Reply to Another view of immigration

Forum Index » Political Discussion

Reply to "Another view of immigration"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we need compassion for everyone.  Of course, immigrants are included in that.  We also need compassion for those people who have been waiting for years to immigrate legally.[/quote]

People waiting to immigrate legally, and people immigrating illegally are two totally different issues.

For most people who immigrate illegally, there is no pathway for them to legally enter.  People paint a picture as though somehow they should have been patient and waited their turn, but in reality that's like me waiting to become Queen of England (FYI, this is not Kate Middleton posting).  It's not going to happen.

In addition, people who immigrate illegally and people who immigrate legally aren't competing with each other for jobs, or for immigration slots.  It's not like the government says "we'll let X00,000 people in this year, oops, undocumented immigrants took up Y00,000 so there's less slots for legal people" or employers offering H1B visas are giving them to undocumented workers instead.

So, yes, I have compassion for people who have been waiting to immigrate legally, as well as people living in poor situations in other countries who don't see immigration as an option, and people in other unfortunate situations such as people who have cancer, or orphans, or the unemployed in this country.  Having compassion for those people has nothing to do with what I think should be done for people who are here illegally.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics