ext_221539 ([identity profile] geezer-also.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2012-01-07 04:55 pm (UTC)

First:
Strangely enough, some of the most anti-ILLEGAL immigration people I know are Hispanics who came here the "hard" way....like in your example some does not mean most.

Second:
Anecdotal evidence is anecdotal and works both ways. (please note, I do not dismiss anecdotal evidence out of hand, just saying)
While I'm not a fan of racial profiling in a vacuum. Profiling works.

You are correct very few things exist in a vacuum. Personally I would like to think that Romney is being honest with his thoughts on border control, and I think this whole deal is a tempest in a teapot; "Oh noes his grandfather fled to Mexico, he's a hypocrite because he doesn't believe in open borders". There are things I don't like about Romney but this isn't one of them :)

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