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The DIGNITY Act 2025 - American Strip Mall Edition

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by saltydoggator, Jul 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM.

  1. saltydoggator

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    The bipartisan DIGNITY Act 2025 bill is currently weaving its way through Congress. It further converts the United States into nothing more than economic zone by condoning and legalizing the presence of persons that entered illegally to exploit the United State's resources with none of that Civic Nationalism we used to hear so much about. The wildest part about the bill is it effectively creates an indentured servant class by requiring illegals to pay $5,000 in restitution for their "passage" into the strip mall of America!

    Amnesty Bill Will Allow Illegals To Keep Using U.S. As A Piggy Bank

    From the article: "Mass migration — whether legal or illegal — treats America not as a nation with a specific culture, language, heritage and people to be protected, but merely as a global economic opportunity zone for anyone who wants to cash in. There’s no concern for the cultural, social, or economic impacts on the communities forced to absorb this endless influx of illegal aliens. Which is precisely why [Reps. María Elvira] Salazar’s [R-FL 27th] statement — that “most” illegal immigrants don’t even seek citizenship — is so troubling."

    The Dignity Act: Bill Summary
     
  2. wgbgator

    wgbgator Premium Member

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    Just the low end version of Trump offering citizenship to people who pay five million dollars or whatever it is.
     
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  3. BLING

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    For one to be concerned with protecting America’s culture, one would have to start with the notion the United States has some homogenous culture to be protected. It never has. At best the U.S. has some regional cultures, ironically because groups of immigrants originally flocked there (French Creole influence in Louisiana, Cubans in Miami, “little Italy” in a few big cities, Chinese in CA, Irish in Boston… etc).

    The core United States culture always was that it was known as the land of opportunity. Ironically, what this person speaks out most vehemently against is America’s secret sauce for economic success….
     
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  4. wgbgator

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    Protecting "culture" has always meant keeping America white & protestant for this crowd. Its not like they give a shit about actual culture or support the arts or whatever.
     
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    At least cartels don’t have cash.
     
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  6. saltydoggator

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    The United States was established by and even remains to this day a predominately white Anglo Protestant culture. Admittedly, that is changing day by day. Through the countries 250 year history, the culture became subtly varied with the addition of almost exclusive European migration thorough 1965, but nevertheless those persons were bound by a shared European history and traditions. In 1790 80.7% of the population was white, with 19.3% of the population being black. Even as late as 1990 the white population was 80.3% and the black population was 12.1%, leaving balance of all other races and ethnicities comprising just 7.6% of the US population after over 200 years of our existence. The notion that the United States has no distinct culture absent China Town and Little Havana is simply untrue and the statistics do not support.

    I could not find a concise report since 1990, but if care to look: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-papers/2002/demo/POP-twps0056.pdf
     
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  7. saltydoggator

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    The United States was founded by white Anglo Protestants who risked their lives and fortune to create one of the greatest nations in recorded history. Protecting the culture they established is a worthy pursuit. Hang ups about racism or perceived inequities won't change that fact.
     
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  8. channingcrowderhungry

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    Your implication is that only the culture of the rich founders of a country matter. I guess the culture of people who helped build this country who didn't risk their fortunes somehow doesn't matter?
     
  9. Gatorrick22

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    I'm for repatriating all illegals back to their home countries then figure out how many of them we really need... let some come back, after vetting them.
     
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