I've worked with and for illegal aliens. You think I'm happy that people get deported?
But you take the Mexican framing crews that are still all over my neighborhood in Seattle right now. I can literally hear their hammers, radios, and the crew chief calling out measurements. You think I'm gonna call INS on them? No, of course not. But I'm damned sure going to tell them not to marry their sweethearts here in Washington state - because any document that proves they were here without papers screws their chances of getting citizenship. I'm damned sure going to tell them to make sure they keep their money in Mexican bank accounts - so if they get deported they don't lose everything. I'm gonna tell them maybe buying a nice car here isn't a great idea.
I'm not going to tell them "oh yeah, my Marxist ideals say you're a citizen of the world so just ignore American immigration law." That's just irresponsible.
There's a HUGE difference between fighting to change the law and irresponsibly pretending that it doesn't exist.
boddi
On 12/19/06, Chuck <chuck at mutualaid.org> wrote:
> boddi satva wrote:
>
> > People are so touchy on this thing that you can't talk frankly about
> > it. It's ridiculous. I want full citizenship rights for every worker.
> > In the short run, there are workers who must be given refuge whether
> > they are citizens or not. That's just common decency. In the long run,
> > a decision has to be made and immigration laws have to be enforced. I
> > would love to see millions and millions more LEGAL American citizens,
> > but the present situation is intolerable. And once we do take in more
> > people, we are going to have to enforce the immigration laws and
> > unfortunately that is going to mean deportations. I think it should
> > also mean sanctions against governments that create these terrible
> > economic blights on huge populations.
>
> OK. Now I'm convinced. Some Republican troll has taken over the boddi
> satva account.
>
> Chuck
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