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Isn't there such a thing as a gray area? If two people accost each other in the street, one insults the other, the second pushes the first, and the first punches the second in the face - is that assault? Is that a crime?
Immigrants - ALL immigrants, in all countries, in all times - worry about their status. That is the nature of immigration, even for political refugees who are invited to immigrate by the host government. Lack of citizenship --> worry about immigration status. How severe is that worry? Well, that's why it's a gray-area.
Isn't there such a thing as a gray area? If two people accost each other in the street, one insults the other, the second pushes the first, and the first punches the second in the face - is that assault? Is that a crime?
Immigrants - ALL immigrants, in all countries, in all times - worry about their status. That is the nature of immigration, even for political refugees who are invited to immigrate by the host government. Lack of citizenship --> worry about immigration status. How severe is that worry? Well, that's why it's a gray-area.
DACAs are not Immigrants. Immigrants are those who have entered into and then reside in a country legally i.e. according to the laws of the land.
You and I cannot just waltz into Ireland, Japan, or Canada and set up shop legally. We need permission.
Stop playing semantical games. These people are here illegally.
You would garner some respect if you would admit the obvious and then tout the benefits of legalizing them.
Actually, what's been proposed is to let DACA expire on all of them. That will happen in March.
I believe they will gain legal status, sooner or later. However, I refuse to indulge in this fiction that they are somehow Legal Immigrants.
If people believe these Illegals should be made Legal, then they should make their case without resorting to outright fiction. I may not agree, but would appreciate the honesty.
DACAs are not Immigrants. Immigrants are those who have entered into and then reside in a country legally i.e. according to the laws of the land.
You and I cannot just waltz into Ireland, Japan, or Canada and set up shop legally. We need permission.
Stop playing semantical games. These people are here illegally.
You would garner some respect if you would admit the obvious and then tout the benefits of legalizing them.
Immigrants are immigrants, period. Legality is a gray area enforced by those holding all the cards over the head of the immigrant; as in "poof-you are legal" and "slam-you're illegal." But the immigrant who crosssed a border is still an immigrant, no matter how or under what circumstances he came here.
Simple minded people who can't empathize with the plight of others stuck between a rock and a hard place seem to be the majority who scream "illegal" at the drop of a hat. You have to wonder if all of these upstanding Americans never broke a law, ever, or if any of their kinfolk ever did. Hate to think THEY might be "illegal."
It took 639 posts before Godwin's Law reared its tired head.
If entering public transportation and illegally asking everyone there to produce their documents isn't reminiscent of Nazi Germany, what is? This is fascist overreach.
I'm flattered that you took the time to research my posts, solely to post an off-topic personal attack, but I really don't see how it is 'ironic.'
Because I used the term Godwin's Law in a post years ago (as you took the comments out of context, I have no idea what the discussion or year was)?
Why is it ironic to make a comparison to Nazis when warranted as Trump's gestapo is using the same tactics as the Nazis did?
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