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What do you think the protesters should have learned? That the government they elected should not be in the business of deciding who should be allowed to come to their country (and use its social services, hospitals, schools, and compete with the native-born for unskilled work)? That the laws the government has passed should not be enforced? As I understand it, what you are saying is that there is something significant the protesters don't see, and if they listened thoughtfully to the counter-protester, they would see it. So what is it?
Native Americans are a small minority in the United States, but in Mexico the majority of the population are Hispanicized Native Americans. And Mexico treats illegal immigrants from Guatemala and Honduras much more harshly than the United States treats illegal immigrants from Mexico (proof (http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2006/06/04/stepping-over-the-line.html)).
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Date: 2013-02-19 06:11 am (UTC)What do you think the protesters should have learned? That the government they elected should not be in the business of deciding who should be allowed to come to their country (and use its social services, hospitals, schools, and compete with the native-born for unskilled work)? That the laws the government has passed should not be enforced? As I understand it, what you are saying is that there is something significant the protesters don't see, and if they listened thoughtfully to the counter-protester, they would see it. So what is it?
Native Americans are a small minority in the United States, but in Mexico the majority of the population are Hispanicized Native Americans. And Mexico treats illegal immigrants from Guatemala and Honduras much more harshly than the United States treats illegal immigrants from Mexico (proof (http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2006/06/04/stepping-over-the-line.html)).