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Old 08-14-2008, 11:17 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Lakes & Mountains of East TN
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...As long as our fellow Americans embrace the laws and values of the American culture....
This is the problem I see. First off, many are not fellow Americans (nor Americans at all), and second, they're not embracing America and its values.
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Old 08-14-2008, 11:22 AM
 
Location: Wichita,Kansas
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I wonder why diversity is so great for the USA and Europe but..
Noone is screaming that China,India,Etc is not diverse!
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Old 08-14-2008, 11:22 AM
 
Location: Alexandria, VA
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This is the problem I see. First off, many are not fellow Americans (nor Americans at all), and second, they're not embracing America and its values.
I'm sorry, what seems to be the problem? White people being outnumbered or having fewer or no plastic bags of sandwiches and cheese in corporate fridge[s] by the year 2050?
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Old 08-14-2008, 11:31 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Lakes & Mountains of East TN
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I'm sorry, what seems to be the problem? White people being outnumbered or having fewer or no plastic bags of sandwiches and cheese in corporate fridge[s] by the year 2050?
I don't know how to answer this.
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Old 08-14-2008, 11:48 AM
 
Location: South Fla
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This is the problem I see. First off, many are not fellow Americans (nor Americans at all), and second, they're not embracing America and its values.
Well, I am all for immigration laws being enforced, but I don't know that the growth in minorities is due mainly to illegal immigration. Aside from that, I live in an area with a very large immigrant population and I see very little in the way of people not embracing the American way of life and laws. It's usually just the opposite, most people who choose to come to America (by legal means) are so happy to be here and live the American way of life, they love this country and appreciate more than many Americans who have been here for generations.
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Old 08-14-2008, 11:51 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Lakes & Mountains of East TN
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...most people who choose to come to America (by legal means) are so happy to be here and live the American way of life, they love this country and appreciate more than many Americans who have been here for generations.
I utterly swear I have no problem with the people you mention here. That's what immigration should be about--people who want to be Americans, not people who want to take advantage and demand America's benefits in order to make a "Little [wherever they came from]" and ignore our culture.
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Old 08-14-2008, 11:59 AM
 
Location: Alexandria, VA
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Somebody please help me here....What is the American way of life?
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Old 08-14-2008, 12:00 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Lakes & Mountains of East TN
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Exactly.
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Old 08-14-2008, 12:03 PM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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Really, what do you consider the end all, be all "American Way of Life"?
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Old 08-14-2008, 12:08 PM
 
Location: Oak Park, IL
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I utterly swear I have no problem with the people you mention here. That's what immigration should be about--people who want to be Americans, not people who want to take advantage and demand America's benefits in order to make a "Little [wherever they came from]" and ignore our culture.
Do you have a problem with Little Italies too? Your lack of knowledge of our history is evident. It's like you don't realize that immigrants have ALWAYS formed their own enclaves where they could speak their own language, read newspapers in their native language, worship in their own churches, etc. If it was okay for the Germans, the Poles, the Greeks, the Jews, the Czechs, and the Irish, why can't the Mexicans, the Haitians, and the Nigerians do the same?
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