TheLivingShadow said:
I believe that if Americans are concerned with having better citizens as well as encouraging good values, this ONE GUY should receive citizenship immediately. However, his example does not prove illegal immigrants are good people overall (nor does that mean they're bad people).
Remember that there is a higher principle involved in this lone case that should be honored.
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Whether or not they're good people is largely irrelevent.
We can't support everyone that wants to come here... and every person that comes here illegally is taking space away from people who come here legally since it's clearly taken inconsidertation when we decide the immigration quotas.
Furhtermore, illegal aliens come here illegally and therefore basically have to live as second class "citizens" since they can't get a job that pays over the table, are victims of far more crimes which go unreported because they're afraid to call the police because they might get caught, (Recent laws had to be inacted that INS can't be called on spousal abuse charges just so women aren't afraid their abusive husbands will be deported.) They're afraid to go to hosptials for the same reason. They can't open bank accounts, which makes getting robbed even worse. They can't get drivers liscesnses or loans so no car or house to speak of.
Essentially not only is every person coming here illegally jumping ahead of people who are doing things the right way, they're jumping ahead of the line for a far inferior product that probably isn't much better then where they came from in the first place.
A lot of people would say "wouldn't you do it too".
Which, most people probably would.
However if forced to, most people would do some pretty horrible things when faced with an option that seems much worse.
At the end of the day, what we have is too many people wanting to come here, not enough space and economic ability to handle them all, and a bunch of people taking up the space, the number of people growing each day... only to live lesser lives then those who could of come here the "right" way, due to the hinderences that need to be placed on said people so that illegal immigation doesn't get even more rampant.