I typically refrain from discussing this on HN, I am already a unicorn in a sea of anglos (ethnic Tejano - mix of marrano and native peoples) but you need to understand at a minimum that these people are not crossing a border - the border crossed them. The Treaty of Guadalupe only allowed a pathway to citizenship on paper; in practice the complete erradication of the Hispanics/Tejanos/Natives from north of the border. Things like the bracero program in the early 20th century created this migrant cycle. This isn't about defending illegal immigration - it's about the villains pretending to be the victims. I am all for "protecting" the border - you don't do that making everyone from the border, and those that cross it for work/family/quality of life, a criminal.Don't be a vendido, don't forget about the struggles previous generations went through just for you to be able here to comment on the internet.
oh_sigh|7 years ago
What percentage of illegal border crossers do you think are native peoples who lived in that region historically and 'had the border cross them', versus people from southern Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, etc who are using it merely as a migration route and have no connection to the land?