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In other words, this is not a race issue.

prejudice comes in all forms. 100 years ago popular opinion was against Italian and Irish immigration. Today it's against Mexicans.

Again, you're ignoring the facts and the law. The Irish and the Italians were legal; they had a right to be here. The Mexicans are illegals; they have no right to be here. Thus, opposing Mexicans' presence here is not a prejudice, but a rational, morally and legally justified position.

Incoming!

Again, you're ignoring the facts and the law. The Irish and the Italians were legal; they had a right to be here. The Mexicans are illegals; they have no right to be here. Thus, opposing Mexicans' presence here is not a prejudice, but a rational, morally and legally justified position.

why was it OK to take in unlimited quantities of Irish and Italians 100 years ago, but heavily restrict Mexicans today. After all, most Irish immigrants back then were poorer and more illiterate than a lot of the mexicans. what is your rationale and the moral justification? just because it's the law don't make it the right thing to do. remember, slavery was legal once too.

"Thus, opposing Mexicans' presence here is not a prejudice, but a rational, morally and legally justified position."

I wonder if there is a way to get the moderators to understand this. Perhaps then my personally written threads on illegal immigration wouldn't be automatically assigned to the Smokey Backroom then.

Changing Our Country,Can You Change America? Part 2, and Can You Help America?

Again, you're ignoring the facts and the law. The Irish and the Italians were legal; they had a right to be here. The Mexicans are illegals; they have no right to be here. Thus, opposing Mexicans' presence here is not a prejudice, but a rational, morally and legally justified position.

Amen! This single issue is the main reason I am so disenchanted with President Bush. He has been so great for our country in other areas, why can't he "get" the fact that illegals - of ALL stripes - are a major concern of many voters.
My wife is a L&D Nurse, and at least once a day she relates some story about a patient who came in via an ambulance (paid for by the taxpayer), to the ER (paid for by the taxpayer), to have an emergency C-Section (paid for by the taxpayer), only to have the baby, a new US citizen end up in a neonatal intensive care unit at about $100K+ (paid for by the taxpayer) because the illegal didn't have any prenatal care. Last week it was an illegal with twins that fit this exact profile - the estimated bill (paid for by the taxpayer) will be in excess of $500K for the entire process. And what just frosts her butt if whenever she goes over the admission paperwork with the illegal she gets a little smile when she asks about her social security number.

Now the really bad part is that even though this would be the ideal place to have INS come in a catch the illegal and her 20+ relatives (all illegal) no hospital allows it, nor would the Feds respond to it.....