by Ken Vincent, Featured Contributor & Editorial Circle of Excellence Member
LETS FACE IT. We all came from immigrants at some point. Even the native “American Indians” came from people that immigrated here from somewhere else. So, we can’t very well be against immigration, though we can certainly argue for its control.
A country without borders ceases to be a country. Our boarders are so open that no one really knows how many people are here illegally and without documentation, though it is clearly in the millions. Those people are here on our dime getting government support, free health care, free education, voting rights, and even supporting family back where they came from.
The glory days of Ellis Island and controlled immigration of the early 1900s are long gone. Those immigrants, for the most part, came here with little or nothing except their skills, a determination to become an American, and to make a better life for their children and grandchildren. They learned English, they got jobs, they paid taxes, they went through the legal process of becoming citizens and were proud to have accomplished that.
We are proud to have a friend that recently got her citizenship the legal way. She spent the time, did the work, studied, and took the tests. Why would those here illegally have the same or better rights than she has?
Getting these people to become legal citizens via some artificial fast track doesn’t make sense. Setting up some legal loop hole like an anchor baby doesn’t either. How about we deport them and let them start over by applying for entry and going through the legal process already in place? A process that has worked and stood the test of time.
What do you think we should do to get control of the situation? What should we do with all those millions that are already here illegally?
