Anti-immigrant meeting in Waterbury today
Posted on
July 12, 2005 by
Gideon
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The CT Citizens for Immigration Control is holding a meeting in the Waterbury area today, to discuss the problem of illegal immigrants. Dan of Guerilla Science has put up a resistance website, Nobody is Illegal. Lots of previous coverage of the immigration mess here, here, here, here and here. More on the meeting as information becomes available later today.
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Come now, take a deep breath. Opposing illegal immigration does not automatically equate with hatred of illegal immigrants. One can certainly take the position that our immigration laws should be strictly enforced, while recognizing that most (not all!) of these immigrants are personally decent people trying to help their families out.
But they should not break our laws to do so. Simple as that. Unless you know the hearts and attitudes of all the “anti-immigration” (really anti-ILLEGAL immigration) folks, you owe them the courtesy of not assuming bad intentions.
You’re absolutely right. My position doesn’t indicate otherwise, either. If you read the previous posts on the immigration issue in CT, you will see that I have repeatedly stated that I have no problem with cracking down on illegal immigrants. That’s the law and that’s the way it is.
Some people view this as an attack on all immigrants and in some way, I can understand that too. Especially the part about Danbury banning volleyball outdoors, because it is an important part of the immigrant community.
However, I do not endorse - and quite frankly am repulsed by - the rhetoric that the CT Citizens for Immigration Control engages in.