It is not immigrants we, who support immigration reform efforts, oppose. It is ILLEGAL immigrants. The minute these folks stepped across the border they were guilty of a federal offense. And while here they are STEALING educational, employment and health services intended for CITIZENS.
Joe Hicks has a terrific OP-ED in today's Los Angeles Times that is right on point:
Now, many Latino immigrant-rights organizers and their sympathizers seem to be saying that there is some inherent right being expressed when people sneak into the country, thumb their noses at the law and make fools out of those who wait patiently in foreign lands for visas to come to the United States.
It is quite clear that many of those participating in the demonstrations have adopted the stance of the beleaguered victim, perceiving frustration about illegal immigration as racism. Some comments have been painfully ignorant. One protester said: "I'm here to make sure that Mexicans get their freedom, their rights."
During the student protests, the American flag was only occasionally on display, while the Mexican flag was omnipresent. A student said he was waving the latter in support of La Raza (the race), while another asked why illegal immigrants were "treated like criminals." Perhaps he wasn't aware that crossing the U.S. border without the required visa is now, and always has been, against the law.
I heard the quote mentioned above on the local news and it astounded me as much as it did Mr. Hicks. I am perfectly happy for Mexicans to have their rights - IN MEXICO! I for one would be happy to buy a one way bus ticket back south for this ungrateful idiot.
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