OT: Illegal immigrants sue Wendy's...

[capnq]

One of CBS News' new "freeSpeech" opinion segments was by a young man who has been trying to get legal immigration status for over ten tears. I would not be surprised if some of these people who have been here for fourteen years have tried to follow the rules, but are still pending in the overtaxed bureaucracy.

Here is an article about the failures of the amnesty that was granted in 1986.

[RonGianti]

capnq said:
I would not be surprised if some of these people who have been here for fourteen years have tried to follow the rules, but are still pending in the overtaxed bureaucracy.

Sometimes the answer to the question is "No". There is no country on Earth except the USA that seems to be "required" to take in anyone who asks, regardless of why and how.

If I walk across the border into Mexico illegally, do you know what the fine is? 4 years in jail and $50,000 USD. What a bunch of hypocrites! Mexico complains that the USA doesn't treat its illegals well because it doesn't make it easier, when Mexico does a LOT more than give a slap on the wrist!

It is not the responsibility of the USA to take care of Mexican citizens. Why are we on the same continent, but where there is poverty and corruption to the south, there is wealth and less corruption a few miles north? And when did it become the USA's job to provide for Mexican citizens?

Immigration is not a bad thing, Illegal immigration IS. If you've already shown that you have NO respect for the countries laws, why should you be allowed in at all?

[Fyron]

RonGianti said:
Why are we on the same continent, but where there is poverty and corruption to the south, there is wealth and less corruption a few miles north?

Because the entire Spanish colonial system was rife with personal corruption throughout its history. The practices of officials in Spain were carried over to the colonies. Corruption was deeply embedded in the system, and it only continued as the colonies gained independence.

[Renegade 13]

RonGianti said:
There is no country on Earth except the USA that seems to be "required" to take in anyone who asks, regardless of why and how.

I know this was somewhat rhetorical in nature, but there is another country that is as bad or worse...Canada.

[Mephisto]

Might I add Germany to the list? We still have quite a lot of war refugees from the Balkans here, too. I guess every wealthy country attracts those with no hope in their own country.