By: An Average American with Immigrant Family Members

An Average American with Immigrant Family Members
Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:46:40 +0000

The DACA program is an affront to legal immigrants who worked hard to gain citizenship. Just yesterday one of my students told me he was sworn in as an American citizen last week. It took him five years and he applied for and maintained legal status the entire time.

There is no excuse for illegal immigrants to cheat the system, effectively penalizing those who follow the law and do it right.

Our country has a right and an obligation to limit immigrants to those who respect our laws and are intent on assimilating into our society, in terms of beliefs, language and culture. They must be willing to work at jobs that make them self-sufficient and able to contribute as taxpayers.

This is both a moral and legal obligation by any would-be immigrant. If not, then this is not the country they belong.