Why don't the millions of us who want the illegals to go back hold a rally of our own?
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Reactionary laws?  That's friggen hysterical.  It's already against the law to enter this country without going through the proper channels, hence the term (as un-PC as it is) ILLEGAL ALIEN.  \n\nNow, as far as counter protests and marches, we have several things going against us.  \n1. We don't have a close knit network to get the word out.  There's a website here and there but there's no coordination between sites.  \n2.  Concerns about being viewed as racist.  So what if the issue isn't about race?  So what if it's about people, regardless of color, who are INVADING our country?  The media and the Hispanic/Latino leadership in this country will try to smear ANYONE who organizes a widescale protest.  \n3.  Fear of being retaliated against.  \n4.  Lastly, I believe a lot of Americans feel overwhelmed by the enormity of the problem and frustrated that the American government isn't enforcing its own laws.\n\nI say we treat illegal aliens the way they treat them in their own countries.  For example, here are a few of Mexico's laws.\n\n"Only Mexicans by birth or naturalization and Mexican companies have the right to acquire ownership of lands, waters, and their appurtenances, or to obtain concessions for the exploitation of mines or of waters. The State may grant the same right to foreigners, provided they agree before the Ministry of Foreign Relations to consider themselves as nationals in respect to such property, and bind themselves not to invoke the protection of their governments in matters relating thereunto; under penalty, in case of noncompliance with this agreement, of forfeiture of the property acquired to the Nation. Under no circumstances may foreigners acquire direct ownership of lands or waters within a zone of one hundred kilometers along the frontiers and of fifty kilometers along the shores of the country." \n\nArticle 32: "Mexicans shall have priority over foreigners under equality of circumstances for all classes of concessions and for all employment, positions, or commissions of the Government in which the status of citizenship is not indispensable. In time of peace no foreigner can serve in the Army nor in the police or public security forces."\n\n Foreign-born, naturalized Mexican citizens may not become federal lawmakers (Article 55), cabinet secretaries (Article 91) or supreme court justices (Article 95). \n\nAccording to Article 33, "the Federal Executive shall have the exclusive power to compel any foreigner whose remaining he may deem inexpedient to abandon the national territory immediately and without the necessity of previous legal action."\n\nNon-citizens are forbidden to participate in demonstrations or express opinions in public about domestic politics.  Article 9 states, "only citizens of the Republic may do so to take part in the political affairs of the country."  Article 33 is unambiguous: "Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country."\n\n*In response to the answer below:\n\nIt's not a complex issue.\nThey ARE criminals.  They broke the laws of this nation by entering without going through the proper channels.  Many of them use stolen or forged identies and social security cards, which means they are breaking MORE laws.\nBusinesses do not need their labor.  Businesses need to stop undermining the foundation of this county and discontinue their law breaking activities.  Who the hell do you think did the work before the last 12 million illegals came here?  Do you think Americans would sit and starve if illegals didn't pick fruits and vegetables?  I guarantee you they would NOT starve.\nJefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt are spinning in their graves over the invasion of this country and the government's lack of action to stop the influx.\n\nTheodore Roosevelt Advocates Americanism, 1915\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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they need to help themselves and over throw their own goverment if we tried for them they would just cry that we are racist and after their land lol some men you just cant help \n\nyou know that old saying give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, but teach a man how to fish and he will eat for life . well thats what they need to do learn as a country stand for themselves if they would unite for this, \n\nthey should take this time while so many eyes are on them to make a change instead of crying about us  they have their own land they are not a people without a land !
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Most of the pro illegal supporters don't care about anything but the person that they,know ,love or are related to that are illegal.They have a vested interest.The radical Marxist groups like La Raza have this "lets over throw the government "and take over the USA southwest mentality.None are involved in the New World order or the one country ,one government nonsense.It will not happen thru choice,or popular vote ,if it ever happened it would have to be thru domination of one nation thru war of some very very strong country's.I cant see it happening.Not in our lifetime.There are far too many variables to consider.
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What if we DON'T. Wouldn't that be BETTER?\nThey need to stay in their own country. Maybe in 25 years we will be able to get back on our feet after the abuse the illegals inflicted on our tax paid programs. Maybe we can re-coup the losses. Deporting them would SAVE the USA BILLIONS in taxes ANNUALLY!!\n\nCuteWriter - We're talking about ILLEGAL immigrants. We have no problem with legal immigrants. They came here the legal way with documentation, are independent and are not sucking up billions in welfare. The ILLEGALS are NOT citizens, are NOT entitled to taxpaid assistance and should NOT be here. They are CITIZENS of another country and have not entered the legal way with proper, legal documentation.
