I respectfully disagree. People come here because they’ve heard that free stuff is here and that any day now they’ll all get amnesty and citizenship.
If the rule is that you NEVER get citizenship if you’re here illegally, but can apply from outside, they’ll go.
I do agree that an effort to forcibly deport masses is unviable. We just need to make selfdeportation the smart thing for them to do.
Good comments. I have spent hours in long discussions with a couple of gals who attend my Bible study group and with a neighbor, all from Mexico. One of the husbands has a visa of some type, one has a green card and the other is here illegally. But all have employment, a loan on a new house, two new cars and their kids attend ESL classes in our public schools. All three disagree with me on what it means to be a citizen and all three say that they don’t want to be citizens, prefer to speak in their own language, watch TV programs in their own language and celebrate only Mexican holidays but think it’s “nice” that their husbands draw holiday pay if the have to work on any official American holidays.
True, this is only three and we have to be concerned about untold millions. I pray your opinion is correct - that they will leave if they can come back as citizens. These families will not.