Mexicans aren't fighting for themselves only, they're fighting for all illegal inmigrants?
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The key word is "illegal" as in not legal, as in wrong, as in shouldn't do it, as in not right. America has many flaws but one of our strengths is the legal system. What I find incomprehensible is that you would want to base a society on illegal principles as in I will cross another countries border, take up residence and not abide by their laws. My question to you is which laws do you decide to follow and which laws do you ignore and how do you arrive at your decision ? Do you want a society like Mexico where you have to bribe public officials and the police? I have lived in my country 52 years and not once have I had to or wanted to bribe a public official or policeman. On the other hand it is routine to do so in Mexico. What is also routine is bad water, disease and poverty. Do I hate Mexicans? Absolutely not. I want as many of them over here as possible speaking Spanish among themselves but English in general society, just as my German and Irish ancestors had to.Most of all I want them to follow the same laws as my ancestors followed. I do not want a Mexican legal system or culture dominating my life and my country  . We fought a war over that once and I have no desire to fight another one.\n\nLet me repeat I do not hate Mexicans but I will love the Mexican without agreeing to have the poverty, disease and disregard for the law imposed on me. This is my country and it is yours too as long as you follow the law, pay your taxes and learn the language. You would expect no less of me if I wanted to be a citizen of Mexico and common courtesy decency and respect would demand it.\n\nThis is a serious matter and it does not seem wise to me to expect reconquista. It will not happen.\n\nI just read Recoba 01's post. You need to know that I am not intimidated by Mexicans and do not think you are going to take my job. The rules are clear . Get your education, work hard compete fairly and then if you "take" my job all power to you. Mexicans are certainly capable of competeing with the best. As a native born American I am willing to live and let live, treat everyone with respect but as a slogan on one of the early American Flags put it. "Don't tread on me"
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isn't that what they are doing...in a clip mexican protesters were talking about having infantry...mexico has been educating it's citizens on how to swim across the border. so why wouldn't mexico want them to fight to stay here....it will happen if usa starts deporting!!! ppl need to wake up and realize that there is an invasion of usa!!!
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Mexicans are not being persecuted in America. Even those that are here illegaly. Although there seems to be more public sentiment against illegals here of late. I would blame that on the media or the politicians makeing an issue of it more than anything else. ive lived in Texas all my life the illegal alien thing is nothing new.there were plenty illegals here for more more than thirty years and never heard one complaint until the last few weeks when the media started blasting it out the airways. Unfortuneately Ive noticed that the media seems to have a large affect on the popular opinion here. Why they have chosen this time to make it a major issue is beyond anything i can understand.
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Yes of course. They know that they are not fighting for a real thing. They are just fighting for oil.
746474
Mexicans can come here and get a green card and live her blah blah....ppl say they takin there jobs...ok go around and see wat the "Mexi's" r doin and will it matter i mean most of them r buildin houses and stuff lik that and if u wana BUILD HOUSES then u should be mad other wise u shouldnt....and when u walkin down the streets they dont mess with u so y would u mess with them....im not a mexi but i mean COME ON NOW
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Great point, your parents are only two of a huge amount of legal immigrants who feel the same way. This sense of entitlement that these (Mexican) illegals show is just unbelievable. Your parents have every right to be outraged and so does every single legal immigrant in America as well as those who are in line now.
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I know there are a lot of immigrants that are not white.  The reason people focus on Mexicans is because they are trying to use racism to get their own way with immigration laws.  Also Mexicans make up the majority of immigrants to the united states and they are relatively well organized when it comes to protesting.  This makes them more of a threat to the white American way of life.
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Well, please tell me then, why do they come to the US and start badmouthing the US and her citizens?  Why do they say things like, "We're here to take over the USA!"  Why do they say, "We are here, so get used to it?"  Why do they swing their Mexican flags around, instead of the American flag?  Why do they sing the American Anthem in Spanish, instead of in English?  Don't they know that is repugnant to the American citizens?  Why do they seem to be trying to take advantage of the generosity of the USA, such as stealing SSNs, fraudulently collecting welfare, using the medical system without paying for it?  Why do they yell, "We do jobs you lazy Americans won't do?" when, really, they are undercutting the Americans who would gladly do those jobs for a living wage?  A lot of the jobs they are doing for less than minimum wage would be gladly done by our unemployed or by our high school students, if they could at least get paid minimum wage or better, but when the Mexicans will do them for much less, they take those jobs away from American citizens.  And, the Mexicans can only afford to do those jobs for such cheap wages because they don't pay all the taxes and other deductions on their wages that the American citizens have to pay and they are willing to live with an unbelievable number of people in a small residence, so they don't pay much living costs and still have lots of money to send home.  In my mind, if they were really thankful to be able to come to the USA to provide better for their families back home, they would not do these things.  As well, they would not be protesting in our streets - that really turns the legal citizens against them - don't they realize that?  We feel they should be protesting in the streets of their own country - trying to fix things there, not trying to force us to accept them here.
