There is an old expression about your right to swing your fist ends at my nose. By virtue of coming here uninvited, through non approved means, with the intent to rob the people of their productivity and the rewards of their efforts (and if you’re honest you will see that they’re thrives) they’ve violated the rights of those who are here justly.
I would be fine with taking this “migrant” trash and simply executing it or better yet, put it in a labor camp and make it work to repay that which it is stealing from the citizenry. When that ability for a “better life” goes away , so will these undesirables.
Let me first make it absolutely clear I am not in favor of limitless immigration or open borders. Far from it.
However, I would argue that the illegal immigrant did not violate any of our Rights by crossing an agreed-upon line on a map. He or she did not rob from your paycheck, or steal your job, take your food or your doctor’s appointment.
Now, the United States government - the one that’s there to supposedly protect the Rights of American Citizens in
@Tarowah ‘s estimation, does in fact rob from your paycheck and then give the proceeds from that theft to various people, good and bad, those with legal status and those without.
The United States government - through domestic and foreign policies outside its Constitutional authority- does cause jobs to disappear here and be transferred overseas.
The United States government, through environmental policy that is outside its Constitutional authority - takes food that could be eaten and instead subsidized its use in fuel - with more money stolen from your paycheck.
The United States government decided what kind of health insurance you are allowed to have, in many cases how much it would cost - and either subsidize others to get it with money the government robbed from you - or mandate your premiums higher to cover the spread.
In short - the migrant, illegal or otherwise, is not the culpable party when it comes to all the entitlement spending that they receive. The government, bureaucrats and politicians who created, sustain, and administer the programs are.
I think your anger, while justified, is misplaced.
Consider for a moment what would happen if you or I tried to do what they’re doing to us in most countries in this world. A quick death would be humane by comparison.
That, sir, is American exceptionalism, and the very argument Jefferson made in 1826, on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. That the principles laid down at America's birth, however flawed in execution, would be a rebuke to reappearing tyranny.
Yes, they broke the law. But five of the first ten Amendments to the Constitution - fully half of the Bill of Rights, deals specifically with safeguarding the Rights of those accused of breaking the law, insulating them from government abuse of power rather than exposing them to greater hazard from it.
It is my opinion this was done deliberately and on purpose, as justifying the willful violation of any person's Rights has always led to that same justification being levied against everyone's Rights.
My Opinion has not changed and I do not understand how much more clear I can be, Constitutional rights are protected by law for citizens and people here legally, human rights are protected by law to everyone regardless of legal status.
God given rights or not, an illegal alien doesn’t get the same protection of certain rights, he may have the exact same rights or have a million more God given rights than every single American citizen does, his country can protect those rights because our country does not.
So are you arguing that all men may be equal, with the same God-given Rights, but that unless mortal men write down and vote on the right words, it is moral and just for governments to infringe or violate those Rights based on Citizenship?
