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Do more traveling

Jaime, you need to cross the border of Pakistan, Russia, China, Cuba, North Korea, Myanmar, any country in the middle east. Your reception will not be friendly. You need to travel more! Your bias shows your ignorance.

This letter raises some good points. We need to change the mind-set on the immigration issue. The current approach, including turning the U.S. into an armed fortress, is not working. Besides, I wonder if the immigrant issue is really a problem which outweighs the benefits, or if it more fear of change.

Since when has the US become an "armed fortress"? A few guys riding back and forth in SUVs is hardly a fortress. No, if we got serious about patrolling the borders, then we wouldn't have an immigration problem.

And, yes, there is probably a fear of change. The US is becoming more and more like Little Mexico. I enjoy visiting the place, but I don't want to live there. And, of course, as this and Globalization continues, there will be more and more pressure to drop our standard of living down to their level.

To Anonymous

I have no doubt it is fear of change! Why would our border with Canada be completely unprotected, and our border with Mexico need to be walled, fenced and guarded. People want that border protected with the same intensity we are sending troops to Afghanistan.

illegal border crossers in this country need to head south to chile. Why do we always get the same inane logic from the left? Leftist thinking: "Can we just take 3 steps backward - like all the other countries? That would make it fair, and it sure works for them." I've said it before, and I will say it again- You can't argue with airheads.

I have no problem with anyone crossing a border. Just do it legally please.
Why is that so hard to understand?

Jaime: A letter writer at the d-news finally gets it. They are here just to survive.
Bigots hate the fact that most of them cross the border for nothing more than an opportunity.
If any of the bigots were born in a similar situation, they would do EXACTLY THE SAME THING. That is, if they had any courage.
The bigots need to move to Souther Mexico or Guatamala and attempt to eek out a living with no education.
I think their perception would change very quickly.

Anyone can prove points by comparing extremes to other extremes. Chile has no borders... While a country like Russia most certainly does.

The United States can't support Illegal Immigration because it takes too much of a toll on our social programs.

Either immigrate legally or face the consequences. It really is THAT SIMPLE.

What a great redirect call it Bigotry. No the issue is slavery, still. It has always been. Those who say the issue is complicated are just to comfortable with our new slaves. We don't own them and keep them on plantations... no we give a battle cry of someone just wanting a chance, house them in slums, provide translation services, enable codependant behavior, and do everything we can to cloud the issue because we are all to comfortable owning slaves. We need our slaves to do all the menial tasks that are beneath our slothful children. No... shame on every US Citizen who just won't call it what it is- slavery for the new century. We've done a pretty good job of repackaging and reselling a diabolic practice into a pathos driven facade of opportunity With a cry to just "give them a chance." My ancestors immigrated from Germany, legally, and learned english so they could contribute to Society and have a chance, not sap its resources and demand more governmental programs. For me it is simple: "End slavery- stop illegal immigration." If live is so bad in their country then revolution... cowards run away.

RE: Anonymous 7:28AM (First Poster)
Pakistan, Russia, China, and Cuba are not our enemies!
I know lots of people who have been to Russia and China, they said the people were very nice.
I hardly doubt the people of Cuba would be belligerent. It sounds like YOU need to travel more, your bias is showing through, you should not believe what Fox News says about these countries! I think people in Utah are pretty ignorant of other countries and cultures. People in general are usually pretty tolerant of other cultures all around the globe. What's with this attitude that the USA is better than every other country? And what's up with labeling these countries you listed as enemies?

You can always spot the Limbaughites by the way in which they communicate:

Anonymous | 7:28 - "bias shows your ignorance"
Sounds like the.... | 8:52 a.m - "can't argue with airheads"

And these same people can't understand why Colin Powell, (a Republican) cautions about America becoming tired of nasty and losing every election.

While in Europe, there were many Americans working off the books to stay in Europe. Did Ernest Hemingway have work documents to work in France and Spain?

We're next door to a second or third-world nation. Mexican citizens have been immigrating continuously into the US since 1848 when we basically took a chunk of Mexico. Ambitious, adventerous, curious and desparate people from everywhere have immigrated here for over 100 years. 2 broad oceans couldn't keep them out. There is no way a fence or any other method will keep out Mexican immigrants. The bigotry element to this delimma has always been there. The solution: green card all undocumented immigrants and provide them citizenship after 5 years of faithful service. They deserve it as much as you or I deserve to be here. We were extremely lucky and they weren't. So,ignore the bigotry, love our fellow sons and daughters of God and share what God has generously given to us.

So, we're supposed to give citizenship to anyone who is able to make it to the US? Talk about bigotry. Do you hate the blacks and asians that don't happen to have a convenient border to the US? I'm surprised you don't advocate giving US citizenship to anyone in the World that wants it.

@RE: Sonofamerica

I didn't see him put any qualifier on any race wanting citizenship. I think his solution is fantastic! Green carding will allow us to be able to document EVERYONE in the country. This will better allow us to track the criminal activity that everyone thinks every immigrant is perpetrating. This will allow them to become productive members of society.

Yes, all the non criminals, will be willing to stand in line to get signed up for their green card, while the rest continue to sneak across the border. I'm sure the green card will almost certainly guarantee upstanding productiveness. If you bleeding heart bigots have so much compassion, why don't you start by getting your checkbook out and contributing to the effort of helping the poor citizens of the world. Don't wait for the rest of us to join in - lead the way. Volunteer your time by heading outside the border and offer you help, and resources to serving others. You claim to be so much more enlightened in these matters. Don't compell the rest of us to put up with you polyanna theories, and notions.

Christ would smile if we erased the lines on our maps. Is it greed that makes us not want to drop our elite lifestyle to help out a third world country?

To Anonymous 1:18,

"Christ would smile if we erased the lines on our maps."

???

It is fanatic statements like yours that give religion a bad name.

You are not really in the postion of labeling anyone a bigot.
"I hate intolerant people" lol

It's all Obama's fault.