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http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...gally_rally_in_hope_of_living_american_dream/
"Oliveira, 22, a native of Brazil, said he has been in the United States without legal papers since he was 8. The stocky former football player went to high school on Cape Cod and hoped to join the US Navy. But immigrants here illegally are barred from joining the military."
"“We want the opportunity; that’s it,’’ Oliveira said before he delivered his speech. “We don’t want a handout, just the opportunity to prove ourselves.’’"
Thoughts:
1) Plenty of "illegals" came to American Soil in the past.
2) Plenty of legals came as well
3) If America was founded on Illegal Immigration, does that make it ethically OK?
Other thoughts on the guys' story above:
1) You already got a handout by attending public schools and enjoying public services.
2) Opportunities are here but they are not limitless, while Mexicans seem to pop them out like they are.
"Oliveira, 22, a native of Brazil, said he has been in the United States without legal papers since he was 8. The stocky former football player went to high school on Cape Cod and hoped to join the US Navy. But immigrants here illegally are barred from joining the military."
"“We want the opportunity; that’s it,’’ Oliveira said before he delivered his speech. “We don’t want a handout, just the opportunity to prove ourselves.’’"
Thoughts:
1) Plenty of "illegals" came to American Soil in the past.
2) Plenty of legals came as well
3) If America was founded on Illegal Immigration, does that make it ethically OK?
Other thoughts on the guys' story above:
1) You already got a handout by attending public schools and enjoying public services.
2) Opportunities are here but they are not limitless, while Mexicans seem to pop them out like they are.
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