Well, why WOULD they? They are rewarded for breaking the law now. What makes people think they'll abide by more laws in the future?
“What makes people think they’ll abide by more laws in the future?” And what makes people think this won’t set off a stampede of even more illegals into the country, the way the ‘86 amnesty did. The terrorists are laughing up a storm.
Also........the new bill ‘supposedly’ would tackle all the criminal elements among the illegal immigrant crowd. Those with criminal pasts would not be elgible for this ‘amnesty’. According to the ‘law of unintended consequences’ the perevrse effect would be that they would remain in the country ‘undocumented’ and committing crimes at the same rate as always. This bill would not have the teeth to kick them out. The only ones who ‘might’ leave the country and reapply for entry would be the MOST law abiding and desirable among the illegals, ie those with no criminal baackround and with better educations/job skills. This bill is a surrender of all our values, and of our way of life.
“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
Doesn't that run counter to upholding the Constitution of the United States, and the oath of office sworn by the President and Congress?
Hmmmm?
From a strictly antiseptic analysis, it seems to me that people who condone breaking the laws of the United States should be removed from office. The "I" word should be used but that is too strong for the politically correct crowd.