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To: wideawake
For all intents and purposes 95% of Mexicans who want to legitimately come to the US have no legal way of obtaining a visa, other than waiting indefinitely for a lottery.

Coming to America is a privelege, not a right. Let them wait in line like everyone else.

74 posted on 04/11/2008 12:46:13 PM PDT by E. Cartman (Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.)
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To: E. Cartman
Let them wait in line like everyone else.

It's not a line. It's a raffle. You can wait patiently your whole life and your number will never come up.

Instead of stupid quotas and "family reunification" it should be a clearcut process designed to encourage lots of young and productive people to come to the USA.

76 posted on 04/11/2008 12:52:15 PM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: E. Cartman

“Coming to America is a privelege, not a right. Let them wait in line like everyone else. “

In spite of his absurd overall proposals, wideawake is making one very valid point. 95% of those Mexicans (and many from all nations) will NEVER be able to come here legally because of the present 1 - 1.5 million cap on how many are allowed in under various programs. And that’s as it should be. The deliberate negligence of our politicians in DC has led to so little immigration law enforcement that some now act as if anyone who wants to come to the US and stay should be allowed to do so.

But unless we have open borders, 95% of those all over the world who’d like to come here will never be able to. The line (or number of places in that line) is pretty short in every nation, and only a fraction of those who get in line will ever get to the front of the line. Just reality.

So, the constant statements of “go home and get in line and come back legally” are empty statements. Only a fraction will ever be able to do that.

And that really seems to be bugging wideawake.


84 posted on 04/11/2008 1:04:44 PM PDT by Will88
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