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Dubai, France, Denmark, America or anywhere else in the world. If Immigrants aren't happy with the work or living conditions the need to leave and go back where they come from.]]>May 1st 2006 12:44PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2006/05/01/more-worker-riots-in-dubai/http://www.luxist.com/2006/05/01/more-worker-riots-in-dubai/May 1st 2006 1:34PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2006/05/01/more-worker-riots-in-dubai/http://www.luxist.com/2006/05/01/more-worker-riots-in-dubai/
First, you're comfortable with the idea of abridging the freedom of speech/assembly of LEGAL immigrants? Sure, there were illegal immigrants involved in those protests, but the idea that we should deport any immigrant who isn't "happy with the work or living conditions" is profoundly un-American.

Second, let's go ahead and deport all of the illegals. Give them a couple days, and they'll be back.

Finally, while I acknowledge the violence perpetrated by the immigrants in this case, I fail to see the wisdom in adopting the labor and immigration tactics of a despotic principality. This is more than just a democracy vs. monarchy debate, it's also a big-ass country vs. city-state debate. What works in one is unlikely to work in the other.

If you're actually interested in looking at the facts regarding immigrant life in Dubai instead of just bitching about the cushy life of illegal immigrants in the US, check out the washington post's special report: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/29/AR2006042901457.html

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