New US Supported Path to Citizenship for Illegal Aliens

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The US government in collaboration with Los Angeles city government has provided the illegal immigrant community with a new path to citizenship that circumvents US immigration law. Now an illegal immigrant can claim to be a crime victim, testify against the alleged perpetrator, and earn a visa and eventual citizenship. Does common sense and good judgement identify a problem with this policy? Other than on face value it seems to circumvent (or violate) federal immigration law, it opens up opportunity for false allegations of victimization and since it takes a prosecution to invoke the privilege of a visa for the alleged crime victim, there must be an identified perpetrator. This creates the potential for false allegations against innocent people for the purpose of illegal immigrants receiving legal status in this country. Sound far-fetched? Wait for the results. The concept is to provide protection for the illegal immigrant community against crime victimization by taking away their fear to come to the police to report crimes where they have been victimized. This is on its face not a bad outcome, but there are potential hazards that can create opportunity for manipulation of the criminal justice system. It is another example of an outrageous attempt to avoid actually enforcing federal immigration law. In this world turned upside down, the US government offers legal protection for the criminal (illegal immigration)and amnesty for being victimized in a country where they are not legally supposed to reside, while opening up opportunity for fraud and victimization of legal citizens who might be falsely accused of crimes. Even a recent law school graduate could easily discredit the illegal immigrant's testimony in court on the basis of the perceived benefit they would derive from thier testimony, even if the testimony were true. But if a person is falsely accused as a result of the manipulation of this policy, even if acquitted, there still is tremendous damage to the accused's reputation and finances.