I was just reading MSNBC's Telemundo poll on racial outlooks between hispanics and whites and frequently read about the term "immigration reform," yet it is never defined. On its' surface I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find that hispanics would say it means amnesty for Mexicans, but I'm curious to see just what you guys think.
Now I totally get why Mexicans would want more Mexicans in this country-- after all it just increases your particular demographic's political power. And I also get why Mexican gravitate toward the Democratic Party since they are the party of giveaways and Mexicans are as a rule poor, illiterate, and in their view, desperately in need of assistance. It's plain to see that it is a symbiotic relationship.
Personally I'd say that immigration reform does not involve a rehashing of quotas pertaining to specific nationalities, nor does it involve amnesty for illegal aliens. I also think that Texas' prior method of handling illegals was a stroke of genius: They loaded all the caught illegals up in a cargo plane, flew it down to the southern-most tip of Mexico, and offloaded them on the airport ramp and flew back for another sortie. Nice work, that. To me I'd say a nice barb/concertina wire fence, a wall, backed by a mine field and a couple of divisions of armed soldiers strung along the border to keep an eye on it all is a good idea, but that's just me.
In short, for me immigration reform is less a reworking of what we have, so much as it is the dedicated effort to stem the flow of illegals into our country-- both from the south and the north. Lock the border down, begin a Pakistani look-alike program of Predator drones identifying the narco-lords and raining missles onto their heads, along with a ramped-up version of Texas' cargo plane program.
Call me reactionary, a facist, a Mexicophobe, whatever, but the truth is I don't have a problem with immigration-- the legal kind. If the population shifts to a Latino dominate demographic, fine. Just don't let it happen by a purposeful slothfulness by the Left in an attempt to bolster their voting rolls.
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