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> > Human rights - How can we deny our neighbors the right to "life liberty and the pursuit of happiness?"
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> I like your points, Howard, because you bring up stuff from many sides of the argument. The one thing that does drive me crazy is when the "pro-immigration" people state things about how we (the U.S.) don't want immigrants. The issue here isn't immigration, it is *illegal* immigration. I heard a number that we allowed over 1 million people to come here as legal immigrants last year (that number might be low but it was at least 1 million).
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> So, are we denying people the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"? I guess it depends on how you look at it.
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> Fer"loves the rhetoric"rick

Maybe we are smarter than the original inhabitants. They would have been better off if my ancestors had been told to get back on that ship and go home.

But the Mexicans, like the rest of us, decended from people from all over the place. Some of our(Mexicans included) ancestors got here recently and other have been here a long time. We are not really that different. But there is that little muddy river that seems to separate the haves from the have-nots and I don't really see why that river is such a big deal.

I think illegal immigration shouldn't be necessary. There should be a quick easy way to cross that river legally. Certainly, we need to screen immigrants, and temporary border crossers. Our security depends on it. But it should not cost a lot of money or take years and years.

I've seen what Mexican workers have done for this county. We need them.

If we build that Berlin wall, it won't be long until there are machine guns and nasty incidents.

We need to ask ourselves why the Mexican border is a big deal and the Canadian border isn't.
Howard