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An estimated two million people took to the streets across the U.S. Monday calling for comprehensive immigration reform that treats immigrants fairly and does not criminalize undocumented workers. "Open up the borders, shut down the war," roared an estimated 100,000 demonstrators as they marched through the streets of New York. "We are America," they chanted in unison, amid the loud beat of hundreds of drums. "Legalize, don't criminalize immigrants."

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Originally posted by Reason:
Given the state of our own population growth, I am wondering if this is something our migrants should consider?

I do find it odd, that we, a country built on immigration would now be sending home people who have worked and paid taxes in this country for half a decade or more... I find it very odd.

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Here's what George W. Bush doesn't admit: that the gang of which he's a charter member, wanted those porous borders with Mexico. They wanted them because the flow of illegals drove down real wages in the U.S. in agriculture, the building trades, the domestic trades, the food service and hospitality trades and a whole host of other industries that counted their fortunes on Wall Street while their labourers worked harder for less and the minimum wage remained stagnant since 1997.

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