Why do some people on here try to make?

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this into a "race" issue?? It really doesn't have ANYTHING to do with a persons "race", color or nationality. It has to do with BREAKING our laws, overburdening the welfare and medical system, and taking benefits they are not entitled to. I, for one, would feel the SAME way about any foreigners coming to this country illegally and doing these things!!! What are your thoughts???

mendi8 I don't recall EVER calling illegals( or anyone else) "dirty".
But, after being called all kinds of nasty names by you and others, i will admit that i did say some things that i am sorry for. At least i AM trying to do better!!! Are YOU???

Answer 1

I totally agree. My family immigrated (legally) to this country years ago. They busted their humps working any job they could find. They helped build the beautiful (or what once was) city we live in. They would never ever think of going on welfare, breaking the law or taking advantage of any of the other systems which are offered to them. They were farmers who worked hard before they immigrated and appreciate what our country was able to offer them... a better life. It did not come easy. They were spit on, ridiculed, taken advantage of, beat up and down... nothing was "handed" to them, nor would they "take" it if it was. I despise what I see nowadays... and despise the people who are taking advantage of the system who do nothing but complain. Don't play the race card crap with me. The way I look at it is if you are in our country illegally then you should have your *** kicked out. If you break the law in this country then you should pay the price and have your *** kicked out. I'm sure there are many law abiding and hardworking people who would do anything to come here for a better life. We should stop wasting our time on the deadbeats and work on making this a beautiful and better place to live again. Be appreciative of what we have and don't take it for granted. Just my opinion.

Answer 2

Look lets talk civilized. I respect your point of view now let me give you my view. This immigration is not a race issue but is turned into by those who oppose it. There was a person that said immigration in the past isn't illegal immmigration yet it is. People founded this country based on people who wanted to better themselves because in their country that opportunity wasn't an option. Ellis Island wasn't est. until about mid or late 1800's so what do you call the people that came before they ever registered there? This issue is turned into a race issue because people against it seem to think its good to comeout racial slurs and be disrespectful. In your case you have admitted you'vesaid things you're sorry for but you've infuriated some because people have insulted you. i'm saying all this because you've said it yourself. Now you said it has nothing to do with nationality and it does. Because people migrating aren't from here. How can you say its not about nationality. People break laws all the time. These people aren't like im going to america to party they come here to bettewr themselves. We have millions of sexual predators in our streets that continue harming innocent and defendless children and all they get is a couple of months at most in jail and they are free. These people are not doing that. Well at least most aren't. There are criminals everywhere. You are talking about upholding our laws and with deporting these people the country is not going to be any better. Look i honestly don't know how old you are but to me it seems as if you don't know. They don't take any benefits or welfare anybody can go on welfare. What special priviliges are they getting that you are not? None . What you need to do girl to not get bash is not to talk nonsense.

Answer 3

It's not about race that's just another example of how extreme the issue has become. Mainly we just want people who are here illegally out of the country and we could careless what race you are. I just don't think the illegals have helped their cause any by all the protests with Mexico flags and demanding things they are not entitled to. The Mexicans have made it a race issue with all this brown pride and the land deal is how race became an issue.

Answer 4

People are intolerant of opposing views; the race card is used by both sides for lack of a better argument; aggressive approaches never work and brings the worst out in people. The interrogater should have a consciousness of the probable results to a loaded question. It's also a semantics game when the issue of lawbreaking gets placed on the table and there is no way out.

People really need to stick to the issues and quit the name calling. Immigration reform is such an emotional issue for many; we need to work at getting our Congress on the right track. It is after all their one BIG drawback, among many others.

Answer 5

The race card is over played. When one side says I am against illegal immigrants, someone has to respond back with why do you hate Mexicans. I agree with Sashie, this is about upholding our laws. I am for legal immigration. Legal immigrants deserve any form of amnesty before an Illegal immigrant does. Legal immigrants are screened and do not have to put up with any form of inhumane treatment like illegal immigrants do. If they just came here legally there would be no slave wage jobs available and Americans can get the jobs, health care benefits that they so rightly deserve.

Answer 6

If we are really honest, we must admit that racial barriers have always existed. In my field of real estate, no one with a real estate license can discriminate and we learn to work and be tolerant of all nationalities without judgment. We learn discipline in a sort of respecting manner or we don't get to use that license.

In this forum the issue is a very emotional with many complexities; there will be very few willing to accept our differences, whether it is ethnicity or political preference. My stand for anti-illegals does not include bashing those people who likewise oppose me.

Maybe we should all have our moral license taken away when we are disrespectful to others. I live in a city full of illegals, but who am I to blame them? Our Congress needs to get off their butts and represent this great nation and maybe then our social services won't be damned.

Answer 7

To those of you who continue to perpetuate the silliness of "Americans are the illegals" In order to somehow justify the criminality of illegals,

GET OVER IT

May be YOU should go back and study history...all over the planet....and see how that immigration thing works. Countries are settled and overtaken repeatedly.

What we are doing is insuring our nation is not overtaken by you...illegals are not interested in peaceful blending...they are interested in the retaking of parts of our country that they want.

Bottom line, if we ran America the way Mexico and others are run, NO WAY would you want to come here...we would also be overrun with the same corruption and these countries enjoy.

So to come here and think you are getting the American Dream and turning it into Mexico...NO....you'll just ruin what we have built and create another third world nation.

As for racist, another silly argument........

Answer 8

Race is the politics of nature. If you believe that the Mestizo invaders aren't interested in changing the racial makeup of America, then you're being foolish. They have every desire to turn the U.S. into a brown nation. The "legalities" of the situation have no bearing on their agenda. You'd better wake up and realize that if this invasion from Mexico isn't stopped soon, there will be an all-out race war in America.

Answer 9

"ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS YELL LA MIGRA AND SEE WHO TAKES OFF RUNNING

YEAH THAT COMMENT FROM YOUR MOUTH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE AND YOU DONT PLAY THE RACE CARD




so all people who are here illegally know Spanish




YOU ARE A LIAR


fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me






you are a closet racist




YOU WANT PEOPLE TO AGREE





if they don't you call them COWARDS OR IDIOT OR ILLEGAL





another thing people who are here illegally are not called illegals





THAT IS THERE STATUS NOT WHO THEY ARE






you will always be the same because you cant teach a dog new tricks





LAST BUT NOT LEAST YOU ARE NO ONE TO CALL SOME ONE A COWARD WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION




you are a hypocrite when you make that statement




I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU AND ANY ONE WHO IS IN YOUR LIFE

Answer 10

To be honest, the race card is thrown around here on both sides of the equation. I think it has to do with the way people ask their questions. I tend to insult if insulted. I stand for pro-amnesty because in my business it is the immigrant who has the work ethic, and all the race cards pulled will never change my view. We provide an immigration attorney to make them legal, and we bring them in legally via the Labor Department, pending their approved visas. This has been ongoing in California for years. That it is out of hand, it is. But insulting eachother in this forum accomplishes nothing but hatred, which is quite prevalent here.