Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party State Legislator Kaohly Vang Her, born in Vietnam, just told her colleagues in a special session of the State Legislature that she recently "discovered" she was an illegal immigrant. Reading the news, the information is confusing, as are her words. Many unanswered questions remain: Did she legalize her stay in the United States during her prolonged stay since the end of the Vietnam War? If she didn't legalize it, how could she run for and be elected to a public office of legislative responsibility? If she legalized it, when? -- Can anyone clarify this?
It's important to emphasize that many immigrants have entered or remained in this country illegally who are decent, honest, and hardworking people; even people who have fought to legalize their stay and amply demonstrate their love for the country that welcomed them. Many of these people have shown their courage and have done everything possible to legalize their stay. Many have succeeded and are now legal residents, and in many cases have sworn their allegiance to this country to obtain their citizenship. Others have failed in their attempts and have peacefully returned to their countries of origin to try to meet the requirements there to legally return to this country. These people are worthy of compassion and support, deserving the utmost respect in recognition of their adherence to the law and the established order.
The latter, in particular, are the most harmed when other illegal immigrants, including many who have been deported and returned illegally, are allowed to remain in the country and achieve legal status jumping ahead of those who have respected the law and are waiting in their countries their turn to be granted entry to the United States.
The immigration order is established in laws, including some fairly recent ones, such as the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, signed by President Clinton on September 30, 1996, which clearly establishes that the federal government is authorized to proceed with deportation without a court hearing through a process the law calls "expedited removal." I cannot understand the legal obstacles and the furious opposition to the measures the current administration is taking to deport millions who do not respect the country's law, especially those who have committed crimes or those who are now staging violent demonstrations, waving foreign flags and burning, spitting on, and trampling the American flag, in a clear demonstration of the hatred they feel for the country where they wish to remain.
I proclaim the following: Compassion and support for those who fight to get a legal status in compliance with the law; deportation for criminals and those who act as enemies of law and order.
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