My stance on illegal immigration is as clear as daylight, and in light of the U.S. presidential decision to deport illegal immigrants, I find it necessary to provide further clarification on this serious issue.
Many have expressed outrage at considering illegal immigration a crime, but it is indeed a crime—whether we like it or not.
Anyone who leaves their country illegally, enters another country illegally, and resides there without documents or a residence permit is a criminal and falls under the rule of law.
Algerians are among the peoples most accustomed to violating both national and foreign laws. For over half a century, we have witnessed waves of illegal immigrants burning all identification documents and bypassing all legal procedures to end up in foreign countries that reject their illegal presence on their soil.
Anyone who violates the laws of their country and the host country is capable of committing any crime. Based on this, I consider President Trump’s decision to be correct. Those who migrate illegally in search of a better economic situation could stay in their home country and prove themselves through their abilities, facing hardships like the rest of their fellow citizens. Patience and perseverance are essential—otherwise, citizenship has no meaning.
Illegal immigration is not a solution for the individual or the group; rather, the problems of these individuals will worsen as soon as they reach the other shore. The Western world will not tolerate a flood of illegal infiltration into its lands. In America, illegal immigration has brought calamities to the country—gangs, drug trafficking, organized crime, human and sex trafficking. The American citizen is no longer safe in his country, state, or neighborhood. The harshness does not lie in President Trump’s decision, but rather in the fact that the one who immigrated illegally is responsible for the situation they find themselves in.
Some ask how the nationality or residence permit of an illegal immigrant who successfully integrated and regularized their status could be revoked?
Anyone who entered a country illegally has no right to citizenship or a residence permit. What is happening today on a large scale compels us to reconsider how we deal with this illegal phenomenon. Illegal immigration is an evasion of the responsibilities of citizenship and a stab in the back of a homeland that gave much to its children and received nothing but ingratitude in return.
Lifestyles in the West are not compatible at all with our values and religion, and the pursuit of income is not a sufficient justification to renounce the homeland and flee the country illegally. This world is fleeting, and on Judgment Day, every individual who joined the camp of falsehood will be held accountable. The West is fighting us with the money of our migrants, and our legal and illegal migrant children support a West that is fighting us. Is it conceivable that we are destroying ourselves with our own children’s hands?
The official discourse in Algeria and the package of laws are not adequate to achieve the desired goal, which is to deter anyone who dares to engage in illegal immigration. Has the time not yet come to confront this crime with courage, national responsibility, and cultural awareness?
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