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Are you ready for this?
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:26 pm
by BobCatFan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/chitribts/20050 ... ldliveinus
Can we absorb 40% of Mexico? Maybe we should just annex the whole country.
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:30 am
by mquast53000
It could be worse, they could be French…
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:43 am
by mslacat
mquast53000 wrote:It could be worse, they could be French…
If 40% of Canadian's (Mostly white) wanted to imigrate to the US would that make us and as nerviuos as Mexico (Hispnaic)
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:57 am
by mquast53000
mslacat wrote:mquast53000 wrote:It could be worse, they could be French…
If 40% of Canadian's (Mostly white) wanted to imigrate to the US would that make us and as nerviuos as Mexico (Hispnaic)
Are they French Canadians? I hate those French Canadians!
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:50 am
by briannell
grew up in CA, it's already like 90% hispanic, so there's no difference to me.
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:05 am
by SonomaCat
mslacat wrote:mquast53000 wrote:It could be worse, they could be French…
If 40% of Canadian's (Mostly white) wanted to imigrate to the US would that make us and as nerviuos as Mexico (Hispnaic)
I read at one point (and I can't remember where, so if anyone wants to fact check this, please do so) that one million Canadians worked in the U.S. I think Canada only has about 30 million people, so we are already being swamped with Canadian immigrants.
I just don't think that many people make a big deal out of Canadians being in the U.S., even though they are much more likely to be competing for good jobs with American workers than someone from Mexico.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:57 am
by Ponycat
I big difference IMO. The Canandians come legally
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:05 am
by SonomaCat
Many/most Mexicans do as well.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:17 am
by Ponycat
I'd have to see some figures on that. Not saying your wrong, jsut having a hard time believing it.
The media would never lie to me like this...would they
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:27 am
by SonomaCat
I don't have any figures handy either, but there are definitely a lot of Mexican immigrants here legally, and I have to assume that there are more here legally than illegally, based just on my observations around here.
Of course, California used to be a part of Mexico, so who exactly is an immigrant and who is a native are interesting philosophical questions in a non-legal sense as well.