Originally posted by SteveBailey
More smoke and mirrors, half truths.
Don't stop there. Tell us what was smoke, what was mirrors and what was half true.
Rolex, can some illegal aliens come live in your home? I mean, they contribute to the bottom line and all so they should be a welcome part of your household, right? How about in your back yard, would that be ok?
This is the kind of nonsense non-analogy used by talk radio and J6P with a blog. Do you think I am a proponent of illegal immigration?
Let's turn your questions around into something more meaningful. If you, your wife and girls were living in poverty in Mexico, what would you do? You would have no chance of immigrating legally because you don't have an advanced degree or special skill, so rule that out. Would you risk going across the border to find work to feed them?
The vast majority of illegal immigrants come for the same reasons your family came. Not to commit crime, but in a desperate bid to survive and try to thrive in a place with better odds.
The aliens are not your enemy. It's the businesses who hire them that are your enemy. The ones who say they're only trying to save money on labor costs - it's capitalism and the American way. The ones who say that it can't be helped and everyone else is hiring them, why shouldn't I? It's the politicians who take the lobbying money and gifts from the businesses and Chamber of Commerce in exchange for defeating improvements in border security and enforcement of work rules.
Those are the people encouraging desperate people to do desperate things.