Monday, April 16, 2007
Thank you for your money, you'll have to leave now.
"No person shall...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." These are words taken directly from the Fifth Amendment to the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. It does not say citizen, tax payer, male, women, black, white: it says NO PERSON!
This should strike many Americans as a shock, especially among all of the "go home" rhetoric spewed out by republicans and democrats alike. But I wont bore you with the "your parents were immigrants" argument. Rather I'll point to a recent New York Times article which paints the subject on a new, but nonetheless, terrifying canvass. Apparently if you are an immigrant, we (America) are more than willing to take your taxes. In fact, the IRS has set up an entire system to process "non-citizens" taxes.
This whole situation should turn everyone into a skeptic, or at least cause alarm. What kind of message does this send, "we are willing to take your money to pay for those roads and hospitals you keep 'crowding-up,' but if we catch you, you have to go home, thanks for paying!" This is not a consistent, nor a noble message. The fact of this whole matter is, our nation was founded on the notion that each individual P-E-R-S-O-N has a right to liberty and justice, not certain people at the expense of others. Yet somehow, we've decided to ignore this, embracing a state of fear and terror--which has only been used to control and subjugate.
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Ka- CHING!
illegal immigrants are sexy
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