Hello Aaron,

>DS>At least a thousand miles, but so what is your point?  My city has a
>DS>mixture of whites, blacks, hispanic, asian, mid-eastern and just about
>DS>anything else you could name.
>
>It's a different scene when you live near the border. Try comparing crime
>statistics and tell me what stands out.

El Paso is much safer than the rest of America.  Next question?

>Did you see a movie, or something, where some family of impoverished illegal
> immigrants snuck into the USA, traveled up to some redneck farming town,
> and lived a modest life?

A lady friend had a grandmother who snuck in from Guatemala and
never bothered going back home.  She never got sick, and never drove
a car.  Never even had a ssn as far as anybody knew.  Had a bunch
of kids, though.  All of them born in the good ol' US of A.

When she passed away, nobody knew how old she was, since she did
not have a birth certificate.  She was old, very old.  Probably over
100 (her granddaughter is in her 60s).  When her next of kin wanted
to bury her remains, the government refused them to do so, as she
was illegally here (even though very much dead).

After getting in touch with distant relatives in Guatemala, they
thought it would be a simple matter bury her in her native country.

Well, it turned out not to be as simple as they had thought.

You see, illegals who die in America cannot have their bodies
shipped to their native country until it is cremated first.

Which is against the religion of many people, especially those
who have died.  Since she could not be buried in the US, with her
body intact, and she could not be buried in her native country,
with her body intact, the family had no choice but to have their
loved one's body cremated.  At their own expense.  And then
shipped to Guatemala.  At their expense.  And buried in Guatemala.
At their expense.

What happens to Americans who die overseas?  Even if they are not
legally in a foreign country, they get to have their bodies returned
to the US fully intact, without their bodies having been cremated
first.

Why should Americans have these special privileges when this
country refuses to grant others those same privileges?

It gets worse.

When a homeless person dies, he/she is cremated.  Then the ashes
of the deceased are scattered in the wind, at some local cemetery.
No marker needed.  Then a bill is sent to whatever next of kin
can be found.

At least the next of kin is not billed for airfare in those cases.

>It's nice of you to give the illegals the benefit of the doubt, but don't
> let people abuse your generosity.

Why does this country insist on cremation for illegals who die
in this country?  Why does this country insist on billing the families
of the deceased for the costs of cremation, plus the cost of shipping
or airfare?  Even if those families are unaware of illegals in this
country?

There have been at least 6 immigrant children who have died as a
result of Trump's "zero tolerance" policy, after having been separated
from their families.  And you call this country "generous"?

>DS>They crossed the border and asked for assylum, which they are entitled
>DS>to do under US law.
>
>There are people who need asylum more than central americans, like Syrian
>children. I'd rather take all of them as refugees than people who were
> already offered asylum in another country and turned it down.

People have a right to apply for asylum, regardless of where they
are from.  Not that some are better refugees than others.  Let them
all come, so we can hear all their cases.  And grant those cases
that have merit.  Regardless of what part of the world they happen
to be from.

>DS>Only some -- e.g. those who think that a wall is going to have any real
>DS>impact on the import of illegal drugs.
>
>It's more than just drugs. But if it puts a dent in drugs, conservatives are
>ok with that too. More and more, I worry that people who support the
>rights of illegals are actually users or "jons" themselves. Have you ever
> had
>an argument about drugs with an addict? It can be on ordeal.

Keeping them awake can be an ordeal.
But why would anybody want to do that?

--Lee

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