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Eleven States Ready To Adopt Arizona Immigration Laws
Eleven States Ready To Adopt Arizona Immigration Laws
Lawmakers in Alabama, Idaho, Maryland, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah, have indicated that they will push to adopt measures similar to Arizona's tough new immigration laws when they reconvene their next legislative session. Lawmakers in Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania and South Carolina have already introduced "copycat" legislation. The frustration of Washington's inaction and dwindling state treasuries have forced state politicians to take these measures. Lawmakers are also finally heeding their constituent's demands that illegal immigrants face punishments. Many are also tired of illegals marching in the streets with flags from their native countries while snubbing their noses at Old Glory. That has left a bad taste in the mouths of many Americans. While America is a nation of immigrants, it's people demand that entry into our country must be done legally. Like their forefathers before them, or in some cases, like they have. I fit that demographic. I came to the U.S. in the 1960's and entered legally, given a green card and then had to wait for the right to apply for citizenship. Any other way, is a slap in the face. Amnesties, for instance - are the worst slaps in the face because it rewards a criminal act. Whether we like it or not, America is a nation of laws. True, not all laws are just, but there is a process to repeal bad laws. What supporters of illegal immigration (migration) really want Americans to do, is to ignore our laws and through them all out the window. No way! Where and when will it stop? When will the definition of illegal not mean what it means anymore? You toss this law away, then another and then another. Before long, there are no more laws. This is not what America stands for. Thankfully, people have drawn a line in the sand and are saying enough is enough already. We are not opposed to anyone coming to America for a better life, we are opposed to the way they are coming in and then thumbing their noses at the law abiding citizens. It is wrong and you just cannot get away with it any longer. If you want to be an American then you must do it the right way. Any politician, who willfully ignores our laws is not fit to govern. Those politicians must be voted out. The anger and wrath of the American People is gathering a head of steam that all politicians better heed. Populist movements aren't much concerned about Democrat or Republican values, they are looking for American Values and any politician dumb enough to ignore it, does so at their own risk. Clearly, a majority of American's support Arizona and its' actions. Five have already enacted copycat legislation while another six are ready to. Before long there will not be many sanctuary states and cities left. If the trend continues, perhaps it will lead to a reverse migration. Maybe that is not a bad thing, either. People will need to re-apply to enter this country in a legal manner and that would be the right way to do it. There should be no subversion of laws already on the books, period! http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chic...tion-laws.html |
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"We are not opposed to anyone coming to America for a better life, we are opposed to the way they are coming in and then thumbing their noses at the law abiding citizens. It is wrong and you just cannot get away with it any longer. If you want to be an American then you must do it the right way. Any politician, who willfully ignores our laws is not fit to govern. Those politicians must be voted out."
It's this kind of confusion that has caused the problem we face. If you are OK with anyone coming here for a better life, you have destroyed your own argument to keep them out. If they have a moral right to come here, you have no moral right to keep them out. This is our country and they have no right to be here if we say they don't. I have developed a way to address this kind of moral confusion. When some person, even a well meaning person, spouts this line, I ask: "Are you willing to give up your job so that someone else can have a better life?" "Are you willing to hand over your house to illegal aliens becuase your house is built on land that was taken from Indians 300 years ago?" You cannot defeat an enemy by accepting your enemy's moral premises. This is our country. WE have a right to exclude anyone for any reason and if they want a "better life," let them create one in their own land like we did in ours. |
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As for myself I am a sixth generation American and my siblings children the seventh. At what point do we become citizens and no longer immigrants? I can't see it to mean 'America is a nation built by immigrants' because I recall the study that said 83% of our country was built by citizens and 14% non-citizens. I have a problem understanding that 'America is a nation that was born of immigrants, therefore we have always come from immigrants, and will always be of immigrants', because the same would be true for the Indian population, which I understand still have soverign nations and are all citizens at birth now anyway. And last it certainly doesn't make any sense to me to be a citizen in a nation of immigrants, that just doesn't seem to mean anything at all. In my understanding it is valid to be a citizen and 'used to be an immigrant' in a nation of citizens, but not both concurrently. In my pea-sized brain the only thing that does make sense to me is that it is a policitally correct phrase that defines the status of immigrant and the status of citizenship to be one in the same and indistingusihable. Are they? Last edited by rs232c; 05-22-2010 at 08:02 PM. |
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1. How does being supportive of legal immigration destroy an argument against illegal immigration? 2. Where in the quote is a "moral right" to immigration being espoused?
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The United States was NEVER a nation of immigrants. It was always a nation of AMERICANS. Americans who came here from all nations and all walks of life but who shared one thing in common, to be an AMERICAN. When those Americans came here it was with one mind. To shed old loyalties and embrace fully the American condition. It was easy for them to put aside their own nationality. They came intending to do just that. |
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The bogus talk about "illegal" vs. "legal" immigration is a white flag of surrender. People who hide behind their support for "legal immigration" are invariably the strongest opponents to "amnesty" that would legalize illegal aliens. And with good reason. Most people don't object to them being here because they're "illegal". Most people object because illegal aliens are third world primitives and savages who are not compatible with advanced modern civilization. You cannot have a first world country with a third world population. Seriously. Do you think these savages would behave any differently if they were legal? I don't. If you want confirmation of this, read the LA Times Sunday edition 5.23,10, article about the up and coming industry in Los Angeles: An "academy" for certifying "gang interventionists." http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...ext-crime.html Teachers are being laid off, but LA is increasing its budget for an "academy" to give "certification" to "gang interventionists" all of whom are former gang members(!) and whose primary job is to try to talk latino gang bangers out of killing each other. Science, math, history, etc., teachers are being laid off for budgetary reasons, but the city has money for former gang bangers who will enjoy full employment at taxpayer expense. I have never seen anything so stupid. 2. The quote does not use the word "moral right", but that is the underlying premise of people who defend immigration of any sort. |
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Our political ancestors fought a revolution against the colonial English in a dispute over representation and human rights. They lay down their greivances in the Declaration of Independence. They proposed a new vision of society based on citizenship and representative government. In particular, citizenship meant that everyone who lived as a citizen under a government of laws, not people, were equal under the eyes of the law. Anyone who aspired to relocate into the United States aspired to citizenship. Without assuming the role of citizen, they could not participate in those basic roles that formed the working backbone of life in the United States. And so it is today. Anyone who aspires to live in the United States outside of the institution of citizenship conspires against the United States and its hard won struggles against the old and degenerate order in Europe which continues to exist and has powerful representation in the United States and the Americas.
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Second, while it is true that there are a huge percentage of immigrants that come from "third world countries" we have to ask ourselves why that is the case? By far the majority of immigrants leave their countries of origin because they want a better life. If you were on of those "primitives" and "savages" you too would want to get here, and live a life far better than the life you would live in your home country. Quote:
Obviously you do not read your own posts. So your problem is immigration, period. Why do you fear people from other countries, cultures or elasticities? Immigration has helped this country. Why do I believe that? Quite simply because America is an ideal, and not an ethnicity or race.
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