Illegal Immigration
May Day! May Day!
Today was the official Illegal Aliens Do No Work Day, or some nonsense. Interesting that people who allegedly have jobs can sneak away in the middle of the day to march around Boston and other major US cities, snarling traffic, chanting slogans in foreign tongues, and generally pissing off those who work for a living. Let's not even discuss the fact that these people are protesting for the right to break the law. What's next? Pedophiles from NAMBLA marching for the right to molest young boys? Bank robbers marching for the right to take some money out of the vault?
Let us evaluate, from a purely practical point of view.
First, these people are here illegally. Regardless of their worth as human beings, or their contribution to the economy, they are committing a crime. To simply turn the other cheek is to validate some forms of illegal (or unlawful) behavior. If we were serious about enforcement, which is the only sure way to stem the tide of illegal aliens, we would have arrested the folks who showed up to protest, then sorted out the ones who were here legally, while shipping the others back to the third world hellholes from whence they came.
Second, they are spitting in the faces of the immigrants who came here lawfully. The ones who stood in line and got their right to be in this country validated by the government. We don't tolerate people who cut in front of us at Starbucks, why should we tolerate those who cut in line to be here, in America.
Finally, there is no excuse for lawmakers to pander to these people. They don't vote. Hell, they can't vote. And, more to the point, why do we need more laws, another amnesty, when the government doesn't enforce the present laws? (While this is a rhetorical question, I will answer it: "It is to make it look like these idiots are doing something.")
As a consequence of these selfish idiots, I was forced to spend more money to park becuase I couldn't get out of the parking garage. Instead of creating sympathy, it made people (including me) less concerned with their situation. In fact, my unscientific poll produced the following results: For illegal immigrants: 0 Opposed to illegal immigrants: 10. I would note that five of the ten were foreign, which is to say, people who are now in the legal economy.
The bottom line, illegal immigrants are breaking the law. And, does anyone else find it interesting that they chose May Day, a communist holiday, to protest?
4 comments:
yes, but it got your mug on tv!
I'm not so open-shut on this one, my Brother.
First off, the majority of "illegals" are undocumented workers trying to do a Good Thing and pay taxes. It's not their fault that the U.S. Government's immigration system is arcane to the point of disfunction.
And I personally know this because I've had the pleasure of working with people who have successfully immigrated here, just like the Europeans did it -- but without plundering all the land and stuff. Instead just working on the land, making money for MNC's and stuff.
You can't criminalize a civil issue -- as they tried to do out in the NH Monadnock valley any more than you can criminalize writing a Demand Letter to a Chief of Police out in that same valley regarding a possible case of police abuse.
Listen to the audioblawg of two Irismen and me discussing immigration here, it's scratchy for the first few seconds but then cleans up nicely.
http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2006/03/happy-st-patricks-day.html
Peace.
Trying to do a good thing and pay taxes? With phony Social Security cards, working under the table? Yeah, that helps the economy (as opposed to the underground one).
I have no problems with immigration, and as long as people go through the process, however arcane and dysfunctional it may be, welcome to America. Oh, and learn English. If I emigrated to your homeland, would I have to learn your language? You damn skippy I would.
In any event, if you want to come here and be a part of America, great. If not, get the hell out.
Right. But don't go trying to criminalize someone's presence when they've shown legitimate attempts to come into compliance with the law, that's all I'm saying.
It is a Good Thing those initiatives were shut down by Judicial Decree in New Hampshire, where one should feel free to live, freeze and die.
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