verslagen1 wrote on 03/13/19 at 16:07:22:LostArtist wrote on 03/13/19 at 15:54:36:MnSpring wrote on 03/13/19 at 15:38:26:verslagen1 wrote on 03/13/19 at 12:29:39:
There is a path to citizenship and illegals have decided by their own choice not to follow it...."
The other night, 'News', on the Broadcast TV.
I think it was Nigerians, who were going to be deported.
Several interviews with some of them,
and they all stated that they were here for 17/18/19 years,
and considered themselves 'part' of the community.
My question:
Is 17+ Years, not enough time to study for the Citizenship Test ?
I actually agree with that, if you want to stay, under our current laws they shoulda done that, when I moved to Texas I changed all my stuff to Texas, driver's licence, car registration.. etc.... another person moved to Texas the same time I did, they never changed anything, everything said they were from Iowa still, they left a few years later to return to Iowa, they never voted in Texas, I did.
If you agree to that then I don't understand why you think illegals should vote!
As "There is a path to citizenship and illegals have decided by their own choice not to follow it."
first, the Nigerians were probably here legally, as in they didn't cross the southern border to get here did they? they probably came over on some refugee program and intended to settle here or something, why they didn't take the legal steps available to them to become permanent residents and citizens, idk??? that's just be a prudent step if you don't plan on returning to your original country and have that legal means in front of you.
Also notice I didn't say they shouldn't have been allowed to vote while they were living here... Just because I believe they missed (perhaps foolishly) an opportunity to confirm and solidify their legal stance doesn't mean that ideally, if you believe in democracy, that people that live in an area should vote concerning that area and participate in government.
and let's get this straight, this "citizenship" thing, is as arbitrary as any other reason to restrict voting. You don't want input from everyone in your community, only those that fit YOUR specific arbitrary criteria for voting.
so your arbitrary criteria is citizenship.... mine is living in the area under that area's rules of residency. There are MANY MANY MANY illegals in my area that make way more than I do, and contribute more to the community than I do, they are upstanding individuals who chose not to wait in a rigged line where if you wanted in this year, you'd have to have had applied in 1997.... Their life, and MY life, is better for them being here, why shouldn't they be allowed to vote?
"Right now, about 1.3 million Mexicans are waiting to learn whether they can get family-sponsored green cards, according to a federal government report. And that’s just those living outside the U.S.
This is how far behind they are: The State Department is now processing visas for the Mexican married sons or daughters of U.S. citizens who have been waiting in line since May 1995. It’s slightly worse for Filipinos who have visa dates of March 1995 for the same family relationship."https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2018/08/29/dont-mexicans-just-app...