The cab driver taking me to the Washington
Nationals
baseball
game on July 4 is from Bangladesh. I ask him how he got here. He said his
father “won the immigration lottery” some years back, was admitted under
U.S. immigration law and eventually became a citizen, as did his son. He is
proud to be an American and said after he dropped me off he was going to a
traditional Fourth of July party to celebrate America's independence.
Those are the kinds of immigrants America
should welcome. My driver — I will call him “Yusef” (not his real name) says he
works hard, supports his family and is outraged by those who break the law to
cross the border and immediately begin getting free stuff that he, now a
taxpayer, must subsidize.
At a July 4 White House naturalization
ceremony for more than two dozen foreign-born service members, President Obama
said welcoming people to America is “central to our way of life.” No, what is
central to our way of life is the Constitution,
which protects our freedoms. Historically, we have conditionally granted under
the law a safe haven for those “yearning to breathe free.” There is no
constitutional right for anyone to come to America, or become a citizen……To Read More…..
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