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Originally Posted by cyber
I'm not seeking to gain attention. It just irks me that so many people feel illegal immigration is a clear cut thing.
My mother moved to the states because of how dangerous Nicaragua had become thanks to the US involvement with the Contras. We were wetbacks here for years (16 years to be exact) before we were granted amnesty... basically an apology for fucking up my home country.
The US gives huge subsidies to US farmers, who then sell their food so cheaply south of the border that local farmers are unable to compete, because they do not receive subsidies from their government. So, they lose their farms. What should they do? Lose their farms and work for $2 an hour in their home country, or come here illegally and make much more than that?
I'm not calling America evil. I'm saying that it has major involvement in all this. In the words of Jeremiah Wright, America's "chickens coming home to roost".
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I didn't write the above silly story... it was sent to me and it is funny...
I do however know exactly what you are talking about when it comes to sending funds and hand outs to other countries. I have heard the same horrible stories in Africa when certain groups send clothing, food etc... and it enbds up hurting the local economies. If it was up to me we wouldn't send shit anywhere, let people build themselves. There will always be some silly hippie group wanting to enable the world and ends up doing more harm than help because it makes them feel better about themselves. I agree with you and wish I could stop it...
However, I do, 100%, think there has to be something done about AZ... it's not cut and dry but it seems to be pretty damn cut and dry in Mexico and their border...