Where's all the liberal defense of illegal immigration

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There is no defense of illegal immigrants. It's a defense of the rest us and of our civil liberties. The new AZ law is just asking to be abused. Do you look brown? Papers please.

Nope. If you break the law, you are asked to present proof of citizenship. If you don't break the law, you can continue to reap prosperity from our country without proving citizenship.

Is that a Canadian accent I hear, eh? You're going to have to come downtown while we sort out your status.

Wrong again.

Oh you have a driver's license? Well that doesn't count as proof of citizenship. Oh you were out jogging and didn't bring your wallet? We'll let you call your wife from jail and she can bring your passport down. What? You're one of the 4 out of 5 Americans that doesn't have a passport? Well I hope that you have access to an original long form birth certificate then. Oh that got destroyed in a fire?........ etc.

the key word there being AMERICAN. See, you don't need to carry a passport around in your own country.

On any given day I travel freely around my state without carrying any proof of citizenship.

Yep. And you've never had a problem because you are a citizen.
 

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Genuine discussion = fine
Trolling and pointless obviously inflammatory stuff = not fine.

This thread mostly falls into the second category. The mods are keeping a close eye on the politics forum and pending some on going discussions actions will start to be implemented in due course.

Despite the fact that the word 'fucking' appears twice, there is nothing in the OP that isn't true. Since the message condemns certain members of the current administration, I suspect that is why you and others categorize it as 'trolling' and 'inflammatory' but the fact remains that the information presented is accurate.

In the 4 years that I have been a member of LPSG, it still baffles me that the very people that plead and protest about the constitution and due process, etc., are the same people that attempt to squelch free speech - particularly when it doesn't align perfectly with their liberal ideology.

Of course, i don't expect anything to change - but it is the truth. The claims and wails of 'trolling' ricochet about this forum from the same 3 or 4 suspects who, coincidently, are diehard liberals. And true to form, those who are ultimately banned are by and large, not liberal.
Actually SI, I read it as flame boy taking various members to task within this thread, hence the statements: 'Genuine discussion= fine' and ...pointless ...obvious inflamatory...= not fine' Some things which were not responding to the OP and clearly derailing a topic are the following:

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Whatdoes your pastor think of the following, fk?

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Yet another textbook example of the wingnuts on this board trolling the forum. No article to discuss, no facts presented, just a bunch of assholery masquerading as legitimate discussion.

Are you drunk or are you actually this ignorant?

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Probably he would be jealous.
(as response to 1) by OtterJoq)


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the queen of face is a jumble with run on sentences without point.
The above comments were not adding to discussiom, they aimed only to paint the OP in an ugly manner, as opposed to either: A) ignoring his post or B) responding directly to his statements with a view and actual contributory thoughts, such as found here:

The other problem that SB 1070 supporters don't want to deal with or address is the reality that proper legalization of would-be or want-to-be American citizens is incredibly difficult to do. My stepfather married my mother and moved to the United States a few years ago, and we spent much of the time since he's been here to get him legal. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service is a bureaucratic nightmare. We tried following the directions online (and I'm a pretty bright guy) and we couldn't get it.

You need this form, this form, and this new form that just came out. Oh? You're from here? You need this form. Don't fill out this one. Or that one. Send it to this distribution center nearest your address except, no, they don't do that form; you have to send it here. No, there. No, THERE, like I told you the first time.

We just scraped up enough money to get an immigration lawyer to do it. It took just two forms, a signature, and BAM! it was done. I could only imagine how much more complicated that process would be for (1) non-English speaking persons who (2) come here so heavily dependent on getting correct, accurate information that it would take next to nothing to swindle these folks.

We'd rather build the danged fence, though.

Not that faceking ever deserves fuller explanation (but I'll give it anyway): I don't think there's anyone out there defending illegal immigration. I just take issue with the incredibly strong connotation between Mexican person (or anyone appearing Mexican) and "they're taking our jobs!" "let's get rid of 'em!" "socialist Mexican scum!" papers please. I also take issue with law enforcement being asked to do a job that they're destined to fail, i.e. determining reasonable suspicion to stop or detain someone who's illegal while failing to acknowledge that we all but put ILLEGAL in bold print under anyone's a bit too brown face. Finally, I take issue that in an effort to blast the federal government for not doing anything about immigration, that Arizona decides a draconian measure was absolutely necessary.

