Dowple
03-29-2006, 07:11 AM
On Tuesday, each of you begins debate, as duly elected members of the United States Senate, on a fundamental question: is it your principal responsibility to codify into law the wishes of the vast majority of American citizens with regard to the thorny issues of illegal immigration and border enforcement in our post-9/11 age or, instead, is it your responsibility to represent, first and foremost, the government of Mexico, its U.S.-based consulates, and the 12 to 20 million illegal aliens afoot in this country — an illegal alien juggernaut comprised of Mexican nationals and Other Than Mexicans (many from “countries of interest”), a number of whom gathered in protest marches and political rallies over this past weekend in cities across our land to advance their case for amnesty and citizenship?
Truly, for most Americans, it was an altogether incongruous spectacle: masses of illegal aliens, who have no business being in this country of ours (which they genuinely think is theirs) in the first place, wrapped in Mexican flags and exercising First Amendment constitutional rights of free speech (en espanol) and peaceful assembly, as if this was their country and their ancestors had fought in America’s Revolutionary War. None were apprehended. They walked our city’s streets, brazenly and unimpeded, as if they owned them, and appealed to our government for a redress of alleged grievances, as if it was their government, and no longer ours.
Article (http://acertainslantoflight.net/?p=1846)
Truly, for most Americans, it was an altogether incongruous spectacle: masses of illegal aliens, who have no business being in this country of ours (which they genuinely think is theirs) in the first place, wrapped in Mexican flags and exercising First Amendment constitutional rights of free speech (en espanol) and peaceful assembly, as if this was their country and their ancestors had fought in America’s Revolutionary War. None were apprehended. They walked our city’s streets, brazenly and unimpeded, as if they owned them, and appealed to our government for a redress of alleged grievances, as if it was their government, and no longer ours.
Article (http://acertainslantoflight.net/?p=1846)