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Originally Posted by Rekna
This nation was founded on immigrants and it should continue to be. The only thing wrong with illegal immigrants is the laws that make the illegal. The laws need to be rescinded and immigration needs to be made easier to do legally. I have no problem with doing back ground checks on people before they are allowed to immigrate but if they pass let them come here and work. And if they are productive members of society let them become citizens.
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That's akin to drug addicts saying that they should be allowed to stay in crack houses, and not be bothered there either. The only thing that makes what their are doing illegal are the laws. Laws nedd to be rescinded and drug taking needs to be made easier to do legally.
Please.
My father and mother both emmigrated to the almost 40 years ago. They sponsored almost each and every relative that they could, and each one of them sponsored each one as they qualified. It took time but they did it legally. It wasn't hard, it just took time.
My parents took jobs from other americans, why? Because other Americans didn't school for those jobs either, mechanical engineering and medical technology. Both are STILL in high demand. Why are there so many non american nurses? Because nursing is in high demand and not enough Americans enter that field which is highly skilled labor and well paid.
Yet I also had family members come on tourist visas and over stay, making them illegals. I have nothing but disdain for those people because they wanted to take the shortcut. Again, all they had to do was bide the time that it took, nothing hard about that.
Yes, they'd have to toil long and hard wherever they were, but that's the roll of the dice of life, you don't get to pick where you are born or who your parents are. I got lucky I was born in the US a citizen by birth.
As far as this being just a "US" problem, it's not, look all over the world with booming economies and you'll see that it's common all over. People want to better their lives.
If you think it's hard here, well, I've been trying to move to another country for 10 years now and I can't because the legality of other countries are even harder than over here.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 12-27-2006 at 08:43 AM..
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