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Deminpenn

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27. This attitude that established legal immigrants have is more common that you might think

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 06:09 AM

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Not long ago, ran into a friend from an Asian country who became a legal citizen years ago, married an American and they had kids together. My friend thinks undocumented immingrants get all kinds of government "hand outs" and resents it that these immigrants are getting the same benefits my friend worked through the legal immingration system to have.

I believe immigrants like my friend see this as a fairness issue. They came to the US legally, went through the system to become naturalized Americans and worked or are working hard to be successful (living the American dream) while the others haven't..

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This attitude that established legal immigrants have is more common that you might think Deminpenn 8 hrs ago #27

The problem with this attitude and argument BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago #28

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