Legal Immigrants

For John, BLUF:  Our Immigration System is not putting our best foot forward with regard to legal immigrants.  Nothing to see here.  Just move along.

We all know that it isn't illegal to be illegal in Massachusetts, but why should already legal immigrants to these shores feel like they are being judged illegal by the system designed to make them American Citizens?

Here is the not to short headline at ¡No Pasaran!today:

No one talks about legal immigrants who are hard working men and women, who wait for the frustratingly slow process that seems to discriminate against those who want to do it by the book.

This Blog Post, in turn, links to a column in The Daily Telegraph by Mark I Sutherland.  His article concludes:

So as President Obama addresses the immigration issue and as those of us who are immigrants pray for some common sense in Washington DC that does not cater to special interests and actually fixes a very broken system, I have a glimmer of hope.  Because I know how welcoming American is.  I know how special America is.  And my hope is that the locked door, where the No Vacancy sign hangs, will be unlocked and thrown open, and we again hear the refrain of Lady Liberty welcoming those yearning to be free.

With a Granddaughter married to a legal foreign national, I have some sympathy with Mr Sutherland.

Regards  —  Cliff