Thursday, January 31, 2008

On illegal immigration...

I believe that illegal immigrants should not be allowed to vote because they are not citizens of the United States of America. Therefore, they should not be allowed to decide who runs a country that they do not belong to. I have no problem with immigrants in general, but if they have not passed the tests, they have no right to be a citizen and vote here. If I was to move to another country and become a citizen there, I would do it the right way: by taking the steps necessary to obtain a citizenship. I don't understand why people from Mexico come illegally into the USA, march on the streets saying that "no human is illegal," and rip down our flag to put up their Mexican flag. If they love it so much, why don't they just go back? No need to take jobs away from actual US citizens and cause chaos on our streets if they are still completely loyal to their native country rather than the one that they want to live in. We have a test to become a citizen for a reason. It's not a punishment, it's a way to keep our country safe and free of criminals.