I voted yes, give them amnesty, grandfather them in, then build a wall across the border, and stop all illegal immigration.
Not to keep out Mexicans per say, but to stop a terrorist from coming in from Mexico.
If I was JOE TERRORIST, I'd cruise into Mexico, then hike across into texas with my suitcase nuke, then make my way to Average American city. I really don't see why we have to wait for this to happen to close the border, why can't we build the wall now, just make it happen, then have it over and done with?
"Man is a marvelous curiosity ... he thinks he is the Creator's pet ... he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea." Mark Twain
It's comments like these that shows much of the anti-immigrant backlash is tinged with racism. What's often interesting is how accepted immigrant groups have no problem making defamatory statements about other immigrant groups.
But I've always questioned the apparent hypocrisy of the whole situation...
It's a given that yes, the upside down flag is about protest, but it's amazing the number of people complaining about the Mexican flag flying with the U.S. flag citing, it's a flag of another country, or in the case of the Confederacy, a nonexistent one.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby
The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.
- Gordon Parks
HECK said this in post #3 : Are we talking exempt from punishment or being allowed to stay in the U.S.? Because as of now, illegal aliens are punished, they are simply deported.
The current legislation being proposed would make it a felony to come into the country illegaly.
-HECK!
If I am not mistaken, I think it is has always been a felony.
"Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those who say this are witless." ~Ayatollah Khomeini
03-29-2006 07:19 PM
