I think part of what makes America great is the principle that if one were willing to leave everything behind and make a life for themselves, that they could find a home in America.
What bothers me more, are the Americans who live in America who do not understand the great gift they have been granted simply by being born there.
I can understand the desire of someone who is poor and destitute risking their lives to come to America in the hopes of a better life. I’ve seen communist refugees who did this. You won’t find a better friend of America than one of these people.
“You obviously have a pretty low estimation of the value of American citizenship if you are so willing to hand it out to all comers.”
Somehow made a nation out of the scraps of Europe. The worst scum and villiany in America. Everyone who is willing to take America on her own terms ought to have citizenship. That means learning English. Being a productive citizen. Raising your children to love America and teaching them what she stands for, about our God given rights and liberties.
If more Americans were citizens, we’d not be having this discussion today. The problem is not those without status from outside, although they have a problem. The problem is the rot on the inside.
No, you are wrong, most don’t want citizenship. They want their children to he citizens so they can get into the goody bag. I live in Arizona, I’ve been watching it for years. Our state has gone from a “libertarian” republicn state to one swamped with debt because of the illegals. Yes, if we got rid of all the give aways, then open the doors, but not now. We’re already supporting half the third world, and I’m sick of watching this country turn from the land of opportunity to the land of scams and free stuff.