Are Americans doing anything to stop the increase of rhetoric in the immigration debate?

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Especially on internet blogs? How do we know what's fact, and what's false? with so many extremist taking over the internet. What can we do to stop or even limit it?

Leave Hateful Rhetoric Out of Immigration Discussion

The Houston Chronicle made some important discoveries with its recent series by Susan Carroll on the failure of law enforcement officials to deport or keep in jail illegal immigrants who commit crimes.

What concerns us at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is despite Carroll's attempts to reach readers with the results of research that "found that recent immigrants are far less likely than their U.S.-born counterparts to commit crimes and end up in prison," anti-immigrant bigots seized on parts of her series to insult, stereotype, and even advocate violence against immigrants and others they perceived to be immigrants, especially Hispanics.

Here are some examples of the comments from Chronicle blogs:

• "This is a no-brainer to me. Start with the jails and get all those people deported, then construction companies, garbage companies, landscape companies, restaurants and must I go on?"

• "All of our grandchildren's children are going to live in a third world country."

• "We the taxpayers are footing the bill for these society leeches.The people from Katrina were bad enough. Our crime rate is still high."

• "I got a great idea — just shoot them on the spot if they commit a serious crime in Texas."

ADL has noticed an increase in such rhetoric among extremist groups in recent years, coupled with a marked increase in hate incidents and hate crimes against Latinos and those perceived to be Latinos. Further, the FBI has documented a disturbing four-year trend in the increase of hate crimes against Latinos from 475 in 2005 to 595 in 2007 nationally.

We need to read such articles thoroughly and thoughtfully. If the bloggers quoted above had done so, perhaps they wouldn't be so quick to paint all immigrants with a broad brush. We should ask our elected representatives, law enforcement officials and media to avoid demonizing immigrants and to work together with us to solve real problems and promote understanding.
 
It use to be alot worse. Most of the hateful stuff was and is coming from the YAHOO ANSWERS TEAM. There is no debate here. And it is not really a forum for debate.The people who do not want the illegals here are only the Whitey SCum. The people who are Pro-illegals can be anybody and including good decent whites.Whitey Scum are not going to change and neither are the Pro-illegals. Therefore there is no debate.
 
Those statements are not hateful, and i believe they are true, or good advice. You are way out there.

Criminal Immigrants should be deported.
 
what a joke

so were these results by the ADL done nationally??/ or did the guy walk out of his office building and ask 2 immigrant looking people-- hey dude have you ever committed a crime????

PROOF PLEASE !!!!!!!

BETTER YET say the study was real and non biased for the ADL's own rhetoric.

was the study done on illegal immigrants???

cuz we all know that the immigrants who have taken the time to come to this country legally have far more to loose that the ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS who jump the border

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE BLATANTLY DEFIANT AND DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR LAWS !!! or they would have done it legally to begin with

I seen a hispanic male driving down the road 2 days ago with 2 of those window stickers with CALVIN PISSING-- on one side of his window calvin was pissing on AMERICANOS on the other side calvin was pissing on IMMIGRA

needless to say he go the 1 finger salute---- chicken sh!t would not even look at me after the salute !!!
 
I believe what she says is true, we will not stop spreading facts on these illegal aliens until the last one is punished and deported. I have started notifying people by telephone on our state issues about these illegal aliens who are destroying our state and our country. Many did not know it was as bad as it is. They are not educated about their crimes, the money they cost taxpayers, the disrespect they show, how our educational system makes us educate them, the diseases etc...Why are you including immigrants in the illegal alien debate. All illegal aliens do is hurt immigrants who are doing things the right way. when are racist groups like la raza, splc, aclu, perryman Group and others going to stop covering up and aiding and abetting the crimes these illegals do. Our law enforcement officers should be protecting citizens, the best way to do it is to round up these illegal aliens and deport them where they belong. Illegals are the cancer of society.

If we are bigots for wanting illegals of all countries gone, then so be it, at least I am not a aider and abettor of illegal alien activity. I would never want that label.
 
in the real world? yes, Americans are doing something about it.
on Yahoo? no, the majority of people in this section are the ones spreading this rhetoric.

greasy is the rhetoric breaker! If it wasn't for him and a few others, all we would read is bogus information. My hat off to you greasy.
 
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