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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Welcome to the new America. Most home health nurses are immigrants. Most Americans don't want the job. Some immigrants are afraid to work now, even if they are legally here, because of the constant harassment just because they have darker skin, or an accent. Entitled folks say "just show your ID and you'll be fine." How many times have those entitled folks been ordered to show their ID?
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This lack of willingness to take certain jobs is definitely a problem, however it should not result is abandoning our citizenship. How many times do you need to show an ID in any European county when traveling? If we were actually looking to work in a foreign country it would mean carrying and showing an ID frequently. You my not even be allowed to work since many countries protect their workforce by limiting immigrant workers. For many years, Switzerland has brought in great numbers of Italians to work the tourist season, and at the end of the season promptly booted them out. My kids have lived in England for 10 years, raised their family there, and I know that it is extremely difficult to get permanent residency in England and virtually impossible to get citizenship. The point is that citizenship is important everywhere but the US. We allow non citizens to live, work, and vote and those who come here legally are essentially punished by having to go through a actual process to finally achieve citizenship. I was taught that our citizenship was something to be valued, as it is in almost every country but ours. Sadly, we are throwing away one of the most precious gifts we have ben given.