Posted by
malize on Friday, February 08, 2008 5:00:27 PM
There are citizens of the united states who are not very good Americans.
There are non-citizens of the united states who are good Americans. (industrious, good people)
There are non-citizens of the united states who are bad Americans. (non-industrious, criminals)
We can't do much about the people in the first category...they are not necessarily Democrats, but they are usually liberal more than conservative...minus those of the Aryan Brotherhood and Jonesboro Baptist Church ilk.
However we should be able to do something about people in the second
category, WITHOUT having to accept the persons of the third category in
the same bargain. This is the whole purpose of proper immigration
procedures as executed by the United States INS AND nearly every
other country/nation on the planet; you accept the people you want,
decline those you don't because it is your right as the nation they
wish to immigrate to.
On top of that, even if it is someone of the second category - they in
NO WAY should go to the FRONT of the line ahead of persons who are
actually trying to do things the right way...regardless of relative
merits.
Why should a Mexican Illegal of the second category go ahead of an
Indian, British, Canadian, Argentinian, Italian, Russian, Chinese,
Malaysian, etc. Legal immigrant of any category?
I work with Mexicans and Central Americans of both legal and illegal
variety. I have no ill will towards any of them, but have utmost
respect for those who go through the painful legal process and have been very
proud of them and share their pride and happiness on the day they
become citizens. While the process does not need to be long or painful, many of the best things in our lives only come after suffering and sacrifice.
Another issue that gets lost in all the race bating is the Smuggling
operations, the Coyotes, the modern equivalent of the slave traders.
They do not care if they have to dump a load of smuggled people into
the ocean, abandon them in some freight car or truck. The whole smuggling economy on our Mexican border needs to be squelched immediately by any and all means necessary because the smuggling itself is a far more heinous blight than the actual illegals they bring for the most part.
There is no reason the Tamil Tigers should be running a smuggling ring
on our southern border (which they do to raise money and have indicated
that while they have no direct quarrel with the United States per se,
they would still transport "allied" terrorists into the United States.)
The illegals are not going to be rounded up and shipped out so we need to come up with a way to give them each a choice to be a guest or get on track to citizenship behind those already in line.
The smuggling is something we could mostly put a stop to if we acted in as much self interest in that regard as our friendly country to the south, Mexico, does in protecting its own southern borders.