Sen. Mike Gravel on Immigration

On C-SPAN's 'Washington Journal' Mike shares his opinion on illegal immigration, and his solution to such.

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[doubleaamazin]

I wonder what he has to say on the subject of the North American Union? Your constitution is now obsolete people. Federal reserve, unconstitutional. Income tax, unconstitutional. Patriot Act, unconstitutional. Carrying out terrorists attacks against your own country, unconstitutional.

[gravel2008]

Mike has seen Zeitgeist, and had a lot to say. Let me find some quotes.

[josephmlocke]

We took their best land during the illegal Mexican-American war, which Americans did not support and Thoreau refused to pay taxes for and wrote the famous essay on civil disobedience. Since then we have exploited their workers and now we want them gone. We have made the immigrant a scape goat and forgotten that most of our ancestors were immigrants- many illegal and violent towards the native. The whole immigration debate is a sanctioned excuse for racism.

[Tihbialdunav]

There are over $3 billion from unclaimed immigrant taxes ! Over 70% of immigrants pay income taxes and ger nothing back-it goes to your pocket! And who do you think is paying for baby boomers' retirement? Immigrants. Who's keeping prices low? Immigrants. Who works harder and keeps jobs in US? Immigrants. Or you prefer those same jobs to go to China and India?

[ttiiyy]

Amen!

[smart12day]

You call it immoral to send these people back. No, it is not it immoral for you to sit there and tell U.S. citizens and legal immigrants that these illegals have the right to take our jobs and suppress our lives in our own country. How Dare You?

[jmjfanss]

Not really, ron paul does it even better, no anmesty and both kucinich and paul support the united nations, because the UN is a sinister organization that is working against the interest of the U.S, Look at their gun control policy, they want to repeal the 2nd amendment and that is very, very dangerous concern.

[jmjfanss]

But there are terrorist and worse street gang members such as MS 13 have also come here, this is why we need to secure the borders, not just for mexicans sake, but for american sake.

I Don't hate all mexicans, but this is a huge problem and it has to be solved.

[Sp3rmin8tor3000]

ah well it seems your daughters have a thing for us Latin guys... I'm a BAAAAD MAAAAN ;)

[mindtraveler2350]

The national debt is fixed by getting rid of the federal reserve. The national debt is fed every time the federal reserve creates a new debt based note.

Education is broken because it is subsidized by the government. And the government can't have smart people running around questioning their tyrannical whims.

Education should be our first priority. Then we would see less dumbass comments like the ones you seem to make (better spelling too). National debt is easy. Get rid of debt based money.

[Kajayacht]

whoa whoa whoa, what dream world are you living in

now Mexico's a nice place don't get me wrong

but the average monthly income in Mexico (in US dollars) is around $700

average monthly income for the US is around $3000 (again in US dollars[obviously])

fact is, overall Mexico is poorer then the US

doesn't mean all Mexicans are poor and all Americans are rich

but comparatively that is true

one last thing

love the new character counter here.

[36271849]

yes

[josephmlocke]

I realize that not all Mexicans are poor. Relative to the US, Mexico is a poor country. This is why there is emigration to the US. I do think we are saying the same thing. Those that come, come for the opportunity. I am merely empathising with those crossing, by saying we would do the same if we were in their position.

[thenaild]

first of all, please don't label all of Mexico as "poor". There is obviously a class system there just as there is here. The poor who do come to the US often do so to find better job opportunities because they cannot find work in their community and cannot afford to live in a city so that they can get a college education (since it is not an issue to afford education b/c it is free). So this representation of all Mexico being poor is so simply because that is what is seen in the US.