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OtisG: Immigration Thing Lost On Me

The whole immigration thing is a little lost on me. Several things I don't understand:

  • They come here to work, which means they are being paid by someone who is a citizen. Why doesn't anybody go after them?
  • Why are we only concerned with Mexicans? I don't hear any desire to build a wall on the Canadian border.
  • It seems like it's fairly obvious where they are. If that's the case, then why not just round them up and bus them home?
  • America was established by immigrants. At some point, did we decide that we don't need anymore?
  • What system is in place that actually causes them to come illegally? Do they have options to do it legally? Or… is it solely based on the fact that we don't want them here? If that's the case… why? Because they drain social services? Again, if they were hired legally, they would pay taxes and contribute to the system.

Maybe these are stupid questions, but I really don't get what's so complicated about it.

Question: Anyone out there who can answer OtisG's questions re: immigration?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.