Op-ed: A Legal Immigrant Against Amnesty
Published:
Thu, Sep 2nd 2021 @ 11:27 am EDT
Shakil Hamid came to the United as a legal immigrant from Bangladesh. He opposes the inclusion of amnesty in the upcoming budget reconciliation bill due to be voted on this month.
That's a slap in the face for legal immigrants like me. Lawmakers are effectively saying that tens of millions of us — who followed all the rules for the privilege of coming to this great nation — are a bunch of dopes. That we'd have been better wading the Rio Grande or overstaying our tourist visas.
Amnesty isn't merely an insult, of course. It poses a tangible, dire economic threat to American workers, native-born and naturalized citizens alike.
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