Immigration Issues

Well having read a lot of the articles and propaganda over the last couple of days I have a couple of points that I wanted to bring up.

#1. Do people actually believe that the argument that the land used to be Mexican is justification for illegally entering the borders? Do they actually think that the slogans about retaking Mexican land are helping them?

I read a few quotes that I thought were a good indication of some of the feelings that will cause a serious backlash in the country:
"Uncle Sam Stole Our Land"
"If you think I'm illegal because I'm Mexican, learn the true history because I'm in my homeland"
Do they really believe that this rhetoric will help their cause? I think that it may actually hurt their cause. Should we also allow any French that want in to come to Louisiana? Or Russians to Alaska? Or even a stretch further Jews into Palestine (all of Palestine was Jewish at one time-- check the Bible)? How about Spain taking back Mexico? After all at one time they controlled it.

And on the comment of true history, that is very selective history. Actually, your homeland is probably somewhere in Asia or the land bridge, or Alaska, or Canada. Thinking about it all of our homeland is theoretically in the Middle East somewhere.

I guess my point is this is worthless argument.

#2. Why is it so contentious when new surges of immigrants come to the U.S.? It has been the case throughout history. There have been many culture wars throughout the history of the U.S. as new groups have entered.

#3. Why are the supporters of protests so dead set on having their own areas of the country? The U.S. is built on the idea that immigrants come and melt into society... with their traditions intact. Look at some of the traditions in the U.S.: St. Patrick's Day, Marti Gras, Oktoberfest, oh yeah and Cinco de Mayo. Many of the traditions remain yet the people join the melting pot not follow idiotic statements like this one:

"California is going to be a Hispanic state. Anyone who doesn't like it should leave." -- Mario Obledo of the California Coalition of Hispanic Organizations

Is New York a Jewish or Irish state? Is Louisiana a French state? Is Minnesota a Norwegian state? Nope, they are AMERICAN states.

#4. Why do the people believe that the Hispanic people are going to "take over" the United States? The U.S. has nearly 300 million people. With new influx of people from all over the world every day, the U.S. will remain the melting pot of the world. The very thing that has made it the greatest nation for many years.

Any thoughts on my ramblings? Please feel free to respond.

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