What can I do?

[Harsh_77 716]

Most of these 'undocumented' immigrants (or whatever PC term you wish to use) know full well the difference between right and wrong, lying and telling the truth, the minimal requirements for obtaining an H1B (college degree, generally) and other basic categories. They also know that they cannot meet those qualifications, hence their ethically challenged motivation to lie, cheat or steal their way into this land of opportunity. But we have requirements and limitations on the number of people who may arrive here legitimately...for a reason....for the protection of the health and well being of you and I and our fellow Americans....and people like the OP believe they should be exempt from our rules for reasons they can never fully explain nor certainly justify.

Compassion? Why? Suppose tomorrow, a colleague of yours at work got laid off, only to be replaced by the OP (or one of the 14M just like her) because the boss wants to save $$....would compassion really describe how you would feel about this situation? Or worse...suppose YOU got the pink slip, then found out later your replacement was a visa cheat??? Would compassion be the first thing on your mind, or instead a call to ICE?

I do not believe that compassion should be extended to those who have decided to thumb their collective noses at our laws....because somewhere out there is an unemployed American citizen (or LPR) who has lost the opportunity for the job she currently occupies (her parents are nowhere near wealthy enough to send her money with which to 'hang out' and watch TV....if they had those resources, she would have had a better education and access to opportunities in her own country).

Illegal immigration is illegal immigration....it cannot be sugar coated.

thanks for listening, though we disagree on a couple of points.

completely agree