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Christy Amada's avatar

Why is this controversial? People who break the law and skip the line ahead of legal immigrants are not only NOT immigrants by definition, but they broke the law. It is completely bizarre that our society will totally ignore incarcerated Americans for lesser crimes, and raise no fuss whatsoever when a green card holder breaks the laws and gets deported, yet people who willingly, knowingly, and deliberately cross (DACA excluded) the border are regarded as victims and anyone trying to penalize them in our law enforcement are demonized, even threatened for doing their jobs! You want fairness? You want justice? Start getting a grip on what that actually means and for whom. Billions are poor, living in unsafe conditions. Are we supposed to look the way for all of them at the expense of what is fair and just for those here? And get your terms straight. An immigrant is someone who APPLIES. This matters. There must be boundaries. It’s not bigots who made up the majority of those who wanted immigration reform. It was actual naturalized immigrants, native-born, American Indians, etc. Enough with this reverse bigotry.

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Pablo Manríquez's avatar

Hey Christy. You ask, why is this controversial? Then post a rant which I read twice and still dunno what 'this' you're asking about in the original question.

If your question is relevant to my story about a courtroom intrigue in Oklahoma, would you pls reply to clarify? If not, perhaps don't reply to this post again and instead, wait for my next post. When it arrives in your inbox, read it end-to-end (they're relatively short), and only then fire away in the comments with your many grievances about migrants.

Sound good? Excellent.

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Christy Amada's avatar

Struck a nerve, did I? Stop defending lawbreakers in a one-sided ongoing rant. My point is you only talk about illegal aliens’ plight, never the whole story on immigration.

And no your rants are not particularly short.

Have a good night. I will not return the rude snark you decided to deliver. A writer who cannot accept criticism needs another hobby.

Cheers

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