71% of Brazilian immigrants in MA are illegal, Brazil is 49.7% white, yet the race card is still a favorite (Canadian, illegal immigrants)
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More questions for illegal immigration supporters:
The stolen land argument is off the table.
49.7% of Brazilians are white yet the race card is still played.
Their intentions of coming here illegally to make as much money as possible to take back to Brazil have been made very clear. They do not want to be American or become a part of our society. They only want to be in America to serve their purposes.
When the argument is weak, and the reasoning is convoluted, and you have few or no real 'facts' with which to advance your cause, (such as 'why illegal immigration is GOOD, why it should be allowed, and why illegals should not be penalized), then the "Race Card", if it can possibly be played, is an invaluable aid.
There is virtually NO valid argument anymore that illegal immigration is anything else but a huge, expensive, divisive issue, and that it benefits anyone at all other than the illegals themselves, and a few employers. Few people anymore can advance such ideas, nor do they try; and when they do so, they increasingly sound ridiculous. But ANYONE can suggest a 'racist' motive in his opponent's position....and if it sticks, 'racism' becomes an arguing point in itself. "If you're against illegal immigration, it's PROBABLY because you hate...(or dislike...or misunderstand...or fear...or resent) their RACE (or culture)...and not for any other reason."..
It's a powerful, knee-jerk charge, and one almost impossible to refute.
The Race Card will ALWAYS be used in any controversy, any time it's remotely applicable. It's far easier than arguing logically for a 'lost cause'.
I never cared if they were Mexicans, Brazilians, Chinese, Canadian or anywhere in Latin America. Illegal is illegal. They should be gone too. Sad for the Brazilians that because of the focus on illegal immigration thanks to the Mexicans, they are being found out and hopefully deported.
Because right now we are focusing on the Mexican illegals the race card will be played. Although I am at a loss why since when most of us talk about it, it usually encompasses all illegals.
I never cared if they were Mexicans, Brazilians, Chinese, Canadian or anywhere in Latin America. Illegal is illegal. They should be gone too. Sad for the Brazilians that because of the focus on illegal immigration thanks to the Mexicans, they are being found out and hopefully deported.
Because right now we are focusing on the Mexican illegals the race card will be played. Although I am at a loss why since when most of us talk about it, it usually encompasses all illegals.
They resort to the race card since they have no valid argument. It really is pathetic.
49.7% of Brazil is "white" but to say that those demographics are mirrored in illegal immigrants shows a significant ignorance to the socio-economic political realities of Latin America- Brazil especially.
When the argument is weak, and the reasoning is convoluted, and you have few or no real 'facts' with which to advance your cause, (such as 'why illegal immigration is GOOD, why it should be allowed, and why illegals should not be penalized), then the "Race Card", if it can possibly be played, is an invaluable aid.
There is virtually NO valid argument anymore that illegal immigration is anything else but a huge, expensive, divisive issue, and that it benefits anyone at all other than the illegals themselves, and a few employers. Few people anymore can advance such ideas, nor do they try; and when they do so, they increasingly sound ridiculous. But ANYONE can suggest a 'racist' motive in his opponent's position....and if it sticks, 'racism' becomes an arguing point in itself. "If you're against illegal immigration, it's PROBABLY because you hate...(or dislike...or misunderstand...or fear...or resent) their RACE (or culture)...and not for any other reason."..
It's a powerful, knee-jerk charge, and one almost impossible to refute.
The Race Card will ALWAYS be used in any controversy, any time it's remotely applicable. It's far easier than arguing logically for a 'lost cause'.
I don't ever recall any posts on CD where anyone claimed that illegal immigration is good, that it should be allowed or that illegal immigrants should not be penalized.
49.7% of Brazil is "white" but to say that those demographics are mirrored in illegal immigrants shows a significant ignorance to the socio-economic political realities of Latin America- Brazil especially.
So does comparing Brazilian whites to whites in America.
I don't ever recall any posts on CD where anyone claimed that illegal immigration is good, that it should be allowed or that illegal immigrants should not be penalized.
You would be wrong then. I am not going to search all the posts for you but there have been numerous posters in here that have claimed that illegal immigration is good for our country. Do the lines "who is going to pick our fruits and veggies", "illegals are good for our economy", "doing the jobs Americans won't do" "without illegals tomatoes would be 10 bucks a pound" "they pay in more in taxes than they take out" blah, blah, blah ring a bell?
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