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	<title>Comments on: Are you qualified to speak here? What do you really know about Mexican immigrants?</title>
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		<title>By: Max Power</title>
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		<dc:creator>Max Power</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I work as a CBP Officer on the border everyday helping out new Immigrants and turning back people who do not have a legal right to be here.  So, yes I feel I am up to date on Immigration policy and can speak in this forum.  And please note, when I say illegal in this forum I mean everybody, not just people from Mexico.  We send back people from Asia, Europe, Canada, Australia, The Middle East and Mexico.  If you are here illegally we are very &quot;equal opportunity&quot;

I here what you are saying.  There seems to be a bigger sense of entitlement people feel they have whenever we send them away.  We tried to deny a man for being a public charge (he hadn&#039;t paid his $47,000 hospital bill from his last stay, that&#039;s a problem).  The first thing his green card holder son did was call Senators complaiing about us and how we couldn&#039;t do that.  Well, yes we could, but you would be surprised how quick management will crumble when they get phone calls from not one but four angry Senators telling us to let this person stay in violation of the very INA they wrote.  

We tried to send home a man from the Middle East who was certainly up to no good (the suitcase full of information talking about the greatness of 9/11 was our first clue).  He missed his first flight home because he got on the phone to the consulate to complain about how we were being unfair.  The Supervisor was too chicken to tell him to hang up, get on the plane and GTFO.  We wouldn&#039;t dare have a complaint against us.

I walk down the street and I see protests where people are saying &quot;I am Illegal, so what!!!&quot;  Well, I&#039;ll tell you what&#039;s up as I kick you out.  Of course I do not have the legal authority inside the border, and we wouldn&#039;t dare let local police do anything, which helps build this culture of entitlement.

Again, I am more than willing to help legal immigrants into this country.  I do it everyday.  But when I see someone entering this country in violation of federal law, then demanding that I give them everything, I am more than a little fed up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I work as a CBP Officer on the border everyday helping out new Immigrants and turning back people who do not have a legal right to be here.  So, yes I feel I am up to date on Immigration policy and can speak in this forum.  And please note, when I say illegal in this forum I mean everybody, not just people from Mexico.  We send back people from Asia, Europe, Canada, Australia, The Middle East and Mexico.  If you are here illegally we are very &quot;equal opportunity&quot;</p>
<p>I here what you are saying.  There seems to be a bigger sense of entitlement people feel they have whenever we send them away.  We tried to deny a man for being a public charge (he hadn&#8217;t paid his $47,000 hospital bill from his last stay, that&#8217;s a problem).  The first thing his green card holder son did was call Senators complaiing about us and how we couldn&#8217;t do that.  Well, yes we could, but you would be surprised how quick management will crumble when they get phone calls from not one but four angry Senators telling us to let this person stay in violation of the very INA they wrote.  </p>
<p>We tried to send home a man from the Middle East who was certainly up to no good (the suitcase full of information talking about the greatness of 9/11 was our first clue).  He missed his first flight home because he got on the phone to the consulate to complain about how we were being unfair.  The Supervisor was too chicken to tell him to hang up, get on the plane and GTFO.  We wouldn&#8217;t dare have a complaint against us.</p>
<p>I walk down the street and I see protests where people are saying &quot;I am Illegal, so what!!!&quot;  Well, I&#8217;ll tell you what&#8217;s up as I kick you out.  Of course I do not have the legal authority inside the border, and we wouldn&#8217;t dare let local police do anything, which helps build this culture of entitlement.</p>
<p>Again, I am more than willing to help legal immigrants into this country.  I do it everyday.  But when I see someone entering this country in violation of federal law, then demanding that I give them everything, I am more than a little fed up.</p>
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		<title>By: beardog4314</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, I know plenty of immigrants, and I haven&#039;t had the same experience as you have. Whenever a large group of people suddenly seems to change for the worse, a wise man will wonder if it was really them that changed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, I know plenty of immigrants, and I haven&#8217;t had the same experience as you have. Whenever a large group of people suddenly seems to change for the worse, a wise man will wonder if it was really them that changed.</p>
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		<title>By: baby1</title>
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		<dc:creator>baby1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All I need to know is that they are illegal and anything after that is irrelivant.

Obviously if you break our laws to get in here your bad, so it doesn&#039;t seem that far fetched they wouldn&#039;t have any respect for any other laws (stealing,etc) we have in place.

Get them out!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All I need to know is that they are illegal and anything after that is irrelivant.</p>
<p>Obviously if you break our laws to get in here your bad, so it doesn&#8217;t seem that far fetched they wouldn&#8217;t have any respect for any other laws (stealing,etc) we have in place.</p>
<p>Get them out!</p>
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		<title>By: dc</title>
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		<dc:creator>dc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>they are some hard @$$ workers...i know that.  you have to force them to take breaks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>they are some hard @$$ workers&#8230;i know that.  you have to force them to take breaks.</p>
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		<title>By: mintgirl79</title>
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		<dc:creator>mintgirl79</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I lived in Mexico City for over a year, and I immigrated my Mexican husband so I think I know what Im talking about.  I have found that a lot of Americans have no idea that there is a rich and upper middle class in Mexico that has no desire to leave, because they have a good life in Mexico.

The people that are coming here are often time criminals and extremely uneducated.  They have no desire to assimilate to our culture and get upset when a person dosent speak Spanish.

