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Originally Posted by sonny
one word that answers all of this protest bullshit.
ILLEGAL.
you want to be here? get your ass here legally and learn the language.
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Sounds like an ignorant statement. The beauty of this country is that is is SUPPOSED to have open arms, and has been a nation of immigrants since before we were even a nation.
The problem is the government has made it nearly impossible for many of these people to actually come into this country and/or stay LEGALLY like every single one of our ancestors have had the privilage to do.
America was not intended to be some elitist country club where only the rich and highly educated can move to, yet thats exactly what it has been turned into. It has turned into a country of the priviledged few and not the ''give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" that reads on the Statue of Liberty.
The sad fact is that the average american simply doesnt know whats involved in being here legally, myself included up until recently.
I am not saying these people should be given a free ride, or that they should be given all of the same government benefits that an american born citizen has access to. They should at least have the option to come to this country just like our own immigrant ancestors did.
Nice little skit on the issue, too...
http://home.earthlink.net/~nicadlw/statue.html