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Originally Posted by redwitch
Facts are nice. An illegal alien/dreamer was appointed to a California state committee, NOT running for office.
Lizbeth Mateo came to the US when she was 14 with her parents. She graduated from college and law school, now has her own law firm. She been appointed to an advisory committee for low-income students.
I’m not sure I agree with this appointment, but it sounds like she is certainly well-qualified for this appointment. It also sounds like this is a woman we would want as a U.S. citizen. Something truly needs to be done about the Dreamers. Most have more than paid their dues and deserve a legal, permanent place in America.
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100% totally in agreement with you. The process to become a LEGAL citizen can take decades. Our system is broken and has been for a very long time. There are constant complaints about the lack of qualified people in a host of categories. Obviously American citizens aren't interested in the jobs. If they were, there wouldn't be such a broad spectrum of vacancies. Dreamers WANT to fill some of these roles, they are pushing themselves to become educated, so they can contribute to the profits of the USA, become productive tax-paying members of society.
While in the meantime, we have lots of American citizens who accept handouts from the government and complain about the illegals.
I don't know what it looks like in Florida these days, but up where I live, the majority of people accepting handouts from our state and federal funds (Medicaid, Section 8 Housing, SNAP food vouchers, Welfare checks) are Americans. Most of the immigrants (I don't know their status) work in the public sector. They get paychecks and taxes are taken out and paid to the government. And the government turns around and GIVES it to Americans who don't work.
I feel you have to be pretty arrogant, and ignorant, to complain about unauthorized immigrants taking and taking from us, when the vast majority of people taking are citizens - and most of the immigrants are giving, not taking.