How much more respect do these illegals want?
We don't ask them if they are legal or illegal. That isn't nice.
We don't ask them to speak English. They pretend to understand or not understand, at their will. And we say nothing. That wouldn't be nice.
Their children get an education without paying for it. We American tax-payers pay for them. But we can't tell their children, because that wouldn't be nice.
When they get sick or hurt, they get free health care, simply because we have compassion for the ill. But we can't tell them so because we are trying to be nice.
What the heck. We're showing them more respect than we show to American citizens.
It is waaaaaaay out of balance.
Respect SHOULD BE earned.
Excellent examples. I agree with you. Respect has to be earned. My father came to this country from Holland in 1914 with his parents and two brothers. After visiting Ellis Island several years ago, I learned just what the immigrants of that time had to go through to get into this country. When they got here, they assimilated themselves into the culture of this country. It isn't like that today. People don't appreciate what they don't have to fight for, nor do they appreciate something they haven't had to work and wait for. The fact is, the more privileges you give people, the more they demand, and once you give them, it's very hard to take them back.