@mattbrowne 82.4% or thereabouts, of us think the immigration laws should be revamped so those immigrants who want to come here can do it legally, quickly and inexpensively. Shy of that, we think those who jump the gun or the river as the case may be, should be held accountable to the laws of the country they just entered.
If you or I break a law in this country we call home, we are held accountable for it. Doesn’t matter if it’s an ignorant law, what matters is it’s the law of the land and we broke it. There is a double standard at play here and it’s wrong.
Many of us who oppose the illegal immigrations don’t blame the outsiders, we blame the insiders, namely our own ineffectual government. Obama’s pledge to grant citizenship to illegal immigrants already here is fine by me but it does nary a thing to solve the problem more will break the law to get here knowing they will be the next wave of law breakers granted amnesty for their crime.
Change the law, shit kill it, open the borders, let every muther fer who walks across that little invisible line be an instant citizen entitled to the bounty that is America. No people don’t like that idea, what happens if we let in criminals? We already are, that in a nutshell is the problem. We can’t tell the people who would follow the rules if they were reasonable from those who would just as soon poop all over the rules because they can and do.
This country issues expedited citizenship for those they feel are eligible, like Salma Hayek, Christian Bale, Alan Cumming, Chuy Bravo, Cesar Millan, can you see what these people all have in common?
Little money, a little celebrity is all it takes to grease the wheels of justice. Suddenly the slow moving cogs of the immigration process are spinning like a top. It’s crap and on behalf of those outsiders you think I am blaming for the problem I am outraged.