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[quote=Anonymous]OP, why do you care? (No, I don't mean to be snarky.) It is unfair that your family had to work so hard to come here, but the pp is also correct, it's not like the undocumented experience is some trip to Disneyland. They pay their dues too, in a different way.

But, the bigger issue is that lots of things in life are unfair. Why are you so bent about this one thing? It's unfair that the sons and daughters of the rich get into prestigious colleges based on nothing more than a name while I had to earn my way. It's unfair that I got dumped into foster care and basically had to raise myself (that system should be arrested!). Seriously, so what? Does it bother you as much as the illegals do that rich people have an unfair advantage over you? And does it bother you, coming from an intact family who clearly loved you, that you had some unfair advantages over me?

Look, all of us are just trying to do the best we can with the cards we were dealt. And there's a long history in the US of people playing fast and loose with the rules to gain advantage. Look at any the history of any US industry and you'll see people who broke rules to make things happen. No, a society can't survive if it tolerates too much of that, but as a country we've gained a lot from this pioneering and wild west attitude and I think we ought to think very carefully before we trash anyone who is tough enough and driven enough to crawl out of the dust and make something of themselves, even when they break a few rules to do it. [/quote]

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