A darned silly answer on several levels.
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Originally Posted by Gilda
Of course, all those European immigrants who came and settled here asked permssion first and followed the rules given them by the people already living here. They also asked nicely and obeyed all the conditions set out for them when settling those four border states before moving in there.
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Notwithstanding that you had to go back as much as four hundred years in an attempt to validate your opinion, rolling back all of the laws passed in the intervening years would, among other things, end women's suffrage, end environmental controls, and reinstitute slavery, among other things.
I don't share your opinion, since I believe the US is vastly different now. I am also unable to think of any country that imposes no restrictions on immigration. Can you?
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Originally Posted by Gilda
It's a good thing I didn't have my car break down in Arizona last year and have to have money sent to me by wire. A couple thousand dollars going from California to Arizona would be sure to raise a flag. Hmmm. Maybe I'd need to take a bus to New Mexico and get my money there.
I wonder if I'm going to have to start proving that I'm a citizen everytime I send my grandparents money, and that I'm not sending it for illegal purposes. Oh well, I guess getting your money taken is just a chance you have to take when you send it to some foreigners and not to good decent Americans.
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Unless I misunderstand, your two points are:
1. The US government should not be allowed to enforce current laws which we, the citizens, have the power to change if we don't like them, and
2. People from other countries are allowed to break our laws at will.
I see an absence of logic, and a surfeit of emotion. In that aspect, it resembles just about every argument presented in favor of continued illegal immigration, except for the ones that are blatantly false.