I have just a few minutes of lunch left, so I'm taking them to blog about my thoughts on what has become an even more controversial issue of late. It's just after 2pm now, and the marchers outside have finally quieted down a little - they've been out there for a good 2 hours or so, and have been very loud. Along with them have been all sorts of police sirens, helicopters, and God knows what else. Now, my whole understanding of this is that all of the illegal immigrants in the country basically want blanket amnesty and want to become legalized. I do realize it's not that black and white, but how is that fair, or right?
Both sets of grandparents immigrated to this country in 1955 - my parents were each a year old, and my dad actually learned to walk on the boat - and they did it the right way, despite the fact that they had been through getting kicked out of their homeland after WWII, and in the case of my Rill Oma & Ota, were forced to go to work camps in Russia. They got jobs, paid taxes, learned how to speak the language, and eventually became citizens. While they still celebrate their German heritage, something that I think is very important in this melting pot we call the USA, they are American.
I really don't think it's right that people come here illegally, never learn the language, and expect to stay without becoming legal. I realize they're coming from some pretty dire situations, but how many of the hundreds of thousands who've come from all over the world are coming from similar situations and doing it the right way?
Please feel free to weigh in, or add info that I'm missing...
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I feel the same way. It irks me too because there are people all over the world suffering as much as they do and they don't have the convenience of a large land mass abutting ours. I am all for America being the land of opportunity, but you have to follow the rules.
Yeah, I might be pretty heartless but I say out with the illegal immigrants too. What irks me about them more than anything is the fact that they boycott the government’s following of our laws (trying to out them in this case) and expect that they can stay here illegally and take advantage of all the wonderful things the US has to offer with no penalty (paying taxes). Meanwhile, I see my tax dollars going to fund the things they enjoy from parks to welfare. If they want to stay great- learn English, get a SSN, and a W2. (I could go on and on about how I think that people living in the US should learn and USE English too, but that would take too much time and no one’s probably interested in my political ramblings anyway…)
Though, if you're still reading, i'll continue by saying that I DO appreciate the fact that these folks do jobs that other, stuck-up, “I’m too good for that kind of work”, low-life American’s won’t do(ie field work, factory jobs, etc.) which leads into a whole other debate of outsourcing American jobs to other countries (in many cases I feel like we already are outsourcing American jobs to the illegal immigrants… but right in our own country!).
I'll write more by request and quit boring the rest of you here...
I'll keep it simple and say I agree 100% with what you've said.
I agree. A felony is a felony. You shouldn't change a law because people "American's" won't do the work. I think what irks me the most is when they say 'American's' I feel like they are really saying "white people". Maybe it is just my white self, but I can't help but subtitute the phrase.
Does anyone really think making a new law with a new program (guest worker passes or not) is really going to stop border jumping? Try again...
Justin, I don't think passing a new law will stop border jumping, and here's an interesting twist to that...
One of the men in my new office lived in southern Arizona for a time and said he'd watch the border jumpers come in. Aparently, many companies paid the [insert the name of the people who help illegals cross illegally] to bring illegals over here.
Here's another interesting piece of trivia: Mexico's main source of income is from immigrants sending money back to family there. I can't confirm the source on that one, but I'd believe it.
I've heard that SAME thing Viki! Our realtor was telling us that there was a large Hispanic community right next to ours and that many of them work here for several years and send the money home and then they can retire!
Oh, and to reiterate what Karen said....damn it, I forked out 2K this year in taxes! I want to be an immigrant so I don't have to pay any! (Oh how terrible what that!??!?)
HI! I'm an old friend of the boys and was told to drop in and see the blogs once in a while. I saw this one today and had to write.
I was caught in the middle of the protests a couple of weeks ago when trying to drive through downtown Ft. Worth taking care of some business. Listening to them just got to me. My mother's family also imigrated here from various parts of Europe, and they all became legal citizens themselves. This country is so desireable to live in because of our rules. And to keep it that way we ALL have to follow them.
maybe the lesson we need to learn is to save all our money and then move as one unit of family and friends to cabo san lucas and live on the beach together for the remainder of our lives.
i want a maid.
:)
Dood, that's a good idea! The good life!
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