They? Who are they?
We all know you are talking about Mexican immigrants, so let me correct you, if I may, by way of some experience.
The overwhelming majority of Mexican immigrants I meet insist on learning and speaking English, and several have told me so explicitly, politely stating that they'd prefer that than speaking to me in Spanish.
Those I have worked with demostrated unfailing aptitude for any task given them, and a creditable work ethic.
All were unswervingly devoted to their families. Most were far better at attendance than any of the white men I worked with.
In short they possessed in admirable fashion the makings of great citizens, ones I would be proud to call fellow Americans. Incidentall, if allowed to vote, "they" would vote largely republican.
Your remarks are woefully misinformed. They certainly don't jive with my experience, and frankly I trust the veracity of that far more.
Unless your ancestors came over on the Mayflower, and perhaps even if they did, someone, somewhere, called them "underclass," too.
You strike me as an out and out bigot and your sentiments are a scourge to conservatism.
Thanks for the anecdotal “evidence.”
The hard, cold statistics belie your “warm, fuzzy feelings” towards these illegal invaders.
Yes, these teeming hordes of illegal aliens (and it was only to THEM that I was referring - not to Hispanics per se... how presumptuous of you to assume that I meant any particular ethnicity!) will definitely prove a GREAT asset to our country.
FYI: I am myself not a citizen of my country of residence. But I AM a legal resident.
Further, I have no doubt that many of my ancestors belonged to an “underclass.”
Meanwhile, your shrill accusations of bigotry fall on deaf ears.