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Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
I suppose next you'll want to set up a free McDonalds and say, " Come on in, taste American Freedom"
Originally posted by kyred
Even if a thief breaks into my house and I shoot the slimy critter because he or she is threatening me, and he or she is lying on the floor of my house bleeding, I would still try to stem the flow of blood. Just call me silly, I guess.
Originally posted by 5 oClock
I understand your compassion, but my wifes grandmother who came here off the boat from Ireland (they kept her & the other Irish below deck) roughed it went through Ellis Island and escaped New York to NJ not a big jump but the city was eatin folks like her up at that time.
Point is back in the day they came through the front door not the back window in the middle of the night.
Originally posted by Keyhole
How can you condone breaking a federal law?
I'm sorry, but turn this scenario around, and you'll be in prison for years in Mexico.
Originally posted by LDragonFire
Originally posted by 5 oClock
I understand your compassion, but my wifes grandmother who came here off the boat from Ireland (they kept her & the other Irish below deck) roughed it went through Ellis Island and escaped New York to NJ not a big jump but the city was eatin folks like her up at that time.
Point is back in the day they came through the front door not the back window in the middle of the night.
If your American we all have the same stories many of these stories are of hardships, but they came for the same reasons our ancestors came.....
So why can't they just walk upto the border and be let in? Like all of our families did? Is it because they are Latinos? Shouldn't it be just as easy for them as it was for our families???
Tell me how is it different today than it was then?????
IMO if I were born in Mexico or further south with the corruption and low wages and low standard of living I would see 3 choices
- Rebel against my government creating death and destruction in our neighborhoods [this is happening down south]
- Go to America Land of Plenty get a good job buy a house and live happily ever after here
- Work as many jobs as I can then return home and be a rich man and live a American Lifestyle back home.
2 or 3 they will still have friends and family around them wherever they go.
Are they breaking laws coming here illegally,of course Bust Why is it ilegal?
I think most of you are missing this point, where these families differ from our Ancestors is There Ancestors have lived here or parts of America for Thousands of years!!!!!!
There Family's are From The Americas
I kept track of this thread all night long on my phone, and SO latest thread and his advice "STEADY" .........I really wanted to curse so thank god my phone doesn't store passwords right....
I personally feel there are certain talking heads out there with a racist agenda and many are being manipulated.
It's easy to be racist.......
Originally posted by bommer09
Agreed, even if you disagree with illegal immigration, at the end of the day these are people just like yourself and they deserve to live a full life and not die just trying to make money for their families.