Ayup... They are up in arms about the idea that the US will start to enforce its immigration laws... that's exactly it. Heck, it was only a few months ago that we were hearing about proposals to give drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. The people responsible for the proposal had apparently not thought it through. But yeah, generally speaking, people who've immigrated from Mexico to the US don't particularly care that the immigration laws exist, until someone suggests tightening enforcement of them. I suspect it's a largely cultural thing. The same way that a Mexican builder is liable to consider a very specific part number (including price and spec) in an architectural diagram a mere "suggestion", I suspect they think of laws as being merely "suggestions" about what the government thinks a person ought to do, as opposed to a literal demand.
> From this source: > http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/200603 > 25/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_82 > "Congress is considering bills that would make it a felony > to be > illegally in the United States, impose new penalties on > employers who > hire illegal immigrants and erect fences along one-third > of the > U.S.-Mexican border. The proposals have angered many > Hispanics, a key > voting bloc both parties are courting." > Ok.... so I must be crazy, but I don't see how a racial > group could > get mad at this. These changes will only impact people who > illegally > try to enter America, or bosses who hire illegal > immigrants. It won't > do ANYTHING to legal immigrants. The only thing is impact > criminals. > Are there seriously hispanics out there who thinks this is > bad? I > mean, shoot, if you want to losen immigration laws, ok, I > can see that > even if I don't agree with it. But everything listed above > only has an > impact on people breaking the law. How can you get upset > with that? > How can you view that as an "attack" on your people? > Shoot - this would be like Italians getting mad at tougher > ant-mafia > laws. Not to say that illegal immigrants are as bad as the > mafia, but > shoot, they are breaking the law. You may not like the > law, but you > can't deny they are breaking it. > I'm still not convinced we need such cheap labor, or that > Americans > wont do it. If you can't find people to do dirty work, > here is a crazy > idea - pay more. > -- > ray > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201564 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
