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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule
Um, if you read what I was saying, that was my point. People who are hardworking, trying to make it work for their families and would come over legally if we weren't such an arrogant society, are turned into criminals because we try to prevent their culture from overrunning ours. Probably tens of thousands who are here illegally could be productive members of our society, pay taxes, not overcrowd the jails, and in turn send money to their families which could help Mexican society as well. Instead they earn their money on the sly, they don't pay full taxes, they still use our services, they fall into other lawbreaking cultures since they are, as you said, already criminalized. It really is a tragedy.
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So we don't let people just cross the border and become citizens because we're arrogant?
We're talking culture, yet referring to them all as Mexicans? LOL
They're not cut out for a lot of taxable jobs and some people specifically hire illegals to circumvent wage and benefit requirements. And if we just allowed them, they wouldn't overcrowd the jails, but because they're already criminalized by entering the country, they fall into other lawbreaking "cultures?" Brother, we have plenty of our own in jail, being a citizen doesn't change that.
I'm not sure that any of what you said there makes sense. You tell me how we're logistically supposed to adopt the rushes of people that would enter our soil if we had an open border to citizenship. You're going to have cultural, language, etc barriers that have hampered people who've come here the right way as it is. It just doesn't make sense.
We have cities in the U.S. that've shown that the "grass is greener" approach just doesn't work when it comes to migration. One being Charlotte, NC; well-qualified, formally educated, English speaking citizens have been moving there for the past 5 years or so in droves only to find out that all of the magazine articles about it being a great place to live aren't exactly true due to the high unemployment. Throw in tens to hundreds of thousands of people pouring in frequently over the border and tell me what jobs are going to be created out of thin air. Their American dream will meet reality quicker than a sack vs the Redskins last year.
To even fathom starting the process to allowing this you're talking a huge government expansion to accommodate the increased load in applications, follow-up paperwork, etc. Getting them into the systems that the rest of us are in, everything from Social Security to public schooling. I cannot think of many worse things that we could do.