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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3075477" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>For those saying "they should be in the process of becoming legal," how many know what that process is? Without marrying into legality, or certain criteria like asylum, how many people know that "becoming legal" means leaving? For anybody who's been here over a year, it means leaving for <em>ten years</em>.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying they shouldn't be held to the law, but it's certainly not as easy as some seem to think; going "back" to a country that one has never known in his adult life, in which he may have minimal professional, familial, or social connections, is a helluva thing to do. Expats have a tough enough time as it is, and they generally have the benefit of some life experience and some resources; think of yourself at twenty-one, or twenty-five, moving to a foreign country that you've not seen since you were six. Now think of spending ten years there before you can even <em>try</em> to return to the place where you grew up.</p><p></p><p>It's easy to be glib when you don't understand what's actually involved. I can understand the sympathy for those who were brought here through no fault of their own, raised here, have only ever really understood "home" to be <em>here</em>.</p><p></p><p>Just something to ponder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 3075477, member: 13624"] For those saying "they should be in the process of becoming legal," how many know what that process is? Without marrying into legality, or certain criteria like asylum, how many people know that "becoming legal" means leaving? For anybody who's been here over a year, it means leaving for [I]ten years[/I]. I'm not saying they shouldn't be held to the law, but it's certainly not as easy as some seem to think; going "back" to a country that one has never known in his adult life, in which he may have minimal professional, familial, or social connections, is a helluva thing to do. Expats have a tough enough time as it is, and they generally have the benefit of some life experience and some resources; think of yourself at twenty-one, or twenty-five, moving to a foreign country that you've not seen since you were six. Now think of spending ten years there before you can even [I]try[/I] to return to the place where you grew up. It's easy to be glib when you don't understand what's actually involved. I can understand the sympathy for those who were brought here through no fault of their own, raised here, have only ever really understood "home" to be [I]here[/I]. Just something to ponder. [/QUOTE]
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