March On Washington Like "The Blacks" Did
Yesterday afternoon, I heard an interview with a “spokesperson” for illegal immigrants. Of course this is the hot topic of the week what with all the legislating in Washington D.C. the last week or so and the protests.
(I’ll go ahead on record stating that I’m against an amnesty program because I have a whole problem with the whole illegal bit of the undocumented immigrant issue. I don’t want to see people rewarded for committing a crime when other people have been waiting patiently going through the proper channels trying to get into the country legally.)
Anyway, so this guy, this spokesperson for illegal immigrants said that they were thinking of organizing a march on Washington because look how well it worked for “the blacks”.
First of all, I find it so very offensive that he used the term “the blacks” particularly since he was a well-spoken radio announcer who is supposed to be a role model, spokesperson, and representative for his community and the “illegal immigrants” who want to become citizens.
Second, the difference between the civil rights movement and this is that “the blacks” didn’t ask to be brought to this country originally and certainly they deserved to be treated as equals. Illegal immigrants have broken the law, sneaking into our country, invading it even, using our resources. They aren’t citizens. This isn’t about civil rights and treating each other as equals. This is about people and the companies who hire them knowingly breaking the law and demanding that we just forget about it and reward them for it.
I guess I don’t have a very liberal point of view on this one. I just think it’s simple and I don’t understand why everyone sees it as more complicated than that. There’s a law. These people broke it. They should be punished.
tags: immigration
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on March 29, 2006 at 8:39 pm
Big Dog said:
Here, Here!