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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
You're right, it's very different from the kind of racism exhibited during the Civil Rights movement and prior. It's much more latent, and has more to do with the perception of illegals asdirt poor, trashy, uneducated and ignorant masses... which is often true, but our policies do nothing to improve those conditions, and since when is class or wealth or education supposed to entitle you to more opportunity than others in this country?
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Class, wealth, or formal education have never been a requirement for the "American Dream". In fact just the opposite. The allure of America has been that *anyone* willing to work hard can make a good life for themselves regardless of their background, education, wealth, etc. The problem with America today is that people forget the "hard work" part of the deal, and entitlement is the name of the game these days.
But that doesn't mean our immigration policies don't reflect the original intent of America... which means we try to keep out the lazy people looking for handouts, and I guess the way we check for that is to let the skilled people in and deny the unskilled people... which is kinda what got us into this mess with Mexico, because we really need the unskilled, but hard-working folks that are willing to work for cheap that we're trying so hard to keep out.