Dagobahn Eagle Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 I heard in US History class today that the US Government is making everyone who "just got to the USA" (don't know the exact definition) go back to where they came from.. they said one of the people in the class (who was absent) had already been sent back to the African continent (didn't say what country, sorry). Can someone confirm that for me? If this is true, it joins the rank of the stupid/ignorant/facist decisions made by the ruling party since 9/11, such as checking all Arabs going trough airports more throughtly than other passengers; calling Eurasians who protest the war 'old' and those on the US's side 'new', just to make those who protest sound irrelevant; censoring a memorial of the firefighters because it didn't portray the firefighters who died at 9/11; and breaking off direly-needed food supply to the already staring North Koreans (punishing the communist party by killing their civilians ). So, is this just something that kid in my class made up, or do we have a repricial of the World War II-era Japanese Evacuation here? In any case, I sincerely hope Bush is not going to get re-elected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 I... haven't heard anything about that. I'm going to go try and find some info. If you just heard this from a kid then he was messing with you or had been misinformed himself. Somehting like that would have cought all our attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clefo Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 I had heard stupid bull**** about immigration procedures for Adult Arab Males (Racial profiling at its finest lady and gentlemen!), but nothing like this, and I do think something like this is, well, illegal? (Then again Racial profiling is too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reborn Outcast Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 Nah I think its fake because I believe it s illegal to do that. And there would be public outcry that would make national tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jatt13 Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 yeah, we would've heard something about it in the news. they wouldn't be able to keep that quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfergie Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 CNN is completely covering the war and they have told alot about Bush's immigration plans and the need for tightening our boarders right now (although I have heard nothing of this kind of discrimination). Yes it is wrong to do so...in time of peace...I think it has to happen now. It is an unfortunate side effect, but in the intrest of national security it has to happen. Would you rather see several thousand people detained and one or two men caught for plots of terrorism at the boarder...or would you rather see a few thousand people dead or badly injured BECAUSE we didn't detain those people and those 2 men were not weeded out? It is a necessary precation and very unfortunate. It happened to Japanese and if WWII's scenario was played out today I have no doubt that it would happen again to the Japanese. It is a side effect of war, but it is a sacrifice you make with a heavy heart. You don't think they WANT to detain and torment Islamic people for fun do you? They are doing it for the security of our country. If this is happening (and so far we have no info if it is or isn't) it is a needed thing and is the right choice in a situation like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmjedi Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 I haven't heard anything about this but I wouldn't rule it out. You never know what might be happeining. As for what you said about Bush and you hoping that Bush doesn't get rellected, the man has isn't going to get elected. I don't hate Bush that much like I did before but the press and politcal analists have said that there is a very poor chance that he is going to get elected. Many people are just displeased with out current situation and when november comes around he isn't going to get relected. There are just to many problems that are going on and that he hasn't been able to fix while in office and people want something to change. Many people are also not pleased with our foreign relations and the way that we are handling Iraq and N. Korea. People are saying that Bush is being to aggresive and that is why he is most likely not going to be elected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfergie Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 if he runs against Leiberman...he's gonna get elected by a landslide Why oh why...where have all the amazing Presidents gone? Why do we get fossilized rubbish and a pampered baby boy? Why can't we *gets hit from behind for being to idealistic* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tie Guy Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 I haven't heard anything about it, but it is perfectly legal. Ever heard of the Chinese Exclusion Act? Quite frankly this country has the right to shut out immigrants as well as let them in. I mean, its not like it's some God-given right to enter our country if we don't want you. More likely it's just a greater crackdown on illegal immigration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfergie Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Ever heard of the Chinese Exclusion Act? THAT was blantant racism. There was no political tension between our government and China. The only reason we put a cap on their immigration was because they took dirt cheap jobs...no. Irish, Germans, African Americans...they all took dirt cheap jobs, there wasn't a cap on them...why? Blantant racism. No reason to put an immigration cap at all. It should have been shot down very quickly, but it wasn't. A polocy against Islamics/Middle Easterners would at least have a better reason than racism. It has a foundation, unlike the Chinese Exclusion. I see your reasoning behind the arguement, but I think the example is a bad one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbguy1211 Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Originally posted by Tie Guy More likely it's just a greater crackdown on illegal immigration. That's exactly it... pbguy1211 works in tv news... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tie Guy Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Originally posted by darthfergie THAT was blantant racism. There was no political tension between our government and China. The only reason we put a cap on their immigration was because they took dirt cheap jobs...no. Irish, Germans, African Americans...they all took dirt cheap jobs, there wasn't a cap on them...why? Blantant racism. No reason to put an immigration cap at all. It should have been shot down very quickly, but it wasn't. No, it was caused because of the large and extremely violent clashes between mainly the Irish and the Chinese. Now, these clashes were caused by the labor problems, but the clashes, not the laborers were what caused the act. We didn't mind the Chinese, we just didn't want them and the Irish in the same country. And the Irish had already been here for many, many years. It wasn't racism, it was solution to huge problem at the time. It should have been repealed earlier, but i think it was just an issue that failed to be brought up later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfmanNCSU Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Yeah, I was going to mention the Chinese Exclusion Act also, but it seems you beat me too it. Too slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reborn Outcast Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Originally posted by Tie Guy I haven't heard anything about it, but it is perfectly legal. Ever heard of the Chinese Exclusion Act? Quite frankly this country has the right to shut out immigrants as well as let them in. I mean, its not like it's some God-given right to enter our country if we don't want you. More likely it's just a greater crackdown on illegal immigration. Yea but in China they're only allowed to have like 1 child, any more and they have to kill em... China's a harsh country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagobahn Eagle Posted February 15, 2003 Author Share Posted February 15, 2003 Yea but in China they're only allowed to have like 1 child, any more and they have to kill em... China's a harsh country. Umm.. they taxate the second one, they don't make you have an abortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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