Comments on: Ethan Millard on Illegal Immigration http://www.utahopinions.com/index.php/2008/02/22/ethan-millard-on-illegal-immigration/ A Hangout for Utahns & Those Interested in Utah Opinions Sat, 19 May 2012 07:30:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Chad http://www.utahopinions.com/index.php/2008/02/22/ethan-millard-on-illegal-immigration/#comment-497 Chad Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:13:16 +0000 http://www.utahopinions.com/index.php/2008/02/22/ethan-millard-on-illegal-immigration/#comment-497 It has nothing to do with love. It has everything to do with legality. I have a good friend who is a Colombian. I have been trying LEGALLY to get him to visit the United States for eight years. I even provided a notorized affidavit with my signature that says essentially "I will personally pay for his return airfare to Colombia." The result? He has been denied a tourist visa on all three attempts. Keep in mind that there is an eighteen-month waiting period for each attempt, so obviously this has been a ridiculously long ordeal. My friend is a good-loving family member, too, as you suggest, so why is it that he can't come here legally for a visit, while the illegals get to stay? Now if I take your point of view, I guess it's OK for me to speed on my way to work, because afterall I really love my family and I just want to spend that extra time with them at home. Oh wait, that's against the law, right? According to your philosophy, I'll just tell the police officer I love my family and he'll let me go with a warning. My point is simple, the law is the law. Let illegals leave our borders and get in line just like my Colombian friend. It has nothing to do with love. It has everything to do with legality. I have a good friend who is a Colombian. I have been trying LEGALLY to get him to visit the United States for eight years. I even provided a notorized affidavit with my signature that says essentially “I will personally pay for his return airfare to Colombia.” The result? He has been denied a tourist visa on all three attempts. Keep in mind that there is an eighteen-month waiting period for each attempt, so obviously this has been a ridiculously long ordeal. My friend is a good-loving family member, too, as you suggest, so why is it that he can’t come here legally for a visit, while the illegals get to stay?

Now if I take your point of view, I guess it’s OK for me to speed on my way to work, because afterall I really love my family and I just want to spend that extra time with them at home. Oh wait, that’s against the law, right? According to your philosophy, I’ll just tell the police officer I love my family and he’ll let me go with a warning. My point is simple, the law is the law. Let illegals leave our borders and get in line just like my Colombian friend.

]]> By: Reach Upward http://www.utahopinions.com/index.php/2008/02/22/ethan-millard-on-illegal-immigration/#comment-496 Reach Upward Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:27:49 +0000 http://www.utahopinions.com/index.php/2008/02/22/ethan-millard-on-illegal-immigration/#comment-496 Aw, come on. Suck up and love your fellowmen. These poor people are only in search of a better life for themselves and their families. And, of course, they're all very strong on family. Kindly ignore those whose family strength lies in crime families. And while you're at it, ignore all of those pushers and those home invasion robberies, etc. And ignore the jackals that keep people in bondage here in the U.S. to get them to pay their transit bill. If you anti-immigration people were nicer to the illegals, maybe they would hang around for the police to arrive after their drunk driving accidents. All it takes is a little more love and understanding, right? Aw, come on. Suck up and love your fellowmen. These poor people are only in search of a better life for themselves and their families.

And, of course, they’re all very strong on family. Kindly ignore those whose family strength lies in crime families. And while you’re at it, ignore all of those pushers and those home invasion robberies, etc. And ignore the jackals that keep people in bondage here in the U.S. to get them to pay their transit bill.

If you anti-immigration people were nicer to the illegals, maybe they would hang around for the police to arrive after their drunk driving accidents. All it takes is a little more love and understanding, right?

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