This is rich!

The following is going to be my (hopefully) last post on immigration reform. I say this because I am just tired of it. I wasn't going to any more after my last oone until the government passed something - ANYTHING - but I stumbled across the following. It is from a speech by Jesse Jackson.

Yup. You guessed it. It's a doosie!

On a day of sharp opposition to a House bill aimed at immigration reform, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson energized hundreds at the Midwest Airlines Center on Friday by calling on Latinos and other immigrants "to keep marching" against deportations, exploitation of undocumented workers and attempts to weaken the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

(read the 1965 act, you boob!)

"Don't take Bush's agenda lightly," he said. "The Confederates have risen again."

(it was only a matter of time)

Like other speakers Friday, Jackson framed the debate as one to define the nation.
"Is this the nation of 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses who yearn to breathe free?' " he asked, "or a nation that rejects all except those who have money? Is this about a nation of, for and by the few? Or is it the hands that sweat and toil and make us strong . . .
"Are we the nation that builds bridges, or the nation that builds walls?"

That was an excerpt from an article by Mark Johnson markjohnson@journalsentinel.com and it just set me off!

First, let me say that the "undocumented workers" (henceforth referred to as illegal immigrants) have absolutely NO bearing on the Voting Rights Act as they are not allowed to vote due to them not being American Citizens!

Second, the "exploitation" he mentions would not be an issue except those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants are fully aware that they can pay as little as they want. Who are the illegals going to complain to? It's not like they would win a lawsuit for unfair wages. They are here ILLEGALLY!

Third, when you sneak into a nightclub without paying the cover, what do they do? Throw you out! It's kinda the same thing with a national border. Deportation is the only fair thing to do! That way, I do not have to have my tax dollars go to supporting an illegal immigrant as he lives in our jail... FOR FREE! See? Send them back home.

Fourth, playing the race card is only serving to incite other minorities with inflammatory mental images. Equating the government's view of illegal immigrants today with the DEFEATED Confederacy of 1865 is an excuse to use (and hence, keep alive) racism. That sore has festered for so long already. People like Jackson continue to use it, pick at it, and propogate the infection. And the worst part of that? They are doing it for their own gain! Jackson yells racism and he is still commanding audiences as a figurehead for the "cause". He keeps it alive so that he may continue to make the money that allows him to live in his big house and drive his big car.

Sorry, I digress.

Fifth, I have never heard of anyone being turned away from our customs desks because they had no cash. We, as a country, are NOT saying that you have to be rich to be here, just that you have to sign in before going up to your room. It is not a nation of, by and for the few, as he so eloquently states, but rather the majority. The few would be the illegal immigrants. Think about it. Are there really more illegal immigrants in this country than actual citizens?
Didn't think so.

Sixth, and last, We are a nation of bridges. I agree with that. Again, my problem is with the ILLEGAL immigrants. To shore up our borders, we should be building a few more walls. You know, like the one Jackson has around his home.

In parting, allow me to give you the last line of the column:

"We're not going to go away," he (Jaime Contreras, an El Salvadoran immigrant who leads the Service Employees International Union Local 82) vowed. "If they deport us, who's going to build the wall at the border?"

This man has been watching - and plagiarizing - Carlos Mencia. If he truly feels that way, he is propogating the "exploitation" and setting his cause back years. If not, perhaps he should fire his speech writer, or send a Thank You check to Mencia.