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Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: storch on April 10, 2005, 02:39:42 PM

The Miami Herald is running an interesting series on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the mariel boatlift.  the articles validate the view of those that maintain that immigration is the life blood and vibrancy of the United States.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/special_packages/mariel/

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: Lizking on April 10, 2005, 02:52:10 PM

I seldom see anyone complain about immigration, it is ILLEGAL immigration that chaps peoples ass.

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: storch on April 10, 2005, 02:55:22 PM

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Originally posted by Lizking
I seldom see anyone complain about immigration, it is ILLEGAL immigration that chaps peoples ass.

the mariel boatlift was fidel castro vomitting upon the US and Jimmy Carter lapping it up and yet...well read the articles.

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: Gunslinger on April 10, 2005, 03:13:51 PM

yes but those are Cubans.  Us racist fascist bigots usually referr to illegal mexican immigrations.  That's the difference.  ;)

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: midnight Target on April 10, 2005, 03:46:52 PM

125,000 Cubans.... Big Deal!

We have twice that many illegals crossing our border every year!


(last estimated average was 202k per year)

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: Elfie on April 10, 2005, 04:03:19 PM

Not nearly as many Cubans were *dumped* on the US compared to the sheer numbers of Mexicans crossing the border each year with no end in sight. Far easier to assimilate 125,000 people than it is to assimilate millions.

*edit* Unless your species is The Borg. Resistance is futile, you WILL be assimilated.  :D

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: storch on April 10, 2005, 09:42:18 PM

come visit us in Miami and see how well Cubans assimilate.

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: ASTAC on April 10, 2005, 10:27:18 PM

Besides we told the Cubans they could come here to escape Castro...no one asked for Mexico to reclaim lost territory by an illegal immigrant invasion.

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: oboe on April 10, 2005, 11:08:12 PM

Mexico is a democracy, and spreading democracy abroad is now the "raison de etre" for our invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, as I understand it.     Yet one of our closest democratic neighbors is so fluffied up that people abandon it by the millions annually.

We are already trillions in debt, and borrowing billions more to install a type of government in foreign countries that does not always even work.    The fact that we cannot even pay our own bills leads me to believe its not really working well in this country, either.

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: storch on April 10, 2005, 11:37:01 PM

Personal attack/Inflammatory

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: beet1e on April 11, 2005, 10:25:56 AM

I am reliably informed that there's no illegal immigration between Zimbabwe and South Africa where the Limpopo river separates the two countries. It's not that the would be immigrants can't swim. The river is infested with crocodiles. :lol

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: Elfie on April 11, 2005, 01:11:49 PM

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Personal attack/Inflammatory

Bigots and racists because we dont want people coming here ILLEGALLY? :rofl America cant afford millions of illegals. The estimates go as high as 20 milllion illegals here now, with more crossing the border each day. The illegals cost the gov't BILLIONS in unpaid taxes each year.

Please tell, what are the illegals *merely reciprocating what the US visited upon them in the 19th and early 20th centuries*?

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: mosgood on April 11, 2005, 01:16:49 PM

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Originally posted by Elfie
Please tell, what are the illegals *merely reciprocating what the US visited upon them in the 19th and early 20th centuries*?

Here we go.... pulls up a chair for this one...

Hey  Do i Have time to order a pizza before things get good????

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: oboe on April 11, 2005, 01:26:44 PM

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: storch on April 11, 2005, 03:04:00 PM

Personal Insult/Disrespectful/Inflammatory

Title: a look at illegal immigration
Post by: Skuzzy on April 11, 2005, 03:06:13 PM

Cannot take a hint can you?  Then you want to insult me as well?

If you are incapable of having a discussion without taking personal potshots at members of this board, then we can arrange for you not to be here.