http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/tabor/041117
I found this article on Illegal Immagration and to be honest i was slightly discusted by it. It speaks of George Bush's "amnesty for illegal aliens" plans, and how Bush plans to encourage and give legal citizenship to illegal immigrants so they can begin building their lives. The writer of the article is Nathan Tabour, and American Political activist who is very anti these plans, and comes across as very un-politically correct. At one moment he says 'By God's grace, our society has succeeded in creating immense wealth where many others have created only poverty' he completely misses the point that it is because of country's like America's wealth that there are Third World country's. I found it interesting that he says 'By God's Grace' this is in some sence bordering on the Manifest Destiny idea and the American Dream, that in America life is better and that God is favouring America to be prosperous. He also comments on that if we keep letting Third World country people in then America will face the same problems as the Third World countries are facing. How then can America advertise itself as a place to come and rebuild your lives, and have a betterway of life? To me thats quite hypercritical. You can't advertise yourselves as a great country for people to come live in and then complain when people come.
Its also interesting that he practically blames all of America's problems on illegal immigrants, from the low minimum wage pay, to the terrorist attacks on september 11th; 'Certainly, most illegal aliens are not terrorists. But it only takes one.' His writing reminds me of the 'Gangs of New York' where the 'true' Americans were placing themselves on pedistools above the Irish, and European Immigrants; 'There are now over 10 MILLION illegal aliens in the U.S. Remove them, and opportunities will abound for authentic Americans', what does Nathan Tabor count as an authentic American? Even Immigrants children as long as they are born in America are considered American Citizens.
One final thing he mentions is the reason for immigration laws; 'We have immigration laws for simple and valid reasons: to protect our uniquely American culture, our national sovereignty, our public security, and our standard of living'. To me this shows why immigrants find it so hard settling into new lives in America, with people like Nathan Tabor around clearly trying to make sure that his 'uniquely American culture' is not damaged, how can people who maybe slightly different because of skin colour, or language ever hope to truely fit into this new modern day American society?
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Thank you for this article! I too found it very interesting to note the hypocrisies littered within it, and indeed in any article dealing with this situation.
Or course, Bush's view on this goes against his Republican background, and his support for the immigrants comes as quite a shock to many of his supporters.
The main thing that is interesting to note, however, is possible the adverts on the page and not the article itself. The page is littered with signs telling the readers about how they are pro-life, and even a link to the minuteman project - a notorious organization who declare to the nation how the intend to save the nations borders. After seeing this, i decided to check out what the site is about and it states that one of its aims is to provide a site "for ALL people who consider themselves loyal Americans", although the have an alarming anti-immigration stance.
In all, the article and the site reflect what i originally said. To take part in this debate you need to realise how many contradictions there are that surround it.
To be honest i didn't even notice the adverts on the page, they are very biased to themselves and in a way they are drumming their ideas and views into the readers. I love the fact that they call themselves 'loyal Americans' i find that so rude as if other people aren't loyal and couldn't care less about America. It wouldn't surprise me if these people were against women having rights, it seems right up their street!
It is hypocritical statements like this that breeds hate in parts of America, if the president of the U.S feels that strongly and talks openly about his feelings towards people of the 'third world country' it is no wonder why there is a racial divide in America with conflict of blacks against white and vice versa. Particularly in the rise of fear against muslims following the 9/11 attacks.
The comment about how America is "By God's grace, our society has succeeded in creating immense wealth where many others have created only poverty". I find this interesting as it further fuels my idea how I view the U.S to think that they are superior to every other nation. George Bush preaches nationalism to his country teaching them the idea that they are more significantly important to be an American than any other citizen of some other country.
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