(03-20-2017 03:55 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(03-20-2017 03:52 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(03-20-2017 02:18 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(03-20-2017 01:16 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(03-20-2017 12:56 PM)Lush Wrote:  stupid and lazy? i imagine it was a bit taxing to get here. they're literally dying to get here

I met a guy today whose parents attempted to freaking paddle across the Gulf of Mexico and it's shark infested waters just to give themselves a chance at an actual life. I certainly would not call their efforts lazy.

So its ok to deny others, who are trying to go through the effort of the legal process, a right to their life. Because thats what the illegals are doing.

If it makes you feel any better, we'll be sure to boat them safely back to their homeland so that they dont have to deal with the sharks.

There are other countries in which they can also get an actual life. Let's see them go to those countries and pull the stunt they did here. Of course, those other countries will likely shoot them for attempting to cross the border, throw them in prison, and so on. They probably will not give them welfare benefits paid for off of the backs of the working people of that country.

Its not that they cant get a life anywhere else, including their homeland. Its that they cant get a free ride anywhere else. And if they werent interested in a free ride, then they would have done things legally.

I don't know. How long does it take to go through the process to come to the U.S. legally? It's possible that's it, as much as anything. There's certainly more opportunity here than in their home countries.

It will take as long as we deem it to take. Our country. Our rules.

I have been a sponsor for two different families to become citizens. It takes a while. It takes work. Which is why these people get so pissed when they see illegals bypass the process and get immediately get financial assistance, while they themselves have to continually jump through hoops and prove they will not be a financial hardship on the country.

Yea I know, somebody at work whose wife came to this country had to go through a lot to move here legally. Not sure how long but it was a long process. Can certainly understand they'd be pissed.

Wasn't until fairly recently I knew there was such a thing as sanctuary cities. Doesn't make sense to me either.