When I read about all of these benefits that ALIEN CRIMINALS receive from leftist state governments, like those in California and Maryland and Oregon and Washington, etc............. such as in-state college tuition, "catch and release" policies, free schooling for alien criminal children, free medical care for alien criminal families, and food stamps and subsidized housing, law enforcement not being allowed to ask the immigration status of drivers who don't have licenses and don't speak English, etc., I can only shake my head in disbelief.
The leftists obviously don't believe in ANY immigration laws, federal or state. The leftists obviously don't believe in the sovereignty of the United States, and believe that we are a country without borders.
Every time a state government welcomes alien criminals with open arms, or our federal government refuses to enforce federal immigration laws, they are spitting in the faces of, and trampling on the graves of, the millions of immigrants who entered this country the RIGHT way, through Ellis Island, back in the early 1900s, and the millions since then who have entered this country the RIGHT way, via the federal immigration laws that are presently in-place.
In the early 1900s, those millions of immigrants who entered the United States via Ellis Island, waited for days, sometimes weeks, to get processed, and in many cases get healthy enough, so they could begin their American dream. Those millions of immigrants swore their loyalty to their new country, promised to assimilate into American society and learn the language and customs of this country, and many even "Americanized" their last names, while at the same time still having the freedom to preserve their own religious and cultural beliefs. Those millions asked for NOTHING but the OPPORTUNITY to live in freedom, practice their own religion, and be prosperous and successful if they worked hard enough and made good decisions for themselves and their families.
This Maryland "alien criminal appeasement law" is just another of the many examples of the shortsightedness and ignorance of the various leftist philosophies.
"Normal" people, who believe that our borders matter and must be protected, and who believe in hard work and freedom and law enforcement and accountability and responsibility and all the things that once made this country great........are at their breaking point.
The leftist movement better start looking over their shoulders. Real Americans have had enough, and are going to fight back, by whatever means necessary, to save this country. It won't be "North versus South". It will be "good versus evil".
For the fourth time: I am not sure how I feel about this specific issue.
And I do appreciate that you expressed your opinion in a clear, logical and respecful manner.
I was one of those "out of state" student when I first when to college in California. I had just moved from Pennsylvania, and thus had to pay out of state tuition for my first semester. So I am well aware of the issue.
In the other hand, I resent the term "criminal alien" when associated to people who may have entered (or been brought in childhood) to this country illegally, but have not committed any criminal acts, have demonstrated their desire to integrate fully in our society, and have the potential to achieve educational goals that, in the long run, may help our country.
There is another issue about "illegal immigration" that was brought up today on CNN. Georgia is currently facing a 11,000 farm labor shortage because of the new anti-immigration law passed by that state. In spite of the unemployment rate in Georgia, there is not enough US citizens in Georgia willing to fill that void. In fact, the State government is now looking at using parolees to help with the situation. The Georgia farmers are stating that, even when they do find US farm workers willing to do the job, it takes three of them to do the same work as ONE of those alien workers.
So, the issue of immigration (legal and illegal) have never been simple, and is NOT a Right or Left issue. It is not even an American issue. It is a worldwide issue. And all the whining and crying and hating, and insulting do NOTHING to resolve or even to make progress toward resolving this issue.
You mentionned that "In the early 1900s, those millions of immigrants who entered the United States via Ellis Island, waited for days, sometimes weeks, to get processed, and in many cases get healthy enough, so they could begin their American dream. Those millions of immigrants swore their loyalty to their new country, promised to assimilate into American society and learn the language and customs of this country, and many even "Americanized" their last names, while at the same time still having the freedom to preserve their own religious and cultural beliefs." I much admire those people who made the base of today's America. However, today immigration doesn't just consist in a "few days, even a few weeks" of waiting, it consists of YEARS of waiting, and a great amount of money is involved in the immigration application, which sometime, after those many months, even years, is simply turned down.
And even those courageous early 20's century immigrants DIDN'T learn English in 2 or 3 years any more than today's immigrants (legal or not) can do this. In fact, MANY new immigrants NEVER learn to speak American English fluently. . .but their children do, and many (if the parents are smart) will grow up speaking two languages instead of one. That was true 100 years ago, and it is true today. Face it, it would take YOU more than 2 years to learn to be fluent in Italian, French, German, or Spanish! Americans are NOT known for being very receptive to foreign languages in the best of cases!
Big businesses,however, can ALWAYS obtain a work visa for the highly skilled foreign employees, and this within a couple of months (again, at very high expenses), but if you are concerned about the "foreigners taking American jobs," these highly paid "special cases" are the ones taking the jobs that most American would gladly take, the very well paid jobs, not "piking peaches in 95 degrees weather, 10 hours a day, for minimum wages."
Again, this issue is too complex to just apply the "Black and white, Right and Left, right and wrong" dichotomy. But, if that is the way you want to look at it. . .it is obviously your right to do so.
