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RE: Watermelon
By ImJustSaying on 12/22/2009 7:12:18 PM , Rating: 0
I live in San Diego, California...

I never said anything about JohnnyDough being racist. His comment was not racist, just misinformed, as is yours. Unless immigrant labor is being paid in cash, they are most-likely paying taxes or getting stiffed for a days work. There are a lot of unscrupulous employers out there who know they are dealing with a vulnerable population, and take advantage of that.

Additionally, since most are afraid of being deported, and rightly so, they are hesitant to use government medical services unless their health is severely compromised. Mind you, American citizens who are uninsured behave the same way. For all intents and purposes, in terms of medical expense, they might as well be undocumented, according to your argument.

As far as education goes, it is the children of undocumented immigrants, most are themselves citizens, who are 'sucking up' our resources. Their parents may not be legal, but the students have a right to a public education by virtue of them being citizens. That is the law unless it changes. There is an additional value in educating the children of undocumented immigrants, in that an effort is made to prevent the creation of a permanent underclass of people who may turn to crime to make a living, and therefore are preventing the additional expense of having to increase the number of law enforcement as well as prison beds; not to mention the inevitable violence that is associated with social deprivation.

Like I said before, it's clear that something needs to be done about managing undocumented immigrant flow, but simply demonizing and persecuting a populace is not constructive, nor should it be tolerated.

RE: Watermelon
By rcc on 12/23/2009 3:01:02 PM , Rating: 1
For the record, I also live in San Diego County.

Beyond that, I'm not always sure that your responses are actually to my posts.

However, betwen you, me, the gate post, and anyone else that wants to listen.... I believe that if a child is born to 2 illegal aliens/immigrants, it should not automatically be given citizenship. If the parents are in the country legally, that's a different story. Fortunately we live in a country were the people sorta get to decide what they want, and we'll have to see if they as a whole get annoyed enough to get the laws changed. Until then, everything will remain as you appear to want it.

I am not trying to demonize anyone. And I realize that these people are vital to many economies. In fact, I'm glad to have them. Just get them legalized and functioning with/in society.

RE: Watermelon
By ImJustSaying on 12/23/2009 7:09:35 PM , Rating: 2
I agree with your last sentence. :-)

