Class discussion Reflection: Immigration

So this topic, in my opinion was more heated then the Mosque controversy or health-care . Actually i wouldn't have even called what happened on thursday a discussion, it was more like an argument. It being that this is an issue that probably about 90% of our classmates have dealt with in some way or form (parents, family, friends, who are illegal or have been, taxpayer's who are completely against the illegals)all of these factors made it a personal topic, making it difficult to actually get a point across. I'm usually very outspoken in these class discussion, but this time i just soaked it all in, plus it was difficult to say anything with the passing and tossing of the "ball". What i did noticed was that there were allot of people getting offended because the race card was pulled out, and it was merely impossible to get around that or to move on..and it explains why this topic is such a difficult one to talk about. I wish that Mr.palo would have threw in some questions(when the topic of the conversation was just based on Mexicans doing jobs Americans want to or not want to do or when slavery was brought up into the mix) for us to talk about, because like he told me there is more to this topic then whether they should be here or not. To me allot of the responses were based on just their own opinion and what they believe, i wish there were more facts like Kierra succeeded to present to us at the beginning of the discussion and then gave an opinion. I felt that we only spoke about the basics and what everyone already knows like why immigrants flee here; to make a better living [WE KNOW THISSSS MAN], and we didn't really explore and take into consideration the full 360 immigration/imm.reform deals with.I'm pretty disappointed, if any one's reading let me know what you're thoughts.