On 2019 Jun 08 10:23:00, you wrote to me:

 SW>>> Without it there is Anarchy. I have friends that waited 20 or more
 SW>>> years to gain US citizenship. It is an injustice to US citizens to
 SW>>> allow anyone to just walk in whenever they please.

 ml>> did you friends not "walk in whenever they pleased"??? they arrived
 ml>> here somehow...

 MP> I cannot speak for his friends, but mine came in *legally* and went
 MP> through all of the processes it took to be here *legally*.  Most of
 MP> them are more unhappy about people just wandering in and being able to
 MP> get even more than they are entitled to than I am.

what entitlements are these?

 MP> Do you not know anyone who is not a native that is here legally?

yes, i do...

 MP> I will guarantee you that they did not just "walk in whenever they
 MP> pleased."

i don't know... i never asked them...

 MP> All the ones I know (mostly from Asia or South America) had to go
 MP> through all sorts of paperwork to get a visa, then again for a green
 MP> card, etc. Many had to prove they had jobs waiting here for them. Some
 MP> had to leave the country for a while in between "phases."

same here...

 MP> What they go through to be here legally is a far cry from just
 MP> "walking in whenever they please," and insinuating that they can do so
 MP> belittles their experience.

i don't know who said "walk in whenever they please" but it wasn't i...

 MP> One may say "that is why it should be easier" but I disagree. Those
 MP> processes are there for a reason.  They validate the identity of the
 MP> person in question, verify that they are not wanted by the law in
 MP> their home countries, verify that they are here to be productive
 MP> members of society, etc.

agreed...

 MP> I do not understand why a citizen of any country would want it any
 MP> other way when it comes to who gets let in.

An' ye harm none, do what ye will.


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