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  Borrowed from elsehwere...interesting

  Julia in Chandler

  I grew up in the border culture of San Antonio. Some of my classmates were children of Mexicans whose parents had been encouraged by the US to come to work while our young men were off fighting WWII. Others were children of workers under the bracero program. Some were decendants of the Mexican population that inhabited Texas before it was taken from Mexico. Some were children of "illegals", then called mojados in Texas. None of that mattered to me. They were my classmates and my friends. I would trade my PB&Js for tortillas and beans at lunchtime whenever I could. In my youth I worked construction, mostly with Mexican-Americans or with Mexicans. Frankly, the Mexicans worked harder than the Mexican-Americans and both worked harder than most of us gabachos. Consistent with the old-time Texas ranch tradition, my daddy spoke cow-pen Spanish. I speak a little. I don't give a cat's scratch if the guy working on my roof is here legally or not. I see the human side of this issue as paramount. I see as heroes these guys with the gumption to leave their homes, family and culture to better theselves and the lives of their families; especially heroic given the danger and hostility they face. They strengthen the blood-line of the nation, in both a literal and cultural sense. This country can use some of this gumption in its figurative genes. They enrich the nation and our culture. I am tired of the false claims and erroneous perceptions about the crime rate of (yes, I'll say it) undocumented workers. They contribute to our economy, they pay taxes, they are not eligible for welfare benefits their tax dollars help pay for. If we'd let them get driver licenses and auto insurance, they wouldn't have to flee that fender-bender. Give them worker identification and they wouldn't have to make up a social security number. These same border-wall guys are the ones who spout the virtues of free-market competition. Why then are they afraid of competition from our Mexican neighbors? If your tow-haired kid can't sucessfully compete for that job tarring your roof, you screwed-up raising him. Let the free market sort it out. It was your hero Ronald Reagan, remember, that granted the amnesty of the 80s. We took the Southwest and West from Mexico while spouting the doctrine of "Manifest Destiny". Modern demographics reveal a new manifest destiny. Get used to it and try to educate your children to a reality that cannot be avoided: soon there will be no white majority. Yeah, I'm part of that open-border "crowd". It doesn't feel like a crowd but I'd like to think there are some color-blind folk out there with humanity in their souls.

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  Mexican American

  smokeyridgerunner

  My wife and family do not want these people here, if they do it the correct way it's OK. They hate this more then I do because people look at them and think they are illegal.

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  District 12

  smokeyridgerunner

  My district voted for the Immigration Enforcement Bill #2280, so now you know how we voted!

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  Get stuff together now1

  peanuts

  Get some long term food/water and supplies in order..

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  I agree

  smokeyridgerunner

  I will do just that too.

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