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Immigration See other Immigration Articles Title: Tomatoes and Cheap Labor This English teacher has phrased it the best I've seen yet Tomatoes and Cheap Labor CHEAP TOMATOES? This should make everyone think, be you Democrat, Republican or Independent From a California school teacher - - - "As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things that you should be aware of: I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a large southern California high school which is designated a Title 1 school, meaning that its students average lower socioeconomic and income levels. Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens, Huntington Park, etc., where these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools. Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK) I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK) (They are also probably being paid through welfare to have children out of wedlock, so this is simply a carry-over of the principles of the welfare state that is nearly 60 years old. What does this mean? That this type of activity was planned for by agents within the United States government.) I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; my budget was already substantial.. I ended up buying new computers for the computer learning center, half of which, one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in America. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK) I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the country less then 3 months who raised so much hell with the female teachers, calling them "Putas" (whores) and throwing things that the teachers were in tears. Free medical, free education, free food, day care etc., etc, etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements? To those who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs. Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs, more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases etc., etc, etc. For me, I'll pay more for tomatoes. We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster because we won't have the guts to enforce it. Does anyone in their right mind really think they will voluntarily leave and return? There are many hardworking Hispanic/American citizens that contribute to our country and many that I consider my true friends. We should encourage and accept those Hispanics who have done it the right and legal way. It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world culture that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak and worried about "politically correctness" that we don't have the will to do anything about it. Free medical, free education, free food, day care etc., etc, etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements? Now, as I have said before, and will repeat endlessly, I DO NOT CARE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION! Blaming those who come up from Mèxico to take advantage of what YOUR GOVERNMENT makes available makes no sense. Is what is going on correct? Hey! IT MUST BE CAUSE IT'S THE LAW! And the other part of this that is notable is that trying to stop it at the border is non-sense. Can not be done, and anyone who tells you that it can is simply diverting your attention from the real problems; "It was only after World War II that immigration law was drastically changed...In one of the first pieces of evidence of its political coming of age, the Jewish community had a leadership role in effecting those changes." (Earl Raab, Jewish Bulletin, July 23, 1993, p. 17) The other point that you should be aware of is that these kind of programs, offering free this and free that, will ALWAYS draw the worst-of-the-worst. As, I am sure, it was intended to do.
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Sure it can. Three fifty cal. machineguns mounted on three APCs could cut illegal immigration in half in thirty days. That takes a will to do it, however, which we lack.
Ummmm, ya think? I suspect that they have more than that currently in use in Iraq, WITH THE WILL TO USE THEM, and, ummmm, does not seem to be helping much.... And as I remember, did not the Russians use machine guns, mines and armed guards keeping people IN and behind a fence? Which, by the way, is much easier to do? And do not recall that it was real successful either. But hey, what do I know?
Different sort of motivators. To the folks in Iraq, we're the trespassers who need to be expelled. Along our southern border most of the illegal crossers know damn well they're trespassing, and the prospect of being shot would stop the vast majority of them. Are there some who would take the risk anyway? Sure, but it would cut down on most of them.
Point taken. But you were right in the first place about the will lacking. After all, pretty hard to drag America down to Mèxico so the two can be joined together without a flood coming in. We can be pretty sure that it is immpossible to pull Mèxico up to the level of America, so, the only other solution is to drag America down. That means an open border, and that ain't going to change unless people face what is really going on and deal with it.
We could if we wanted to. Think of the money we've wasted in the Iraqcle. It would hardly take that much to peacefully xform Mexico into a place equivalent to, say, West Virginia. But again, the will is lacking.
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