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<blockquote data-quote="helenofcalifornia" data-source="post: 350298" data-attributes="member: 5170"><p>America has always been the land of opportunity for the masses. It still is the place where with a lot of hard work and a good idea, you can rise above your class. I understand that if you come to this country as a visitor and want to stay you should do it legally. But...if you are a semi-hungry Mexican national, living on tortillas and frijoles, with kids that need to go to school, you are going to try and do the best for your family. And that might mean an illegal trip across the border. I'm just saying. </p><p></p><p>What I would be interested to know, Danny (and you know I agree with most of what you say and am in your corner, but...), how much traveling outside the US have you done? (and the army doesn't count) I think a lot of Americans think in national terms instead of global terms. If they traveled outside our borders they might think way differently. I think that's why the US is so ostracized in the world right now; because we only are thinking about ourselves and what's good for the US and not looking on ourselves as a global partner. (Yeah, I am voting for Obama) </p><p></p><p> And the chances of Mexicans getting into this country legally are next to nil. I mean, what talents do they have other than incredibly hard workers. Indians with their computer skills, no problem, etc. You know why there are so many Chinese restaurants on border towns in Mexico? Chinese waiting for their numbers to come up in the US immigration lottery. And they wait YEARS. They are doing it the legal way, but, jeez, YEARS???</p><p></p><p>I am for legal immigration, I am for waiting your turn and doing it the right way, I am for immigrants learning English if they are going to stay here, I have some issues with amnesty. This is a tangent and a run on statement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helenofcalifornia, post: 350298, member: 5170"] America has always been the land of opportunity for the masses. It still is the place where with a lot of hard work and a good idea, you can rise above your class. I understand that if you come to this country as a visitor and want to stay you should do it legally. But...if you are a semi-hungry Mexican national, living on tortillas and frijoles, with kids that need to go to school, you are going to try and do the best for your family. And that might mean an illegal trip across the border. I'm just saying. What I would be interested to know, Danny (and you know I agree with most of what you say and am in your corner, but...), how much traveling outside the US have you done? (and the army doesn't count) I think a lot of Americans think in national terms instead of global terms. If they traveled outside our borders they might think way differently. I think that's why the US is so ostracized in the world right now; because we only are thinking about ourselves and what's good for the US and not looking on ourselves as a global partner. (Yeah, I am voting for Obama) And the chances of Mexicans getting into this country legally are next to nil. I mean, what talents do they have other than incredibly hard workers. Indians with their computer skills, no problem, etc. You know why there are so many Chinese restaurants on border towns in Mexico? Chinese waiting for their numbers to come up in the US immigration lottery. And they wait YEARS. They are doing it the legal way, but, jeez, YEARS??? I am for legal immigration, I am for waiting your turn and doing it the right way, I am for immigrants learning English if they are going to stay here, I have some issues with amnesty. This is a tangent and a run on statement. [/QUOTE]
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