Comments on: Border Control + Catch And Release http://donklephant.com/2005/07/14/border-control-catch-and-release/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:39:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: EssEm http://donklephant.com/2005/07/14/border-control-catch-and-release/comment-page-1/#comment-144 EssEm Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:39:48 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/07/14/border-control-catch-and-release/#comment-144 I am, alone among my (increasingly small...hmm) social set, a support of George Bush about the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. But when it comes to immigration, I switch instantly into red-faced, shoe-pounding rage mode. His feckless ass-kissing of Vicente Fox, head of a clearly (to all but the blind, excuse me, I mean, los ciegos) hostile country, makes me crazy. If you'd like both a clear description of the mess --both metaphorical and literal-- of this massive invasion of the US by Mexico, read Victor Davis Hanson. His solution seems doable, at least on some other planet. I lived for 2 decades in a bilingual bicultural country and believe me...there's no advantage to it at all. I am, alone among my (increasingly small…hmm) social set, a support of George Bush about the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. But when it comes to immigration, I switch instantly into red-faced, shoe-pounding rage mode. His feckless ass-kissing of Vicente Fox, head of a clearly (to all but the blind, excuse me, I mean, los ciegos) hostile country, makes me crazy. If you’d like both a clear description of the mess –both metaphorical and literal– of this massive invasion of the US by Mexico, read Victor Davis Hanson. His solution seems doable, at least on some other planet. I lived for 2 decades in a bilingual bicultural country and believe me…there’s no advantage to it at all.

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2005/07/14/border-control-catch-and-release/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Justin Gardner Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:05:19 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/07/14/border-control-catch-and-release/#comment-131 Yes, but because of our lack of vigilance, we've set up a class of people who are essentially slaves to our economic system. They can't get health care. They can't report employer's abuse. It's quite a shame if you ask me. To be fair, our economy would be crippled if these workers weren't here. So what's the solution? Yes, but because of our lack of vigilance, we’ve set up a class of people who are essentially slaves to our economic system. They can’t get health care. They can’t report employer’s abuse. It’s quite a shame if you ask me.

To be fair, our economy would be crippled if these workers weren’t here. So what’s the solution?

]]> By: jimbo http://donklephant.com/2005/07/14/border-control-catch-and-release/comment-page-1/#comment-125 jimbo Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:19:38 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/07/14/border-control-catch-and-release/#comment-125 Face it. The US has a long, underpopulated border with a very poor country. In suburbs all over the US there is a demand for maids to clean 5,000 sf mansions and gardeners to care for multi-acre yards and construction workers to build roads wide enough for SUVs. How can we expect the border patrol to control that? What we need is more, lots more, legal immigration. That would take the pressure off the border patrol so they can catch the bad guys. Face it. The US has a long, underpopulated border with a very poor country. In suburbs all over the US there is a demand for maids to clean 5,000 sf mansions and gardeners to care for multi-acre yards and construction workers to build roads wide enough for SUVs. How can we expect the border patrol to control that? What we need is more, lots more, legal immigration. That would take the pressure off the border patrol so they can catch the bad guys.

]]> By: RebeccaH http://donklephant.com/2005/07/14/border-control-catch-and-release/comment-page-1/#comment-101 RebeccaH Fri, 15 Jul 2005 02:22:33 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/07/14/border-control-catch-and-release/#comment-101 Amen. Amen.

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