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The War on Snakeheads - The Mexican border isn't only front in the struggle with illegal immigration
Weekly Standard ^ | 04/19/2006 | James Thayer

Posted on 05/10/2006 8:40:16 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

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To: clawrence3

Nahhhh never happen. We are counting on you to keep us honest.


41 posted on 05/11/2006 5:04:35 AM PDT by stopem (To allow a bunch of third world country nationals to divide Americans is unconscionable!)
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To: stopem

LOL


42 posted on 05/11/2006 5:16:19 AM PDT by clawrence3
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To: TheLion

"I thought we had reached some sort of agreement with them on this?"

I missed that. A few percentage points on import tariffs would work wonders.


43 posted on 05/11/2006 5:37:02 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: antceecee

The American taxpayer pays all the costs of the American gov't. Yes, you and I pay the bills.


44 posted on 05/11/2006 5:42:12 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Immigration Control and Border Security -The jobs George W. Bush doesn't want to do.)
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To: dljordan

China has been trying to reduce its population for some time. The one child policy and forced abortions were meant to achieve zero population growth. I expect China will actually start loosing population at some point. They probably encourage emigration just like Mexico.


45 posted on 05/11/2006 5:50:18 AM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: dljordan
A case could be made for these Chinese being real political refugees.

I would like to know how much the illegal Chinese immigrants abuse the social welfare system in the US as opposed to the Latin illegals.

46 posted on 05/11/2006 6:15:38 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (¡Salga de los Estados Unidos de América, invasor!)
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To: B4Ranch

Pay whether we want to or not. Whether we agree or not.


47 posted on 05/11/2006 6:26:37 AM PDT by exhaustedmomma (Calling illegal alien an undocumented immigrant is like calling a burglar an uninvited house guest)
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To: Smartass

"There must be other solutions.

Yea, the easiest one that comes to mind is to just stay home.


48 posted on 05/11/2006 6:27:53 AM PDT by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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To: clawrence3
I've always thought a wall along ONE border would not solve illegal immigration.

It certainly takes care of 90+% of it.

As well, given the choices, would you rather have Mexicans with absolutely no pattern of blending with the existing American culture and most of whom believe that a good chunk of the US really belongs to Mexico, and who bring crime and other societal woes with them, or a handful of Chinese who've had absolutely no modern track record of any major social maladies?

49 posted on 05/11/2006 7:58:05 AM PDT by Fruitbat
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To: Paperdoll
What is "Homeland Security" doing about that? What did you say? Nothing? Aha!

Homeland Security has proven to be nothing more than another ruse to take our money and do with it things totally unrelated to actual homeland security.

It's big hurrah was supposed to be the coordination of all the security agenices. ROFLMAO

Sure! And the next time I see Swine Airways I'll remember that.

50 posted on 05/11/2006 8:01:16 AM PDT by Fruitbat
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To: antceecee
People who smuggle, employ and encourage this are trafficking in human misery. It's evil.

It is evil. Interesting how everywhere that Christianity has been eradicated or suppressed, the evils are at their worst, eh.

51 posted on 05/11/2006 8:02:31 AM PDT by Fruitbat
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To: clawrence3
Mexico is a much larger threat to the U.S. than China with nuclear weapons and a billion people

Immediately, it is. And the Chinese illegals are not bringing those nukes to America with them. Their government is not sending them, though it does not resent the money sent home. The Chinese illegals are not demanding Rights and are not demanding that we be sent "home." Chinese illegals do not tend to vote in American elections. Mexican illegals do.A point against the Chinese is that they do not assimilate in the large cities, though the ones in the smaller places seem to. I was quite surprised to discover how many Chinese, legal and illegal live in my own town. They are simply not visible. The Mexicans, probably about twice their numbers here, seem to be everywhere and many are obnoxious. The neighborhoods they inhabit have become as dangerous as the Projects. The Chinese are much more scattered and their neighbors mostly don't even realize they are just down the block. The Chinese in the schools insist on English. The Mexicans here seem indifferent to education.The Chinese revere it.

52 posted on 05/11/2006 9:42:32 AM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them OVER THERE than here.)
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To: Fruitbat


And the jobs that have been created in the past six years have mostly been government jobs. :o(


53 posted on 05/11/2006 10:52:45 AM PDT by Paperdoll (On the cutting edge)
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To: Paperdoll

Not sure whether you are being facetious, but I'm sure many of them were.

Your point?

Help me out here, I'm failing to see the connection between your response and any of my earlier posts unless I'm missing something.

Always good to quote what you are referring to.


54 posted on 05/11/2006 1:12:25 PM PDT by Fruitbat
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To: Fruitbat

I believe I stated my point fairly succinctly in post #11.
I don't see where we are in disagreement, or are you just in the mood for an argument? I am not.


55 posted on 05/11/2006 1:24:02 PM PDT by Paperdoll (On the cutting edge)
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To: clawrence3; TheLion; NewRomeTacitus; Reagan Man; DumpsterDiver; kcvl; TigersEye; Gelato; ...
RE: "I've always thought a wall along ONE border would not solve illegal immigration."

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC)


56 posted on 05/11/2006 2:38:57 PM PDT by Seadog Bytes (OPM - The Liberal 'solution' to every societal problem. (Other People's Money))
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To: Seadog Bytes
"RE: "I've always thought a wall along ONE border would not solve illegal immigration." "

A single or double wall along our Southern borders won't solve the problem. A wall[s] can be climbed, destroyed, tunneled under, on and on. But walls in certain accessible areas, backed with humans and what ever else will work, will help secure our borders. However, as one FReeper stated, it should also include tamper proof SS cards. But there we go thinking logical again. I'm unconvinced, that our benevolent elected officials ever want to honestly fix the problem.

57 posted on 05/11/2006 2:56:52 PM PDT by Smartass (question)
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To: Paperdoll
Like I said, it would be courteous o include contexts when you respond to someone. Limited if nothing else.

Not looking to argue, but am looking to respond to you courteously.

58 posted on 05/11/2006 7:28:42 PM PDT by Fruitbat
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To: Seadog Bytes; Smartass
I think the single step Smarty is referring to may be the will to act for our self-preservation while withstanding the inevitable abuse the evil and ignorant will unleash.

I'm up for it.

59 posted on 05/11/2006 11:49:35 PM PDT by NewRomeTacitus
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