The Coming Immigration Super Storm
CBS-2 Chicago has a nice
fluffy propaganda piece up today.
Some excerpts:
Eighty percent of area businesses will close for the day to show support.
Yah, right. They don't want the added burden of lawsuits and insurance hell
in the event of employees or customers being injured by - God forbid - any
trouble that might break out.
Marchers are also calling on Cook County Commissioners to pass an ordinance drafted by Roberto Maldonado. It would prohibit Cook County employees from asking about a person's immigration status during routine interactions, like traffic stops."We're telling our immigrant community we are with you; we support your contribution to our county,” Maldonado said.
That's what you're telling the immigrants who are not here legally. To
those immigrants who are here legally, and to the rest of us, you're telling us
you don't give a damn about unemployed black kids or about national
security.
Board President Todd Stroger supports the measure."We're here to make sure people have what they need regardless of where they're from,” Stroger said.
Todd's looking out for you, baby. How about all the health workers and
secretaries that Todd's fired since he was elected?
The CTA says 24 bus routes will be affected by the march Tuesday.
Are you an elderly person? Handicapped? Need to get somewhere in a hurry.
Well, screw you, say the marchers and the authorities who are letting them get
away with this.
I work for a LEGAL Asian immigrant who is now a citizen, and people out here need to know how he and other legal immigrants feel about the hordes of illegals and the demands for clemency and special privileges they are making.
ReplyDeleteMy boss, in order to immigrate to this country from Hong Kong, had to prove that he was able and willing to establish a business that would employ at least 10 American citizens. He had to learn enough English to function without assistance in understanding the language, in order to get citizenship.
He was given no special breaks, and was certainly not allowed to exercise the rights of citizenship until he went through the process required by law. It took him five years to become a citizen.
He is affronted by the willingness of so many of our politicians on both sides of the aisle to accomodate the flood of illegals who are pouring into this country, and he feels cheated by the unfairness of giving an easy pass to people who have, to put it bluntly, broken our laws, when he went to so much effort and expense to work within the system.
The sick, sad part is that there is nothing "liberal" or "humanitarian" about the acquiscence of our authorities. The bald fact is that our rich people want desperate, badly educated people who will cut their grass and wash their cars and babysit their kids for sub-minimum wages.
Also, there is realpolitic here- we depend upon oil exports from Mexico, which is one of our largest suppliers, and maybe feel we have to placate them by agreeing to be a dumping ground for their "excess" population. We really can't afford to put our oil supply at risk, can we?
I have friends who are legal immigrants with green cards. They resent all the slack being given to illegal immigrants, saying "I did it legally. I jumped through the hoops. Why can't you?"
ReplyDeleteI've met legal Mexican immigrants who wish that their families back in Mexico could make a better living. Some of them have expressed both resentment and sympathy towards the illegal immigrants.
I'd like to see our government hold the Mexican government more accountable. It's time for America to stop being so many countries' whore for oil.