Misguided Republicans Support Legalizing Illegal Immigrants

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Listening to discussions of immigration laws and proposals to reform them is like listening to something out of "Alice in Wonderland."
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Almost everyone seems to think that we need to solve the problem of the children of illegal immigrants, because these children are here "through no fault of their own." Do people who say that have any idea how many millions of children are living in dire poverty in India, Africa or other places "through no fault of their own," and would be better off living in the United States?
Do all children have some inherent right to live in America if they have done nothing wrong? If not, then why should the children of illegal immigrants have such a right?
More fundamentally, why do the American people not have a right to the protection that immigration laws provide people in other countries around the world — including Mexico, where illegal immigrants from other countries get no such special treatment as Mexico and its American supporters are demanding for illegal immigrants in the United States?
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Republicans may yet rescue the Democrats, while demoralizing their own supporters and utterly failing the country.

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Jewish World Review 

Feb 4, 2014 / 4 Adar I, 5774
Republicans to the Rescue?
By Thomas Sowell