I don't know why this turned into a discussion of illigal immigrant to the US. the guy from Mali was living and working legally in France and had already filed a naturalization application back in the summer. after the attack, the government decided to expedite it. he was not an illegal immigrant who was granted citizenship

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Anonymous wrote:France did this right. I'd like to see us do the same for illegals who step up to the plate in extraordinary ways.

The first step in "doing it right" would be not to use the pejorative phrase "illegals" when describing people.

That's what they are. Have you come up with a politically correct name for people who sneak into the country to become paracites for the taxpayers or work for cheap Americans who pay under the table, taking jobs away from US citizens?