Comments on: Chicago Immigration March in Pictures

By: B.J.

B.J. — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:57:15 +0000

I love stats. You can read whatever you want into them. Numbers are inrefutable, but stats are interpreted numbers…big difference. I am a well off white boy that really has no opinion to speak of. I just hate it when stats are thrown out and automatically assumed to hold true for the future.

I do not like the fact that many people stay in this country illegally and in a perfect world we would not have to deal with this issue and we could remain focused on social problems of greater importance (poverty, homelessness, hunger). That being said, the U.S. offers opportunities that do not exists in their homelands, so they would be doing themselves a disservice by not trying to better their family’s position in life. If I had no avenue to better my family’s life other than cross a border illegally…I’d do it in a heartbeat.

By: I am Pablo » I should be packing

I am Pablo » I should be packing — Fri, 04 May 2007 05:21:15 +0000

[...] – whoda thunk that a few pictures would stir up so much! I have to admit – it was quite fun! We might just have to do that again [...]

By: German

German — Thu, 03 May 2007 04:19:22 +0000

You can’t be ignorant and assume that “illegal immigrants” means Mexican. I don’t have any facts or numbers, but other people would agree that there are more than just Mexican’s in this country that are illegal.

I have one quick question, if this country didn’t have all the “illegal immigrants” who would be doing all the shitty work and get paid minimum wage? Will you find a “white person” washing dishes, or framing a house for $5 an hour? Come on people, we all know that the poor “illegals” get taken advantage of. Not because they don’t know any better, but because compared to their native country they feel blessed to be in this country.

Hey Mack Wack why don’t you open your eyes and realize that it is now 2007. I don’t know you and really don’t care what your opinion is, but lets be realistic this country was built by immigrants, why stop now?

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 03 May 2007 02:31:22 +0000

And you are failing to make a point how the US will benefit from kicking those people out! How do you think it will help the US to deport all those people? And how do you think the US is going to achieve this task?

Dave – I agree that the illegal immigrants that are in federal prison should be deported and not be granted the right to citizenship.

But the ones who are obeying the laws and paying their taxes should be given the option to stay.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 02 May 2007 23:30:52 +0000

I haven’t done any research but its sounds kind of pointless to be keeping Illegal Aliens in Federal prisons. Wouldn’t they just deport them?

Otherwise I have nothing intelligent to say except that I wish I still worked downtown to see this.