Originally posted by Denise:
If these decent and hard working people hold a job,why not make them citizens and give them what they are entitiled to? I'm not for giving something for nothing to anyone in this country. We all need to make contributions in many different respects. Our country needs to realize that illegal immigration is a fact that will not be erradicated anytime soon. I think our country's time is better spent on working with illegal immigrants rather than punishing them for trying to survive.
I'm sorry but I don't think US citizenship is an "entitlement". It is a privilege. And for that privilege people should be willing at the very least to learn the language and assimilate to the culture, not expect it to be the other way around!And the reason that illegal immigration is a "fact" is because the Federal and local governments have turned a blind eye to enforcing the laws in the books.
We need controlled immigration not a free for all that anybody that wants to get in can get in, which is tantamount to open borders. Or if our de facto policy is going to be "open borders" then lets disband the INS, fire all the border patrol and save that money. We'll need it to provide services to the unending stream of illegal immigrants that are coming through our borders every day.
