When my GGrandparents came from Ireland, they came looking for a better life for their families. They were not welcomed by many and found signs in business windows "irish need not apply" but they pushed on, picked themselves up by their boot straps and helped to build the roads, bridges, tunnels and railroads in this country. They went on to become very proud upstanding citizens and I have the copies of their naturalization papers to prove it. They did it the right way because they had the right motives. Without them you DON'T BELONG HERE.
Do it LEGALLY or go back where you came from. I fully support Arizona's new law and hope that the other states do the same to protect the LEGAL CITIZENS of this country.
Vincent - 14 years ago
Judging by the comments above most people here don't really understand the law. It seems some people think that undocumented immigrants wear a sign that says "Undocumented Immigrant." News flash: they don't. This law allows police to assume everyone with brown skin is here illegally when in reality MOST hispanics within our borders are taxpaying American citizens who add greatly to every aspect of our national character.
The law is intended to protect our borders, right? To protect the American way of life, right? This law is the opposite of what America is all about. With all of our talk about nationalism and freedom, how a law like this doesn't scare the pants off of everyone who hears about it is beyond me. This law is the very personification of a slippery slope fallacy. Where does it end? Just sit for a moment and think of all the demographics in this diverse nation of ours that fit the profile of a specific crime.
You are in one of those demographics.
Would you be okay with being interrogated by police just because how you look pairs you with a statistical criminal profile? This law is a threat to all Americans and we are supporting it like it's the second coming.
Hippocrates - 14 years ago
In response to the previous comment left by "JIM".
We also have rules regarding the correct usage of American English. In your post I have noticed the following infractions against standardized written expression, firstly, you seem a bit confused as towards the proper balance of capital and lower-case letters. This is commonly caused by mashing the "caps lock", leaving you with appearance of a very angry person whose logic is probably suspect to emotional imbalances.
Secondly, you frequently drop necessary words like "are", "their", "have", "of", and "the". I've corrected the following sentences for you so you can improve later on-line writing, corrected words will be noted by brackets. 1) Send them back if they [are] illegal. 2)Pack them up and all [their] friends and families. 3) We [have] got rules to follow. 4) [If] they want to be part of this country, do it [the] right way.
Now on to some small errors:
- Americans vs. "AMERICINS"
- Citizenship test vs. Citizen ship test (unless you are referring to a water-faring vessel known as the Citizen, this seems unlikely however)
- In your command to "LEARN OUR ENGLISH", do note that speaking english is not a requirement to be a United States Citizen. At no time in this country's history have we mandated an official language. At a previous point of time German was proposed as the official language.
I'll end with your message, we have got schools you can go to.
JIM - 14 years ago
SEND THEM BACK IF THEY illegal THEY GO BACK NO IF AND BUTS PACK THEM UP AND ALL THEY FRIENDS AND FAMILIES . WE GOT RULES TO FOLLOW THEY WANT TO BE PART THIS COUNTRY DO IT RIGHT WAY
THEY BE CALLED AMERICINS TAKE THE CITIZEN SHIP TEST LEARN OUR WAYS LEARN OUR HISTORY .
LEARN OUR ENGLISH. WE GOT SCHOOLS YOU CAN GO TO .
RipIsSmokin - 14 years ago
This is just a common sense approach to a serious problem that the federal government has been ignoring for decades. Kudos to Arizona for making the tough decision and standing by it.
patricia - 14 years ago
Whenever I roll through a stop sign I get caught. First, please let me see you driver's license, insurance, registration. Then, check records to see that I am not wanted (for something). For the illegal - follow the rules and laws of the Fed. Government and send for ICE.
When my GGrandparents came from Ireland, they came looking for a better life for their families. They were not welcomed by many and found signs in business windows "irish need not apply" but they pushed on, picked themselves up by their boot straps and helped to build the roads, bridges, tunnels and railroads in this country. They went on to become very proud upstanding citizens and I have the copies of their naturalization papers to prove it. They did it the right way because they had the right motives. Without them you DON'T BELONG HERE.
Do it LEGALLY or go back where you came from. I fully support Arizona's new law and hope that the other states do the same to protect the LEGAL CITIZENS of this country.
Judging by the comments above most people here don't really understand the law. It seems some people think that undocumented immigrants wear a sign that says "Undocumented Immigrant." News flash: they don't. This law allows police to assume everyone with brown skin is here illegally when in reality MOST hispanics within our borders are taxpaying American citizens who add greatly to every aspect of our national character.
The law is intended to protect our borders, right? To protect the American way of life, right? This law is the opposite of what America is all about. With all of our talk about nationalism and freedom, how a law like this doesn't scare the pants off of everyone who hears about it is beyond me. This law is the very personification of a slippery slope fallacy. Where does it end? Just sit for a moment and think of all the demographics in this diverse nation of ours that fit the profile of a specific crime.
You are in one of those demographics.
Would you be okay with being interrogated by police just because how you look pairs you with a statistical criminal profile? This law is a threat to all Americans and we are supporting it like it's the second coming.
In response to the previous comment left by "JIM".
We also have rules regarding the correct usage of American English. In your post I have noticed the following infractions against standardized written expression, firstly, you seem a bit confused as towards the proper balance of capital and lower-case letters. This is commonly caused by mashing the "caps lock", leaving you with appearance of a very angry person whose logic is probably suspect to emotional imbalances.
Secondly, you frequently drop necessary words like "are", "their", "have", "of", and "the". I've corrected the following sentences for you so you can improve later on-line writing, corrected words will be noted by brackets. 1) Send them back if they [are] illegal. 2)Pack them up and all [their] friends and families. 3) We [have] got rules to follow. 4) [If] they want to be part of this country, do it [the] right way.
Now on to some small errors:
- Americans vs. "AMERICINS"
- Citizenship test vs. Citizen ship test (unless you are referring to a water-faring vessel known as the Citizen, this seems unlikely however)
- In your command to "LEARN OUR ENGLISH", do note that speaking english is not a requirement to be a United States Citizen. At no time in this country's history have we mandated an official language. At a previous point of time German was proposed as the official language.
I'll end with your message, we have got schools you can go to.
SEND THEM BACK IF THEY illegal THEY GO BACK NO IF AND BUTS PACK THEM UP AND ALL THEY FRIENDS AND FAMILIES . WE GOT RULES TO FOLLOW THEY WANT TO BE PART THIS COUNTRY DO IT RIGHT WAY
THEY BE CALLED AMERICINS TAKE THE CITIZEN SHIP TEST LEARN OUR WAYS LEARN OUR HISTORY .
LEARN OUR ENGLISH. WE GOT SCHOOLS YOU CAN GO TO .
This is just a common sense approach to a serious problem that the federal government has been ignoring for decades. Kudos to Arizona for making the tough decision and standing by it.
Whenever I roll through a stop sign I get caught. First, please let me see you driver's license, insurance, registration. Then, check records to see that I am not wanted (for something). For the illegal - follow the rules and laws of the Fed. Government and send for ICE.