Where is the grateful, appreciative attitude?

We have tried to be as pleasant, forbearing, and empathic as humanly possible with our understanding of immigration reform. However, somewhere in this mix of “immigrant rights, Four Pillars strategy,” and well, for something that quite openly is not on the favorable side of the American people, one with a lick of common sense might deduce that the approach is completely wrong.

We don’t want to beleaguer this point – yet it would be criminally negligent not to at least mention it – where are the humble, respective, and integrity minded – in other words, the grateful side of even negotiating comprehensive immigration reform? Sure as anything the ‘wants’ of the proposed beneficiaries come in as demands rather than respectful bargaining.

One needs to appreciate the reality of matters regarding immigration pursuant to how other nations deal with it from around the world. We’ve mentioned this before in other writings, yet we’ll sum it up briefly here. We implore anyone with any sense of common sense to immigrate to North Korea, China, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, or Australia without the proper documentation. Go on…go!

Some of us on staff here literally witnessed a young woman who had overstayed her visa in Sydney, Australia taken to the airport containment center, processed, and then flown back to New Zealand. Her boyfriend was involved with our company at that time and we did everything we could to sponsor her, including employment, living accommodations, transportation, and income demonstrating to the Australian authorities that she was not a burden to anyone, moreover, she wasn’t a burden on their system.

Please don’t misunderstand – we worked together with the Australian authorities regarding inspections of property, employment, and income; however, we nonetheless could see and comprehend why the Aussies were so adamant about proceeding with this particular immigration violation.

Folks, we had found out only later that she had been given every break in the history of the Australian Customs Enforcement Agency including extensions on her current visa, letter upon letter of warning, meetings within the customs agency with the proverbial “you do this and we’ll do that…” even cancelling court and deportation orders! But if there was any one thing that sunk her case it was the arrogance, abuse, and willful disregard of that nation’s hospitality and efforts to work with her. In other words, she went to meetings with the “look at what I’ve done for you” attitude, as well as the “there are others that need deporting more than I do…” which I’m sure you’ll agree is not the attitude to have when someone else holds your fate and politely at that.

Just one more thing before we end for our mid-day edition and it deals with the aforementioned countries listed above. Some of these nations don’t care if you’re a journalist writing great propaganda for them; others could care less about Spring break or the notion of wanting to see the world. In some of these nations an illegal immigrant goes straight to jail without a hearing, trial, or even contacting the United States authorities – the way the prisoners live, and what little burden they are on the nation the better.

For some reason this appreciative and grateful attitude of coming into the United States and finding work, bank, housing, transportation, and being able to send your children to local schools and still receive government subsidies has now been completely run over by special interest and advocacy groups dictating what they want. And it is leaving a real sour taste in America’s mouth.