I remember hearing those PSA’s on TV - reminders to register.
We assume that the illegal aliens of today want to become citizens, but I don't think they do.
Youre right if the illegal aliens really wanted to become American citizens they wouldn’t have started their stay in our country with crimes.. They would have applied to enter the right way..
the “path to citizenship” starts back in Mexico ..
Copies of most of the completed paperwork necessary for citizenship were amongst the pile I carried with me when I first arrived here..
the process was not started afterwards..
I had instructions to go to the local INS as soon as I arrived..
as I came through Honolulu, I was processed there to stawrt with and had instructions not to leave the airport while I waited for my next plane as I was not yet cleared for entry..
I spent the hours up on the open roof of the airport in the sunshine looking at America but not as yet enjoying the freedom to go down and walk around..
Until I got to the mainland I was still going through the processing as an alien visitor..
but I knew all of this beforehand and had agreed to participate in IMMIGRATION...
that’s why in 44 years I have never been afraid to “come out of the shadows..
Immigrants have nothing to fear..
A few years later my husband son and I changed planes in Tahiti on a trip to the Pacific..
My husband had thought we could go outside and visit the beach etc while we waited, but no... we needed a visa to do so..we couldn’t leave the airport..
I understood and was content to just stare through the windows but my husband was visibly upset..