I will say this...I'm a little older than you, and I get the general feeling among your generation is more compassionate and sympathetic towards undocumented folks than older generations. Now I'm not saying that one opinion is better than another, but it just seems to me like older generations seem a little more rigidly opinionated.
A great question that brought up in the video piece was how do we potentially allow undocumented folks to become U.S. citizens. In the message, the narrator claimed that the process was too hard. Since that was in 2012, I'm not sure how things have changed, if at all. Admittedly, too, I'm not up-to-date on the exact process of becoming a U.S. citizen. Is it hard, or is it reasonable? I'm really not sure. I think I would be inclined to say that the process shouldn't just be some type of freebie easy thing, but I also don't believe the process should be very, very challenging. Should people have to speak fluent English in order to be a U.S. citizen; I hear that one a lot. Should people have to pass some sort of U.S. citizen test with a certain percentage of score? Should people have to have some sort of skill or expertise that would increase the likelihood that they would be a positive contribution to the United States? What other characteristics or qualities should someone have in order to become a U.S. citizen?
I find myself chuckling a little at some things people say should be qualifications because a lot of U.S. citizens likely wouldn't be able to stay if they had to follow those same guidelines or expectations, and we can't just start chucking people out of the country that don't belong because they don't speak English well enough, didn't pass the U.S. Constitution test well enough, or aren't smart enough or skilled enough or whatever enough, can we?
Dan DeSmet, Jaxon Brokaw, Connor Shafer
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