Sounds good to me. Too bad the cty babies and wimps in Washington no longer represent US.
Posted on 04/06/2006 10:41:15 AM PDT by upchuck
By Craige McMillan
There is a widespread perception that illegal immigrants – primarily from Mexico – are decent, hardworking people and we should give them a break. Many illegals no doubt view themselves this way.
They are wrong. Every person who walks across the U.S. border in an attempt to gain the benefits of U.S. residency or citizenship without paying the price of legal entry is a thief. He has stolen the most valuable commodity that any of us possess – our birthright and identity as American citizens.
Not only has the illegal stolen the identity of native-born Americans, he has stolen the good name of the legal immigrants who daily help to build this nation in the tradition of all Americans – for we are all immigrants. The difference is that whether our families immigrated while standing on the deck of the Mayflower, or by trudging past immigration officers on Ellis Island – our families paid the price being asked of those who wanted to become Americans.
Illegals chose not to pay that price. Instead, they saw U.S. citizenship sitting on the shelf, tucked it underneath their coat, and walked out the door with it. Their thievery must be especially poignant to those who have invested their hopes, dreams, sweat and tears to pay for this great prize.
An illegal's thievery does not end with the stolen identity of American citizenship. For many, that is just the beginning. Their bogus citizenship opens the doors to publicly funded assistance for those in need, publicly funded education for their children, up to and including state colleges and universities. It provides publicly funded health care for those unable to pay, and finally publicly funded retirement and Medicare for the aged. Not a bad haul for a thief who never paid a dime for his stolen identity.
Those who support this thievery – often under the guise of compassion – are no better than the thieves themselves. By aiding and abetting the thieves, these misguided citizens are stealing from their countrymen who "work hard and play by the rules." If they are public officials, then they have violated their sacred oath to protect our nation (20 percent of all federal prisoners are illegals), and their promise to us to "see that the laws be faithfully executed" was a lie. If they are school administrators struggling with difficult budgets, they are stealing from taxpayers, families and the children of lawful citizens – and giving the proceeds to thieves. If they are employers, they are stealing from their workers – who would receive higher pay and benefits for their work – had their birthright as an American not been stolen from them.
As the well-organized citizenship demonstrations have shown, illegal immigrants already feel entitled to have lawful American citizens accommodate their thievery. Unlike those who worked for the prize, illegals have no interest in assimilation – only the goodies that their stolen American identity can provide.
Does assimilation matter? If you saw the TV previews of burning cars and Muslim "youths" rioting in France, you will have an idea of what to expect here if Congress permits the continued growth of illegal immigrant enclaves in America.
What to do? Several things come to mind:
No more amnesty. No more misguided compassion. Let's roll out the red carpet for those who want to become Americans, and roll up the drawbridge on the rest of them, before they burn down the castle.
Craige McMillan is a commentator for WorldNetDaily.
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Sounds good to me. Too bad the cty babies and wimps in Washington no longer represent US.
If ILLEGAL means Undocumented - Then Breaking and Entering means Wealth Redistribution.
If ILLEGAL means Undocumented - Then Grand Theft Auto means borrowing without permission.
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury.
Alexander Tytler
--amen--
Once you are given amnesty, you are no longer a criminal.
Somebody gets it.
What do you mean? I don't get your meaning. Care to expound on it?
I feel like I have a birthright. I have a birthright as an American.
Are you disagreeing that I have that birthright?
I'm open to hear what you have to say about this.
And stop the "anchor babies" practice where babies born in American are automatically citizens when their parents are illegal and came here just to give birth and live off welfare and public assistance.
A great solution that doesn't even require us to mess with the illegals.
Fine every company that hires an illegal $100,000 per illegal. 30 days to comply, no exception.
Provide 2 forms of valid proof of legal status for gov assist, no exceptions.
The illegals will swim back home on their own.
Aw....come on....if we toss out all the Mexicans, who's gonna marry the fat girls?
Ping to good logic.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Hope this clarifies my position.
What the HELL?? WorldNutDaily is by and large the most fear-mongering news provider on the web when it comes to Doomsday/Mark of the Beast/Armegeddon type stuff. Do they really believe you can do this to illegals and it not backfire and worm its way into the regular citizenry?!
Never dare the government to do anything. Especially this. First criminals/aliens..then wayward kids..then the old and frail..tax evaders..and everyone else.
Chuck doggie.
We see you mean well.
But what's the payoff for giving "breathing lessons" to mouthbreathers and knuckle draggers?
Everyone else gets it.
Lawbreakers are criminals. Enforce the law. Case closed.
So you think that someone born in Mexico has the same right to American citizenship as one who is born in the U.S.A? That all people regardless of where they are born have the identical birthrights to every country?
Are you saying that you don't recogize the right of Governments to bestow citizenship?
I guess you are an anarchist. Seems like you believe in a society without government or law.
You talking to your humble messenger?
Good suggestions. If, and only if, we secure our border, and get rid of the criminals, can we have a debate about a "reasonable" level of LEGAL immigration.
I probably should have said basic rights or principle rights or human rights(hate this terms as it is so horribly abused)
Oooh Charley, How can you say that with a straight face? You one funny guy you! Insensitive, unfeeling, not PC but funny as hell! Thanks for that!
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