It's Time to Boycott Arizona

[Julie]

Originally Posted by katsarecool

I agree that unless someone has a legal right to work in this country (green card) then they should not be allowed to do so. But on the other hand our laws need to be more inclusive of people who are not of White European ancestry. Because clearly they are not as they stand presently.

Have you ever attempted to apply for a Green Card? This country does not welcome immigrants. In order to get the Green Card, you either have to marry or you have to pay off some rich attorney.

This country does not welcome immigrants. Not even those immigrants who served in the military as one of our allies.

Quote from Immigration Equality:

"Under current U.S. immigration laws, lesbian and gay Americans do not have the right to sponsor their foreign national partners for residency, as their straight neighbors do. Instead, immigration laws force these couples — about 17,000 of whom are raising young children who are American citizens — to separate or leave the country, forced into exile because their families are not recognized under federal law. This painful reality is forcing many American citizens, and their families, to flee their own country, exacting a heavy cost on our economy, communities and on the countless people who constitute their extended families, too."

There are 19 countries which allow for this. Yet the USA does not. Ireland is coming up, so make that 20.

http://www.immigrationequality.org

Now... Let's imagine a poor Mexican person living in a remote part of his/her country and all they want to do is provide a safe place for their family. I lived in mexico as a child and saw the poverty and disease because of poor living conditions and poor health care.

I will always believe in opening our borders. It is what this country was based on. Statue of Liberty still stand today...

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

Have we forgotten?