Cesar Chavez kept UFW members at the border to beat any illegal coming in.
Gotta love the utter stupidity of Nancy Pelosi comparing illegals to Moses being taken in by the Pharaoh.
The Pharaoh was a dictator and when Moses grew up, he took his people and fled.
So now these lawbreakers are being compared to slaves?
Please. The use of the word “immigrant” is being used to emotionally manipulate, when the facts are widely different between then and now.
I never understand the liberals on immigration.
Because we have a history as a nation of immigrants, then that means that we have to have unfettered illegal immigration? That means that we have to grant residency, and all sorts of government benefits, to anyone, from anywhere in the world, under all circumstances?????
Why does that make sense?
At one time, immigrants helped build this country, settled the frontier, worked in industries which grew after the industrial revolution.
We don’t need massive numbers of immigrants to build this country or work in our business and industry. Yet to the liberals, we should still allow unlimited immigration. Even though times have changed, liberals want us to think it’s still 1890 or 1900.
I wonder what the opinion of professors such as this author would be, if illegal aliens were coming in to work in his job field, and resulted in curbs to his job potential and earnings, due to his having to compete with immigrants, legal or otherwise, for his work.
So why, in previous generations, did immigrants choose America?
Was it for our generous welfare system? No, we had no government welfare programs.
Was it to overcome an American system which they regarded as evil with sheer numbers of immigrants? No, before the Marxist indoctrination of the third world our system was held up as the success to be emulated.
So it was for the opportunity to join us, contribute, become an American and create a better life for themselves and their families!
So why is the current wave of law despisers coming to America?
Because they have been told that America is vile vile, capitalist country which has stolen the world’s wealth and they hope to loot America.
My family came here and wanted to speak English, be Americans and did not take financial support because there was none.
Some were sent back because of health issues, others because of crimes.
Those coming today, and I experience this because of a large Illegal immigrant population here, bring their abandoned country and all the worst attitudes with them. They refuse to speak English. They refuse to cooperate. They leech and expect others to give. They openly scorn America and Americans.
If our government sees fit to erase our borders, there is no country. If there is no country, there are no laws. If there are no laws I won’t be bothered to obey.
There cannot be two or many systems of laws ready to be broken because of political expediency.
If many are not under the laws, e.g. Wall Street and the illegals just a few of those exempt, what incentive other than fear which, one can overcome, is there to obey?
Nothing.
the professor/author needs to put his address in the article so theses new immigrants know where to stay....
People came because it was new, vacant and ready for settling.
We've gone from shacks to skyscrapers.
We were inventive and creative.
Many never became citizens (including my grandmas). Many never spoke English. But they did have something in common....ethics and the willingness to work.
The new illegals....if their intentions were good, they'd wait in line like our old time immigrants.
When they raise the wrong flag....they don’t belong here.
We haven't forgotten our Immigrant past; we just don't appreciate a government run invasion. I am also sick of being expected to assimilate to the culture of those who are being imported to my Country! There's something fundamentally wrong with going to a public place in South Florida and the English language is barely spoken.
Yep.
Have a nice weekend, 2DV
All of my immigrant ancestors played by the rules and entered the country legally.
um..
the difference is this continent was once basically empty, and we could gladly accept whoever wanted to come here to help tame and fill it.
NOW we are bursting at the seams! we are running out of water, our infrastructure is stressed to the max, we can’t build or expand our roads or power plants fast enough to deal with the people we already have here!
Basically... we are FULL! no vacancy!
go some where else!
I emailed the author( his email is at end of article) using many of the salient points in here and especially explaining what a Legal immigrant was and is
Of course it won’t change his mind
but I am so tried of this crap
that somehow we are haters if we don’t want thousands poring in who will force us to borrow more and more
A journalism “professor”. What the hell would this clown know about anything? And once again, I am NOT a “nation of immigrants”. That drivel is nothing but sicko commie crap. I am a Native American without the high cheekbones. I was born here. My father, grandfather and great grandfather were all born here. I can’t go back any further than that because I don’t know who they were or where they were born. I am pretty sure though that they were born here. KMA “prof”!
Old Professor Frank is a little out of date. We used to be able to take in a lot of unskilled people because we could give them forty acres of land to build their dreams on. We don’t have that anymore.
There are seven billion sad stories in this world. I don’t have the money to pay for every sad story a Democrat hears. They need to toughen up.
Prof. Frank is behind the curve. The new term is no longer “immigrant,” now it’s “refugee.” That’s what the Obama spin machine is moving toward - designate the illegals as “refugees” from poverty and violence.
Soon that’s the only term you’re going to hear from the White House and the talking heads.
They seem to miss the fact that our nation once had a frontier that needed to be populated and a growing industry that could absorb semi-literate, semi- and unskilled labor in huge quantities.
This simply doesn’t exist any more. We NEEDED immigrants once. We don’t need them now.