Some ideas that strike me odd in here.
Citizenship seems to be conflated with loyalty. Loyalty is proven only when tested. Every day citizens betray this country, whether through their actions in public service or when they vote for unconstitutional laws whether by ignorance or whatever reason guides them. I don't think it is fair to question the "loyalty" of a person who has done nothing of their own power to warrant it.
Since I raised the issue of loyalty,
i would surmise the government has built up these persons loyalty by supporting them from the day 1,
They may not betray our country, on the contrary, they will uphold whatever draconian order is given to them as long as the right person utters such.
and they just plain and simple are not citizens. so the idea that citizenship can be earned through this will also increase an individual's likelihood that they will sacrifice their own morals to acheive their goal. i.e. break the constitution
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after a nice walk out in the woods, i was thinking about this more, and specifically about judging one's loyalty. It is true that any American citizen may be disloyal and for any number of reasons.
you say, 'loyalty is proven only when tested', but who's helping you study for that test? planting your morality? i think most on this forum would agree that this is being cultivated more and more authoritarian and the ruling class/government as the moral.
place that in the context of giving dreamers jobs of authority.
Because, you are ultimately correct Agnotology, who are we to judge such a thing of an individual?
we can't, so I generalize in this case, as the government does using DACA
and i guess,
cops should be American citizens before they become cops
no group should have preference