Never mind that we don't complain when illegals and legals of Mexican descent prop up our southwestern economy by the millions. We'd just rather take your money and talk shit.

Shocked at the absence of defense of lawbreaking illegal immigration vis-a-via SB1070.. via throwing out the racism card, human rights, the existing Federal law is bigotry... Obama/Holder never reading the law, yet again jumping to conclusions.... especially from all the fucking New England/New Yorkers/English folk who fucking know little, nor feel any impact thereof.... jus' askin...

faceking, I don't know that most people actually defend illegal immigration. The problems; however are many. The immigration process is lengthy and difficult at times. One needs to have certain eggs in their basket, so to speak. These include an actual aim/goal/direction (education or employment) within The United States of America, often a sponsoring agent/family, a presumed place of residence (school dormitories or other legitimate place (under the West Shore Expressway is not considered legitimate). Once in the U.S.A. there are elements of continued paperwork which often send a person who began their journey legally, into the quagmire of law breaking. A student or work Visa expires and pfft! the person is now here illegally and exiting the country is not as easy as you might think. Once a Visa expires, going to purchase an airline ticket to depart can lead to, arrest- followed by deportation, along with placement on a list (yes, they exist) which states you are not to ever be allowed re-entry into the country (since obviiously, failing to stay up to date on the Visa means you're a dangerous criminal:rolleyes:).

Add to this the lawyers who are nothing more than scheisters- they want and take money and offer you a world, they deliver only temporary extensions (to those who have recently or about to expire doccumentation), and often nothing to an alien who never had obtained proper paperwork. Knowing this in advance (most in immigrant enclaves are advised by others from their native land), many declined trying to go the hoop-jumping method. Many don't even have the finances to do so and the ACLU is not always willing to take on their case (although some kind hearted lawyers will and do so for free).

Consider also the illegal immigrant who got here and wants to be with family- they were denied customary entry due to quota limitations or some other wall of denial (medical- such as deafness, poor eyesight, gaited walk, etc., lack of advanced education, lack of any particular skill which the U.S.A. deems as necessary to the 'furtherment' (yes that is a word in their massive annals of directives and requirements) of the U.S.A. These men and women come in, with a desire to be with family and usually with a genuine desire to contribute to the fabric of the Nation (the U.S.A.). They figure, somewhere down the line they will go to an immigration lawyer (Uncle Q has said it can be done), and become legal then- maybe even a citizen! They are unawares of what is ahead and after a time they forget their dreams of legal status and join the ranks of men and women who live in fear of being deported. Even in their fear, they work jobs, purchase products, contribute.

Additionally, the reasons why many do not object to the influx of undocumented people, is the people are in most cases, helpful to communities- they work hard, are friendly, keep things tidy and aren't partying to the wee hours or out mugging and shooting people- in other words, they are not disruptive. Add to this, employers can give a lower wage without having to file tax and Social Security forms, and in return get employees who arrive at work ON TIME and are always there, as opposed to Ameriican borns who gripe about the wages, threaten and bring costly law suits....

...and before you get outraged, while it is true the illegal won't be paying income tax, they will be paying sales tax, which pours back into the kettle and they won't be collecting Social Security, so they don't drain that pond either, in fact many have fake Social Security cards and therefore add money into the ponds (those who work for companies where the employer does try to do things by the book (filing taxes/unemployment insurance/Social Security and therefore require the hiree to have an SS card or other legal documentation)- see, there are reasons that the undocumented and unconfirmed residents of the U.S.A. are not only not declined, they are widely welcomed as major assets.
 

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Shocked at the absence of defense of lawbreaking illegal immigration vis-a-via SB1070.. via throwing out the racism card, human rights, the existing Federal law is bigotry... Obama/Holder never reading the law, yet again jumping to conclusions.... especially from all the fucking New England/New Yorkers/English folk who fucking know little, nor feel any impact thereof.... jus' askin...

May I point out your error?

Democrat from Rhode Island (which was in New England last time I checked) defends Arizona law and has submitted one similar in his state.

Rhode Island General Assembly > Press Releases
 

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the key word there being AMERICAN. See, you don't need to carry a passport around in your own country.

Which is precisely part of the problem.
Nobody can determine who is American just by looking at them. There are no bodily quirks, traits or mannerisms that instantly constitute as "illegal alien". Also, when immigrants can go through the proper channels to become legal citizens in this country, yet still be forced to carry papers to prove to some overly suspicious cop that they are here legally, that is more like "separate but equal".

