It has been quite some time since I wrote about the topic of immigration reform. I read that the Colorado Immigrations Rights Coalition has opened an office in Montrose, so I thought it time to state or restate my position on immigration.
First off, I like immigration. My forefathers came to the U.S. from Germany, Ireland and Russia. Bringing with them their culture, food, and traditions. They came to the United States, they learned our language, they shared their traditions and culture and learned the traditions and cultures of other Americans.
The difference between the mass immigrations between 1850 and 1910 and the immigrations of today is all the immigrants in days of old, came in the front door of America, not sneeking in the back door.
Immigrants of the day had difficult problems to deal with, just as much as immigrants of today. They were discriminated against and they did the "jobs Americans wouldn't do". They worked hard to get into this country. They worked hard to learn the language. They worked hard to pass the tests required to be come a citizen of the United States.
The current immigrants from Latin American countries seem to think that they are "owed" citizenship because they went through all the difficulties of breaking the law to get into this country. What? We want to reward lawbreakers with citizenship? How does that work?
Let's say a man steals a car. Because he had such difficulty stealing the car, should we should be rewarding him with a Rolls Royce? That is insane. You don't reward illegal activity. We needn't give away the citizenship of greatest country of the world. Citizenship is not a prize. You have to earn it. To become a member of the greatest country of the world you have to make the effort, do the work.
So if this Colorado Immigrations Rights Coalition has been put in Montrose to help legal immigrants in becoming legal citizens, I will support them all the way.
But if this Coalition's main interest in granting citizenship to millions of criminals, then let me be the first on the Western Slope to suggest setting up an ICE station next door.
First off, I like immigration. My forefathers came to the U.S. from Germany, Ireland and Russia. Bringing with them their culture, food, and traditions. They came to the United States, they learned our language, they shared their traditions and culture and learned the traditions and cultures of other Americans.
The difference between the mass immigrations between 1850 and 1910 and the immigrations of today is all the immigrants in days of old, came in the front door of America, not sneeking in the back door.
Immigrants of the day had difficult problems to deal with, just as much as immigrants of today. They were discriminated against and they did the "jobs Americans wouldn't do". They worked hard to get into this country. They worked hard to learn the language. They worked hard to pass the tests required to be come a citizen of the United States.
The current immigrants from Latin American countries seem to think that they are "owed" citizenship because they went through all the difficulties of breaking the law to get into this country. What? We want to reward lawbreakers with citizenship? How does that work?
Let's say a man steals a car. Because he had such difficulty stealing the car, should we should be rewarding him with a Rolls Royce? That is insane. You don't reward illegal activity. We needn't give away the citizenship of greatest country of the world. Citizenship is not a prize. You have to earn it. To become a member of the greatest country of the world you have to make the effort, do the work.
So if this Colorado Immigrations Rights Coalition has been put in Montrose to help legal immigrants in becoming legal citizens, I will support them all the way.
But if this Coalition's main interest in granting citizenship to millions of criminals, then let me be the first on the Western Slope to suggest setting up an ICE station next door.
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