In reality, immigration is a world wide phenomenon which is causing massive chaos in most western societies.
WAIT! let me back track.
Immigration is causing chaos in ALL societies, western or not!
I just read an article which tells how immigrants are moving from chaotic nations, like Haiti, to less chaotic ones like the Dominican Republic, in search of work and a better life.
Like wise, Colombians are heading to Venezuela, yes Chavez's Venezuela, in search of its massive consummer society which imports thousands of Hummers, Scotch whisky, and electronic products from Asia.
Nicaraguans are storming Costa Rica and Panama. Dominicans are risking their lives to reach Puerto Rico and once there, they're treated like dirt. Puerto Ricans are migrating to Florida in search of better paying jobs and trying to escape crime, but in the process they're creating a ghetto which is showing all the problems they are ecaping from, with the added twist of racism American style.
Africans are heading towards Spain, Cambodians, towards Vietnam, yes Vietnam! all in search of work and consummerism.
Most societies are terrified of what these hordes bring. Western societies rightfully so. They're scared of the lifestyles brought by Muslims, their treatment of women, their religeous fundamentalism, and their imposition of 12th century macho style ghettos into more liberal surroundings.
Americans are terrified of the numbers of Mexicans, and the consequences of being swamped by a sea of Brown faces who they PERCIEVE will not speak English. Immigration in the U.S. was once, some what more tolerated, because the faces were white, or LOOKS WHITE, but not any more.
Puerto Ricans are not free from our quirks and predjudices either. As Dominicans arrive by the thousands, many of us are appalled by the influx of "darker people" who are pushy and have a Merengue style, 24/7. LOL
Dominicans are also arriving at a time when Puerto Ricans seem to be getting a firm grip on their identity. However, Here come a people who don't care a hoot about our identity, they come to be Americans, which means to CONSUME. They tend to swell the PNP once they get citizenship and then become agents of de-nationalization, joining the likes of Doña Miriam and Rosselló. The irony of all this is, as more Domnicans arrive, the Puerto Rican LOOKS WHITE complexion will tip, making us darker and scaring the wits out of Gringos if Statehood is demanded. LOL
We can never win, can we? LOL
Welcome to 2008! LOL
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