There are both pros and cons regarding individuals that cross our boarders illegal. I think the overwhelming majority of illegal aliens in our country are filling a demand for cheap labor in the USA agricultural economy, as well as other areas in our economy. Without this pool of cheap labor, all American are likely to pay higher prices for goods and services, especially food products, as legal workers fill the void and are paid, at least, a minimum wages.
On the con side of the equation, many people are threatened by an increasing Hispanic population that exerts greater and greater influence economically, culturally, ethnically, and politically. I think in particular the GOP is threatened by the illegal alien, because when they become legal or have naturalized children by birth within the USA, they traditionally vote Democratic. The Republican "sell" that illegal aliens pose a national security threat may be a scare tactic to lead the American people into supporting a fence along our southern border with Mexico, to support the deportation of millions of alien workers. and to support legislation that would detour aliens from seek to become American citizens within the legal immigration system. It seem the American people would be better severed if a solution to illegal immigration was approached humanitarianly, rather than from a position of fear/hate based on a terrorism. Regards, LelandJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Leland wrote: > > >> We are all humans, very much alike both emotionally and physically. >> > > If this is true, and I believe it is, why is it some groups of people look to > other groups of people to solve their problems. It would appear to be > culture, not that one group of people are better than others, but that some > cultures work better than others, wouldn't you say? > > Which then brings up the 'virtue' of 'multi-culturalism', which seeks to > inject aspects of less operational cultures into others to gain what could be > called a free ride. People who want to come to the US legally are more than > welcome, but they need to remember they are coming to a place not their own > and they have no right to expect everyone to adjust to their liking. If they > like the old culture better, that is where they should stay. If they want to > come to become part of the existing culture... come on in! > > This is not to say they should all emulate WASPs. Tonight I had an enjoyable > evening in a Mexican restaurant... good food and good music. The only downer > was a waitress who did not understand enough English to even take the food > order. Gimme a break! If I were in Mexico, I would expect to have to deal > at least some in Spanish, but not in Richmond VA! I go to Indian restaurants > and they speak better English than I do. > > It is good to have a sense of place. When I was in Holland a few years ago, > there was a distinctly Dutch culture, likewise when I was in Bermuda, the > English culture and Mexico the Mexican culture. Everyone thinks this is OK. > However when I ask to have a distinctly American culture, I am called a > closed minded bigot by those too foolish to recognize that this American > culture came to be over many years and has pulled elements from many cultures. > > It is interesting that people who are most likely to believe in 'natural > selection' are the ones least likely to want to see it in action and seek all > sorts of artificial protections for failing segments of society. > > -- > Larry Miller > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/mixed > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > message/rfc822 > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
