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Want to see Illegals mistreated? Go to Mexico


If you ever want to see how undocumented workers and immigrants, in general, are mistreated, go to Mexico. Go see how they treat migrants from Central America. Many Guatemalans can tell you stories of how they get abused, robbed, and raped by Mexican cops. Migrants in Mexico have no rights, no schooling, no free emdical care, etc. When the Mexican government cleans up its own act on migrant workers, then I will take their complaints about us more seriously.

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I agree I've heard and read the same thing. I've also told people complaining to me how "bad" we treat undocumented to go there and get caught being there illegal and they'll take your money, kick your butt then take it also.

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Lets not compare the US to 3rd world countries, mmmkay? I'd like to think that our great country has its own set of standards. We also set the bar on many levels.

on a smaller level, if my kid wants a wierd piercing, you think I'm going to find out what king of garbage the neighbor kids are allowed to do, to make my decision? No. Sovereign nations should be the same way.

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Great country? hahaha...
Have seen the stupidities done by the goverment? I know there are great politiains out there, so don't try to fieght on that point. And I agree The US dosen't mistreat illegals as much as in Mexico, but really if the US had better standards I wouldn't be so ashamed of living here. Actually I would ove to argue that most countrites' goverments in the Americas are horrid. This *beep* is not so great, I might perfer to live in Europe instead.

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Buddy, I'm Mexican American and not the most naive person.
I live with Hispanics in my neighborhood and I live with US citizens. I know what I am talking about.
I hear what is good about the US goverment from the hispanics and what's horrible from the US born. This country used to be good and only had few major problems, now it is messed up.

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No, America is nothing like a 3rd world country. Therefor it's even worse, because it does happen there and more then you think. And we are buying clothes from people that use sweatshops and Illigals, foreigners/refugees, big and small brands, everyone, and not only with clothes.
Since they got involved in countries like Afghanistan, the Taliban may have been terrorists, but they were against farmers growing fields full with poppies to make heroïn and now that the Taliban are almost driven out, the business is booming and it's cheap and America and Europe are getting flushed with cheap and very good heroïn, wich will be used to make big bucks for a lot of high officials and a big drugproblem among all our people and not just Americans. For politicians it's all about control, making money in other countries for oil, drugs, clothes, cellphones and even blood diamonds (eventhough it happens in Africa, where children are used in their armies and ofcause in the diamondindustry (see movie Blood Diamond with DiCaprio for instance, eventhough it wasn't truthful enough), but America is still buying these diamonds and probebly not just you all. But I'm getting all of track, but when I read posts like yours, I get a little angry. I know that there are many good citizens and over all you're just as good as all the other big countries but you're sure not a good example for the next generation. Too selfish and trying to make a buck off someone elses fortune or even misfortune and it's happening more and more, not to mention what kind of message we're sending to the youth of today. I just hope that Obama wins and starts a big stink in the White House to keep people moving to a better place then we were the last 8 years under the presedentie of Bush Jr. w3ho was even worse then his father. His way of adressing problems and solidarity, he rather ignores everything instead of finding a solution. But I can go on for a while if I had too.....


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Go almost anywhere. Darfur, Burma, New Orleans, even Mexico and Los Angles. It's just a matter of degrees.








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I am Mexican by birth and I live in the US so I can comment by personal experience. These central american illegals you mention enter thru the south border (Chiapas/Guatemala) and the cops there are mostly indigenous and sometimes central american people that have obtained the Mexican citizenship. I lived in Guadalajara for 13 years as a boy and I saw immigrants being treated as if they were Mexican citizens. They went to school, and could work anywhere as long as it was not a government job. Medical assistance is never refused to anyone! unlike in some hospitals here in the states if you don't have insurance. The Mexico-Guatemala border is as bad and corrupt as the Mexico-US border because some people that work as agents hate the fact that more of their people are trying to get accross. I ask you to please do extensive research before posting something and not to go by some report given by a one sided reporter such as Lou Dobbs. God bless you all.

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LOL, oh they're so mistreated that 70% of the people working in national tv (soap operas, news, late night shows) are from central/south america. And no they don't even need a permit that's the great thing about Mexico. It surprises me that you'd say this because there's been a discussion about Mexico prefering foreigners than their own kind. There was a special on tv where this russian girl went to ask for job in a couple of restaurants in downtown Mexico as a waitress with no experience, and in all of the restaurants she went to ask for a job they gave her a chance, whereas in this same show they have this mexican young woman doing the same thing and she lands none, with the excuse of "sorry, no vacancy".


Unless you're talking about the mara salvatrucha? (gang), then yeah, they deserve to be mistreated, because they only come to our country to commit crime. (murder/rape/etc.)





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What really shocks me is the fact that you honestly believe that US cops don't abuse, rob and rape Latin American illegals. It happens everywhere-- EVERYWHERE. Get off your high horse and stop being so naive.

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So because another country does something worse, it absolves America from paying slave wages and then having them deported before pay day?

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