June 16th, 2007 at 1:51 am
It is a human rights issue

So it’s a “human right” that everyone can come to American and become a citizen?

cohen says “A hundred years ago it was a joke to get citizenship: you sign your name at Ellis Island and that’s that.”

A hundred years ago immigrants didn’t come to this country for free emergency room health care, free education which they demanded in their native tongue, and other government handouts. I wouldn’t have a problem with letting the non-criminals stay if they were to sign a pledge to NEVER RECEIVE ONE PENNY OF MY TAX DOLLARS IN GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.

BTW, are you aware American indians killed more of each other than any newcomers did? Indian tribes were often absolutely brutal to other tribes. Slavery, rape, stealing each other’s lands, etc. The strong tribes survived. That’s the way it was. That’s the way it is. That’s the way it always will be. Time for you to get used to it.

well, ivan, if your mother spent all her money on you, that was her choice. Why didn’t YOU give her the money to go home?

You are one selfish boy. The Creator is probably not too happy with you.

and cohen, if it’s a human rights issue, then you should be taking it up with Mexico, China, and several other countries.
yes, millions are waiting… and I don’t believe in rewarding those who cheat, then demand their tickets be punched first. There should be a fair and equal chance for others – or don’t you believe in fair and equal? Those now here illegally shoud be kicked out to the back of the line.

Racism? Yeah, yeah, yeah… that’s the standard fallback for those who have no other argument.

Trent Lott has publicly stated that the “grand bargainers” don’t care what amendments get passed as long as the bill gets through the house and senate. Then, when the bill goes to committee, all of these amendments will be removed before it gets to Jorge W.’s desk.

CALL YOUR SENATORS. If you already have THEN DO IT AGAIN!!

I was BORN here… I’m an American.

Don’t you dare claim I’m some form of trespasser on my own land.

The poll asked about the feelings towards illegal immigrants who pay fines, learn English, and meet requirements. They don’t ask where the illegals should be held until these requirements are met, who is going to determine if they are met, and should tax dollars be spent to do it?

I doubt that if the poll participants had to stare into the eyes of a mother whose little girl was killed by a car accident caused by an illegal immigrant that they would be so willing to brush off their impact. They talk about the jobs nobody else will do, yet the illegals are found landscaping, cleaning hotels, and drywalling. these are all jobs many Americans could make a decent living doing in the past.

I don’t feel any human being has an innate or intrinsic right to any patch of land regardless his argument, although contemporary geo-political reasoning would like to think otherwise. I do not agree.

As I am a caucasian born American I don’t believe history’s precedence is on my side. My ancestors thought it perfectly okay to voyage to an alien land which their ancestors have never set foot on and claim it for themselves despite the fact that this country had been peopled for millennia before them.

Through the use of religious dogmas, military superiority and and down right disregard for the age-old inhabitants of this land they intended to take “what God and King” had ordained them by divine and royal proclamation. The only problem is who gave this land to King George in order for him to give it to his subjects?

Early Europeans saw it as their right to take and “use this land” as they often made justification, saying that indians do not fence in the land or own land like Europeans in the sense that Europeans claim land as property.

My whole problem with this is that we seem to think since we came to this land and stole it that it somehow is ours now. Enough time has passed and enough “American” (i.e. white, European triumphalism) stories have been created to wipe away all the lies, death, destruction and unjustness we have rot upon this land in the name of God and “civilized” society.

So, It’s my view that we white, Europeans now call this land our land, America home of the Red, White and Blue. No, it’s the land of thieves and their childrens’ children, which I might add continue to make excuses for their total disrespect of the land and the people that lived here long before them just like their fathers’ before them did. There is countless treaties that white men made with the people who first inhabited this country and almost without exception all of them were lies. When we told the Cherokee that becoming like us would ingratiate them among the white men, they did and it still wasn’t good enough. Unfortunately there was no way to take all the indian out of the indians, no matter what they did it would never be good enough.

With all the “civilizing” and “reclamation” of this land we have so proudly done we’ve polluted and destroyed countless rivers, wildernesses and paved over this beautiful land from sea to shining sea.

When you say these Mexicans can come and stay in “your” country as long as they follow your laws and become legal I can’t help but think who the true “aliens” really are in this country.

That’s just my personal take. I understand how you feel and I believe that we all can live together and share this world. I know from a technical stand point that we cannot have everyone come to the United States because there is only so much resources to go around. On that note, I would like to see a fair and honest immigration bill come about that would allow for people from other countries to come to America to seek a better life and I would also like to see all of us have respect for the law no matter your ethnic background.

They accept felony charges and accept that they will be labelled a felon for entering this country illegally.

A fence, complete with armed guards and surveylance is constructed along the ENTIRE US / Mexico border.

If you are capable of manual labor, you have no need for Welfare. You can get a job, so I don’t need to support you.

In addiition this poll did not ask respondants if they supported the Bush-Kennedy amnesty bill outright. They asked the respondants if they supported “central tenants” of the Bush-Kennedy amnesty bill. Not the same thing as well, and I wonder why they didn’t ask the question honestly? Were they afraid of eliciting responses of “hell no, I’m not in favor of this particular bill?”

The Rasmussen poll recently found that only 20 percent of Americans want to pass the amnesty bill.