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The one thing you are wrong about it was not organized by people who entered this country illegally. These illegals are not educated enough to put on an Easter hunt no less a mass protest. This is done by very organized advocates for a political power agenda. These people are the most anti American group in the country and dangerous.\nThey are gaining more power political. \nWe have let this issue get so far out of hand. No matter what happens tomorrow it is only the beginning.
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First of all, do they really think that it will make any difference at all? It won't. In order to actually make a noticible dent in the economy, they would have to hold out a heck of a lot longer than 24 hours...and I just really don't see that happening. Second of all, where do they get off? Nowhere else but in America could someone protest, throw a fit and expect someone to make allowances for the fact that they have, in fact, broken the law. There are legal ways to enter this country, they could have chosen one of them and then there wouldn't be this problem. However, they chose not to obey the laws of this country and, in my opinion, they need to be held accountable for their lawlessness. \n\nIf we allow all these illegal immigrants amnesty, what message does that send to all the immigrants who entered this country legally, who paid their dues and did things according to the rules? Gee, we're sorry we put you through all that because our laws are completely meaningless and we're going to give amnesty to everyone who decided they didn't want to be bothered with the pesky rules? What next, are we going to allow all mass murderers to run free because, hey, if you can break one law, why not all of them. What if all the rapists in every maximum security prison across the country stage a protest demanding their freedom? Why have any rules and laws at all if they can just be arbitrarily changed to exonorate a group of people just because they protest and demand it?\n\nI understand that the people coming here illegally are desperate and in dire circumstances, I don't doubt that at all. However, as someone who grew up in dire circumstances myself (yes, I know what it's like to go to bed hungry for weeks on end, to not have heat in the winter and to face the uncertainty of whether or not you're going to have a roof over your head), I still believe that breaking the law is unacceptable. That doesn't mean that I don't understand the motivation behind it, but it is what it is. After all, we have hundreds of thousands of legal American citizens who are homeless, who are hungry, who are in desperate situations and who are crying for an opportunity to support their families. However, should one of these people choose to rob a bank or sell drugs in an attempt to support their family, we don't see protests in the streets to exonorate them of their crimes. We may understand the motivation behind their actions, but the truth is that they've broken the law, regardless of the reasons/circumstances and in this country, there are consequences for breaking the law. If there aren't, then what's the point of even having a legal system?\n\nCome here legally and I don't have a problem with it. Come here from whatever country, make a life for yourself, send your kids to college, make yourself a millionaire, win the lottery, start a fortune 500 company. I. DON'T. CARE. That's the sort of thing that this country was built on. I, myself, have relatives who immigrated to this country legally and who have been very successful in building their lives and their fortunes. Great for them! Certainly there are those who are racist, but don't make this a racial thing, that's the easy cop-out.
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Bad idea.Once they are allowed in they won't leave.\nSend the illegals back and don't let any more in.This is an invasion that the goverment is failing to protect us from.Big business wants them here to be slave laborers at low pay and without benefits.\nDon't listen when they tell you Americans won't do the job.If they could GET the job instead of illegals,they would.And when they say it's too many to send back,send them back the same way they got here.One at a time!\nStop feeling sorry for lawbreakers who want to take over and change us to suit them!
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I completely understand your innuendo.\n\nGet involved with counter demonstrations by illegals:\nhttp://www.illegalimmigrantprotest.com\nContact your senators and congressmen by email:\nhttp://www.congress.org
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why are they protesting at all...its rediculous. if they don't like our laws, but want to work in this country without obbeying those laws, they can just take thier asses right back across the border where they came from. what if we did that in thier country, took thier jobs but didn't pay taxes or get legal citizenship, you think they would let it fly? hell no...
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yep load their butts up and ship them back, we already have enough people living of the government here, we dont need no more, they need to come into the country legally and pass all the test and crap they have to do, also make them get a job or else they get shipped back, like i said way to many dang people livin of the government, with 20 kids brand new cars and welfare, food stamps, wic, etc... we need better people than that in america
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I agree with you 100%! If you speak your mind , you're considered insensitive and racist! My great-grandparents came here , got a job, learned English, respected the customs and didn't ask for hand outs unlike the millions today!! It's sad really and more "real" Americans should stand up and take our country back but they won't! They just sit there and take it! I went to a immigration protest and the "illegals" out numbered us 20 to 1! Time to take it back!!
