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THE LAW IS THE LAW, When we all decide that the law can be broken at will, then we become a lawless society and we can kiss it all good bye, especially the "American Dream".   If I decide that today I want to make a better life for myself and my family, do I have the right to go take over my neighbors car and house?   NO, that would be breaking the law and I would be arrested.   If a family is here illegally...(illegal is illegal), when is it the responsibility of the leader of that "moral upstanding family", to say, we must obey the law and come into this country the correct way???  Apply for citizenship the correct way!  If I enter another country without creating the correct paperwork trail, then will that country kick me out...NO, they will put me in Jail and maybe charge me with being a spy!   I KEEP HEARING, WE AMERICANS DON'T LIKE MEXICANS...THAT IS NOT TRUE!!!!  I DON'T LIKE ANYONE THAT BREAKS THE LAW!!!!  MEXICAN, LATINO, BLACK, WHITE, HISPANIC, RUSSIAN, CANADIAN, ITALIAN, DOESN'T MATTER... DON'T BREAK THE LAW UNLESS YOU CAN PAY THE FINE AND THE PENALTIES!   Some of the people here are paying the penalty for breaking the law, even if the parents were the ones breaking the law.   The time lag does not negate the breaking of the law.  The penalty may include being sent back to your country of origin.     

The guest said we need to do what is morally right...IT IS MORALLY RIGHT TO FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THE COUNTRY YOU ARE TRYING TO IMIGRATE TO!!!   It is interesting that the guest wants to make this a "moral" issue, when clearly they have no morals to begin with.   If you have morals you follow the law, not just the ones that you feel are fair.   IF I DON'T THINK IT IS FAIR MY NEIGHBOR HAS A NICER HOUSE, THEN WHEN DO I GET TO DECIDE THAT MY MORALS ALLOW ME TO WALK INTO HIS HOME AND BEGIN TO LIVE THERE?  LET ME ANSWER FOR YOU...NEVER, NOT IN A COUNTRY WITH LAWS. 

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COUNTRY OF ORIGIN...IT HAS EVERTHING TO DO WITH BREAKING THE LAW AND THINKING THE PERSON HERE ILLEGALLY IS DUE SOMETHING!   YOU ARE NOT DUE ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU BROKE THE LAW!   WE CANNOT AWARD SOMEONE FOR BREAKING THE LAW.  END OF STORY!

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