Wow, there sure are a lot of words here to try and tell us why the term "illegal alien" is wrong and why we are being so bad and hateful to those who come here "illegally". Here's the bottom line.
It comes down to a question of sovereignty. Does the United States of America have the right and I say the DUTY to maintain it's sovereignty by saying who can enter it's borders and who cannot? Can you name one nation on this earth that maintains open borders to the magnitude that this nation does? Does this nation have the right and again, I say the DUTY to KNOW who enters it's borders and for what purposes? I say it does and if the law is not clear, then it should be made absolutely, crystal clear that those who try and enter this nation without going through the proper procedures will be PROSECUTED.
I am not intimately familiar with the federal laws that govern immigration and entry into this nation. However, I know that literally thousands of illegal aliens are rounded up every year and shipped out of the country. I would assume that if there were no laws governing this action, that the Supreme Court would have stopped it long ago. I support these actions and I also support the closing of the border by placing troops there.
As for those on this thread that talk about how conservatives and Republicans are simply racist and or xenophobic, it's the same that we always hear. The left's attempt to belittle or marginalize an opposing viewpoint always resorts to name calling and grouping those with opposing viewpoints into groups so they can affix negative labels to them. "If you do not agree with me, then obviously you are a __________ (fill in the blank)." Boring, predictable, and shock labels just cheapen the labels themselves. I wouldn't vote for a conservative or a Republican who hasn't been called a "racist" for disagreeing with Barry or for wanting immigration laws and policies followed.
The United States of America is a nation of immigrants. I want it to continue to be a nation of immigrants... LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! And when someone enters this country without the proper documentation, you know what I call them? ILLEGAL ALIENS! Because they are...
Let's work backward here OldUSAFSniper:
I've already pointed out that the so - called "legal" process as you demand to call it
does not exist in many fact situations. You show me the relevant visa that applies to Guest Workers and we can end this debate right here and right now. Unless there is a proper procedure, there can, in
no way, shape, fashion or form be an
illegal alien based upon your own definition.
Insofar as conservatives and liberals go, you can leave me off your lists. Liberals have become the mouthpieces of the
communist party while the social conservatives have become the top salesmen for the
POLICE STATE as envisioned by the
globalists. Personally, I'm not on either side, but watch those who accuse others of being liars ignore this paragraph.
As you said, a lot of people are rounded up and sent home. Had you READ THIS THREAD before giving your .02 cents worth, you'd get a sense about what deportation is all about. Deportation is the civil consequence for
improper entry, which is not a crime, but a minor civil infraction. In most cases the civil infraction would not even be a issue if the United States created a Guest Worker program with no automatic path to citizenship.
Next, we come back to that pretext of sovereignty. Here's a cut and paste from the last time we addressed that question:
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Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory."
Sovereignty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So I don't get to say who visits my house? Private employers don't have the right to hire who they want - be sovereign over their business?
Who do you wish to be sovereign in this context? The people or the government?
Sovereignty is about the country's authority over a geographic region NOT over the
unalienable Rights of individuals. It's a world of difference and your misapplication is evidence that you care more about the POWER OF GOVERNMENT rather than the Liberties of the people. If our founding fathers summed up America in one word, it would be Liberty... the very thing you find so loathsome.