A lot (not all) are rude and nasty, talking about you in Spanish right to your face.  And when you let them know that you speak Spanish the abuse imflames. (personal exp.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I lived in Mexico City for over a year, and I immigrated my Mexican husband so I think I know what Im talking about.  I have found that a lot of Americans have no idea that there is a rich and upper middle class in Mexico that has no desire to leave, because they have a good life in Mexico.</p>
<p>The people that are coming here are often time criminals and extremely uneducated.  They have no desire to assimilate to our culture and get upset when a person dosent speak Spanish.</p>
<p>A lot (not all) are rude and nasty, talking about you in Spanish right to your face.  And when you let them know that you speak Spanish the abuse imflames. (personal exp.)</p>
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		<title>By: jxt299</title>
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		<dc:creator>jxt299</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I live within sight of the border, in a rather prosperous neighborhood.  The ONLY people I see doing hard work here are Mexicans.  Are we really ready to pay $10 for a head of lettuce or a tomato?

All this got started about 25 years ago under the great Ronald Reagan.  He cut family planning money from Foreign Aid to Latin America--his conservative Christian backers did not want our tax money going to show Mexicans and other Latin Americans how to keep their population growth rates low.  Until then, their rates of economic growth exceeded their rates of population growth, but once family planning was eliminated, the population growth began to outpace the economic growth.  They will not voluntarily starve to death, will they?  So thank Mr. Reagan and his conservative Christian supporters.  Conservatives call it &quot;The Law of Unexpected Consequences&quot;--it means if you don&#039;t consider the consequences of what you are doing you are liable to get an unpleasant surprise.  Welcome to reality, 25 years later.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I live within sight of the border, in a rather prosperous neighborhood.  The ONLY people I see doing hard work here are Mexicans.  Are we really ready to pay $10 for a head of lettuce or a tomato?</p>
<p>All this got started about 25 years ago under the great Ronald Reagan.  He cut family planning money from Foreign Aid to Latin America&#8211;his conservative Christian backers did not want our tax money going to show Mexicans and other Latin Americans how to keep their population growth rates low.  Until then, their rates of economic growth exceeded their rates of population growth, but once family planning was eliminated, the population growth began to outpace the economic growth.  They will not voluntarily starve to death, will they?  So thank Mr. Reagan and his conservative Christian supporters.  Conservatives call it &quot;The Law of Unexpected Consequences&quot;&#8211;it means if you don&#8217;t consider the consequences of what you are doing you are liable to get an unpleasant surprise.  Welcome to reality, 25 years later.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe U</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe U</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is a tremendous difference between _immigrants_ and _illegal aliens_.
The immigrants that I know are, like in your experience, honest and hard-working individuals.

The ones that I know to be &quot;undocumented&quot; tend to hang out on street corners, in Hispanic bars, and public areas. They are unruly and obnoxious.

Don&#039;t get me wrong, some of the &quot;documented&quot; ones are in that crowd also, but the vast majority are not.

My solution:
1.  Close the borders
2.  Round up an deport all the known &quot;undocumented&quot; aliens
3.  Offer those with legal or even expired work visas the opportunity to apply for citizenship
4.  Keep the borders closed</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a tremendous difference between _immigrants_ and _illegal aliens_.<br />
The immigrants that I know are, like in your experience, honest and hard-working individuals.</p>
<p>The ones that I know to be &quot;undocumented&quot; tend to hang out on street corners, in Hispanic bars, and public areas. They are unruly and obnoxious.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, some of the &quot;documented&quot; ones are in that crowd also, but the vast majority are not.</p>
<p>My solution:<br />
1.  Close the borders<br />
2.  Round up an deport all the known &quot;undocumented&quot; aliens<br />
3.  Offer those with legal or even expired work visas the opportunity to apply for citizenship<br />
4.  Keep the borders closed</p>
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		<title>By: Mark J</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark J</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have lived in Southern california for the past 10 years and I&#039;m well aware of what you are talking about.  This is why US citizens don&#039;t want them here.  The new generations are very disrespectful and want everything given to them.  The biggest reason US citizens and illegals are not getting along is because these illegals don&#039;t understand that respect isn&#039;t just given to someone, it is earned.  they respect us and our laws, and stop living in some fantasy that this land has always been theirs, then we will respect them.  Until then, build the wall, deport them all, and see how easy it is for them to get back over here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have lived in Southern california for the past 10 years and I&#8217;m well aware of what you are talking about.  This is why US citizens don&#8217;t want them here.  The new generations are very disrespectful and want everything given to them.  The biggest reason US citizens and illegals are not getting along is because these illegals don&#8217;t understand that respect isn&#8217;t just given to someone, it is earned.  they respect us and our laws, and stop living in some fantasy that this land has always been theirs, then we will respect them.  Until then, build the wall, deport them all, and see how easy it is for them to get back over here.</p>
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		<title>By: Dog Tricks</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dog Tricks</dc:creator>
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		<description>I&#039;ve known bad and good.Just as I have in any culture.I try not to let the bad influence me to the point of hating all. Or I would hate all people who listen to Country music because of the loser and abuser my ex was. You can&#039;t stereotype is my point.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve known bad and good.Just as I have in any culture.I try not to let the bad influence me to the point of hating all. Or I would hate all people who listen to Country music because of the loser and abuser my ex was. You can&#8217;t stereotype is my point.</p>
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		<title>By: Paula Revere</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paula Revere</dc:creator>
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		<description>I had heard about them killing livestock and pets that belong to the ranches along the border. That should be enough for Shoot to Kill!

I hate to see what happened to your property values.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had heard about them killing livestock and pets that belong to the ranches along the border. That should be enough for Shoot to Kill!</p>
<p>I hate to see what happened to your property values.</p>
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