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Beiruty wrote:Cool it down folks. No harm is done. We Green card holders do not consider ourselves guests anymore. We jumped the hoops like crazy to secure that little card that stay in the safe called a Green Card. If we had intention to be guest we would be only working on a temp work visa. Heck, both my kids are born in US when both Mom and Dad where legal residents, I am sure my kids call US there homeland.

duns wrote:I would rather live here too, but China, India, USA, or pretty much any other part of the world, GDP has risen with population.

duns wrote:It's law breaking, yes, but it is not actually a crime so it should not be equated with criminal behavior. You do know that illegal entry is merely a civil offense, like a traffic infraction?

(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection;
misrepresentation and concealment of facts
Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States
at any time or place other than as designated by immigration
officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration
officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United
States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the
willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first
commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or
imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent
commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or
imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

duns wrote:"Invade" is too emotive. I would have said they are showing initiative.

The Annoyed Man wrote:Obama Orders Dance Classes, Movie Nights, and Bingo for Illegal Detainees