No, it wasn't aimed at you. You debate intelligently :) As for your parents, that's awesome. They worked within the system. It's funny, all the people I know who immigrated here were so pissed off at a "day without immigrants" and all of them were from Central/South America. Their opinion was, "I did what I was required to do, what makes you so special as to bypass it?"

I have nothing against immigration or maintaining a connection to one's culture, I feel that's very important, but I also think if you choose to live here you really should learn to speak English. It's a statistical fact that if you don't speak English you are at a strong disadvantage. I also feel that encouraging illegal immigrants to be able to work is doing them a great disservice. They are not protected by employment laws and they cannot report their employers for abuse. They are not entitled to minimum wage (which is still a joke). I have to wonder if people who are so insistent on any immigrant's right to work really support the exploitation of laborers? Why else would they encourage it?

I just don't get it.