Si se puede?

fnelson9 · #29 05-05-2006, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BMW X5

Frank I understand the problem of exiling someone who was brought here when he/she was not even aware of what was going on and it definitely does suck. It is unfair but life is not fair. What about kids that are citizens get caught with a quarter gram of crystal meth? Or what happens if in NYC you are caught for possession of pot? What happens is you get locked up. In my opinion I'd rather have my freedom, the gun story yes once again it sucks but again what would happen if I was caught driving with a gun in my car? Whether its mine/my dads/driving range or not? I get locked up once again. And the thief isnt here to loot or steal per say they do what they have to in order to survive true but that puts people in danger. what is YOUR alternative to this problem? So say that girl gets caught what do we do slap her wrists give her a citizenship and send her on her merry way? That shows a hell of a lot, hell I might want to become illegal and do all this shit if all i'm going to get is a slap on my wrist. You are great at arguing the cause however as half the people fighting for this cause you have yet to mention what we SHOULD do.

If you or I do these stupid things we have to pay for it. Pay a fine, maybe spend some time in jail. Immigrants have to do the same thing. However, in addition to that, they often face permanent exile. Let's take my stupid teenager, since it was her first offense, she was given time served (3 days, I think) plus diversion. However, her conviction also made her deportable. So she does her time, completes her diversion program, then get's put in jail again by U.S. immigration, where she spent the next 3 months fighting deportation, then gets ordered deported (because at the time there was no defense for what she did), then gets shipped back to the Philippines. I have no problem with the jail time she did or the diversion program she attended. However, I think that forcibly separating her from her family and evicting her from the country is more than a little excessive.

This example represents just one example of how screwed up our current immigration laws are. That is why I'm in favor of immigration reform. That doesn't mean I'm in favor of amnesty for illegals - I'm not. However, I happen to think that before we decide to kick them all out, we should probably pay attention to who they are first. Believing that someone should be kicked out just because they're "illegal" is just as ignorant as believe someone should be kicked out just because they're a "criminal." I think whether or not they are contributing to our society and/or our economy should be relevant. I also think that whether or not they would be leaving family here in the U.S. should be relevant. I think if an illegal alien is here doing important cancer research, he should probably be allowed to stay - currently, he's not. I think that if an illegal alien is the only child of 8 who is not legal, and that his 7 siblings as well as both of his parents are U.S. citizens, it might be OK to let him stay here too - currently, he can't.