Nephilim wrote:umanouski wrote:OK, i have seen some pretty good arguments from one unnamed person. However, i agree with him and i hope he does not get banned. I dont use racial slurs but the guy has a point. They come here without proper identification and illegally. Commit crimes and steal our tax money. Is it wrong and they should be deported and/or thrown into jail. I recognize that throughout history, immigrants have formed the backbone of American Society. But 99.9% of the time, they came here legally. Please take a moment before calling me a racist or a bigot. Take into account my personal beliefs and the fact that in America you can say what you want to say.
you're an idiot......
and a racist......
incidentally, he's not an idiot. He's absolutely right. They came legally because we had next to no immigration laws.
Anyways, here's my stance on immigration-
Yes, illegal immigration is a big problem, and yes, it's causing some serious social and economic issues...
but the trouble I have with people like xtra is that they blame the wrong people. He can cuss out illegal immigrants and use all the racial slurs he wants, but it doesn't make him right- the fact is, most of the immigrants have perfectly good intentions. Most don't have any idea that what they're doing is wrong.
The people to blame are in the government. Both ours and theirs. The Mexican government openly encourages illegal immigration, and ours essentially lets them walk right in.
That being said, can you blame the Mexicans for walking right in? If their own government thinks it's cool and our government doesn't do anything about it, I'd probably immigrate illegally too.
It's not the immigrants' fault, which is why it ticks me off when xtra makes all his "#$&% ALL YOU ILLEGAL B#*NER MOTHER@#*()%&# SONS OF @*(&#ES!" posts. They are GROUNDLESS.
If you're going to attack the problem, attack it where it really lies- the governments of our two nations. Don't take your anger out on the immigrants themselves.