She was my wife. Now, why didn't you answer MY question? Is it your assertion that it's ok to not even try?
Who gets to decide?
And fill out the forms. Don't forget the forms.It should be pretty damn easy... get a job and you're allowed to be a citizen. Let's trade our current citizens for them.
Or throw a baseball really hard and you're a citizen.
Many laws are unjust. And at the same time many just laws have been abolished to make way for lawlessness.
Not at all. If someone decides to take offense, that’s their prerogative – but, it’s also their choice. And just because one person, or even a group of people find something offensive, does that mean it’s wrong for everyone? I don’t like the lyrics in a lot of rap music, nor do I care for the music itself. Does that mean people should stop making the music they want? Of course not, it just means that I choose not to listen.
Then by all means, arrange to make your case in front of the senate & house to try and get the law changed. Start a letter writing campaign, or a petition. Take the measures needed but always bear in mind not everyone is going to agree with your stance. Our “system” is far from perfect, but we’re not at the mercy of a tyrannical dictator.
lol... yeah, that's way more reasonable than crossing an arbitrary border and getting a job. if you would really concern yourself with whether or not something is legal or not when it comes to feeding your kids... well, I dunno, I want to call BS on that, honestly. also, an illegal immigrant can't really do that, their only choice is for them to just cross. as long as there are people who want to hire them, they'll be coming. don't blame the illegals, blame the citizen taxpayers who are hiring them.
I do, but it doesn't make what the illegals are doing anymore legal.
So you would argue that lawless people need protection and have rights? Even though from day one they can't abide the most blatant and obvious laws that we set down from the very people they are seeking refuge?. And you would invite them into your society with open arms?
To who?
CNN Reports: Jaywalking similar to murder!
to somebody who has the alternative of watching his kids starve. do you think an arbitrary man's law is really going to matter? would it really matter to you? is this really what you would think when you tuck your kid in at night and he was hungry as hell?? daddy cares more about arbitrary laws than your welfare... good night son.To who?
I’m 47 years old, and I have worked since I was 15. I’ve been married nearly 23 years and have two kids. My wife & I have gone through schooling and work for a living. My kids are fed, clothed and have some niceties because we earn the money for these things, and pay taxes. We have debt like most everyone, but we take care of it ourselves, as we should. We abide by the laws set forth by our law makers and I abhor people who sponge off the system, or feel it’s the responsibility of the citizens of the United States to feed & care for them. You want to “call BS on that” then go right ahead – I call BS on the whole premise of your argument.
I'm not going to call BS, but I'm going to say that this argument is irrelevant. I don't believe that illegal immigrants should be allowed to sponge off of the system, but I also don't believe that illegal immigrants should be illegal. Citizenship should require a certain amount of work, but residency or working permits should be as simple as coming to the border, passing a background check, and being let through. The idea that this is "our" country is absurd. It belongs to nobody; it's our duty to protect it, but not to determine to gets to come in and try to fend for themselves.
Oh really? So the hosptials that have had to close down near the border because of illegals not paying for their ER visits doesn't have a direct effect on that community?
I would blame that on the structure of the health care system. Canada doesn't seem to have much of a problem with that.
By that same premise then are you suggesting there should be no laws at all – people can just do whatever they want, right? In a similar thread some time ago one of the members here remarked on the fact that his wife worked in the ER at a hospital on a border town. She watched as people who had lived in the US all their lives were turned away from the emergency room because it was full of illegal immigrants flooding the ER not with real emergencies, but wanting free healthcare. So much for my “weak analogy”
