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Submitted by Sidda (United States), Mar 29, 2006 at 17:41

Octavio, you are so right in your analysis. We the people are up against the more powerful interests of the globalists and open borders far left. You were right about the Wall Street Journal. They used to always have editorials about open borders, then after 9/11 they had to tone it down. But it is surely their position.

I was so frustrated this weekend as I sat watching the demonstration by the illegals on tv. They were demanding their rights and chanting, "Mexico, Mexico, Mexico." What rights?? You're in the country illegally--you broke the law!! Add to that all the Mexican flags flying and the t-shirts with Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Hugo Chavez. Granted, they were not in the majority, but they were there. And what's up with the freakin Mexican flag??

At the bottom of all this is our cowardly politicians. They KNEW we had a problem clear back in the 80's when Ronald Reagan gave amnesty to the illegals then. But, they did NOTHING to remedy the situation and it just continued to get worse. So, here we are. Half of the Republicans are in open revolt against Bush and his "guest worker" program. If that is seen as amnesty, I can just hear all the suitcases snapping shut south of the border. There will be no keeping them all out.

And you brought up an excellent point about the governments of the countries the people are fleeing not doing anything to improve their circumstances. The Mexican government WANTS to send all of their people here; this way they don't have to worry about them. We are their "safety valve." If we stopped this massive exodus from their country, maybe the people would get angry enough at their governments to demand reform. Also, many Mexicans come here and make their money and send it back to Mexico. So, the money is going to Mexico, not staying here.

Look, we are not anti-immigrant here. We want people to come, but we want it done in an orderly, legal fashion. If there are jobs here, and the Mexicans want to come to work, I think we should work out some kind of orderly system for them to do it. I am even willing to allow the people who are here to stay, provided they pay a fine and meet some other conditions to be set by our government, as long as they CONTROL THE BORDER, and stop the flow of more illegals. That position is not popular with conservatives (but I'm not a conservative!). Then we could deal with those people, and set a policy for future guest workers. But, nothing can work if they don't shut down the border. And I think our politicians are too cowardly to do the right thing.

Oh, and it would be good for the Mexican groups such as MECHA and LaRaza to stop preaching their Mexican separatist garbage. They think that the whole Southwest belongs to Mexico anyhow and it is the "reconquista." That isn't sitting well with us either. I hope someone can do something before the shotguns start coming out.

I try not to be pessimistic, but I don't have any reason to be overly optimistic either. We are up against some pretty power special interests. The only bright spot for us is that our immigration dilemma does not exacerbate the Islamist threat (except in the sense that chaos at the border increases our vulnerability to terrorism) as it does for Europe.
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inaccuracies [170 words]la chica k trabaja con gentes sin papelesMay 29, 2010 17:16173511
I agree [68 words]S. AnguilarAug 5, 2006 23:3351759
Differences between Europe and the USA [96 words]Octavio JohansonMar 26, 2006 11:1241409
Octavio - that is changing [827 words]SiddaMar 28, 2006 18:3741409
Sidda: that's a no-win situation [221 words]Octavio JohansonMar 29, 2006 01:4341409
More feedback for Sidda [134 words]Octavio JohansonMar 29, 2006 10:0041409
to Octavio [575 words]SiddaMar 29, 2006 17:4141409
I am not a conservative either! [504 words]Octavio JohansonMar 30, 2006 01:2841409
Conclusions [384 words]Octavio JohansonMar 30, 2006 03:0641409
immigration [77 words]bob graysonApr 12, 2006 00:0741409
Re: immigration [69 words]Octavio JohansonApr 12, 2006 08:0241409
Bob Grayson [211 words]Octavio JohansonMay 26, 2006 19:2041409
The I-word [71 words]Octavio JohansonMar 25, 2006 18:2541367
This is madness! [74 words]Wayne WagnerMar 20, 2006 15:4840826
Your readers and me [99 words]Octavio JohansonMar 20, 2006 01:5540757
I live in Spain [75 words]Octavio JohansonMar 20, 2006 05:3140757
Brother Octavio , Its hard to follow the rules sometimes !! [170 words]SinghDec 6, 2006 13:3240757
how to solve the Canary Island problem [278 words]MarkMar 20, 2006 00:3540755
Oh, Australia! [223 words]Octavio JohansonMar 20, 2006 04:4440755
I also live in Spain, further more I'm Spanish [98 words]Gonzalo MayordomoMar 26, 2006 11:3540755
Gonzalo [17 words]Octavio JohansonMar 27, 2006 03:5040755
Point 3 is no solution [231 words]Farid H.Apr 6, 2006 14:0940755
EU-camps not possible [85 words]MikeApr 28, 2006 06:5340755
Sorting the canary island problem [98 words]rienMay 13, 2006 09:0740755
Immigration is necessary for development but Muslim Immigrants are Threat to Europe [61 words]BillooDec 6, 2006 13:1040755
South Africa has the same problem [218 words]Josh SmithApr 13, 2007 23:2040755
1The problem of illegal migration [323 words]Mary ConnorDec 3, 2007 22:0940755
right [8 words]Einsten SpearsJan 11, 2009 22:5840755

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