Crucified Immigrant

The main speaker in this pod really gripes me. He relies upon a translator as he goes on about rights. Excuse me, but what part of "illegal" doesn''t he understand? He entered this nation illegally, which means he has NO legal rights whatsoever. What part of "illegal" is not clear?

I graduated from high school in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. It''s a little podunk city we used to call The Armpit of the Universe, not in jest. Hazleton has always been 20 years behind the times, embracing the old ways, resisting change.

Hazleton was built upon anthracite coal (see wikipedia, Coal Region) and immigrant labor --LEGAL immigrant labor. Incoming folks had to have a sponsor or a job, and their health was checked.

Today, our borders are all but wide open. Yet, a relative married a Canadian who then applied for United States citizenship. He was allowed to travel freely over our Northern border before, but after his application, he was told NOT to cross the border or he wouldn''t be allowed back in. He WOULD be allowed to go back for up to 2 weeks if his elderly parents needed him, with proper paperwork, but if he stayed fifteen days, he would not be allowed back over the border.

I''m not against immigration. I have Puerto Rican family, I have Peruvian family, I have Canadian family, I have Israeli family. I work with illegal immigrants (the term used to be "illegal aliens") and folks is just folks, and some is good and some is bad.

I resent the fact that our government, bowing to the pressures of the business bloc, has turned a blind eye toward illegals.

I resent that folks cross the Rio Grande, squeeze out a citizen, and lay claim to our tax dollars.

The fella in the video says he doesn''t want our dollars. He''s young, and the stance changes.

Hazleton is full of fresh-born citizens. Their illegal immigrant parents buy a house (financed how, without social security numbers? We had to provide ours to get a mortgage.) and when the furnace fails, the CEO steps in, furnishing the citizen baby in the crib with a new furnace.

And when an elderly citizen, who was born in Hazleton, worked there all their life and never left, needs a new furnace, the money is all gone. Paid out to folks who never paid a dime in taxes.

If you ain''t experienced it, you don''t understand. The soundbytes in the media don''t tell both sides.

Neither the baby nor the parents ever pay a dime in taxes. Yet tax dollars are required to provide heat in a citizen''s home.

Oh, I could go on. I am REAL glad I am not attending high school in Hazleton today. The stories I have heard ...

The law can no longer protect anyone from the lawyers.

This movie portrays what it would be like if the Mexican population protested for one day.

That did happen in LA last year. Do you think it is an effective means of protest?