How exactly is military service related to immigration? She is not putting her life on the line, her husband is.
If I embezzled millions and gave it all to the poor, does that make it any less of a crime? Should I not be punished because I was helping people? She entered the country illegally. End of story. She broke the law. She got caught. She should be punished accordingly. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Crime and punishment should have context. The "crime" in question is > being in the country that she is putting her life on the line for. > Military service has no relationship to embezzlement. It does have a > relationship to immigration and a desire to be a productive member of > this country. Therefore I think it is relevant. Still illegal but her > service is relevant and should be taken into consideration. > > Judah > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Scott Stroz<boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Sorry, but using military service as justification for not being > convicted > > and punished of a crime is plain bullshit. > > If I embezzled millions of dollars and then joined the Army, would that > make > > me immune to my crimes? I don't think so, and it should not in this case > > either. > > > > I'd be OK with changing the law, but until it happens, tough > > shit. She broke the law and should be punished accordingly. > > > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> I definitely think serving in the military should be a way to earn > >> citizenship. > >> > >> And both the serving member AND the spouse are usually sacrificing for > that > >> service. > >> > >> But I agree. Sneaking in on purpose and staying is bad, and usually > should > >> not be tolerated. > >> > >> I think she found the one avenue I can accept. Any other service - and > toss > >> her butt to the door. > >> > >> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > I thought this story was interesting: > >> > > >> > *http://tinyurl.com/ku5sb8 > >> > * > >> > I am kind of torn on this one. On the one hand, she did enter the > >> > country illegally, and if I am reading it right, she even knew it was > >> > illegal but made the conscious decision to continue with the ruse due > to > >> > financial reasons. > >> > I do think though that under the circumstances, being that her husband > >> > is both a US citizen now, and the fact that he is serving his country, > >> > they should offer some leniency. Of course the problem with this is > that > >> > it could open the floodgates to a whole new way for foreigners to > enter > >> > the country illegally and attain citizenship, or at least legal > >> > residency. Tough one. > >> > > >> > As an aside, I do like the fact that if you enter the country > illegally, > >> > and join the armed forces, you can get citizenship. I figure if you > want > >> > to be an American, and you enter the country illegally, at least do > >> > something to earn the right to stay here, and performing some sort of > >> > national service such as serving in the military helps you earn that > >> right. > >> > > >> > Let the debates begin > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298953 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
