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Agreed. But most don't even bother.
My husbands best friend was so proud the day he and his wife went to Los Angeles to be deemed United States Citizens. They both worked so hard to learn the language, put meals on their table, pay their taxes while going through the legalities. And we were so proud along with them.
He comes over often to visit because hubby is now retired, but Antonio is still working 3 jobs although his now large family is grown and have families of their own. He says nothing pisses him off more than for someone to claim they "no speak english" when they have ample opportunity to learn it. Heck, he still asks us what something may mean if he is confused. So he is still learning himself.
It is people like Antonio and his wife that should be given every opportunity to expand on their needs to become citizens. They are good people. And they did the right thing. They didn't ask for a handout. They worked for what they have and are now citizens of the United States Of America. He beams whenever he says that. We beam with him.
That's a touching story, Enola, but I really have to say that the narrative of illegal aliens as parasites who use public resources without paying for them is overly simplistic, as I pointed out earlier. Except for the drug cartel operatives and gang members, most are just regular folks trying to get by because they had absolutely no opportunities in the ****ty country they left. It's just my personal opinion that everyone who's saying that illegals should be deported and should "go to the end of the line," that policy isn't a particularly effective or pragmatic way to solve the problem.
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