Immigration, Part I - The Rant

I don’t really know how to start this blog. I have SO many thoughts on this issue that it has been difficult to get them all into one coherent thought, so I am going to just start typing…

This is NOT racial discrimination. The protesters on television want to make it into racial discrimination, but it is not. Illegal immigration does not limit the discussion to illegal Mexicans or individuals of Latin or Hispanic origin. The last I checked though, I haven’t seen an uprising of illegal Polish immigrants or illegal Canadian immigrants. Why is that? Probably because about 80% of illegal immigrants fit into the former category.

Racial discrimination is about treating individuals a certain way or imposing a certain standard on them with no basis and unfairly and denying them rights they are afforded under the law. But that only applies to LEGAL citizens. Illegal immigrants are screaming they are being treated unfairly, but how can that be? If you are not in jail or being deported, you are getting off pretty easily. If you are not a citizen of the United States, or a legal immigrant, you are not afforded the rights as such.

What else?

The National Anthem should be sung in English. Period. End of discussion. I don’t go to Argentina and start protesting and creating my own “national” song because I didn’t bother learning the language. You know what they would say? Tough shit. If you want to be a part of this country, learn my song in my language.

And stop flying flags other than the one Betsy Ross designed when you decide to march and protest. If you want to be an AMERICAN citizen, why are you flying a Mexican (insert another country here) flag. If that is where you want to be, head south and don’t stop until you reach the border.

Random question? In what country or post Roman-empire jurisdiction of law can you just blatantly break the law and not be punished? I am looking at protesters on television and reading about them in the newspaper proudly chanting that they are here illegally and should not be sent home and how much they mean to this country. I am seeing at the same protest, police and other government officials “monitoring” the situation. Where is INS? People out in public, boldly breaking the law, and nothing happens. What the f*&%?

And what about the individuals who went through the proper channels to EARN the citizenship? To just grant amnesty to all or ANY illegal immigrants should be a slap in the face to those who chose to go about it the right way. Is that fair? Nowadays, fair and right hardly seem to matter compared to good business.

There will be more…