Why do they think it is about race?

An accusation of racism is meant to silence debate and is often used by those who know thier possition is logically untennable.

The rationale is simple: Hispanics make up the majority of illegal immigrants, therefore anyone who doesn't cater to illegals must hate hispanics.

Because they call themselves "the race" and only fight for things that profit their race. They include anyone with a similar mixture to them. They dominate many things in California and have a lot of political power. They blur the lines between legal and illegal by such terms as undocumented immigrant or undocumented American. They get special services such as Medi-Cal of a type that is only given to undocumented. Yet these kind feelings and benefits are not given to undocumented, impovershed, displaced Americans or people of all races in the same situation. Only to so called Hispanics. They set up the racism and clever people point it out or mirror it.

I agree with lemint on it being ignorant to believe being against illegal immigration s racist. I also would add that for peole to call all those who oppose illegal immigration racist are most likely racist themselves. They use the same generalization that racist use. Rscist is a word of hate and should not be thrown around so lightly.

Whoever is calling racism is ignorant. This is NOT about race it's about tax paying citizens money going back to help citizens of the US not illegals who give nothing back to our country. I do not think this bill will resolve anything. The only way to really resolve this issue is to focus our attention at helping out Mexico instead of policing the world. Raising their wages and improving their quality of life would dissolve most of the immigration issues.

I think you have got it to a point. One of the reasons anti-amnesty people are such big targets is that they often use the term Mexican to describe illegal immigrants. If they would focus on illegal aliens from all over the world, it would be harder to peg them as racists.

Another tactic to deflate the racism comments is to express your support for expanding the number of legal immigrants permitted into the country.

How come most of you Anti's when saying this, will also just use the word Mexican?

Granted Mexican is not a "race", but you should be able to understand my point.

Just stick with the words "illegal" or "legal" and you shouldnt have a problem. Its when you start assuming that all the "illegals" are only Mexican, that it makes you look "racist".

It's because the race card is the only argument illegal immigrants have.

But since when are illegal immigrants a race?

Its just the liberal intelegeista giving vent because they lost again. The coasts think everyone must think like them or they or crazy or racists.

You are right, but I absolutely have to roar laughing (keeps me from screaming) when someone like one of your answerers said "I am pro-Illegal" How can anyone in their right mind say that sentence???????

I'm pro-illegal.(Yes I said it I don't care what you say.)

But I don't call everyone who doesn't agree with me racist, that would be ignorant.

I call the bad apples of the bunch racist.

For example: Whatagreatday5 is RACIST.

He won't stop calling people trashy wetbacks.

and people only saying mexicans instead of illegal.

I only call the ones who are blatantly racist a racist.

I am not stupid.

I'm aware that there are retarded racists on BOTH sides of the border.