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Originally Posted by nostatic
redundant...
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Certainly not an oxymoron...
There have been many waves of immigrants to America, from the Spanish to California (my peeps) to Irish and Italians, etc. Each met and overcame, for the most part, the trials and tribulations they faced.
As other posters have written, I have nothing against
legal immigration in the least.
I think what has handicapped the latest wave of illegal immigrants is their uncertain status, the fact that in the mean they don't invest in their future here because they are illegal and have a tenuous grasp, can be deported at any moment.
The ledger seems tilted: They want the benefits of our society but want them at little cost.
When I was the Chief Pilot at the Sikorsky Factory I rented a room from one of factory test pilots, Yong Lee...a Korea born and raised for the most part in Korea.
He becaime a citizen, like the rest of his family. He flew for the Marines, his brother flew for the Navy and both his sisters have advanced degrees. They started with little or nothing and through sheer will participated in the American dream and flourished.
His stories of the the transition into our society were riveting.