There's a difference between dishwashing and detonating dirty bombs, but for some reason, Republicans are finding it hard to tell the difference. Here's a hint: one involves Mexican kitchen staff hosing off scraps of food you couldn't scarf down between glasses of wine and bromides about "the rule of law". The other involves scraps of your glowing skull getting hosed off of building walls. There's a subtle difference, and it's one that you might miss while you have the American flag tied over your eyes.
The anti-immigration crowd is made up of a hodgepodge mix of racists, xenophobes, isolationists, duty-bound rule-followers, and the only group that matters: confused but honest individuals legitimately scared shitless about getting blown to smithereens by terrorists. So, let's start from the premise that all nineteen September 11 hijackers were legal visitors to the United States and move on from there. This wasn't an invasion of illegal aliens. Let's accept another premise. The current state of American politics makes it impossible to resolve the current immigration problem. If you don't accept this, we'll get back to it.
Here are the best reasons given in defense of the position that Mexican dishwashers should be deported post haste for the good of the American people:
- National security interests
- Preservation of the rule of law
- Protection of American jobs
- Unfair welfare support of immigrants
Let's take them one at a time...
