Comments on: SLIDESHOW: The Faces of the Great Immigration Debate

By: Jen Valdivia

Jen Valdivia — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:03:10 +0000

I feel like my stance on immigration is affected by my belief in the collective well being, or even utilitarianism (greatest good for the greatest number of people). Although we, as Americans, may put ourselves at risk for allowing fluid boarder crossing and possibly allowing criminals in, I believe that allowing the opportunity for immigrants to prosper (which is very difficult, but still possible in America) is more important than, and outweighs the chances of possible adverse consequences from potential criminals harming us.

By: Dulce-Marie Flecha

Dulce-Marie Flecha — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:03:03 +0000

I’m not sure I see your point on Islamists entering the U.S. to hurt our country, do you have any studies or articles that can explain that to me?

I absolutely understand your gratitude to your father. I love going to the Dominican, but I also love being a New Yorker/Penn Stater/American. It’s just who I am, and I’m so proud to know that my mother worked hard to get me to this point in my life.

By: Rosalinda Lozano

Rosalinda Lozano — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:27:00 +0000

I think you’re right, the immigration issue is certainly about human beings. Americans who are vulnerable to attack because the borders are wide open. Americans who have a president who cares not that the Islamists are uniting with the drug cartels in Mexico and finding their way through our southern borders, silently forming cells to bring down the U.S. This is not about the immigrants anymore, it’s about the safety of the American people and as the daughter of an immigrant, I am grateful to my father for coming to the U.S., but I am most grateful for his love of this country. He has shown us to be pariots. Lovers of the United States of America who fight for our freedoms, not through our selfishness, but through our hard work and loyalty to a country who has given us opportunity – there is a time and place for everything. Now is the time for immigration reform, but it must be accompanied by tightening up the border or it isn’t reform.