The Truth Be Told
A reveling article op/ed piece out of the Oakland tribune. This article cuts to the point except it misses the point entirely. Reading the piece you see that it calls the Minute Men Project a shame and vigilantes on the loose. However it tres to point out solutions to the problem . Its conclusions are very wrong.Inside Bay Area - Oakland Tribune - Op-Ed
TRIBUNE
What could they do? Three things:
- Give legal status to the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States, according to the latest Pew Hispanic Center study. It's not only a humanitarian question, it is also about national security. If the United States is to take the war on terror seriously, it must know who is living within its borders.
- Negotiate an immigration accord between Mexico and the United States. Only this can guarantee an orderly flow of immigrants, whom the United States so needs, while preventing fatalities along the border.
- Create a broad U.S. investment program for Mexico and the rest of Latin America a kind of Marshall Plan for the region. This would generate well-paying jobs in Latin America, thereby preventing many inhabitants from viewing the United States as their only economic alternative.
Lets look at this for a moment the 11 million citizenship. A very nice idea but are they working or living off society. What do they bring to this country? They will receiver welfare, schooling for their children ...Of coarse in Spanish first. They will also receive medical aid, something most citizens here already cannot afford.
Negotiate an accord on immigration between the two countries. Ok this does sound like a good idea but dose that mean they get free reign in and out , while not being subject to our laws and taxes?
Create a Marshall plan for investment? This sounds like NAFTA, and what it was supposed to do. However as we all know Mexico and Canada have not lived up to their end of NAFTA. The trucking industry beinig a prime example of how neither Mexican or Canadian trucks meet our standards for being on the road. An imbalance of trade on agricultural goods..... Just look in your super market at the veggie section and see where is the American veggies, a small group in the corner with Canadian and Mexican veggies taking up the majority of room.
The Tribune asks
What kind of people can devote 30 days without pay to the pursuit of undocumented immigrants? The irony is that the food these hunters consume and the houses they inhabit were undoubtedly harvested and built, respectively, by the same immigrants they pursue. They complain about undocumented immigrants while benefiting from their labor.
Project Minuteman is meaningless. Its volunteers, taking justice into their own hands, plan to patrol only .
I will tell you what kind of people take 30 days off from work. Those citizens who are concerned with the ILLEGAL CROSSING /INVADING OF OUR COUNTRY THAT'S WHO.
The food they consume , bought with their hard earned money from Americans in Arizona, the homes/hotels that have room available for rent. Then if they are staying at a ranch or private home. I bet you will be very hard pressed to find owned by an illegal and a family that does not want them there. The local ranchers and families are happy and supportive of the MMP and surely are not denying them rooms.
As for taking justice into their own hands ...... Does the term citizens arrest mean anything. Does the term civil obligation/responsibility mean anything. Oh it does only when in a liberally globalization fashion of being enforced.
I am again not saying that people cannot come to this great county, however they have to do it legally and become a viable working part of our society, blemished with the melting pot not make it diverse.
TRIBUNE
What could they do? Three things:
- Give legal status to the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States, according to the latest Pew Hispanic Center study. It's not only a humanitarian question, it is also about national security. If the United States is to take the war on terror seriously, it must know who is living within its borders.
- Negotiate an immigration accord between Mexico and the United States. Only this can guarantee an orderly flow of immigrants, whom the United States so needs, while preventing fatalities along the border.
- Create a broad U.S. investment program for Mexico and the rest of Latin America a kind of Marshall Plan for the region. This would generate well-paying jobs in Latin America, thereby preventing many inhabitants from viewing the United States as their only economic alternative.
Lets look at this for a moment the 11 million citizenship. A very nice idea but are they working or living off society. What do they bring to this country? They will receiver welfare, schooling for their children ...Of coarse in Spanish first. They will also receive medical aid, something most citizens here already cannot afford.
Negotiate an accord on immigration between the two countries. Ok this does sound like a good idea but dose that mean they get free reign in and out , while not being subject to our laws and taxes?
Create a Marshall plan for investment? This sounds like NAFTA, and what it was supposed to do. However as we all know Mexico and Canada have not lived up to their end of NAFTA. The trucking industry beinig a prime example of how neither Mexican or Canadian trucks meet our standards for being on the road. An imbalance of trade on agricultural goods..... Just look in your super market at the veggie section and see where is the American veggies, a small group in the corner with Canadian and Mexican veggies taking up the majority of room.
The Tribune asks
What kind of people can devote 30 days without pay to the pursuit of undocumented immigrants? The irony is that the food these hunters consume and the houses they inhabit were undoubtedly harvested and built, respectively, by the same immigrants they pursue. They complain about undocumented immigrants while benefiting from their labor.
Project Minuteman is meaningless. Its volunteers, taking justice into their own hands, plan to patrol only .
I will tell you what kind of people take 30 days off from work. Those citizens who are concerned with the ILLEGAL CROSSING /INVADING OF OUR COUNTRY THAT'S WHO.
The food they consume , bought with their hard earned money from Americans in Arizona, the homes/hotels that have room available for rent. Then if they are staying at a ranch or private home. I bet you will be very hard pressed to find owned by an illegal and a family that does not want them there. The local ranchers and families are happy and supportive of the MMP and surely are not denying them rooms.
As for taking justice into their own hands ...... Does the term citizens arrest mean anything. Does the term civil obligation/responsibility mean anything. Oh it does only when in a liberally globalization fashion of being enforced.
I am again not saying that people cannot come to this great county, however they have to do it legally and become a viable working part of our society, blemished with the melting pot not make it diverse.
