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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I get it for free???? No I do not get ANYTHING for free. My parents paid the price to come here legally, worked and paid taxes. When they got the opportunity they got naturalized and became US citizens. I paid taxes the moment I started working and I continue to pay taxes. I've not gotten ANYTHING for free since the day I've been born.
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Your parents and you are actually separate people, just fyi. When your dad has breakfast, you aren't having breakfast. When your parents legally immigrate, that's not you.
Sure you work, but you get the opportunity to work without too much difficulty. That's not the case in Mexico. Unemployment is unreal there. Education, something
FREE to you, is either incredibly expensive or very low in quality in Mexico. I'll bet you eat at least 3 meals a day. You go to a 9-5 job that you earned by getting a decent education. Put 2 and 2 together here.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Again, if they came here LEGALLY and I was looking down upon them I'm in agreement with you. I don't understand how someone could do that. But to not have disdain for those who came illegally, sorry, not in my backyard, you can open your home to them.
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I did. Now it's illegal for me to do that. I'll still invite them over for dinner, though. I'll also help them find the best jobs I can. I feel empathy for them, and I want to help. Even without pity or sympathy or empathy, they are a large part of the foundation of the economy in most of the southern and western states of our country, and turning on them would be stupid. If we were to suddenly remove them, do you know what would happen?