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To: Ben Ficklin

"Likewise, that Mexico, Latin America, and other nations of the world force the US to allow their illegals into the country to work."

Er... Vicente Fox uses all the influence at his command (legal and illegal) to make sure the border stays open.

Although (using your defacto argument) in the end, it IS our politicians who FORCE us to allow illegals into the country to work by not closing the borders.


29 posted on 02/17/2006 6:36:51 AM PST by CowboyJay (Rough Riders! Tancredo '08)
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To: CowboyJay
Let me point out a few things to you.

According to the most recent data, 57% of the illegals come from Mexico, 27% from other Latin American countries, 10% from Asia, and the remainder from around the world. Because of this, your attempt make it a Mexico issue just doesn't fly.

The second thing that you are ignoring is that a very large number of the illegals in this country are visa overstays and didn't sneak across the border. A good example of this is those(including Mexicans) who entered on the H2A ag worker visa but went AWOL because they can make more money laying asphalt than they can picking peaches. A second example are muslims who entered under a student visa and went underground and joined a sleeper cell. A third example would be the young Irish men and women who enter under the H2B to be waitstaff and when the visa expires, they don't leave. Would it surprise you to know that the Irish and Mexican govts' position on US immigration policy is identical?

If the US is going to allow/solicit these illegals to exist in the US with a defacto legal status, why make them go thru an illegal process to get here?

These examples that you(and many others) use to try to say that Mexico and other Latin American countries are trying to promote illegal immigration is mis-info. Their position is, why make them risk their life from dying in the desert, drowning in the river, or being murdered by a coyote, if you are going to let them stay? Why make them pay a smuggler 5 grand to get them to Boston, if you are going to let them stay?

These are good questions and point to the fallacy of trying to expand enforcement on the border without reforming immigration policy.

33 posted on 02/17/2006 7:34:11 AM PST by Ben Ficklin
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