You are getting a little carried away if you think illegal immigrants "threaten the safety and security of all legal citizens -- including you." Some guy picking strawberries in California or busing tables right here in Round Lake is a threat to me? I hardly think so.


>This is a load of crap!! This is NOT 'ethnic cleansing'!!
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>These people broke the laws of the United States by coming here illegally
>which has resulted in harm to the citizens of this country. Our laws exist
>for a reason, and they have thumbed their noses at these laws.
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>Ethinic Cleansing is defined as:
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>"At the most general level, however, ethnic cleansing can be understood as the
>expulsion of an 'undesirable' population from a given territory as a result
>of religious or ethnic discrimination, political, strategic or ideological
>considerations, or a combination of these." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing
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>None of these motives apply here. Responsible citizens simply want these people
>to go back where they came from and apply for entry into the United States in a
>legal manner. Then they will be contributing, law abiding citizens.
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>Let me reiterate - I have no problem with someone coming here legally. But those
>that sneak into the US threaten the safety and security of all legal citizens -
>inclduing you.
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>Those kinds of antagonistic statements are not warrented not desired.
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>"I wouldn't. I am not in favor of the sort of ethnic cleansing you desire. Let's call a spade a spade -- that's what this "immigration reform" is all about.""
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>>>I don't know the exact figures. I don't need to know the exact figures.
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>>>The cost of removing the illegals is a one time fee. It's a startup
>>>cost, so to speak. You assume this going in. The real question is the
>>>long term.
>>>
>>>Assume there were 100k american taxpayers getting medical care at
>>>hospitals in California in 2005 using health benfits they paid for.
>>>
>>>Assume there were 100k illegal alians getting medical care at
>>>hospitals in California in 2005. The law says they MUST be treated.
>>>Who's paying for the illegals to get medical care? The taxpayers are.
>>>
>>>Multiply this by 10 years, or 20 years, and it doesn't take complex
>>>mathmatical computations to see that the long term benefit of removing
>>>the illegals.
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>>>And that's just medical care. Figure in housing costs, schools, welfare
>>>and so on, and it becomes alot clearer.
>>>
>>>Illegal immigration costs 10.5 billion per year:
>>>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/immigrationnaturalizatio/a/caillegals.htm
>>>
>>>While the cost of removing them mighrt be higher, it's a one time fee
>>>that I bet most taxpayers would gladly pay.
>>>
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>>I wouldn't. I am not in favor of the sort of ethnic cleansing you desire. Let's call a spade a spade -- that's what this "immigration reform" is all about.