Voting and holding office are kinda different things.
Each of them is illegal. Each has already broken the law simply by being here. To pretend that illegal aliens represent America is bogus. If so, they'd have sought citizenship before running for office or better they'd have come here legally. How can they govern when they themselves violate the law?
Time will tell..but it seems to me the inmates are running the CA Asylum.
The great railroad capitalist, James J. Hill, voted in St. Paul city elections before he became a US citizen. It was illegal, but he was never questioned because of his status in the community. He fixed the problem by becoming a citizen.
Before the Progressive Era, there was no such thing as "legal" or "illegal" immigrant. You can look at this like the Income Tax and direct election of Senators, if you want. Do you care if a millionaire or billionaire does not pay their "fair share" of income tax, or if a CEO pays less than her administrative assistant? Bad laws are bad. We live with them as best we can.
These two young men seem to have good characters. That is all that counts. The legal technicalities of their residence status are a different matter, entirely.
Each of them is illegal. Each has already broken the law simply by being here. To pretend that illegal aliens represent America is bogus. If so, they'd have sought citizenship before running for office or better they'd have come here legally. How can they govern when they themselves violate the law?
Time will tell..but it seems to me the inmates are running the CA Asylum.
Before the Progressive Era, there was no such thing as "legal" or "illegal" immigrant. You can look at this like the Income Tax and direct election of Senators, if you want. Do you care if a millionaire or billionaire does not pay their "fair share" of income tax, or if a CEO pays less than her administrative assistant? Bad laws are bad. We live with them as best we can.
These two young men seem to have good characters. That is all that counts. The legal technicalities of their residence status are a different matter, entirely.