[Angelique]

I used to think illegals from Mexico were a real problem because I had only one frame of reference seeing them come through the Criminal Justice System. Since then, I have spoken with many employers, and they say the illegals are the most loyal, hard-working employees one can find. Maybe there is a message there about appreciation for our country.

[Cacique]

Loyal cheap labor is NOT the issue. I am sure there are a lot of Al Qaeda sleepers that are working hard washing dishes and not making waves.

The issue is whether we prefer to have cheap lettuce and hire undocumented workers so they can build our houses to save a few dimes at the expense of our own citizens.

The issue is whether these people are here to assimilate and become loyal American citizens NOT loyal workers.

The issue is whether we are ready to simply pretend that our borders don't exist anymore.

The issue is whether money is more important than our liberty, our sovereignty, our constitution.

[al_possum39]

Since then, I have spoken with many employers, and they say the illegals are the most loyal, hard-working employees one can find.

I think that is the point. If we issued green cards to everybody in Mexico, then the folks from the countries south of Mexico would be just such good workers and work so much harder than the Mexicans that they would have to hire them then. Just seems like you can't get a legal worker to work.

[archy]

I used to think illegals from Mexico were a real problem because I had only one frame of reference seeing them come through the Criminal Justice System. Since then, I have spoken with many employers, and they say the illegals are the most loyal, hard-working employees one can find. Maybe there is a message there about appreciation for our country.

A message? Indeed there is, and I can think of at least one who knew it well.

Unfortunately, that is not the only message that is out there. Here is another:

"We have Nicaragua, soon we will have El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Mexico. One day, tomorrow or five years or fifteen years from now, we're going to take 5 to 10 million Mexicans and they are going into Dallas, into El Paso, into Houston, into New Mexico, into San Diego, and each one will have embedded in his mind the idea of killing ten Americans."

--Thomas Borge, Nicaragua Interior Minister as quoted in the Washington Times, March 27, 1985

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