I need to be clear. I think immigrants in this country are a great blessing to the world. The U.S. is still the beacon of light upon a hill when it comes to economic and religious freedom. I think most people agree that our land is still a land of great opportunity and the envy of the world.
I have often wondered why dictators of foreign nations do not want to mimic what Americans have. The amount of wealth that can be gained for a people is only determined by God's blessings and (from man's perspective) their ingenuity. Then I look around and see the Left in this country wanting to follow the policies that loser nations have. They simply want to keep people in slavery. They will do anything to achieve the fall of our nation.
On Monday, our nation will be invaded by another country. Millions of Mexicans who are NOT citizens and have no love for our country will protest our government. No, they probably won't use weapons. Instead they will use another tactic, economic sanctions.
Will the greatest and freest and most powerful nation on earth bend its knee to a foreign army of migrant workers and non-citizens? Will Mexico and other Latin American countries overthrow the United States? Is this not some sort of an act of war?
This is the reason why our immigration policy must reflect what American ideals have been for a few hundred years. Immigrants must be inculturated. If they are not, then let us all just learn to speak foreign languages. America will be only a name. There will be no substance.
Nothing has no ability to oppose something. We will cease being who we are and become something altogether different. That is simply bad for America, and it is simply bad for the world.
A La Carte (April 23)
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I agree that America should preserve its civil liberties and freedoms. At times Hispanics (American or not) act in ways that disregard rule of law (I'm thinking of the Elian Gonzalez case), and we should preserve rule of law at all costs. One aspect of that is successfully enforcing our immigration laws. Another is properly educating legal immigrants.
But I don't have an issue with the "economic sanctions" on Monday. Civil disobedience is their choice. So is free speech, which is why I don't really mind the Spanish version of our national anthem (although I'd say inserting lines into the song is crass and immature). Is America so fragile that we can't weather an influx of foreign influence? Are we to quiver like the French do at any hint of cross-cultural influence?
America can still be America and speak Spanish, too. America can still be America with tons of Hispanic immigrants. Let's just make sure it's all legal, and that the Constitution and the rule of law are preserved.
"America can still be America and speak Spanish, too."
Immigrants have always come here and spoken their original languages. But they always knew that one must learn the language of the land. A nation doesn't bow en-toto to other cultures.
Language is a divider of peoples. Multi-culturalism seeks to keep people divided. I agree we need to educate immigrants. But when they seek to make Spanish the national language and keep celebrating Cinco de Mayo as a culture then they need to go.
"Civil disobedience is their choice. So is free speech,..."
I disagree. They are not citizens. They simply do not have a right to protest our government and the American population that elected them. If they do, they are acting on the behalf of Latin America and not the U.S..
If they are not willing to inculturate and become citizens then they need not apply.
I agree however that we need some kind of policy. But just regurgitating the argument over and over again that they do jobs Americans won't do (for $50 per hour according to McCain...what a farce) is simply forcing a debate to go where it need not go.
"Is America so fragile that we can't weather an influx of foreign influence? Are we to quiver like the French do at any hint of cross-cultural influence?"
Depends on what our policy is and what our postmodern culture can withstand. If it is like France. Then I'd say quite possibly so. Mexican influence is quite different from Islam though.
I do want to be clear again. I live in an area where there are a lot of Mexican Americans. They are good hard working family people. I think in many ways more than many of the caucasian people here. There must be a way to get these people to come here and stay here.
But in many instances they are just here for a job and then go home. The reason they are allowed to come is they are cheap labor. So again, McCain's charge is nonsense. He might be paying 50 cents per hour.
We are not necessarily shipping our jobs to Mexico. We might be shipping them into the agricultural areas of America. Although I am sure that is nothing new.
I realize this is a touchy issue. I do not seek to be anti-immigrant. I simply do not want our policy to succumb to foreign dictators that live just south of our border.
God Bless
Howard
"America can still be America with tons of Hispanic immigrants. Let's just make sure it's all legal, and that the Constitution and the rule of law are preserved."
I forgot to mention, I agree with that.
:-)
If I were an illegal immigrant working in America, I don't think I would want to be out in the streets protesting. My personal feeling is you will only see legal citizens protesting for the most part. My take is let them protest, while they are protesting find all the illegal ones and take em back. I guarentee it will be the last protest. Kinda like sending a criminal that has a warrent a letter telling him he won the lottery. When he shows up to collect,bust em. Except you don't even have to send them (illegal immigrants)a letter. They sent it to themselves!
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