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Re: Newsbits: CA Recall
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 15 Aug 2003 19:50:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Costello wrote:
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Reality is what it is, the immigration process is not cheap or easy, I have
many friends and relatives who have gone through it, and are currently going
through it. I am all for making it cheaper and easier, but not abolishing it.
The other reality is that the majority of people illegally in the country
here in California are from Mexico, and they are poor. Middle class Mexican
immigrants tend to obey the laws. I would argue that a system where poor
people have to risk their lives to come to a country where they do hard
menial labor for horrible wages is racist and exploitive. There needs to be a
better way.
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Well-said. This country was built on immigration--I’m second-generation
American myself. Legal immigration should be cheap, if not easy (we value
dearly what we acquired dearly).
Immigration should be for the purpose of becoming an American citizen, with all
the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, not getting on the dole.
Otherwise they’re just squatters. How can someone be a good citizen when their
first act in the country is to set foot within it illegally, and contribute
nothing while only taking?
There’s also obviously a need for hard-working people willing to do manual
labor, as demonstrated by supply and demand. It’s our responsibility to allow
them to immigrate without risking their lives, and our responsibility to ensure
that they are treated as citizens as long as they accept their responsibility
back to our country.
Best regards,
Carl
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| (...) Sure, over 100 years ago, before a war was fought and the area was in essence sold to the US. (...) I feared when I made my post that I would be called a racist, however as a grandchild of immigrants who followed legal chanels to become (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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