexico? In the long-term they’re working toward their own disadvantage. But then, capitalism is always nearsighted.
People come up with weak ideas that are sensationally supported (the Wall, militarization of the border) and thus quickly rejected. The influence of culture, apparently, as far as preventing illegal immigration is concerned, hasn’t been thought of yet. I don’t take the politicians as fools-they know what they’re doing; they support illegal immigration because aliens are easily exploitable and good for fattening accounts, but they also want the common American public to have the illusion that they support the traditional American community: an English speaking, law abiding, and predominately white healthy middle-class.
It’s a sham and a loosing one because it runs counter to the supporting infrastructure.
Canada: do you know the statistics for illegal immigration from our northern neighbors?
About “We’re all immigrants”: this argument basically asserts the geo-centric attitude that because we all moved from one place to another, we all have a right to any land. However there’s a difference between moving to an already established community and taking advantage of its systems, and building the initial infrastructure of a community. An established community has the right to deny outsiders entry as much as you have the right to deny entry into your house. If it’s the house of your ancestors, or even, as stands in most cases today, made possible by the infrastructure built by your ancestors, you have the same right.
“America” is more than the borders of 50 states. It’s more than a geographical location. It’s a living entity that adapts and changes, gets sick and gets well, evolves to better suit its environment, like all nations. Things will NOT just stay the same. I think that’s what most people don’t really get-don’t really let sink in. It’s the people, not the laws, not the economy, not the education that makes the nation. If the people change, the laws, the economy, the culture change with it. Where will the current illegal immigrant types go when the US is just like Mexico? In the long-term they’re working toward their own disadvantage. But then, capitalism is always nearsighted.
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