Morning with a warning. To proceed with reading this post, you must first acknowledge that the United States is dealing with the ramifications of illegal immigration. If not, stop reading, go outside, hug your gardener and pick me up tomorrow when I'm ranting about the weeds in my yard. Ready? OK. Did anyone else catch that the cost for applying for American citizenship and permanent residency is going up. What am I missing here? We've got a large number people illegally crossing a certain Southern border and continuing to live here illegally. And our answer is too jack up the price for people who choose to do the right thing by coming here with the intention of doing things legally and becoming citizens. You know what this sounds like? It sounds like the cop beating you over the head with a nightstick for picking up an old lady's wallet while somebody's robbing the A&P right behind you. Further, wouldn't this discourage immigrants, potentially illegal or not, from working to become citizens. I say, let's starting letting those who want to become citizens in for free, and charge the illegals.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
WARNING: Controversial thoughts ahead
Morning with a warning. To proceed with reading this post, you must first acknowledge that the United States is dealing with the ramifications of illegal immigration. If not, stop reading, go outside, hug your gardener and pick me up tomorrow when I'm ranting about the weeds in my yard. Ready? OK. Did anyone else catch that the cost for applying for American citizenship and permanent residency is going up. What am I missing here? We've got a large number people illegally crossing a certain Southern border and continuing to live here illegally. And our answer is too jack up the price for people who choose to do the right thing by coming here with the intention of doing things legally and becoming citizens. You know what this sounds like? It sounds like the cop beating you over the head with a nightstick for picking up an old lady's wallet while somebody's robbing the A&P right behind you. Further, wouldn't this discourage immigrants, potentially illegal or not, from working to become citizens. I say, let's starting letting those who want to become citizens in for free, and charge the illegals.
