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[superbadgirl]

Just got into it about the immigration demonstrations. I dunno, I know it's more of a grey issue than what I see, but the reform doesn't really sound so dreadful and wrong to me. I mean, I'm all for people seeking a better life, but shouldn't there be rules and shouldn't there be ramifications if rules aren't followed? I don't like the idea of turning down people for immigration, but at the same time we have to worry about overpopulation, etc., etc.

*shrugs*

I don't feel strongly enough FOR illegal immigrants to want to stop traffic during rush hour.

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[brihana25.livejournal.com]

The hugest turnoff that I'm feeling from these illegal immigrants is
A) the huge sense of entitlement

They're allowed to earn money they're not supposed to earn.
They don't pay the taxes the rest of us do to support the country (because if they paid, their bosses would get caught breaking the law by hiring them in the first place).
Their children go to school for free, eat breakfast and lunch for free... supported by those taxes that they don't pay.
They exercise the right to assembly and protest, which is not guaranteed to them, with impunity.

And they're think we're wrong if we get pissed off about it and try to stop them.

Entitlement? Understatement of the year.

B) the ASSUMPTION that because this is the land of the free and free speech, that legal residents and citizens will become sympathetic to them as a mass movement.

The sad part is... look at just how many of "us" are stupid enough to do it.