ARTICLE AD BOX
"Aside from patriotism, however, the sense of jubilation they feel is significantly due to having secured at last the freedom to live and work without impediment by government.
"They should never have required citizenship in order to exercise these rights.
"Dispense with the fallacious zero-sum thinking that every migrant is a burden (as if we all partake from an imaginary finite pie of opportunity).
"Let anyone arrive and work, so long as they are law-abiding and willing to stake no claim on the welfare state, insofar that it exists.
"On this basis, there ought to be no compelling impetus for migrants to seek or obtain citizenship.
"Let them apply after 20 years of continuous and law-abiding residence."
~ David P.
English (US) ·