I apologize for not pinging you (I believe I did in another thread above), probably just forgot; in any event, your defense of illegal immigration and/or some weak-kneed "amnesty program" is well known, and I wrongly jumped to the conclusion that this is because you have a vested economic interest in the employment of such. (If not, then why in the world ARE you opposed to closing the border to illegal activity?)
However, I won't apologize for what you purport to be my "derogatory statements" about ILLEGAL (there you go forgetting that word again) aliens of hispanic descent. (By the way, when you forget to use "illegal" and just say "hispanic", that DOES make it about me).
Sadly, I WISH what I said about illegals being scared, poor and uneducated wasn't true; they ARE all those things, unfortunately, and they ARE a weight on government services because they don't get paid enough when they illegally come here to make a good living.
You have a great homepage. I hope many others read it.
I have always made it very plain that I support the policies of President Bush. Those policies were spelled out in detail by the President when he began his campaign in 1999.
If you are a Texan you should know that they are the same policies he pursued as Governor.
He has always maintained that our present immigration laws do not reflect economic reality. He has always advocated a guest worker program. He has always maintained that we cannot secure our Southern border without a guest worker program. He was about to introduce legislation just prior to 9/11
President Bush does not hire illegal aliens either. But he does have a Masters of Business Administration degree from Harvard University and he understands the dependency of our economy on foreign workers, whether Hispanic, Indian, Asian or other. The vast majority of informed people agree with the President on the need for reform. Its a question of economics and security for the vast majority of people. It's only an emotional ethnic issue for a very few.
I do not oppose "closing the border" to illegal activity, I simply recognize as does the President, and as the Secretary of Homeland Security defense testified to Congress last week; we cannot secure our border until we enact a guest worker program.
We tried toe "seal" the border beginning in 1994. See my profile page for details. It was Jaine Gorelick's project under Janet Reno. The first 66 mile test area was a complete failure so the project was abandoned as not feasible. But with new sophisticated electronic surveillance technology we can secure the border, buy ONLY if we can remove the migrant worker traffic to ports of entry. Satellites, blimps, unmanned planes, underground sensors etc... cannot distinguish a member of MS-13 from a babysitter, and we can't apprehend and process everybody. Remove the laborers and the only people crossing the border will be criminals and terrorists. We can track them electronically and intercept them.
As far as distinguishing between legal and illegal immigrants, I don't. I have no need to. As far as I'm concerned there is no difference. I live in a city that is 40% Hispanic. I have never asked anyone what their citizenship or immigration status is, and I don't care. I decide for myself which people I like and which ones I don't like, not the government. I'm not any more an immigration enforcement office than an IRS enforcement officer than an EPA enforcement officrer, than a EEOC enforcement officer, FTC, FTA, FAA, BIA, FHA, FCA, etc...
I can't look at a person and tell whether their visa has expired. I'm not going to tip a waiter, cab driver, barber,porter etc.. any differently because of their immigration status. What difference does it make whether the mechanic at the dealership who repaired my automobile was legal or not as long as they did a good job?