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Sat 15 Apr, 2006 01:20 pm
There?s been a lot of hooting and hollering about illegal immigration lately.
No one has really said anything about how the problem came to be.
First of all it was Texas who allowed over 5 million illegal immigrants in over a very short period of time. It wasn?t as if these folks were showing up in Nebraska, Maine or upstate New York.
There has always been movement between Mexico and California but what happened in Texas was really unique.
The Texans pretty much sold and gave away most of their state in return for cash.
We have 50 states and one of them tried this experiment.
Apparently it failed because after selling everything off the Texans couldn?t pay their regular bills.
So we ended up with men like Representative Tom Delay and Kenneth Lay from Enron.
The big fight now is that republicans in general realize what they did in Texas and the Texans want to do it to the rest of the country.
That just won?t fly.
Things look bad now but it has become apparent that there are some elements in Texas that live their lives taking what doesn?t belong to them.
You can get away with that sort of thing for a short time but in the long run it?s got to stop.
What happened in Texas can be a warning to the other 49 states as they chart out their course for the future.
Lesson 1 : Don?t sell your land, your heritage or your people.
@Brent cv,
I guess it would be too much to ask for Cranky to explain his posts ?
Please illuminate us as to what Texas did to sell out ?
Is the fact that Texas has the longest , most difficult to police border with Mexico not a large part of the reason many enter the US by way of Texas ?
@Brent cv,
Brent wrote:You are a tool
I might characterize Cranky in a different way myself !
FOOL
@Curmudgeon,
A lot of our current problems started in Texas. :439:
@tumbleweed cv,
tumbleweed wrote:A lot of our current problems started in Texas. :439:
Alot of problems started with Mexico too.
@Drnaline,
Wow... I guess you have your head in the sand in relation to all the illegal Irish immigration that happens in New York and Boston on a daily basis.
40% of the 11 Million Illegal immigrants are people who have overstayed their visas.
These aren't "Mexicans" (or other Centeral Americans), these are by and large white Europeans.
@Lasombra,
Lasombra wrote:Wow... I guess you have your head in the sand in relation to all the illegal Irish immigration that happens in New York and Boston on a daily basis.
40% of the 11 Million Illegal immigrants are people who have overstayed their visas.
These aren't "Mexicans" (or other Centeral Americans), these are by and large white Europeans.
Well at least the forty percent didn't sneak in. I think the diference is Mexicans can walk over, it's a different story if your irish. Better be a strong swimmer. Got a link for you figures? I'd also like to find out if they clasify an over extended stay as an illegal immigrant?
@Drnaline,
Drnaline wrote:Well at least the forty percent didn't sneak in. I think the diference is Mexicans can walk over, it's a different story if your irish. Better be a strong swimmer. Got a link for you figures? I'd also like to find out if they clasify an over extended stay as an illegal immigrant?
Why should it be a different story if you're Irish? How about Saudis who enter the country illegally via Kennedy International?
Quote:So what we’re saying is, let’s do it comprehensively, J.D., so that we can have the kind of border security that you and I agree is essential. But if you’re going to have border security, then what about—the Cato Institute estimates that millions of people come to this country on legal visas and overstay those visas every year. So 40 percent of the undocumented, of the 11 million, didn’t come across the border. What we need to do is to fix a way that we have a biometric card, that we have a way that’s enforceable so that employers know who’s coming here and working in this country.
-Rep. Louis Gutierrez,
Meet The Press April 9th,2006
The CATO studies can be found
here.
Yes. People who overstay their visa are considered illegal. Afterall, statistically speaking, 100% of terrorists who attack America overstayed their visas and come in through the Northern Border.
@Lasombra,
Lasombra wrote:Why should it be a different story if you're Irish? How about Saudis who enter the country illegally via Kennedy International?
The CATO studies can be found
here.
Yes. People who overstay their visa are considered illegal. Afterall, statistically speaking, 100% of terrorists who attack America overstayed their visas and come in through the Northern Border.
Quote:Why should it be a different story if you're Irish? How about Saudis who enter the country illegally via Kennedy International?
Sorry, i should of added a "sarcasm" in there some where. That's what the stronge swimmer comment was for.
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