Arizona's New Immigration Law

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Um, if you read what I was saying, that was my point. People who are hardworking, trying to make it work for their families and would come over legally if we weren't such an arrogant society, are turned into criminals because we try to prevent their culture from overrunning ours. Probably tens of thousands who are here illegally could be productive members of our society, pay taxes, not overcrowd the jails, and in turn send money to their families which could help Mexican society as well. Instead they earn their money on the sly, they don't pay full taxes, they still use our services, they fall into other lawbreaking cultures since they are, as you said, already criminalized. It really is a tragedy.

There we go...we're the bad people because we don't welcome lawbreakers.

They MAY be nice people who work hard, but the first act they do on our soil is BREAKING THE LAW and disrespecting our nation.

I don't understand how people can't grasp this.

As for them being productive...they're counterproductive to our nation's prosperity when they steal welfare, aid, housing and even medical treatment they're not entitled to. When I was in the E.R. last month (with insurance I pay for) to get my gushing wound sewn up, across the hall were some people cursing in English and mixing in loud Spanish. They were complaining about having to wait to get their stomach aches looked at. The doctor stitching me up said something I really appreciated, she said to me "You have a real, legitimate emergency, we're going to take care of you first. Some people come in here and demand to be taken care of right away for minor things, and they're not even supposed to be here."

It was refreshing to hear but makes the point even more...whether they are nice people and hard workers or not, they're here draining our society and economy while they're breaking the law.