Now that it has been established that the Boston bombing suspects were immigrants from Russia, a negative light has been unfairly cast upon immigrants around the country. Articles like the one linked below detail how the Tsarnaevs became US citizens.
It is unfair to question immigration just because of the actions of two evil people. A lot of the worst terrorists and murderers in the history of the United States were born and raised here as American citizens. No one harped on anyone else's rights to American citizenship after Oklahoma City or Newtown - how is it fair to question people's citizenship now?
Articles like the one below make the immigration process seem extremely simple, almost designed to let anyone in. That is so far from the truth, and it's ridiculous to paint immigration in such a simplified light. The Tsarnaev brothers are two in a group of millions of immigrants who spend years of their lives applying for visas, asylum, citizenship tests, and so on. It is unfair to pin the hopes and dreams of millions of people on the actions of these two brothers.
Almost everyone who works to become a US citizen wants to be here for the right reasons. The vast majority of those seeking residence in the United States are not and never will be terrorists, and it is unfair to call immigration into question just because of the Tsarnaev brothers..
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