[alicewonders]

Here we go! Everyone is going to label us as racists now. It's a strategy that brings politicians and everyone else to their knees every time. No one wants to be called a racist.

In fact, it has nothing to do with race, it's about not breaking the law.

The powers-that-be are licking their wounds from this last loss & they are still determined to advance their agenda. We may have won a battle, but we've still got a whole war to fight.

[MizSterious]

You are right. It has NOTHING (zilch, nada, zero) to do with race. I don’t care if they’re Mexican, Honduran, British, Irish, or Martian. It has EVERYTHING to do with LAW. What part of “illegal” don’t they understand?

[Duffboy]

As an Anti-Illegal Alien supporter I have been called every
name in the book, that is, every name except one, American!
Yes, I am a proud American who resents the wholesale invasion of my country by unwashed, illiterate aliens who take and take our hard-earned tax dollars in free services and give me the middle finger when we speak up against them.
God, how I dream of the day when a real leader emerges, takes charge and kicks every last one of them out!

[AmericanExceptionalist]

Here we go! Everyone is going to label us as racists now.

Precisely. A "surge of xenophobia unseen since the last big wave of immigration"; "hate groups"; "'nativist extremist' organizations fighting illegal immigration"...and on and on.

Translation: Everyone who opposes illegal--repeat, illegal--immigration is motivated by evil sentiments.

The author of this Star-Telegram article, Dave Montgomery, is pulling out all the big guns here. The usual ones.

[CitizenUSA]

alicewonders wrote: “In fact, it has nothing to do with race, it’s about not breaking the law.”

Although law is an important aspect, I believe culture is another factor.

See, I don’t want America to turn into Mexico or some other Latin American country. I also wouldn’t want it to turn into Germany, or China, or any other foreign country.

Legal immigration is great, but if the law is the only reason why you don’t want foreigners to immigrate here, the law is easily changed.

In my opinion, legal immigration is great only so long as those who come here adopt the majority culture and do not try to change it to match their home country.

When large numbers of immigrants, legal or otherwise, come here from a single or few countries without assimilating, we are threatening the very culture that made America great and provided the opportunities the immigrants themselves seek.

[junta]

They never really define “racist” in exact terms.

[Dante3]

It is absurd to bring race into it. For years, I have tried to point out the brutality and danger of giving a pass to the Russian Mafia, most of whom probably are blond and blue eyed.

Calling us who oppose criminals bigots and racists is ridiculous. It helps to make these labels increasingly meaningless.