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Originally posted by adduncan
Cooper, those earlier immigrants became entitled to vote when they became LEGAL CITIZENS. I'm talking about activists who want rights WITHOUT that little step. No one (read: me) is against LEGAL immigration. What I am against is people sneaking over borders with the intent of stealing services and rights without even bothering to think about obtaining legal status. You know these are two different things.
This is what causes the anti-immigrant backlash: when arguments are made that try to merge the plight of legal immigrants with illegal. It hurts the legal immigrant's cause.
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Yes but how do the current "illegals" become legal citizens? What happens if a currently illegal immigrant "reports in" and wants to begin the process of obtaining legal citizenship? Are they summarily arrested, deported, or given a chance to become a legal citizen? See I thought that the "activists" were for the most part advocating a position in favour of granting rights to current illegal immigrants that already reside in the US.