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I live in the suburbs of Dallas. Dallas has many, many immigrants, quite a few of whom are illegal. Probably not as many as a San Antonio, but definitely quite a few. I know this firsthand, because over the past 10 years, ethnic demographics have changed drastically. I can't take a 5 minute drive without getting behind a car with a 97.9 fm bumper sticker slapped on the back. Hell, I can't even go wash my car without hearing tejano music blaring from a nearby stall as they vaccum and shampoo the inside of their car.
And yet, I don't really mind. In fact, I actually feel kind of bad.
Most hispanics in my town (of a modest 100,000 ish people) live in 3+ decade old houses around the southern half of town. Most come with little startup capital, and most also send money back to relatives in Mexico. Most of you DO know the emphasis some cultures place on extended family, right? What a horrible crime, working in low end service jobs for a temporary time period in a place where you can actually earn money. And crime/biggotry against illegals is just as bad as the crime by them; lacking citizenship isn't justification to ignore natural rights, or even basic respect.
There's some giant mythos regarding these dirty, shady mexicans that sneak across and create a labor scarcity for us hard working Americans. They disrespect our culture by by bringing theirs, and provide no beneficial positions to our workforce. What a load of bull. If there was a refocus on gangs that recruit and prey on these people, or corporations that pull bullshit to marginally reduce operating costs, it'd certainly help a lot more than crying about immigrants that don't speak "our" language.*
*The language issue is a particular pet peeve of mine. To be honest: it hardly affects most of us. When was the last time you were stuck in a dire situation involving a non-English speaking chap? I have a friend who recently moved from seating people to grilling in the kitchen at a local steakhouse. He's hardly a brainiac, and yet over a matter of 2 months he's been able to develop a rudimentery (but still passable) combination of English and Spanish with those on the staff who aren't fully bilingual. So suck it.
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I understand that they are here to make money to send back to their families and such, make a better life for themselves and their children, etc.
But you completely missed the point of what I've been driving at. The fact that a large amount of immigrants are entering the US
illegaly, and are protesting to get rights for themselves.
So, in my view, people who are breaking the law to come into a country are asking to be given the same rights as a regular citizen of the US who had been born and raised in the country. This whole thing is soaking up tax dollars and valuable time that could be spent on other stuff instead of stupid shit like giving law-breakers the same amount of protection as law-abiding citizens.
To me, this is completely backasswards.