I am from a small town in Washington State in which illegal immigrants are virtually unheard of. Everyone who grows up there stays there and the real world seems so far away that it really doesn't affect folks' lives all that much.
Then, I moved to Los Angeles.
What a shock to see such rampant (and ever-increasing) poverty! I was horrified to find out that large sections of the City of Angels now looks like a Third World Mexican slum. The nice areas are like islands in a vast sea of sludge in which only the very wealthy can afford to live.
I can't even begin to believe that George W. Bush, a man whom I thought would have such a strong backbone about illegal immigration, would try to pull a stunt like this on us. What an utter disappointment.
If he goes through with this, he has lost my respect, and my vote in 2004.
I can see where the future is heading for California. It is not hard to notice that the Hispanic population(countless numbers of whom are illegal) increased by over a million between 1990 and 2000 in Los Angeles County to become the majority. Now, this only counts the folks who participated in the census...there must be thousands upon thousands of others who are finding their way across the border and infesting our cities.
Please let me be clear that I support anyone of hispanic origin, or Mexican origin who is here legally. I welcome them and wish them luck in starting a new life for their families. I just don't want to see my city turned into a big version of Tijuana...it would just break my heart to watch Southern California turn into a vast Mexican ghetto. All the signs are there, and it is inevitable unless something is done.
I wrote my congresswoman and urge others to do so as well.
As Bush is justifying this amnesty by stating that families need to be together and not divided across a border, to that I say...let them reunite in Mexico. That's where they have citizenship and so that's where they belong.
News-Flash, you're too late to save any of SoCal from infestation. Just hope that we can stop it before Oregon/Washington get overrun. Then when Kali falls into the ocean problem solved.
Perhaps we should start up a NW border patrol. Hell, Kali/Texas/Arizona/New Mexico can't won't keep 'em out, somebodys got to.
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Your post reminds me of the South Park episode where all the Hollyweird people invaded the town for a film festival, but really just over-ran it and tried to destroy the town, because they were pi**ed they had to live in a SH**hole like LA and thought everyone should have to.
This is a very telling statement by Bush. In effect he is saying that there is no such thing as illegal immigration in his mind and that any Hispanic that illegally enters the U.S. has a right to stay here. How else can this be interpreted? By extension, Bush is also acknowledging that he as president will not order federal and state law enforcement to enforce our immigration laws...at least in a significant way. IMO, these are impeachable offenses against the country.
You are quite right. Indeed, in a real sense, your response shows more true respect for the Mexican people than does the Amnesty proposal, which is somewhat patronizing to Mexicans, even as it undermines Americans.
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