Illegal Immigrant: Person (Texan) of the Year
Filed under: Feature, Illegal Immigration, Morons, United States — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on December 31, 2007 @ 6:25 pm CET
This is just silly: Dallas News has declared “the illegal immigrant” person (Texan) of the year.”
He breaks the law by his very presence. He hustles to do hard work many Americans won’t, at least not at the low wages he accepts. The American consumer economy depends on him. America as we have known it for generations may not survive him,” Dallas News reports.
The progressives who appear to be in charge of the news organization go on to write: “To their champions, illegal immigrants are decent, hardworking people who, like generations of European immigrants before them, just want to do better for their families and who contribute to America’s prosperity. They must endure hatred and abuse by those of us who want the benefits of cheap labor but not the presence of illegal immigrants.”
It’s a long essay, I suggest you read it. Conservatives are likely to be filled with anger, while many moderates and liberals may think to themselves “yeah, I agree with that,” but, regardless of your views on immigration, I encourage you to read the essay in its entirety.
Deserved? Undeserved? As far as I’m concerned the question about illegal immigration is a very interesting, albeit complicated one. The anti-illegal immigration crowd often pretends that it’s very simple, but the reality of the matter is that it’s not. 15 million illegals: it’s impossible to send them back. It’s just not going to happen. Aside from that, it’s undeniably true that illegals do work for a pay Americans don’t want to. Some argue, then, that companies should simply pay Americans more to do the same work. OK, what do you think the result of that will be? Entire companies will cease to exist.
But is the “illegal immigrant” the person of the year (or Texan)? Of course not. Firstly, I find it utterly ridiculous that newspapers call entire groups, anonymous individuals mostly, “person of the year.” That’s ludicrous. It’s about what one individual has done. Furthermore, like it or not, as it is, illegal immigrants are breaking the law. Constantly. Every day they’re in America, they break it. I’m not sure how anyone who breaks the law constantly can be the person of the year, especially not in a situation in which people can also migrate legally to the US.
The only difference between illegal and legal immigration? It takes a while longer.
1 OneifbyLand
December 31, 2007 @ 7:24 pm CETYou make an excellent point about who is in control of the MSM in the USA. But Americans are watching what is happening in Europe andother 1st world countries and waking up to theirown problems of a melting pot turning intoa tower of babel and have endured andfinally overcome MSM’s attempts to cloud and blur the differencebetween Legal and Illegal Immigration bycrushing all efforts by pandering politiciansto legalize Illegal Aliens!
2 Bettybb
January 1, 2008 @ 4:28 am CETThe fact is the laws passed in AZ and CO and MO prove that you can cause illegals to self deport. Those states just took away some benefits, and told employers they would be penalized for breaking the law and hiring illegals. Illegals are packing their bags.
If we really had immigration law enforcement, employers fined and /or jailed for employing illegals, landlords forbidden to rent to illegals, all benefits except life and death medical care taken away (and that includes schools), all police deputized to arrest and deport illegals, no University access, and jailing illegals for their crimes (entry, ID theft, tax evasion etc) they would all be gone in no time. The only exception would be violent criminals and it would be harder for them to hide within the Hispanic sub group.
Besides, President Eisenhower, with 700 men, in 4 months rounded up 1.5 million Mexicans and deported them.
We can deport 20 million easily.
What we cannot do is be racist and give places in the USA to illegals, primarily Hispanic in preference in timing or numbers to legal immigrants from all other races. All Americans have an equal right per our constitution to bring in their family and race. The HIspanics are trying to push all others aside. Racist to the max.
What we also cannot do is give any sort of amnesty to the illegals. The economists have made it clear, the cost of doing so would semd the USA into a major financial crisis. Those that support the illegals never talk about the cost, or want to assume it. They have their heads in the sand.