Please tell me, as one of the few liberals I respect, why are we worried about illegals? The term alone says they shouldn't be factored in.
If it could all just be so black and white.
If only all 'illegals' (as you choose to call them) could just be the same.
They are all 'illegal' so get em out of here, problem solved. Right?
Imagine a Korean whose parents were here illegally, and this little baby was born on these shores.
She's an 'illegal' in the Opinionated Dictionary.
She doesn't speak Korean....may have nowhere to go in Korea.....and wouldn't even know her way around.
But yup, she's an 'illegal'....so let's deport her.
She may be in a community college studying...preparing to be a taxpayer.... and other dreamers have contributed mightily to this economy.
The statistics show that on a much higher percentage than naturalized citizens...they tend to be productive citizens who are not filling our jails. Their incentive is to be productive and file years and years of tax returns so that they may be citizens.
But in the dictionary of Opinionated --- they are still 'illegals' and most likely 'welfare rats' who are draining our system.