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Yes, legally they are, that's why so many illegals have these anchor babies. \n\nThe illegal Mexican immigrants are invading this country trying to take it over. It's encouraged by Mexico and the American businesses who use them for cheap labor. Their loyalty is to Mexico. They proved that during one of the first rallies when they took down the American flag, hung up the Mexican flag, and then hung the American flag upside down underneath it. THAT is how they feel about America. \n\nhttp://michellemalkin.com/archives/004869.htm\n\nThen the people who want to appease them pull out the excuses about how people who are not even alive now, and haven't been for hundreds of years, 'stole' the land from the American Indians. Even American politicians are carrying out this traitorous attack on our sovereignty! If this keeps up, the United States of America will become a 3rd world country, just like Mexico! Mexico's problems are not the fault of Americans, but they are becoming our problems because the Mexicans are invading us and bringing their problems with them.\n\nThe illegals make up about 5 % of the work force. The unemployment rate is about 4.5%. Keep in mind that the unemployment rate does NOT represent everyone who is unemployed. It only counts those who are collecting unemployment. Everyone else's plight is ignored. The unemployment rate if everyone was counted would be tremendous. We do NOT have a shortage of labor, we have a large surplus. The more illegals that come in and take our jobs at minimum wage or less (often less) puts more and more Americans out of a job. Most of these Americans are never counted in the unemployment rate if they do not manage to get unemployment benefits. Unemployment benefits are hard to receive.\n\nIllegals draw welfare by stealing people's social security numbers and identities. That means there are a lot of people being directly hurt by these people as well. Innocent people are having their credit ratings ruined, having IRS problems, and social security problems. If someone who has had their social security number stolen gets married, if either spouse dies or become disabled then they can be denied their benefits. \n\nMy family moved to the US before WWII. Those of my family that didn't make it over got killed by the death camps. Our family assimilated to the American culture. We didn't expect the Americans to change to suit us. The illegal immigrants from Mexico are not civilized like that.\n\nThey not only changed the National Anthem to Spanish, they changed the words. They already burn our flag and hang our flag upside down. They waved the Mexican flag during a lot of their protests. Some schools have stopped hanging the American flag and forbidden students from wearing clothes with any part of the American flag on their clothing all to keep from offending the Mexicans. It's nothing short of an attack of our country, not only by the illegal aliens, but those who seek to appease them. \n\nI am tired of the stereotype that Americans wouldn't do the work that illegals do. Illegals do all kinds of jobs for less than minimum wage which drives the wages down for U.S. citizens. Construction jobs are an example. There are lots of illegals doing construction jobs that Americans used to do because the companies can keep more of the profits if they pay less for the workers. All that does is make companies wealthier and Americans poorer. Illegals are stealing jobs that Americans have done for years. \n\n"Mexico is waging war on the U.S. through mass immigration illegal and legal, through the assertion of Mexican national claims over the U.S., and through the subversion of its laws and sovereignty, all having the common end of bringing the southwestern part of the U.S. under the control of the expanding Mexican nation, and of increasing Mexico’s political and cultural influence over the U.S. as a whole. \n\n \nCultural imperialism\n\n \n\nWe experi
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Well I See It Like This\nIf Their Passion Were As STRONG On Their OWN Government As Theyre Making It On The US Government ....\nAnd If They ORGANIZED As Well In Mexico As Well As Theyre Organizing Here....\nAnd MILLIONS Of Mexican CITIZENS Marched In THEIR STREETS WAVING THEIR FLAG....\nThe Mexican Government Would Get Of Their A**ES And Take Notice.....They Would Have To RESPOND, And Some May Argue That Theyd Get SHOT At Or Put In PRISON,\nBut In Reality People,(Think About It)Can The Mexican Govt.\nWASTE Or IMPRISON That Many People ????\nThe TRUTH Of The Matter Is That The Mexican Government Would HAVE TO MAKE REFORMATIONS ....Cause If They DIDNT\n \n(Now Stay With Me Here Folks)\n\nThe US GOVERNMENT Would Step In(Now..In The Backs Of Our Minds, Dont We ALL REALLY KNOW THAT??)\n\nThe REASON The US Government Is So Fast To KEEP THE ILLEGAL ALIENS Here Is(Are We All READY???)\n\nDRUMROLL PLEASE\n\nLimitless ILLEGAL Immigration Is the Modern-Day Equivalent of SLAVERY, benefiting only the Conservative Corporate Elites.\n\nOK .....EVERYBODY GET IT NOW???
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First of all, it's not just Mexicans. For example, there is a huge population of illegal Irish in Philadelphia.\n\nI think that instead of trying to come down on every individual illegal in the US, that the government should slam businesses who employ illegals, and I mean slam them hard. People come into this country for work because they need money. If we didn't provide them with jobs, they wouldn't come.
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Ink Why Rare is correct, many illegal immigrants are fighting not only for their citizenship, but OUR COUNTRY! \nWhat I'm about to say next is going to piss a bunch of people off, but what the heck! I have a more respect for illegal immigrants fighting to serve a country that they desire to call home, than sniveling USA citizens that have never served, and take their citizenship for granted. Unless you have served in the military, you have no idea what those guys are willing to sacrifice for the dream of becoming a USA citizen. They have my respect, and my support. Regards
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You got a point there. People are so caught up into trying to get "illegals" out that they don't even think about the impact that may come. Better yet, a MEXICAN ILLEGAL who went to Iraq just got honored with the 3rd highest ranking medal a MARINE can get for saving fellow soldiers at war while he was wounded. How come no one protests about that? How come these racist hicks don't go to war since they love their country so much? why don't they die for it?
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they are really just Aztlanists trying to win their first victory.
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The issue is not just about Mexicans, it is ALL illegals in the US.  Kick them out.
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That's what these illegals are about. Flying their Mexican flag, marching in our streets, and announcing that this is their country now.
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At this point I believe so. We are in a war on terror officially. Any country that does not take our concerns seriously, need a wake up call. Mexico is one of them. We have every right to militarize our border when we are being invaded. And we are being invaded. The invaders carry drugs, diseases and are by their very nature counter culture. They cost the US billiions of dollars in untold ways and they threaten the culture in general. They are also, outside of the law of this country by entering in the way they do. All that said, I'm sure many are nice people.\nI would ask the question, "if someone put a gun to your head and blew your brains out, would it matter to you if they were a nice person?"\nWe ARE at war with these people and in a sense with Mexico and while it is not traditional, it is being fought for the same old things most wars are fought for. Power, control, money.