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Originally Posted by dga
By Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Special to CNN
SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- In a recent commentary, I wrote that, as a Mexican-American, the ugliness of the immigration debate offends me -- not as a Mexican, but as an American.
A woman wrote in and asked me to be more specific: Just what was it about the immigration debate that was so ugly?
She came to the right place. After nearly 20 years of writing opinions and insisting that I don't speak for all Hispanics, in recent months, I've heard from hundreds of Hispanics who -- appreciative of my middle-ground approach to the immigration issue -- insist that I can speak for them anytime. So, with the authority vested in me, I'll now share some of what other Hispanics are saying.
It's not far off from what Janet Murguia had to say. As president of the National Council of La Raza, the largest Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States, Murguia recently delivered an important speech to the National Press Club. The topic: the immigration debate and what she called a wave of hate sweeping the land -- one that isn't limited to illegal immigrants, but which is now affecting all Hispanics regardless of where they were born, what language they speak or what flag they salute.
The way Murguia sees it, immigration is "on the verge of becoming one of the largest civil rights issues of our generation." And, Hispanics are playing the piñata.
Murguia was right on the button. To borrow a phrase, it's getting ugly out there. And U.S.-born Hispanics see it as plain as day. Here are 10 things they find distasteful about this debate:
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Someone from "The Race" has no room what so ever to talk about racism and someone from "The race" evidently is pro-illegal/pro-criminal since "The Race"is a pro-illegal immigration/pro-criminal group.So anything they say regarding the illegal immigration debate is not going to have any credibility regarding what is and what isn't bigoted/racist or anti-immigrant.
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• The hypocrisy. We have two signs on the U.S.-Mexican border: "Keep Out" and "Help Wanted."
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Most Americans who are genuinely against illegal immigration want the scum who hire illegals to be severely punished.
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• The racism. With lightning speed, the debate went from anti-illegal immigrant to anti-immigrant to anti-Mexican.
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Most people who are against illegal immigration do not give a fuck about race or country of origin,it is the pro-illegals who spread lies of racism.
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• The opportunism. Too many politicians are trying too hard to portray themselves as tough on illegal immigration.
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Many politicians are actually tough on Illegal immigration.The politicians in my state are,which is why illegals fled to Texas,Arkansas and other sanctuary states.
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• The simple solutions. "Build A Wall." "Deport All Illegals." A quick rule of thumb: If it fits on a bumper sticker, it's not a workable policy.
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Those are workable solutions.This country has accomplished many things surely building a fence and rounding up illegals should not be hard.It is the pro-illegals who site there and lie their ass off about deportation and building a wall being unworkable.
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• The naiveté. People ask why Mexico won't help stop illegal immigration. Hint: Last year, Mexicans in the United States sent home $25 billion.
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I think most people who are genuinely against illegal immigration are not naive about the fact illegals send lots of money home ,which is why we say besides deportation and building a wall we must crack down on the employers who hire illegals.
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• The profiling. Dark skin and Spanish surnames shouldn't be proxies for undocumented status. Been to Arizona lately?
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If they do not speak english and are hanging out at day labor sites(pro-illegals code for place where illegals hang out to get illegal employment) then it is apparent they are illegals because farm visas and certain other types or work visas are not self petitioning.
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• The amnesia. Americans think grandpa was welcomed with open arms and that he plunged into the melting pot. Whatever.
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My grandpa was born in this country.ANd when a lot of other people's grandpas came to this country they were expected to support themselves,assimilate and learn our language.
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• The buck-passing. Americans love to blame Mexico for their choices, yelling across the border: "Stop us before we hire again."
• The double standard. The same folks who have zero tolerance for illegal immigrants easily tolerate those who hire them.
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Most people who are genuinely against illegal immigration want the employers who hire illegals to be stopped and severely punished.After all the scum who hire illegals are the magnets that draw most people to come here illegally.
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Some of this is painfully familiar, recalling earlier versions of this debate as it played out a hundred or two hundred years ago. Hispanics are the new Germans, the new Irish, the new Italians. But it's also ugly. It was then. It is now.
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If you here illegally then you should not be welcomed into this country,what is so hard to understand about that fact?A hundred and two hundred years ago we did not have tax payer education,welfare,section 8 housing, and many other tax payer benefits nor were government officials and local police expected to speak what ever language the immigrant speaks.