Is the immigration issue a manufactured crisis by the white house and fox news to further their ideals?
345897
It's not manufactured... but it is funny that ALL OF A SUDDEN it's a big issue since it's been going for over 20 years... it's a blatant "hey look over here, not at Iraq, over here at immigration" \n\nI just love how Republicans, who were getting bombed for all the stupid decisions that were occuring, now feel like they have their own "illegal" issue to yell about again...
1002628
the immigration issue has been going on for years so yes this is a scapegoat to all the incompetency and the cruelty happening in Iraq and right here in America . not wonder it has become an issue for the Republicans they had accomplished the opposite to making  America successful and had created a huge irresponsible debt . this is just a distraction while they take millions of dollars from the Americans and abuse other countries while everyone is focused in the wrong thing .
1076064
America has real problems and yes the undocumented WORKERS had become a scapegoat to the real problems which this country is facing :\n\n- the war on iraq : a war which seems to be eternal and meaningless . it is a fact that most iraquies do not like Americans or their precense in their country , they think that the only interest of Americans is their petrolium and just feel as stuck whit Americans like Americans feel whit them .\n\n- global warming : another huge issue which has been ignore by the bush administration and in fact has been atack as a real issue when every nation on the world knows it needs to be fix and that America is the main cause of this problem \n\n- the huge debt : one of the biggest problems and the one which will have the most lasting efects in America a country which bush recieved whit a record in money ( if anyone still wants to deny this i would like to remind u this is the reason why bush started to give money to his rich friends was the record money which he recieved , money which he did not produce ) and has rapidly become just another country where the richers is richer and the poor need to do as much as they can to survive .\n\nso are the immigrants the scape goat ? once again yes they are .
775870
you would have to be retarded to watch fox news or work in the white house.  But isn't that the same thing
1162740
well, this illegal problem has been brewing for yrs, even since the last amnesty. this has been an issue that politicians hav avoided for at least 10-15 yrs, but since no one wants to focus on IRAQ & GAS prices, the immigration prob will do for now. this problem has been the cause of our gvmt & employers who indeed make it easy for illegals to work & stay here. ppl r just p*ssed off cuz it has been blown up & its easier to hate & assimilate than it is to hav a voice & an open mind. personally, i think that the honest, hard working non-recipients of public assistance should b able 2 stay if they pass a background check, etc.. after all, the blame should b placed on the American gvmt & Americans. people will treat u the way u allow them to treat u- & dam we've let it go on 4 so long we as americans r to blame. but that's me & we're all entitled to our own opinion-or lack there of.
135407
No. This story has gotten out of proportion, just like the Monica Lewinsky story under Bill Clinton.\n\nThe White House is really benefiting by this story though because nobody is talking about Iraq at the moment. It's like they planned for this little story to get out of hand, and stay that way for as long as possible.\n\nI would really like to know about the guns and alcohol issues of this story though.
584358
It's an item now because it is getting worse. You may not be aware that Mexican Army units make about 100 illegal incursions into the United States every year, sometimes to escort drug runners into the US.  This is a huge problem and to speak out against it would undermine the Administration's irrational and inexplicable infatuation with Vicente Fox's corrupt regime and that crap piece of garbage called NAFTA.  The Mexicans are a huge problem that is getting bigger and at one point or another are going to have to be confronted point blank whether the Administration wants to or not.  the very sovereignty of the United States is at risk, and the Federal government by refusing to properly address the issue is defaulting on its obligation to defend the country.\n\nYou will be hearing more and more about this and I would  not be overly surprised if at some point in the near future open warfare breaks out between the US and Mexico.\n\nITEM:\nMexican Army Invades U.S. \nPhil Brennan, NewsMax.com\nWednesday, March 12, 2003 \nIt’s the war nobody wants to talk about: well-armed Mexican soldiers storming across America’s southern border, sometimes with guns blazing.\n“We are in state of war,” Edward Nelson, chairman of U.S. Border Control, told Soldier of Fortune magazine. “And we are fighting enemies who have brought the battle to our shores. If ever there was a time for the United States to put troops on the border, it is now.”\n\nA blockbuster exposé in the magazine's March issue notes that over the past five years, there have been 120 documented incidents of Mexican military/police incursions, sometimes resulting in the arrest of Mexican army personnel on U.S. soil by Border Patrol agents.
680549
Yes.  They've made this an issue to all the people AGAINST illegal aliens.\n\n"Free speech gives everyone enough rope to hang themselves."
