Posted on 04/27/2015 8:47:26 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
SOMETHING happened while the immigration system in the United States got broken, something that should change the way we talk about fixing it. Years went by, and nature took its course. More than 11 million unauthorized immigrants settled into our communities; many formed families and had children. Now at least one of every 15 children living in the United States has an unauthorized parent, and nearly all of those children are native-born United States citizens.
Think of that statistic, one in 15, the next time you drive by a school or a playground. Think of those children living with the knowledge that the federal government can take their parents away. Common sense tells you that the threat of a parent’s deportation will exact a terrible price.
In the universe of manufactured disadvantage, we cannot think of many instances in which sitting judges, with the stroke of a pen, can bring immediate and measurable relief to millions of children. Here, they can. The remedy begins by understanding that the adults can no longer be seen simply as people who slipped the border to find work. We must begin to see them as parents, as the people raising our nation’s children. Some will reject that view and fault the adults for being in this country without proper immigration status.
But the American sense of fairness and system of justice have long embraced the notion that the “sins of the father” should not be visited on the children. Reasonable minds can debate whether there is blame to attach to the parents. There is no reasonable case to be made for punishing their children, who are citizens of the United States. Yet they are punished every day.
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3 million illegals live in california
next time someone complains about the drought, crowding, budget problems, or jobs in CA... just remind them of that fact
it’s the source of their problems... alongside the cancer that is the (progressive) democrat
When the government decides it will enforce some of the laws, but not others and uses criteria like race/ethnicity to decide - isn’t that corruption by definition?
Let's think of Murder, Rape, strange epidemics and fatal accidents as medical opportunities.
Let's all get lobotomies!
YaaaaaaY!
Think of them as parasites ...
I do. As the late, great Terry Anderson used to say, "If you lace up your boots and walk across the border to sneak into my country, you are my enemy." Illegals CHOOSE to do what they do. They know perfectly well they are breaking our laws, because they hire coyotes or evade the Border Patrol. It's no different than someone breaking into your house.
Poverty is no excuse. If it were, the poor could just take whatever they want from whomever they want--shoplift without being arrested, etc.
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