(The New York Times) — Photo Caption: Huy Pham in front of his parents’ home in St. Paul. When he was a toddler, his family entered the United States legally as refugees from Vietnam, and he opposes granting legal status to undocumented immigrants.
For Pav Sterry of Columbus, Ohio, legalizing any undocumented immigrants — even those who came as children without a choice in the matter — is just plain wrong.
Huy Pham of St. Paul believes any concessions for the so-called Dreamers will unleash another tidal wave of illegal immigration. And Daniel Cotts of Phoenix regards “blanket amnesty” for them as unfair to foreigners who languish for years waiting to come here the legal way.
Poll after poll has shown that a large majority of Americans support protections for young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children.
Yet there remains a slice of the American public for whom the idea of legalizing an undocumented immigrant has not gotten better with age.
Click to continue reading. By – Jan 25, 2018.