Reasons why children of illegals SHOULD BE GIVEN PAPERWORK

The media have continued to harp on the fact that the "Dream Act" would provide "amnesty" for illegals. True. However, you need to remember that many of these illegals were children when they were brought here. It is estimated that there are about 12 million illegals in this country. Think of them the next time you want some other Christian to provide meals for the poor who cannot provide for themselves, because you want to punish those "law-breaking illegals."

Do you want to be responsible for creating a permanent group of people in poverty (those grown children) just because your "their parents broke the law and should be punished" justice demands it? Yes, their parents broke the law by coming here, but is it "right" to deny the children participation in the American Dream because their parents were "wrong"? Do you think that having poor people "invade" the emergency rooms of hospitals, because they cannot afford health insurance, is the "right" way to handle our health-care crisis? Or would it be more logical to let them become tax-paying and health insurance buying residents?


Here are some more reasons why illegals SHOULD BE GIVEN PAPERWORK:

1. Giving them documentation such as permission to live (residency permit), work (green card), and pay taxes (Tax ID Number) in this country does NOT give them an automatic path to citizenship! They will not be able to vote just because they have a green card.

2. Giving them documentation does allow children to go to college at a lower cost (because they have documentation required by many states for residency tuition rates). Why is it logical to provide a K-12 education at taxpayer expense and then refuse to let them go to college along with their high school classmates? Some time in the future these young men and women could become your doctor or your children's teacher.

3. In this "down" economy, these newly documented workers would start paying their fair share of taxes on income, because they can now go and get a "real" job instead of feeding the under-ground cash economy. For you folks who do not understand why this is important, think about all the services that have been cut, and could be re-instated if the government had more tax money coming into their coffers.

4. These illegals could not only get paid a decent salary for their work, but they could also save for their inevitable retirement. Who knows, maybe, they could help revive the housing market by buying a home? The property taxes these folks would now be paying could also help provide more money for K-12 schools.

There are other reasons to pass a "Dream Act" kind of legislation, but I am sure you have had to read way too much reason already.

Should there be "penalties" for being illegal? For the children, maybe. For the parents, definitely. That is a discussion for another rant/blog.