I was sent this following link as a comment to a Pin on one of my Pinterest boards in response to the pin itself about illegal immigrants allegedly getting free shit in welfare benefits once they've entered the country illegally, and I'll post the pin image as well:
The first paragraph is horrible to read, suggesting that we put a "minefield" along our southern border with Mexico. That has to be the most horrific idea I've ever come across. The fact that some United States citizens are so callous to human life that even one of them thinks this is a good idea is a sick and twisted individual. I mean, I know I have my moments of being sick and twisted, but definitely NOT this deep. I'm more of a shallow-end sick and twisted.
What makes this whole idea in the first paragraph horrible is when one thinks of children of those illegal immigrants. Remember, when we're kids, we don't get to have a choice when mom or dad says "We're going and that's final". Especially if you're under 10, you don't have many options to choose from. You can choose:
a) quick, but painful death
b) slow, and very painful death
c) cold, slow, and painful death
d) lonely, cold, slow, and painful death...
You get the idea. And as a child under 12, the idea of a death without your family near you is unconscionable.
Oh, and here's the Pin image that earned me the comment reply of the link above:
So, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to say. "Yeah, that's a great idea. Let's kill 'em. Kill 'em all!" That just sounds psychotic. Just even thinking it causes me great agony, because the United States is supposed to be more compassionate than this, but yet, this is what someone thought up. Do we have a big illegal immigration problem? Sure. Yes, we do, indeed. But should it warrant "killing them all" as it were? NO! We're better than that. We can find a better way to make legal immigration more enticing.
First, as an immigrant, if you want to become a United States citizen, there are steps laid out on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website on how to become a citizen if you were born outside the United States. A person can apply for citizenship through their U.S.-born parent, or apply for naturalization. Some of the requirements in their tests include knowing good English, and having a solid knowledge about our civics (U.S. history and government). But there's more....
You have to be a legal permanent resident for five (5) years at least, and to apply for permanent resident status, you can apply through a family member, a job, refugee or asylum status, etc. And even then, there are numerous steps to becoming a permanent resident with limitations on when and where you can travel outside the United States. This is all on the website for "USCIS" plus a lot of great information on citizenship requirements, especially if an immigrant is not already a U.S.-born immigrant-descendant.
So, you figure through all of the processes and procedures, plus verification of paperwork and documentation, it can take years to become a legal resident, much less a United States citizen. And with the conditions of the countries that many immigrants come from are in severe shape, worse than we THINK it is here in the United States. We have it very good here. We have some of the best in medicine, technology, and of course, our military strength. Not just that, but we have a smart military. Some soldiers have done courageous acts of defending not just their country, but their fellow soldier, sailor, airman, Marine, etc. What might take another country a hundred men to do, our United States military can get done with maybe a fraction of that number. Like 10 or 20 men/women.
Note: There is some misunderstanding about gaining citizenship through military service. We have some immigrants who chose military service in exchange for citizenship, and although it is listed as one of the ways to gain their citizen status on the USCIS website, and upon returning to their home in the United States, we have those same immigrants being deported for any reason while having committed no crime. That is ALL WRONG! If an immigrant chooses military service to gain citizenship, then I can think of no better way to earn it than by serving.
But, I do know this much. My grandfather, and my two uncles (possibly more) did not join the military just so that some brat citizens who want to kill immigrants, especially illegal immigrants, can do so without thought of repercussions like being arrested or being charged with a crime. Some people think that should even be a legalized thing to do. Kill illegal immigrants on the spot. and ask questions later if at all. I see that we have a long way to go when it comes to compassion in this country, and with the election of Donald Trump as president, I fear we're going to be headed down some very dark paths before we come back from the abyss.
I agree that illegal immigration is a problem, but the solution should never be to include killing people who have likely done nothing wrong except try to immigrate to the United States illegally. If that is their only crime, and we resort to killing them, along with their kids, we have become an ugly shell of our former self as a country. There are many other ways to solve the problem without this kind of reckless thought process.
One of the main arguments against illegal immigrants, which I get, is about them not paying taxes. However, we have thousands of Americans who would gladly get out of paying taxes if they thought they could get away with it cleanly. Sort of like saying "I want legal immigrants who pay taxes, but I don't want to pay more taxes myself and have people living off my dime." That's a discussion for another time, but if the argument is based on paying taxes, should we not make sure that every American pays their fair share of taxes, including the number ONE man in the highest elected office in the country, the President? Let's see his taxes for the last 15 years, and if I like what I see, I'll support more reasonable measures to curtail illegal immigration. However, if he continues to dodge the press in releasing his tax return details for the last decade and a half, then I don't want to hear him or those who both support him and are against illegal immigrants say that it's about paying taxes, when you know damn well that they both aren't paying their fair share in taxes either.
