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We as nation must focus on preserving our identity, remembering that we are a nation of immigrants. This identity which is based on the principles our forefathers laid out and accented by the millions of immigrants who have crossed our border is best preserved by allowing immigration on OUR terms. That means legitimate border control and the assimilation of many of the 12 million undocumented immigrants in our country today.
Let us deal with the reality of our situation, humanely and fix this problem for future generations.
I applaud your diplomatic demeanor and welcome you to CSULB.
So, if someone disagrees with you then they're just unpatriotic? THAT'S THE ATTACK GEORGE W. BUSH USED WHEN PASSING HIS PATRIOT ACTS.
The opinions desk at the Daily 49er really showed their lack of consistency in this article since they supposedly were against the Patriot Acts. My goodness, do you guys even think before you write your opinion pieces?
Stay in school and learn something before you write.
I have a close friend from Japan who came here many years ago to earn her degree. She is on a student visa, and as an international student she has to pay out of state tuition, which is currently about $15,000 a year for schools in the CSU system. Meanwhile, those who came to this country illegally can take advantage of in-state tuition rates.
As far as I know, most of the legislation that has been introduced, such as the DREAM act, does not include provisions for people like this. How is it fair that someone who followed all the rules is punished while someone who broke the rules is rewarded? I'm not necessarily against the goals of the DREAM act – anyone who serves in the US military for example deserves citizenship in my eyes, but the current sentiment seems to ignore legal immigrants in favor of illegal immigrants.
People who come here illegally
people who are from Latino descent
people who are poor
people who have no education
people who have children without means of supporting them.
The writers of this school paper and these articles are clearly racist with their own aganda of pushing their own race at the expense of others. Time to report them as the racist they really are.
The soldiers who all fought in the wars of long ago and died for this country would have never even fought if they knew that it would eventually turn out like this today. I would love to see how one of these libs responds to your post John Ershwiller.
We're not here to push a liberal or conservative agenda. This is the kind of thinking that puts our country in legislative deadlock. Let us tackle these issues not on the balance of ideology but on that of morality and justice. The people here, whether brown, black, white, or purple are here. Let's move on and get smarter about our border control.
So president Obama bypasses the masses the hard pressed American, who have entreated him--NO BLANKET AMNESTY! No path to citizenship! So the millions already here get a free ride to your pensions, social security, public option health care welfare. Who in the world is going to pay for all these legalized individual, followed by the onslaught of millions more looking for free health care? NOW HERE COMES THE FIRESTORM! Have we taken leave of our senses, to think for one moment that another amnesty which is in the works? That a single layer fence is going to hold back millions upon millions more people will--COME? This will not be small meandering lines of illegal aliens, crossing the border during the hours of darkness? This is going to be an unimaginably rush at a defenseless 9.000 border patrol agents, that is--Expected?--to hold at bay those who reach our border? Not even the National Guard and regular GI's could stop the wave upon wave? They will sweep in from El-Salvador, Columbia, Guatemala, Peru, Chile and of course Mexico. They will arrive from Canada, Ireland, Poland and Romania by plane clutching a tourist visa.
Every corner of the world will hear the resounding trumpet call of Osama’s AMNESTY. Chinese immigrants with tourist visas will fly into Mexico City and perhaps terrorists smuggled in by M 13 gang members? Not just the poor, but the sick, mentally handicapped along with criminals, absconding from the arm of the law across this planet. NOW THE MOST URGENT QUESTION IS? WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THIS? We are already swallowing the massive funding for Iraq and Afghanistan. We cannot even find jobs for hapless 15 million American workers, who (if true) are joining day-laborers at Home Depot, Walmart, and Lowe's parking lots? So who is going to house, feed and pay-out--more strained US taxpayer money? Perhaps we should send families of illegal aliens to squat in Sen. Harry Reid's gated home in Nevada. Send another crowd to live in House Speakers Nancy Pelosi's grape plantations in Central California. How about Chuck Schumer, HS Chief Janet Napolitano, Joe Biden, Diane Feinstein, Gil Cedillo leaving their house key under the mat, for some large family from Indonesia, India to find?
Let's give them free bus fare to each and every politician with a lousy immigration grading, such as Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) or the whole Sacramento Liberal Marxist assembly, who have sold bona-fide legal Angelino’s into state insolvency? Why not have them live-in at every ACLU office and their communist lawyers so they could feed them. Every pro-illegal immigrant Chamber of Commerce member could open a spare room and settle some family members, until more brothers and sisters could be sponsored and join them. The Catholic Church and other religious groups could welcome them at the church doors and distribute money from the plate? The minority of Evangelicals churches could open up the rectory, accommodating hundreds of cots from the tired and poverty stricken. All the anti-sovereignty lawmakers should have plenty of room in their Virginia mansions, their custom ranches for large numbers of impoverished families. Even the President has that large White structure--could exhibit some kindness to homeless families and FEMA could establish a tent city in the grounds? Any of the House and Senate who compromised illegal immigration enforcement, should announce their address for resettlement of people who just run the gauntlet at the under funded border fence.
Let's face it these people who call us names such as xenophobes bigots and worse, adding ugly cuss words to their vocabulary should also open their doors to anybody who enters America illegally. Microsoft multi-billionaire Bill Gates and the thousands of businesses that don't incur a darn cent should bring these family members together in their giant homes. Corporate owners who have colluded with State governors, Mayors, Judges and other lower echelon officials, should participate with a welcome mat. Perhaps American workers should obtain a hard copy list of every unpatriotic American and give illegal matriarch a page of addresses for their extended illegal families? We have San Francisco’s mayor Galvin Newsom and Los Angeles Antonio R.Villaraigosa and all the other--SANCTUARY CITIES AND STATES who have completely ignore federal laws, can also give refuge in their abodes to incorrigible
gang members who have killed without conscience, illiterate drunk laborers who have slaughtered families on our streets, because they could comprehend English warning signs.
Then just picture the traffic chaos in every corner of America, unless you live in an isolated ranch in the Mohave Desert, in California. We think we have road rage now, but give it a few weeks after unfettered AMNESTY. I even have a better idea. Open America’s doors completely? No Ellis Island, Galveston Island. No documents, no inspections. NO NOTHING. Give everybody a bus ticket of their choosing, to where they wish to go? See how long the open border zealots put up with that progressive rush to overpopulation. IF you have changes of heart give a tongue-lashing to your legislators at 202-224-3121 in Washington. Learn the financial services in billions of dollars to foreign nationals at NUMBERSUSA,. Hidden corruption that has finally been uncovered, at JUDICIAL WATCH? What the US Census has to say about the POPULATION GROWTH in the future of our children at CAPSWEB? Our population will escalate from 255 million to 383 million by the year to 2050? The next 100 million will suffocate our ability to maintain water, energy, food, communication, infrastructure and a balanced environment.