As a person who got naturalized, I don't necessarily feel i have the right to tell other immigrants who came here illegally that they should be deported, because I know how long it takes to go through the process. It can take up to 10 years to get a greencard, and once you have a greencard, it takes even longer, and $710, which a whole lot of people don't have because they work jobs that pay them unsatisfactory wages, to go through the application for naturalization. In saying this, if you're going to live in this country, you should know 3 things.
1, you should know English. English is the primary language spoken by a majority of Americans, everyone will expect you to know a bit of English, because it is absolutely important that you know and speak it well, and here's the thing, if you don't, I'm sorry to say, but many people will not respect you as much if you don't, and some will be outright rude about it. Fortunately for me, I learned it as a kid, and so its second nature to me in fact, I know of no time where I didn't know English.
2. You should know your rights and responsibilities. Yelling out here for the people in the back. Not just your rights, but your responsibilities. Knowing the rights that come in the constitution, your state, local, and federal rights and how and when to use them. You should also know your responsibilities which are to be of good character, yes, this matters to those who are applying for citizenship, and being a lawful resident. These 2 things *will* get you to the greatness that is citizenship.
3. You must know, when you're going to apply for citizenship, I don't care if you've taken civics classes for years, the exact answers to the questions on the civics test. If you don't, you *will* get them wrong, and you only get 2 tries at the test before your application is automatically denied and you have to pay another $710 fee, they made it extremely clear to me when I asked them after passing the test with flying colors.
I'm going to be honest, it takes work to become a citizen, it takes waiting, it takes time, it takes signing forms and dealing with government officials, and all the while, you hear of people being deported and you think, "that could have been me."
If you're going to come to this country, do it legally, and do it right, because if you don't, you will not be able to stay here for long, and Trump doesn't care in the slightest about your rights, about your family's rights, about how long you've lived here, all that matters to him is if you are documented, and if you're not, good luck, he doesn't care if your country is going through a civil war, too bad, not documented, being deported regardless, so fellow immigrants, do it right.
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