Am I missing something?
03.29.06 (5:50 am) [edit]This illegal immigrant thing is actually starting to get to me. I have to say that I was impressed that half a million of them turned out to protest an attempt by Congress to actually enforce immigration laws, but I'm wondering why they turned out at all.
Indeed, if illegals are so damn hard-working, why did they take a couple of days off to protest? And if they're so damn patriotic, as we've often been told by the Left, why were they all waving Mexican flags? I mean, they left Mexico ostensibly because it is a real shithole. It would at least be considerate to wave an American flag. Patriotic US citizens are the ones paying their way through life.
The US is subsidizing the Mexican economy. Quite a few illegals come here and establish themselves quickly by signing up for our generous benefits and then sending the cash to families in Mexico. These illegals do not try and become Americans, because they simply just want to make money. They also decide to have children, making sure they'll stay in the US.
Long ago immigrants came here to work their ass off and become Americans. They didn't have some perverse pride in their homelands because their homelands failed them. They wanted to start anew. But the illegals come here and instead of being grateful for the country that gives them so much, ride around waving the flag of Mexico, home of one of the most corrupt and indifferent governments on the planet.
And, finally, don't ask Congress to really do anything about this. Republicans depend on illegals because they work for nothing and save their corporate handlers money, while Democrats depend on illegals because they pander to them and promise them every damn benefit under the sun. Literally, these Dems are right at the border with voter registration kiosks. It's pathetic.
Want to come to America and work? Do it the right way. Otherwise, you should be arrested and deported. You don't belong here.
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posted by: therealspartacus007 (reply)
post date: 03.29.06 (7:20 am)
The influx of Chinese and Irish immigrants is long over, but I still see them waving their flags around at their parades and celebrating their own holidays. I still even see British immigrants posting UK flags on their blogs intertwined with the US one.
If the INS was doing their job and processing people who deserve to be here instead of creating ridiculous loopholes that tear families apart, I'd be in favor of sending illegals back or charging them with a crime.
posted by: reducto (reply)
post date: 03.31.06 (5:32 am)
Um, there's a difference about being proud of your heritage and claiming part of the US as your own. Many many illegals, most of them perhaps, and especially many prominent Mexicans, believe that the southwestern US is theirs-- a sort of Palestine they have a right to. Many signs at this march proclaimed this idea, and that is why they carried the Mexican flag. It wasn't to celebrate themselves as Mexican-Americans or their heritage, it was to affront US citizens and their government.