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Why Did Illegal Immigration Only Recently Become a Problem?
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:09 pm
Mexico has always been to our south and has always been poor. However, back in the day illegal immigration from Mexico was extremely rare. Why have they only started coming across in recent decades? What were we doing "back in the day" to keep them out?
Illegals don't care about the law, so you can't blame it on the law changing. Where were all the illegals prior to, say, 1965? Why wasn't Texas or Arizona or California being overrun in the 30's or 40's or 50's for example? We didn't have a wall back then and, to my knowledge, didn't have the Army on the border either. Why is it that we had no problem keeping them out back then, but we do now?
If anyone has any data on illegal immigration going way back, I would like to see it. Almost all the data I can find starts in the 60's or 70's.
Illegals don't care about the law, so you can't blame it on the law changing. Where were all the illegals prior to, say, 1965? Why wasn't Texas or Arizona or California being overrun in the 30's or 40's or 50's for example? We didn't have a wall back then and, to my knowledge, didn't have the Army on the border either. Why is it that we had no problem keeping them out back then, but we do now?
If anyone has any data on illegal immigration going way back, I would like to see it. Almost all the data I can find starts in the 60's or 70's.
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Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:19 pm to AUstar
I dont think we were keeping them out then. People justhadnt figured out a way to benefit from the issue back then.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:24 pm to AUstar
Mexico had high fertility rates In the 70s
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:25 pm to AUstar
i don’t have any data, so this is purely a wild guess
i think it has just slowly but steadily gotten worse.
at one time the people crossing were (mostly) doing so legally. coming here to try to better themselves.
i’ve know several older generation hispanics who came over the right way and have even become citizens by going through the proper channels.
at some point though people figured out how to exploit it.
and it’s gotten out of hand since then.
i think it has just slowly but steadily gotten worse.
at one time the people crossing were (mostly) doing so legally. coming here to try to better themselves.
i’ve know several older generation hispanics who came over the right way and have even become citizens by going through the proper channels.
at some point though people figured out how to exploit it.
and it’s gotten out of hand since then.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:27 pm to AUstar
Free shite
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:28 pm to AUstar
It’s politics
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:33 pm to AUstar
The rise of the drug cartels in the 70s probably had a lot to do with it
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:35 pm to AUstar
Because it was easy to fire up the disaffected masses with the latest bogeyman. It’s politics
Pure and simple. It’s cynical as hell.
Pure and simple. It’s cynical as hell.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:35 pm to AUstar
Fatter White women and their need for men of low expectations to have sex with them?
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:35 pm to AUstar
Reagan signed amnesty in the 80’s.
This isn’t new.
This isn’t new.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:40 pm to VOR
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Because it was easy to fire up the disaffected masses with the latest bogeyman. It’s politics
Pure and simple. It’s cynical as hell.
Asinine progressive talking point engaged.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:40 pm to AUstar
Edit....misread the thread title.
This post was edited on 6/19/18 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:47 pm to VOR
quote:
Because it was easy to fire up the disaffected masses with the latest bogeyman. It’s politics
Pure and simple. It’s cynical as hell.
You are God damned right this "children" bullshite is all that and more. This is the most cynical political stunt I have ever seen in my life, surprised you noticed.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:49 pm to AUstar
The war on drugs.
Seriously.
Seriously.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:50 pm to AUstar
It became apparent to enough of them how advanced we were materially compared to them, and they more than ever wanted a piece. The end.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:52 pm to baybeefeetz
You better not be saying they come from a shithole!!
This post was edited on 6/19/18 at 9:53 pm
Posted on 6/19/18 at 9:55 pm to AUstar
Curbing illegal immigration was one of Trump's biggest platforms when he ran.
The Dem's platform is to be adamantly against anything Trump is for, so there you go.
The Dem's platform is to be adamantly against anything Trump is for, so there you go.
This post was edited on 6/19/18 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 6/19/18 at 10:55 pm to AUstar
Mix between cartel violence increasing and insane back logs in getting here legally. A son or daughter over 21 of a US citizen from Mexico has a 20+ year wait time to get here legally. Simply easier to cross over, especially if you just want to work and not break any (other) laws.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 11:01 pm to AUstar
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Where were all the illegals prior to, say, 1965?
The Reconquista movement began in the 1960's.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 11:05 pm to AUstar
I’m not positive, but free trade i.e. NAFTA might’ve hurt Mexican farmers.
Plus the drug wars. And plus the US gives free education and medical care to immigrants and their kids.
Plus the drug wars. And plus the US gives free education and medical care to immigrants and their kids.
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