When the discussion turns to illegal aliens (or, for the PC crowd, undocumented individuals) if one has views that these people should not be rewarded for coming here illegally, then one is considered anti-immigration.
I am pro-immigration but anti illegal immigration. Our nation was built on immigration and will continue to prosper and grow by welcoming productive new citizens from around the world, of which, there is no shortage. The process to come here legally is difficult, as it should be. We want to continue to be known as the land of the free, not the land of the free-loaders.
While reading the Boston Globe yesterday I came across an article about newly minted citizens taking their oath on board the USS Constitution yesterday. To these people, some of whom have already served in our armed forces prior to becoming citizens, I say, “Welcome.”
In the same paper was a column talking about the “injustices” perpetrated on illegal aliens by them facing deportation when caught up in legal system.
The columnist makes the point that they are not bad people and we should feel bad for them and eliminate a program put into place to identify illegals. Trust me, I do feel bad for the population of hard-working illegal aliens, but, the issue is that they are here ILLEGALLY, not that a lot of them are nice people. I cannot blame a single one of them for wanting to come here from whatever terrible life they and their families have elsewhere. If I were in their position, I would probably try to do the same.
We need to set consequences and deterrent to people trying to come here illegally. If you do not want to go through the proper steps to come here legally, then prepare to suffer the consequences when you are discovered. By coddling the people in the second article, we are only spitting in the face of the people in the first article.
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