I don’t blame the parents for coming to America and seeking a better, fuller life than they could have in their native countries.
However, if citizenship is to have meaning and real value it must be understood and acknowledged they broke so many laws coming here and staying.
But, it seems our vaunted leaders are reading actuary tables and have determined we to grow through immigration, so I’m not sure there is much we can do other than continue the struggle to elect leaders aligned with our goals.
If our immigration is broken then what of the countries they emanate from?
Isn’t the truth more telling that their countries are broken? Because a country that has a matter of policy to encourage it’s citizens is creating the greater travesty of uprooting families from their Mom’s, Dad’s, siblings, cousins, Aunts and Uncles, Grandparents, friends, neighborhoods, cities and the country of their birth.
What does that say about your country when they place so little value on your citizenship and person hood, your contribution and that of your families to the country that you can be merely dismissed and divorced from your land?
Aren’t they being objectified by their countrymen?
Aren’t they being used by dishonest people in our country to bolster their phony egos of moral superiority? Because, they are and do so willingly, blindly and insultingly at the expense of not only Native Born Americans but, maybe more importantly, so many immigrants who come to America and wait years to become an American and join in the dreams in and ideals of being America.
To the lawful immigrants seeking desperately sometimes to become an American this has to be a slap in the face and an insult to all their hard work of demonstrating they will be good citizens and contribute to this unique society.
I think one of the greater travesties is the enmity created toward these people who broke so many laws, never intending to become an American and they wonder why people who are here unlawfully are being not a free pass but, a are actually getting pushed to the front of the line, without so much of the investment of monies, time and work that others put in to become an American.
I wish I could count how many times I’ve heard people who are legally express their hurt and disappointment that they are not being given the priority and they openly wonder if American citizenship has any real value....
Does this seem fair and congruent with our laws and ideals that say all men are treated equally under the law?
Or is it morally superior to say that there are general rights and then there are supra rights?
I do. As the late, great Terry Anderson used to say, "If you lace up your boots and walk across the border to sneak into my country, you are my enemy." Illegals CHOOSE to do what they do. They know perfectly well they are breaking our laws, because they hire coyotes or evade the Border Patrol. It's no different than someone breaking into your house.
Poverty is no excuse. If it were, the poor could just take whatever they want from whomever they want--shoplift without being arrested, etc.