Susie
10-28-2008, 04:11 AM
The Right Message For John McCain And Barack Obama On Illegal Immigration: 'Go Home!'
By Bonnie Erbe
CBS News, October 21, 2008
News stories such as this one make me spiral off into outer space. The premise is that the presidential candidates should 'talk to' illegal immigrants--or, excuse me, undocumented workers. One is deemed politically incorrect, insensitive, and--dare I say it--'racist' for referring to people who either enter this country illegally or stay beyond their legal visa periods as lawbreakers. Yet 'illegals' are exactly what and who they are. In politically correct circles, however, they are 'undocumented workers.' That despite the fact there are no data to prove that all of them are working.
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Should Senators John McCain and Barack Obama go out of their way to 'talk' to them? Of course! And the first words out of their mouths should be: 'Go back to the country where you legally reside, get in line for a legal visa to the United States, and return legally, not illegally.' But then, that wouldn't be very PC, would it?
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/22/usnews/whispers/main4539383.shtml
By Bonnie Erbe
CBS News, October 21, 2008
News stories such as this one make me spiral off into outer space. The premise is that the presidential candidates should 'talk to' illegal immigrants--or, excuse me, undocumented workers. One is deemed politically incorrect, insensitive, and--dare I say it--'racist' for referring to people who either enter this country illegally or stay beyond their legal visa periods as lawbreakers. Yet 'illegals' are exactly what and who they are. In politically correct circles, however, they are 'undocumented workers.' That despite the fact there are no data to prove that all of them are working.
. . .
Should Senators John McCain and Barack Obama go out of their way to 'talk' to them? Of course! And the first words out of their mouths should be: 'Go back to the country where you legally reside, get in line for a legal visa to the United States, and return legally, not illegally.' But then, that wouldn't be very PC, would it?
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/22/usnews/whispers/main4539383.shtml