Can someone be against illegal immigration and not be a racist?

Question

I recently posted a question on illegal immigraton and more then half the answers were calling me a racist. Why is it in a land of free speech everyone is dubbed a racist just for asking a question?

Answer 1

These days rasicst means you don't agree with me. People are calling people of their own race (nationality) a racist if they don't like what they say.

When people ask what problems are you personally seeing as a result of illegal immigration.....depending on where you live, what the job market is, whether you have kids in school, etc. etc. The vast majority say it's problems specifically towards Mexicans , South Americans etc. Why? Sheer numbers. No one minded living next to a Mexican family who spoke English and who's kids played with yours and were good neighbors. It did matter when it was 2 and 3 families in one house, with 10 cars, a few chickens and drunken parties 24/7 with music blasting and people using your yard as their rest room and running extension cords from your house to lite the increasing numbers of blue tarps being put up to add more sleeping space for more people. Everytime you left something was stolen. They didn't speak English, were rude and really made life unbearable. Cops comming down your street all the time.....People started packing up and moving and before long it's a Mexican area. You eventually can't go anywhere where you hear English. They're pressing bi-lingual education while they are doing nothing to learn English. "Must speak Spanish" starts popping up all over. Crime skyrockets and you're barely safe in your own home. That's what people have experienced. That's how it started when I lived in Florida years ago. We were used to "temporary workers" or "guest workers" being around because we had fernieries there. They used to be very nice and they spoke English and their kids went to school and all were a part of our town. It CHANGED and a totally different type of Mexican people moved in. Drugs, gangs, guns, violence were skyrocketing. It turned into a nightmare. I could write a book on the process and experiences people have had. It was a VERY diverse town and they drove us ALL out. Black, white, asian, and even their own.

So in that instance.....the biggest drain, the biggest problem is a particular group. But I have never said just send the Mexicans back because we have other problems in different ways that affect us as well with other people from other parts of the world that are tied into this illegal immigration and security and laws and cheap labor and on down the line.

It could just as easily be millions and millions of Polish people doing the same thing that the Mexicans are doing and I would still feel just as strongly about it.

I live in a very diverse area. I'm sick and tired of trying to find someone who speaks English. We had Spanish signs everywhere and now we have some others popping up. I don't know what it is. Could be Arabic or Korean. Problem is.....I live in America and I'm quickly becomming a foreigner in my own country. We have a huge illegal problem here but it does include everyone. I don't care where you're from or what color you are. The Mexicans are the biggest group, they are the ones screaming the loudest and causing the biggest problem...so they get the most attention. It certainly doesn't mean I don't feel just as strongly about the others. Look at England. They are having the same exact problems we are and the Mexicans aren't invading there. It's illegal immigration, non enforcement of laws and non assimilation and loss of jobs and quality of life that are tearing these countries apart. Massive immigration, legal and especially illegal is not working. Australia is having the same problems. There's problems in Canada as well. Not as severe yet....but there's a town that has "no burkas allowed". So the issues are still the same.....we just have a different group in each place that is causing the most disruption. I just happen to notice whats shoved in my face and I'm not a racist for seeing it or wanting my laws enforced.

Answer 2

It has nothing to do with race. It legal and illegal, or right, and wrong. If you say anything at all about how they should not be here illegally, your called racist. So in answer, yes you can be against illegal immigration and not be racist. The play the race card, when they have no GOOD answer, as to why are they here illegally.

Answer 3

I don't think they exactly meant racism, maybe they meant ignorance, depends what was your question and how you posted it. Also if you were directing it towards one race of people.

Why is it that 'freedom and justice for all' only applies for Americans born in the U.S. or people who have to wait 20 years to be able to do it legally but not to those that have the need to work because everybody looks down on them?? See, the U.S. contradicts itself.

I say yes to amnesty.

Answer 4

Yes, someone can be against illegal immigration and not be a racist. My parents came to the United States by going through the proper channels and are American citizens. It took them years but w/ patience and perseverance they have achieved what they set out to do. I believe illegal immigration is just that - ILLEGAL. Our immigration laws are actually kinder than those of France, Germany, and other European nations. If someone breaks into your house, isn't that wrong? Well, that's what illegal immigration is, someone enters our borders without the courtesy of being asked or invited.

Answer 5

People can be a little ignorant and closed minded and in my opinion, lack education.

I have always been against illegal immigration and I am Mexican- American. I was born and raised here and this beautiful country. My parents where born and raised in Mexicon but they emigrated to the U.S. LEGALLY and followed every rule of immigration and became legal citizens. They never went on welfare or abused government assistence programs.

The reason I've been against illegal immigration is because I've heard first hand from people of my own "culture" that they like coming to the U.S. because they know they can come and have their babies here and make them U.S. citizens just by letting them be born here and also that they can take advantage of the good education and all the free services this country has to offer (free medical insurance, food stamps, and more). Then when their bellies are full, they go home.

People are quick to jump and make assumptions. I'm sure I do it too. I'm called white-washed all the time and a *disgrace* to my culture (rolls eyes).

Answer 6

Do not let those jerks get to you when they call you a racist.
This is a tactic that the left has been using for years to move
their anti-American agenda forward. Besides, there are all types
of races represented in the illegal alien community. Many of those
who call white people racist belong to Hispanic supremacist groups like MALDEF, LULAC, La Raza, and the worst of the bunch MEChA.

These people are the true racists, and the NAACP is joining with
them! Keep fighting the good fight. Reject the traitors in Congress
who are trying to pass an Illegal Alien Amnesty bill. The leaders of
this group are Juan McCain and his lefty buddy Eduardo Kennedy.

Answer 7

Yes. The key word in your question is ILLEGAL. Most of us just want a stoop put to the ILLEGAL immigration. Last fiscal year the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended ILLEGALS from more than 100 different nationalities. La Raza and other RACIST groups out there have no other means to stop the effort to halt the flow of ILLEGAL traffic.
More Americans are killed annually by ILLEGAL ALIENS in this county than those who are killed abroad in the Iraq war. (This information can be found in an article posted on the National Border Patrol Council Website).
Now while groups like La Raza want to scream racist, they need to look at the racial make up of the Border Patrol. 90 % or better of the rank an file of this agency is of hispanic origin.

Answer 8

Anyone against illegal immigration is not a racist!! Peiod, end of discussion.

All illegals can come up with is calling those against them racists. It is ridiculous how they try to play the race card!!!

Answer 9

When they don't have any more arguments to defend their wrong actions, then they start calling all kind of names, but first they start with the simples, RACIST ! They know they are wrong but that's the way they are..... I'm against illegal aliens in my country and I don't give a hoot, what they call me. It's what I' am that count,,, a true hot blooded American.

Answer 10

its not the race is the fact that people are walking over our borders and doing little to help the US. Let them call you a racist, they are fools. Im not racist at all. My family onmy moms side immigrated over about 90 years ago and everyone in my family has a good job and a good education. But these people that hop the border to escape their hardships are now creating hardships for us. I support you 100%.