Posted on 10/25/2001 2:52:11 PM PDT by FresnoDA
The "deport them all" proposal is similar to saying, "would you spend $2 trillion on my pet program to save 1 life?" Obviously not, because you can save the same number of lives for a much lower cost with money spent elsewhere. Likewise, we can prevent terrorist attacks more easily by enacting other solutions that are less costly and more efficient than deporting all resident aliens. For those that say, "but this is war", that's no excuse to do stupid things. Unless the main goal is to do things like, "unify the country" by giving Americans a sense of, "we're all in this together to deport non-citizens", it's not the most efficient means of staving off terrorism.
What kind of thinking is this?
I'm quite sure that none of these people were here 50, 80, or 100 years ago, and we had a fine country then.
ALL ILLEGALS OUT OF THE USA NOW!
Exactly right, needs repeating. All illegals out of the USA now!
Not necessarily. The bar is lowered for citizenship, however, for immigrants married to U.S. citizens. The waiting period of residency for an immigrant married to a citizen is 3 years (going through that now).
I have no problem with the US government dealing with and deporting illegal aliens. If someone can't handle the legal method of coming to the US, then round them up and ship them home.
What I have taken issue with is the fanatical, reactionary call in this thread to deport ALL aliens -- legal and illegal. This would unnecessarily break up families here in the States only to appease some xenophobic bigots on the far right of the political spectrum. Although, there is no worry. President Bush is a tolerant and diversity-respecting man, and would ignore reactionary calls for families to be broken up here in the States. I'm glad I voted for him.
It just shows me that some so-called "conservatives" talk up a good game on "family values", but then let their xenophobic backwater fears of people of different accents and skin colours take priorities.
... or design your company's e-commerce system, or handle your company's accounting to ensure compliance with GAAP, or manage your production line? It's the current ultra-right-wing trend to blame immigrants, legal and illegal, for everything and to imply that they are not valuable. But I know many every day who serve vital corporate functions and have trained me, a native US citizen, to do better in my job. My wife is a legal alien and is her company's chief accountant.
How soon we forget that we just had 6000 people murdered, all of whom met a violent death. I say deport every single Mid Easterner that is not a citizen. Every single one. And to be fair, deport every single illegal alien. It should have been done years ago. Enough is enough.
That's not what the reactionary who started this thread is saying. Mr FresnoDA is telling us that we should deport ALL immigrants, legal and illegal, to satisfy his xenophobic, backwater, and childish wants.
We should target illegal immigration, and double check student visas. But don't punish innocent and legal citizens who love this country merely to satisfy the childish wants of some ultra-right-wing reactionary who hates people of different accents and skin colors.
We have millions of criminal illegal aliens in our country. Should we just look the other way? How many millions more do we take in until it chokes us off? Would 20 million more be enough for you? How about 65 million more? How many millions more would be enough for you? Enough is enough.
... or design your company's e-commerce system, or handle your company's accounting to ensure compliance with GAAP, or manage your production line? It's the current ultra-right-wing trend to blame immigrants, legal and illegal, for everything and to imply that they are not valuable. But I know many every day who serve vital corporate functions and have trained me, a native US citizen, to do better in my job. My wife is a legal alien and is her company's chief accountant.
How soon we forget that we just had 6000 people murdered, all of whom met a violent death. I say deport every single Mid Easterner that is not a citizen. Every single one. And to be fair, deport every single illegal alien. It should have been done years ago. Enough is enough.
That's not what the reactionary who started this thread is saying. Mr FresnoDA is telling us that we should deport ALL immigrants, legal and illegal, to satisfy his xenophobic, backwater, and childish wants.
We should target illegal immigration, and double check student visas. But don't punish innocent and legal citizens who love this country merely to satisfy the childish wants of some ultra-right-wing reactionary who hates people of different accents and skin colors.
Nothing at all. FresnoDA and some other so-called "conservatives" are having a "redneck moment". He'll either grow up or wise up soon enough. Thank goodness he's not a Presidential advisor.
One of these days, you'll grow up or wise up .. or both, hopefully.
Legal peaceful immigrants like my wife are not this country's problem. She's a helluva lot more patriotic than you.
With such a bass-ackwards, intolerant mentality like yours, I'm surprised you don't wear a white hood and burn crosses.
DITTO !!
DITTO !!
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