Amen to that. My ex was hispanic, and sorry to toot my own horn but she was gorgeous, smart, funny, just finished a college education that she paid for herself, and well on her way to a very successful career in pretty much whatever she sets her mind to. We broke up for some extracurricular differences completely unrelated to race, but we're still on friendly terms and frankly, Puerto Rico's loss is clearly mainland America's gain.
This country is all about competition and has never shyed away from immigrants. They help keep the US competitive, and that is what the entire American experiment is, has, and always has been based on. If you can't hack the competition, then get out of the kitchen and move to a soft nation that you can kick back and sponge off of. Perhaps when the day comes that you realize that these folks will be the ones paying your social security checks when you are old and retired, you'll start to have some more sympathy. And I'm not just talking about hispanics, either... here in LA, a third of the immigrants are East Asian (China, Korea, etc) and ALL of them, the Asians, Hispanics, and the others pretty much all work their arses off and for the most part are extremely grateful to be here, and want to become full-fledged Americans with all of the responsibilities that come along with. Of all the potential immigrant populations to have, we should count ourselves lucky to have a population that we already have a LOT of common ground with (same religion, love of baseball, conservative family values, etc.) Look at Europe... their main immigrant base are Islamics who are protesting over forcing women to wear headscarves, and riot because the state doesn't give them the appropriate level of spongeouts. We should be blessed to have an immigrant base that is on the streets flying American flags, holding signs begging to be accepted as Americans, and all they are asking is for a chance to continue to do the work they do under some sort of legal framework where they aren't in fear of random deportation every day. AND, they are doing so PEACEFULLY and without rioting. I have not heard of ONE incident of any sort of rioting or property damage, which is pretty fricking amazing and disciplined given the sheer numbers of people who are turning out. Keep in mind that we are accomplices in the problem, we keep hiring them, which should be an indicator to some that obviously these folks are very employable hard workers. Just my opinion...