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In article <3a16iv$3k9@dcsun4.us.oracle.com>, <pbfriedm@us.oracle.com> writes:
> We can take all we want from them [illegal immigrants] and give
> them nothing in return, because they have no right to be here in the first
> place.

Well, that's why they were the focus of the political campaign, isn't it?
Scapegoat politics doesn't work nearly as well when you target people with
rights.  Illegal immigrants and three-time felons are not our principal
problem.  Our tax burden is onerous, but the political process to spend it
wisely is paralyzed.  Defense industry contraction and global recession
cost thousands of jobs.  After decades of boom California is dealing with
economic and political realities and not handling them particularly well.
It's unfortunate but predictable that people who are different or have made
mistakes are demonized.  Thank God for the Bill of Rights and the Civil
Rights Act--at least we know that no legal action can be taken against
blacks, Jews, and the other "usual suspects" of scapegoat politics.

John A. Burns (speaking only for myself)