Allen Hunt posed quite the question on his March 31 radio show. He asked listeners, “What is wrong with allowing John and Maria Doe to get married?” Before I answer this, let me give you a little background.
John Doe is a U.S. citizen. Maria Doe is an illegal immigrant. John and Maria are romantically involved and have been living together since 2005. They have two children that were born in the States and are American citizens. They live in Kent County, Michigan. Recently, John and Maria made the decision to get married, but they were denied a marriage license. The County Clerk said that Maria needed a social security number in order to get married.
Since their rejection, a class action lawsuit has been filed against the clerk claiming that the rights of illegal immigrants are being denied. According to Robert Alvarez, who filed the lawsuit, “Everyone under the Constitution is protected, every person under the Constitution is protected, whether they be a citizen or not. That’s been the law of the land for many, many years now.” I guess Alvarez never heard Mark Twain’s statement, “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” The Constitution does not apply to illegal immigrants. Likewise, the clerk’s decision does not deny the rights of illegal immigrants because illegal immigrants have no rights. They have the privilege to come to America using the proper methods to pursue citizenship. Otherwise, they can stay in their home country. The idea that the Constitution applies to illegals is another example of the Socialist slant of this presidential administration which considers healthcare, wealth, education, and Constitutional rights as free for illegal aliens and taxable for American citizens.
Allen Hunt, a Methodist minister turned Catholic talk radio host (I’m still trying to figure that one out, too.), tries to make the situation less of a political issue and more of an issue of humanity, grace, and compassion. Hunt claims that we should consider Maria Doe as a human not an illegal immigrant. According to Hunt, we should spare the family heartache and misery by keeping them together and allowing the parents to marry. We should “help families, not destroy them.” He implores Americans to treat the Does as human beings; after all, their trying to build a life for their family. He claims that Maria is working and contributing by paying taxes. However, chances are that, if she’s here illegally, she’s employed illegally, allowing her to avoid paying taxes. Also, I am curious as to how she files taxes without a social security number.
Hunt goes as far as to say that, if he was living in “the squalor in Honduras,” he would do whatever he could, including illegally immigrate to the United States, in order to provide the best for his children. He uses this mentality to defend Maria, claiming that this was her reason for coming to America. However, she cannot use this defense because her children were born here. If she was concerned with the best for her children, she would have begun the established process for citizenship upon her arrival to America so that they wouldn’t have to face the possibility of her deportation. If she was truly concerned with the best for her children, she would have given a little more thought (before getting laid) to the consequences her actions would have on them.
As if this defense wasn’t bad enough, Hunt tries to pull the Nazi-Germany card. He admits that it is an “extreme example” but still uses it. According to Hunt, people left Nazi-Germany and illegally immigrated to other countries in order to spare their lives and the lives of their children. They did this to save their families. Hunt equates Maria’s situation to that of people fleeing Nazi-Germany by stating that she was sparing her family economically. America is so much like Nazi-Germany that illegals were put in concentration camps there, but many illegals live privileged lives in America.
If Allen Hunt wants to argue that we should save her family rather than split them up, he should listen to my example. If Americans allow John and Maria to use the defense of saving their family in order to marry while she is still an illegal immigrant, they will open the floodgate to more people using this same defense. Other illegal immigrants will use it in order to avoid deportation. Don’t believe me? Another couple is already riding on John and Maria’s coattail, adding themselves to the lawsuit. Before long, inmates will claim that they should be released because their families shouldn’t be split up. If we allow illegal immigrants to avoid consequences due to this defense, we will have to do the same for prisoners. After all, both the illegal immigrants and the prisoners broke the law, so why should they be treated differently?
Hunt also makes the statement that there are approximately 11 million illegals in America, and it would take about $285 billion dollars to send them home. (I can think of a few methods which would cost less.) In addition, Hunt assumes that Maria sends money to her family back home in whatever country she’s from and says that this is a good thing. However, I’m wondering how this stimulates the American economy.
Hunt receives two calls from listeners in Alabama who are married to illegal immigrants. One of the callers makes the statement that it isn’t her husband’s “fault that he wasn’t born in America.” Does this mean that it’s my fault? Absolutely not! I’m just as innocent, in this case, as he is. Simply because God decided to plant him in the womb of a woman in Mexico does not make him entitled to come to America illegally (or to come legally and allow his work visa to expire). While it isn’t his fault that he wasn’t born here, it is his fault that he is in America illegally. Take some personal responsibility and make wise decisions.
Now, back to the question: What is wrong with allowing John and Maria Doe to marry? By allowing this couple to marry, we set a standard for all illegal immigrants. We tell them, “Hey! Who cares if you broke the law? You’re here now. You might-as-well take complete advantage of the American taxpayers. By the way, have fun while you’re at it!” By allowing them to marry, we tell society that there’s no room for personal responsibility in America. We promote a society of lackadaisical derelicts and freeloaders who suck the life out of the economy and out of the law-abiding taxpayers. By allowing them to marry, we teach our children that there is no such thing as right, wrong, or consequences. By allowing this an illegal immigrant to marry in the U.S., we slap the common citizen in the face.
PS: Doesn’t the fact that “John and Maria Doe” won’t release their real names say enough about them?
Well said!!! I read this to my mom. She agreed completely!
ReplyDeleteThere is no more personal responsibility in our society. It's everyone else's fault. All the time. I become more and more sickened every time I hear another person's "sob story", which in reality is an "I won't take responsibility because I'm lazy and I don't want to fix what I did" story.