Most of our ancestors were immigrants. I believe that there are reasons for work visas and the naturalization process. I think a lot of what is going on right now is just a way for the very rich to justify having a slave class in this country who are not treated in the same way that even the most poor Americans are treated.
How convenient, to justify illegal immigrants in an election year, when many upper level politicians have housekeepers, nannies and gardeners who are illegal and might be a "problem" during their runs. It's happened before.
What more can they do? Naturalize, naturally. Our borders shouldn't be so transparent that we have no security or control whatsoever.
I think we already have a slave class in this country. I am sure it varies from reigion to reigion, but many of the undocumented workers im my part of the country are migrant farmworkers, living in desperate situations and doing work no one else wants to do, and without this cheap labor pool, our economy would collapse.
The point is that they are here illegally. It is not the fault of people who came here legally, got work visas and applied for citizenship.
It could also be argued that the "US Drop" pregnancies are undermining the economy, illegal aliens who come here to have their children because they will be US Citizens by default. Economically that can be disastrous.
Maybe it is the system that relies on slave labor that should be looked at, not the concept of legalizing something that needs to be restricted. These people would never have been able to enter most other countries the way they did and stay there without work visas. They need work visas so that the employers are responsible for them and their welfare, not just to restrict them.
Since when were they ever told they couldn't be citizens? They just don't go about it the legal way.
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Date: 2006-04-11 06:05 am (UTC)Most of our ancestors were immigrants. I believe that there are reasons for work visas and the naturalization process. I think a lot of what is going on right now is just a way for the very rich to justify having a slave class in this country who are not treated in the same way that even the most poor Americans are treated.
How convenient, to justify illegal immigrants in an election year, when many upper level politicians have housekeepers, nannies and gardeners who are illegal and might be a "problem" during their runs. It's happened before.
What more can they do? Naturalize, naturally. Our borders shouldn't be so transparent that we have no security or control whatsoever.
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Date: 2006-04-11 03:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-11 06:00 pm (UTC)It could also be argued that the "US Drop" pregnancies are undermining the economy, illegal aliens who come here to have their children because they will be US Citizens by default. Economically that can be disastrous.
Maybe it is the system that relies on slave labor that should be looked at, not the concept of legalizing something that needs to be restricted. These people would never have been able to enter most other countries the way they did and stay there without work visas. They need work visas so that the employers are responsible for them and their welfare, not just to restrict them.
Since when were they ever told they couldn't be citizens? They just don't go about it the legal way.