Two things occur to me. Firstly, I never see peopl...

2007-05-04T09:45:00.000-07:00

Two things occur to me.

Firstly, I never see people complaining when the Irish wave their flags around in displays of ethnic pride. So it seems selective, and yes racist, when people are always complaining about Mexicans who wave their flags. They can't win, either: if they wave the American flag, everyone complains that they're being opportunistic.

Secondly, if you look at Deaf history, you'll see that one of the motivations behind the push for oralism was a strong anti-immigration sentiment. If Deaf people were speaking another language, congregating in their own churches and so on, how were they any different from all those UN american immigrants??

So I think this entire slippery slope of dislike, anger, or even hatred directed at immigrants (legal or illegal) is badly and even dangerously misplaced. Who's next in line?

Finally, why are they here? For jobs? Who is hiring them? Hmmm AMERICANS. Go after these people! They are the problem.

No jobs, no incentives, no illegal immigration.

I understand how you feel about immigrants, legal ...

2007-05-03T16:08:00.000-07:00

I understand how you feel about immigrants, legal or illegal, but your comment struck a chord in me. Here's what you said...

"They took jobs from American citizens. They seek for lower wages, but they formed into groups to support themselves, for example, connection with families and friends outside from USA and pull them in work force by working lower wages."

This bothers me a lot because I don't think they took jobs from the Americans. Rather they took on the low paying jobs that Americans DON'T WANT TO DO. This applies to legal and illegal immigrants.

But I do see your point about coming across the border legally, fair and square.

Carrie Gellibrand

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