So, even if you think that immigrants did something wrong by entering without permission..you have to weigh that wrong against the harm that would be done by forcing them to leave after they have been here a long time, have sunk roots in the community, and have established a life in our society. It’s simply wrong to impose a big harm on people for a minor offense, as we recognize with our statute of limitations on many offenses. So, when people have been here for a long time, living peacefully and contributing to the community in ordinary ways, the morally right thing to do is to let them stay, regardless of how they arrived. And if you let them stay, you have to let them become citizens. A democracy cannot justify excluding settled residents from citizenship over the long run.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 13:27:56 +0000
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