[gawd]

here's an idea: legalize them. turn them into enfranchised, tax-paying citizens instead of spreading this scare-mongering that borders on racism.

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"here's an idea: legalize them. turn them into enfranchised, tax-paying citizens instead of spreading this scare-mongering that borders on racism."

Gee. That might be a consideration, but the police where I work cant get them to stop stabbing each other long enough to ask them to fill out citizen papers.

HERE's A BETTER IDEA. Have them return to their country of origin and fill out the correct paperwork to begin with.

(By butting in line, they are in effect stomping on the face of all good and decent people who are trying to come here legally.

And make sure they are disease free, non criminals who really want to assimilate into American life instead of just taking advantage of our lenient legal system in order to get over.

[sfRummygirl]

You can't 'turn them' into people who care about America. When people don't want to assimilate, they won't do it.
That's what has happened....because of our open door policy. Before that, it would only be the people, from all countries, who truly wanted to be American.
I live just a few blocks away from a mostly hispanic neighborhood in California. The ilegals who don't want to assimilate don't fly the american flag, they fly the mexican one...or whichever latin country they come from.
I have been told by some people in this neighborhood, that they refuse to teach their kids english, and they absolutely will not lose their culture at home, or GIVE IN to the white culture.