Is Illegal Immigration Moral? (There is more to the debate than costs and benefits)

National Review ^ | 11/26/2010 | Victor Davis Hanson

[freeangel]

Well said!

[A.A. Cunningham]

[pnh102]

I think the best way to get proponents of illegal immigration to see the error of their ways is for them to be on the receiving end of the problems caused by illegal immigration. Let those people have their loved ones be murdered by illegals, or have their identities stolen by illegals, or have to deal with the social costs of having so many illegals and see how long they like it.

Of course, most of the progressives who support illegal immigration themselves live safe in gated communities where they do not have to deal with the riff-raff.

[PhilosopherStone1000]

Is it moral to support Mexican ethnic cleansing? Mexican illegal immigrants tend to come from the lower social castes while the Mexican power structure tends to be of higher castes and encourages those of the lower castes to get out of the country.

So by supporting illegal immigration, supporters are contributing to ethnic cleansing in Mexico.

[La Lydia]

From another thread: ...the illegal community can send tens of billions of dollars in remittances back to Latin America, while tapping into entitlement support from their hosts, but cannot afford catastrophic health insurance? Could we not bar anyone on public assistance from sending money out of the country without substantial taxes? And those taxes could be used to pay for illegal immigrant health care that US taxpayers are providing them.

[econjack]

Is Illegal Immigration Moral?

No...it's illegal. Next question.

[surroundedbyblue]

Very well written!!! You don’t see this side of the issue presented very often. Thanks for this post!

[surroundedbyblue]

Very well written!!! You don’t see this side of the issue presented very often. Thanks for this post!

[seemoAR]

I like John 10-1. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.”

[bert]

There is no morality to immigration. There is only law.

The question is purely legal

If morality must be considered, is it moral to protect society by killing the illegal trash hordes that are inflicting pain on the society?

[MsLady]

It use to be under sever persecution the US would grant amnesty. Now not so much, which is horrible. Remember what Janet did to poor Elian, that was horrible. I don’t know how that woman sleeps at night.

[DTogo]

Would you let a complete stranger from another country sneek in the back door of your home, take up residence in a spare room in exchange for doing manual labor around the house, insist you pay for their social services and speak their language, and then sneak the entire family into your home to live and multiply?

Or would you rather determine if you want that person to enter your home, from the front door, what they are allowed to do in your home, and when they are required to leave?

[Tennessee Nana]

We know illegal immigration is no longer really unlawful,
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WHAT ????????????

When did that happen ???

[headstamp 2]

The real immorality of illegal immigration is that it allows the home country’s government and economy to never reform.

What Mexico does by exporting it’s poverty to another country so they never have to reform their own is immoral on it’s face and should be treated as such.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

bert:

"There is no morality to immigration. There is only law.

The question is purely legal

If morality must be considered, is it moral to protect society by killing the illegal trash hordes that are inflicting pain on the society?"

There is morality associated with keeping the law or breaking it. God expects Christians to honor the government and to keep the laws:

Romans 13

1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

[Wings-n-Wind]

[wiggen]

The best way to get them to see the error of their ways is to include them in deportations.

[kabar]

The law reflects a society’s morality.

[MsLady]

Well said. Once you break one law, it’s easy to continue breaking laws and making excuses why your doing it. For the most part, these people don’t give a rip about our country. They cost $500 a year from every taxpayer. Also, my gf daughter worked at a farm for awhile. She said the illegals would come in to pick crops and when they would leave they would break into homes, business and cars and steal as they went. I will have to say that some are like the Dog Whisper, Cesar Millan. He came here illegally.