Monday, February 11, 2008
Conflating Illegal Immigration with Immigration
Two things popped up in the news recently.
First, Mexican President Calderon said:
Then there was this article which quoted an illegal immigrant leaving Arizona:
Now, I can't speak to his experiences. But being against illegal immigration doesn't make you racist nor does it mean you don't support immigration.
I would like immigration and a guest worker program. I would like the maximum amount of immigrants and guest workers which is deemed feasible.
But I'm against illegal immigration. It is illegal and erodes respect for the law.
I could care less what their nationality is. I'm more concerned about their political beliefs from their home country than anything else.
Two things popped up in the news recently.
First, Mexican President Calderon said:
"The worst thing that happened in this country is this anti-Mexican or anti-immigrant perception of people. We need to contain this," Calderon said after a speech at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Then there was this article which quoted an illegal immigrant leaving Arizona:
"Here, they let you work. Over there, they won't. There is a lot of racism, but here there isn't -- it's better," Ortiz said of Houston.
Now, I can't speak to his experiences. But being against illegal immigration doesn't make you racist nor does it mean you don't support immigration.
I would like immigration and a guest worker program. I would like the maximum amount of immigrants and guest workers which is deemed feasible.
But I'm against illegal immigration. It is illegal and erodes respect for the law.
I could care less what their nationality is. I'm more concerned about their political beliefs from their home country than anything else.
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