Amnesty for illegal immigrants will not happen this time.....................

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:28:23 GMT, Jose
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If the US immigration law hadn't been broken by the parents, their
children would have been born outside the US, and been ineligible for
immediate US citizenship. To reward criminal conduct is unjust

To punish innocents is unjust. The parents aren't being rewarded, the
children would be punished.

To profit from an illegal act is unjust.

The children wouldn't be punished; they'd be treated as though their
parents hadn't committed a crime by illegally crossing the US border.
To provide an incentive to illegally cross the US border is not very
intelligent.

To profit from an illegal act is unjust.

The children wouldn't be punished; they'd be treated as though their
parents hadn't committed a crime by illegally crossing the US border.
To provide an incentive to illegally cross the US border is not very
intelligent.

Why your intense hatred? If you are born in America, you are American,
no matter what your parents did.

Jose
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:17:47 GMT, Jose
wrote in : :

To profit from an illegal act is unjust.

The children wouldn't be punished; they'd be treated as though their
parents hadn't committed a crime by illegally crossing the US border.
To provide an incentive to illegally cross the US border is not very
intelligent.

Why your intense hatred?

Why do you infer hatred in my words? I've expressed no enmity.

If you are born in America, you are American,
no matter what your parents did.

I believe that to be the current situation. I would suggest that it
should be changed.

Why do you infer hatred in my words? I've expressed no enmity.

Disenfranchising American Citizens as a matter of policy just because
their parents committed a crime is an act of hatred. These American
Citizens did nothing wrong. (You did say that you wanted it to be
retroactive).

The Children of illegal immigrants also did nothing wrong. What is
special about =children= of legitimate citizens that they should be
citizens too, while children (born here) of foreigners (including
travellers or illegal immigrants) should not?

Jose
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:35:21 GMT, Jose
wrote in : :

Why do you infer hatred in my words? I've expressed no enmity.

Disenfranchising American Citizens as a matter of policy just because
their parents committed a crime is an act of hatred.

That is your opinion. It is certainly open to debate.

These American Citizens did nothing wrong. (You did say that you wanted it to be
retroactive).

Perhaps in the majority of cases that is true. But the law that
grants those born in the US US citizenship fails to address the point,
and its drafters probably overlooked the incentive it would cause if
it included those born to women who have entered the country
illegally. That needs to be fixed.

The Children of illegal immigrants also did nothing wrong. What is
special about =children= of legitimate citizens that they should be
citizens too, while children (born here) of foreigners (including
travellers or illegal immigrants) should not?

The family who nurtures and educates these children is ostensibly law
abiding and will instill that character trait in their offspring;
those who commit a crime to enter the US have patently indicated their
willingness to flout US law, and do not deserve the benefit of it.