WillyTex wrote: > do.rflex: > >> What does an illegal immigrant look like? >> >> > This is the wrong question, John, the question > should be: 'What you *get* by crossing the border > illegally?' > > In North Korea, get caught crossing the border > illegally and you get arrested, held in solitary > confinement in a freezing cold prison, fed white > rice and water once a day, interrogated six times > a day without a legal representation, denied > contact with family or friends, denounced in > public by a dictator, put on a military show trial > for weeks, and then you get 8 years at hard labor > in a coal mine in the mountains. > > In Brazil, get caught crossing the border > illegally and you get arrested and sent back to > your native village in Argentina to answer to > Hugo Chavez about how you lost the cocaine stash. >
Why would Hugo Chavez go after people in Argentina? He's the President of Venezuela. You really needs some smarts Willy. How are those math lessons coming? > In China, get caught crossing the border > illegally, and you disappear forever. > > In Afghanistan, get caught crossing the border > illegally, and you get shot. > > In Cuba, get caught crossing the border illegally, > and you get tossed into a political prison without > a trial. > > In Russia, get caught crossing the border > illegally, you get arrested, and after a short > trial, you get sent to Siberia. > > In Libya, get caught crossing the border > illegally and you get arrested and put on a show > trial, and then sent to a prison in the desert > with no food or water. > > In Iraq, get caught crossing the border illegally > and you get arrested, beat up, tortured in a > secret underground prison, get your head chopped > off, and then your headless body gets dumped on a > side street at night. > > In Iran, get caught crossing the border illegally, > and you get arrested, held in Evan Prison for > months, put on a show trial, and then maybe, you > get deported to the U.S., France, or Great > Britain. > > In the United States, get caught crossing the > border illegally, and you get a job, housing, food > stamps, free legal aid, free medical aid, free > hospitalization, free education for your children; > millions of dollars worth of free printed > materials and U.S. Social Security; an advocate, > and you get to hold up and wave an American flag, > in a public protest downtown; a video on cable TV, > and a humorous report on 'The Daily Show' with Jon > Stewart and you get Rachel Maddow to stand up for > your rights? > > So maybe we'd better be arresting the business owners that are hiring these people?
