Why is it that if I speak out about illegal immigration I am immediatly branded as a racist? Does no one acknowledge that crossing someone else's country's border without authorization is illegal? And please don't even try to call me a racist, my wife is from across the southern border and she came in legally. She even took the oath of allegiance and it caused me a missed heartbeat when she did it. But then I still get goosebumps when I hear the national anthem or 'To The Colors'. Golly fifty percent of my own family came through Ellis Island with no hope of any sort of...welfare(?)...Am I really zenophobic?
2007-12-04 13:16:10 · 6 answers · asked by Mike S 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I'm with you brother. You're OK, and I'm OK. There is a difference b/t legal and ILLEGAL immigration. Many fail to make that distinction.
2007-12-04 13:20:02 · answer #1 · answered by J. Jude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a mess when it comes to immigration. My father is very against illegal immigration because he is retire, living on a fixed income, and seeing it from the perspective that illegal immigrants may receive benefits that he helped pay for.
I look at it differently...without immigrants, we would be paying tons more for produce at the store, lots more for hotel rooms (someone has to clean them), and on and on.
I am for reform to help people come here legally and more easily. I don't care whether you call it a guest worker program, or whether you give them citizenship. We need the people who are coming here from Mexico and other nations - there has to be some solution where we can all get what we want.
2007-12-04 21:22:01 · answer #2 · answered by browneyedgirl623 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Why is it that if I speak out about illegal immigration I am immediatly branded as a racist?"
you will be proven wrong on this site shortly. at least 3/4 of the responses will be in conformity with your opinion and completely anti immigrant.
2007-12-04 21:27:07 · answer #3 · answered by qb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well Mexico sure thinks its illegal that's why they secure their Southern border. I think we should follow their example.
2007-12-04 21:29:11 · answer #4 · answered by cmdrbnd007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
naah you are cool. Sometimes its best to ignore other people's justification or rationalization about the wrong. keep your cool OK
Take care
2007-12-04 21:25:44 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah a little
2007-12-04 21:19:23 · answer #6 · answered by lala w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