This opinion piece says we should all be talking about immigration reform now, this new Congress may not agree. - - Donna Poisl
Opinion By Ron McAllister
Much of what we hear about citizenship these days arises in the context of non-citizenship. The prominence of immigration and so-called "illegals" in the news is one of the ways in which citizenship makes it into our consciousness. There seems to be an assumption operating among some people that immigrants should be allowed to take up residence or to remain living alongside native-born people. There are plenty of assumptions worth reconsidering in life and this is one of them.
The focus on immigrants too often assumes wrongly that non-citizens do not pay taxes, do not love the country where they live, do not have vested interests in their local communities. Congress will have a chance to recognize and respond to this when it considers the DREAM Act later this month.
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