Earned Citizenship
"We have to deal with the 11 million individuals who are here illegally. We all agree that these men and women should have to earn their way to citizenship. But for comprehensive immigration reform to work, it must be clear from the outset that there is a pathway to citizenship. We’ve got to lay out a path — a process that includes passing a background check, paying taxes, paying a penalty, learning English, and then going to the back of the line, behind all the folks who are trying to come here legally. That's only fair."
President Barack Obama, January 29, 2013
Prerequisite to a path to citizenship should be that you must have entered the country legally waiting your turn and not ahead of those who are waiting legally to enter the country. We should not reward bad behavior to those who have broken the law and entered the country illegally or by overstaying their visas.
"We have to deal with the 11 million individuals who are here illegally. We all agree that these men and women should have to earn their way to citizenship. But for comprehensive immigration reform to work, it must be clear from the outset that there is a pathway to citizenship. We’ve got to lay out a path — a process that includes passing a background check, paying taxes, paying a penalty, learning English, and then going to the back of the line, behind all the folks who are trying to come here legally. That's only fair."
President Barack Obama, January 29, 2013
Prerequisite to a path to citizenship should be that you must have entered the country legally waiting your turn and not ahead of those who are waiting legally to enter the country. We should not reward bad behavior to those who have broken the law and entered the country illegally or by overstaying their visas.
