Ending the Normalization of Illegal Immigration
Lumping illegal immigrants with legal immigrants not only undermines the rule of law, but it patronizes the efforts of law-abiding immigrants
By Tammi Fisher // Feb 2, 2018
I spent a few of my childhood years in the Columbia River Basin area of Washington state, where I first encountered folks who spoke a different language than I – many from Mexico, and quite a few from Laos. Many of my schoolmates were first generation legal immigrants, and their pride in becoming Americans, and that of their parents was profound. Likewise, their disdain for those who did not migrate through legal process or who overstayed their “Green Card†status was equally obvious. As a Montana born pre-teen lacking any cultural sophistication whatsoever, I was incapable of distinguishing one Spanish-speaking person from another. However, a sophisticated-beyond-her-years Mexican-American friend of mine informed me a clear distinction did exist: comprised of the “legal†versus the “illegal.â€
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