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I considered making a comment with a similar angle. As nice as it is for L to work for a better life and all that, it's also bad when a bunch of Ls undercut people's wages. I see the "a bunch of" as the problem, not L himself.
It's also morally questionable that the US incentivized him to take a dangerous journey, too dangerous for his family by his own account, in order to get here.
Beyond that, all the authorities knew was "this guy showed up at the border," and they just released him with a joke of a court date. L seems nice, he knows a trade (or so he claims), he's certainly courageous, and I infer that he's a hard worker. A model immigrant, in other words. Most people who show up at the border probably aren't L.
A question for you, KMC. If the US accepted fewer immigrants, would you mind L becoming a citizen? Pick your ideal number of immigrants accepted each year for the hypothetical, whether 10 or 1000000.
Put another way: Do you absolutely hate all immigrants/foreigners in the US, or are you reacting to the ever-increasing number entering the country? Something else entirely?
Your vitriol seems misplaced. L isn't the problem, it's the people who made the policies that convinced L that migrating here was a good idea.
Yes, I would mind if he became a citizen. He does not belong here, and I do not want him. I do not want people like him. My ideal number of immigrants is 0.
Hate? No, I just don't want them, and have no sympathy for them. I don't care if their lives suck, I don't care why they want to be here, I don't care if they live or die, or where they choose to do those things as long as it's not here. I'm through caring about the reasons. I simply want at least two generations of no immigration, to start to make up for the two generations of foreign invasion of my country.
In short, the plight of immigrants is not a relevant factor in my decision making, but the presence of immigrants is undesirable for me. So get them out of here by any means necessary.
Yes he is.
Them, too. Do you have their names or addresses?
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