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I know people who worked legally(!) in the US for 14 years, and paid taxes for this whole time - they do not even have a Green Card yet. And you are saying that

I know people who worked legally(!) in the US for 14 years, and paid taxes for this whole time - they do not even have a Green Card yet. And you are saying that illegal immigrants should get citizenship just because they have been here for 13 years.

jacquesm 13y ago
No, I think they should be given citizenship because they exhibit all the properties of citizens. The timespan doesn't have anything to do with it just that after such a long time any idea of deportation for whatever reason is totally ridiculous. Reality should never have to adapt to the paper world, but the paper world should adapt to reality.
jedmeyers 13y ago
If you say that once someone exhibit all properties of a citizen he should become one. My question to you is: at what point does one start exhibiting all properties of a citizen and how should Government verify that he does?
- jacquesm 13y ago
  That's easy: as soon as the government thinks that someone ought to be taxed.
  - jedmeyers 13y ago
    So right after I get a work visa in the US and start working and paying taxes I should get citizenship?
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