Lets look at the words Illegal Alien for a minute. First off I don't know of anyone who was illegally born. Its been joked about but I know of no one who crawled out form a rock. So.... can a human being be illegal? Are there really Aliens living among us? Some believers in UFO's might think so, and I might be one of those people. But I've not seen any aliens. So is the term Illegal Aliens a correct term. What about: Disadvantaged people without papers trying to better there selves. A little wordy I admit, but I think it is better representative of the situation.
Lets look at the history of the United States before we start pointing fingers. First off, except for the Native Americans, we are all decedents of people who came from somewhere else trying to better their selves. With each new wave of immigrants there has been prejudice and strife. the Africans who were enslaved, the Chinese and Irish who built the first railroads with picks and shovels were seen as lower class as well as these "Garlic Eaters" the Italians. Now the Mexicans. The only thing is that our borders were pretty open until the last 30yrs or so. Now you can't even leave the country with out a pass port. So, of course people are going to try to come in to this country with out the red tape that has been put into place. Red Tape that my grand father and your relatives did not have to go through. There is another thing to consider. Much of America used to be Mexico! Colorado, much of Texas, New Mexico(HELLO!), Arizona and California.
I just think there is a different way of looking at things. Do we constantly have to bully people? Do we really need all the laws that are only infringing on everyone's freedom.
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