I know I have already posted about this issue before, but I find that I must bring it up again. It really pisses me off (no, it infuriates me) when I see news about rallies of Illegal Immigrants demanding rights.
Illegals do not deserve the same rights as the real American Citizens. They are NOT AMERICAN CITIZENS but rather, ILLEGAL which means they, or their parents (whomever entered the country illegally in the first place) broke our laws thereby making themselves CRIMINALS!!
If an American Citizen breaks a law and gets caught, do they get to stay with their family because they have kids? NO, they go to jail! It should be no different with Illegals. But we should not fill up our prisons, but rather send them back to their country of origin. We should also make an agreement with Mexico that when we deport Illegals, they should punish them. They should also put some preventative measures on their end to keep THEIR people from crossing the border illegally. If they do nothing...then we should fine Mexico for every Illegal that is caught.
Just because an Illegal lived here for 7 years (the allotted time to declare yourself a citizen)they should not be allowed to become a citizen, because they were here ILLEGALLY. If an American Citizen robs a bank but doesn't get caught until 7 years later, do they get pardoned? NO, they are prosecuted for the crime same as if they were caught the next day. The same policy should apply to Illegals. They broke the law by entering our country illegally and therefore should be punished for the crime no matter how many years later it is found out.
Our biggest problem with attacking this issue NOW, is that they have strength in numbers. Because of our lack of action in all these past years, we have allowed them to grow into the millions. And of course, our government, is intimidated by these large numbers. As well, American corporations see these millions as profit. Profit because they take jobs at wages lower than the average American Citizen would accept. Profit because these millions of Illegals pour millions of dollars into the economy that the average American (not having those jobs) doesn't have. So the big corporations don't want to get rid of them, but instead cater to them by putting teleprompts and documents in Spanish and allowing non-English speaking people take the jobs.
Why do we cater to them so? It's ridiculous! EVERYTHING is offered in English and Spanish now. Why? Early Immigrants who settled and FORMED this country in the first place were made to learn English! Why do we not require the same of the Illegals? People wanting to become American Citizens who follow the proper procedures (you know, LEGAL citizens) are made to learn English as well. WHY DO WE ALLOW ILLEGALS TO CONTINUE TO LIVE AND THRIVE HERE WITHOUT SPEAKING ENGLISH?!!!
Are we just going to sit back on our asses until they outnumber us? Then what? If we give them equal rights as American Citizens, they eventually (due to their sheer numbers) vote in sypathetic political leaders who could end up declaring Spanish our official language (yes this wouldn't happen for many many more years but we have to act now to stop it). Then what happens to America? It becomes a NEW Mexico! What will we do then? Migrate to Canada? Do you think Canada would appreciate millions of Americans taking up residence in their country? Do you think they'd bow down and cater to us? I don't think so.
Now let me note that I'm not saying that Illegals should be treated unfairly. I am merely pointing out that they are in fact breaking American laws by coming into our country illegally and not filing the proper paperwork and following the proper procedures. If they were to do this, then fine, they deserve to stay. But when they break our laws and sneak into our country, take up residence, expect everyone have a translator so they don't have to learn English on the fly, get welfare or food stamps, get free health insurance because they are lower income, etc. etc. they do not deserve the American Citizen freedom. They should be treated like criminals. And we happen to treat our criminals pretty damn nice too. So NO complaining you Illegals! You are criminals and need to go back to where you belong until you can come in through the PROPER PROCEDURES...AND that includes LEARNING ENGLISH!!
posted by Tarah Jean @ 9:18 AM
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