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09-10-2007, 12:27 AM #1
Ron Paul on immigration from April 4, 2006
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul314.html
The recent immigration protests in Los Angeles have brought the issue to the forefront, provoking strong reactions from millions of Americans. The protesters’ cause of open borders is not well served when they drape themselves in Mexican flags and chant slogans in Spanish. If anything, their protests underscore the Balkanization of America caused by widespread illegal immigration. How much longer can we maintain huge unassimilated subgroups within America, filled with millions of people who don’t speak English or participate fully in American life? Americans finally have decided the status quo is unacceptable, and immigration may be the issue that decides the 2008 presidential election.
We’re often reminded that America is a nation of immigrants, implying that we’re coldhearted to restrict immigration in any way. But the new Americans reaching our shores in the late 1800s and early 1900s were legal immigrants. In many cases they had no chance of returning home again. They maintained their various ethnic and cultural identities, but they also learned English and embraced their new nationality.
Today, the overwhelming majority of Americans – including immigrants – want immigration reduced, not expanded. The economic, cultural, and political situation was very different 100 years ago.
We’re often told that immigrants do the jobs Americans won’t do, and sometimes this is true. But in many instances illegal immigrants simply increase the supply of labor in a community, which lowers wages. And while cheap labor certainly benefits the economy as a whole, when calculating the true cost of illegal immigration we must include the cost of social services that many new immigrants consume – especially medical care.
We must reject amnesty for illegal immigrants in any form. We cannot continue to reward lawbreakers and expect things to get better. If we reward millions who came here illegally, surely millions more will follow suit. Ten years from now we will be in the same position, with a whole new generation of lawbreakers seeking amnesty.
Amnesty also insults legal immigrants, who face years of paperwork and long waits to earn precious American citizenship.
Birthright citizenship similarly rewards lawbreaking, and must be stopped. As long as illegal immigrants know their children born here will be citizens, the perverse incentive to sneak into this country remains strong. Citizenship involves more than the mere location of one’s birth. True citizenship requires cultural connections and an allegiance to the United States. Americans are happy to welcome those who wish to come here and build a better life for themselves, but we rightfully expect immigrants to show loyalty and attempt to assimilate themselves culturally. Birthright citizenship sometimes confers the benefits of being American on people who do not truly embrace America.
We need to allocate far more resources, both in terms of money and manpower, to securing our borders and coastlines here at home. This is the most critical task before us, both in terms of immigration problems and the threat of foreign terrorists. Unless and until we secure our borders, illegal immigration and the problems associated with it will only increase.
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I find this article to be particularly good news because Ron Paul said this
BEFORE he announced his candidacy for President. So he's not just another flip-flopper like Romney or Giuliani.por las chupacabras todo, fuero de las chupacabras nada
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09-10-2007, 12:45 AM #2
Do you know the saying that what goes around comes around? Well I have a lot of patience and I have seen this saying come true many many times. In 2009 the Mexican flag wearers may just look like they have toilet paper hanging out of their butts.
I can't wait for that day. I also will be ready for that day for mayhem to break lose here in America. We are going to have to take care of ourselves when those flag wearers realize that there freeloading is over. Until then we have to just keep on fighting to try and keep our heads above total destruction of the United States.<div>''Life's tough......it's even tougher if you're stupid.''
-- John Wayne</div>
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09-10-2007, 05:56 AM #3
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09-10-2007, 07:28 AM #4
From what I'm hearing the numbers for Ron Paul are alot higher than the MSM is putting out. Ron Paul is very popular and beating out everyone else - big time. He is for upholding the U.S. Constitution thus saving America and I love him for that. I will vote for Ron Paul.
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09-10-2007, 07:48 AM #5
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Ron may get the popular vote but the elite will never let him get the electoral vote. He is not one of the "chosen" paupers. He is too American..
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