Open Borders... An American Tradition for Ten Thousand Years...

There is no such thing as an “Illegal Alien.”

November 20, 2013 by thewordsmithcollection

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”

― “quote on the Statue of Liberty”

When we installed this beacon of freedom at our doorstep,
we meant it.

http://immigrationwithjustice.blogspot.com/2010/04/we-have-seen-enemy-and-he-is-us.html
“After years and years of video loops running on the cable television networks, for many Americans the term “illegal alien” conjures up images of people illegally jumping over the Southern border. Most people would be surprised to learn that nearly half the undocumented population entered the U.S. legally. Some came as visitors, others as students, and others as temporary workers. Some fell out of status because they took ill and were forced to drop out of school, others because they fell victim to domestic violence or other crimes, and others because their sponsoring employer mistreated them. Even those foreign nationals that entered the country surreptitiously in direct violation of the immigration law are not “illegal”. Some, like victims of human trafficking, are eligible for protection, not prosecution, under our immigration law.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-leopold/ap-illegal-immigrant_b_3006392.html

“Illegal alien” is not a legal term. An alien is defined as anyone who is not a citizen or national of the “Illegal alien” is not a legal term. An alien is defined as anyone who is not a citizen or national of the United States. However, “illegal alien” is not a legal term in the Immigration and Nationality Act. For some, the use of the term “illegal alien” is likely based on a misconception that an immigrant’s very presence in the United States is a criminal violation of the law. While the act of entering the country without inspection is a federal misdemeanor, and for repeat offenders could be a felony, the status of being present in the United States without a visa is not an ongoing criminal violation.”

http://nohumanbeingisillegal.com/Home.html

There Is No Such Thing As An ‘Illegal Alien’
“Yes, you read it correctly. There really is no such thing.
And not because the Associated Press announced a long
overdue change to its Stylebook yesterday.”

“Do the Right Thing”
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“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of you teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

~We should build bridges instead of fences. Our nation was built by immigrants. Every time we have limited immigration, we have suffered because of it.  We should live up to what it says on the statue of liberty.
Closing our doors to those who seek freedom is wrong.

http://theissueslist.blogspot.com/2013/05/do-right-thing.html “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of you teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

~We should build bridges instead of fences. Our nation was built by immigrants. Every time we have limited immigration, we have suffered because of it. We should live up to what it says on the statue of liberty. Closing our doors to those who seek freedom is wrong"

~tmf

'The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?'

~Pablo Casals

“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”

― Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Alexa and the other guests, and perhaps even Georgina, all understood the fleeing from war, from the kind of poverty that crushed human souls, but they would not understand the need to escape from the oppressive lethargy of choicelessness. They would not understand why people like him who were raised well fed and watered but mired in dissatisfaction, conditioned from birth to look towards somewhere else, eternally convinced that real lives happened in that somewhere else, were now resolved to do dangerous things, illegal things, so as to leave, none of them starving, or raped, or from burned villages, but merely hungry for for choice and certainty.”

― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“We asked for workers. We got people instead.”

― Max Frisc

“I take issue with many people's description of people being "Illegal" Immigrants. There aren't any illegal Human Beings as far as I'm concerned.”

― Dennis Kucinich

“When Europeans arrived on this continent, they blew it with the Native Americans. They plowed over them, taking as much as they could of their land and valuables, and respecting almost nothing about the native cultures. They lost the wisdom of the indigenous peoples-wisdom about the land and connectedness to the great web of life…We have another chance with all these refugees. People come here penniless but not cultureless. They bring us gifts. We can synthesize the best of our traditions with the best of theirs. We can teach and learn from each other to produce a better America…”

― Mary Pipher

“When did the skin on our bodies, the difference in our voice, or the direction our heart takes us decide whether or not we should have human rights?”

― Isabella Poretsis

"There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of the Indians. No one's illegal. They should just be able to come."

~Linda Ronstadt

"From all the controversy surrounding the issue, you might think that immigration was an economic evil that the U.S. is forced by circumstance to put up with. In fact, the consensus among economists is that immigration -- both legal and illegal -- is good for the overall economy. While competition from undocumented workers and new arrivals pushes wages down in some sectors, the net effect is positive."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/02/open-borders_n_5737722.html