Immigration Reform (1 Viewer)

[RCon]

This is one area where you and I see this completely differently. The people who are seeking citizenship through more conventional means are not being hurt in any way by their proposal. You and others keep acting like the illegals are "cutting in line" but it's not the same line. The ones who come here with papers aren't being slowed at all and won't be by giving a path to citizenship to illegals. It's not "unfair"- the two have NOTHING to do with each other.

They have everything to do with each other. It's not about "fairness" per se, but about principle. You'd be telling one group that the best way to get what you want is not to follow the rules, but instead to break them and then ask forgiveness after. That's something that just can't happen, and for good reason.

Now if you wanted to argue that we should revamp the conventional process for applying for citizenship AND allow current illegals to apply normally with no penalty, I'd buy that.

But you simply can't allow them to have preferred treatment as a reward for breaking the rules.