1023691
Because that hole fiasco was a sham of an issue that backfired on the GOP. The general public has a very low opinion of many big name Republicans right now and they're scared.  Like flag burning and gay marriage, they're dragging out all of their 'go-to' conservative issues to get the conservative base energized and out to the polls to vote.  The problem is, the White House knows that Latino voters - who mostly have conservative values - voted Bush into office in 2004 - especially in Ohio and Florida.  Now, they know they've pissed off many, many swing voters and they dropped it like a hot potato.  Plus, many of the the big contributors to their campaigns are employers of aliens and they made calls.
1008471
absolutely! we know that the average person is just not very educated, particularly in politics, so they do not know any better but to get their news from TV. Fox news, run by wealthy right-wing rupert murdoch, has done enough marketing to figure out how to be hugely popular, and now has become a mass propaganda machine for the ruling party -- damm! this sounds like the old USSR doesn't it? if you want some details of this see the references below. they are disturbing but i believe it is important for people to understand the MSN and exactly how much news is skewed in this country. It's not that Americans are stupid, they are just victims of a faulty system of news which feeds them misinformation; think of it as a bad side-effect of capitalism.
994374
Mendi if you open your yahoo browser and put in 'immigration' and 'border security' it will come up.  I saw it on the main stream press.  They are trying to get help from their government.  It was such a problem the US started spending more to drop people further into the interior, to make it easier.\n\nhere: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060617/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_no_way_home_3
423076
Once again the right wing asserts as truth something that is not, then acts on that "truth" to bring things more to their way of thinking. They claim that mainstream media is liberal, therefore they need to be blatantly conservative to offset the media bias. They ignore the vast conservative ownership and control of much of the media, ignore the proud tradition of the press being critical of whatever government is in power, and point only to the   majority of reporters as "liberal." Maybe so, but nothing on tv compares remotely to the blatant drumbeat of the GOP talking points on Fox.\nFox so completely contaminates their news with their political bias, that anyone who has the sense to get a broad picture of the issues can only be shocked by Fox's one-sidedness. \nFair and balanced is a claim similar to Bush's of being a uniter. Sure.
677938
It's the 'hot button' issue of the day.  The media dictates what is talked about, and that is influenced by the government.  Right now, Bush needs something to take peoples' attention away from Iraq, Iran, and the rising cost of gas.  Enter the immigration issue.
513769
Great minds think alike ;)\n\n100% Agreed!\n\nYes, special interests that are behind these protests, etc. are trying to obfuscate the real issue, by making it about pro- or anti-IMMIGRATION, when in reality what we're talking about is ILLEGAL immigration.  They are not arguing based on the facts of the issue (because they can't win this way) but by name-calling and creating divisions.
1105124
You are absolutely correct.  When the news is not favoring the Bush White House and it's policies - the boards stay out of service until they do.\nGo find a news message board about dog shows or something non-political - THOSE boards work fine.\n\nI see a lot of people answering don't know the difference between Answers and the Message Boards.  For those of you:  Click Yahoo at the top left of the screen, select NEWS from the left side menu, pick a news article, read it and click discuss at the bottom.
482039
No, we've had the same amount of illegal immigration for the last 120 years.  The only reason that this is even getting press is because certain politicians are looking for a hot-button issue to distract the dumbest in our society so that they don't demand that the politicians deal with real issues like war, debt, health care and social security.  Nothing will change with immigration and no one will notice when it no longer makes the news.  Just smile and ignore those stupid people when they get angry over this non-issue.  We're waaaaay to smart to get suckered into a BS argument about something that's not going to change and doesn't really matter at all anyway.  Besides, you and I are to busy worrying about real issues to be bothered with this crap.
652673
The problem is Mexican citizens coming to the US, and assuming they can stay for life, no questions asked. Bush IS part of the problem, because he's supposed to oversee that the laws in this country are enforced. He's got a conflict of interest on the issue, though, so don't expect any epiphanies there...\n\nClinton was too busy getting high, getting laid, and getting paid. The republicans still have some tiny vestige of their ethics set intact, and they want reform. I'm an Independent, and I want reform, too. I'd like to see Fox put out a call for his citizens to return to Mexico, save us the trouble of having to legistlate and lobby and lobby until finally our states decide to stand up and take issue with Washington's apparent apathy on the subject...\n\nWar is what happens when another country, such as Mexico, decides that the laws that govern commerce and movement between your two countries don't mean anything, and that they'll generally do whatever they please, and dare you to challenge them. We've been 'fighting' a 'drug war' for years, and Mexico hasn't been helping beyond token shows here and there so they'll keep getting freebies from the US. It's estimated that the drug trade is worth some 30 billion annually to Mexico, which would largely explain why that country hasn't exactly sprung out of their chair to do anything about it. Between oil, drugs, and money that their citizens send home, Mexico makes a pretty penny off of skirting our standing laws on the books. Basically, they scoff at us, and demand more. I don't think that's right.\nBut, that's just me...