[lbo-talk] The raids against immigrant workers

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Fri Dec 15 16:53:37 PST 2006


boddi wrote:


>Nobody is doing illegal workers a favor by importing their oppression.

People (not "illegal workers") come here to better their and their families lives.


>Historically, illegal workers have been imported to oppress domestic
>workers and that's what's happening now.

I thought you just said the immigrant workers were the ones being oppressed.


>Mexicans, for example, who are living here as an underclass could be
>at home, changing Mexico.

Who says they're not changing Mexico by coming here? And what does "home" mean anyway?



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