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WASHINGTON - Most Hispanics say the immigration debate and Congress' failure to overhaul immigration laws has hurt them, and many fear deportation for themselves, a relative or close friend, a poll showed Thursday.
They should be scared. Hopefully the hammer will keep coming down on illegals in this country.
Anyone who feels a shred of pity for them should have been with me at Wal-Mart yesterday; it's a good place to go illegal-watching. I'm guessing the women in front of me in line were illegal...they looked mestizo, did not speak a word of English, and just had "the look". They were buying food with WIC vouchers and food stamps and between them had five children under the age of five. It took 15 minutes for the cashier to deal with their government assistance and no other registered opened during that time period, so I had to just stand there and wait. Illegals aren't supposed to be eligible for those benefits, but I'm guessing they got them on behalf of their anchor babies. Again, I don't know for sure if they were illegal...but hey, if it quacks like a duck...
I passed them walking painfully slowly through the parking lot; that's how long it took the otherwise-efficient cashier to ring up MY stuff.
If you are here legally you have nothing to fear. If you aren't here legally you should be afraid. You are breaking the law.
I've also seen people that look and sound illegal in central VA. There was a hispanic woman with two small children at the local grocery store. None of them spoke English and they looked lost. I would've never given them a second thought if it weren't our government not enforcing the law. Now when I see someone that fits the obvious "profile" I wonder. I know it may not be fair but it's what our government has forced use to wonder about. And let me just say, I have hispanic friends. I am not racist. I am pro legal.
They should be scared. Hopefully the hammer will keep coming down on illegals in this country.
Anyone who feels a shred of pity for them should have been with me at Wal-Mart yesterday; it's a good place to go illegal-watching. I'm guessing the women in front of me in line were illegal...they looked mestizo, did not speak a word of English, and just had "the look". They were buying food with WIC vouchers and food stamps and between them had five children under the age of five. It took 15 minutes for the cashier to deal with their government assistance and no other registered opened during that time period, so I had to just stand there and wait. Illegals aren't supposed to be eligible for those benefits, but I'm guessing they got them on behalf of their anchor babies. Again, I don't know for sure if they were illegal...but hey, if it quacks like a duck...
I passed them walking painfully slowly through the parking lot; that's how long it took the otherwise-efficient cashier to ring up MY stuff.
Must have been because they were in such a hurry to "do the jobs that lazy Americans won't do"...
They were buying food with WIC vouchers and food stamps and between them had five children under the age of five. It took 15 minutes for the cashier to deal with their government assistance and no other registered opened during that time period, so I had to just stand there and wait. Illegals aren't supposed to be eligible for those benefits, but I'm guessing they got them on behalf of their anchor babies. Again, I don't know for sure if they were illegal...but hey, if it quacks like a duck...
I passed them walking painfully slowly through the parking lot; that's how long it took the otherwise-efficient cashier to ring up MY stuff.
Ironically, this was the same kind of garbage we heard from racist and right wing zealots during Bill Clinton’s first term of presidency. That type of rhetoric was used to demonize Liberals and Democrats as welfare giving leftist. This same kind of malicious slander was mainly unleashed against poor black women who were on welfare then. It finally led to the capture of the U.S. Congress and Senate by Republicans. This drama was known as the Republican Revolution led by non other then Newt Gingrich of Georgia.
Yep...it was 4pm on a Thursday afternoon when most people are at work. Maybe they pulled a night shift.
Silly, nativeDallasite . . . why work when you have a gaggle of Anchor Babies and plenty of welfare?
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