Why enter illegally?

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10 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Mrs. T-B. tells me that there's an entire large neighborhood in New York City (Ciudad de Nueva York) that's wholly Ecu -- when there, one cannot tell which country one is in.

 

I asked her if these people are legal, and she rolled her eyes and said, "Ask them."  That probably means that 99.44% of them are illegal.

 

It boggles the mind to picture (and envision) mass deportations of entire neighborhoods.

Probably, lol.  Well, I had heard about the "mass deportations" that they were doing in Cali in the "sanctuary" cities. Unsure if/when they'll do that in NYC, if not already. 

10 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Well, he can, without some Federal judge in California or Hawaii decreeing that he can't.

 

The guy's a socialist* like his predecessor, but unlike the previous clown, this one isn't grandstanding, putting on airs, and spending on himself like a drunken sailor, so the Ecus are apparently rather satisfied with him (for now).

 

*name is Lenin Moreno, so big surprise

Of course, those socialists haha. I mean, since he's better than the previous president and at least doing something, it's helpful to the Ecus. 

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Asked Mrs. T-B. about "pecking order" among South American countries.

According to her, it's rather ill-defined.

She said that Chile & Argentina, the most prosperous, are probably up there.

Venezolanos still think that their (abjectly destroyed) country is superior.

She doesn't know about Brazil, because they speak Portuguese.

She said that Bolivia & Paraguay (landlocked & poor) are probably looked down upon.

She has no idea where Ecu falls along the spectrum.

In summary, I gather that the topic isn't that big a deal down there.