I will reiterate what I wrote on the comment board for this story found on Politico.com:
I am so tired of hearing the political fear mongering of the word 'amnesty.' First of all, the immigration reform bill in its current form offers no such thing. There is a path to citizenship, but to call that a 'blanket amnesty' is not even mistaken, but merely ignorant. Second, what opponents of 'amnesty' forget is that we have depending on what sources you listen to between 12-25 MILLION illegal immigrants in this country. If we do not do something to allow them to earn their way towards citizenship, as this bill provides for, the only other option is deportation. Would one of you geniuses on the right like to explain to me how you plan on rounding up 12-25 MILLION people!?
What this all boils down to is xenophobia at best, and out and out racism at worst. You people that get so worked up about Hispanics (because they're not all Mexicans. They come from Guatemala, Honduras, Cost Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, etc.)do so because you get unduly irritated because you can't understand them! I will grant to you that a certain working knowledge of English is essential to assimilation into the United States, but assimilation does not happen overnight. Second and third generation immigrants by and large speak both languages, something the ignorant right will never even attempt. Hell, most of you cannot even figure out the difference between an illegal immigrant and one that came here legally! "If they speak the Spanish, they must be illegals! Let's send 'em back to Spain." Idiots.
If we really want to talk about a people that hate the members of the host nation, how about we talk about our American forefathers who massacred millions of Native Americans in their conquest of this nation. I am not seriously suggesting that we do not belong here, but if the hypocrites on the right are going to characterize Hispanic immigrants this way, it is about time they look in the mirror.Stop wasting your time bitching about the "illegals who stole your job," and go find a new one. Racists.
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