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I have no doubt that Mexico is a fine and clean place. Firstly, I didn't write anything about Mexicans. I have no problem with Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, or any other race, creed, religion or color, except born-again Protestant fundamentalists. I've dated Hispanic women, and would have no problem marrying one, or if my kid came to me and said he wanted to marry someone, male or female, of any race. I live--by my choice--in a community that has had thousands of illegal immigrants move here. I'm not frightened of change, and there have been some benefits for the community. But, by and large, there have been a lot of problems as well, problems that don't go away simply because you think they are the result of my supposedly bigoted imagination.
What I wrote is that, if you move to a place with fake documentation and no ties to the community, you might not treat the town you live in, or the house/apartment you rent, the same as if you signed a lease with your legal name.
If you have a frat house next door to you, it might not be the most desirable circumstance. Most folks recognize this. Having a dozen or so unrelated young men who like to drink and do all the other things young men like to do can be a problem. It's no different with young illegal workers: the main difference is that there's no college administration to call if things get rowdy, no parents paying tuition. Same beer bottles, but the labels are in Spanish.
How are the things I observe with my own two eyes the result of bigotry? I'd be only too happy if pig carcasses and whatnot didn't turn up on the side of the road on my street, but they do. The illegal aliens who have moved into my neighborhood have no local connections, no long-term commitment to this community. That's the rationale I cite for their behavior. I don't assume they act this way because it's in their nature. I assume that they don't treat this town the way they treat their own towns.
I'm a pretty well-traveled person, I've been a foreigner. I had no real expectations one way or the other before thousands of illegal aliens came to this community. Diversity is good. Yet I don't care if it's a military barracks or a frathouse: large numbers of unrelated young men living together is a problem in our community, there's the same drunken macho bullshit. I didn't make it up, and certainly had no prior expectation it would work out that way.
Of course, rich people don't have to live with this sort of thing. They can seal themselves off in their gated communities. Plus, they get the bonus of feeling good about themselves by calling other folks bigots merely for describing what's going on in their own neighborhood. Which was, in part, what I was trying to say about the judge in this case. You live in any town in America, and there's all kinds of laws about where your dog can poop or what color your house can be. How is restricting residency to legal residents any different?
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