Illegal immigration is a self-inflicted wound

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/31/navarrette/index.html

San Diego, CALIFORNIA (CNN) -- We already knew we had broken borders. And when Congress chickened out on immigration reform and showed that it's not equipped to tackle anything more challenging than pork or pay raises, we knew we had a broken branch. Now it's clear that we have a broken dialogue.
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Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Illegal immigration is always someone else's fault. At least that's what we tell ourselves.

We like to think of ourselves, and our communities, as innocent victims of sinister forces that are beyond our control. Concerned that there are too many illegal immigrants in the United States, that our culture is getting too spicy, and that the country is becoming too Hispanic, we blame Mexico or mega-corporations or what one commentator ominously labeled "socio-ethnic centric groups" such as the National Council of La Raza.

You see, illegal immigration is always someone else's fault. At least that's what we tell ourselves. It's easier that way.

And, when we do engage the topic, we get distracted by arguments over whether, for instance, a town such as Hazleton, Pennsylvania, has the right to dabble in do-it-yourself immigration enforcement or whether the Founding Fathers were on the right track in prohibiting that sort of thing by conceiving of the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says that a state or locality cannot pass laws that interfere with federal law.

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What do you think?

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1. I don't think anybody's at fault.

Because I don't think it's a problem.

[razors edge]

2. Simple solution.

Whatever the laws of the country of origin are in regard to foreigners entering and staying is exactly the same laws we should apply to all coming here.

[Mr. Ected]

3. I Think Ruben Navarette Is A Babbling Idiot, That's What I Think

I've yet to read one piece of his that contained even an iota of honesty and truth.

He always attempts to paint those of us who are anti-ILLEGAL immigration as anti-immigrant.

Frankly, that's a tactic that I've grown accustomed to from the right wingers. It's intellectually dishonest, illogical, and despicable.

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4. You've grown accustomed to it from right-wingers? I gotten used to it from

some of the people here.