What will be the consequences of the racism embodied in the “illegalization” of human beings?

Question

By shifting their focus to the border, the right wing can use rhetoric about the “war on terror” to silence any opposition to further militarization--on the grounds that this is necessary “to secure our borders.” Evoking the phantom terrorist threat has become the standard practice to silence a discussion of what is actually happening.

The CIS data you cited is well known to be right wing propaganda. It is completely hogwash.
read this article for the facts on that -http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1452

The here are some more reliable and valid statistics to examine - http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/58.pdf

Eugene - it is SO obvious you are cutting and pasting all of your Espanol pedejo. Chinga a tu madre.

Answer 1

Its not gonna work this time. In Texas the were expecting 1500 Hispanic folks to show up for a rally. They got 500,000 or more. When they get legal and can vote, the changes will happen so fast the right wing hateful people will wonder what happened. I'm looking froward to it. We are a nation of immigrants or at least Grandchildren of Immigrants. How can we consider people criminals just for being here and working hard?

Answer 2

I think a lot to people are stuck on this idea that Mexicans that cross the boarder cause an impossible burden on the US. And there are only two options. A) Let them come. B) Deport them.

However there are other options. But with the polarization of Washington and the country as a whole for that fact, forces us all into one camp or the other. This is the most dangerous event in politics, because it stifles debate.

Back to the question at hand. I do believe that you make a very good point. Labeling people as "illegal" will only lead to stereotypes and then to racism.

The consequence may be further polarization of the US. If people in question gain the right to vote more changes will occur. Then some will feel the US is losing it's identity.

It's the culture of Fear we live in today.

Answer 3

Racism is more a matter of ignorance than colour. Unfortunately there are issues that get lumped into the category of “racism” erroneously. There are so many issues that divide human beings that “race” alone falls to a minor issue. Consider: religion, culture, nationality, ethnicity, political persuasion and economic status. All of these things serve as weapons in the arsenal of demagogues who attain and maintain power on the basis of social balkanisation. Blindness wouldn’t end that.

Answer 4

Hey Mang! Racism is NOT the issue. It never has been.

Los inmigrantes mexicanos ilegales [are thought of as] son criminales.

¿Cuál es la definición de terrorismo?

The Oxford English Dictionary defines terrorism as "a policy intended to strike with terror those against whom it is adopted; the employment of methods of intimidation; the fact of terrorising or condition of being terrorised."

Webster's New International Dictionary defines terrorism as the "act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; specif.: a The system of the Reign of Terror. b A mode of governing, or of opposing government, by intimidation. c Any policy of intimidation.

The definition of the term in the Oxford Concise Dictionary of Politics (2nd edition) begins:
Term with no agreement amongst government or academic analysts, but almost invariably used in a pejorative sense, most frequently to describe life-threatening actions perpetrated by politically motivated self-appointed sub-state groups.
Look up terrorism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.The American Heritage Dictionary defines terrorism as "The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons."

Do you see any similarity in illegal Mexican immigrant behavior and the above definitions? Sí. Lea con cuidado.

Answer 5

Human beings are not being illegalized; human beings are committing acts defined as illegal when they do not follow the proper immigration channels by a nation of racially/culturally diverse and generous people who have immigration policies that allow tens/hundreds of thousands of people from across the world to move here annually and that simply think they should have the ability to create and enforce laws in their home nation which help regulate their economy, provide for the safety of its citizenry, etc. I wouldn't classify myself as "right-wing"(I'm liberal on some things, conservative on others and middle of the road often), just someone who thinks (like I believe most Americans do) Americans should have the right/ability to regulate who and how many people should be allowed to immigrate here- as other nations also do including the nation(s) where these immigrants are coming from. As for being considered racist, I have no problem with one's ethnic/cultural background and have had friends throughout the years with people from various countries/cultures including Mexico; I also continually encourage Americans to visit Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean and enjoy exploring foreign cultures and lands (I always make sure to follow their laws and learn their customs). Other nations have long secured/militarized their borders to prevent illegal entry and I find it odd that only in the US-which is probably the most open and racially diverse country anywhere- is the "race card" played to deflect the issue of "illegal" immigration- the only reason I can see why is because we actually allow the racism issue to even be considered because we are so much more racially sensitive/accepting and culturally diverse than most other countries. I also find it odd, seeing how racially/culturally diverse and accepting the US is, how securing our borders would be considered racially motivated. As for the "right wing" using the war on terror as an excuse to create racially motivated policies against the mostly Hispanic illegal population currently in the US, it was the leader of the "right wing"- President George Bush- who recently proposed a quite simple/liberal path for the current illegal immigrants to gain legal status here. Despite the opposition from most Americans (from varying cultures/ethnicities), I see politicians from both parties trying to gain favor with the Latino community by, almost, catering to the "rights" of the largely Hispanic illegal population because Americans have heard for years that soon Latinos will make up the largest ethnic demographic in the US and both parties want to gain favor with this potentially huge voting bloc for the future. As for securing/militarizing the borders do you honestly feel that we should just allow everyone/anyone free and open entry into our country with no questions asked? How else DO we protect the American people from foreign terrorists and enemies (if the recent news from Canada is any indication we need to do even more to secure both borders)? Anyway, I'm sure you probably disagree with most everything I've said but I'm just felt like giving you my opinions.

Answer 6

You are confusing terminology. Racism and being for enforcement of laws you believe serve an important purpose are two different things.

However, if you will dismiss other points of view and statistics as 'right wing hogwash', there isn't really much point in discussing it.

Answer 7

Hi, I think you are very knowledgable on this subject but do you think its right to put a racist spin in the forefront of laws that were enacted to protect this country? Laws that we the people voted for by electing officials such as senators, congressman, judges etc. Protection not just from terrorist but possibly from overcrowding and other points of view? I think you might be the person I'm looking for to answer my question an hour ago about how is this Amnesty program supposed to work in a positive way for Americans? Please click my name and answer it. I'm trying to be open-minded as I'm sure many of us are. Thanks

Answer 8

Eventually Latinos will be the majority. I just hope we don't turn the USA into Mexico. Lets get rid of our manana attitude. All of this started with trying to make illegals felons. Why not enforce the laws we have on hiring of illegals. Globalization. NWO.

Answer 9

I think it would be fair to say in the coming day of La Reconquista that the current bill in Congress will breed hatred.

Why not? Because it will mean that everybody's a citizen for our limited resources and can't take care of ourselves now, because no one will be a citizen.

I used to be an American. Now I am nobody.

Answer 10

I never knew inforcing our laws was rasist. Strange how rasism is thrown around to stop discussion from oopisition. The people are not illegal, their act of sneaking across the border is.