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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

forget about these people's economic value to the United States and California in particular. Remember, these are PEOPLE, and these children we're talking about are real. Do they not deserve proper care and respect regardless of nationality or citizenship? Its a shame the govt has brainwashed its citizens to believe that there are not enough resources for the "undocumented" workers and themselves to coexist.

sure, i do, they are people, and children, not dollar bills, and their lives are priceless. but i can't argue in those terms with bean counters, because they won't understand such ungraspable concepts. however, even within a bean-counting perspective that argument can be won, as i hope i've done on their behalf in this irrelevant corner of the internet.