Illegal Immigration: Follow the Bouncing Logic
When it comes to examining the root causes of illegal immigration, some Republicans work overtime to reconcile their hatred of "illegals" (cough—Mexicans!—cough-cough!) with the Bible—something that's not always easy to pull off given that the Bible preaches goodwill to those who are less fortunate.
Take the Oct. 29 opinion piece that appeared on the Republican Party of Orange County's website.
Rosie Avila starts off on a promising note, stating that the issue cannot be resolved until we “address some of its causes.” So, we should examine the socio-economic conditions on both sides of the border that fuel the practice of illegal immigration. Right?
Wrong!
In Avila's mind, the first culprit is the welfare system. She claims that it all began with Lyndon Johnson's “War on Poverty” which she believes “institutionalized poverty.”
Americans lost their motivation to work once they got a nice, fat welfare check without actually leaving home. The jobs that they left open were then sopped up by “our neighbors to the south,” and here we are today with the problem of illegal immigration. Ipso facto.
She brings the point home by turning to Thessalonians II 3:10: “He who does not work; shall not eat.”
Immigrants, she believes, are now also crowding the welfare system because “they are working at entry-level jobs that were never meant to support a family.”
So, Americans are lazy for getting on welfare and not working jobs which, she admits, are not meant to “support a family”? Eh?
According to Avila, another factor which contributes to illegal immigration is (dun dun dunnn....) abortion! But how is abortion responsible for illegal immigration one might ask? Well, in Avila's mind it goes something like this:
She estimates (and offers no sources ) that “since 1973 we have killed 45 million of our own children” through abortions; of which “12 million or even more would be in our workforce today” working those jobs that illegal immigrants take. You know, those jobs that in her own words were not meant to support a family.
In other words, if abortion were completely outlawed, we could have a bunch of all-American peasants at our disposal washing our cars, cleaning offices, or cutting our lawns, instead of illegal immigrants. Now, that would solve the problem.
Finally, Avila believes that because we “kicked God out of the public schools” in the 1960s, we are now being punished with illegal immigration. By taking prayer and the Ten Commandments out of public schools, we pissed off God, and according Avila's (nonexistent) sources, God said, “OK, you educate them!”
The result was that schools “fell into confusion” due to “failed bilingual education methods” and something that she calls “fuzzy new math” (whatever that means). Apparently Avila got some of those "fuzzy new logic" classes, as well.
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el serracho says:
arrrgh. somebody shoot me, or better yet, shoot Rosie Avila (i kid). leave it to the gop to put someone with a latina sounding name out to do thier dirty work. and leave it to the local self-loathing latina to conveniently forget the portions of the bible that specifically call on god's chosen people to take all comers, specifically visitors from a foreign land (hello leviticus!), into their homes.
this is as bad as matt (i'm married to a mexican so i can't be a bigot) cunningham going on and on about.. oh, i forget.
no, seriously, shoot me.
Posted on Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 5:55PM
el serracho says:
no, please don't shoot me. i want to see how this ends.
Posted on Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 5:56PM
Dan Chmielewski says:
Oh my God; so under Rosie logic, all those aborted fetuses would be picking fruit, mowing lawns and cleaning houses?
Perhaps Rosie should address how corporations want that cheap labor and help enable illegal immigration.
Posted on Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 7:45PM
Marc Morin says:
"Quoi" (what)?!
You mean zat zee Madame Avila deed nut blem zee eeleegal eemeegration problem on zee French?! ;-)
Posted on Tuesday, Nov. 13 2007 @ 7:44AM
J.D. Brox says:
There's one great benefit to having a deranged, bizarre, clueless nitwit like Rosie Avila espouse the ultra-conservative, Republican viewpoint ... absolutely no response is required other than rolling around on the floor, laughing hysterically. If Dozy Rosie is one of the brighter bulbs in Scott Baugh's chandelier, he needs to call his Mexican (probably illegal) handyman and get some more wattage installed!
Posted on Tuesday, Nov. 13 2007 @ 10:07AM
Green Card says:
From a humanitarian perspective, our fellow human beings, who migrate to support their families, continue to suffer at the hands of immigration policies that separate them from family members and drive them into remote parts of the American desert, sometimes to their deaths. This suffering should not continue.
Now is the time to address this pressing humanitarian issue which affects so many lives and undermines basic human dignity. Our society should no longer tolerate a status quo that perpetuates a permanent underclass of persons and benefits from their labor without offering them legal protections.
Posted on Wednesday, Aug. 5 2009 @ 7:13PM