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racist want white supremacy, the people you and I encounter with want illegals out because they think they are avoiding the law, which might be true, but still they don't know of any hardships these people go through when risking their lives to cross the border. I am not making excuses for them but realistically how are they going to point out all illegals? Hard workers who are illegals come here to do what their little prissy hands won't, and they say illegals are taking their jobs. i highly doubt they and their ancesstors sprung from US soil, literally.
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Deport them back. That is the only solution. Plus, the US is not saying they can't come back... they have to do it the legal way. Illegals are complaining that it costs too much money to do it the right way but they have a choice... do it right or don't do it at all. Might not be a choice they like but at least they have a choice!
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i agree with you. the illegals are not citizens and should not be able to protest for anything. they should earn their rights by being legal so that they can pay taxes like everyone else.
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Probably because of the big rallies they had put them in the spot light.  And they do make up the largest percentage of illegals.\n\nHowever, I myself do not forget about the others sneaking in and when I write my representatives I make sure that I am referring to all illegals.  We cannot have a policy for just one group, it must take into account all of them because we have more than just Mexicans sneaking into this country.  We should not forget the asian sweat shops on the west coast for example.\n\nI see a lot of focus on the Mexican border, but we cannot forget that Canada is up there and we do get some sneaking in from there.  We have two big coast lines and we have some smuggled in by ship on both coast.  Maby not as many as we get from our southern border, but they do come in by those venues.\n\nThe Mexicans might be the focus on the topic boards and mass media, but not everyone forgets that there is more involved in the debate.
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I think the skip day is over hyped.  I think that the day will come and go and other than news coverage of protesters, we won't even notice.  ALL illegals should go home.  I don't care if they are from Ireland, India, Siam, or Mexico.  If you are here illegally you have cut in line in front of someone who wants to come here the legal way.  NO WAY should anyone be rewarded for doing that.  Rewarding illegal immigration will only encourage more illegal immigration.  The ones legalized will no longer work for cheap wages which will open the door for new illegals, who will expect the same, "citizen status" in time.
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Why? They have it all right here! It's easier.\n\nMaybe when they get deported and no longer have our taxpaid services to support them they will be forced to do the RIGHT thing. Demonstrate, protest, rally together, overthrow the corrupt government and make changes. As long as the USA carries those people and supports their every need, they will do nothing. Throw the bums out, they'll sink or swim. Not our problem.\n\nTheir country (Mexico) needs for them come back home and be there to vote in the next election. They can't make changes if they are in the USA. They all need to unite on ONE man and everyone vote for HIM. Don't lose a good man for the job by having the votes split between two good ones. That gives the majority to a bad one.\n\nJune 23 (Bloomberg) -- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador maintained his lead in the final Mexican presidential opinion poll taken by Consulta Mitofsky before the July 2 elections. \n\nLopez Obrador, the former mayor of Mexico City and the Party of the Democratic Revolution's candidate, rose to 36 percent in voters' preferences from 35 percent in a June 14 survey. Support for Felipe Calderon, a former energy minister under President Vicente Fox, rose to 33 percent from 32 percent of registered voters in the previous poll, Mitofsky said on its Web site. \n\nBacking for Roberto Madrazo, the Institutional Revolutionary Party's candidate, fell to 27 percent from 28 percent in the poll, Mitofsky said.\nhttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=atNC6YrnYkDQ&refer=latin_america\n\nMexico needs to handle their own problems. It is not our responsibility to have to come up with a solution to it. THEY need to handle it.\n\n\n*Jessica  Out of curiosity I went to the Dept. of Labor website in my state and found out field workers make $7 to $8 per hour. If they claim they make $5 per hour, they are most likely only reporting the part on their check, the remainder is probably paid in cash so they don't have to report it and they can still qualify for welfare. You shouldn't call people 'moron', it shows your ignorance and is against Y!A guidelines.\n\nManuel...."THERE ARE NO JOBS USA CITIZENS WON'T DO" That has already been debated!  We already work in the fields, wipe babies and old peoples butts,clean toilets, mop floors, work in water sanitization plants(human waste), pick up dead animals, etc. That remark is B.S.!! Plus, they take carpentry, manufacturing, road repair, and other jobs, too. For wages some of us WILL work for.