If not for the ridiculously PC attitude of the lefties, I would think that, in most cases, it would be pretty obvious as soon as someone opens their mouths.
For the rest, they should be honored to be able to prove they are here legally.
Having lived abroad for many years, it was obvious that I was from ‘somewhere else’. And while I was never stopped on the street and asked for ‘papers’, I DID have to prove I was legal before I could drive, apply for a job and attend educational courses.
That is the way it should be.
I have sat in the border crossing points in Europe while the jackbooted thugs made us wait just because they could. Usually the submachine guns were out of sight except for the American guards. Do we have it in us to stop people in the street and ask for papers?
Indeed.
And one more thing...
Before I was given ‘leave to remain for an indefinite period’ (Legal residency) I had to sign sworn oaths that I would never, ever be a drain on society. I could work, go to school and all the rest. But, I was not ever allowed to collect welfare or any other government handouts that were bestowed on the citizens of the country without first becoming a citizen.
I think that has changed now, I moved back to the USA in 1996. But, at the time, I had no problem promising that I would not move in, drain the system and not carry my own weight.
Count me among the honored...even though I'm white...blonde haired blue eyed and speak with a pre-Mexican invasion California accent...:o)