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Posted on entry Greetings from the melting pot ::: May 19, 2006, 03:57 PM:
Well, that was certainly an insightful look into the problem of illegal immigration. NYC is not LA, as you pointed out. But that also refutes your own argument. NYC has a completely different makeup of immigrants. Myb y shld stck t dtng fntsy.

Maybe a fence is a stupid idea, maybe we should worry about WHY immigrants from Mexico aren't doing so well in this country, especially after the first generation. (It's probably understandable that they don't want to assimilate.) But look at some demographic data nd vn ltrry typ cn fgr t tht we've got a problem brewing in a few decades if nothing changes. Ignoring what is a mounting social problem nd smply pttng yrslf n th bck fr bng sch n nlghtnd "prgrssv" rlly isn't the answer, either.

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