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Thursday, 20 April 2006

Maybe I'm stupid but...

I don't get a lot of the fuss about the issues with illegal immigrants going on at the moment. Hey, I'm not an asshole, I know that a lot of latino workers are being paid shit to do crappy jobs nobody else wants to do, and I certainly know that they are human beings who deserve the same human rights everybody else does. But this is what I don't get: why so much outrage at the US government and people when you're here illegally? It doesn't mean you're a bad person, it doesn't mean you should be punished even in my opinion, except maybe to tell you that you can't be here anymore. I'm also ignorant, I don't know the rules about immigration - I don't know the exact procedure to move here LEGALLY but I do know from hearing various people who know a lot more than me that it's a lot easier to move here than it is to pretty much any other "1st world" country in the world, so why are we the jerks? Do you know how hard it would be for someone to move to Sweden? Or the Netherlands? All I'm saying is I don't understand the apparent sentiment that all illegal aliens, particularly from Mexico, are being so misused. Hey, if you come here legally, then you're entitled to the same minimum wages as everybody else, so you don't get paid $1.00 an hour to pick tomatoes in 100 degree weather. Does everyone not see that if everybody just followed the rules that were in place the situation would be very different? We wouldn't be in the pickle we're in now. Sometimes I'm just a big believer in the rules. I can't help it, I think it's because I'm the oldest child in my family and really, the only one who had to follow them very consistently.

Posted: Apr 20, 2006 15:44

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