And of course native born Americans never committ any crimes.
All ethnic groups have their human scum, but you would rather focus on the ethnicity rather than the brutal crimes they committ.
Oh, the "everyone is doing it" argument.
Are you in fourth grade?
And of course native born Americans never committ any crimes.
All ethnic groups have their human scum, but you would rather focus on the ethnicity rather than the brutal crimes they committ.
I almost hate to interrupt your diatribes, since you do such a wonderful job of making a fool of yourself.
Of course all ethnic groups have "human scum." However, when you have unfettered, uncontrolled waves of people coming across the borders, you have no way of knowing just who it is coming in. A good example would be the Mariel boatlift. Roughly 10% of those who came here were criminals and the mentally ill. These are the sorts of people who should be kept out of the country. As should terrorists. But if you don't find out who's coming in, you can't protect yourself from them, or keep them out.
There are some simple facts that can be pointed out... Illegal aliens accounted for 17.5% of all crimes prosecuted in federal courts, whereas they are less than 6% of the adult population. From 1980 to 1999, the number of illegal aliens in federal and state prisons grew from 9,000 to 68,000. Today, criminal aliens account for about 30% of the inmates in federal prisons and 15-25% in many local jails. In 2003, the ICE Detention and Removal Office in Los Angeles had the manpower to process only 10-12% of the estimated 40,000 illegal aliens who passed through the county jail (24% of the total of 170,000). Over 35,000 were released back into the community. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office says there are over 300 murder warrants outstanding in L.A. County for illegal aliens who have fled to Mexico. They estimate there are 800 to 1,000 such warrants statewide in California and possibly 3,000 nationwide.
Now, maybe they're just committing crimes that americans don't want to commit, but illegal aliens ARE being incarcerated at rates that far exceed their percentage of the population.
Mark
Dane, you're the only one focused on ethnicity and race. The original poster said nothing about race. He specifically spoke of illegal aliens. Why do you continue to inject false allegations of ethnic "animus" (or whatever bullcrap word you're using anymore) when anyone complains about illegal aliens? Why don't you do something constructive to contribute to the debate instead of running around Free Republic throwing the race card out in every other post you make? You spend half your time attacking conservatives and calling the racists. The other half of your time you spend making false accusations and smears against rock solid Conservative Republican Tom Tancredo who has earned a 100% Best and Brightest rating from the American Conservative Union.
Who's side are you on?