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Old 12-17-2005, 08:59 PM
LittleOldLady LittleOldLady is offline
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Default Re: Born in the US but not American?

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If some women are having their babies in the US to get their kids citizenship, then this amendment might reduce that

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I think you are confusing the issue, usually these women are not illegal immigrants, that's a different problem.

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Of course, we all know that anybody who opposes illegal immigration is a racist zealot

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Not really, most american people oppose illegal immigration and most are not rascist zealots, but of course some people in this forum qualify [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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It is possible to oppose illegal immigration because undocumented aliens are completely vulnerable to exploitation by unscrupulous employers and have serious problems obtaining health care, education for their children, decent housing, and so forth. While illegal aliens choose to come here because they feel that they will be better off in the US even with the obstacles faced by the undocumented, it is possible for US voters to take the position that we do not want people working in the US to be exploited and hence to oppose illegal immigration. With that stance, however, must come pressure to reform the immigration laws to allow willing and needed workers and their families to come to the US legally with the protections afforded to citizens and those with green cards. Also every effort should be made by the US and Mexico to improve economic conditions for Mexicans so that they can support and educate their families at home and do not feel the need to risk their lives to come to the US to work under substandard conditions.

Being an undocumented alien working in the US is not a desirable way of life, and reform of the immigration laws is a better way of handling the situation than putting up fences for hundreds of miles through the desert and catching and deporting the same people over and over again. I don't see why that would be a racist stance.
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