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On 23 Mar 1998 14:28:38 GMT, martiv@bullwinkle.che.utexas.edu (Victor
M. Martinez) wrote:

>Tracey  <tracey12@swbell.net> wrote:
>>Mexico is doing something similar to what Castro did a fear years back,
>>but for different reasons.  Mexico is sending us its poor and allowing
>>its criminals to escape prosecution by fleeing the country.  There is a
>
>You ignorant fool... Mexico is not sending you anything (except millions
>of dollars worth of debt payments). Poor mexicans are coming to the US
>because they see it as a land where everyone who works hard can make it.
>They need money to feed their families and when they run out of options,
>they are forced to leave their homeland and their families and friends
>and make the dangerous trip north. Here, they will face abuse, 
>discrimination and solitude, but they are willing to do it so they can
>send some money back so their families can survive.
>
>You disgust me.
>
>-- 
>Victor M. Martinez, Jr.           |         The University of Texas at Austin
>martiv@che.utexas.edu             |        Department of Chemical Engineering
>http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv | "What do they think I am... an engineer?"
>  If we knew what we were doing it would not be called research, would it?  

I'd tend to agree here.  There are plenty of Mexico's "poor", whether
they got here illegally or not, that are making a difference in our
day to day lives.  They just want the same american dream that I think
most of our ancestors came overseas for.  Of course, those that
illegally get around the system(ie, don't pay taxes, etc) do upset me.
But for a few of those, there are plenty that work hard every day and
are model citizens.  

Remember, there's plenty of bad apples in all races.  Don't persecute
one race because of a few.