We all speak English, even my parents who are elderly. My grandmother who came after us insisted on taking the Citizenship exam. The people at Immigration said she didn’t have to but she insisted because she had studied everything and new all the answers and did not want any special treatment…..she was 93 when she took her exam. Our languange in the house is Spanish, but all our business is conducted in English. It is out of respect for this country and the favor they did for us that motivated us to learn the languange, it was the least we could do. As time went on we incorporated certain American customs into our own without ever loosing respect or knowledge of our roots. This is what being multicultural means. The person coming here must be willing accept the customs of where they are going, not the other way around.

I am an immigrant from a Latin-American nation. My family waited for more than 3 years to get permission to leave our country and then an additional year waiting in another country (Nicaragua) to expedite our green card to the U.S. We did things legally despite all the descriminations and humiliations we had to endure in Mexico (yes, MEXICO) and to a much lesser degree in Nicaragua. Those wonderful people in Mexico City airport who lined up in a gauntlet to spit and hit my parents and myself when we deboarded our flight from a communist nation with nothing in our pockets and just a small suitcase.

In order for us to truly help immigrants come over, lets help the legal ones integrate into our society instead of slapping them in the face for following the law and being good future citizens.

Then the law needs to be changed. However, our call to civilly disobey unjust laws, does not imply that there will be no consequences. There will be, for both the illegals and those breaking the laws supporting them.

I mentioned on Radical Catholic Mom’s blog that I would be willing to advocate easy immigration for anyone who can find work here if those supporting unlimited immigration would advocate English as our national language.

Any takers?

ACTS: 203, 208, and 210

http://www.uscis.gov/propub/ProPubVAP.jsp?dockey=cb90c19a50729fb47fb0686648558dbe

Sure, there is red tape with all of these, but how is that unjust?

http://www.uscis.gov/propub/ProPubVAP.jsp?dockey=cb90c19a50729fb47fb0686648558dbe

How is that unjust?

http://www.uscis.gov/propub/ProPubVAP.jsp?dockey=cb90c19a50729fb47fb0686648558dbe

It holds my assertion that if you benefit host nation, you are allowed to apply for immigration status. It also applies limits based on growth factors.

How is that unjust?

If there is a reason that an immigrant wants to come to the country, and they can make an additive contribution to the country, they will be able to immigrate. Don’t confuse the right to work with the “right” to leech of of my hard work.

The law provides a path to immigrate, and does not discriminate on race, religion, sex or any other unjust factor. Just because it doesn’t pander to your mother-like instinct to make everyone feel better doesn’t mean it’s not just.

It’s a well known fact that the children of illegals receive “free” education paid for by taxpayers. When you get paid under the table, it’s hard to put in your fair share, isn’t it? Medical care – It’s also known that if you need medical care, you get it. If you can’t pay or “no habla englais” or don’t have any identification that the isurance companies and hospitals can try to get reimbursed, that amounts to an advantage over a tax paying citizen who would get nailed in court for not paying their bills.

Also, please cite your sources for your assertions that illegal human beings are “free riding.” Seriously. Because I just posted on my blog this week that illegals are not responsible for the health care crisis, and I have posted before on the whole “they don’t pay their taxes” nonsense.

I assume you mean legally immigrate to the United States. And if you do indeed mean legally immigrate, you are sadly misinformed about our legal immigration laws. I seriously recommend you call your local immigration attorney and make the same statement to that attorney. Don’t get offended if he has to stop laughing for awhile before he can make a response.

Don’t you think that as an active, practicing Catholic, you should first educate yourself about our immigration policies before attacking the MILLIONS who have immigrated here outside the legal system? I would think that would be the first place to start. But if you assume your assumptions are indeed TRUTH I can see how there is no need for education.

The question you pose suggests that there may be something problematic with asserting there is a “right to work,” at least as something primary and not something remedial.