A Different Way to Think

As a Libertarian I have always sided with immigrants as being people who just want to better themselves and work hard.  Recently I got the following email which gave me a different perspective.  Yes, immigrants are good people who want to better themselves and will work harder for what they want than Americans, but I now see that even so, they are breaking the law in getting here.  Maybe the immigration reform we need is to naturalize the illegals that are here already and then streamline and make easier the process of immigration.  If we make it easier to get here legally than illegally, maybe the process is improved.  An example of this belief is the music industry.  When MP3s first became prevalent the music industry was shocked at music piracy.  Eventually they found creative ways to make it easier and less risky to buy music than it is to steal it.  There are still plenty of pirates, but there are now also people, myself included, who would rather do things legally and take the moral high road.  It is so convenient and affordable to buy digital music legally than it is to risk getting a virus while downloading it for free.  This is how it should be with our southern border.  It should be compelling to want to use legal means to enter the country, versus more convenient to do so illegally.

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