What’s Wrong With Illegal Immigration?
Posted: August 6, 2011 Filed under: Illegal Immigration | Tags: economy, health care, illegal aliens, illegal immigration, illegals, unemployment 5 Comments
Let’s see. Oh yeah. It’s illegal. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
We should get one thing straight right off the bat. This blog is not anti-immigration. Heck, immigration started centuries ago, and without immigration, the USA wouldn’t be the world power it is today.
This blog, is, however, strongly anti-illegal immigration. You’ll see a lot of commentary like “Tough.” “Get over it.” “Deport.”
We’ll be taking a look at the disinformation spread by BOTH sides, liberal AND conservative. We’ll be tossing some interesting facts out there, and dissecting how statistics are folded, spindled and mutilated.
If you believe that all people who want to reside and work in the USA should be allowed to regardless of foreign allegiance, legal status and potential to drain resources away from US citizens, this blog isn’t for you. If your viewpoint is that anyone who speaks out against illegal immigration is against all immigration and a racist bastard to boot, then I am an evil, evil person in your book and you should stay away and guard your children. If you are looking for a blog like this to troll – don’t bother. I have a delete button and I’m not afraid to use it.
Bottom line: This blog is about what illegal immigration has done and will continue to do to our country if the tide of illegal aliens is not stemmed – and soon. Illegal immigration affects every US citizen, and has an impact on every major issue facing our country today, from unemployment to the state of our economy to health care. Prepare to be educated.
Illegal Immigration... Is Illegal 
You draw an interesting distinct between ‘lehal’ and ‘illegal’ immigration. Living in London, UK, there are many, many different people from all over the European Union coming in and out of Britain with alacrity. This is because of the open border policy between member states. Others, Australians and New Zealanders, that is, Europeans from outside the EU, are given generous entry conditions. The people who are hit by the toughest anti-iimigration policies are the Black and Asian peoples trying to gain entry to the UK, and therefore Europe. Britain has populations of Black and Asian people living in it, many from the numerous colonies of the British Empire. Up until the 1960’s, it was fairly easy to migrate to the so-called ‘mother country’, until racial tension, violence and xenophobia inspired law changes stripping former colonial citizens of this right.
Today, it is very difficult to enter the UK if you happen to be Black or Asian. However, White Europeans and White non-Europeans can come and go as they please. Although racism is aimed at Black and Asian people, nowadays, with the unchecked migration of Eastern Europeans into the UK, the rightwing are facing the paradox of racial hatred being aimed at them (Eastern Europeans), least of all, for economic reasons. The interesting point about immigration is that the law is whatever a government wants it to be, and that this law changes with the bias of the electorate. Of course, as you rightly point out, the USA was built upon unbridled White European settlement. I would add that this settlement dispossessed an indigenous population in the process, carried out a mass importation of African slaves, and annexed a large part of the sovereign country of Mexico, guaranteeing a Mexican presence in the new States.
I am off the opinion that national boundaries, (and that nation states they define), are of a purely arbitrary nature designed only to represent the dominating classes – it pays to keep humanity in self-imposed and closed of groups of fabricated identity. People generally access this debate in one of two ways. Either through the media of their choice, or through a bad encounter they had with an immigrant – often it is a bit of both. The broader picture is often sacrificed for the satisfaction of the momentary anger. I agree that propaganda is used by both sides – the ‘anti’ and the ‘pro’. This demonstrates the double bind of the philosophical cul-de-sac the situation represents. Namely that the presence of ‘difference’ is a crime, both morally and economically. The argument against this is also a moral and economic one – difference is not a problem, and immigrants boost the economy. My view is that the immigration debate is a straw dog, but one which polarises the masses into opposing camps. But then, as an ‘internationalist’, I would say that. The immigration debate is defined by its parameters – it is these parameters that create the situation we are in, and yet the media seldom challenge these essential aspects. People bounce from one defensive view to another. It is a fascinating subject and I thank you for it.
THANK YOU! You completely got the point of this post – as in, legal immigration is legal, and welcome; and illegal immigration is a crime, and not welcome.
You might like the other post on this blog, which takes a look at the very, very strict Canadian immigration standards and compares them to the US. Canadians for some reason think it is fine for their country to deny entry to anyone not able to support themselves and their family, but revile the US as a bunch of heartless racists for not allowing free immigration from Mexico. Of course, if the US did not exist, and Canada bordered Mexico, I am certain their entire infrastructure would immediately collapse. 😉
Dear Grace
Yes – in Europe, there is alot of this kind of thing which draws arbitrary distinctions between various types of ‘racism’, as if one expression of xenophobia is more viable than another form, or that one expression is ‘worse’ than any other, with no real examination of ‘why’ racism exists at all. I shaal now read the Canadian article – thank you for your suggestion.
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Interesting, I can’t wait to read more.