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a la izquierda

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43. You need to do some research before you spout.

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 06:17 PM

Jan 2012

After NAFTA, immigration skyrocketed, in some places by more than 300%. The bill suggested immigration would decline and it certainly did the opposite. http://borderbattles.ssrc.org/Portes/
You have a horribly skewed view on immigration. There are entire towns in Mexico that are depopulated of men of working age. These are towns in which entire extended families live in one house with a roof made of tarpaulins.

http://economyincrisis.org/content/illegal-immigration-and-nafta
You, like I, live in Ohio. I know the rhetoric spewed here. "They're taking American jobs, we could be doing those jobs."
Know what? That was the same exact thing said about Mexican workers in the 1930s.

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You need to do some research before you spout. a la izquierda Jan 2012 #43

i.d.k. where that came from i never said anything about "them" taking jobs leftyohiolib Jan 2012 #52

It is exceedingly difficult to come here legally from Mexico/Central America... a la izquierda Jan 2012 #56

that may be but that doesnt make it ok to break the law. leftyohiolib Jan 2012 #57

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