The demonstrations across the country this past weekend got a lot of attention from the press but did it help the cause of illegal immigrants? I don't think so. Giving local officials grossly under-estimated numbers of expected protestors so as to get the permit, blocking traffic, waving the Mexican flag and even getting kids to skip school to demonstrate. To me, this looks an awful lot like the same flagrant disresepect for our sovereignty and our laws that many of these people also displayed when they entered our country illegally.
I just hope the politicians have a spine (at least the Republicans - we already know the liberals are spineless!) and remember that most of these people can't vote anyway! My biggest fear is that Washington will pass a bill that will set up a guest worker program (okay let's call it what it really is - amnesty) but will still not seriously provide for border enforcement. Or that the 'stopping them from coming in the country' part will just be ignored like it is now. In my mind, that would be the only way Washington could further screw up our immigration problem.
I can't even blog about this anymore because it pisses me off so bad. However, I'm sure I will be re-visiting the subject many times in the months to come!
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