Reply #25: Having talked with a few conservative family members about this... [View All]

[hughee99]

For them, it comes down to $$ and their perception of poor people. In a nutshell...

The way they see pretty much all illegal immigrants, in their own little "reality", is as a cross between the stereotypical right-wing description of a welfare-queen and gang member. They think that there's a constant flood of people who contribute nothing to society, drain public services, raise crime rates, lower property values, and force their culture on everyone else. It makes it even more upsetting that they feel that any time anyone points this out this "reality", they're attacked as being a racist.

I don't think I have to go into how inaccurate a portrayal of illegal immigrants this is, but my relatives were pretty much in agreement that this is what they believed.