I try to bring a soft heart but a hard-headed approach to things in general, but I am afraid the illegal immigration issue is beginning to harden my heart. Here is why:
1. It is not right for foreigners, in our country illegally, to demand things. They are in no position to demand anything. Every one of them is deportable at any time.
2. I am suspicious of the Left's apparent support of open borders. No nation has open borders. Is it a nihilistic impulse, or pandering, or both?
3. I object to the application of the concept of "rights" to illegal foreign nationals. This is not a civil rights issue, because we are not dealing with citizens. There are legal pathways to American citizenship, open to all, and more readily available than in any other nation. "Get in line," as they say.
4. If the illegals have so much to protest about, then why are they here? Why no protests about conditions in Mexico?
5. If we will have a de-facto open borders policy with Mexico, then why not with China, India, Russia, Poland, Iraq, etc.? Sneak in, and start making demands. These protests are what I consider "working the system."
6. I resent the Administration for bringing this issue up at all, now. Stupid. Enforce our borders, and let the people think about the issue for a while. We are too far from a consensus.
7. Just out of curiousity, are our Meican and Guatemalan and Phillipino illegals paying their taxes to their home nations, as they are required to do?
Linkzona has some more thoughts from Arizona.
