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At it's core, I believe it's stems from a Nationalism versus Globalism mindset.
originally posted by: network dude
So please explain why you feel we should ignore the law on this topic. I would honestly like to know.
originally posted by: alldaylong
a reply to: network dude
So what's the problem ?
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: network dude
Laws are supposed to reflect morality and laws shouldn't trump morality. Calling someone a criminal just because he crossed an imaginary line is stupid. We owe a great many things in this country that we take for granted due to immigrants, both legal and illegal. They aren't destroying the country, in fact the EXACT opposite is true. They have made our country great and continue to do so.
So you want to know why I feel the way I do about illegal immigrants? Open a history book.
originally posted by: alldaylong
a reply to: network dude
The U.S. was built on an invasion of immigrants. People just got onto ships and sailed over.
So what's the problem ?
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
a reply to: network dude
It’s not really about ignoring the laws—Obama, Schumer, etc were very hard on illegals—it’s about kicking the tough parts down the road so that they look good while republicans look bad.
(Source)
A 1790 law was the first to specify who could become a citizen, limiting that privilege to free whites of “good moral character” who had lived in the U.S. for at least two years. In 1870, the right of citizenship was extended to those of African origin.
Starting in 1875, a series of restrictions on immigration were enacted. They included bans on criminals, people with contagious diseases, polygamists, anarchists, beggars and importers of prostitutes. Other restrictions targeted the rising number of Asian immigrants, first limiting migration from China and later banning immigration from most Asian countries.
By the early 1900s, the nation’s predominant immigration flow shifted away from northern and western European nations and toward southern and eastern Europe. In response, laws were passed in 1921 and 1924 to try to restore earlier immigration patterns by capping total annual immigration and imposing numerical quotas based on immigrant nationality that favored northern and western European countries.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
Noticing a pattern here with immigration law? When immigrants from places that Americans living here find "undesirable" come to the country in massive waves then we make laws trying to limit them coming in. At times we even juxtapose this with immigration from parts of the world that we prefer people to come from. All this has happened time and again throughout US history and it is repeating AGAIN today.