HeyBub wrote:
dadiOH wrote:

No, he/she is illegal because he/she circumvented the procedure to
enter the US legally. There IS a procedure, you know, and many
follow it. ______________

He
can't become a "legal" alien because of all the hoops, waiting time,
quotas, and bureacracy.

Why reward an illegal act? How is that fair to those who follow the
procedure to enter legally?
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Frankly, he is the kind of immigrant we should be glad to have. He's
demonstrated he's not afraid to take risks, work hard, provide for
his family, and is generally quite law-abiding.

Risk taking, work hard are generally true but "law abiding" is a bit
more iffy. I would agree that most of the initial illegals
themselves are relatively law abiding but there is getting to be a
very large problem with their offspring. They tend to associate with
each other - la raza - and many wind up in hispanic gangs such as sur
trece (Sur-13). Check prison population records.

As far as the original illegals go, it is true that they aren't
generally out there sticking up convenience stores or committing
other overt crimes save, with some frequency, those related to drugs.
However, they frequently ignore laws/regulations that are
inconvenient to them...things like having auto insurance...zoning
laws...noise ordinances...et cetera.
Part of the reason for that is lack of knowledge and part cultural.
Almost of the illegals will have less than a 9th grade education.
Most will have less than a primary education. Many will have none.
Very few are literate in English; a large percentage are functionally
illiterate in Spanish.
In the US, many of our laws/ordinances are designed to prevent
someone from infringing on the rights of others. I don't know if
latin american countries have similar or not but if so I can
definitely tell you they are not enforced; consequently, if someone
wants to have a party at 3AM and blare salsa through loud speakers,
they do so. It never even occurs to them that they might be
disturbing their neighbors.
If they want to come to the US, let them go through the legal
procedures; let them assimilate into the US society rather than
create barrios; let them learn to at least read English and speak it
well enough to get along in it.

Again, you make good points, except the last one.

Following the accepted procedures demands a fifteen-year wait! If I
were a Mexican with the above desires and ambitions, I'd look hard at
the alternatives.

Maybe they could go to Canada?

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