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Originally Posted by sarettah
I think most everyone believes that there is a distinct difference between an illegal alien and an a legal immigrant. May I point out that it was 1986 with a Split Congress (Republicans had the Senate and Democrats had the house) and a Conservative Republican President (Reagan) that the biggest amnesty program for illegal immigrants was passed and put into place. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 gave amnesty to most of the then 3.2 million illegal immigrants in the U.S.
The U.S. was founded by people from different places around the world (although mainly Western Europe). The one thing that most had in common was that they were seeking a better life for themselves and their families. So the fact that many people can identify and find compassion for illegal immigrants who are seeking the very same thing does not surprise me at all.
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um, you are conflating illegal immigration with immigration in general. I understand the USA is a melting pot & made of immigrants. Thats not the issue. we should not have a border where strangers simply walk across & pitch their tent & demand rights. thats not immigration. thats invasion. Trump has never claimed to ban immigration. he does want some kinda standard to get in right? & to send the criminals who came here back. how radical. pfft.
