Is opposition to illegal immigration, racism?

South Africans, today:

"They have not been taking us seriously. And it had to take this kind of crime to happen for us to be able to put the issues of illegal immigration on the map," protester Lerato Ngobeni said.

on the revelation that 80 illegal immigrants gang raped 8 women, and robbed a film crew.

Should these people, so virulently opposed to illegal immigration, be condemned for racism? Here's a pic of them:

 

Bump

 

And another bump, because you're lurking but not playing.

 

I have a tough time believing what I heard today on my radio here in Los Angeles, the braindead CA govt allegedly is hiring illegals to work in govt.....or maybe it's all of govt including D.C, putting illegals (non citizens) to work for the U.S.

 

That's freaking disgusting. Poor America

 

I ignore the anecdotes. I'm sure there are very nice and worthy illegal immigrants that would contribute well. But that's not the point.

You can't call a sovereign country a country if it doesn't have maintained borders. Might as well chuck away the passport.

 

Wrong.

Immigrants who lack legal status remain ineligible to work for the county.

https://www.latimes.com/california/...ll-waive-citizenship-requirement-on-many-jobs

 

So the original article is based on nothing but a flat-out lie.

Like most of the immigration controversy.

And indeed, most of Trumper conservatism when examined carefully.

 

Well, the Fox article certainly is. They flaunt their lies like a badge.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/los-angeles-county-nixes-citizenship-requirement-government-jobs

In the United States illegally? No problem. That is if you're looking for a government job in Los Angeles County. Bla bla...

 

So yes, or no?

 

Viewing what's become of Washington DC it's tempting.
It's not like the Great Experiment was a success.

 

It depends on your reason for opposing the immigration. If it is because of the immigrant's race then it's racist. If you oppose for other reasons it's not. Some tend to make issues too simple.

 

Like Biden saying "recession" doesn't mean "recession" anymore? Trump is GONE, bucko. There's a new liar in town.

 

They would be called racists in the US until they looked at a close up of your picture, then they would be xenophobes.

 

Can you explain how you would know the difference, please? If a group of people opposed to illegal immigration say simply that they're opposed to it because it's illegal (or maybe because it brings crime), how will you know who among that group is really just racist?

 

Ah yes ... the old auxiliary burn!

 

I’m still struggling with immigrating TO South Africa. It’s an awful place.

 

You won't know unless you see actions or speech which tell.

 

So the individual would have to loudly proclaim that it's about brown skin or something?

Since that basically never happens, I'm assuming you agree that opposition to illegal immigration has nothing to do with racism. That's good!

 

Opposition to illegal immigration, on the whole, is certainly not racist.

 

It's the oldest liberal trick in the book just because you're opposed to illegal immigration they pretend that you're opposed to all immigration and call you a racist xenophobe