He was illegal until he found out that the military would help him get his legal residency if he signed up. Basically the Army said: "Don't worry if you're illegal. We can expedite the paperwork and get you legal in time to ship out."
His legality was a technical piece of tissue paper.
Willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for the US is not a criterion to enter this country legally.
Many of the Irish alluded to on this thread were allowed to stay purely on their willingness to take up arms in the war on the Confederacy.
Typical racist reasoning. Put down another minority group to make a point.
Not at all. The racism was in singling out illegal Latinos as an ethnic group inherently more criminal than native-born Americans.
The number of illegal aliens in prison is disproportinate to their numbers. One third of California's penal system is filled with illegals
Again, there are ethnic groups that are even more disproportionately represented in relation to their numbers than illegal Latinos.
and about one-quarter of the Federal system.
Since the Federal system deals specifically with interstate and cross-border offenses that the states do not deal with, it stands to reason that a very high proportion of Federal inmates would be illegal aliens.
How many American citizens' lives have been affected adversely by illegal aliens who have committed violent crimes against them or been involved in car accidents because of their negligence?
Quite a few. Which is why we need stronger border enforcment.
LOL. Are you sucking that scenario out of your thumb? "Expediting the paperwork" implies that he was already engaged in the process of becoming legal.
His legality was a technical piece of tissue paper.
My wife is a naturalized citizen. I attended her citizenship ceremony. For you to characterize the change of his status as "a technical piece of tissue paper," is to demean what it means to be a legal resident/citizen of this country.
Many of the Irish alluded to on this thread were allowed to stay purely on their willingness to take up arms in the war on the Confederacy.
Different time, different circumstance. Many Americans also bought their way out of the draft. Blacks were slaves.
Not at all. The racism was in singling out illegal Latinos as an ethnic group inherently more criminal than native-born Americans.
The operative word is ILLEGAL. They are law breakers by definition--all of them.
Again, there are ethnic groups that are even more disproportionately represented in relation to their numbers than illegal Latinos. Since the Federal system deals specifically with interstate and cross-border offenses that the states do not deal with, it stands to reason that a very high proportion of Federal inmates would be illegal aliens.
You are defending the indefensible. They shouldn't be here in the first place. They are ILLEGAL whether they are in jail or working or walking around the mall. Either we are a nation of laws or we are not.
Quite a few. Which is why we need stronger border enforcment.
And whose responsibility is that and why isn't it being done now?