who is FOR the day without immigrants, who is AGAINST? why?
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I think it doesn't matter either way.  They will all be back tomorrow.  It's just silly that they are punishing themselves by losing a whole days wages.  \n\nAlso, many people talk about how this country was built on Immigration.  Well yes, but at some point we must realize that things are out of control.  When this country was formed, there were not welfare programs that people could come here and mooch off of.  Furthermore, if these people had rallied like this in their own countries, maybe they could convince their own governments to take better care of things rather than taking things out on the people of this country.  I'm sure it isn't easy to be an immigrant but if we don't draw the line somewhere, this country is going to go straight to hell and we will all be immigrating to other countries to get out of this one!\n\nIf people want to come here to find a better life where they can work like the rest of us and actually contribute to society then great, c'mon over and legally go through the process.  However, many, many people coming into this country are bringing their bad ways with them and therefore bringing more drugs, crime and taking advantage of the benefits that should be for legal citizens only.  Our government is exactly right in wanting to stop these people from walking right in.
200889
CANADA!  The United Nations seems to agree. So too do all the prospective immigrants who can't wait to get into the country.  They even come illegally.  Yes we're a wonderfully even-tempered people who like to mind our own business, let others live as they believe appropriate and just try to "get along".  What more could you want in a place to live?  Our family has been here since 1780 - province of New York previous to that since 1623 - so we can claim loyalty to this grand Dominion.  G-d save the Queen!
395696
I thought the big debate was about ILLEGAL immigrants. I don't really care if illegal immigrants enter the country either as long as they are willing to work hard, which most of them do.\n\nAnd even the "Native Americans" were immigrants too when they crossed the land bridge in Alaska. They just happened to show up in America first.
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I am a real liberal rather than the usual anti-conservative and I am completely against illegal immigration.\n\nPeople are coming across the border (not just from Mexico and Latin America, but from Asia and Eastern Europe; not just in sweat shops but in sex industry as well) illegally because they are being recruited by unscrupulous employers to circumvent the idea of free market economics. If the demand for workers is greater than the willingness of the indigenous labor supply to settle for the money offered then wages are supposed to go up. Instead, a black market worker is smuggled into the country, often at great physical peril, and then is kept at a job which would be illegal because the hours are too long and the environment is too unsafe by the threat of deportation or physical intimidation and the worker cannot seek redress because he must remain secretive. This is BAD for America.\n\nHowever, and I am sure you will not like this, I fear that if the War in Iraq were going better we would not be debating this issue right now. The economy has been in the tank for almost five years, and illegal immigration has been a non-issue until six months before a major election when the party in power is seen as being weak. Maybe that is a smoke screen, maybe it's just a coincidence.
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ONE THAT GETS RID OF IMMIGRANTS LIKE YOU !!! \n\nYOU'RE SO FULL OF HATRED !!!\n\nWE DON'T NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN AMERICA !!!
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obeirn1:  Fianlly someone with a brain on here.  I agree with you 100%.  Here is the trouble with this immigration debate, to much prejudices, and racisits trying to run the country.  Also some of these "haters" as I have so affectionatly called them, tend to go with what the neighbor says without investingating things themselves.  Like most things, when people jump to conclusions, this whole thing will turn out to blow up in the "haters" face.  People dont realize that it is not just "Mexicans" here illegally, and if you look at the problem more, you will se that it is actually our own Governement (INS policies) that prohibit the majority of these hispanics from gaining papers.  Look at it from their side, if your kids were starving would you not do what you had to do to feed them?  Now if you cant afford food, how on earth are you to afford thousands of dollars for papers, when the wages in countries like Mexico are 5 bucks a week....people just think they know all when they refuse to see the tarnish on the coin.  ~~To answer the question, I am ashamed that as a whole, americans think they are somehow better than the rest of the world!~~
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Against illegal immigrants. Why? because they are breaking the law.
708656
Look - I have nothing against immigrants.  It's the ILLEGAL part I (and most conservatives) have a problem with.  If we allow anyone to just walk on in, with no background checks, etc. we will have no control on who comes in and what their motives are.  And it has to be at a controlled pace.  If we set no limits on legal immigration,  our society would be overwhelmed with housing, medical, jobs, schooling, demands, etc.  What do you think would happen if one day we just said "anyone in the world who wants to come to America" come on over right now and just walk on in"? \n\nAnd if you are going to come here, LEARN THE LANGUAGE AND SPEAK IT!\notherwise, we will be so divided in different little groups, no one will have anything in common to make them feel like Americans.  My great-grandparents came here from Germany, and they learned the language and assimilated into America. That is the way America works.\nSee - no problem - just do it legally
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I'm white and American and I support immigration, illegal or legal.  Everyone should have a chance to experience, freedom and democracy, even if our current government takes such things away minute by minute. People come here illegally so that they may have a new chance at life and usually willing to work to acheive it. Hispanic Immigrants are always hard workers and work for less than minimum wage.  If you want to clean up America, why don't you find all of the whites and blacks who are too lazy to get up off of their asses to do an honest day's work and just sponge on welfare.  As to the t-shirt question, Cafe Press has the ability to make your own. Fidelche has some good political shirts too. The second link in my sources has some "Smash Racism" t-shirts.
496693
Definitely against.  I think there are way too many illegals in our country to make them all go back to Mexico.  I don't think they will go back without a fight.
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would like to correct toddcomish=the people who don't want them enforced are 1-bleeding heart liberals who need to get their own country, and leave this one, 2-democrats who want illegals to vote for which they should be jailed for voter fraud, 3-CORRUPT businesses who should be shut down and fined with jail time. Todd, we must be specific!
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Neither. But those who benefit from unlimited immigration of unskilled workers tend to be Republicans. \n\nFollow the money: they want cheap labor, and competition for low-end jobs keeps wages of American citizens down too.
347160
Are you a member of the National Front or similar organization - your question and past questions would suggest that indeed you are.  Are you trying to stir up hatred against immigrants........just wondering..........
319599
I'm against it because, realistically, they will not go home.  I say deport ALL ILLEGALS.
1043239
To some extent the policy of a country will always be against the views of some folks.\n\nAlthough there is some rationale between resisting perceived invaders this does not justify blowing up a train full of commuters in the UK or Spain, crashing planes into buildings in the US or blowing yourself up in a crown of old folks in Iraq.
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"These immigrants are fighting to embrace this nation."\n\nThat is funny.  Of course, how did I miss it.  Waving a foreign flag, speaking a foreign language, demanding free services, bastardizing the National Anthem.  Sound like their trying to embrace this nation - in a war!\n\nI believe that this is going to backfire on them.  In California we need to stop electing these people who hate living in this country.  That's the only reason I can explain why they would boycott it.
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The person who write this question, must be "absent without leave" cause haven't choose a better answer.\n\nSo let's go "Back to basis" and vote for me!