HeyBub wrote:
AngryOldWhiteGuy wrote:
Due to hail damage I may be getting my roof replaced (insurance) - a
guy came by with an estimate after looking at the roof - I asked him
if everyone that would be doing the work on my house was working here
legally - he laughed at me - "Americans won't do that kind of work .
. ." - I don't want to support the illegal immigration mess - is is
possible to find a roofing company here in the Dallas area that
employs legal workers?

You make a good point and it's a point that has a great deal of
support. But consider...

The illegal alien is illegal because the government says he is.

No, he/she is illegal because he/she circumvented the procedure to enter the
US legally. There IS a procedure, you know, and many follow it.
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He
can't become a "legal" alien because of all the hoops, waiting time,
quotas, and bureacracy.

Why reward an illegal act? How is that fair to those who follow the
procedure to enter legally?
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Frankly, he is the kind of immigrant we should be glad to have. He's
demonstrated he's not afraid to take risks, work hard, provide for his
family, and is generally quite law-abiding.

Risk taking, work hard are generally true but "law abiding" is a bit more
iffy. I would agree that most of the initial illegals themselves are
relatively law abiding but there is getting to be a very large problem with
their offspring. They tend to associate with each other - la raza - and
many wind up in hispanic gangs such as sur trece (Sur-13). Check prison
population records.

As far as the original illegals go, it is true that they aren't generally
out there sticking up convenience stores or committing other overt crimes
save, with some frequency, those related to drugs. However, they frequently
ignore laws/regulations that are inconvenient to them...things like having
auto insurance...zoning laws...noise ordinances...et cetera.

Part of the reason for that is lack of knowledge and part cultural. Almost
of the illegals will have less than a 9th grade education. Most will have
less than a primary education. Many will have none. Very few are literate
in English; a large percentage are functionally illiterate in Spanish.

In the US, many of our laws/ordinances are designed to prevent someone from
infringing on the rights of others. I don't know if latin american
countries have similar or not but if so I can definitely tell you they are
not enforced; consequently, if someone wants to have a party at 3AM and
blare salsa through loud speakers, they do so. It never even occurs to them
that they might be disturbing their neighbors.

If they want to come to the US, let them go through the legal procedures;
let them assimilate into the US society rather than create barrios; let them
learn to at least read English and speak it well enough to get along in it.


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