Does it take mind-reading to think that they are here (illegally) and not in their homelands (where, according to existing laws is where they belong) for a reason? Does it take mind-reading to assume that those reasons may just have to do with living conditions in their own lands? If they had it so good in their own lands, why would they risk coming to this country (Illegally), risk breaking the law for a job that (as we've heard ad nauseum) no American would want to do? It must be that what they are leaving is less desirable. That is merely deductive reasoning. Sorry if you can't see that (or the hyperbole in my remarks--everything okay?)
I do not begrudge them wanting a better life. I'd want the same for my family and my children. I do abhor their presence here, which is illegal, and their insistence that i somehow accomodate them as has been the case with other immigrants. The issue is, as it has always been, a legal issue. Immigrate legally, you are one of US. Do it illegally, you are Entrometidos--interlopers.
Give me a break!
Recent conversation with a Liberal friend (out of his mind). I opened with worry about illegals/closing hospitals/welfare/overwhelming the country/so many in prison, gangs, drugs/terrorist infiltration because we haven't secured our borders. He said, and I kid you not: "We're a nation of immigrants, we're all immigrants. Where's the compassion? If they were Irish or English, you wouldn't care." He's a devoted NPR listener, too. But you guessed that already. The one issue that shut him up was when I asked if it was okay for illegals to work for slave wages, that surely this was immoral and that they were in fact indentured servants. He had no reply.
Does it take mind-reading to think that they are here {illegally} and not in their homelands {where, according to existing laws is where they belong} for a reason? Does it take mind-reading to assume that those reasons may just have to do with living conditions in their own lands? If they had it so good in their own lands, why would they risk coming to this country {Illegally}, risk breaking the law for a job that {as we've heard ad nauseum}no American would want to do? It must be that what they are leaving is less desirable. That is merely deductive reasoning. Sorry if you can't see that {or hyperbole in my remarks--everything okay?}
Evidently, you subscribe to mind-reading quite well. However, I didn't hear any of this:
"{America, help us." Didn't hearit.
"Our own countries stink" Didn't hear
"They are rotten!" Didn't hear.
"They are full of lousy government!" Didn't hear.
"They are full of hopeless conditions!" Didn't hear.
"They are places with no futures!"Didn't hear.
"Our own countries don't have enough food to feed us, jobs to occupy us,l hospitals to take care of us, schools to educate us."Didn't hear any of this.
"They are cesspools reeking from wasted lives because those lives lack opportunity!" Didn't hear .
Help us America!Help us! Our own leaders, our own lands, our own homes are not worth trusting, are not waorth staying on, are not worth living in. Please help us".
I did not hear any of this. As a matter of fact, you might think about visiting Mexico as you don't know what you are talking about. I have lived on the border for the last 20 years and have never seen a starving Mexican. They like the USA because of all the freebies they get. They cross to have their babies here so they can get free health care and then go back home with WIC, FOOD STAMPS. They love American welfare. They pass by their own hospitals to come to American hospitals (FREE). Mexicans have always had a high drop-out rate in schools. Nothing new here.