Should we lock up the children of criminals?
Roger47
2012/06/16 18:53:03
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President Obama recently signed an executive order allowing people brought here illegally as children to remain here and be able to work, rather than be deported back to a country they may not even remember. The rationale behind this was that we were already granting such relief on a case by case basis because it was the right thing to do, so we might as well just announce we are doing it for all of them who have become educated and ho have not committed crimes.
This decision has been criticized by his political opponents, who have renewed calls to deport everybody we can. But for many of those who came here as children, this is the only country they know. And the only reason they are here is that their parents brought them with the parents, when the parents came here in search of a better life for their families. These children have done nothing wrong.
To punish them y deporting them to a country they do not know, where thay may no longer even have any family that they know, is the moral equivalent of locking up the children of criminals because their parent committed a crime. Would it be morally right to do that?
This decision has been criticized by his political opponents, who have renewed calls to deport everybody we can. But for many of those who came here as children, this is the only country they know. And the only reason they are here is that their parents brought them with the parents, when the parents came here in search of a better life for their families. These children have done nothing wrong.
To punish them y deporting them to a country they do not know, where thay may no longer even have any family that they know, is the moral equivalent of locking up the children of criminals because their parent committed a crime. Would it be morally right to do that?
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Jack's Pearl 2012/06/16 19:00:13No.
+5I don't even think of the parents as criminals. They came here in desperate need of a better life for themselves. And to send these children back to a country they don't know anything about and have never set foot on is terrible. That they got here illegally is so much a smaller issue then the human issue of survival and a good life. Aren't they considered American Citizens just based on the fact they were born here? And those that came so young, didn't choose to do so illegally. We should not punish them.
WHY? Because they did it LEGALLY.
Some illegals may do welfare fraud, just like US citizens do. But they came here to work, and they do work very hard for the small amount they are paid, And many pay into Social Security but will never collect, so they subsidize the rest of us.
Employers will here anytime they need more employees. nd there are government databases available for them to check all job applicants. Illegals do not make employers afraid to hire.