Immigration debate acquires an Irish brogue

Waterbury Republican-American ^ | February 28, 2007 | Susan Ferriss (A.P)

[gjones77]

The Irish just want a better life and to assimilate into our society.

[staytrue]

Let the Irish in, Kick the Mexicans out !

[kinoxi]

They don't suspect her secret. They'd never imagine that the San Francisco nanny feels a special bond with millions of others, most from Latin America or Asia, who are illegal immigrants just as she is.

I guess I'm just a bigot, but comparing a relative handful to the southern influx/invasion seems to me absurd.

[jla]

In 2005, out of a total of more than 1.1 million people who were granted legal residency, only 2,088 were Irish.

This is sad.

[DancesWithBolsheviks]

Relative quantities isn't the problem, illegally staying/working in the US is.

[kinoxi]

I tend to think that quantity is the main problem.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

undocumented Irish immigrants are today estimated at about 50,000 nationwide

Funny that Bertie Ahern wants Bush to grant an amnesty to Fine Gael voters.....

Ireland Ping!

[Kathy in Calif]

I've heard that about half of the illegal aliens are from Hispanic countries. Most people don't realize how many illegals here are from Europe, Canada, Australia, Asian countries, etc.

[DancesWithBolsheviks]

I agree that aggregate quantity is a problem, but not relative quantities. One could say that there are less than 0.1% of illegals who drive a AMC Gremlins. Should we therefore not worry about illegals who drive AMC Gremlins? If we want to reduce the huge aggregate number of illegals, we shouldn't ignore small subsets which make up the whole.

[It's me]

They are still illegal.

[jla]

He needs to grant immediate citizenship to Gráinne Seoige.

[Candor7]

Control the borders. Illegal aliens need the application of current laws, regardless of where they come from.

[norton]

"Relative quantities isn't the problem, illegally staying/working in the US is."

They're both problems.

However, 'relative quantities' is half of the reason it is even being discussed.
The other reason is that our southern enemies think they're getting ancient lands back and will not assimilate under present circumstances.

[DancesWithBolsheviks]

Depends on what part of the country you live in. On the east coast I've met quite a few people here illegally from every continent except antarctica.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Bertie will go along with that, seeing as she's Mayo, she might just vote for Enda Kenny....

;)

[kinoxi]

The lack of desire to assimilate into our society coupled with the sheer numbers is the main problem with the southern influx in my humble opinion. Do european or asian illegals refuse to learn the language in such numbers? The answer is no. The logical question is why?

[ElectricStrawberry]

Me thinks you've been "hearing" from a tainted source.

It's estimated that about 80-81% are from south of the border.....56-57% from Mexico, 22-24% from other Latino countries.

[jla]

Well, I'll do my part and sponsor her. If she needs a place to stay until she gets on her feet I guess I can be talked in to having her at my house.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I'm an Irishman, I don't expect Irish illegals to be treated any differently from other illegals.

You must remember there was an agenda behind the mass exodus of my countrymen post independence - De Valera and his Fianna Fail successors did what Vincente Fox is doing now with Mexico - driving political opponents out of Ireland.