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AZ Minutemen: Lawn Chair Militia Flop | 20 comments (20 topical)
Re: AZ Minutemen: Lawn Chair Militia Flop (none / 0) (#11)
by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 08, 2005 at 12:30:14 PM EST
We can all agree, illegal immigration is bad for everyone except the unscrupulous businesses that profit off their cheap labor. This status quo cannot be maintained. Immigrants die every day from starvation, or are assaulted by border thugs and gangs that specifically prey on immigrants. The real question is why there is such a problem with illegal immigration today. A hundred years ago, and immigration was encouraged. They flowed into our major cities and helped build this country into what it is today. Hardly any of us Americans can trace our ancestors back to the first European settlers, let alone the original native inhabitants. We're all the descendants of immigrants. And outside of nativist and racist groups like the KKK and the Know-Nothing Party, people generally didn't have a problem with immigration. It's only within the past 30 years that this general consensus against "illegal aliens" has become so widespread. Even legal immigration is now discouraged. What happened? Did we just run out of space? Were the quotas reduced drastically? Did people just get tired of "them illegal aliens taking our jobs" (of course, if they were legalized and paid the same amount as Americans, we wouldn't have that problem!) The minutemen are right, the status quo cannot be maintained. Something needs to change. "Sealing the border" is laughable. The only real option is to encourage legal immmigration and assimilation into society.

AZ Minutemen: Lawn Chair Militia Flop | 20 comments (20 topical)

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