I’m not going to talk politics.  For one thing, I don’t keep up well enough.  To keep up with all of the politicians and the laws they make— then revoke— would absorb my life.  I’m talking about normal people who live in places that are being torn apart by war or famine, who wish to move to the United States to live a good life.  When people from those places come here, should they be allowed to stay?  If they are allowed to stay, should they be forced to register?

I heard today of a woman who is “illegal”, but she lives in an apartment, owns a car, and pretty much lives  just like everyone else.  She just isn’t quite “legal”.

What do you get when you become a citizen?  You receive the right to pay taxes, for one thing. The families that are escaping difficult areas in other countries, coming to the United States with five or six children, no job prospects, and no English-speaking skills—they can’t figure out how they are going to survive, let alone pay taxes.

People already living in the United States stand with their arms crossed, and lips pursed, shaking their heads.    “If we can pay taxes, they can pay taxes,” we mutter.  When was the last time we found ourselves unemployed, in a place where we couldn’t understand what most people said to us?

So, are people who are “illegal” bad?  Should the “fence climbers”—people who sneak into the country be shot on sight?

No, illegal aliens aren’t bad people.  I don’t care what the ranters and railers on the radio and on Craigslist might say.  They are just people.   People looking for a better life.  The good life.  And isn’t that what we are all looking for?

The reason people get so upset about people who don’t register or become citizens is because, if you’re going to use something on a long term basis, it only makes sense that you contribute to the cost of usage.

Those families with children are going to need to send those kids to school.  Taxpayer-supported schools.  That woman living in the apartment, driving her car—does she think the streets she drives on just grew there?  Or that they stay clean by licking themselves, like a cat?  People are paid to take care of those streets.   And, ultimately, the workers are paid by taxpayers.

Those of us who were born here tend to take things for granted, forgetting that we are all immigrants.

“If you want to eat, you have to help with the dishes.”  When I was a kid, one of my friends told me that was a rule in their house.  The first time I went over there, I was kind of shocked.  If I didn’t help with the dishes, I didn’t get dinner?  After the first time or two, I was used to it.  I even enjoyed it.  I became part of the family.

Whether people should be allowed to move someplace where they can find a good life isn’t the question.  The question is, are they willing to help with the dishes?

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