I stand corrected, C. Pig. I have heard Buchannan refered as a Paleo-Conservative in reaction to the NeoConservatives running Iraq. But you're right. It especially irks me when Bush has been successful in pulling both Republican constituencies by either lying with the bait-n-switch or providing big government policies to his faith based constituencies and business buddies while claiming to be fiscally sound. There are objections, but not to the levels that would disrupt his popularity.
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Originally Posted by (Capitalist Pig,) </span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (white rice,)
Canadians do it all the time.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>Canadians I would make an exception for, because their society reflects ours in many respects. A high inflow of illegal Canadians would pose no threat to America's integrity. They would integrate with little to no difficulty. However, Mexican culture is radically different from ours and Mexico is a seriously corrupt nation, and so comparing their immigration to a high rate of Canadian immigration is inherently flawed in this regard.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
I missed this reply.
Well you have two different responses. 1. Immigration is okay as long as it's legal and doesn't violate our borders. 2. Our American social identity is threatened by non-speaking foreigners and worse off they're violating condition 1.
It sounds like your objection is to immigrants from another country in general rather than whether that immigration legal or not. What of the Irish, German, and Italian immigrants a hundred years ago who had to learn English and American values as well? Was their culture and food inferior and corrupt or were they integrated into the fabric of American society? The Irish and Italian ethnicities are predominantly Roman Catholic, as are most Latino groups.
The difference no one dares to mention outright is that they were white. They faced the same degree of discrimination from 'native born' Americans but two or more generations later, no one could tell.
So, after all the cultural assimilation from immigrants, the pizza, the pretzels, St. Patrick's Day, etc..., what is this American social identity that you are afraid of losing?
I don't see how Mexico being a corrupt nation relates to how it will endanger our cultural integrity. We're not inheriting a Mexican government. The hardworking low-wage Mexican immigrant is the backbone to our infrastructural services...jobs no other American would take without serious desperation. As long as we don't deny their children the services and opportunities other Americans have enjoyed, they have reason to assimilate.