IMMIGRATION RED-HOT CAMPAIGN ISSUE

This is for those who are not PC.


A Mexican, an Arab, and a redneck girl are in the same bar.




When the Mexican finishes his beer, he throws his glass in the air,pulls out his pistol, and shoots the glass to pieces.He says, 'In Mexico, our glasses are so cheap we don't need to drink with the same one twice.'




The Arab,obviously impressed by this, drinks his beer,throws it into the air, pulls out his AK-47, and shoots the glass to pieces. He says, 'In the Arab World, we have so much sand to make glasses that we don't need to drink with the same one twice either.'




The redneck girl,cool as a cucumber, picks up her beer, downs it in one gulp, throws the glass into the air,whips out her 45, and shoots the Mexican and the Arab. Catching her glass, setting it on the bar, and calling for a refill, she says,




'In America we have so many illegal Mexicans and Arabs that we don't have to drink with the same ones twice.'

mysteryman, I'm not all that familiar with Mexico's laws concerning illegal immigration.
But it's doubtful that I'd support the US adopting immigration laws similar to those of Mexico.

mysteryman wrote:

Mexica,
Would you be OK with the US having the same laws, and enforcing those laws, concerning illegal immigrants that Mexico has?

I wouldn't mind having the same immigration laws as Ireland.

((we all got a silly little email with this idea about what .... 5 years ago. You anti-immigrant folks need some new material.)))

Yes, for some, it really is about breaking the law.

But for others, it is obvious, that "Illegal" is just an clever trick now that their racism isn't so popular.

We have already been over this MM, but I will spell it out once more real slow.

Being against breaking the law is a reasonable (and logically) consistent position to take-- as long as you apply it in all cases. I have already shown my disdain for those who oppose the war on drugs but want harsh enforcement of immigration laws; but it's the hypocrisy here that really bugs me.

To me, when you the consider the good to society of a compassionate immigration policy to American values; community, family, and understanding, harsh punishment is not a reasonable immigration policy.

But this is a value judgment, and if you think that harsh punishment as part of a strict enforcement policy is the best thing for our country and our society, I disagree with you, but I can disagree respectfully.

The problem is when anti-immigrant people take it much further than this argument over punishment versus compassion.

The exaggeration of crime rates, the racial stereotypes, the "invasion" rhetoric, the dehumanization, the attempts to punish people for speaking Spanish (a language that is spoken by millions of American citizens), the equation of landscapers with terrorists... all of these things go much deeper than a "law and order" argument.

I am pro-immigrant. This term fits me because I think that people who come here should be treated as human beings regardless of their status (assuming they don't murder and aren't terrorists).

If you are anti-illegal immigrant, then I am perfectly fine with the term.

But go talking about Mexicans bringing leprosy, or try to take away the right of American citizens to speak Spanish at work... and I am not going to buy it.

Yes, for some, it really is about breaking the law.

But for others, it is obvious, that "Illegal" is just an clever trick now that their racism isn't so popular.

about Mexicans bringing leprosy, or try to take away the right of American citizens to speak Spanish at work

The exaggeration of crime rates, the racial stereotypes, the "invasion" rhetoric, the dehumanization, the attempts to punish people for speaking Spanish (a language that is spoken by millions of American citizens), the equation of landscapers with terrorists

This is for those who are not PC.


A Mexican, an Arab, and a redneck girl are in the same bar.




When the Mexican finishes his beer, he throws his glass in the air,pulls out his pistol, and shoots the glass to pieces.He says, 'In Mexico, our glasses are so cheap we don't need to drink with the same one twice.'




The Arab,obviously impressed by this, drinks his beer,throws it into the air, pulls out his AK-47, and shoots the glass to pieces. He says, 'In the Arab World, we have so much sand to make glasses that we don't need to drink with the same one twice either.'




The redneck girl,cool as a cucumber, picks up her beer, downs it in one gulp, throws the glass into the air,whips out her 45, and shoots the Mexican and the Arab. Catching her glass, setting it on the bar, and calling for a refill, she says,




'In America we have so many illegal Mexicans and Arabs that we don't have to drink with the same ones twice.'