it was previously mentioned that the spanish community would take offense of the terminology. i would think that any person of spanish decent that was in this country legally would support this thinking.
*BUZZ* I'm sorry, that's incorrect, but thanks for playing.
Seriously, I know a legal Mexican immigrant who helps illegals. He's a big wheel in the Austin Latino community. He would not share your views.
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if they help the illegals they should be deported to heres to all the helpers why cant they do everything by the book istead of sneaking around to get here
if they help the illegals they should be deported to heres to all the helpers why cant they do everything by the book istead of sneaking around to get here
So you've:
...never looked on as someone (possibly a relative) drank underage, ...never consumed illegal drugs, or turned a blind eye to someone who was, ...never been a passenger in an over-the-speed-limit vehicle, and subsequently didn't file a complaint, ...never worked for cash, knowing full well this was against the law, ...and so on.
If you're going to harp about one law being broken, you'd better harp about them all.
-------------- Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
Hey - illegal is illegal. In my opinion, you can't act all high and mighty if you're going to cherry-pick which laws are more important to you. The Law is the Law.
-------------- Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
the laws you are talking about do not hurt anybody but the person braking them being in the us illegal hurts all the tax payers because they are getting free medical help and anything else that they can get for free
if they help the illegals they should be deported to heres to all the helpers why cant they do everything by the book istead of sneaking around to get here
So you've:
...never looked on as someone (possibly a relative) drank underage, ...never consumed illegal drugs, or turned a blind eye to someone who was, ...never been a passenger in an over-the-speed-limit vehicle, and subsequently didn't file a complaint, ...never worked for cash, knowing full well this was against the law, ...and so on.
If you're going to harp about one law being broken, you'd better harp about them all.
All these "crimes" you talk about are comparable to a person coming into the country illegally for maybe a day or two and then going back. Nobody, speeds, drinks underage, uses drugs, or works for cash, etc, etc, 24/7/365. Everyone will break a law OCCASIONALY and if they get caught they should own up and face the consequences. Why would anyone think it's ok for someone to come into this country illegally and receive all the benefits while contributing nothing? Only a fool would think this is sustainable.
Botto, I agree with you 100%. I am a very boring law abiding senior citizen who has never done any of those things you asked about. I believe a law is a law and should be enforced! One thing I do question, though, is the fines. I have no idea where they go or what they are used for. That being said, I have noticed many times lately that a young person is fined $180 for no proof of insurance. My first thought is, if that person cannot afford insurance, how can they afford a $180 fine? If an affluent person chooses not to purchase car insurance and gets caught, the fine doesn't mean much to them. So, in both instances, in my opinion, a sentence to serve would be more meaningful. A person with no extra income would be able to work off the fine, and an affluent person, to whom the $180 is not important, might be more inclined to pay the insurance, rather than do the sentence to serve.
