Immigration was only illegal after we got here, killed the native americans, and decided that Italians and Irish were ok {eventually}, but the Asians and Mexicans shouldn't be allowed.



Immigration, and why Chicanos come here, is a global issue. It's rather racist, and naive, to deny the immigrant service sector underclass the benefits and protections of citizenship. Your ancestors came over the same way, looking for a job, only they didn't have de jure legislation targeting them. Perhaps that's why they achieved the American Dream and why others have not? Regardless it's rather stupid to exclude Mexicans from society as giving them citizenship means they pay taxes. Moreover, denying them political incorporation only means they will remain an underclass. Want to get a good idea of why we don't need another underclass? Look to North St. Louis.



We need to politically incorporate Chicanos regardless if they broke the law. Many of these laws are simply political pandering to the nativist and ignorant voter who does not understand globalism. Mexicans are here to stay and we need them. It is most essential that we bring them into society, rather than exclude them from the benefits our ancestors were offered.



The nativist rhetoric and legislation is simply the result of politicians pandering to the ignorant American electorate who are far to intellectually lazy too understand that immigration is the result of global {US} policy. NAFTA, for example, has increased immigration to the United States. NAFTA drew agribusiness to Mexico and many subsistence farmers were driven off their land. Plus wages in the US are up to 80% higher while Mexico has around 25% underemployment, or cyclical unemployment. The incentive is to come to the United States. But try telling that to the average middle class moronic Republican voter who dislikes Mexicans but says Free Trade must be good!



The simple fact is that Mexicans are the biggest minority. That may scare the average white voter, but what scares me most is denying them the American Dream.

Doug wrote:Immigration was only illegal after we got here, killed the native americans, and decided that Italians and Irish were ok {eventually}, but the Asians and Mexicans shouldn't be allowed.

What color is the sky in your world?

Before the Treaty of Guadulpe Hidalgo and the annexation of Texas, most of this land was owned by Mexico. Moreover, many Mexican landowners, after annexation, were driven off their land by Anglos. The economic underdevelopment which partially drives immigration to the US is party due to US policy.