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Originally Posted by Tbugs
KatzPajamas-
Semantics is what you are talking about. The term "illegal" is a hot button word. Try using something like "undocumented worker". You are talking about criminal actions such as bank robbery.
What does the inscription say on the Statue of Liberty? "Give me your tired, your poor, the wretched refuse of your native land yearning to breathe free." Shall we re-do the Statue of Liberty to have her holding a shotgun to keep people out of America? I think not. We are better than that.
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T-Bugs, I don't think you have to worry too much about Lady Liberty. She watched over millions of legal immigrants just a short distance away in New York Harbor. No doubt that she'd be willing to welcome millions more immigrants, legal that is.
For those who wait in line to come to our land legally, the southern invasion is unfair. The fact that there are some 12 million illegals here does not make it right, nor does the number make it legal.
Those who employee illegal immigrants are guilty of a crime and should be held accountable. Those who thumb their noses at our laws and swarm across our borders should also be held accountable. If there are no jobs for illegals I suspect there will suddenly be plenty of foreign nationals willing to work here legally, for a fair wage and with decent living conditions.
You can call them undocumented workers, you can call them anything you want. It does not change that fact that they are breaking our laws by being here, thus, they are criminals. How they are identified and expelled is problematic but that doesn't mean their acts can or should be ignored. Our borders should be closed and as the illegal immigrants are identified they should be expelled. If there are no jobs for them in the United States I don't think that will be too difficult to keep them out. The more difficult job will be to process those who are willing to come here and work legally for a legal wage and ultimately become one of us.