Comment: Morality In Queues
It has been an amazing 10 days – major political figure after major political figure, to say nothing of many minor political figures - has come out in favor of a comprehensive re-write of the nation's immigration laws. We have not had such cause for optimism since almost 8 years ago, with the McCain-Kennedy effort - and perhaps even longer than that, since McCain-Kennedy had plenty of detractors in the Republican House at the time, unlike the situation today where major House figures are clearly backing the comprehensive strategy. Naturally, such a major effort is not without its problems - surely a technical correction bill will be necessary, perhaps even as early as later in the 113th Congress. The biggest sticking point today appears to be about a "path to citizenship". A significant minority is concerned with putting the undocumented on a path to permanent residence ahead of those who have "followed the rules". The operating assumption is that those who wait overseas for years, nay, decades, for their place in the line are morally superior as compared to those who are undocumented in the USA today. Somehow, following the impersonal dictates of American law is morally more important than following the duties of family and the bonds of family love. The clearest example is the Family-based 2A category (FB2A) which separates spouses and minor children from their parents. Apparently, those who scream that the undocumented must "go to the back of the queue" for permanent residence as compared to those waiting in queue - the FB2A queue as an example - believe that the undocumented are morally inferior to those waiting in this queue for several years. Perhaps the truth is exactly the opposite - those spouses who accept separation and wait in queue are morally inferior to those who cross the Rio Grande to be with their loved one; those parents who keep their minor children with them, albeit in an undocumented state, are morally superior to those who reduce their parental duties to sending money overseas. We do not in any way seek to mock those suffering, unspeakably, in the FB2A queue - their predicament is not of their making, and the cruel choice forced upon them lies solely at the feet of Congress as to blame - we unreservedly believe that the FB2A quota should be eliminated, and that the families of permanent residents should never, ever, be separated by law. We offer the above only as an example to show the fallacy in those who argue for sending the undocumented to "the back of the queue". Those who want today's undocumented to "go to the back of the queue" may have arguments in their favor, but morality is not one of them. Share your thoughts by writing to editor@ilw.com.

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