I am still trying to figure out how I feel about all the illegal immigrants in this country and the various action plans floating around to deal with them. My gut reaction is not kind, but I know there is much more to the picture than what my knee-jerk emotions are telling me. I do know that many legal immigrants that I have spoken to resent the illegal immigrants that have not jumped through all the hoops they have, yet seem to be able to stay in this country unbothered.
Towards the end of clarifying my thought process I thought I would gather up some of the arguments, favoring and oppositional.
We have a tendency due to our dysfunctional political system to not act, to drift, to let the status quo rock on. This should not be the case with immigration reform as the current system is full of abuse, personal and systematic. Continue reading “Illegal Immigration – Pros and Cons”