Rath said:
TheRealMafoo said:
Rath said:
Your post (the OP) actually made me somewhat angry.Your broad generalisation of these people as being immoral is somewhat offensive to me.
When you consider that these people are risking their lives to survive on the absolute minimum of what the USA offers is an indication of what they are leaving behind. For the most part illegals are just people seeking a better life, especially for their children, than the one they were leaving behind. You're speaking from a position of privelege casting down judgement in my opinion.
Also your post almost entirely relies on a flawed premise. Illegality does not mean immorality. Breaching the immigration laws of the USA does not automatically make these people any less moral in my opinion.
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You seem to be coming from a position of caring. How about caring about the 2,000 people that will be murdered in the next 12 months, because there government failed them. How about the 130,000 people who will be sexually offended because there country failed them.
Are they not worthy of your compassion? Do they not have a voice? Most of them are poor and minorities too, if that makes it easier for you.
I have used this analogy in many ways now in this thread, and I have yet to have anyone challenge me on it... I will use it again...
If 95% of the people who broke into your home, somehow left with both parties improved (yours and theres), and the other 5% raped or murdered people, should we stop prosecuting breaking and entering?
Funny how when I put it that way, no one seems to want to say "yes", and illegal immigration is the exact same thing.
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Did I ever say that illegal immigration isn't a problem?
I believe it really is a problem the USA has to deal with. I just think that saying all illegal immigrants are immoral is offensive and completely lacking in compassion.
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I never said all. In fact, I said the oposite. But the problem we have, is people think about someone crossing the border illegally, and the first thing that pops into there head is the average mexican.
They are not the same. The average American who steels peoples mail, is not the average American.
The first thing we need to do before we can improve things, is to educate them on the fact that a disproportionately large percentage of people who cross the border illegally are not good people.