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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 05:25 PM Original message |
6,000 people died crossing US-Mexico border: rights group |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. What is the suggested solution? |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I have a 100% solution |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Not to cross illegally? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. 2 parts. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. I suggest we start making an effort to purchase items made in the Americas |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
63. Stop trying to cross ILLEGALLY?!!! |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Yeah!!!!! blame the poor |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:29 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. That's right, you idiots. Just stay home and STARVE to death legally. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. And about 225,00 have died in alcohol related accidents in the same |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Terrible news, let's solve that |
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Stumbler (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Who cares? They're brown people... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Nice post, Lou Dobbs |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. so much ignorance regarding the conditions that created this crisis n/t |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I hate reading these threads on a somewhat progressive website. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I like Hispanic people |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. One partial solution would be to punish the companies that illegally employ them |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. There is a good one and it starts with "repeal" and ends with "NAFTA". |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. +1 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. That's a pretty kind assessment. n/t |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
67. It's hard to distinguish between "progressives" and freepers when the topic is latino immigrants |
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reorg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. wow, that's 60 times the number of those who died trying to cross the GDR-FRG border |
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prostomulgus (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. Open the border ... that's the only humane solution. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Bullshit... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. "illegal immigrants have driven down wages to pennies an hour" |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #22 |
46. No... |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
57. Just hyperbolic bullshit... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. Well, not they can't be reversed a la Fox News. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. Yeah yeah... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. You could blame anything on the US and I suppose people do that |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. us oil? or pemex? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Opening borders with poor countries only works in Europe, don't you know. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
64. I just knew some asshole would say that stupid shit...!!! |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. Those Mexican emigrants are responding to macroeconomic forces. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. thankyou |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I agree |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. DU has a contingent of posters that always take the wingers' view on anything to do with |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. EFerrari, we've crossed swords a few times, and I agree, and disagree. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. DU has helped alleviate my profound ignorance on many topics |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. It's done the same for me on Latin America topics. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. One solution: |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. that is not a solution |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Okay, maybe it's not a comprehensive solution. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. Maybe it's time to overthrow the Mexican oligarchy. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Or how our government helps them steal elections from the reformers. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. How were they killed? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Most die of heat/dehydration. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. People who defend open borders and coddling of illegal employers share some blame. nt |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. How many american natives approved your, or your family's, immigration? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. My ancestors can here much later than yours, and they had papers... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. I'm a Native..... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
68. Perhaps. |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
39. Consider the possibility |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
41. This thread reads like the minutes of a KKK meeting... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. hey! |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
44. And I say its more. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
49. And yet DU's "activists" still decry workplace enforcement... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. "Workplace enforcement" isn't a solution to any of the underlying causes |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. So...no borders, no OSHA, no FLSA, no child labor laws, no FDA oversight... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. You're putting words in my mouth and I already had breakfast. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. So define your position. You said workplace enforcement doesn't work, but... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. PS: Don't you see how excusing the corporations that exploit people promotes exploitation? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I'm not excusing anything, only pointing out that dealing will |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. It's hard to respond to this without knowing what you think WILL work. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Well, we really can't control those things very well, can we? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
61. "Humanitarian crisis" . . . certainly looks like it -- !!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
62. k i c k |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
65. So now the ACLU wants us to drive them across now? |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:37 AM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Yeah They Are Only Illegals so it is OK if They Die a Horrible Death |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
71. Kick for truth. |
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