Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
I can understand that....but did the Irish, Italians, or Germans, or Russians, or Chinese, or Japanese wave their flags around when they wanted to be counted as citizens


You have a right to love your country of origin and I'm not against that at all. My point was more about the protest marches where instead of making the point that they were trying to be seen as LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZENS they made the point that they were Mexican by waving the Mexican flag and honestly I found that just a little unsettling.


God bless your grandfather for his service, I am 1,000,000 % for giving people the opportunity to become citizens through service in the Armed Forces.

I do not believe people that aren't citizens of this country should be given rights as if they were citizens and I don't agree with the reasons that they march. However, I place the blame of the illegal immigration soley on corporate America, if not for the opportunity, surely they wouldn't be here, they are trying to better their lives, the people that are hiring them are just cutting down the bottom line, if there weren't opportunities there wouldn't be this problem. You have to understand as well, where these marches are happening this area used to be Mexico, there are people here whose famalies were here before the Gadson Purchase.