Is the Immigration issue on Y/A just a way for racists to spout off their hatred for a group of people?

Question

I agree that our borders need to be secure and that something should be done about how illegals come in.

But I hear so many comments that are blatantly based on hatred for a group of people that are just trying to feed their families in a world filled with poverty.

If any of you have anger, you should direct it on your president who hasn't done a thing about it, only propose a silly wall that will cost millions.

If you want to get mad, get mad at:
Walmart
Local Restaurants
Local Hotels
Farmers
Contractors
Congressman
The Wealthy that hire them as maids
the list goes on.....

Answer 1

Actually it should be directed at our government for the last 50 years. And I get on here and talk about illegals but I'm of Mexican heritage so I'm thinking I'm not a racist. lol

Answer 2

I think racism plays a big part to be sure, but stupidity seems to be paramount.

The U.S. workforce cannot be protected by closing the borders. One would think it obvious to everyone by now that corporations have "offshored" many of our best paying jobs to nations which pay slave wages and demand little or no regulation of business. This is what Ralph Nader accurately referred to as the "race to the bottom." Global capital combined with provincial labor is a recipe for the global enslavement of labor everywhere. Global capital requires a global labor response.

There was an old union battle cry from days of yore which went, "an injury to one is an injury to all." This battle cry must now become that of international labor if we are to defend ourselves against global capital. We must protect the Mexican worker or our highest paying jobs will go to Mexico. We must protect the Haitian worker or our best jobs will go to Haiti. We must protect the Chinese worker or our best jobs will go to China. And so on.

America's national unions have proven themselves incapable of protecting the American worker. This is because they are nationalist, capitalist institutions. Their very existence depends upon the host corporation remaining in business in America and the union hierarchy has been more than willing to sell out the interests of the workers they supposedly represent in order to save themselves. Unions have done little more over that past 30 years than negotiate the corporate demands for concessions to the workforce.

Democracy has also proven itself to be incapable of promoting the interests of labor in a capitalist economy. This is quite obvious on a number of fronts including the recent voter repudiation of the Iraq war which finds no acceptance within the two capitalist political parties which rule America. But in an even more obvious example, the wealthy elite continue to hold all of the important political positions in the U.S. and they constantly promote policies which benefit only themselves at the expense of the working class public. This occurs in spite of the fact the the wealthy elite are a tiny minority while the working class is a huge majority. The great Albert Einstein understood this quite well. Here is an excerpt from his essay, "Why Socialism."

"Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands, partly because of competition among the capitalists, and partly because technological development and the increasing division of labor encourage the formation of larger units of production at the expense of the smaller ones. The result of these developments is an oligarchy of private capital the enormous power of which cannot be effectively checked even by a democratically organized political society. This is true since the members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes, separate the electorate from the legislature. The consequence is that the representatives of the people do not in fact sufficiently protect the interests of the underprivileged sections of the population. Moreover, under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information (press, radio, education). It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions and to make intelligent use of his political rights."

Answer 3

While I don't believe in their practice of such hatred I also believe they have a right to speak of it as well. If illegal immigration isn't stopped & the ones who are here already aren't dealt with we won't have a country & we sure won't have the chance let alone speak of this issue.

Answer 4

I'm as angry at the illegal immigrants as much as all the names on your list.

Just because the wealthy corporations left the door open, does nit give the illegals the right to walk in , trash your house,and take what they want .

Answer 5

no,no,no,
ya are just thinking about your secure
but the main reason we immigrants come is to work
god,ya pple need to start thinking what are the consequences for us to go
really,i hate this country,but i always get offended when they talk alot of bad stuff to my parents
and bush is just saying his with us,but when hes at the white house,he want to put a fence
and we are the ones that are givin money to united states
a tomato cost very cheap this days
but if we werent here,it would cost 10 times of what is cost now
so think of what you are saying and think of the consequences

Answer 6

Mexicans do alot of dirty work that americans wont do(the wall will never be built the pres is lieing to you and your buying it) (he needs the Mexicans)and are just used!"O"I could just see it now once the wall is built.everything will be better,we could leave our doors unlocked,children will be safe from molesters,everyone will get a raise and a bonus just for being American.give me a break."BROWN N PROUD" FIRST GOD OWNS THIS LAND,ALONG WITH THE "THE INDIANS"END OF STORY!WHOEVER DONT LIKE WHAT I WROTE...I DONT GIVE A F**********CK!!!!!

Answer 7

Unquestionably.

Answer 8

I think the people who should be prosecuted are the businesses that hire them. If you hire an illegal, you should do jail time and pay a fine.

Answer 9

Why is it racist to hate criminals? Heck want to talk racism, wasn't it the Mexicans that put a bounty on Apache scalps in the late 1800's to try and get people to kill them. And if memory serves me it was the Mexicas that enslaved hundreds of thousands of others and used their slaves for human sacrifices to their bloody gods.

Pot, kettle, black mo fo.

Answer 10

You need to watch this short video on poverty in Mexico, around the world, and immigration numbers:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4094926727128068265&q=numbersusa&hl=en