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Originally Posted by Frank Knight
How long does one need to be in the US to become an American? A year? Five, ten?
Many here seem to presume that they have a right to stay because they've been here long enough, but these children haven't. This is an implicit concession to anti-migrant arguments that no citizenship can be granted to those who haven't assimilated.
So, lets get specific. Where is the line being drawn to be considered one of 'us'? One, five, ten years? Are those Dreamers who speak more than English disqualified? Are those who haven't become protestants disqualified?
I thought it was bad enough that so many here were willing to throw their parents in front of the bus, but children now too? Being a citizen is nice, but we mustn't accept it at any cost. Certainly not by wishing ill will on others in similar situations to our own. If we do then we may gain US citizenship but at the cost of our membership to the human race.
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I know that I don't have the right to stay here even after 28 years. I never meant for any of this to happen. We tried to come here legally, things happened, and now I've been here with nowhere else to go. It's not my right but I ask the US government to have some compassion and sensibility to let me stay here legally. On the other hand, these kids' parents knowingly sent them to break the law because they saw a green card buffet and wanted a piece. There is no litmus test to see who deserves it. It common sense says that those who have waited are a bigger priority.
If you're so compassionate about the world, why stop at the kids coming now? Why only show compassion to Mexican kids? What about all the hundreds of thousands of Syrian families whose houses just suddenly blew up? What about all the starving kids in Africa? Should all of them get green cards too while we wait?
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Late 40's Dreamer (Holy Fucking shit I'm almost 50 and still dealing with this), aged out of original DACA and didn't have a chance to apply for extended DACA after Republicans killed it on the vine.