I consider myself liberal on social issues and conservative as far as the economy goes. As much as I want to help the poor, starving and homeless of Mexico, illegal immigration hurts our citizens at the same time, so why should I side with people of another nation before my fellow citizens????
And to everyone who says we need to change immigration laws, I agree completely. But right now, the ship is sinking. We should plug the hole before trying to figure out what to do with all the flood water. Stop the flow of illegal aliens now, and change the laws after.
And for the Mexicans who want to pull a huge street rally in the middle of a working day....
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Originally Posted by loganmule
Evidentally, we can all take Monday off, due to the plans of pro-immigration Latino activists to shut down all the major U.S. cities. Here's an excerpt from the full article at this link:
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...id=&cap=&sz=13
"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pro-immigration activists say a national boycott and marches planned for May 1 will flood U.S. streets with millions of Latinos to demand amnesty for illegal immigrants and shake the ground under Congress as it debates reform.
Such a massive turnout could make for the largest protests since the civil rights era of the 1960s, though not all Latinos -- nor their leaders -- were comfortable with such militancy, fearing a backlash in Middle America.
"There will be 2 to 3 million people hitting the streets in Los Angeles alone. We're going to close down Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Tucson, Phoenix, Fresno," said Jorge Rodriguez, a union official who helped organize earlier rallies credited with rattling Congress as it debates the issue."
I like to think of myself as a reasonable guy, but this offends me. It takes mega cahones of the arrogant variety to demand amnesty without consequence for illegals. |
...I wonder how many of these will be illegals??? It would be a great opportunity to send a few million of them back to Mexico! Too bad the National Guard is too busy digging up WMDs in Iraq. Or breaking that link between Al-Qaeda and Sadaam. Or installing a "role model" democracy in the Middle East...
See, I really am a liberal.