BillyBadAss : I don't believe times have changed so much... America still represent hope for a lot of people, and they flee their contry because there are problems there, problems of unemployement and economic recession. You'll never convince me that the economic situation is better in mexico (or in south america altogether) than in usa.
I don't know exactly to when you refere but, at that time america was certainly not as rich as it is nowadays. So the argument you can't afford to accept anyone is quite irrelevant.
But if you refer to the begining of the century, illegal immigrants were numerous at that time, coming from new-york.
Or later in the century the boatpeople fleeing problems in asia and arriving by the pacific ocean.
Nowadays they come from mexico, but honestly, I don't see a difference. They still come for the same reason : to earn a better living.....
I don't know exactly to when you refere but, at that time america was certainly not as rich as it is nowadays. So the argument you can't afford to accept anyone is quite irrelevant.
But if you refer to the begining of the century, illegal immigrants were numerous at that time, coming from new-york.
Or later in the century the boatpeople fleeing problems in asia and arriving by the pacific ocean.
Nowadays they come from mexico, but honestly, I don't see a difference. They still come for the same reason : to earn a better living.....