Originally posted by: ayabe
Originally posted by: Mill
Originally posted by: ayabe
Originally posted by: eskimospy
Originally posted by: ayabe
Originally posted by: eskimospy
I do find it interesting however that numerous statistics in that posting equate criminal illegal immigrants with hispanics in general. What were we saying about racism again? hahahaha.
Most of the illegals in this country aren't from Sweden smart guy.
Strange that someone would so nakedly show their lack of reading comprehension, and then follow up with saying "smart guy".
The point was that the authors of those "statistics" took numbers for hispanics, and turned them into statistics for illegal immigrants. This means that they are encouraging (either consciously or unconsciously) a view of hispanic people in general as crime causing illegal immigrants... which is false. To attribute negative stereotypes to an ethnic group without cause is racist.
Simple enough for you, smart guy?
Read your sentence again.
Yes they can equate criminal illegal immigrants with hispanics in general because in general, most criminal illegal immigrants are hispanics. I would like to know what the percentage of first generation hispanic immigrants in this country came here illegally. Are they the minority or the majority? Pretty easy to answer that. Is there another ethnic group with this problem? No.
People have a tendency to form stereotypes when they repeatedly encounter the same things, I would guess that's why the majority of legal hispanics immigrants wants strict immigration enforcement.
The vast majority of Hispanics in this country are here legally. In fact, many Hispanics in this country were here probably long before your family arrived. Furthermore, your analogy is silly and flawed. You can equate humans with Hispanics in general because most illegal immigrants are humans. Thus, down with humans!!!
I don't understand how you can act as if it is a Hispanic only problem. At least 10% of Asians are here illegally (according to Census Data and Pew Research). The rates of Hispanics here illegally is higher -- 28-30%, but that's a given. Asians can't walk across water to get here. It is pretty darn easy to cross a border by land. If Southeast Asia bordered the United States by land, then I see no reason that the numbers wouldn't be similar. I think it is probably 3 times as hard to make it from Asia to the US illegally than it is if you are Hispanic (and much closer geographically, and easier physically).
It is entirely a meaningless argument. The reason there are not more poor Asians or Europeans here is because they are farther away, and it is much more difficult for a poor person to enter by Air or Sea than it is by an unprotected land border -- especially when we are talking great distances compared to much much much smaller distances. It is a red herring and a piss poor argument.
Illegal Immigration is not about Mexicans or Hispanics. It is about poor people. Rich people don't have a problem immigrating.
No, the vast majority of FIRST GENERATION hispanics are not here legally. Most of the hispanics who have come here in the last 20 years are here ILLEGALLY.
Unauthorized migrants accounted for 30% of the foreign-born population in 2005.
Another 28% were legal permanent residents, and 31% were U.S. citizens by
naturalization.
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Most of those naturalized 31% were not hispanics.
As for Asians, whether here legally or illegally don't cause the burden on society that poor uneducated hispanics do. They learn english and contribute to society. Also, Asians don't have this problem:
Among youth ages 16 to 24, Hispanics accounted for 40 percent of all high school dropouts in 2004. However, they only made up 17 percent of the total youth population.
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The 2000 status dropout rate for Hispanics born outside the United States (44 percent) is higher than the rate for first-generation Hispanic youth (15 percent)
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