quote:I've lived in several countries... the place was packed--PACKED--with illegal aliens...
You know, as a legal immigrant to another country I've become a lot more sympathetic to the problems that people have trying to emigrate to other nations and the sometimes impossible obstacles that they face. I understand how lucky I am to be able to live where I want.
I guess for some people it goes the other way.
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Bella, there's also the fact that while the population of Southern California has a much higher percentage of Hispanics than it did in the 80s, many of them are citizens and legal residents. And unless one is demanding to see documents from everyone, how anyone thinks they can identify who is legal and who is not from casual contact is beyond me.
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Yes, I know there are many legal immigrants too, but I just think it's a shame that someone who has lived away from their native country is anti-immigrant and has little sympathy for those less fortunate than themselves.
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Agreed, certainly. My point was that the blatant anti-Hispanic bigotry was pretty distasteful as well.
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Maybe he was concerned about all the illegal Australian immigrants wandering around California.
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*twinkle* Considering that Australians have a special class of visas that apply just to them, I doubt we have many of those.
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