Do you thinkg a US Citizen has the right to have their spouse here even if they came in illegal? Should he/she be punish for his/her acts even if he/she hasn't commited any other crime?
2007-03-15 17:23:59 · 10 answers · asked by vani 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
But a US Citizen has rights too, or not? Then they should have the right to live with thier spouse here.
2007-03-15 17:47:08 · update #1
Yes, the spouse should get to live here. Why not? If they are married, have children, and jobs, why should they be forced to go back to their country? It's not right to treat them that way. Immigration is unfair! My husband is Mexican, he is here working hard, he is helping me buy a home, he is a great father to our child, I don't see what he is hurting by being here.
2007-03-16 04:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Immigration was not mentioned in the Bill of Rights and no, it is not a 'right.' It is a legally-controlled process exactly like owning a car: yes, you have a 'right' to own a car (that is, no one can arbitrarily say that you can't have one) but you are still required to pay for it, insure it, register it, and get a legal license in order to operate it.
You have a 'right' to marry a non-citizen spouse, and legal processes exist to bring that spouse to the US. On the other hand, if the spouse has already broken US immigration laws, it is the illegal spouse - not the US citizen - who will suffer under the law. After all, you can always move to your spouse's country - if that country allows you the 'right' to do so.
2007-03-16 03:12:27 · answer #2 · answered by dognhorsemom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not in the way you are talking about. You and your spouse should have gotten his/her resident/immigrant status straightened out BEFORE you got married. It's called, "thinking before doing." Just because you are a US citizen does not give you the right to just marry whoever you want and expect that because you chose them to marry then they should get automatic citizenship or legal residence status. We cannot trust individuals to decide on their own that, "Because I love this person, this person deserves to be here legally." What makes every individual citizen the authority on persons deemed desireable to our country? Can you just imagine the kind of unscrupulous people this would attract, over and above what comes here already? Give your head a shake - you made a mistake. Maybe his/her country will allow you to go live there.
2007-03-16 01:53:05 · answer #3 · answered by Daisy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
every US citizen also has the right to spend time in prison for committing a crime, no matter the offense. so if he wants an illegal as a spouse, then he can spend time in jail and bubba will make him his wife for awhile.
2007-03-16 07:00:12 · answer #4 · answered by w b 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A US citizen can apply his spouse to be legal by operation of law or by affinity.
2007-03-16 01:48:31 · answer #5 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There's no such right and that's the way it should be. If you want to marry a foreigner do it legally and bring that person here legally.
2007-03-16 08:06:36 · answer #6 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the spouse should only come if legal. if legal she needs to give up her loyalty to her old country to be an American. after all it's in the Constitution of the united states.
2007-03-16 00:39:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well, supposedly we ALL have these "rights".....
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
BUT....you & I both know we don't choose to observe those words unless applying them to ourselves. Surely our forefathers couldn't have meant ALL men give rights by their CREATOR?! Our laws are above God's laws, right?
The sad truth is, and I have lived this personally, that when you, as an American citizen, commit the great "crime" of falling in love with and marrying a person deemed as "illegal" we have few rights. Forget that "pursuit of happiness" thing. Just throw it out the window.
For some reason today most people choose to see someone overstaying their visa as great a crime as murder. Or even GREATER than murder. I've seen many in this forum voicing their opinions that they should have the right to SHOOT illegals on sight - or MURDER them. Something missing upstairs in the ethics & morals department I think.
2007-03-16 00:58:08 · answer #8 · answered by Pamela 5 · 1⤊ 7⤋
if the person is illegal i would say no , but then again the u.s. government doesnt care so why should i ?
2007-03-16 00:27:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
gotta go sorry.criminal, period, no Rights
2007-03-16 00:36:16 · answer #10 · answered by Moonshadow 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