Jeb is right. It’s not an American value, and they should be deported because it is an American value to uphold the rule of law.
“it is an American value to uphold the rule of law.”
It is the respect for the rule of law that holds this country together, not culture, race, ethnicity or language.
Most of these illegals have been victims of nations where the rule of law is nonexistent, or at least very selectively administered. The culture is for anyone who gains power to suck out everything they can for themselves and their friends until they are kicked out of office. Then the next groups takes over and does the same thing. This is what makes their native countries so hopeless in the minds of the illegals.
The problem is, they are bringing the same destructive notion of the rule of law to this country. The moment they step on American soil they have demonstrated their own disdain of the rule of law. As they go underground, or as Bush calls it, in the shadows, they operate a lawless system here. The same attitude of “law for thee but not for me” grows here. They are shepherded by coyotes and others who built their own power bases and work hard to keep the people from integrating or seeing the advantages of being legal.
So, as we condone illegal immigration, we are building in this nation a critical mass of people for whom the law means nothing if it is not convenient. The notion that these people will suddenly become ardent supporters of the rule of law once they are legal themselves is ludicrous. The law will continue to be a selective tool for their benefit but not a governing principle.
The rule of law is already being undermined here and has been for generations. Politicians cheat, lie, rescue their friends, deceive and profit from their offices. The so-called upper class has often been perceived as “above the law” that binds the little people. Now we are being urged to accept a lower class that also disrespects lawfulness and that pincer squeeze will destroy the rule of law as more and more of the struggling, honest people see others benefiting from ignoring law, using friends to skirt the law and leaving the consequences and price to those trying to uphold the law.
The center can’t hold as it sees itself bled dry for lawless others. The foundation of our nation will be gone and everyone will wonder what happened as we devolve into a giant banana republic.