I admit it seems like a low standard to meet, but when you think that 100 years prior, they were SLAVES - not so bad really.
You really are a jerk, troll.
Without going into unemployment, abortion, unwed parent, drug abuse, drop-out, etc. statistics, your analogy is disturbing, too, since after a horrifying 4 year civil war and nearly a hundred fifty years of strife that group of Americans remains to be fully assimilated into our society.
The Mexicans are walking right in and selling themselves to the lowest bidder. After amnesty, they'll be marching and protesting for higher wages. Count on it..
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