The bill goes to extremes on certain aspects and it needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, people who are too caught up in the whole idea that Mexicans are "taking their jobs", "using their health care services" and potentially "wooing their daughters away" will never understand how dangerous some of the loopholes in this law are.
 

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Which is precisely part of the problem.
Nobody can determine who is American just by looking at them. There are no bodily quirks, traits or mannerisms that instantly constitute as "illegal alien". Also, when immigrants can go through the proper channels to become legal citizens in this country, yet still be forced to carry papers to prove to some overly suspicious cop that they are here legally, that is more like "separate but equal".

The bill goes to extremes on certain aspects and it needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, people who are too caught up in the whole idea that Mexicans are "taking their jobs", "using their health care services" and potentially "wooing their daughters away" will never understand how dangerous some of the loopholes in this law are.

If we operated under your system there wouldn't even be security at the airport.
 

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Living in San Diego, surely you're aware of the tens of thousands of Mexican workers who cross the border daily to work as housekeepers, gardeners, etc., many of them paid cash under the table. In my business there I frequently provided services to the uber wealthy, and many of them had foreign born, non-English speaking staff, nannies, maids and the like, living on their properties. One could reasonably assume most were not citizens, had no papers, no income deductions, and in many cases I knew that for a fact. I also had occasion to hire subcontractors, and it was not uncommon for them to offer me a discount if I paid them or their employees in cash, wink nod.

It's a dirty little secret that many of the folks who give lip service to cracking down on illegal immigration, benefit from employing workers illegally at lower wages - while avoiding deductions, employee contributions and those pesky laws governing employment practices. Like so many things, when it comes right down to it, it's plain old greed and the desire to maximize profits. The supply of illegal workers meets the demand for cheap labor, and these practices drive down wages and benefits for the legal working class.

"But Americans don't want to do those jobs", is a common argument. Well yes, they would, if you paid them a decent living wage with benefits. No, most Americans don't want to pick tomatoes for $10-12 an hour; it's hard, hot, back-breaking work. But I bet plenty would if you paid $20-24 an hour with benefits. If you're a worker with virtually no living expenses in a trailer with 10 other guys, who's sending all the money back to his family in Mexico - where it's worth many times what it is here - it's a no brainer. "But that would drive up the cost of groceries", you say. Pffftt! I say. Americans are too fat already, we have the cheapest food in the world, and we throw half of it away. Plus I'd rather pay a few cents more for a tomato than live in a country where workers are exploited, whether they're legal or illegal.

Despite all the posturing, the truth is that Mexican nationals, the Mexican government, individual Americans, and especially American business all benefit from the status quo. After oil exports, remittances sent from workers in the U.S. are the second largest source of foreign revenue for the Mexican economy!

My father was a relatively well-known figure in the San Diego political scene...we had a Mexican maid when I was growing up. The minute he found out she didn't have a green card, no papers? Fired her. Would have been a scandal had it gotten out.
 

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You're right. I used to live in San Diego and knew people who had illegal household help. The same thing happens here in Albuquerque.

Many of those illegal are horribly exploited. Some of the agricultural workers actually live in holes in the ground; the San Diego Union printed an article about it. They are so desperate to send $$ home to their poor families that they will tolerate conditions that others would not accept. On the other hand, some do work for wages from which taxes and FICA are withheld.

It's a very bad situation. The ultimate solution would be for Mexico to clean up their corruption so that the country would become prosperous and their citizens would not feel compelled to enter the U.S. illegally to support their families. But, most of the countries south of the border have always been corrupt and poor, a situation which is unlikely to end soon.

You are spot on in your analysis of the situation. I'd expand on t by saying it's almost an agenda of the political/economic elite in Mexico to keep a great number of Mexicans in crushing poverty, as slave laborers almost- and they are almost too glad to push their unwashed masses on the U.S.- that way they won't trouble for them in Mexico- seeing as how the income inequality would make anyone revolt. Mexico is actually one of the top 15 economies in the world. It is blessed with natural resources- petroleum deposits, minerals, fishing- farmland, etc. Why does it look so poor then? Because a third of Mexicans live in grinding, crushing, absolute poverty.
 

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If we operated under your system there wouldn't even be security at the airport.

