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originally posted by: yuppa
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: yuppa
Coming from Mexico, you are a refugee.
The "Cartel Wars" were concocted by the US when we decided to fund an obscure drug lord, and make him the biggest drug lord in the world. That war...it was us. As a proxy using SInaloa.
When people flee the violence of a war zone...they are refugees.
A"war on drugs" isnt a real war. mexico has not declared war against the US. A war is between nation states really. They are illegal immigrants if they cross over and dont request ASYLUM.
When people flee the violence of a war zone...they are refugees.
originally posted by: Night Star
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
When people flee the violence of a war zone...they are refugees.
That's just it, not all illegals are fleeing the violence of a war zone! I'm not saying there aren't any, but out of millions upon millions, year after year after year, just how many are actually refuggees? And...there is a proper way of coming here as a refugee. In over 30 years of working beside illegals, I have never met anyone from any war torn area.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: yuppa
Except in that case, WE are the terrorists. The Sinaloa operated under the protection of the DEA (and, using the DEA as a proxy).
The people leaving Mexico do it for 2 reasons mostly:
- the violence scares the everloving hell out of them.
- the turmoil our operations have created has made what was a growing and stable economy into a cesspool
Mexico, in the mid 90's, was a much stronger economy. By the late 90's, the value of a peso was beginning to close to within 1/3 of a US dollar (which is better than the 3000:1 exchange seen in the 80s). Then 2002 happened....and it slid off the cliff.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
Well...this is kind of a "no kidding" type of thing.
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: Night Star
None of that changes the fact that they simply can't become legal.