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Originally Posted by (white rice,) It sounds like your objection is to immigrants from another country in general rather than whether that immigration legal or not.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
No, illegal immigration is, in addition to the two reasons you listed, a serious threat to national security. Regardless if its an epidemic or not. Right now, it's an epidemic and requires special attention by the government.
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Originally Posted by 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.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Wrong. While the immigrations from eastern and southern Europe weren't easy to deal with, they integrated just fine within a generation or two. A massive wave in immigration from Mexico will not. This is but another parallel to the Roman Empire that one could make for the United States. When Rome became so overrun with the barbarians, they were made citizens and the Roman Empire suffered a schism. Now, this problem was not just because of the barbarians, the division of the Roman Empire was also due to a lot of the in-fighting going on; separate political entities were constantly vieing for dominance. The comparison here is how the Democrats are constantly assailing the President and his policies. However, the barbarians played no small part. Remember that.
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Originally Posted by 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?<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
St. Patrick's Day, which is not a federal holiday like Christmas, has been celebrated in the United States since 1762. And it is considered a Catholic holiday. I don't see how that is connected with the history of immigration in the United States, except that perhaps there were a lot of Irishmen in New York City in the 1700s.
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Originally Posted by I don't see how Mexico being a corrupt nation relates to how it will endanger our cultural integrity.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
They're not immigrating "just because," rice. The corruption in the Mexican government is what has given rise to the immigration crisis in the first place.
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Originally Posted by We're not inheriting a Mexican government.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
We might as well, California has already become so overrun, non-Hispanics are a minority in Los Angeles. Talk to anybody who lives in southern California, the situation is
horrible there. Why do you think the Democrats attempted to push pro-immigration legislation during the gubernatorial election? To defeat Arnold with the
Hispanic vote, because they know how bad it is there -- and they
welcome it.
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Originally Posted by 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.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Give me a break, low-wage just serves corporate interest and gives preference to an illegal over an American citizen.