[lbo-talk] The raids against immigrant workers

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Wed Dec 20 13:05:57 PST 2006


boddi wrote:


> > People (not "illegal workers") come here to better their and their
> > families lives.
>
>This is a silly non-distinction.

"Illegal workers" is reductive and insulting. What's silly is using a term favored by someone like Rush Limbaugh to promote a so-called left position on immigration


>I've worked with plenty of illegal immigrants. I've worked in immigration law.

This makes not a whit of difference.


>I have come to the conclusion that they just have to face the
>fact that life in America as part of a legal underclass is not
>acceptable and home nations have to be changed. Of course I would not
>suggest to someone from Sierra Leone that they should go back.

That's real white of you.



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