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  On this day we are ALL George Santos.
context: There is a new Congresswoman in Colorado, Yadira Caraveo, with a similar background, the first Latina elected to Congress in the state. She is the daughter of migrant workers, and she went on to become a pediatrician and is a great health care advocate. It’s great that they will both have a voice in Congress. >
  
  That, to me as an outsider, embodies that vision of the American Dream >
  
  I think the new "American Dream" is Mexico being a nicer place to live. >
  
  Are you joking?  Research the drug problem in Mexico.  Why are people leaving? >
  
  Because the US experts black market firearms to the drug cartels in central and south America, which drives immigration north to the US, created cheap labor, she gives pro gun parties a great driver to sell more guns "legally" while providing easy to grasp fear points to blame on the opposing party. Go back 20 years and you'll find they never ever mention open borders or caravans while a Republican is president or up for reelection. >
  
  I know the USA has a history of interference in other countries.  However you can’t blame all violence on the USA. >
  
  No one is blaming all violence on USA. But they share a huge responsibility for the cartel violence in specific >
  
  Latin America would be a paradise of the USA stopped interfering. >
  
  ehh I wouldn't say that they just would not be so poor ( and therefore a lot less violence) >
  
  Where did all the money go?  Did the USA steal it all?  Gold and everything?  I heard that Argentina used to be better financially. >
  
  i live in california and have known, worked with, and generally observed many legal and illegal immigrants.  (for a short time i dated an illegal from mongolia)
  former guy said "they're sending their worst..... murderers, rapists, drug addicts....."
  nothing could be further from my experience.  we're getting their best
  these are people who leave their homes, culture, language, and family, and come to the US to work
  and they work hard.  they're picking vegetables, constructing homes, mowing lawns, baby sitting, working in slaughterhouses.... doing a lot of jobs americans simply refuse to do
  you want a hard worker?  hire an immigrant >
  
  Please use undocumented vs illegal. Calling someone “an illegal” sounds demeaning vs saying someone is undocumented. 
  Source: was an undocumented immigrant until recently
  Edit: I agree with everything else though! My parents are some of the hardest workers I know and they came to this country to give us a better life. We truly are living the American dream >
  
  I’m sympathetic.  But if I was in Guatemala without a passport, what would they call me?  (And I’ve been to Guatemala “legally”.) >
  
  Purely as a matter of language, it would also be dehumanizing if they called you "an illegal" in that case. >
  
  I won’t call someone an ILLEGAL but every country has immigration laws. >
  
  Ok, I'm not disputing that every country has immigration laws, I was just responding to the specific point in your comment before last that seemed in its entirety to be defending the use of "illegal" as a noun to describe people. >
  
  I was asking you a question which you chose to ignore.  That is your right.  I’m not saying that YOU are FROM Guatemala.  I’m asking what do we call it when someone does something that is not legal. >
  
  Nice, George Santos should add this story to his resume too. >
  
  He is her dad.