We want reforms so that immigrant families can remain together. We want reforms so that migrant farmworkers and others are not exploited. And we want reforms so our brothers and sisters can live with the dignity that God intends for them.
But that does not mean that they should be put on the automatic path to citizenship. They should recognize the debts that they owe American society and work to redress the imbalance, and the question of whether they should be allowed to become citizens should be decided by the local community, which will judge whether they have assimilated and are have embraced a new identity and loyalty.
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