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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
I will play devils advocate here.
We are a nation of laws. Amadou Ly has chosen to willfully break these laws to stay here when his Visa ran out. He has chosen to hide from the authorities rather than attempt to work within the system to become a citizen (or legal immigrent). It appears from the article that he has tried to become a citizen only after he got caught. This shows a deep disrespect for our laws and our culture.
I do not know Amadou Ly. I do not know what type of person he is. From the article those who know him speak well of him and, in the end, those people might be his best chance at staying in this country. It is my hope that Amadou Ly gets a fair shot at becoming a legal immigrent and that he has learned that to live within this nation of laws he must follow those laws.
FIRST teaches many lessons far away from the robot. Lets hope that Amandou and others can learn from Amandous' experience.
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It also seems to me that Amadou is just an other victim of a bigger problem. The U.S. immigration system is broken. 12 million undocumented people in the U.S.! How could they get in but not terrorists? Oh yes, big business and such that pressure congress and the senate to not pass laws punishing them for hiring undocumented workers. 12 million people who cannot get any state or federal assistance yet pay rent, or mortgage (which pays for their public education) , some pay taxes and pay into soc. sec. yet never collect (50 million a year) , they do the jobs that the rest of us won't touch. They are here because "we" want them here. At least that is how seems to me. I don't see INS swinging by Home Depot to pick up day laborers. It seems funny that everyone else nows they are there except INS. Hmmmm!