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Does that chart say "Italian Immigrants" or "Irish Gangsters" in the top?
Can we agree it would have been a mistake to expel either of them groups from our country when it looked like their role in organized violent crime was disproportionately high?
I do agree we all need to get involved and call the cops on lil Guito, O'Leary, or Sanchez while they're small time thugs before they become the next Al Capone.
But also I think history will repeat itself and after the Italian ghettos where kids translate for their parents are gone and gang violence subsides we'll have a bunch of good Americans left over.
I mean hispanic ghettos. oops.
Point taken. I see that difference as splitting hairs though unless we're doing something to encourage our new immigrants to leave the country or send their money out of the country (which is a greater problem in this electronic world).
My ancestors were willing to endure a miserable week long trek across an ocean to get here.
My Hispanic neighbors were willing to endure a miserable week long trip across the desert.
Its easier to sneak across the common border with Mexico than the ocean where any boat which will make the voyage safely usually has to enter a harbor.
Does that chart say "Italian Immigrants" or "Irish Gangsters" in the top?
Can we agree it would have been a mistake to expel either of them groups from our country when it looked like their role in organized violent crime was disproportionately high?
I do agree we all need to get involved and call the cops on lil Guito, O'Leary, or Sanchez while they're small time thugs before they become the next Al Capone.
But also I think history will repeat itself and after the Italian ghettos where kids translate for their parents are gone and gang violence subsides we'll have a bunch of good Americans left over.
I mean hispanic ghettos. oops.
I believe the Italians and the Irish immigrants, by and large, came to this country LEGALLY. They weren't shuttling money and drugs back and forth to the homeland. At least, not until later....
I believe the Italians and the Irish immigrants, by and large, came to this country LEGALLY. They weren't shuttling money and drugs back and forth to the homeland. At least, not until later....
They came here legally because the US didnot have any immigration laws.