Bush Commutes Sentences of Border Patrol Agents

dmg1969 · 01-20-2009, 10:54 AM

OK. Well, now I understand your position. And I appreciate and respect you for it. I, however, disagree with it.

I also think immigrants should be allowed to enter and work in our country, but I expect them to do so legally. My maternal and paternal grandparents came from the Ukraine and Germany respectively. They did so legally by coming through Ellis Island...not sneeking across a border or on a boat that runs aground in the middle of the night.

I do not think that sneeking across the border and entering the country illegally should qualify someone to stay and/or work here. If I offer an apartment for rent and someone breaks into that apartment, should I still allow that person to rent from me? What does that say about his or her character?

If the government shouldn't have control over immigration and the borders, who should? Oh wait...you said, nobody...they should be open. Why not just give up our sovereignty altogether? Why not just merge with Mexico and Canada?

We have very different views on what it is to be a patriot, my friend. But that's OK...that's what being an American is all about!

01-20-2009, 10:54 AM	#10
dmg1969 I got nothing Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 486	OK. Well, now I understand your position. And I appreciate and respect you for it. I, however, disagree with it. I also think immigrants should be allowed to enter and work in our country, but I expect them to do so legally. My maternal and paternal grandparents came from the Ukraine and Germany respectively. They did so legally by coming through Ellis Island...not sneeking across a border or on a boat that runs aground in the middle of the night. I do not think that sneeking across the border and entering the country illegally should qualify someone to stay and/or work here. If I offer an apartment for rent and someone breaks into that apartment, should I still allow that person to rent from me? What does that say about his or her character? If the government shouldn't have control over immigration and the borders, who should? Oh wait...you said, nobody...they should be open. Why not just give up our sovereignty altogether? Why not just merge with Mexico and Canada? We have very different views on what it is to be a patriot, my friend. But that's OK...that's what being an American is all about!

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