And that, my friend, is another example as to why nobody takes you seriously. Making a stretch like that to hide your own paranoidal notions regarding immigrants does nothing to downplay my statements at all.

I was partnered with those who work in security and special police in a past love life, and I can tell you that none of them needed to stoop to the levels of blatant discrimination or profiling in order to determine whether or not someone is doing something wrong. They understand that there is no set look, body type, skin color, or behavioral pattern that is universal to doing something illegal. More and more, I see people like you trying to paint some kind of image to what is supposed to be "the bad guy". Just a few years ago, it was Middle Easterners. Now, it looks like the Mexicans are getting the title and a lot of the similar fearful rhetoric you used to make people fearful of "terrorists" are being applied on them. If the issue is policing our borders, you do it by making sure our borders are properly equipped with the right tools and trained people who actually know how to do their job. You don't do it by giving every crack-shot Deputy in a state the right to stop someone just on their own suspicions.

As for your airport analogy (and to demonstrate just how paranoid some people are), let me give you a scenario that I just experienced less than 24 hours ago. Returning from a trip to Portugal, I purchased two bottles of Duty Free alcohol. Upon entering the United States I was forced to take my purchases and repack my bags in order to go through TSA Screening. The question I pose here is... why? Duty Free purchases are obviously safe (unless you think foreign countries are selling weapons of mass destruction to their patrons in airports now). All Duty Free purchases are required to be sealed and any sign of tampering could mean confiscation. Both of my bags remained sealed, therefore showing that none of the goods were tampered with. But even all of this common sense knowledge, America still doesn't want people getting on planes with liquids in containers bigger than 3 ounces. And given that airlines have different policies regarding weight and carry on luggage, I made sure to use the smallest and lightest baggage I could in order to not be overcharged for my bags. However, I now had to try and figure out a way to squeeze two bottles into my already small bags in order for me to get them home. On top of that, luggage carriers don't give a care as to how they handle your bags. Now, I have to worry about them throwing the bag around and potentially breaking my purchases... which has happened in the past. Luckily that didn't happen this time around and I was able to get my purchases home. But why do we have to go through all of this?
 

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You're right, that will be a long time coming. Alternatively, we could have a 'guest worker' program, where foreign workers could enter the country legally, say six months on, six months off, properly registered and supervised by the Dept. of Labor and INS. Guest workers would be subject to the same laws governing labor practices as U.S. citizens, which would benefit all workers, regardless of their citizenship.

Probably a guest worker program is the best solution under the circumstances, even though it is imperfect. For some problems, there is no perfect solution; we simply have to do the best we can.
 

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Nope. If you break the law, you are asked to present proof of citizenship. If you don't break the law, you can continue to reap prosperity from our country without proving citizenship.

Yep. And you've never had a problem because you are a citizen.

If only it were true!!

Unfortunately, people are sometimes stopped by the police when they are not breaking the law. That is a problem that black people often have to face; perhaps you have heard of the "crime" of driving while black.

I can imagine being stopped by the police if a car similar to mine were involved in an armed robbery; it actually happened to me once. In that, case, I might have to prove citizenship. Although I do have a passport, I certainly would not like to have to carry it at all times in case I had to prove citizenship.

When I got my first passport, my birth certificate was insufficient to prove citizenship. I had to contact the state of Wisconsin for additional proof, after which I was able to get a passport. If I had been stopped by the police before obtaining that additional documentation and been required to prove citizenship, I could have had very serious problems, as would many other people.
 

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So, a summary won't do, huh?
In a word, no.

talltpaguy said:
Ok, then expect to be held to the same standard from now on.
When discussing matters of law, I would expect nothing less. Otherwise, you get this:

If I had been stopped by the police before obtaining that additional documentation and been required to prove citizenship, I could have had very serious problems, as would many other people.
The statute clearly stipulates that presentation of any government-issued identification that required you to prove your citizenship status (which a birth certificate does) creates a legal presumption that you are not an illegal alien. This would include a driver's license or ID card from any of the 50 states. LEGAL CITIZENS have nothing to be concerned about.

FRE said:
Although I do have a passport, I certainly would not like to have to carry it at all times in case I had to prove citizenship.
Tough titty. We live in a time when we can no longer leave ourselves wide open to the real threats that present themselves. The minor inconvenience of being able to show your citizenship is a relatively small price to pay.


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