What Would You do?

[mountainrose]

They need to work to reform their own countries instead of running away and draining our resources.
Join and organize reform groups, run for office, start grass roots rebellions, or whatever it takes to
reform the government, culture, and country they already live in.

[AnywhereElse]

Originally Posted by Catdancer

NO........I didn't like this particular response: "Of course, Catdancer, you support letting criminals out of prison to go home and support their families, retrieve children from the homes of relatives, IF the children have not already been adopted out of social services, right?

The rest I may not agree with but that's their opinion. I have an issue with statements like the above. It is presumptuous as well as erroneous and does not foster further discourse.

Did you see the "?" Do you know what that means? It is a question mark which means I was asking if you supported that as surely you would want to defend our own citizen criminals that committed crimes in order to feed their families. I would say "right" with a question mark, but.................

It was not a statement, it was a question. A statement starts with a capital letter and ends in a period (.).
A question starts with a capital letter and ends with a question mark (?).

This is a statement: You failed to answer my question. This is a question: Why didn't you answer?

So, let's try again.

If someone who isn't an illegal alien commits a crime in order to provide for the family/children, should that person be held to the law? No double standards. We either enforce the laws and hold everyone to them or not!

I don't care why they came, they broke the law, and I want them out. I'm tired of supporting them, tired of the crime, tired of their protesting.............

[JustMike77]

Originally Posted by Catdancer

You live in an impoverished 3rd world country. There are no jobs, inflation is out of control, your children are hungry and your government will not issue you a visa to leave the country. Would you do whatever you have to, to make sure that your family's basic needs are met or would you just sit there and watch your loved ones starve? That's the case with many of the illegals coming here from Latin America.

Illegal immigration is taking a serious toll on our country, that's a given, but the issue is more complicated than many people paint it to be.

What would YOU do?

I have often said that given those circumstances, I would do exactly what the illegals do and become one myself. HOWEVER, I would never assume that I had any rights in my host country, nor would I complain when I finally got caught and sent back. Similarly, if my children were starving, I would rob a store for money to feed them. I would NOT, however, try to convince anyone that robbing the store wasn't a crime.

[WannaliveinGreenville]

You stop having sex,