There’s not quite the amount of local opposition that this article claims. That’s just the usual media BS.
Many Texans, like Bush and myself, do approve of some sort of plan for legalizing the illegal aliens already here but we want border control first and foremost. Despite the blusterings, I doubt there’s many people here on FR who, if faced between living in a Mexican dump or illegally going to America, would stay in Mexico. Talk about a country that needs a regime change.
Any plan for legalization would have to include requirements for integrating into American culture. My wife is Mexican by ancestry even though the most recent immigrant in her ancestry was one grandfather who came across the border when he was 2 months old. Yet my wife didn’t speak a word of English until she started public school. Her parents did her a real disservice. That’s very typical of the culture though — they want to maintain their own enclaves and not assimilate into American society. Hard work is admired but education is mostly ignored.
I do not understand this thinking! Its like saying its ok to steal if your poor {no matter if your poor because you like to drink and use drugs}.