No it doesn’t. They’re willing to follow all the laws of a country they came to illegally (broke the law), but are unwilling to follow the law that would have let them come here legally.
You know this is like the second or third time you’ve asked me that; and the answer is “yes”
Well when you were south in the border, where you in real Mexico. Or where you in little pockets of America/Europe planted in Mexico i.e resorts? As one of my friends who was an exchange student to Mexico staid.No it doesn’t. They’re willing to follow all the laws of a country they came to illegally (broke the law), but are unwilling to follow the law that would have let them come here legally.
You know this is like the second or third time you’ve asked me that; and the answer is “yes”
Is it legal for a priest (or Cardinal) to use glass goblets and pitchers at Mass? I noticed that there were several other occasions where this happened.I just saw the Cardinal saying Mass (today’s “special” pro-illegal Mass)…and wouldn’t you know it, but he’s using his glass kool-aid pitcher with the matching glass goblets for the blood of Christ…
I guess I shouldn’t get all bent out of shape by a “Prince of the Church” tossing the GIRM to the wayside…
You mean was I only in the tourist areas? No, that wasn’t the only places in Mexico I have been.
Guess what? We do that for a reason: to limit the number of people we let in a year.
Well, I can’t speak for the ones in California but here in Texas it is a different story. When the protest marches were occuring last week, the big chant was “Mexico, Mexico” not “USA” and most of the demonstators were carrying Mexican flags. In the southwest the consensus seems to be that since this part of the country was once part of Mexico, they should be allowed free access. That has nothing to do with “free migration”. They don’t care about the illegals from Colombia, El Salvador or Russia.
I agree. Of course no one should support “illegal” immigration. That makes no sense! Rather, what should be supported if anything, is changing the laws so that practices now illegal are made legal.
That’s right. Why do people think we had immagration laws in the first place? The answer is that we could prevent a problem like we have now. Neither political party has done anything in the last 25 years to prevent this. Now that they are unwilling to enforce the present laws, they want to change them so they don’t have to enforce them. The proposed laws coming to the house and senate are mostly unworkable or very unpopular, and are just feel-good legislation to make people think that the politicians are trying to do something. We need to have secure borders first, and then take care of the rest of the mess afterwards.
No. Thats why it makes me mad! Its explicitly spelled out in the Redemptionis Sacramentum:
Im in Texas too, and thats not what I saw, or perhaps I took it differently, there is a protest march in Houston this coming Monday, I am going to try my best to be there!
So. We should only bother enforcing laws that are easy to obey? We aren’t obligated to follow the law if we feel it’s a personal hardship? It should be hard to come to here. And only certain people should be allowed. This ensures economic stability and general security! If we need drs/nurses, then we open the door a bit wider for immigrants with those abilities than those who do not. We need people of good citizenship and economic growth potential to get first priority, not random masses comming over by dark of night.
Rob’s Wife said:
Ditto; exactly what I was thinking!FYI…the Native Americans also immigrated here.
The rest of your question is moot. We have to make immigration laws which work for us today. Your question is similar to asking a parent who is admonishing her kids not to do drugs whether she did them when she was young. It’s not relevant to whether the action is right or wrong.
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The same thing happened here in Orange County, California. I counted so many Mexican Flags (huge flags). Very few American flags. But this did not surprise me. Many neigborhoods with a large Mexican population it is common to see Mexican Flags on houses not American flags. I saw signs which read: F* Bush and others which were equally vulgar. I don’t know about you but I was afraid driving that day. I know of some incidents (not reported in the news) where non Latino people were verbally harrassed, things water bottles thrown at their cars. One incident where a man was driving and people were banging on his car and trying to open the doors. Lucky for the man they didn’t get in. I have friends who live in these areas who were afraid to come home because they are White. **
GloriaPatri4 said: