The racist card being played in this argument is a sign that world without boarders people have nothing of substance to back their views. Isn't if fun to jump up and down and point at the angry people who don't like Mexicans because they're brown. Please no PC BS here. I know they aren't all Mexicans. Just the vast majority.
If our country were being overrun by Scandinavians, the problem would lie there. Color has nothing to do with it.
The problem is this:
Culture A (In this case Americans) are being forced to accept the idea that Culture B (In this case Mexicans) have free reign over the things our ancestors have built, and we (Americans) had better just close our mouths about it. Something that traditionally we don't do very well.
Our school system is literally collapsing. Our hospitals are closing doors every single month. Our prison system is absolutely overwhelmed. Gang violence keeps nice little American boys and girls indoors afraid to go outside.
You want to talk about the terrible "Bush" economy? What of the effect of millions of people sending Billions of dollars out of our country?
It is fine and dandy to have a huge heart, and want to cure all of the words ills. But where is the line drawn? If we were to simply erase the boarders, and let everybody in, what would happened to our society? The society that dedicated men and women have fought tooth and nail to give to us their children? What happens to us when 400 Million people move in next year? Honestly?
We have the right to defend our children's educations. We have the right to defend our way of life in our own country. We have the right to enforce our own laws. Nay, I say an obligation.
As a little quiz, who here can tell me which country in the world has the most lax immigration policies? Which country allows more than any other to legally move in?
Bi-lingual societies have a unique set of problems that some countries have been dealing with for generations. Why would we willingly choose to bring those problems here?
Why don't we have the right to give our children the best place in the world to grow up? Do we owe it to the rest of the world to turn our back on the success we've built, and wallow in misery JUST for the sake of fairness?
You cannot move into a persons home without an invitation, and start making demands. You can't trash their place, turn their TV program off, burn the kids school books because you don't like the way they look, and leave all of the utilities on because they simply don't care if they aren't paying for them.
It is not an oversimplification. It is reality on a national scale.
I have never met a person from another part of the world who has traveled to America and come away with the idea that we are close minded, non-generous, xenophobes. We are a warm and welcoming nation. But we don't have to stand here, and get smacked in the face and just smile and pull out another chair. This is something else that we don't traditionally do well.
The Native Americans got screwed. True story. But it's too late to give it back now. The Mexicans screwed themselves. Their ancestral claim to American territory is paper thin. Who's going to look it up, and try to make the argument for me?
My best friend in the service was 1st generation American. His family was from Mexico. My favorite uncle and all of my cousins are Mexicans. My step dad was Mexican. The reason we all get along so great is because they all chose to live life as Americans. They treasure their heritage, and remember their past, but they live in the now, and work toward the future. They CONTRIBUTE to society, and do not simply take.
