> penalizes legal residents waiting for their citizenship How does another person receiving a benefit penalize your brother? By the same logic, we should all

> penalizes legal residents waiting for their citizenship How does another person receiving a benefit penalize your brother? By the same logic, we should all insist on vicious assaults on new military recruits, because that's how it was done years ago. As a society we should seek to improve the way we treat people, maximizing practical utility (tax-paying illegal immigrants are benefiting society) and seeking fairness. Chasing fairness as a primary goal is a fruitless endeavor. I think it's awful for both your brother and society that he was required to wait so long to get his citizenship. Should we repeat the same mistakes out of a misguided attempt at fairness?