Sanctuary

Somehow lost in any debate over the influx of illegal immigrants is any sort of context as to why people will abandon their homes and sneak into the United States only to face the mighty wrath of angry white right-wing Americans:

This year's death toll in drug-related violence in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, the hardest hit by Mexico's drug war, rose to 3,000 Tuesday after two men were shot dead on a street, authorities said.

Ciudad Juarez has seen its homicide rate rise to one of the highest in the world after vicious turf battles broke out between gangs representing the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels in 2008.

That year, 1,623 people were killed in drug-related violence, and the toll increased to 2,763 deaths in 2009.

With prosecutors' spokesman Arturo Sandoval announcing the latest grim milestone, a total of 7,386 people have died in the city of 1.3 million people across the border from El Paso, Texas, in three years. Most were members of rival drug gangs, but civilians, police and recovering drug addicts have also been targeted.

More than 28,000 people have died throughout Mexico in the four years since President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against drug cartels when he took office in December 2006.

With this context, somehow I imagine these illegals as less than terrified by the angry stomping-baby antics dictating what passes for debate in this country.

Does anybody even wonder which country serves as the primary source of demand in regards to the product these murderous drug cartels supply?

Of course there could never be anything remotely racist at the core of all the belligerent spittle flying from those who insist on seeing law-breaking aliens while I am beginning to wonder if I am seeing refugees seeking asylum... Of course not. No. Never. America has grown up since the time President Eisenhower launched "Operation Wetback" in 1954. The United States is far too sophisticated now to be so blunt.

ADDENDUM:

It looks like Americans have no problems with breaking Mexican laws when it comes to gun control:

Federal authorities say more than 60,000 U.S. guns of all types have been recovered in Mexico in the past four years, helping fuel the violence that has contributed to 30,000 deaths. Mexican President Felipe Calderón came to Washington in May and urged Congress and President Barack Obama to stop the flow of guns south.

U.S. law enforcement has increased its focus on gun trafficking along the border. Arrests of individual gunrunners have surged. But investigators rarely bring regulatory actions or criminal cases against U.S. gun dealers, in part because of laws backed by the gun lobby that make it difficult to prove cases

The American Dream revised: Buy our guns & deluge us with cheap drugs - sorry if criminal armies destroy your society in the process - it's not really our fault... You're welcome to come pick fruit, clean houses and pluck chickens for money under the table. But don't you dare ask for any rights.