I don’t get it. If a boarder jumper immediately gets a “Z Visa,” which allows him to work and stay in the US for an unspecified amount of time, what’s the incentive to pay the $5000 and jump through all those hoops to become a US citizen.
And I predict that, once those “Z Visas” are issued, there will be a clamor from the left saying “well, they’re legally here and paying taxes now, so we should let them vote.”
In a word, this is nothing short of shameful. I will repost my rant from earlier. That pretty well sums up my utter disgust.
“Told the brain surgeon answering the phone at my Stalinist Congress Creature’s local office that, as an immigrant, I object strenuously to amnesty, which is exactly what this bill is and attempting to cast it as anything other than amnesty is dishonest, and an insult to my and the rest of America’s intelligence.
Citizenship is a privilege to be earned, not a right to be expected. And residency is a privilege conferred by the US and is not a privilege to be stolen.
The US owes me nothing. It grants me, as an immigrant, through it’s Constitution, the privilege of living here and allowing me to pursue the American dream. And should I earn the privilege, to become a US citizenship. And this right cannot be usurped, or demanded or expected. And it sure as hell cannot be stolen.
One of the proudest days of my life was when I stood at the citizenship ceremony, placed my hand over my heart and recited the Pledge of Allegiance as an American. I’m an American, and I fly my flag with pride and it is nothing short of despicable for someone, in this country illegally, to march in protest in MY country, demanding rights to which they are NOT entitled, all the while waving a Mexican, or an Honduran, or a South African, Ethiopian or any other flag.
They have no commitment or love for this, MY, country. This country is more than a meal ticket. It is the “shining city on the hill” that Ronald Reagan described. It is NOT the shining soup kitchen on the hill.
“And so, my fellow Americans ... ask not what your country can do for you ... ask what you can do for your country.”
39 posted on 05/18/2007 6:17:19 PM PDT by sofaman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836074/posts?page=39#39
good point
You have got a clear picture of the future. Congratulations. Now you can kiss America Goodbye.
That’s part of the problem; they are already voting! Various groups go out and register them to vote (ACORN, Hermandad Mexicano Nacional, La Raza Unida, et al). Sometimes the illegals get PAID to vote. I have seen it in person.